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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
News in Brief

The charter under which the new
Northern Pacific Railway company will
operate is rather an ancient document.
Failing to secure new charter by act
of congress, the road will fall back
upon charter passed by the Wiscon-
sin legislature in the session of 1870, or
e6 years years ago. The original char
ter was granted to the Superior and
ST. Croix Railroad company. and it has
proven a very valuable heirloom for
the Northern Pacific people.
The Southern Minnesota Teachers
association held an interesting meeting
at Mankato.
Adney GLADDEN., an ls-year old en-
ploye of butcher shop at Winnie bago
City has fallen heir to $40, 900 by the
death of an uncle in Wisconsin.
The Red Lake Indians are complain.
ing that the government has sold con-
siderable pine land on the ceded part
Of the reservations as agricultural land
at SL2 an acre. As these sales are
for the benefit of the Indians, they de-
sire to get as much as possible from
them.
One Of the large dogs belonging to a
a travelling Uncle Toms Cabin COM
pany attacked three little girls at Lit
tie Falls. The little daughter of h. H.
Potter was thrown down and carried
all the way from the school to the spe-
cial car of the company, a distance of
two blocks. She was not badly hurt
Fire from a cracked chimney burned
the house and barn of Thomas Clark
at Montgomery.
No sooner had the election result
been announced, than the Minneapolis
banks began to be extravagant in their
display of gold, and every bank in the
city had no hesitancy in paying out
their yellow metal Gold was also de-
posted to a great extent, and evidently
the hidden stockings are ready to yield
ur their treasure.
Henry Keller was drowned from the
government boat Ada, at Lake CITY
He was pulled of by line.
At the last election Duluth voted to
buy its waterworks system.
The republicans of Wilmar celebra-
ted the election with sleigh ride with
with bands, torches. firearms, etc.
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Elephants In Battle.

In a certain sense elephants are still
used in battle by Indian troops, but
they are only used as beasts of bur-
den and draught for artillery, but in
ancient times they were used in the
East as fighting animals, and taught
TO swing chains and bars of metal in
their trunks. There is, however, every
probability that the last campaign in
which they were regularly used in this
capacity was that of the year 1901, in
which the great Akbar subdued the
native kingdoms of the Deccan and es-
fablished the Mohammedan power in
India--Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
COLLEGE BOYS AND THEIR PIPES
Smokers Make Slower Progress Than
Those Who Eschew the Weed.


The colleges are opening now and COL
lege boysthey call themselves men
are providing themselves with every
possible bit of informal ton that will
help them along in the path of learning,
not to mention the college itself.
Now, every college man" knows that
smoke cuts pretty generous figure in
college life Nicotine is the traditional
seasoning of erudition.
So to every college lad the tobacco
question is paramount. Long college
days and college nights seem incomplete
without the pipe. Tobacco is part of
the college romance. And from time to
time statisticians have made record of
the tobacco-using student and those
who forswore smoke. They have tried
to draw lessons from the figures snd
many freshman has added to his stock
Of terrors the fear that he might ham
per himself with the tobacco habit,
keep himself off the honor list and wind
up heaven knows where, a victim 10
the weed.
just to afford the balsam of comfort
by the name of DR.. Drysdale has whit
ten to the British Medical Journal a
whole revelation.
The collegian who thinks he il the
only pebble on the beach is much-mis-
taken boy. All these facts and figures
about tobacco and the people who rlse
it and the people who don't use it, and
af Slai in4 aT7
all that were put into tables long before
he was even in swaddling clothes.
DR.. Drysdale says that Bertillon, The
wise and thoughtful Freneh1nan,
figured out and displayed the whole
business in 1855 He gathered statis-
tics about college boys and their sIpok
ing that are just as interesting and Just
as significant as any that have been pub
Eshed recently.
Perhaps, indeed, there is q double les.
son in these old figures about the eff
feet of smoke on the capacity for intel
lectual labor.
The school which Bertillion in 1855
chose for his observation was the Pcly-
technic of Paris, a school which is
famous NuSItNc l1Ou LIDS ever
been heard of.
He found On inquiry made by him con-
corning the pupils of the Polytechnic
school of Paris that los of the pupils
smoked end 50 did not smoke. He then
arranged the 160 pupils in eight divi-
sions, according 10 the place they held
in examination, 20 in each rank, and
found of the 20 who stood highest six
were smokers and IA nonsmokers. OF
the next 20 ten were smokers and ten
nonsmokers; of the next 20 II smoked
and nine did not smoke, thus showing
how much higher the nonsmokers stood
Intellectually than the habitual sInok-
ers.
He also found that the mean rank Of
the smokers, as compared with thar Of
the nonsmokers, deteriorated from their
entering to their leaving the school.
AS a result of Bertillon's inquiry the
minister of public instruction of France
issued circular, addressed to the di-
rectors OF schools and colleges forbid
ding the use of tobacco and cigars 10
students.-N Y. Journal
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.


