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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

Americana
Compact With the Dead
By Elmo Scott Watson

compact with the DeaQ
MAYHEM Francis Spies of Mt. Yer
w non, N. Y, collector of names
and epitaphs on gravestones, pushed
aside the tall grass in front of monu-
Haven, VT, he suddenly drew back
with a startled exclamation. For he
was looking straight into the face of
dead man! He looked again. No, 1t
wasn't an optical illusion. There was
the face clearly apparent through a
thick slab of plate glass. Here's why:
The man, resident of New Haven
long before the Civil war, had hor-
rOr of being buried alive. SO he made
arrangements to be buried in a her.
metically sealed coffin with a plate
glass window in the top. In his will
he gave the town a small fund, the
interest On which was to be used to
employ man to go to the graveyard
twice day and look through the plate
glass to see If he was still dead and
to rescue him if he came back to life.
For nearly half century the town
faithfully spent the income from
this fund for hiring men to go to the
grave. Eventually they decided that
the man was safely dead and these
men were just wasting their time max
ing the twice-daily visits. But it was
necessary to go to the state legislature
and have a special act passed in order
to permit the town to break its agree
ment with the dead man and spend the
money from his fund on some much
needed public improvements.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
"BY JIMMY" EXPRESSION

The constellation Gemini is an In
teresting group of stars. and one which,
strangely enough, was not known to the
Chaldeans and other early eastern peo-
Piles as the twin brothers we know to-
day, but rather as the two kids. The
two bright stars in Gemini. Castor and
Pollux, were believed by the ancients
to be harbingers of fair weather when
they appeared In the sky. The two
gods, the twins Castor and Pollux, he
roes of the Argonautic expedition, i'm
mortalized in the twin stars In the sky,
were greatly revered by the Roman le-
gions, whose soldiers swore favorite
oath, 'by Gemini." That ancient oath
has come down to us as the expression
by Jiminy."-Hayden Planetarium
Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

How rarely one sees peacock with
all his lovely plumage displayedt
This proud pair of colorful birds
will hold this unique pose as long
as your wall panel lasts. You'll want
1t done in a short time, of course,
and it will be, for the actual en-
broidery goes very quickly, using only
single, running and outline stitches.
You may use either silk, wool or cot
ton floss, but remember-the more
colorful it is, the prettier! /
Pattern 1014 comes to you with a
transfer pattern of a picture Is by 20
inches; a color chart and key; ma
terial requirements illustrations of
all stitches needed. Send 10 cents in.
coins or stamps (coins preferredD to.
The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept
50 Eighth Ave-, New York, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

word, there's never been thing wrong
with his arm. Also you can believe
some more of the same about Bill Lee.
I'm telling you that We'll be going
along smoothly before long, and
"Sure, know Galan and Hack are
not hitting as good as they did this
time last year. But they're both fell
lows who're really good hitters and
you can't keep them down. They're
likely to snap out of it any day now
and keep on going. Besides, we're
getting some pretty fair power in there
anyhow, aren't we? Sure, we are. Look
at Billy Herman. He's slapped seven
teen doubles so far and you now know
that's the kind of smart betting that
wins ball games, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Glory, Glory, Halleluiah!

WHENEVER you sing Julia Ward
w Howe's Battle Hymn of the Re-
public" or John Browns Body Lies
a-Mouldering in It's Grave" with it's
laundering choyus of "Glory, glory,
hallelujah!' you unconsciously pay
tribute to the memory of a forgotten
American composer who deserves, but
lacks, the recognition that has been
given Stephen A. Foster. Also you
perpetuate "a joke on a sanctimonious
brother-in-law." Here's why:
The composer was Thomas Brigham
Bishop, Maine farm boy whose fond
ness for strolling around stunning a
banjo or guitar and making up tunes"
was source of great annoyance to
his serious-minded brother-in-law. One
day the brother-in-law had an attack of
religious fervor, slapped himself on the
chest and shouted 81 am bound to be
a soldier in the army of the Lord |
Glory, glory, hallelujah!'
The swing of those lines kept running
through Bishops head and after a
while he put tune to them-the tune
now so familiar to all Americans. Back
in those days, just before the Civil war,
this song, just two lines, verse and
chorus became the favOrite at revival
meetings ''down East" Later, Bishop,
taking the same air, adapted it to new
words suggested by the Harpers Ferry
raid and the famous John Browns
Body" was the result.
1t was a favorite marching tune for
the soldiers of 1S61-65 who sang 1t
with variations-both sacred and very,
very profane! Then Julia Ward Howe
took the same music and used it and
the "Glory, glory, Hallelujah" chorus in
her magnificent Battle Hymn of the
Republic" Thus a song composed as
a joke on a brother-in-law has become
q part of national hymn!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Grimm Full o Hope
Though 1896 Pennant
Chase Is Plenty Tough
@ New York Post.-wNU Service.

