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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
VOCABULARY INDEX
TO MENTAL ABILITY

Vocabulary is fairly reliable In
dex to a persons mental ability,
states Calvin T. Ryan in an article
Speech Habits and Personality" in
Hygeia Magazine. A mans language
is considered the shaper of his
thoughts and no longer as a mere
conveyance Of thought, he declares.
Precocious children who learn to
talk before the normal age have
been found to have abnormally
large vocabularies and to be above
the average in intelligence, Mr.. Ryan
writes. The children who begin to
talk later than the normal period
have been found to have small "
cabularies for any certain age and
to be below the average in intelli-
gence.
We are called lip-lazy people,
says Mr.. Ryan. We are told that
we do not love our language. Boys
and girls graduate from high school,
go into college and professional
school without learning to speak
dramatically. They have never
been taught the seriousness of
speech habits, and they do not real
ize that listener is entitled to think
that slovenly speaker is a sloven-
ly thinker.
Thanks to our modern science,
mental and phys cal, we are now
able to recognize the cause end eff
feet Of speech abnormalities and to
do something for most of them.
Speech clinics are becoming almost
as popular as baby clinics were %
years ago and ways have been found
to remedy stammering. suffering
and organic malformations of the or
gans of speech.
Parents and relatives of young
children who set a bad example by
incorrect speech are deplored by Mr..
Ryan. For the rnrmal child, learn
ing to talk is not only a great event
but great task. If he is normal
and acquires habits that are abnor-
NAL, the result is nothing short of
disaster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Frown on Lion Hunters
Killing From Airplanes

Hunting lions from airplanes is
distinctly out, in all parts Of Africa
where the British writ rules. The
open veldt of the great African game
country offers great possibilities for
cross-cOuntry coursing in automo-
biles, and easy landing for airplanes.
Hence. sportsmen have been rather
overshooting ions This is regarded
as bad for several reasons. 1t threat
ems the sport with extinction, but
sportsmen are joined I'm their anxi-
ETY. by biologists, who do not wish
to see another splendid wild animal
added to the list of extinct species.
ConservatiOnists and animal ecOlo-
gists also see in the lion a useful
regulator for the numbers of ante
lope and other grazing animals,
which without some natural check
might increase too rapidly and over
Craze the. range. Only in thickly
populated districts, where lions be-
come troublesome stock killers and
potential menaces to human life, is
exterminative hunting tolerated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Angler Believes Catfish
Ate Water Moccasin

Sulphur, Okla.-Will a fish eat a
snake? That is the question J. L
Young, veteran sportsman and fisher
man, is attempting to answer.
Examining his lines one evening,
Young discovered large water moe
casin on hook. Not wishing to re-
move a live snake from the hook In
the darkness, he decided to leave it on
the line until morning.
When he ran" the line the next
morning he found forty-pound cat
fish on the hook which the evening be-
fore had held the snake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Son Is Accused of Fathers Murder

to Florida gladly. There was no mo-
tive for him to have killed his father,
he asserted, indicating that debts on
his fathers farm exceeded the $1,000
insurance.
Had Other Property.
A dispatch from Florida, however,
said that the father was thought to
have had other property besides the
farm. Herbert Taylor, Tampa, said to
be a close friend of Scannell, also is
accused.
The information against Scannen
came from w. 81. HigginbOtham and
his two brothers, d. r. and Lee, who
lived near the elder Scannells farm.
The Scannells formerly lived in Kan
sas City, where the son graduated
from high school. His mother died
about two years ago.
Scannell said his father went to
Florida and settled there about two
years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Worlds Richest Boys
Pay Visit to London

LondOn.-Curious men come to Lon
don every season from the far parts
of the empire and must be given every
consideration because of their wealth
and political Importance.
Debs this season are especially awed
by Prince AZam Jah, son and heir of
the Nyzam of Hyderabad, an Indian
prince, said to be richer even than
John d. Rockefeller and Henry Ford
put together.
The young mans territories, when
he succeeds to them, will be larger
than the whole United Kingdom of
England, ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The fortune of this youths father is
estimated at more than a thousand
million dollars. He has blocks of solid
gold weighing a quarter of ton each.
He has bottles full of diamonds and
emeralds-and he keeps them thus
in bOttlesl
The prince has brought his younger
brother along with him and they are
charming. unassuming youngsters.
Trained from babyhood by English
tutors and with several years here,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
CHEESE IN FAVOR
THE WORLD OVER
Probably Oldest Food in Uni
versal Use.

