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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Shortest Course on Ocean

The shortest distance between two
points on the same parallel Of latitude
Except on the equator) is not this
distance on the parallel of latitude
but rather the distance on a great
circle" around the earth. passing
through the two places. This can be
understood more readily by reference
10 a globe or ball. Books dealing with
navigation point out that great cir
Gle course is shorter than the "rhumb
line" or simple Mercator track. The
assertion that it would be shorter to
take course that goes north of the
parallel of latitude is correct.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Broody Brides

Broody birds cause loss of eggs, loss
of freshness, breakage of eggs. Take
the broody birdie off the nest after
dark and snip celluloid band on the
leg. Put her back on slat-bottomed
nest for three days. If she has to be
put in a Stat nest three times for
broodiness, it is time she was eaten.
Fatten her and use the AK. Broodi-
ness is an inherited trait, just as GER
tainly as shank color, plumage color or
other distinguishing marks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Painting the BrOoder

Unless the premises where chicks
are kept and all appliances used are
known to be absolutely free from lice
and mites, and it is certain that chicks
have never been exposed to them, it
is wise precaution to paint or spray
parts crude petroleum and one part
kerosene. allowing it to dry thorough
ly before using Puffs of insect pow
der on the chicks when in the brooder,
about once a week, will destroy any
lice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
How One Woman Lost
20 Pounds Of Fat
Lost Her Prominent Hips
Double Chin-Sluggishness
Gained Physical Vieor-
A Shapely Figure

If you're fat-frst remove the
cause!
Take one half teaspoonful of
Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot
water in the morning. To hasten re-
suits go light on fatty meats, pota-
toes, cream and pastries-in weeks
get on the scales and note how many
pounds Of fat have vanished.
Notice also that you have gained
In energy-your skin is clearer
you feel younger In body-Kruschen
will give any fat person joyous
surprise.
But be sure it's Kruschen-your
health comes first-and SAFETY
first is the Kruschen promise.
Get a bottle of Kruschen Salts
from any leading druggist anywhere
In America Qasts 4 weeks) and the
cost Is but a trifle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Good and Poor Cows

The conclusion that one good COW Is
worth ten poor ones was reached by
J. w. Ingels after studying records Of
the farmers association of which he is
the tester.
He found that the average COW in
the Lee-Des Moines Cow Testing asso-
citation paid her owner $3.50 above
feed cost last year.
On the other hand the IA low-pro.
ducers returned an average of 1892
profit. or slightly more than one-tenth
of the mean production.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Movable House Best

The light, movable growing shelter
is coming into more general use by
poultrymen everywhere. 1t is regard
ed by those who speak with authority
as the greatest improvement in poultry
housing since the introduction of the
open-front house. On suitable range
it provides conditions similar to those
that are enjoyed by wild birds-easily
movable quarters, freedom from mites.
ample ventilation, cool roosting quar-
tiers, no overheating or sweating, no
germ-laden, dusty air.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Reduces Flock Costs

One way to reduce flock costs is to
Gull the year-old hens and retain them
another year, states University of Hi
nois poultryman. Such hens have gone
through their most expensive depreci-
alton. II they are well bred they
year, though their egg yield may not
be quite as high as pullets. Keeping
old hens increases hazard of disease,
and where possible it is desirable to
brood new lot of chicks and replace
the flock with pullets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Band the Pullets

Mark the precocious pullets in order
to identify them definitely from the
late beginners next year, when the pull
let laying year draws to a close and
the question of keeping over stock for
breeding purposes comes uP. Use a
blue celluloid leg band to mark the
early starters. To do this involves
knowing the dates of each hatch and
the identities of the pullets in each.
The simplest means of Identification
is different toe punch for each hatch
of chickS.-Exchanga
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Discourage the Fly

Breeding places for flies should be
destroyed. This is precaution that
should be taken for the sake of the
family as well as the cows. Manure
should be hauled to the fields each
day, and if this is impossible, it should
be moved as far as it can be from the
barn, as it furnishes. an ideal breed
ing place. AS an added precaution.
the animals should be sprayed or
rubbed once of twice day with .
fly repellent mixture. of which there
are many on the market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Ancient Byzantium

