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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-18
Generous Little Freddy.

Freddy" said Mrs. Gazzam to her
little boy, about eleven o'clock on
Christmas morning, you ought to be a
very happy boy with all these presents
that have been sent you"
"Yes'm," replied Freddy, as he pound
ed his new drum with heavy whacks.
"There are a great many little boys
who haven't even a single present to-
day."
els that SOP" asked Freddy. And he
gave his watchman's rattle an eXcruci-
ating twist.
"In the hospital on the next street,
Freddy, there are lots of children
poor, sick children, too-who haven't
any cousins and uncles and aunts and
grandparents to send them nice
things"
"I'm sorry for them," said Freddy.
And he blew blast on shrill horn to
display the extent of his sorrow.
$50 am l sorry for them, Freddy.
Now, would you like to send them some
thing to show what a generous, dear
little fellow mammals boy is?"
II s'pose So" replied Freddy, in a
hesitating tone.
II thought my little man would want
to. He'll feel SO glad that he has given
pleasure to the poor, sick little boys
and girls. Shall I make up bundle?
You really have great many more toys
than you want"
Eyes, mamma"
Every well. I'll send that big tin horn
that your Uncle Tom brought you this
morning, and that drum that grandpa
told Santa Claus to put in your stock.
ing, and the watchman's rattle that
Aunt Sue sent from Oshkosh, and the
mouth-organ that you found in your
stocking, and that accordion that came
from the Wigginses, and the kazoo that
Uncle William bought for YOU"
Freddy demurred little, but his gen.
crosby was at stake.
His noise-makers were bundled off to
the hospital, and then Freddy's mamma
lay down to take little nap and get
out of her ears the din that had been
gathering there since daybreak.-Wil-
liam Henry Siviter, in Puck.
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PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAl.

There is legend about Chicago of
a man who smoked cheap cigars. Wax
ing rich he bought finer brand. Then
he got tobacco heart. Returning to
the humber variety his heart resumed
its ordinary jogging gait. There is no
moral attached to this story and it is
not vouched for.
-McGarvin, a California fisherman,
who lives at Almamitos bay, is an ex-
pert shark catcher. He fishes for them
by means of stout lines fastened to
stakes on shore. Recently he caught
eighty in one day. They are sold for
the oil in them, and the Chinese con-
slider ther fins quite delicacy.
Mrs Eunice Russ Davis, the only
surviving member of the Woman's
Anti-Slavery board, of Boston, and the
Oldest female abolitionist in the Unit
ed States, observed her ninety-ffth
birthday anniversary at her home in
Dedham recently. Her father was a
white man and her mother full
blooded Narragansett Indian.
MIR. David Plunkett, member of
Dublin university, who has just been
AoicOS& w Vic PCCIdSC, GuOuOh uOb d
wealthy man, has probably more
money standing in his name than any
single private citizen in the world. He
is trustee for many rich people, in
Guiding the Guinesses, and generally
holds in that capacity from $50, 600, 600
to 5000, OOO,O oO worth of securities.
Lorna Doone bids fair to be i'm
mortal in the country of the Doones,"
for her name is seer everywhere
throughout Exmoor. Coaches have
been named for her and inns have her
counterfeit presentiment on their sign
boards. Many of the places men toned
in Mr.. Blackmore's delightful book
are placarded for the benefit of the
tourist, and the charming volume serves
as guide book to the region.
How completely the Boulanger
cult has decayed in France is indicated
by the scant observance of the fourth
of the burial of the general. Only a
single friend visited the cemetery near
Brussels where he is buried, and only
three gifts of flowers came. Roche
fort, Boulanger's ardent supporter, ap-
pears to have given up his pious pill
grimage to the grave, for he did not go
there this year.
The Fisherman's institute, of
Gloucester. house of refuge and of
religious help for seafaring men, has a
notable character as its chaplain. He
is Scandinavian, a converted sailor,
and although he is a graduate of no
college, his power over the weak and
SHINING, his helpfulness to the suffer.
ing, his self-denial in order that he
may aid others, are such that, as one
who knows him well has said, he has
come to represent the Christ ideal to
his people. At his Bethel he and his
family are slowed away in the basement
while the large upper chambers are
kept as reading room for fishermen,
and as hall where services are held
on Sundays, and meetings and enter
tainments during the week.
