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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II sasast1 tt5trtsu
l@. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.l
THE STATE VS.. THE
LOUISE

THE individual cannot protect
himself against contagious dis
eases. Only organized society-the
present day state-can do that. I'm
less you live ona an isolated farm where
you get your drinking water from
your own well, you have to take the
drinking water your town provides
Even if you furnish your own well,
you cannot tell whether the water
Is good or bad unless the state or
city health department will send a
chemist TO examine it. The individual
can't prevent smallpox or yellow fever
or cholera or malaria. He can't en-
force pure food law or a quarantine
or any other of the means by which
these great plaques are controlled to-
day. Only an organized government
of some kind can do this, and even
then the government must be intelli-
gent, capable of enforcing it's own or
ders and of working effectively for
the protection of its citizens.
Whenever government breaks
down from any reason whatever, the
health measures which are in force
break down also and disease quickly
PUSHES in. 1t is surprising how quick
ly, in time of disaster, sickness breaks
out. Following all tornadoes, cyclones,
fires, earthquakes and other natural
disasters, is always an epidemic Of
the typhoid, cholera, or plague of
some sort.
If this is true when organized gov
eminent breaks down in single city
or a small district, it is much more
true when whole nation goes to
smash. We have only seen one in
stance of this condition in the memory
Of the present generation. That is the
crash of the imperial government of
Russia during the war. Not only did
the political control of the nation
change with the revolution, but the
entire social organization went to
pieces. The few outsiders who got into
Russia in the first years, following the
Bolshevik triumph, described a gloomy
scene. Water supply was cut off, sew
erS were clogged, gas mains were
broken or torn up, refuse filled the
streets, food supplies were cut off, fuel
was scarce or not to be had. Exactly
the same conditions existed in Mos
cow, Petrograd and other large cities
as are found in cities ruined by earth
quakes or storms. People were
crowded together without proper con-
veniences, without heat, light or food.
Naturally, the disease our ancestors
used to call camp fever, Jail fever, and
famine fever broke out-typhus, the
most dreaded of all epidemics, because
it always comes in the wake of dis
aster, when people are least fitted to
control it. So bad was this disease,
carried mainly by the body louise, that
Lenin said 1.-The question hangs in
the balance whether the louise will con-
quer socialism or socialism will con-
Quer the louise"
After nearly ten years of soviet rule,
the house Is losing out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
OUTDOOR MEDICINE

WoRRY, often worry which is
w needless and unproductive, is
our greatest fault today, says DR..
James ]. Walsh of Fordham univer-
sity, New York. In an article on "Air
and Exercise for the Nurse" in re-
cent issue of Hospital Progress, he
offers some advice to nurses which Is
just as good for other people.
If the nurse is to care for her pa
tient as she should, he says, she must
be in the best possible condition Of
physical and mental fitness. To do
this she must be free from worry. The
most important factor In keeping free
from needless worry is to get out in
the sunshine and fresh air as much
as possible. AS Doctor Walsh well
says, the people who worry and stew
about things are those who are too
much in the house.
We have lived so long as house
jewellers that many Of us seem to be
afraid of outdoors. Many people think
If it is damp, especially if it is ran
ing or showing, that it is better not
to go out; in fact, that it Is practf-
cally impossible to go out at all. Yet
we are better equipped to go out in
the weather today than our ancestors
ever thought of being. Rubber is a
comparatively recent product, water
proof overshoes and coats are only
a couple of generations old. Umbrel-
las even are only about a hundred
years old. Our clothing today is far
better protection than that of our
forefathers. Yet most of us dread
rain and snow or dampness as though
we were highly bred, sensitive, house
cats and had never been off a soft
cushion by the fire.
It Is only when force of accident
throws us back into primitive condi-
lions that we find that many of our
present-day precautions are needless.
Regardless of the weather, every
one, and especially those who are
caring for, the sick, should get out
doors every day for brisk walk,
dose of sunshine and as many lungs
full of fresh air as one can get.
But don't expect to get all your fresh
air outdoors. Have some Of 1t in the
house as well. We laugh at our Eng
lish friends with their fireplaces and
prefer our alright steam or hot-air-
heated houses. Yet the English plan
at least provides an abundance of
fresh air which we can only get by
opening our windows, which, alas, we
don't always do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
n0Il[I I'M
YVULI nj
PROPER PLAN FOR
RAISING TURKEYS