On the death of Theodosius the Ro-
man empire was divided, and his son
Arcadius took the eastern half, with
Byzantium as his capital. This an
cient city occupied the most easterly
Hill of the modern city of Constants
nople.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Oaths of Office

The custom of an officials taking an
oath of Office to administer the laws
did not originate with the Christian
religion. From the earliest records
of the Jews such oaths were required.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
On a Large Scale

Observation-Disclosures could you
have been thinking of to steal all these
sheep?
Accused don't know, your wor-
ship. I must have been wool gather
ing.
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Odd Coat of Arms

The arms of the Isle of Man con.
sists of three legs in armor, fexed az
the knee. The symbolism is that the
Isle of Man "kneels to England, kicks
at Scotland and spurns Ireland"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

1aSclnaIlOn iOT TIE
Kiowa. There were
the gathering Of a
war-party, the cere-
monies. the prepara-
tons the stealing out.
every sense alert; the
first glimpse of the
white men; and the
mad gallop down upon
them, feathers flying,
yelling, shooting. Then
there was the battle
itself, in which the
startled white men
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
splendid. 1t actually has wooden
partitions between the bedrooms in
stead of curtains"
Nothing Doing

Nothing Doing
The door bell rang and dad an
swered it.
"Any old clothes to sell or give
away?" asked the old man, who had
pushed the button.
do you think I want to join one
of these nudists' colonies?" growled
dad as he slammed the door shut.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
For a Rainy Day

Another BILL" sighed her husband.
"and we decided we were going to put
bit by for rainy day."
"Yes. darling, but don't you see the
bill Is for my new raincoatT
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
TALES
OF THE
CHIEFS
BY
Editha
L.
Watson
SETANGYA, SATANTA AND
BIG TREE

The excitement of raid against the
whites must have held considerable
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Transformation
The teacher had sent some of the
clay dishes the children had made TO
the pottery works to be baked When
they were returned she placed them
on a table with several other dishes
which had not been baked.
Robert was the first child to notice
the dishes and running to the teacher
he said:
"Oh, Miss -, look, some of our
dishes turned to glass last nightp'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Try lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Preparedness

Preparedness
Mistress-What is in that huge
bottle on the kitchen mantelpiece,
Mary?
Maid-Oh. just some stuff for
mending china. ma'am.-Hummel.
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Grecian Art Lost
No Grecian paintings done in the
time that Greek culture was at its
height are known to be in existence,
but there are records of artists and
their works.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