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in extremities, but was given to keep
ing her burdens and struggles before
him in way which he sometimes
found exasperating.
Cousin Tom had been a scapegrace-
always in trouble, always looking for
some one to help him out and set him
going again on the basis of many prom
Uses of better things. Cousin Harvey
was the possessor of large family
and small everything else. 1t was not
so very long since Mr.. March had helped
him out west, finishing his assistance
with the suggestion that in future it
would be agreeable that he should keep
his difficulties to himself. Cousin Ma
tilda had sicl<ly family; a wall from
her on the subject of pressing doctors
bills was frequently heard.
NO." resumed Mr.. March, as he fold
ed one of the checks, people have no
right to infict their misfortunes on
some one else just because he has
achieved success where they have failed.
That you, Mike?"
'It's mesilf, sor. Ready to shut up
when you say the worrud."
"Pll take the key myself. I'm not
quite done yet, but you needn't wait. /"
Mike, however, showed no hurry to
leave, but busted himself about the
room with occasional glances at Mr.
March.
.That'll do, Nike" at length said the
gentleman, somewhat annoyed by the
rattle of shovel and tongs, which seemed
to show unusual excitement in Mike.
He came slowly toward Mr.. March-an
understood figure of an oldish man with
painful limp.
eff l might be thrubblin' ye jist a
minnit, sur"
"Goon Mike; no more lawsuits, hey?''
mo more o. thin. It's the funny
man We are, sor." Mike shook his head,
his whole insignificant face beaming
with delight. Its only that bein' it's
the blessed sayson comm so near
Christmas eve tomorrow, glory be to
God!-that I'm akin bit o. help O. We,
Musther March. to sind a bit of prisint
to me two brothers, Pat an Dinnis.' -
"Oh! So you have relatives too, have
your"
Thanks to the blissid saints l have.
sor. An SO I'm comm to We to fix up
the bits o paper that'n carry some
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Of the smaller ones, either. His own
family lived well, but not extravaganza
ly; his yearly expenses were but small
proportion of his rapidly increasing
yearly income
"And I've nevCr made anyone feel
rich. Old Mikes ahead of me there"
With shrug of his shoulders he drew
towards him one of the checks and
added to it another cipher.
Rich? There was not one Of these
families to whom such check would
not come as an angels gift, with stares
and catches of breath, tears of JOY from
care-burdened elder ones, shouts of de-
light from youngsters. He knew it all,
for he had been poor himself, long ago.
Zone thousand dollars. Twenty-Five
hundred dollars"
There was little excitement about
it. Mr.. March left his chair and walked
up and down the floor. How had it
been that he had never before realized
what small scratch of his pen could
dc? They were his own flesh and
blood. They were in one way and an
other enduring the hardness, the daily
and nightly wear of mind, the pitiful,
cnawing solicitude which belongs with
small means. Soul, mind and body,
the hardness touched them all, binding
them down with it's iron touch, narrow
ing them with it's cruel limitations.
HIS own flesh and blood. They had
stood to him as of far less value than
this money he had been accommodating
money which could never bring to him
1ncre than food, clothing and lodging.
Yes, it could. 1t could bring to him,
to his very self, his very heart, the hap
piness of five families-this rare privi-
lege which he thanked God could come
with an easy scratch of his pen.
AS he still crossed and recrossed his
Office floor his movements became
quicker, glow spread over his face,
and d new light shone in his eye. At
length he sat down and slowly wrote
again the checks, lingering over them
as over an ENJOYABLE task; and when all
were finished each showed still one
more cipher.-Sydney Dayre, in Dem
orest's Magazine.
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money to thin two-the leetle mite of
scrap that names so much" Mike
laughed aloud as if in great relish of
the subject.
Check, hey? Well, here" Mr.. March
again opened his check-book and again
began rapidly filling blank. ITO the
order of-what's the name?"
patrick O'Toole, Mike paused a
moment as the name was written. then
proceeded-''five hun'erd dollars"
"Hey" Mr.. March gave his chair a
little jerk and gazed into the thin,
freckled face surrounded with it's
fringe of ill-kept red hair streaked with
gray.
Five hun'erd dollars to Patrick
O'Toole," repeated Mike in the DELHI
crate tone of one taking special pains
to make himself understood.
'What do you mean, Mike?"
