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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
The Dictionary of Success
By Herbert Kaufman

All of which suggests that the Northwest should be
in bad way if it hadn't diversifed-for after ALL di-
versiication and efficiency the thing
Bank cearances through the Ninth Reserve District
testify how rapidly the Northwest is pushing back to
prosperity. But present gains tu'penny COM
pared with the money to pouring in when the mod
methodh of intelligent farmers generally adopted
hereabouts.
Don't figure how far the Northwest come, but
slider how far it must still go and let encouragement
browse on unfulflled possibilities
Remember that nnety-ive per cent of dairy herds
poultry ocks yet of trashy caber Millions of rich,
nearby remain tenantless Corn, alfalfa, sweet
clover and bees haven't reached hundreds of counties
And there's vacant space between Saut Ste Marie and
the Rockies to Craze additional millions of sheep.
Let the East weep above ticker tape while you study
the hopeful signs within trading range Your interests
agricultural and everything that helps agriculture,
helps to fill city tls and pay city bills and raise city
and sell city real estate and expand city limits
Get behind every movement to strengthen farming
the base of economic pyramid Retail and wholesale
and manufacturing revenues originate at commons
source they rcke from the furrow the village store
from the village store to factory and obber payros and
wind in local department stores and speciality shops
Just as the flood waters of the Mississippi fed
from ucounry rvuletS waters brooks and creeks
just so rural earnings furnish urban dividends.
Mutual experiences and be consolidated
upon the primary problem of the Northwest and that
problem is the land problem which be solved by in
terstae confidence and operation rather than through
subsidy and legislation.
1t will be worked out behind the plow and Ut the so
and on the milking stool-and nowhere else
Diversiication has shown the way. Follow through.
In the Dictionary of Success there just two words
"How" and "Now"
cspvrsx ~ D.sss E.sA.aA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30

BUT IT STAYED IN FAMILY

The story is current describing the
only sale Of real estate John Jacob
Aston Is thought to have made. He
had just watched the completion of
his .Astor house, about 1880. Next day,
he brought his eldest son, William,
down to see it.
Father, that's fine building" said
William. II wish 1t was NINE"
$780," smiled the father. "Well, give
me a dollar and you can have it."
According to the story, the dollar
was produced, and the two repaired
to a lawyers to prepare the deed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
No Rest

man whose whole life had been
spent In active business passed to the
spirit world.
On arriving there he thought, snow
for some rest and perfect peace"
After quite short time a spirit
tapped him on the shoulder and said,
Excuse me, sir; you are wanted on
the ouija board"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30

my DEAR" said the old man ten
derby, "today is our diamond we'd
ding, and I have a little surprise for
you'll"
"Yes," said the silver-haired wife.
He took her hand II his. "You see
this engagement ring I gave you 76
years ago?"
"Yes?" said the expectant old lady.
swell, / paid the final installment
on 1t today, and l am proud to an
nounce that 1t is now altogether
yours minneapolis Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30

n Efficiency is nothing but common in silk
II hat-merely Od-fashoned homespun shrewdness
- under dude name, taking short cuts across fields
of action.
Efficiency simply does more work with less effort 1t
buys tme-saving machinery. selects the most profit
able for each piece of ground 1t with
clean seed 1t hears steers believing from the cha pile
1t keeps equipment repaired, builds sound barns handy
stalls and concludes that it's cheaper to let sheep weed the
grain fields than to harvest dockage haul wild oats and
pigeon seed to the railroad and spend the ranspor
tation costs, commissions and overheads snutty
wheat, as the charges against net prime tonnage.
Efficiency watches the udder, observes the cream
and discovers that horoughbreds produce four
times the profit of scrubs at twenty-five percent differ
ence in upkeep.
Efficiency understands how ground goes barren with
out refertty it maintains big enough herds and hOcks,
not only to feed the family but all SURPRISES and
2aanures to sustain vegetable and animal life besides
and markets better beef at eighteen months than for
mery shipped at three years. specazes in and
whose maximum filters fatten quickest and yield the
most pork mutton and WOOL
Efficiency studies daily quotations, reads government
reports attends extension courses, sends its to
agricultural schools advises its children to engage in club
work and convinces it's wife that mongrel hens eat
mach and lay half as many eggs.
Efficiency learned that dozen states waging
handedy planning to furnish the fresh dairy stock that
other sections will soon be compelled to purchase at
shortage rates.
Efficiency hears national horse power is at low ebb
and hastens to invest in booded brood and cham
pion strain sres to be ready with sturdy young
Percherons and Begans for exhausted replacement
maEhek.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Golf Fever