Thomas Mare could not lift out that
bundle of bank notes. Not for the life of
him, not for the soul of him. And
so, impotently. blinded with rage,
sitting with humiliation, the figure of
Thomas Mare, leaving the bank roll,
turned and tiptoed from the chamber
of Theodore Longman.
1t was long about breakfast time
on Christmas day just when Thomas
Mare, sunk in the abjectness and
shame of he knew not what, was be-
ginning to dread the little breakfast
table circle of the frustrated faces of
his wife and children, that the sum-
mons came.
Theodore Longman, waiting in the
panelled study of his Georgian house
on the hill, informed him that, at triple
his salary, Mare was to become gen.
eral superintendent over the premises.
What Longman did not add was that,
at one o'clock that morning, he had
watched man with cap pulled down
over his face and a f1ashlight in his
hand, stand beside an open drawer
containing six thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars and. shuddering, turn
away, leaving it untouched.
(@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
(WNU Service)
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Christmas eve came and with it the
rounding up of plans he had been care
fully making over period of nine
weeks. Nothing failing him, at seven
thirty o'clock in the evening, Thomas
Mare had reason to know that repos-
ing in the upper right-hand drawer in
the bedroom of Theodore Longman
would be a bundle of bank notes
amounting to six thousand three hun
dred and fifty dollars.
At eleven o'clock, according to Gus
tom, Theodore Longman would retire
to his bedroom, turn on his reading
lamp for an hour or two before he fell
asleep. At one o'clock the Waterman
of the grounds, good-natured Irish
man, named Curry, would be down at
the third gardeners little cottage for
a tweak of midnight eggnog. That was
the hour upon which Thomas Mare
staked and staked hard.
Ironically, every move on the chess
board was precisely as Thomas Mare
had planned. A little later, Thomas
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employer, family, children, and his
God; and why was he, at forty-fve, I'M
able to get footing on the ladder of
success beyond his wretched role of
assistant gardener in the household of
Wall Street magnate who lived on
Long Island?
Deep within the rebelling heart of
Thomas Mare, rancor against his en-
ployer, against the little-girl daughter
of his employer, against the whole
scheme of society that made his state
of oppression possible, began to burn
and rage and finally sweep through
his being.
Another Christmas at hand, another
period of beholding Adalia scraping
and pinching to afford her children the
minimum joy of this season; another
Christmas day, dreaded because it
would expose the disappointment and
yearning concealed by the valiant
little faces of his youngsters.
The plan to improve upon the
scheme of his universe and somehow
obtain for his brood some of the COM
penSations which had all of their life
time been denied them, began to grow
in the heart of Thomas Mare.
For a man to reconcile himself to a
society that was built on foul under
growth was folly. Months of that Sc
cret mental fodder succeeded in rous-
ing within Thomas Mare the impulse
and the courage to carry out an act
that two or three years before would
have seemed to him to be the act of
mad man.
Thomas Mare had reason to know
that in drawer of desk in the room
in which Theodore Longman slept.
there usually reposed roll of bank
notes sufficient to keep Mares family
in luxury. And curiously, stubbornly,
almost insanely in the mind of Thomas
Mare was the determination that this
year there would be no little frustrat-
ed faces around his Christmas table.
The Mares were going to have their
first real Christmas; and in his desper-
alton Thomas even said to himself the
Xhol co "OiS SoAhS ~ hofS LII 81
real Christmas, even if a fly-by-night
promoter named Theodore Longman
was going to be found dead in his
bed on Christmas day.
Secretly, cautiously, subtly and with
a fnesse that amazed himself, the
plans of Thomas Mare took shape. So
clever these plans, that even in the
eventuality of having to use force
once he found himself in the apart
ment of Theodore Longman, it would
be impossible to trace the crime to the
innocuous second gardener.
The family of Mare was about to
be emancipated.
Papa, am / going to get a sled for
Christmas?"
Here it came again, the innocent and
authentic desires of his innocent chill
dren, that frightened look in the face
of Adalia; that heartache look.
The plans of Thomas Mare took
shape, and there was within him neith-
er fear nor indecision.
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"He weel keel me, dis Paradees, eef
you tell dem what spik to you," pro-
tested the other.
Then it was arranged that the In
dian, whose canoe was hidden up
river, should return at once to Lee
Blends and bring his family to SUM-
set House, where Jim would outfit
them for the winter. Following this,
Jim and Omar secretly decided to take
the Indian to LeBlond's and face
Paradis. They could count on Pierre
Migwan, their prisoner, deserving Par
ads and bringing his family to Sunset
House, for he would not dare show
his face again at the post across the
lake, once Paradis learned he had
been betrayed. But it would take
some urging to get the Indian in the
face of Paradis to repeat his story
to LeBlond. Yet that was what the
friends intended to make him do. Lee
Bonds head man had been accessory
before the fact to an attempt at MUIR
der. This LeBlond could not ignore,
for Jim would notify Christie at once
and canoe of the Provincial police
would appear in September. At last
the luck of Sunset House had turned
and they would make the most
of it.
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About Old Santa Claus,
Children's Patron Saint

THE dictionary merely tells you
= that Santa Claus is a contraction
of Saint Nicholas (see Nicholas, Saint.
A turning of the pages reveals that
Nicholas was bishop of Myra or Smyr.
ma in Asia Minor about 800 A. d. He
was the patron saint of old Russia and
was believed to offer special protec.
tion and comfort to "sea-faring men,
thieves, virgins and children" His af.
lection for children was based on the
assertion that he brought back to life
three 'schoolboys who had been muir.
dered. An encyclopedia attributes the
name by which he is known In America
TO the early Dutch settlers who called
him San Nicolaas.
But it little matters whether he be
known as Saint Nicholas. Santa Claus,
Kris Kringle, OF a dozen other names,
for the presence of his spirit on this
climax holiday of the year is the i'm.
portant thing. II enters every home
In the four corners of Christendom
and touches the hearts of all the men
and women in them Moreover, 1t Is
essen'iaIlv the spirit childhood, the
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Expect Coal to Furnish
New Source of Protein