CHARLEY GRIMM-"What's that?
~ No, I'm not thinking about becom-
Ing a pitcher just because I've got
this big yeIIow-finger mitt on and be-
cause you've seen me warming up for
ten minutes. I'm merely breaking it in
for Larry French, who's got lot of
other things on his mind now besides
new gloves, and asked me to do it for
him. It's all in the days work for a
manager. Even when you're with the
league champions, you've got to help
out wherever you can, and What's
that?
You think from what you've seen
that I'd be lot more help if 1 did go
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Railcar Popular in France

The railcar, or "automotrice," as 1t
Is known there, is becoming one of the
most popular means of rapid passenger
transport in France. At the same time
great efforts are being made to increase
the speed of these railcars. Every few
weeks new record Is established by
one of the rival constructing compa-
MES. Record was attained by NJ. Jean
Bugatti, who drove a Bugatt railcar
from Strasbourg to Paris in hours 81
minutes, averaging 1914 miles an hour.
Seventy-five Bugatti railcars are now
running on the French railway system.
NJ. Jean Bugatti considers that railcars
run on petrol are particularly useful
for ultra-rapid transit transport over
distances of three or four hundred
miles.-London Sunday Observer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
DREAKNESS Pickinqs:

L Bold Venture Joined an iIlustrlous
company of ponies including Sir Bar
ton, Gallant Fox, Burgoo King and
Omaha that have won both the Ken
lucky Derby and the Preakness. Twen-
ty Grand and cavalcade, Derby win
ners, were second when they tried
their luck at the Preakness.
Only two fiIies have reached the win
ners' circle. They were Rhine Maiden
in 1915 and Nellie Morse in 1924.
Tom Healey has been the most sue
cessful of the modern trainers in the
$685. 900 classic. He saddicd four win
ners, Vigil, PilIory, Display and DR..
Freeland. The combination of Owner
G. L. LorilIard and Trainer r. w.
Walden was tops among the ancients.
They had all five winners from 1873 to
1882. Walden also was the winning
trainer in 1875 and was both owner
and trainer of Refund, who romped
home in front in 1888. :.
Just to show that things were on the
up and up in those days horse named
WeIcher finished second in a field of
two in 1884.
Not in the Box Score:
There is an unwritten baseball law
that there shall be no Throwing" at
night. The lights and shadows make it
so difficult for a batter to dodge that
even the hardest-hearted pitchers pre-
fer to aim at the outside corners rather
than be charged with manslaughter.
Baltcazar Sanchile, recognized
in Europe as the worlds bantamweight
champion, says he started boxing be-
cause he didn't want to go to work.
The Meusels, Irish and Bob, are
playing semi-pro baseball in Los An
geles. Pa Stribling now peddles
automobiles in Hattiesburg, Miss. :.
Elmer Layden, the Notre Dame foot
ball mentor, is flooding the mails with
circulars advertising his Forthcoming
Olympic tour. Jack kearns now
operates a tavern on Randolph street
in Chicago. -. Vaughan Williams,
long one of the most capable soccer
referees, now is vice president of the
Brookhattan A. G. and president of the
Westchester County Soccer league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Terry Needs a Pitcher
but Where's the Trade?