Turkey hens, chicken hens and In
cubators are commonly used to incu'
bate turkey eggs. During the early
part of the laying season 1t often hap
pens that one has on hand a number
Of eggs that should be incubated be-
fore any of the turkey hens are
through laying their first litter and
become "broody." In such case, and
also when it is desired that the tur.
key hens lay more than one litter,
some of the eggs have to be incubated
knder chicken hens or in an incuba-
tor. About a week before the poults
are que to hatch, turkey hens enough
should be allowed to sit to take all the
pouits Matched. They can be given a
few eggs from the incubator or from
under the chicken hens and allowed
to hatch the poults themselves, or at
night a newly-hatched poult can be
slipped under each turkey hen that is
to be given brood of poults and by
morning she will be glad to take them.
Lice are great annoyance to sit
sAa5 itOho are Ouc VI tiiC "OhoS
enemies Of young poults. To prevent
their getting a foothold, dust the hen
thoroughly with some good lice pow
der before she Is placed on the nest
and once a week thereafter while she
Is sitting. The nesting material
should be kept clean, and if the eggs
become dirty they should be washed
with lukewarm water.
If the weather is warm and dry no
shelter Is required, as the poults do
better in the open. Should it be rainy,
however, they need to be protected,
for nothing is more injurious than for
them to become wet and chilled. The
most satisfactory plan Is to confine the
mother turkey hen to a coop and al
low the poults to run in and out when
ever rain does not prevent. This
coop should be placed in field where
they can run out and find grasshop-
pers, green vegetation, and other feed.
The coop should be moved to fresh
ground every day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

Hermitage gallery at Leningrad. The
| jewels offered for sale are appraised
by Russian, French and Czechoslova-
kia gem experts variously, but the av-
erage of their estimates is S264, 000,-
600, about $50,OO0,00O greater than
Russia's debt to the United States. OF
the 406 items in the collections 20 per
cent were supplied by Peter the Great,
| 40 per cent by Elizabeth, Catherine
the Great and Paul; % per cent by
Alexander 1 and Nicholas I, 10 per
cent by Alexander II and Alexander
III, and 8 per cent by Nicholas II.
So, contrary to general belief, the
last car and czarina were relatively
moderate in their expenditures for
crown jewels. During the last years
of her life the empress was so alb
sorbed in mysticism that she regarded
the wearing of jewels as unlucky, and
cast them aside.
The Imperial Crown of All the
Russias," pictured herewith, is con-
spfcuous among the display. 1t was
made for the coronation of Catherine
the Great in 1862, and contains 1856
diamonds, rs huge pearls and many
other large stones. Surrounding the
crown is a superb cross Of diamonds
supported by an uncut ruby of 402
carats, one of the worlds largest. Re-
sembling the dome formed by the mi
ter, this diadem typifies the associa-
ton of the sovereign with the patri-
archaic. The crown is valued at S52,-
OOO,0OO
Next in interest comes the coronet
worn by the slain empress Alexandra
(picture herewith), perhaps the most
beautiful mass of diamonds ever
brought together in single ornament
1t is appraised at S30,00OOOO.
Another object of great attention is
the imperial scepter of power used
by the last car, which is surmounted
by the world-famed Orloff diamond. as
large as bisected egg and containing
1S9 carats. This slender, graceful en-
blem is valued by the Bolsheviki at
$3O,OOO,OO0. According to tradition this
famous diamond lay in the forehead
of an idol in Cochin China until the
bayonet Of French soldier pried it
from its resting place. That soldier
deserted with his booty, but murder
aboard ship was his lot Then began
the trail Of death that has followed
so many Of the celebrated crown Jew
els of the world, until at last an Ar
menian sold 1t to Count Gregory Or
loft in Paris for half a million dollars
and the count presented 1t to Cath
crime the Great as peace offering.
The Emblem of the Imperial
Realm" a globular object of gold sur
mounted by a cross of diamonds, sap
phires and rubies, and valued at S24,-
Co., 200, comes next in interest. Among
the single unmounted gems, the So
called "Shah" diamond, of 80 carats
and appraised by the Soviet author
tiles at $14,5OO,0OO, is probably the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Dry Hay for Hens