Coal may be proved to be new
source of protein, an essential ele-
ment in food. Experiments made by
German chemists seem to indicate.
that coal chemistry has already adj
vanced to the point where, by tech
nically practicable processes, it is
possible to obtain directly from coal
and coke such substances as are
used by nature In the synthesis OF
the animal and human body.
One cannot at present imagine arti-
fetal subsistence, but surely def
mite direction is being marked in this
field, and 1t is shown that the pro-
duction of albuminous materials from
a coal base is ready to be disclosed.
Work in this direction has been
prosecuted in the Gesellschaft fur
Kohlentechnik for more than dec
ade, and 1t is said to have bridged
thes gap between chemicals and the
materials occurring in coal, which
falls within the range of protein for
mation.-Sunday Magazine of the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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with fidelity toward her husband,
and alteration toward her children,
that woman was Adalia.
And yet here was the fifteenth
christmas since Thomas had married
her, and only the annual heartbreak
of inadequate holiday spirit, made
Quate funds, and fear of facing her
children on Christmas morning, to con-
front her in the way of holiday antici-
patton.
The slow anger that had been lying
in embers in the heart of Thomas
throughout the years of their marriage
seemed to catch fire this time. What
had Adalia done except be sweet, sac
rificing, tolerant and godly, to de
serve the insistently drab fate that
tugged at her footsteps since her mar
riage to Thomas?
What had Thomas himself done ex-
cept try, as conscientiously as a man
knows how. to fulfill his obligations to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16
How One Woman
Lost 10 Lbs. in a Week

Mrs. Betty Luedeke of Dayton
writes: 81 am using Kruschen to
reduce weight lost 10 pounds in
one week and cannot say too much
to recommend it."
To take off fat easily, SAFELY
and HARMLESSLY-tak one-half
teaspoonful of Kruschen in a glass
Of hot water in the morning before
breakfast, go lighter ON fatty meats,
potatoes, butter, cream and pastries
it is the safe way to lose insight
ly fat and one bottle that lasts 4
weeks costs but trifie. Get it at
any drugstore in America. If this
first bottle fails to convince you this
is the safest way to lose fat-money
back.
But be sure and get Kruschen
Salts-imitations are numerous and
you must safeguard your health.
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said quietly in Ojibwa: "You have
woman and children?"
The mink-like eyes of the Indian
shot a furtive glance at the lined
visage of the man who squinted into
the fire. Jim watched with curiosity
the drama the willy Omar was staging.
Then he mumbled a faint, "Enh-enh!
yes"
IF you wish to see the Lake of the
Sand Beaches again, you speak with
a single tongue" went on the in
quisitor in Ojibwa, as If talking to
himself, his eyes still fixed on the
fire. "You lie to me, now!" Omar sud-
denly stormed, turning a face distort-
ed with passion on his man. as his
iron fingers gripped the Indians
throat, land I'll feed your heart to
the ravensi"
The cowed prisoner fiinched from
the steel point of Omar's knife which
pricked his chest
you speak with split tongue and
the wolves will pick your bones!"
Omar's left hand closed on the In
dams throat till the terrOr-haunted
eyes of the gasping man protruded
from his gray face. Then the half
breed abruptly released him, replaced
his skinning knife in it's sheath. and
resume his contemplation of the fire.
Fascinated by the drama, Jim
watched the two across the fire from
behind a screen of tobacco smoke.
'You lax to see de sun rise once
more?" The stiff lips of Omar Scarce
ly moved as he rasped out the ques-
ton in English. But the prisoner was
silent.
Again the impassive Omar, gazing
into the burning birch. was trans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