"Jist plat I'm afther sayin', sur.
Five hun 'erd dollars to Patrick O'Toole,
an five hun'erd dollars to Dennis
O"Toole.'
."Out of your damage money!" Mr..
March asked, between two short
breaths of establishment.
"That'd be it, sur. Where else would
the likes o. me be gettin' five hun'erd
dollars?'
Where, sure enough! Why" Mr..
March gazed ut the old janitor with
comicaI mixture of amazement and
friendly contempt. "Why-you old
fool!"
Mike stood quietly with a broad grin
on his face.
"Do you mean to say" went on the
gentleman, that you're going to give
such amounts out Of the two thousand
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ltalllN|VIi I 1tH R9nljV H E midnight stars
i hElkdH hwy! lNf M shine overhead
~ laHll NH>EM.MAA 7, With more than
W. c%XARx usual brightness;
A1S The hills and valleys
al U are arrayed
- In robes of dazzling
Wilderness:
And ieweled sprays Of frost and rime
To forest boughs are clingfng;
And sweet the anthem and suDilmo
The Christmas bells are ringing.
It wakes old memories again:
The vanished past is nigh US;
We feel anew old bliss, old pain,
And long-lost friends are by us
Friends who have reached the better land,
Friends who have never faltered
In friendship cen around us stand
With friends estranged and altered.
And voices silent long we hear
Sweet words of pardon speaking;
And other voices reach our ear.
Our words of pardon seeking;
The wrongs we met too trivial seem
To merit angry feeling:
The wrongs we did we greater deem
While Christmas bells are pealinS.
And we forget to scheme and plan
While Christmas bells are telling
OF him who came in guise Of man
On earth to claim a dwelling.
The sweet bells sounding near and far
Calm, holy thoughts are bringing,
And Heaven and earth the nearer are
While Christmas bells are ringing.
Chambers Journal
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Nothing Left for Him.

"How are you going to spend the holi.
days, old fellow?"
"Not at all. My wife does all tho
spending for the family. Atlanta Cen"
stitution.
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jackson, Jr.-Whad is / gwine t. git
on Christmas, mudder?
Mrs. jackson (ominously)-Nuffin, ef
yo' behabes yo'se'f.-Judge.
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looked for to guage its probable cost.
A pretty frock or coat is despised un-
less it comes from a well known and
consequently high-priced establish
ment: while many people Of moderate
means find that they must give up en-
tertaining their children's friends al
together or compete In the latter's crit
ical estimation with those whose lux
urious table appointments. flowers and
gifts make a child's party an affair Of
absurd cost and consideration. Par
ents have only themselves to thank for
this condition Of affairs. Children are
essentially imitators. and 1t is the
growing alteration Of wealth and its
representatives by their elders that
perverts the minds Of the coming gem
GRAFTON. Mammon worship IL un-
doubtedly one Of the greatest a. we'll
as one Of the worst influences Of our
modern life. and it Is unreasonable to
expect high ideals from the children
when the parents bow down before the
golden image.
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outer layers. These cells are marked p.
They are soft, have very thin walls.
and have an affinity for water. What
this affinity is. we will not undertake
to say here. There are in nature sub
stances that have an affinity for each
other and will pass through other sub
stances to form junction. The outer
layer Of all, marked e, is the epidermis.
Some Of the cells on the epidermis
elongate and are called hairs. In the
illustration they are marked h. h. These
hairs penetrate the soil in all direc-
lions. They are able to approach the
particles of soil so closely that they
break the film of water covering each
particle, or rather force themselves be-
meath it, and are thus themselves en-
veloped by the watery film.
In the large cut is shown a minute
section OF the epidermis. a root hair,
particles of soil and air spaces, all still
more greatly enlarged. Each minute
particle looks like a good-sized stone,
but of course this is not the case. The
white spaces, such as those marked a.
a.. are filed with air. The curved
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Badges Of Maerimoay Abroad.

