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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-20

Mrs. II. M. Parker, Mrs. e. d. Peck and
Miss Maud Peck left home last Thursday
to visit relatives In Boston, Mass. They
will not return until April.-Mrs. V. c..
elsey entertained here Sunday-school
scholars, class of nearly 20, on Tuesday
evening. Refreshments were served and a
pleasant time enjoyed.--J. B. Daniels left
last week for New Haven, Conn, where
he has secured a position as clerk in a
clothing store.-Mrs. r. ID. Needham is
slowly recovering from a severe attack of
quinsy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
Ban

President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Co. Is
years, and has been president of the
Sabina Bank 20 years. He gladly testi-
fies to the merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and what he says is worthy attention.
All brain workers find Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla peculiarly adapted to their needs.
It makes pure, rich, red blood, and
from this comes nerve, mental, bodily
and digestive strength.
81 am glad to say that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is very good medicine, especially as
blood purifier 1t has done me good many
times. For several years suffered greatly
with pains of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
HUNGER AND CANNiBALISM

AAAO DooAAO w AIsSC u 4 OAAO AsAoA oSHOh&o Ok
at Sea Than on Land.
Then it comes to pass, when the mo-
ment of keenest agony is reached, that
the starving man begins to eye his
companion with the wolf glare of a
beast of prey. His pangs become par
oxysmal. During their greatest in
tensity there springs up within him a
fierce impulse to STAY his neighbor that
he may feed upon his flesh and Stake
his thirst with his blood. This terrible
prompting to cannibalism, it may be
noted, is, however, rare, save in cases
of famine from shipwreck.
Although it is customary TO regard
it as common feature of starvation
and to make thrilling statements of the
frequency with which even mothers
will, under the goad of hunger, kill and
eat their children, and though startling
assertions to this effect have been
made by historians of great sieges, yet
it ought to be said that, as a general
rule, well authenticated cases of can.
nibalism among civilized people will be
found to occur only at sea. They are
very rarely found on land. And what is
more curious still, whenever famished,
shipwrecked men set foot on shore,
no matter how desolate and barren may
be their rock of refuge, they seem as if
by magic at once to Danish from their
minds the very idea of anthropophagy
or man-eating, and that, too, though
they might have been resignedly con-
templating it as an imperative neces.
sity few hours before.
In the case of Ensign Prenties, of the
Eighty-fourth regiment, and his com.
panions, who were wrecked on the bar.
rem island or Cape Breton in 1850, the
difference between famine on shore and
on sea Is curiously exemplified. Prem.
ties records that they were able to en-
dure the most fearful pangs of hunger
without ever SO much as thought of
rcsorting to cannibalisln for relief-so
long, however, and only so long as they
kept on land. But when they took to
their boats-and it was not once mere
ly that they experienced this-in order
to escape from their rock-bound prison,
though they were not whit worse off
for food than they were on land, yet
the moment they put to sea, with one
accord they began to think of killing
the other hand, when they found their
attempts to escape futile and put back
to shore, whenever they landed the hor-
rible idea of cannibalism seemed to van
Subsistence for All.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
THE SONG or THE GUN.


The furnace was white with steel a-light,
When my newborn spirit came
In molten food Of the war-god's blood.
In q passion of fire and flame.
I looked DER the deep from lofty steep
With strong heart full of pride:
Like king alone on his stately throne
Whose word no man denied.
My thunder spoke from the battle smoke,
When the waves ran crimson red.
And heroes died by my iron side.
TIL the foreign foemen fed.
The sentence of death was in my breath.
And many a ship went down
Oh, the gun Is lord Of the feeble sword.
And greater Is his renown.
Now the long grass hides my rusty sides,
And round me the children play;
But I dream by night Of a last great fight.
Ere the trump of the judgment day.
For men must fight In the cause of right.
Till the time when war shall cease;
And the song of the gun will ne'er be done,
Till the dawn of lasting peace.
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15


sho.tly after. an that bust up the ex-
pedition-got into q wrestle with a
grizzly an took second money. He
left his boss an went close to git a good
pull, but the bear was only wounded
an charged. He waltzed with him. I
reckon it 'ud "a been all day with Li''-
field il Wells hedn't been nigh; he was
dead shot, yeh know. AS it was, he
got out OF it with broken thigh an
cash in his hip from the bears claw
yeh might cache q flask in. So as soon
as he could be moved we went into
Helena, an they left there fer Eng
land.
"Eh? Oh, the womanl Why--well,
she rode with me on the wagon after
that when we moved camp-jest orner-
ly didn't care to much as look at sad
die fer more'n a week. When she shook
hans an says good-by fam was real
sorry to see the last of herr, she looks
at me an smiles, an says:
"'An' Jim, next time we come to
Montana to hunt, try an pick Us out a
span O. mules that amt so hard &c hold
up" will your
"An' hanged my head like q derned
idjut an said would. San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM.
Calling to Mind the Blessing Of Having
Written Characters.