jim nSdCnSo dnO VOCkSO MS 1uHs
Rose Boldly to His Knees and
Rapidly Emptied the Magazine at
the Tell-Tale Wisp of Smoke
Against the Green Scrub.
formed into fury as he suddenly
turned with a snarl on the Ojibwa.
"What did Paradees pay your"
Flinching from the knotted visage
of his tormentor, the prisoner never
theless stoically held his silence.
After a period of motionless con-
temptation of the fire. the half-breed
rose and, taking his ak, stripped a
neighboring spruce sapling of its
branches. Then he gathered an arm
full of dry spruce sticks and birchbark
and dropped the kindling at the foot
of the tree
Jim glanced at the Ojibwa. Horror
filed the Indians eyes as he watched
the deliberate preparations for the
last act of the drama.
Going to his pack, Omar produced
some rawhide thongs, then picking
up the visibly shaking prisoner as if
he were a child, carried him to the
spruce and, binding his arms, dashed
him to the tree, and calmly pushed
the spruce kindlings around his feet.
But gray as was the face of Omar's
victim, on which stood out great beads
Of sweat, his stiff lips emitted no
sound as his hopeless eyes watched
the half-breed lift a red coal between
two birch sticks and calmly approach
the tree
"You talk nowr" grunted the exc
cutioner.
Slowly the dry lips Of the Indian
moved. "He let dem starve-dees long
snow" he moaned, in English.
"Paradees SEN your" demanded
Omar, dropping the coal into the
kindlings.
''Eef l spik he drive dem alone into
de bush-to starye."
"Paradees SEN your" came the re-
iterated question.
The burning sticks snapped at the
feet of the fainting man who fought
with his fear. Then, as the heat
reached his legs, his nerve crumpled.
swat you do eef spik?" he whim-
pered.
''You spik all de trut' an we let
you go!" came the quick answer.
II spik," murmured the Indian and
tainted where he stood.
With vigorous kicks Omar and Jim
scattered and stamped out the fire.
then unbound the Indian and doused
his face with water while he blinked
doubtfully at them from where he
lay.
"Paradees SEN your" repeated the
pitiless inauisitor.
The man sitting on the ground
nodded.
'IeBlond, he know dis"
The prisoner shook his head. Son
lee Paradees."
How he max you do dis t'ingr'
my famille."
The Indian rapidly explained In
Ojibwa that two poor winters and a
broken leg had put him heavily In
debt to the Northwest company for
supplies. They had already refused
him further "debt" when Paradis had
come to him In his desperation and
offered to put him on his feet If he
would ambush the returning canoe OF
Jim and Omar, whom MacLauren had
met on the portage.
A grim smile widened Omar's stih
mouth II go to dis LeBlond, ah-hah.
But you 60 wild me-"
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Mare, with a fash
light in his hand.
and his cap pulled
down over his face,
was standing be-
side an open draw
er in the bedroom
Of Theodore Long.
man, W no W a 9
snoring. There was
the bundle of bank
notes with a rub
Der band around it
precisely as he had
known it would
be! And for the
life of him, to his
degradation, to his
humiliation, to his
fl hs
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"A Merry Christmas" as
Other Nations Saw II

THIS is how the nations of the
L world express the wish "a Merry
Christmas: France, Bon Noel;
China, Tin Hao Man: Portugal. Boas
Festas; Japan, Kinga Simmer; Tur-
key. Ichok Yilara; Hungary. Boldog
Karacsonyi Unnipeket; Greece, Chrys-
tovjena; Croatia, Sretan Bozic; Hol
land. Zen vroolijk Kerstmis; Spain
Felices Pascuas; Germany, Froeh.
Iiche Weilnachtan; Sweden. Glad
julien; Italy, Felice Natalie; Rumania,
Cracium Felicitatiune; Bohemia, W
sele vanoce; Poland. Wesolych Swiss
Denmark. Glaedelig Jul.
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for the sullen re-
S e n t m mt that
tugged at his heart,
like a tide.
No more than in
his own case did
there seem any
reason for the sui
len kind of fate
that logged at the
life of Adalia. She
was a good wife.
More than that,
she was a good
mother, and if ever
a woman played
her game of life
fairly and square
ly, with due re-
rord for otbarc
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FROM THE BEGINNING

fur Sunset in Jim
with headnna Omar, q a IN
is Of n
be chamin n a o Jim to
of
of Ameh
Jim by travel the On
rtunsth the beach Jim
trade showing
leaves
the potfe
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freshness, the courage. and the eager
ness of young lives. Saint Nicholas
may seem old. but he has none of the
fears. regrets or prejudices of age.
He and his children stand on the
threshold of the world. Their banner
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is good will and their goal is peace.

is good will and their goal Is peace.
So this day, dedicated to the mem
DRY of the birth of child, belongs TO
all children. 1t is their carols. their
laughter. their happiness which makes
it sweet. And we older folk should on
this day at least share their kindness,
their tolerance. their purity and their
Saint Nicholas.-The Boston Herald