With the possible exception of but
ter, cheese is the oldest prepared
food In the world. 1t is meat to the
French, potatoes to the Dutch, break
fast, dinner. and supper to the Swiss.
In Paris every restaurant worthy Of
its name has a cheese cellar. The
French chef would be as lost with
out cheese as we would be without
eggs-cheese .creeps into his deli
cacies at every turn.
In Alkmaar, cheeses are auctioned
off every Friday. On the day be-
fore, wagons and boats laden with
cannon-ball cheeses come to town
from every direction. The auction
begins at ten o'clock sharp. The
bidding starts to the strains of Lo-
hengrin's wedding march played on
a wonderful old carlton. At some
of these auctions. 125,OO0 little
Edams are sold in single day.
Today there are 500 varieties of
cheese-all made of milk but all
treated differently. The variations
In cheeses are often due to locality,
breed Of cows, and atmospheric con-
ditions. Many of these cheeses
which originated in foreign countries
are produced under laboratory con-
ditions in the United States today.
Roquefort cheese is an example; 1t
has been made for 800 years in Ro-
quefort, France. Excellent Roquefort
cheese is manufactured in America
at the present time.
In all times and all ages food
stuffs have acquired host Of ira
ditions, some true end others vio-
lently erroneous. Cheese enjoys no
exception to this rule. Some peo-
pie pronounce it ''rich" and say that
only small amounts should be eaten
at any time. Other traditions have
grown up about the time and way
it should be eaten. The most alb
surd Of these warns against the use
of cheese at the evening meal be-
cause it supposedly causes bad
dreams.
There Is no need to trust to ira
dition in this matter, according 10
nutritionists of the National Dairy
council. Exhaustive studies under
taken by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture have revealed
the truth, so that anyone who wishes
can use cheese to his own best good.
Tests reveal that cheese is from 80
per cent to 80 per cent digestible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Indian Charged With
Cruelty to Buffalo

hominy, Okla.-Because he is al
legged to have killed buffalo by the
tribal methods of his forefathers,
Frank Frenchman, Usage Indian, has
been charged with cruelty to animals
Frenchman, dressed in tribal cos
tune, was alleged to have tortured"
the buffalo by shooting it five times
with bow and arrows during reenact-
ment of an early day buffalo hunt.
The case is the first Of its kind ever
recorded on court dockets in this
county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Short Note Arrives
Late for Romance

Princeton, Ind.-A romance which
had its beginning during the World
war brought its first result recently.
but faded almost as rapidly as it came
TO light.
When Miss Anna May Miller was
employed in the Jeffersonville Und.)
government quartermaster depot, she
wrote her name and address on slip
of paper and pinned it to shirt which
she had made.
Recently letter came from SOL
der stationed in Hawaii, who had re-
ceived the shirt, answering her letter.
But it's writer now is Mrs. Harvey
Deering and mother Of three children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Make Pets of Mice

London has a club of mice breed
ers which holds monthly meetings
and the members spend their time
in discussing the points" of the
mice which are brought for eX-
hibition by the members. Some
times a hundred mice are shown at
one of these meetings. and enthusi-
asts become lyrical over their beauty
The champion mouse has q broad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Shrimp Found to Be
Rich in Vitamin D

New York.-Shrimp are rich in vi.
tamin D. From shrimp oil pure chol
esterol crystals have been extracted
This means that. like cod liver oil
shrimp extract prevents and cures
ricketts,, the disease of defective growtt
of bones and teeth. This is announced
by Profs. Roy P. Abernethy of the Uni
versity of North Carolina and Frank
G. Vilbrandt of Iowa State college.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Arrested While Escorting
Body to Burial Place.