There Is certain golfer who Is so
completely absorbed in his pastime
that mere domestic matters have long
since ceased to trouble him. He has
a small son, William.
One evening, on returning from the
golf club, his wife remarked, evil
liam tells me that he was caddying
for you all this afternoon"
as that so" exclaimed the aston
ished man. swell, now you mention
it, l thought l had seen that boy be-
fore"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Mentally Deficient

The American Association tor the
Study Of the Feeble Minded defines
the classes of mental detective: ~
follows: Idiots. mental age below two
years; imbeciles. mental age from
two to seven years; morons, mental
age between seven and twelve years !;
subnormal variety. mental capacity
slightly above the average custodial
case.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
No Nonsense About Her

Elizabeth Marbury said at recep-
ton In her New York house:
"The modern girl is as hard as she
is lovely. There's no poetry. no nom
sense about the modern girl.
"a young man murmured passion
ately to a girl he'd fallen in love with
at first sight:
"'Each hour with you is like
pearl
1.-THE girl laughed.
".Ah, quit stringin' me-" she said.
-MinneanOlfs Trih.-~As
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Rd1Ueed's Travels

The ragweed has been known b
crow at an altitude Of 1000 feet above
sea level There Is no way to tell
how far the pollen Of this plant will
carry, since q great deal depends upon
the rate Of speed at which the wind
q blowing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
UNIFORMED Spelling

The latest way to spell potato II
this: p-gh as In hiccough; Cough
as In dough; t-phth as In phthisic;
a-eigh as In eight; t-tte as in ga
xette; o-eau as In beau. Thus,
ghoughphtheightteeau. But II tastes
just the same when cooked properly.
YOUTHS Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
A Clean Mus

Agnes, i've years old. little one
told about In children" had been
called from play to breakfast. When
her mother told her to wash her face
and hands, she replied, "All right,
mamma, I'll wash my hands, but I've
washed my face once and haven't
used it since"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Rural Cupid Rusiesf

The marriage ratio Of the country
h more than 10 per cent higher than
the city. II looks as II the farm girls
have a better chance At the Aendels
sohn music than do the stenographers
Of the big town. The ranch maidens
have opportunities that the eity has
not yet recognized.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Probably Not

What sort of an interview did you
get with Mrs. Flubdub about her gar
den party?"
when ] arrived she was quarreling
informally with her husband"
Il don't suppose we can put that
In the society news"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
CardinaIs' Red Hats

In 1464 Pope Paul II prescribed
the red skull-eap as the regular head
gear for cardinals who had been sec.
ular priests. Later the red hat" be
came the headgear Of all cardinals.
The red symbolizes their willingness
TO shed their blood for the Savior.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
For the GoIfng Course

The bureau of plant industry says
that for putting greens on golf
course southern German mixed bent
Rhode Island bent or Colonial bent
should be. used For fairways a mix
ture of 80 per cent Kentucky blue
grass and 20 per cent red-top should
be used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
LOOKED IMMENSE

"Why is Miss Stout so angry with
George? Thought she was delighted to
see him back againf"
"She asked him how he thought she
was looking now and he said, fm-
mensep"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
OUlish

First Negro-Whaffo' you lookin' so
unnecessary, Glutinous?
Second Negro-Ah feels like a dumb
owl, Predicament.
Reveal yo' meanin', man.
"Ah jes' don't give q boot"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Easy job

Oh, hero of the passing day,
With joy we greet you
And all you really need to say
Is PLEASED to meet your
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Compulsory Jazz