Calling to Mind the Blessing Of Having
Written Characters.
In a work entitled IAN Australian
in China" occurs a description Of the
queer practice in China of honoring
waste paper by committing it to the
flames. In the center of the green
stands the hollow pillar, in which Chi
nese waste paper is reverently burnt.
when letters were invented" the
Chinese say, Heaven rejoiced and hell
trembled." Reverence the charac-
ters," is an injunction of Confucius
which no Chinaman neglects to follow.
He remembers that "he who uses let
tered paper to kindle the fire has ten
dement's, and will have itchy sores; "
he remembers that "he who losses
lettered paper into dirty water, or
burns it in filthy place has 20 demer-
it's, and will frequently have sore eyes
or become blind" whereas, ''he who
gets about and collects, washes and
burns lettered paper has 5000 merits,
adds IL years to his life. and will be-
come honored and healthy, and his chill
dren and grandchildrenwil be virtuous
and filal." But his reverence has strict
limits, and while he reverences piece
of paper upon which a moral precept
is written, he often thinks himself abb
solved from reverencing the moral pre-
cent itself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
VALUABLE COLOR TEST.
How the Course of Water In German
Rivers Was Determined.


A color test on a large scale occurred
recently near Geseke, Germany. The
Volmede, the Waid and the Heder are
three brooks which have their source
near Geseke, and, according to tradi-
ton, their waters had subterranean
connection with the Alme, a mountain
stream whose bed is some five miles
distant. Millers located on the lower
Alme dumped refuse in certain eddies
of the upper portion of the stream, and
the millers on the Vofmede, the Weld
and the Heder claimed that by doing
this the water supply of the latter
streams was materially diminished.
To determine the connection about
four pounds of potassium fuorescinate
was dumped into one of the eddies five
miles from the source OF the Heder.
This substance is marvelOrsly power
full, and solution containing one part
in 100000 shows distinct fuOres-
cence in transmitted light Twenty
five hours later the Heder took on a
beautiful dark green color, showing
conclusively the connection between
the two streams. An experiment at
another point showed with equal clear
ness that there was a subtcrranean con-
nection between the Waid and the Vol
mede, though in this case "a hours
elapsed between the depositing of the
dye stuff in the Alme and the appear
ance of the celebration in the other
streams.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
DOG or THE IRON MASK.
Although Only an Aristocratlc Statue q
Deceived tho street MongrsL

Although Only an Aristocratic Statue 70
Deceived tho street MongrsL
A relative who lives in one of the one
time fashionable mansions now be-
come students boarding houses, in the
south end. tells me a pretty good story
OF a dog, says reporter for the Boston
Post. In the yard, where fountain
was once known to play, but where now
dust gathers, is an iron statue of a dog.
The iron dog watches and guards the
old fountain, but he in his turn has an
admirer and adorer. The other day,
hunting for another dog to 60 out and
play tag with him, came young street
mongrel. He was unaccustomed to the
ways of aristocracy, and in his simple
ignorance supposed that anything that
looked like dog was dog.
Up to the statue he bounded barking
and wagging his tail. In stately inn
mobility the iron dog gazed on out into
vacancy. This did not deceive the
other. He had seen plenty of dogs as
sumo just that naughty and distracted
manner when they did not care to fight.
Wishing to show his iron friend that he
appreciated his attitude, but assuring
him of no evil intention, the dog from
the street kept on barking and wagging
his tail. He even ran around his friend
a number of times to show that there
was no ill-will-as is the manner of
dogs. But the dog of the iron mask did
not bulge. My relative says that he is
sure that even if the street dog had
brought around cat to chase the iron
dog would have remained unmoved. A
red Irish setter came out finally and
called the street dog away. The latter
went with distinct traces Of reluctance
in his manner. He liked the style of
that iron dog and had rather play in his
yard with him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
MADE FROM NIGHTMARES.

Methods Used by Artists Who Design
Popular Grotesquc Posters.
People who dine late at night in a
certain uptown restaurant may have
noticed well-dressed, wild-eyed, bag
gard-faced, dyspeptic man devouring
night after night with apparent relish
dishes which only the ultra brave have
courage to eat more than once a month.
That man is an artist, says the New
York World, and eating indigestible
food is part of his business, for he
is maker of posters. Since the use
Of grotesque posters, built on the lines
of Aubrey Beardsley's phantom fam
cies and on the principle Of Chimpanzee
Johanna's savage sketches, has become
general as a means of advertising news
papers it is no more than right that
the world should know how the de-
signs are conceived.
The case Of this wild-eyed, haggard-
faced, dyspeptic artist alone will be
cited. His may or may not be the
method used by all the better poster
makers. Every night he goes to this
uptown, restaurant, eats welsh rab-
bit, a cold broiled lobster, two cream
rolls and dish of ice cream and drinks
q quart of cheap claret. Then he goes
home. drinks two glasses Of ice water,
retires and the nightmare does the rest.
In the morning he sketches the hor-
rors he saw In his dreams and finishes
them as the orders for posters pour in.
He is making fortune in the business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
Fair and Fruitful