1t may be of interest to about three
or four thousand state, county and city
candidates in the state of Minnesota
that there goes into effect for the first
time in Minnesota this fall law, enti-
tied, AN act to prevent corrupt prac-
tees in elections, to limit the expenses
OF candidates, to prescribe the duties of
candidates and political committees,
and to provide penalties and remedies
for violation of this act"
Under the provisions of this act,
every candidate, whether elected or
not, must file with the proper officers
within 80 days of Nov. 3 last, a state
ment Of the amount expended by him
during the recent election, giving the
several items, the dates, the names of
the persons to whom paid and the pur-
pose for which paid. No successful
candidate can receive certificate of
election until this campaign expense
list is fled, and any person who fails
to comply with the statute is liable to
fine and perchance Imprisonment.
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THE HOUSE.
ALABAMA.

ALABAMA
f sta dkl1S II ", HoRard. 2,
3. II. D: CLAYTON, D; g. Jos. Wheeler. D.
Ed I17,e 5 =. Dryer u g. o-W.Underw'd' D
ARKANSAS.
/ PM'CuIlgh Jr.' D. f. VIM L. Terry D
2 John s. Little,.D- 8 H.A-Dinsmore' D
& T c. McRae,s ID G. N S. Brundage, D
CALIFORNIA
/ Jno ABarhom,' 4 5. e F.Loud,' R.
2. Marion DeVries, d G. Harry Patton, D
g. s G. H1lbo-n.' R. z w-W.Bowers.' R.
4. ]. G. Mcguire d.
COLORADO
/ Jno.E-Shafroth. RI 2. John c. Bell. p.
CONNECTICUT.
1.E- s. Henry g. c. A RUSSELL r
2 N. D. Sperry.' r. 4 E ]. Hin.' R
DELAWARE
At large. l. l. Handy, D.
FLORIDA
J. NJ Sparkman,' u. 2. P W. Davis. D.
GEORGIA
]. Rufus E. Lester..Dl -J.W. MADDOX D.
2 Jas. NJ. Griggs, D. 8. w. M. Howard, D
4 w c. Adamson, D. 10 w. Fleming. D.
8 IF Livingst n Dill. W. G. Brantley, D
G. c. L BARTLETT d.
ILLINOIS
/ Jas r Mann, 4 II yosG.cannon.' r
8. H r. BelEnap.. r a JOS. Y. Gran. r
4. Danl W. Mills. r. Is B. F. Marsh P.
5 Geo. e White, 81 16 w H.Hinrichs'nD
6. Ea D. Cooke..R u. ] A COnnolly.s r
z. George E Foss,s r Is Thos. NJ Jett, D.
g. A ]. Hopkins r 10. A ]. Hunter. d.
9. Robert X. Hitt.s X %. ]. R. Campbell, D
10. G. W. Prince R. n Jehu Baker. d.
u. Walter Reeves r %. Geo. w. Smith, r
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HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
To Virginia and North caroIins

In the months Of November and Deem
Der Homeseeker's excursion tickets viii be
sold from all points west and northwest TO
Virginia and North Carolina at one fare pins
e2.00 for the round trip. For excursion
rates and dates address q. L. TRUITT, n
w. P. A, Big -Four, c. & o. Route, 2sz Clark
St. Chicago, III
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D. Tobacco spit and Smoke Your Life
AWAY.