Life is real. Life is earnest"
The poets words are true.
The merriest tune sometimes II played
Because the rent Is due.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
SHOT OFF HER FACE

Bess-Oh, mother, Auntie must hsvS
killed herself last night.
Mother-That can't bsl What 81
you mean?
Bess-I heard daddy say ne met
Aunt Bee last night and the first
thing she did was to shoot off her
face.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-30
Hard to Rhyme

We who would write . snappy ode
A pitchers praise to sing
Find Pipgras an outrageous word
To $hyme with anything.
The Washington times., 1928-06-16

anybody, he should have written
you first, before-before me or
anybody
Vain woman" laughed Alan.
$50 you expected to be the first
considerations" But there was no
laughing away Dolly's honest per-
plexity; he abandoned the attempt,
and grew grave again. II adj
nit it doesn't seem quite logical, :"
he said. "As a matter of fact,
Jerry wrote me about--a little
business matter"
"Oh, said Dolly, II see." But
she didn't see-quite.
Alan shifted in his chair. He
folded his arms on the table. He
reached to the ash tray for a
burnt match and drew hero
glyphics on the tabIecIoth. He
surveyed the room with Ingenious
gray eyes and said, What a
mob!" He called DolIy's atten-
ton to a girl in a black lace
dress and asked If she did not
think the girl looked like Bee
Standish. He did, in short, all
the things a man does when he
very much desires the subject
changed.
Dolly merely stared at him.
She was beginning to see now.
Clearly. Dazzlingly.
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II seem to remember that the
rascal said the trick was his. A
trick, indeed. Come here. She
crossed TO his side at once. See
for yourself what he has written,
the bitter Jester. z
She took the sheet from his.
hand. and read:
MY dear ci-devant-This Is to
assure you that within the next
"a hours two things Of interest
to you will happen: You will be
guillotined and the dainty. Slip
perry Montscrbier will at last be-
long to me. / shall have cause
to thank you for the entertain
ment provided for me here today.
She looked up at Monster de
Corbal In blank dismay The
yicomte nodded. smiling bitterly.
The counted confidently upon
tricking me with 1T as he did, the
resouceful dog: so confidently that
he didn't hesitate to indulge his
wicked humor even with my PTS
toll at his head.
yes she said. ''He was like
thar. And his humour was the
death of him"
They looked at each other help
Iesslv, almost despajringly, bereft
OF the staff upon which they had
SO confidently looked to lean.
They were back, 1t seemed,
IN the situation which had been
theirs that afternoon before the
advent of Chauviniere. save that
now they were additionally bur
dened with the representatives,
dead body. There could no longer
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de CORDIAL, who leaned over her In
n solicitude that made him mo-
mentariIy obIivi0us of all else.
MY friend, forgive this weak
ness, it is not the time to yield to
it. Tears are q luxury for those
who are secure = She dried her
eyes. 1--WE are in grave peril now,
and 1t will need all our resources
to win out Of it.
But Mons. de Corbal smiled con.
fidentIy. Your resource has AL
ready provided for that, my dear.
The note which you made him
write to the members of the tri-
bunal will sufficiently explain his
absence. whilst his removal raises
the only obstacle to to
the nuptials which are required
of me, provided that that
you 80
She interrupted him, raising her
eyes to his. a wan smile on her
white face. You may take that
for granted now, Raoul."
Then let us lose no time. Flo
meme viii find you such garments
as you need, and Wen present our
selves to the tribunal at once. It's
members are all friendly towards
me in themselves. It was only
Chauviniere' influence and the
fear of him which stiffened them
against me in the matter OF these
revolutionary nuptials. In Chau-
where's absence they'll be willing
enough to let me choose my own
bride so that comply with the de.
cree
The Washington times., 1928-06-16
HOUSEHOLD
HELPS