A measure full of dry hay shatter
Ings or a wire rack consisting of a
piece of poultry netting tackled to the
chicken house wall and kept filled with
the greener, more leafy punches of hay
will give the hens something to work
at all day. 1t keeps the hens busy and
satisfied, and it gives you big amour,
Of satisfaction to see the increase In
the number of eggs gathered.
1t Is surprising what a quantity OF
the hay the hens can and will con
sumo In this way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

most striking. 1t is q unique memorial
of the respect entertained for imperial
Russia by her Mohammedan neighbOrs
in the days before the Bolsheviki took
power, the great stone being gift 10
the emperor of Russia by the shah of
| Persia
| Among the other articles are scep-
| tiers and chains of fine craftsmanship,
| containing diamonds, pearls and
rubies, weighing as much as 80 carats
each, % magnificent crosses, many
stars, miscellaneous ornaments, 16
gorgeous necklaces of diamonds and
pearls, Sc brooches, ten tiaras, nine
diamond-studded lockets, % pairs of
earrings, including one set of gigantic
emeralds Of ia carats each, ~ rings,
"a pins and 10 gold snuff boxes, heav-
lily jeweled.
AT this writing the sale is on, the
Soviet authorities selling a minimum
of 50, 100000 worth of stones at time.
The first sale was of diamonds, en-
eralds and sapphires weighing about
10000 carats. They became the prop
erty of French diamond merchants,
who paid the Soviet government ST.
924, $50 for the lot, or $780, 800 more
than offered by American jewelers..
Among the jewels was the magnif1-
cent crown worn by the last empress.
1t will be disjointed and the stones
scattered on the French market
jewelers. from a dozen capitals, who
had flocked to Moscow when it was
announced that the government in
tended to dispose of the imperial
gems, contended sharply against the
! mericans for possession of the jew
els. Most Of the bidders, however, re-
tired when the government decided
that it would sell only a minimum of
So, 500, 900 worth of stones at one time.
This left the field to the Anglo-Amer-
lean group and the Armenian buyer,
Frankiano, representing a number of
Paris firms.
The government had accepted
Frankianos initial offer of S2,619,000
when William Reswick, New York
lawyer, representing the Anglo-Ameri-
can group, alleged to the Kremlin Of
ficials that his group had not been
given fair chance to counter Frank
iano's bid. The government thereupon
annulled the sale and ordered new
bids.
The Anglo-American then made
fresh offer of $2,7SS, $50, but this was
topped by Frankiano with 1924, $50.
and the gems became the property of
the firms he represented.
Although the Americans thus lost
the first chance to acquire a part of
the famous Imperial treasures. the in
tercession of the Americans added
S305,55 to the Bolshevik treasury,
which the government would other
wise have lost.
In the meantime the Soviet govern
ment is turning an honest penny by
exhibiting the treasures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