If you want TO quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be made well, strong, magnetic
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-B3c-
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong Many gain ten pounds in ten days
Over 400 600 cured Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who viii guarantees a
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad--
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18

A xrMBER of youngsters of this town en-
gagged in a battle the other day. Not a
stone was left untHrned to make the affair
a success w est Union Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18

'I pCNSo which is de wust o. de two, -
said Uncle Eben, ''de man dat thinks he's
too good ter be in politics er de man dais
SO bad he has ter be put ouL"-Washinglon
Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18

CAscARFrs stimulate liver, kidneys anc
bowels Never sicken, weaken or gupe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18

PEOPLE who eat the most, usually thinl
the leas.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
Wholesale slaughter of Game.

Special Agent A. l. Gray of the land
department, who has just returned
from trip to the international bound
airy, reports running across a trader
living 90 miles north of Tower. named
Stephen Gheen, who makes business
of taking contracts for furnishing large
lots of partridges. He is a veritable
king in his way, employing Indians
and half breeds in large mum bers.
Gheen has completed one contract of
furnishing 5000 birds this season, has
almost completed another of the same
size and is working on one of 5000
Most of the birds killed are males. The
contracts, ostensibly are for Minneap-
oils concerns, but it is believed that the
birds are largely sent out of the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18

members of the Fffty-fourth congress
Rep. 20s; dem, 130; silver rep, 2; gold
dem, 3. pop, IA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
NORTH DAKOTA.

At large, n. Johnson,' Z
OHIO.
L w B. Shattuck, X II. J. ]. Lentz, D.
2 ]. II. Cromwell. Ii. J. A. Norton, D.
g. J. 1. Bremen, D. IA. W. s Kerr K.
4 G. A Marshall, D. Is y. Van WORMS
g. D. Meekison. D. r
6. Seth Brown, R. is. I. Danford, 4
Wv. /. Weaver, F. H. ]. A Mcdowell, D
8 A Iybrand r. is. r W Taylor r.
q J. H. Southard,s r l19. A Northway,sR
TO- I. ]. Fenton,s r. 20 C. B Beach r.
IL C. H. Grosvenor.RlZ. T. E Burton R
OREGON
1T H Tongue. r. 2. W. r. Ellis.' R
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A Queer Bet.

A novel bet was made at Moorhead
recently. Fred Snyder agreed with
Babe Daubner, prominent saloon
keeper, in the event of Lind's defeat to
sit for two hour on the top of the rail-
road freight house. Daubner was to
perform the same feat should Clough
be defeated. Snyder carried out the
wager, sitting on the warehouse the
required time with the lowest tempera-
Of the season. The settlement of the bet
created much amusement to the citizen.
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broker, was arraigned in the municipal
court at Minneapolis, charged with
grand larceny in the first degree, the
complainant being b. c. Strehlo, the
tailor, whose store it is alleged Smith,
Brown and Corners, the colored men
arrested by Inspectors Hoy and Law
renee, broke into.
The inspectors allege the pawn
broker received all the goods stolen
from them and that his place has been a
fence" to which the alleged burglars
and thieves sent all their goods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-11-18
-Four Paroles.

At the monthly meeting of the board
of prison managers held at the prison
four paroles were granted, one of the
fortunate ones being a female. The cash
receipts of the prison for the month of
October for miscellaneous sources ag-
gregated S3s, 223. Al. OF this amount
S34, 712.7 was for collections on ac-
count of binder Irvine, making the to-
tai twine collections SO far from Aug.
/ to Nov. 6, ST., S25. go.
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Graceful walking.

1t appears that Newport society girls
have formulated a rule for graceful
walking, which pedestrians will please
copy if they wish to get on in this
world. An intelligent writer thus de
scribes this step: Zone Of the cardinal
points," she says, sis that the advanc-
ing foot should be placed long way
ahead Of the other. so as to make very
long step, almost stride. and to keep
this stride graceful the foot that is left
behind lifts itself to the toe and takes a
right angle swing. The toe must always
be set down first, or the body will sink
too heavily at each, like the step Of a
fat woman. the pointed toed shoe is
preferred if long enough, as it cuts the
air and lends elasticity to the foot. I"
There! This is uncommon sense. but
the Newport pedestrian always walks
just that way. Therefore let every girl
who can forsake her wheel long enough
to walk at all try it. She will feel she
is in the swim right of, for Miss Amy
Bend and Miss Julia Grant, besides half
. dozen other fair ones now doing this
swan step act, are declared to be beau.
tiful walkers. boston Herald
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Intelligent sheep.