To prevent the annoyance of
noisily rushing water when draw
ing a tub, purchase two feet of
rubber tubing to fit the faucet in
the bathtub, and let the water
run through it.
To prevent stepladder from
slipping nail pieces Of rubber on
the bottom. It cannot slip
In cutting butter, place a piece
of waxed parchment paper over
the sharp edge Of the knife. and
you will find that you can cut
many squares of butter, without
1t sticking to the blade.
When storing silver, pack in dry
flour and it will not tarnish.
Sew a piece of strong tape.
about three inches long to one
end of your tape-rpeasure. Wrap
this end around "A spool and fasten
with a tack. When you are not
using your tape.mcasurc, it can
be wound neatly around the spool
and kept in q convenient place.
Put q thimble on the end Of
your curtain rod, and it will
shove through a staPched curtain
easily, with no danger of tearing
the curtain.
A satisfactory way Of keeping
cut flowers fresh during transit,
is to push the ends If the stalks
into pieces of Jaw potato. Pack
blossoms in the usual way. II
treated in this manner. the flowers
viii arrive in perfect condition.
The Washington times., 1928-06-16

Indeed, not chauyiniere him.
SELF could have pushed matters
50 far as to constrain my choice
of wife, so long as / was will
ing to take one, especially If she
were OF humble origin as you'll
pretend to be. Come, then. Wen
invent the origin, together with
a name for you. 80 we go. !"
"How you run orr she said.
and almost laughed for all her
heart. sickness and abiding horror
Of the thing so lately done.
1T is necessary. Time presses.
Come.
wait! Wait" She was imper-
alive. DO not let haste drive
us into rashness. Consider first
what must follow. Chauvinere's
note will satisfy the Tribunal now,
no doubt. But for how long? In
day or two there will be ques-
tons.
He broke in upon her fears.
You do not know Poussignot.
do. / have lived here all my
days. Trust my Judgment In this.
Chauviniere's presence has been
a nightmare upon the place. His
absence will bring relief reac-
ton to the normal which will
steadily grow whilst that absence
is protracted. Very soon Poussig-
not's concern only win be lest
Chauviniere should return. Pous.
sfgnot will do nothing to encour.
age that, and will rest content so
long as it does not occur"
'sYou are very confident.
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u. have Cause to De. :