Badges Of matrimony were worn by
all other nations. but tabooed by Amer
lean women. The Germans wear . lit
tie cap or hood. Of which they are very
proud. and looming the cap IL . feat
ure Of the wedding day among the peas
ants Of certain localities. The Rus
slams are always seen, even in the hot
test weather. with q thick cloth of
dark hue twisted about their heads. In
New Guinea the young woman lets her
hair hang about her shoulders, but
when she Is married this IL cut short
Chinese matrons braid their hair Nike
q helmet. In Wadai the wives color
their lips by tattooing them with the
thorns Of the acacia, then rubbing with
iron filings. In parts Of Africa the
married women perforate the outer
edges Of their ears and lips and stick
rows Of grass stalks in them, and
among q certain Monaghan tribe. the
Nanthes, the women wear suspended
from the ear q little basket full Of cot
ton, to which . spindle is attached. The
universal American wears what she
likes. regardless whether It be matron-
ly or not. and the daughters will se-
lect articles suitable only to married
women.
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ROse-ColOred Wool.

R0se-Col0red Wool.
Fashion deals only with the unat-
tainable," complains young matron,
whose tastes are toward luxurious dres-
ing. but whose purse pulls her the other
way. Il SO seldom read Of anything a
person can really Afford" she declares.
Well, there are no end Of lovely, mex
pensive things, and. indeed. almost any
of the costly models can be reproduced
in cheaper materials and made by some
clever dressmaker. making the expense
very trifling. Now, for instance, for
the house, in the very face Of all the
costumes breathing elegance in every
line, there are a number of exceedingly
smart and dainty rigs to be gotten up
at a very small cost. There are won
derfully pretty challie delaine3 In Dres-
den effect for the dressier gowns, to be
combined with ribbons showing the
tones in the tiny flowers Of the goods.
There are soft plain woods in every tint,
to be combined with inexpensive lace
and velvet. A pretty house gown Is
made Of rose-colored wool, very soft and
fine, combined with embroidered null
and deep rosy velvet. The skirt is I'M
lined and allowed to fall naturally add
ing much to the graceful effect. The
blouse bodice is fitted smoothly over
the shoulders and brought into loose
folds at the waist by a pointed girdle
Of velvet. A plain stock Of velvet I'm
ishes the neck. Over the tops Of the
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Raising KamP Corn.


Plow the ground as soon as 1t is warm
enough to grow corn. Put in fine condi-
ton BY narrowing and floating or roll
ing. Then take q press drill, stop all
holes but two in eight hoes or three in
nine hoes. and set 50 as to plant three
to five pounds per acre.
Set drill to run three inches deep.
When two inches or 50 high, harrow
Now keep narrowing to keep weeds
down until you cannot harrow any
more. Then cultivate 30 as not to ridge
up the rows. Much depends upon good,
shallow culture.
When the first seed heads are ripe.
II you wish drst-class fodder. take any
good binder. and as your rows are 81
inches apart, you can cut two rows at
once and bind 1t as you would wheat.
Shock in like manner, and when dry
stack it. Any good threshing machine
will handle it by removing all the con-
caves and you will have clean seed and
good fodder. Get your seed ground or
chopped. as you like, and you have feed
for man or beast. The whole seed can
not be beaten for chickens nor the
ground seed for milk cows. Plant the
white seed to secure the best results
Kansas Farmer
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Col. Henry e. Glazier. vice director
and horticulturist Of the Oklahoma
Experiment Station, recommends the
following varieties Of fruits for general
trial in the territory. the recommend
atoms being based in part on trials al
ready made and in part on the record
these varieties have made in different
states. especially those nearest the
territory. Descriptions Of varieties
and reasons for selection will be given
in q bulletin soon to be issued.
Apples Summer: Early Harvest.
Red June. Red Astrachan. Cooper.
Horse, Maiden's Blush. Fall: Fall
Queen. Rome Beauty. Jonathan. 20
Ounce. Winter: Ben Davis. Missouri
Pippin. Gano. Shockley. Winesap.
Romantic.
Peaches-Alexander. liberia. or
Crawfofd's Early. Old Nixon Free.
Crawford's Late, Chinese Cling. Old
Nixon Cling.
Plums-Wild Goose. Goes Golden
Drop. Botan. Burbank. German Prune.
Pears-Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett.
LIE Conte. Seckel, Keiffer and Easter
Beurre.
Cherries-Early Richmond. English
Morello. May Duke. Montmorency.
Grapes Concord. Campbells Early.