Bill Terry-'How do / know how
there? 1t swells up big and is so sore
at night that it's pretty tough sleeping,
and what's worse there doesn't seem to
be anything anybody can do for it. But
I'll stick in there just as long as 1 can.
What's that
"BarteII? Don't believe everything
you read. He's had charIeyhorse in
his leg and that's naturally slowed him
some, but he's coming along all right.
Sure we need him. Who wouldn't need
q fellow like him2
Trade? Certainly I'd make one.
I'm not saying we haven't looked bad
a few times in the last couple of
weeks, but we've got pretty fair ball
club. Give us another pitcher to go
along with what we have and
''Why don't I get one then7 Say,
why don't you 90 on over there and
Interview Grimm. What7 okay, you
can stay then, but don't ask any more
questions like that. Haven't you ever
Don't you know that II you were to
give up your right eye and few other
knickknacks such as that they'd prob
ably still be asking how you expected
that to
What? You're right, it's a tough
race. Maybe 1t won't be decided until
three or four clubs are at the wire,
which would suit us swell the way
we're keeping close up now. Maybe
the breaks will decide it. Anyhow,
there's no soft spots.
Not in the Box Score:
The Tigers Indignantly deny base
rumors that Mickey cochrane would
love to spank Schoolboy Rowe because
the Schoolboy has been pitching and
behaving like first-grader this season.
-. +. Although he never yet has lacked
for words, Jimmy Johnston, the box.
Ing promoter, is prepared for such a
calamity. He keeps a 1,9s6-page die
tionary In the top drawer of his desk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Neon. Ga.eou. Elemen.

Neon Is gaseous element discovered
in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay, and
present In the atmosphere to the ex-
tent Of one or tive parts a 100000. 1t
is separated from argon, with which 1t
Is mixed, by fractional dlstillation of
the liquefied gas and is itself a color
less gas that boils at about 240 degrees
centigrade, has density of 10. is en-
tirely chemically inactive, and prob
ably monatomic. Neon glows red
orange In vacuum tube, and Is
marked by strong red and green lines
In its spectrum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

- NA~A ~
Well, that's w h er e
you're wrong. We've
got a pretty fair staff
just the same and get
ting Curt Davis will
help us plenty. May
be he'll start slow, but
you can bet he'll win
plenty of games for
us. And don't let any
body kid you about
Lon Warneke. He's
got all his stuff and
l. -. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Delaware River at Tidewater

The Delaware river meets tidewater
at Trenton, N. j., 100 miles above the
mouth. Below this city the river be-
comes broad, sluggish inlet Of the
sea with many marshes along its side,
widening steadily into its great estuary,
Delaware bay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
what /ILh
Au.:m\.AoD0
-DWTS/ thinks
about:
Hot Political Campaigns.

HOLLYWOOD, CALF
L i They say this will be the
liveliest fight for years and years,
with glee clubs gargling and the
boys out with brass bands-and
brass-knucks; and batteries of
college professors firing on OPP
position professors.
But they'll never reclaim the glori-
Gus ancient spirit. We're too tame.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

Take '96. Now, there
was a campaign for
you. When Bryan was
a discovery instead of
a chronic recurrence.
Two lifelong friends
would meet. "What
dye think of this here
free silver thing?" one
would ask. II think
it's the greatest no.
ton in history" the
second fellow would
say. "What do you
thiply 2b at tb;ply yo,,,ro
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

heat units or cal0rieS
as they are called.
The milk would be
about $50 calories, per
glass, or 800 in all. A
chocolate eclair should
have a couple of table
spoonfuls Of whipped
cream and each table
spoonful equals 100
calories. Thus with
the chocolate on the
outside, the d lou g h
or cake part, and the.
\
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Age of Parrots

Occasionally parrots attain the age
OF one hundred years or more, and
commonly they live 40 years. At that
age they begin to shed feathers, become
weak and do net digest their food prop
erly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Eagle as Emblem

In ancient times the eagle was the
emblem of might and courage. Since
then other attributes have been given
1t. Its extraordinary power Of vision,
the height to which 1t scars and its
longevity appeal to mans poetic sense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
HQWARE
1WT0DKY
DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
Talk, About Q
w. BARTON
Lunch for Office Workers

Lunch for Ohce workers
A YOUNG man whom | had
"A examined regularly during
his student days at the university
met me in a restaurant one day
and l noticed that he was ex-
tremely overweight. He said he
couldn't explain his overweight. |
told him that he had likely stopped all
exercise and simply ate all he desired.
"Well," he replied, II eat no lunch
whatever"
/ asked him what he was doing in
the restaurant at the noon hour, and
he hunched his shoulders and said that
he just ate couple of chocolate cellars
and drank couple of glasses of milk
each day at lunch time; really no lunch.
Just think what two chocolate eclairs
and two glasses of milk amount to in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Fine to Kill the Appetite