Il have cause to Des
He was persuading her. And
the note?' she asked. How will
you convey it to the Tribunal?
''Oh, I've thought Of that. too.
The ostler at the inn where
Chauviniere lodges Is my man
Fougereot's nephew. a God-fear-
ing lad to whom all sans-culottes
are detestable. Fougereot will
convey the note to him, and he
will deliver 1t; d natural enough
messenger"
Her face frightened at last.
You've thought Of everything
she approved him. "Chauviniere' .
death, then 80
rs the best thing that could
have happened for the world in
general and ourselves In par
ticu1ar. And he brought 1t on
himself. overreaching himself in
his thickness. Fetch Fougereot
while I'll get the note"
The girl departed on her err
rand, and the vicomte returned to
the library. Alone with her
thoughts, MademoiseIle de Mons
sorbier fell momentarily to shud-
dering again, and again covered
her face with her hands to shut
out the sight of ChauViniere as
she had last seen him. Thus
Monsieur de CORDIAL found her on
his return. She heard him close
the. door Of the library and turn
the KEY in the lock. Then, seeing
her hnddled there, he FASTENED to
her side.
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and Il seems he stopped off to
see Jerry-he's known where
Jerry was, all along and Jerry
got it out of him. !"
HE broke up your home" Dolly
said slowly, musingly. He never
did you anything but harm, and
vet YOU She stopped. What
did you do with the business after
you'd bought it?''
"Oh. / sold the presses and
equipment. The books dumped
into the good old Hudson" Alan
redeemed family, apparently fear
ing that this sounded priggish.
He grinned. "Of course" he said,
II kept a few copies for my per-
sonal edification."
Dolly scarcely listened. But
when his voice died out, she heard
her own voice quite distinctly.
Just a breath of a voice, hers, q
broken murmur, but it rang loud
in her ears. ''Alan--that's the
most wonderful thing-I ever
heard Of" Those were the
words. But she might as well
have said, "Oh. love you"
They. 1OOhSu dS CeAOAA VNAA(Aj
their eyes at last were frank and
open and steady and unashamed.
All the glory OF the world, q re-
Fiction OF the glow OF all the fires
that ever burned, were in their
eyes. They said nothing. They
needed TO say nothing.
Then Alan laughed aloud, ex-
uItantIy. so that people-eyen in
that place of noisy nirth--stared
at their table. And he swayed to-
ward Dolly across the narrow
clothed board and kissed her
quickly on the mouth.
Come on" he said, Tets get
ont of here" He half rose; then
sank down, remembering that in
supper clubs one must pay for
food and drink. whether or not
one has tasted either Waiter!
Hoy! Check, please.
Dolly knew that the check was
paid. She knew that her white
wrap was laid over her shoulders:
that. rising, she drew it tightly
and modishly about her. She
knew that she walked before Alan
through the wilderness of tables
lodged by instinct, and of people
whom she did not see.
She knew that as she went the
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Alan lugged out his watch and
consulted it in a serious, brow
knitted fashion. Dolly wanted to
laugh aloud, at him and at herself.
AS though either of them cared at
ali what time the hostess appeared,
IL she did appear!
Its IL minutes of" said Alan.
Dolly smiled at the card.
Hostess she murmured. Il
never sec that word. or hear 1t,
without remembering the one
night when I was a hostess-pro-
fessionally. Did I ever tell you
about it?''
NO" said Alan, interested.
eager at once.
She told him. concluding, That's
where l met Jerry Davis"
Alan had been smiling also. re-
garding her with sympathetic in
tentness as she talked. At the
mention of Jerry's name his smile
relaxed, gave way to speculative
grave expression. He put his
elbows on the table. joined his
finger tips. parted them again and
examined his palms closely. folded
his fingers finally into one great
double fist and propped his chin
upon it, before he said. II had a
letter from Jerry today"
Dolly started slightly. Her blue
eyes widened, her brows came to-
gether in a little incredulOus
frown that doubted whether she
had heard correctly. "You had
letter."
Alan nodded. "He's in Mon.
tana," h9 went on. hastily, as IL to
ward off questions. ''He bought
few ages of land adjoining the
land of some friend of his out there
and put up a cabin, and recently
they've found oil on his property.
He's got one we'll that's giving 90
barrels a day. and there Il be more.
great. isn't 1t? He say he's very
we'll and very busy. and his letter
sounded altogether cheerful
I'm so glad" Dolly said simply.
And she was glad. in all her
heart. Yet the little frown was
stiH perplexed and bothered.
ALAN" she said. why did he
write to you? ] can't see-why,
you were never even friends, you
end he! You were more like
enemies
1--WE were friends at the last, 4"
Alan answered evasively. when
he was in the hospital We got
quite chummy. Id-misjudged
him. you see. And ] was sorry"
"Still---' began Dolly doubt
fully. She shook her head. II
can't understand it. Why, after
a year and half of not writing
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he any question OF those Rev0lu-
tionary nupfials upon which they
had been counting. For In the
absence 81 any acceptable expIa-
nation for It, Chauviniere's disap-
pearance must very soon give
rise to inquiry. AT any moment
almost that inquiry might begin.
Even II he had not announced
to any his intention Of visiting
CcrbaI. some there must have
been who had seen him come that
way. He was not d man whose
movements went unnoticed. He
could not pass anywhere upper
ceired.
The tran. even If weak IA
places. would presently lead to
the Chateau de Corbal. The vi
conte would be asked questions
which he could not answer. TO
hide the body could not avail him.
He would be required to produce
the living Chauviniere. And fail
ing that, the conclusion was fore
gone. 1T needed no words be-
tween them to expound ali this.
Each saw 1t clearly.
There ii one thing only now
said the vfcomte. II must 90. 4
must set out at once before the
hurt Is MP"
She looked at him, her bright
fare resolufe.
To Be Continued Mouday.)
Copyright. 1928, ~ metropolitan
Newspaper Service. New York. Copy-
right. 1899 and 1927. BY Rafael
Sabatini. All rights reservedl
The Washington times., 1928-06-16
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Made of Substantial Craft Paper (Not Tissue)

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