II was on my bicycle, writes a man
to an English magazine, land w.e pass
ing very large field where a number
OF sheep were grazing. As I passed a
sheep ran toward me in an excited state,
looking up at me like pet dog and
bIeating in most piteOus way. was
80 interested in what l saw that
stopped. and instantly the sheep gallop-
ed to the farther end of the field in the
same excited way, and then raced back
10 me again, bleating and looking up at
me just in the same besecching way rs
it did at first. Had it spoken it could
not have been palmer in its request that
l should go with it TO the other end Of
the field. l could sec nothing but few
trees; still l felt compelled to go with
the sheep, 40 Enthusiastically did it let me
know that it wanted me to go with 1t.
So went, the sheep galloping on be-
fore me, till it reached the spot at the
end OF the field where l felt sure it
wanted me to go. Till l reached the
place the animal ran round and round
the same particular spot in the same ex-
cited way, as II 1t wanted to say: Make
haste. Come as fast az you can When
l arrived, | found there was deep
stream Of water. and one Of the sheep
had fallen into it and was struggling to
get out"
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NATURAL SOFT SOAP.
Found In . Series of Pits In the Zig Horn
Mountain.


A party of gentlemen from the east
who have been hunting and fishing for
the past month in the Big Horn noun
tains and basin. in Wyoming, met while
there with pertinent illustration Of
the natural marvels Of the great central
west This was nothing less than the
discovery of series Of pits. or watts. Of
natural soft soap, the excellent quality
Of the product showing that old Dame
Nature is well competent when III the
mood to hold mp fully the end Of her
string as u housewife.
These natural soft soap pits, seven in
number and having an average capacity
of about 1000 gallons, are scattered
over AN area II two or three acres OF al
kali land, situated just below the
mouths Of half dozen hot springs and
two large springs Of practically pure la
bricating oil The water from the hot
springs and the oil drainage combining
with each other and acting ON the al,
kali deposit constitute u natural soap
manufactory. the product Of which IS
gathered i'll the adjacent series Of earth
cavities. or pits.
just below the pits themselves Is i
wide tract Of spongiest marsh SOIL, in
whose depths the soft soap surplus Is ab
sorbed. The product is perfectly mar
ketable, and in the coming commercial
development Of the Big Horn basin
there will doubtless be natural soft
soap syndicate Rocky Mountain News
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A UNIQUE entertainment.
Former Deaf Mutes Give Recitationa ana
Other performances.

Former Deaf Mutes Give Recitations and
other Performances.
A unique aud interesting entertain
ment was provided the other night for
the friends and patrons Of the Wright
Humason School For the Oral lnstIuc-
ton Of the Deaf in New York by the
pupils of that institution. All who par
ticipated were persons who are totally
deaf and would be mutes had they not
been taught mechanically to speak. The
first part of the programme consisted OF
the recitation Of "Miles Standish." by
Helen Keller, a l5-year-old girl. who
has been both deaf and blind since she
was 10 months old. She is now learn
ing to read the lips of . person speaking
BY laying the fingers upon them. She
committed the poem to memory from
the embossed characters used by the
blind alphabet. When in doubt. she re-
freshed her memory BY means Of the
raised letters.
Although her articulation is necessa-
rily imperfect, her words We're audible
and Ineligible to most Of those in the
room. The reading was illustrated by a
series of seven tableaus in Puritan cos.
tune. The pupils who took part in the
tableaus were Bertha NJ. Freeman, J.
Pierson Radcliffe, Will ]. Quinlan and
Willard X. Taft. They were followed
by Katharine Woodward. an S-year-old
child, in . Greek dance
The performance was concluded by a
two act farce. written by one of the pu,
pills. Robert H. Moulton. There were
eight speaking parts, all Of which were
enacted by persons who had been taught
to speak. As they were all totally deaf,
1t was necessary for them to take their
cues by watching each others lips. The
performance would have been a very
creditable one for any amateurs.
Mr.. Moulron. who played the leading
part, spoke with great distinNness. HI
has been prepared for college at the
school and will enter Columbia next
fall He expects TO have no difficulty il
recitation and will be able to under
stand part Of the lectures by watching
the lecturers lips. The others in tn,
cast were Bertha NJ. Freeman. Florenc,
Shattuck, Katharine Woodward, CARR,
Macniel, Willard X. Taft, Francis Bel
and Mary Nicholas.
The entertainment was the first Of tn.
sort ever attempted at the school. aut
Mr.. Wright was much pleased with it,
success. The preparation for it, he said
had been of great value as means o.
practical instruction to the pupils. -
New York Sun.
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Trimmings For Summer Bodies.