any
So run the famous and familiar
words from Isaiah, but in the language
of Mr.. Average Citizen Isaiah isn't in
it with a Soviet high-up painting the
word picture of the selling of the Rus
sian crown jewels so that he may get
cry.
"We want to turn the glitter of our
25,000 carats of diamonds into the gilt
ter Of American STEEL" says the So
Wet "These magnificent jewels were
bought by Russia's former tyrants
with the sweat, toll and trial of our
peasants; we desire now to give them
back to the peasants in the form of
implements with which to till the
ground or machinery for industries.
We have already turned millions Of
military bayonets into plowshares we
wish now to turn the imperial jewels,
which now are dead asset, into
American tractors and farm machin-
cry"
Russia makes no secret of the fact
thoS SAiC AdSho 1uOACJ LII
to reconstruct her shattered indus
tries. Having failed to obtain loans
abroad in the last eight years, she is
obliged to utilize her own resources
for the rehabilitation of the economic
fabric.
The government intended to spend
the receipts from grain exports for
American machinery, but despite the
crop, the plan for collecting grain
from the peasants was not fully real
lied, and orders for foreign machinery
had to be curtailed.
Officials point out that the crown
jewels are only one of many re-
sources that Russia, if pressed, might
convert into cash; others include min
ing and oil concessions and museum
treasures, among them several hun
dred paintings by such masters as Ru-
bens, Rembrandt, Van Dyke and Ra-
phael, valued at $1,0O0,0O0,OOO. The
Soviet officials say they are deter
mined, however, not to part with the
museum treasures.
The jewels In question date from
Peter the Great to Nicholas II. They
comprise 4O6 separate pieces of jew
elry; the total weight of the diamonds
alone is 25,30O carats; pearls, $500;
sapphires, 1900; emeralds, 1920 and
uncut rubies, 1900, and also a great
variety of miscellaneous stones.
No other historical collection of
gems, whether royal or private, ac-
cording to the Russian officials, ap-
proaches the crown jewels, either in
value or historical interest The pres
ent collection does not represent all
the Russian crown jewels, only those
covering the last 200 years. The jew
els worn by Russian potentates previ-
Gus to the Seventeenth century are
still in the Kremlin at Moscow or the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
SurpipaI of the Mind

Where are Shakespeare's imagina-
ton. Bacon's learning, Gallileos
dream? Where is the sweet fancy Of
Sidney, the airy spirit of Fletcher, and
Millions thought severe? Methinks
such things should not die and dissi-
nate, when a hair can live for centu-
ries, and a brick of Egypt viii last
three thousand years. / am content
TO believe that the mind of man sur
wives. somehow or other, his clay
Barry Cornwall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

to feed the greatest army ever known.
By the time 1t was finished the armis-
tice had been signed and the plant
was sold to private corporation. 1t
Is said to be the largest cold storage
plant in the world. Here they literal
ly make the weather indoors, and one
finds meticulous care not only to main
tain high degree of sanitation, but
to produce an atmosphere best adapt
ed scientifically to preserve the orig
inal quality of the products stored
under its supervision. America9
Poultry Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Astronomical Feat

The American astronomer, Doctor
Hubble, has published in the Astrophys-
ical Journal photographs and measure
ments of stars and nebulae which, ac-
cording to his calculation, are 66,609,-
S72, OOO,OOOO00 miles distant-a feat
which serves to show the combined
delicacy and power of modern astro-
nomical photography, says the London
Outlook.
Light coming from this distance
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Gypsy School

A caravan school has been opened
near a large gypsy encampment in
Surrey. England. If the gypsies
should move on to pastures new, the
complete school can pack up and fol-
low them within "a hours. This
scheme has been adopted in order to
assure that the gypsy children shall be
educated with the minimum Of fric-
ton. Not only do they fail to attend
school regularly at present, but when
they do turn up at village schools they
often upset the other scholars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Huge Cold Storage Plant

A single cold storage plant in Chi
cago has the wherewithal under one
roof to make the biggest omelet in
the world. 1t has daily refriger-
alton capacity of 1000 tons and stor-
age capacity at one time for 100000
900 eggs. The entire plant comprises
T. acres of floor space.
This colossal structure cost $780,
0C0 and was built by Uncle Sam dur
ing the World war for meat storage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

the royal family is raised by taxa
ton. The king and queen of England
receive $2,115,000 and, in addition, the
revenues from the duchy of Lam
caster; the dowager-Queen Alex
andra-received $4,000, and the re-
mainder of the royal family $412, 800.
The prince of Wales, in addition, re-
ceives revenues from the duchy of
Cornwall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Odd and Interesting

Strawberries are rich in iron and
lime.
Holly is becoming scarce in the
United States.
The best bird singers have sober-col-
ored plumage.
Athens had 100000 slaves to 1OO,-
600 free citizens.
The thrasher shark has tail longer
than its body.
The word moron" is derived from
the Greek term Amoras, which means
stupid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
"Coreful Walkers"

When pedestrians were brought be-
fore a Washington ID. CO. judge re-
Gently for "jaywalking,' he organized
the Careful Walkers club" with adj
ministration of this oath: II solemnly
promise / will not deliberately violate
any of the traffic regulations made
relative to pedestrian control"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
RoyoI Revenues