Mayme-Dearie, did you ever try
smoking a cigar?
Jayne-Once, and for week after
/ didn't have any trouble sticking to
my reducing diet, darling!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

0tiiL SSfikiiidSo W w
very well at the box
office, Pro Tennis Pro-
moter Bill O'Brien is
losing money on his
Bill Tilden troupe. :. i.
Tickets for the Louis
SchmeIing affair cost
four cents each. That
is, Mike Jacobs pays
$40 a thousand for the
cardboards and the
printing on them. This,
incidentally, is a high
class ioh since fioht
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Removing Thyroid Gland
Hun,.r;.n Co.tumes Finest

The costumes Of Hungarian peasants
are the finest in all Europe. Endless
stitches Of embroidery in gayest OF
eolors, very fine and elaborate designs
handed down from mother to daugh.
ter for generations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
TaIlest Trees in World

The tallest trees in the world are
the giant eucalyptus trees Of Aus
tralia, some reaching a height Of 480
feet. They are more slender than the
seauolas Of California.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
..Rexond the Pale"

A pale was originally a stake, and
referred especially to one Of the stakes
used to form a fence. AS early as
400 It was used In a figurative sense
to mean q limit, boundary or restric
lion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Wisdom and Age

When you make friend over fifty
years old he is too clever and too ex-
perienced to differ with you about
little things.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
Bill Tilden Fading
as Box Office Magnet

A sports idol seems to be fading at
last. Although the Lott-Stoefen-Vines
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

a dirty such-and such!" The first man
would yell, and then everybody would
start bouncing those old-fashioned
brass cuspidores off of everybody else's
dome.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
j. Edgar Boulder.

j. Edgar Boulder.
WING to recent developments over
~ which it had no control, believe
the Interior, department temporarily
has shelved the idea of changing j.
Edgar Hoover's name to J. Edgar Boul-
der, as was previously predicted in
these dispatches. But now certain
critics at Washington insist on accus-
ing that gentleman of over-advertising
in connection with his latest activities.
Well, he has the advantage over some
press agents. When he promises
show he certainly puts it on upon the
day and date announced, with the band
playing "The Alcatraz Drag"-and
every cage full.
Funny Foreign Names.
WORD from Warsaw is that the
w incumbent, the Hon. Marian Zyn-
dram Koscialcowski, having resigned.
the president of Poland has picked as
the new premier none other than Gen.
Felicyan Slawogskladkowski. The lat
ter gentleman has already been in
stalled up to and including his first
five or six syllables, the rest of the
name running as second section.
So what you mistOok for static on
the radio night before last was just
the news broadcaster trying to pro-
pounce him as a whole.
Ever Rising Taxes.
a NYBODY who fOndly believes that,
regardless of which outfit wins in
November, taxes won't keep right on
going up and up has a thinking ap-
paratus that dates back quite a spell.
I'd say it dates back to the climax
of the big rise, as set forth in the
Bible, and is direct inheritance from
the skeptical folks who wouldn't harken
to the prophetic warning.
Remember the scene, don't you? The
forty days. rain still beating relent-
lessly down, the freshet climbing high
er and higher, the animals marching in
two by two.
And with the old ark starting to
move and Father Noah yelling, GAIL
aboard" and with the waters closing
over their heads, those know-it-alls
still gurgling through their valedictOry
bubbles, "Shuckin's, there amt goin' to
be no flood"
Honorng Lee and jackson.
NTHEN the Post Office department
w includes among the gallery of the
greatest Americans, to be pictured in
the new issue of memorial stamps, the
faces Of the Confederate chieftains. Lee
and Jackson, what happens?
Why, nobody waves the bloody shirt
Nobody ennobles the sorry word "trai-
tor" by applying it to the memories
of those two gallant soldiers and sim
pie Christian gentlemen. Nobody In
the name of patriotism drags the moul-
dering bones of sectional rancor out of
the ground. Nobody beats the "Rogue's
March for Rebels" on hates snare
drum.
Instead, all over the Union, men and
women applaud this generous but
merited gesture. A leading paper of
Boston-BostOn, no less, once the
mulching bed of abolition and the
breeding ground for anti-southern
ENTHUSIASTICALLY commends the
Idea.
IRWIN S. COBB
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04