Kansas Observation-Disclosures j. Scan
nell, thirty-three, was walking toward
the baggage car in which the body of
bis siXty-three-year-old father had been
transported from Florida to be buried
here beside his mother, when two city
detectives arrested him for the murder
of his father.
You are under arrest" the officers
told him.
"Why" Scannell queried.
"On request of the sheriff of Jackson
vile, Fla, we were asked to hold you
in connection with your fathers death, "
o. a. Lindsey, one of the detectives,
answered. while G. A. Carter, his part
ner was putting handouts on Scan
nell.
Father Found Murdered.
Scannell's father, John f. Scannell,
poultry farmer living on a six-acre
farm near Dinsmore, Fla, eleven miles
north of Jacksonville, was found MUIR
dered five days before
Apparently the crime had been COM
mitted two days before the body was
found in a small shed. An ak had
been used by the killer. Sheriff w. B..
Calhoun claims to have an eye-wit
ness of the Staying.
Protesting he knew nothing about
the death of his father until he was
notified at Tampa, Fla, young Sean
nell requested permission to have the
plans for the funeral carried out.
Scannell said that he would return
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Veteran Smithy Adds
Garage to His Shop

East Kingston, N. H.-With the rise
of motor vehicle popularity In recent
years, many village smithy has gone
out of business. But Joe Lawrence
seems to have solved this problem
very nicely. For many years a black
smith, he now operates a combination
garage and blacksmith shop. catering
to both motorists and horsemen as
they come along.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Storm Was Thoroueh

Lightning struck building in San
Dimas, Calf, during an electrical
storm, fired the building and set off
the automatic fire alarm. Then. hav-
ing started tn. fire and summoned
the fire department, the storm un.
loosed downpour of rain which ex-
tinguished the blaze before the fire
men could arrive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Order for Ice Cream
Ends in Matrimonv

Reno, Nev.-There's been LOT said
about radio romances of late, but
Carrie c. Berger, forest ranger. dis
closed one of the telephone variety
here after acting as guide for his
sister. Ruth Barger Cannon. and G. C.
Graves of Oakland, Calf. Barger re-
vealed that Graves, who runs an ice
cream company. fell in love with his
sisters voice when she ordered ice
cream by telephone for her candy
store. SO, with the ranger as guide
they came to Reno and were married
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

they speak English quite as a young
Englishman does.
They are the first of the Hyderabad
family ever to have come to England.
They are sure their enormously rich
father never will risk the journey.
The young princes are perfect dane
erS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
New Turk Language Is Proving Problem

Turks say they are unpalatable mouth
fuls and will never be used by the or
binary man. They accuse the commits
sioners of inventing a literary lam
guage different from the vernacular.
which was exactly one of the dangers
they were set to avoid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
aen Kills Eaglets
Placed in Her Care

Cleveland.-Two of the three
eaglets which were Matched re-
Gently in the biological labora-
tory of Western Reserve univer-
isty have died, while the third
is thriving.
The two died of injuries in
flicted by their foster-mother, a
setting hen, in stepping on them.
1t was believed the three birds
were the first eagles ever
Matched in captivity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Dolls Leg in ChiId's Lung

Utica, N. Y.-The leg of cellulOid
doll was removed from the lung Of
Agnes Winkleman. fifteen years old,
here recently. The girl fell while run
ming with the doll in her mouth, and
the leg found lodgment in her nasal
passages.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Cancer Blood Alkaline

Cancer victims have blood more
alkaline than normal, and the in
creased alkalinity seems to be relat-
ed to the speed with which the dis
ease ends fatally.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

skull, tulip-shaped ears, beady eyes
and with long tail set well in at
the base. AS to color 1t can be
chocolate, lilac. blue. black or silver.
The ''Tans" are the newest breed,
and they can be obtained in two col
Ors. The under color is always yell
low, but the top color varies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Cumbersome "Change"