The revenues of the crown In Great
Britain have been collected on the pub
lie account since 176O, when George III
surrendered them in return for fixed
annual payment known as the civil list.
A certain proportion of the income of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
OfCourse Not

Mother-Which apple do you want,
Junior.
Junior-The biggest one.
Mother-Why, Junior! You should
be polite and take the little one.
Junior-Well, mamma, should I lie
just to be polite T-The Outlook
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

would take rather more than 1000
years to reach us; a fact which may
be contrasted with the four hours and
a quarter which it takes light to trav-
ell from the center to the circumfer-
ence of our own solar system.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

Some savages of South America
treat their wounds by the scientific
process of exposing them to sunlight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ERES a job Tor the SOD SIS
ters"; no ordinary manipu-
lator of the typewriter is
equal to the magnificent pos
Sibilities of the theme.
'They shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruning
hooks; nation shall not lift
up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

If one is always in hurry, one
doesn't enjoy life-unless he enjoys
hurry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09

Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the ma
terial you wish to color is wool or silk,
or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed
goods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
BEAUTIFY 1T WITH
DIAMOND DYES"
just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye

Each 15-cent pack
age contains direc-
lions so simple any
woman can tint soft,
delicate shades or
dye rich, permanent
colors In lingerie,
silks, ribbons, skirts,
waists, dresses, coats,
stockings, sweaters,
draperies, coverings,
hangings - every
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-09
Shnrp One

Teacher-What is an icicle?
Johnnie-Water that's hung arounS
too Iong.-Allston Recorder.
Ellsworth American., 1926-05-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS
CONTINUED from page H.

house was also burned, but the barn
across the road, escaped. Mr.. Floyd
lost all his household goods, on
which there was no insurance. The
house was insured.
ICapt. Alexander L. Livingston and
crew of the freighter West Elbara
were acclaimed heroes when their
vessel docked in Boston last Friday.
Ellsworth's interest in this lies in
the fact that Capt. Livingston's
wife was an Ellsworth girl-Miss
Ruby Gurney, daughter of Mrs. H.
W. Dunn. On April 10, in mid-Atlan-
tic, Capt. Livingston and his crew, at
great risk to themselves in the high
seas, rescued thirty-six officers and
men from a French schooner. Many
attempts to launch boats and get
lines to the schooner failed. Capt.
Livingston took the wheel himself,
maneuvered the steamer as close to
the sinking vessel as safety per-
mitted, and finally got lines and
boats to it. A great throng awaited
the steamer upon her arrival at
Rotterdam, and the rescuers were
given great welcome.
The judges appointed to select
the best essays on forestry sub
mitted by high school and grammar
school pupils of Hancock county, met
last Saturday in Ellsworth. The
judges were Principal Hall of Cas-
tine normal school, Supt. Beard OF
Bar Harbor, and County Commls-
sioner Howard B. Moor of Ellsworth,
the latter representing the State
forestry department. The contest is
a national affair, fathered by the
federal forestry bureau. In addition
to the prizes offered by the govern
ment, there are State and county
prizes. The winners Of the county
prizes become eligible for the State
prizes, and winners of the State
prizes compete for the federal prize.
The Hancock county winners are
Miss Chelma Young of Bar Harbor,
Ellsworth American., 1926-05-26

in the high school division, and
Daniel Cushman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Cushman of Ellsworth,
in the grammar school division.
q. L. Richardson Of Bangor COM
mitted assault and battery on the
Luchini store front Monday fore
noon He drove down Main street
in an Essex car, and turned to the
curb, intending to stop. The car,
however, misinterpreted the drivers
intention, and continued across the
walk and into the store front, break
ing the large plate glass window and
forcing in the lower frame. Tony,
always on the job as usual, was
working just inside, with his back
to the window. At the first bump,
and without turning, he said, Don't
knock; came right in" adding, I'VE
have one kind Of pie-apple. What
kind will you have?" But Mr..
Richardson was not thinking OF pie.
Throwing the gear into reverse, he
shot back across the street, as II
about to attack the ]. A. Thompson
store front, but stopped a little short