IN Old Saying
A pleasant companion causes you
to forget the length of the journey.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Christen-
sen and Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Clark
of Redwood Falls and Mrs. A. L..
Clark of Mankato were among
those who attended the special
meeting of the Eastern Star held
here Friday evening.
Mrs. w. G. McGee spent Mon
day in Minneapolis. She drove
down with her brother, Edward
Cook.
Mrs. John Leaf and daughter,
Miss Helen and Miss Gladys of
Austin came Sunday for a visit
with Lamberton friends. Miss
Helen returned to Hanska Sunday
evening, near which place she is
teaching and Miss Gladys accom-
panied her. Mrs. Leaf is visiting
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. c. C..
Walker while attending to busi-
ness matters.
Mrs. L. K. Schultz of Walnut
Grove and small daughter, Fay,
spent Monday in Lamberton visit
ing at the home of her brother, O.
D. Shelton. Her brother, Darold
who has been in a Tracy hospital
while suffering from an infection
is staying at the Schultz home
while his arm is healing.
Mis- Olive Wiberg of Preston
spent Sunday here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Wiberg.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-05
Weekly Letter On
SeafOrth Events
By Mrs. w. r. Goudy

Seaforth-Robert Goudy, a stu
dent at the University of Mime
sofa spent the weekend at the
home of his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
w. r. Goudy.
Mrs. William Paulson who was
confined in st. Barnabas hospital
for four weeks is home.
The members of the Silver Tea
were entertained at the Lars
Grong home Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Winn and
family were Redwood Falls visit
ors Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Keith of Delhi will hold
series of meetings at the Presby-
terian church here beginning Sum
day evening, November %.
Friday and Saturday, November
6 and z, last two days of Kursch-
ner's Greatest Fall Sale. ADV.
Nancy Ruth Shelton spent from
Wednesday until Saturday eve
ming with friends at Redwood
Falls.
Misses Freda Egle and Elaine
Johanneck were Sunday evening
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Winn and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis and
son, Ross accompanied by Miss
Ethel Dahl and Herbert Winn at
tended the corn husking contest at
Morristown Friday.
Mrs. James Little will entertain
the members of the Silver Tea at
her home Thursday afternoon,
November IL.
Mrs. F. x. Corbett, nee Esther
Goudy who spent three months at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Goudy while her hus-
band was prospecting for gold in
the wilds of Canada for a group
of Canadian land owners, joined
her husband in Montreal last
week. Mr.. Corbett will be employ
ed in the office of the company at
Montreal for the next few months.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Davis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fixsen
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bruins near Belview.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bertzel ST., of
Wheaton were Monday callers in
this vicinity.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-05
(Oct 22-29-Nov. 81
ORDER for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

ORDER for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.
Estate of Jennie B. Smith.
State of Minnesota, County Of Red
wood S. in Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Jennie B. Smith Decedent;
sons interested in the final account
decedent: The representative of the
above named decedent, having filed
in this court his final account of the
administration of the estate of said
decedent together with his petition
praying for the adjustment and allow
ance of said final account and for
distribution of the residue of said es-
tate to the persons thereunto entitled
THEREFORE,, YOU, AND EACH
OF YOU, are hereby cited and requir-
ed to show cause, If any you have,
before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House in the City
Of Redwood Falls, in the county of
Redwood, State of Minnesota, on the
7th day of December, 1896, at 10
o'clock a. m. why said petition should
not be granted.
Let this order be served by publi-
cation thereof in the Redwood Gazette
according to law.
WITNESS, the Judge of said Court,
and the Seal of said Court, this 18th
day of October, 1886.
A. r. A. Laudon, Probate Court
COURT SEAL)
Clague and Barnes, Attorneys for Pc
titioner.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-11-05
Patient Flies $500
Miles To Rochester

Rochester-Covering 4,50O miles
from Bogota, capitol of Colum-
bia, to Rochester in less than
three days in an airplane larger
than boats in which Columbus
crossed the Atlantic to reach
America 444 years ago the same
day, is the record of Sylvester j.
Roll, patient at st. Mary's hos
pital, Rochester. Made entirely
on scheduled airlines, with no eff
fort to establish record, the trip
could have been made in less than
two days if Mr.. Roll had not
chosen to "stop off" in New York
and Chicago. Roll, a special traf-
fic representative for Scadta Air
ways, which is affiliated with the
Pan-American airways system, is
a native of Minnesota, attended
school in Winona 20 years ago,
and gives Ellsworth as his home
address.