AS the West is, it is often malarious. But
it is pleasant to know that competent safe
guard in the shape of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters exists, which absolutely nullities the
poison of miasma. Western bound emf
grants should bear this in mind. Norshould
It be forgotten, the Bitters is sterling
remedy for dyspepsia, biliousness, constipa-
ton, kidney and nervous complaints and
rheumatism.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
Neuralgia

in one eye and about my temples, espe-
cially at night when 1 had been having
hard day of physical and mental labor I
took many remedies, but found help only in
Hoods Sarsaparilla which cured me of
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved itself true
friend. l also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills very
much." ISAAC LEWIS, Sabina, Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15

What know we of the world i'm
mense beyond the narrow ring or sense
What should we know who lounge
about the house we dwell in, nor find
out, masked by wall, the secret cell,
where the souls priests in hiding dwell:
The winding stair that steals aloof to
chapel mysteries meath the roof
Lowell.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15
Half Fare to virginia and Carolina.

April 81 and May Homeseekers' Excur-
sion tickets will be sold from all points in
the west and northwest over the big -Four
Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. to Vir-
ginia and North Carolina at one fare for the
round trip. Settlers looking for home in
the south can do no better than in Virginia.
There they have cheap farm lands, no bliz-
yards, no cyclones, mild winters, never fail.
ing crops, cheap transportation and the best
markets. Send for free descriptive pamph-
let, excursion rates and time folders. U. L.
TRUIrT, NV. P. A., 234 Clark St. Chicago, Ill
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15

THE SHERIFF-"You say that fellow who
broke Jail left message behindl" The
Keeper--"Yes, sir; here it is on this paper
Excuse the liberty take !"-Truth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For IS years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-15

A fne improved farm Of 184 acres, house,
barns, sheds, Orchard all underfence Three
miles from Railroad station. Twenty miles
live stock. implements and furniture. Price
5000. For complete description, rates OF
fare and time folders, ETC., address FRED l.
FEE, Land and Excursion Agent G. a. q.
Ry., 234 Clark st., Chicago, ILL.,
MosT men have more courage than even
they themselves think they have.-Greville.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

"A Hole in the Ground" IN which he
made his professional debu, on Aug. 90
at the Providence opera house. Proyl.
dence. r. !. lie remained With thls
attraction throughout that season, and
about May IL. 1855. was one OF the trio
singing "Razzle Dazzle" In "a Brass
Monkey" along with George
Richards and william F. Mack.
He left that company TO Join
THE Texas Steer" as Major Yell,
but returned TO resume IN a short time
his former role He next Joined Frank
Daniels company. and for four weeks
played the part OF the Attorney. His
next engagement was with George
Marion. In MIR. Macaronl" The play
was not n success. but Mr.. Harlan. rs
Awful jag. made a hit. lie then Joined
the Boys and Girls" company, and
played In one act at n Saturday matinee
In Boston. Mass. and having studied
his Part upon the train. appeared In all
OF the three acts In Philadelphia. Pa.
upon the following Monday night,
While playing with this company his
salary was three times increased with.
out solicitation upon his part. and In
spite Of the fact that he had a written
contract. Following this engagement,
he successfully played In "The Isle Of
Champagne" Henderson's "All Baba"
aud In "Glorlana." lie Joined africa"
on Juno ~. 1898. opening at the Califor-
MIA theater. San Francisco. lio waI
sub-starred In this production. bui
having finally disagreed with the man
qgement. he left the company and
Joined Thomas Q. seabrooko. In TIA.
basca." with which he remained four
teen weeks lie then Joined "a Black
sheep" opening at the Academy Of
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12
CIGARETTE SAVED HIS LIFE.
A. Least saeh 1, the story Told by
a. Hume.