No paper money circulates in Tibet
Change is frequently made by cutting
silver coins into two pieces.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Vacation Plans

where is your wife going this
Year," swell, she'd like to find some
new gossip"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
The Shock Cure

Il have the hiccoughs-pleasa
brighten me-"
"Lend me f5."
"Thanks-the attack is over
Zurich NebeIspalter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

The man who practices what he
breaches is a wonder because of his
rarity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

All culture has to concede some
thing to human nature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

The modern girl knows all there Is
to mo"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18

kel Special Brand" tire ID made By MANUFACTURE
for distributors such mail order oil
others, under that does identify
facrurer to the public usually because he builds
qualify tires under his name Frestons puts his
EVERY tire he makes.
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she was still standing in the same
spot where he had left her.
We'll! What are you standing
there for?" he barked as if she had
been one Of the servants. Find
the Master! Quick! And Barclay"
He snapped his fingers, and the sec
ond man came trotting post-haste.
Go right across the street and
fetch DR.. Jordan, and take him up
to the mistress room as fast as
you can"
1t was impossible not to obey the
old man. as he cracked out COM
mands like a drill-sergeant. Mary
moved off, but stopped to telephone
Eddie.
He shared fiat with two or three
other young men, and because of
them she never had visited him.
His telephone number was the only
definite link she had with him.
GONE one answered, but 1t was
- not Eddie. Eddie was not
there. Had not been there for three
or four days.
Il know something is the mat
ter" Mary told him-she was sure
he was lying-"but I'm his sister.
He called me about half an hour
ago. It's very important. Don't
Won know where he iS?"
1t was quite hopeless. The boys
were as worried as she was. Eddie
seemed to have disappeared.
Mary put up the receiver slowly
She wanted to go somewhere and
think, but she did not like to leave
the telephone. Eddie might call
again at any minute, and she want
ed to be there.
The figure of Teddy Doulton
lurched into the hallway.
eve thought you'd eloped!" he
chortled gaily. where's Dirk?"
His puzzled gaze searched the dark
corner in vain. Anything to get
rid of him, Mary thought desper-
ately.
Listen, Ted" she said quickly,
will you do somthing for me?" He
was compliant, but suspicious.
Then go and find your host for me.
He may be out in the drive talking
to the chauffeurs. Find him and
bring him here, quick!"
Teddy saluted deliberately.
II fty.- ~
himself around and started off, but
suddenly stopped and clapped
hand to his head. "By the way,
who is my host?" Then he snapped
his fingers. "Ah, I remember. Now
don't go way, sweetheart-T'll be
right back!"
He moved off, making exaggerat-
ed motions of search, lifting cush-
ions, spanking draperies, and in
specting woodwork through nom
existent magnifying glass.
She had not really expected any
help from the fool, but his Stiffness
seemed more than she could bear.
Suddenly she wanted Dirk ter
ribly. He would know what to do.
The ballroom was deserted as she
crossed it and a babble of voices
from the dining room told that sup
per was being served. Dirk and
Cornelia were not there
She went out on the terrace.
Some dark corner would yield
them, she felt sure. AS she came
out on the walk that led to the
lower garden, the sound of voices
below her arrested her attention.
Two figures were swaying to-
gether on the very lip Of the lily
pool, the woman's white dress
brightly silhouetted against the
dark.
Il will! I will, tool" she was
sobbing. Let go of me, you brute!"
1t was Cornelia, and the man
whose bosom she was pounding
with her fists as he held her firmly
by the Shoulders, was Dirk.
Ito Be COntinuedO
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Gems Of Peril 4, Il z: H.
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lionaire 11OPpIrTER. wife Of the mil
ser yeanssasement dinner s and dansr gives
NESS ar n.y. and proteee. NARY H III 1er
son Of s > b is q marry DIRK RuYTHfISSTRs
:, Mary receivssso ooeo family.
he Is ia peeerace brother. EDDIE. saving
house y Il trouble s,rla and must See her The
crasherst 'kstnaCtY guarded against gate
1s sne famous Jupiter rubies
nnitted aLranges Nor Eddie to be ad-
stairs secretly When she goes up-
"io tnen shots in Mrs Jupiter's room n''''
NOW GO ON WITH THF sToRV'
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The life of the ape-nan in his constant
battle for survival had taught him both to
think and act quickly. He knew that in all
this savage company he had no friends. But
perhaps here was a chance to make an ally
of Tar-gash, who certainly needed a friend at
this moment. For it was evident that none
of the tribe dared aid him from the kings
sudden rage. So, Tarzan of the Apes, prompt
ted by his hopes and the desire for fair play
sprang forward so suddenly that he had al
ready acted before any hand could be raised
to stop him.
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Tar-gash say the gilak turn, stoop and
surge forward with the king across his hip.
Then the strange prisoner threw the great,
hairy bull completely over his head and sent
him sprawling at the feet of his astonished
warriors. The gilak quickly leaped to Tar
gash's side and wheeling, faced the tribe with
Tar-gash Instantly a score of clubs were
raised against the two Shall we remain and
fight Tar-gash?" demanded the ape-man.
They will kill us" said Tar-gash. IF you
we're not gilak, we might escape through the
trees, but as you can not escape that way we
shall have to remain and fight"
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"Kreeg-ah, Tar-gashl" he cried. And at
the same instant he sprang quickly forward
brushing To-yad aside with single sweep of
his giant arm It sent the Sagoth sprawling
into the underbrush At the cry ''Kreeg-ah,"
which IN the language of the great apes, means
"Bewarel" Tar-gash wheeled to see the in
furiated king gorilla-man almost upon him
Then he also saw something that filed him
with amazement The strange gilak whom he
had taken prisoner had leaped close to Mwa-
lot from behind. A smooth bronzed arm
slipped quickly about the sings neck and
frightened.
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BY Small