Lace, ribbon and bead decorations are
all noted ON the bodices, while empire
capes, epaulets, vandyke arrangements
and various other designs are shown for
their adornment, writes Isabel A. NAL.
lon in The Ladies Home Journal. As
bead trimmings are quite expensive, it
Is well to know that there may be got
ten, in the large shops, strings Of beads
and spangles to be applied to ribbon or
piece material, so that the economical
woman may form fashionable garni.
ture without spending much money
Satin ribbon is more generally seen
than either velvet Or grosgrain, and the
reasons for its popularity are not only
that it ties easier, but that it contrasts
more effectively with the fabric proper
Stripes and plaids in silk are fancied
for plain bodices, while il plain color
Is used it is given an elaborate air by it's
trimming. Cotton blouses frequently
have double ruffle down the front for
their only trimming, as it is conceded
to be in best taste to develop them sim
DIV.
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Khabarofka is wretched looking IT.
tie place, about q quarter the size Of
Vladivostok, although it is the capital
OF eastern Siberia and the residence Of
the governor general 1t lies about 20
degrees latitude north, or 8 degrees
north Of Vladivostok. In the public gar
den is bluff commanding a birdseye
view Of the river, beach and steamera
Here is a monument, in bronze. to Gov
ernor General Adjutant General Nikolai
Nikolaievitch Muravief. who took part
h two exploring expeditions 1854.
ashland gained the title "Amurski"
for his services in the acquisition Of
this Amur region to Russia The chief
street in khaoarofka ia called, after
him, Mnravief-Amurski. On the stat
ue's pedestal are engraved the names
Of himself. his wife, about 80 military
officers and seven scientific men, who
SHARED in the tolls and dangers Of his
expeditions. Near the statue is a band
stand. where military band PLAYS On
Sunday evenings, and little temple Of
the Blessed Virgin. the Bogoroditza.
with painted pictures inside the walls.
Further ON is pretty little wood, left
for shade. Behind il the governors
house, a fine brick building. with SEN
tries pacing before it. Past the wood q
steep path leads to the bathing place.
where one has the choice Of wading in
from the stony beach or diving from q
regular bathing house at the end Of q
dilapidated wooden pier.
Review,
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Rise Of the Medical Profession.

During the medieval times the mon
asteries, serving as centers OF lnstruc-
ton, gave some embodiment to the med
ical profession, like that which our col
leges give. In Italy there later arose III
stitutions for educating physicians, Us
tho medical school of Salerno IN llIo'
In France before the end Of the thir-
teenth century the surgeons had become
Incorporated into distinct college, FOL
lowing in this way the Incorporated
medical faculty. and while thus int
grating themselves they excluded from
their class the BARRIERS, who, forbidden
to perform operations. were allowed
only to dress wounds, etc. In our own
country there have been successive con
solicitations.
The barber surgeons VI London were
Incorporated by Edward ~, and IN the
fifteenth century the College of Ply
sicians was founded and received pow
or to grant licenses to practice medicine
IA power which had previously been
confined to the bishops. Progress III
detiniteness Of Indignation WAS shown
WHEN III y mar ! y tiiho INA1bh' 'NA~
forbidden to exercise surgery III London,
and within seven miles, until they had
been examined by the company Of bar
bers and surgeons, and also when, by
tho eighteenth Of George ii, excluding
the BARRIERS. the Royal College u Sur
geons was formed At tho same time
there have grown up medical schools III
various places which prepare students
| for examination by these Incorporated
medical bodies. further integrations
being implied Hospitals. too, scattered
throughout the Kingdom, have become
places Of clinical instruction, some unit
ed to colleges and some not. Another
species OF Indignation has been achieved
by medical journals, weekly and quar-
terly, which serve to bring into com
muuicatiun educational institutions. IN
corporated bodies and the whole profes
sion. Herbert Spencer