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A very serious and noticeably grow
ing evil. which it behooves ali right
minded parents to carefully consider
and endeavor to eradicate, is the I'M
mense importance that Is attached to
wealth and its luxuries by the chill
dren of this generation in what IL
known as the smart SET" It would be
amusing, II 1t were not sad, to see the
exaggerated respect which these ignor-
ant and necessarily indiscriminating
little beings feel for money and mon
ey's worth and how they choose their
friends, not because they are lovable.
but because they are in q certain set
and because their parents are known
for the position. acquired by large pos
sessions. Even the little ones esteem
it an honor to be among the intimates
Of those who. possess the lions share
Of this worlds goods. It is q curious
and melancholy study to note how this
faint Of the almighty dollar" runs
through modern childish life.
A little girl Of the period receives a
bit Of jewelry or silver as gift, and
the name on the box is Immediately
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Were there no exhaustion OF Aims b.
root absorption o. BY evaporation there
would consequently b . suspension Of
water movement: but any exhaustion
causes q movement toward the point Of
least density. TexAnicaqF this, IL
called restoring the equilibltnm. From
which 1t is evident that the root draws
water from al the moist soil around it..
even though the root comes In con-
tact with very little Of the soil.
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pearly tan melton has = llaring skirt.
all smartly sti6ened and lined with
golden brown tafIeta. The jaunty little
coat is az short rs possible, and has
ripple hack. showing its lining Of golden
brown. The new.styie sleeves. are won
derfully fetching. standing out in the
stiffest possible manner right at the
shoulder. then suddenly fitting the arm
as closely as q glove. Pointed straps OF
the goods. ornamented with . lot OF
tiny gilt buttons. adorn the sleeves.
BY the way. many Of the smart new
sleeves in street costumes show button
decorations.-Ex.
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lines around the dark portions are
films Of water. When water and air
thus mingle in the soil the conditions
arc best for the growth Of most Of our
trees and plants. When all of the
space is filed with water the plant is
deprived Of oxygen and in time will die.
II all Of the space is filed with air the
root dries, growth is suspended, and
frequently death results.
The outer wall Of the root, or the
epidermis, is shown at e. e. The en-
larged hair is marked b. Where the
hair is marked c. c. is q portion where
the soil grains closely adhere to the
hair. So close sometimes is this con-
nection that it is found impossible to
separate them by means Of washing.
Both the grains Of soil and the root
hair are covered by the watery film.
This water does not sink down into the
air spaces as one might suppose, for
the particles Of soil have greater at
tracing power on account Of the close
ness Of their connection than the gen.
eral law of gravitation. In fact, 1t is
but the law Of gravitation applied in q
different direction.
Not only is the root-hair covered by
the water. but it absorbs the water, as
do also in turn the inner cells Of the
root. Wherever two such particles Of
soil, or two hairs, or a hair and parti-
Gle touch each other the two films of
water unite and become one Whenever
the film Of water around a hair be-
comes thin it supplies itself from all
the other films of water, for water
seeks its level here as well as in the
more obvious application Of the law.
Thus the films tend to be always Of the
same thickness, and this low Of water
from particle to particle to renew ex-
hausted films IL what causes the up
ward movement Of water in soils.
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the hat is softened by the softness OF
the scarf. A smart jacket Of russell
brown came! hair has a ripple basque
set 81! round. and is lined with white as
an Offset. Broad revers Of velvet roll
hack from the full gigot sleeves, extend
ing to the bottom of the coat In front.
Around the throat is a broad scarf Of
creamy chiffon. tied in a huge bow un-
der the chin and allowed to fall its full
length.
The Marie Antoinette hat is COM
posed Of a daring brim of russell brown
beaver, with a low. nat crown Of
braided felt In a russell brown and white.
Directly in front Is huge bow Of white
crepe. A pretty scarf is IN Roman
stripes Of the softest crepe, and has q
border Of brownish lace. Long scarfs
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dent that the same law that causes
water to rise in the soil. causes it also
to find its way into all living plants.
So far as possible, we will under
take. by means Of the accompanying
illustrations, to show the manner in
which the water is supplied to the
plant: In the illustration in this
column is shown q cross section Of a
root. 1t is very highly magnifed, 50
as to show the. cell structure. In the
center we see q disc composed Of num-
erous compact and small cells. This
might be denominated the pith Of the
root. Technically this is called the
axis Of the root. Around this axis are
layers Of softer cells, the number Of lay
ers differing in roots, largely on &C
count of age. In the illustration there
are five layers between the axis and the