Lead the way" cried Tarzan. There is no
Sagoth trail that Tarzan can not follow!"
Come them shouted Tar-gash, and as he
spoke ne hurled his club into the faces of the
oncoming warriors A dozen mighty bounds
he took and then leaped to the branch of an
overhanging tree, and close behind him came
the hairless gilak. M'wa-lot's hairy warrior
bulls pursued the two short distance and
then gave up the chase, as they considered it
sufficient to run an unruly bull out of the
tribe. When Tar-gash knew they had aban-
doned pursuit, he halted in the branches and
addressed Tarzan-
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
| AVS
NEW SMART.
IN TRUCE
InSistence on Virtual Control
of Neutral Zone Voiced
In Wire to League

DUAL .D'ORSAY, Dec. 2
(IN.S.).-A new obstacle
arose today in the path of
the League of Nations Coun-
Gil in its efforts to effect an
agreement between China and
Japan in Manchuria.
A telegram from the japanese
government in Tokyo insisted
upon virtual Japanese control OF
the proposed neutral zone around
Chinchow.
The Japanese delegation was
instructed by it's government to
demand that the entire neutral
zone be placed under admin1stra-
ton Of Mukden, now in japanese
hands.
Il EIuding an Issue
To get around the japanese
demand for policing mandate
III Manchuria, the " neutral
member of the council left this
Sit AZ the text of the Ar1nistice
resolution, but prepared 3 pre-
anlble which will cover this phase
Of the problem, as well as other
questions upon which Slno,
japanese agreement has been
lacking.
The preamble will express the
views of the council but will not
have the same definite juridical
status as the resolution itself.
Five to Make Inquiry
The resolution sets no date for
the evacuation of Chinese terri
tory by Japan, but reaffirms the
Councils resolution of Septern-
Der 80 in which Japan was re-
quested to withdraw her troops
into the zone of the South Man
churian Railway as soon as pos
Sible.
The commission of five mem
bers, which will make the inquiry
in Manchuria and China for the
League will determine upon it's
arrival at the seat of the con-
flict if Japan has complied with
the request for withdrawal of
troops.