a. Least saeh Z, the story Told ~ D.
a. Hume.
christmas day" remarked tall.
a,hletlc-looklng man In the corridor Of
the Fifth Avenue hotel tspcaking 20 a
New York Times writer. always ex-
cites In my mind emotions Of the ten.
derest sympathy for the cigarette"
The man proved 10 be r. u. Hume.
He said he was from England but
claimed New York as hts home.
1T was Just six years ago" he said.
that / was With the English army
in Upper Burmah and a week before
Christmas found myself taken down
with black dlphthorla There had been
an epidemic Of the disease In the town
and vicinity and I. always susceptible
10 contagious diseases was one OF tho
first IN the regiment 10 take Il. Every
day grew worse. until the surgeon
finally gave up an hope and told me
that could not live twelve hours
longer. My comrades bid me good-by
and a few OF my Intimate friends. fell
lows from my own home. stayed with
me TO tell the folks how I had passed
M last hours on earth.
MY throat had become 80 swollen
that was in great pain and the phlegm
had collected 10 such an extent that I
could not speak Breathing had be-
come all but Impossible.
Il knew that had but a short q 1c
10 live and as a last request asked lor
q cigarette.
II seemed 10 be the only thing on
earth that / wanted. The surgeon re-
fused TO give me one. but q young
Iriihman who knew how fond was o..
smoking took one from bic pocket. say
ina that II would not possibly hunt me
as was already dying
"Hs held Il 10 my lips and inhaled
a lot OF smoke. which thought would
choke me. Instead OF that the smoke
poured out and brought with Il IN,
whole mass Of phlcgm which for a weel
the surgeon had tried hts best 10 re-.
move. The cigarette was the only
thing, possibly. that would have served
tho purpose In four days was on
my feet. a we'll man. and ! have noyoi
had a days sickness since"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

IN ths scenery watching my company
tumble over each ether, and listening
while they left cut large slices Of my
play.
OF course. whenS emerged nom
the histrionlc precincts. and mingled
with our guests. we received compile
ments and congratulations. But later
on In the frankness and horrible eandor
OF work -a-day life. the following criti'
eisms were ofieredi
why didn't you make collection
for your serlo-comlc singersi I'm sure
after the hrst few notes. every one
would have given generously. on condl-
ton that you didn't allow them to sing
any more"
II say. what an interesting discussion
on bloomers that was that you had at
the back OF the stage during the second
scene"
Il should think that the lines that
were left out might have been very
bright"
How long had the aecompanist been
learning the planoi"
WAS the man who made the final
speech an antiquary or merely a man
OF wonderful memory and profound 70.
searchl Some Of those jokes had white
hair"
HAD you ever gone through It be-
foref"
who was the girl who kept her back
TO the audience all the timer"
"Homely set Of women n the audi
ence. Guess the best-looklng onel
stayed away"
Can you wonder that have given NJ
play-wrlting and retired from socia
life. and taken once again to space writ
lngG
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

200 BROUGHT THE
A Convict who Won the 4
Confidence Through liis %

Confidence Throush lIi. ~
II was a dog that brought lf-,-ty to
a convic, ia the Kentucky pen Nhtiary
recently. says the Cincinnati H.lqulrer.
The intelligent brute acted as mes
senger between Governor Brown and
the felon, carrying the pardon IN la
mouth from the executive mansion 10
the prison. and. after gaining admit
lance. TO the recipient OF the clemency
himself The dog is the property OF
the governor. and the convict Is o.
G. Garden OF Louisville. who was sen
fenced two years ago to serve a term
OF eight years for manslaughter
For some time Garden has been EN-
ployed as a "trusty" az the executive
mansion. doing chores and running err
rands The dog. a ine speolment OF
the shepherd breed. Is a family pet
and Is unusually intelligent
Il was a part Of Gardens duty to look
after the animal and they came TO be
fast frlends when the prison doors
were opened In the morning the collie
was there TO meet his convict friend
and accompany him to the mansion. Al
night he returned with his striped
playmate to the grim portals.
When the pardon was made out Il
was suggested that the dog be permit
ted 10 carry the welcome freedom TO
his devoted friend The paper was en-
closed In a stout envelope and given
TO the animal. which was told to go
20 the penitentiary. with a wag OF
its tail Il left the mansion and ran
down the old accustomed route 10 the
prison. A telephone message apprisel
the guards OF his coming and he was
admitted without delay
Garden was In the yard patiently
awaiting the arrival OF the governor
messenger. never dreaming that the
4 dog had been selected Catching sight
OF the well-known face. the dog ran
up TO the convict and laid the envelope
at his feet. The glad cry OF happy
surprise that the ovcrloyed prisoner
gave vent 10 on catching up the OIL
cial envelope and tearing II open wa
re-echoed by a succession OF Joyous
harks from the iour-footed harhinger
OF good tidlngs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

An enthusiastic cycllst tells you that
the effects of excess In cycling are
very much the same as excess in drink.
Aud I feel very little doubt that the
doctor Is right. Cycling, / suppose,
because IL ac.s as such a powerful
sImulant To he heart produces. IN
the first instance. q feeling Of oXlhl-
aration which Is IN itself a pleasure.
especially 10 the owner OF a faggci
brain or jadod nerves Anything that
produces this effect Is naturally
"cravcd' after when once tastef. This
celebrating effect, too, oyercomes the
consciousness OF fatigue. and conse-
Qucntly prevents the cycllst from judg.
Ing accurately when he Cor shcl has
had enough another dangerous point
OF resemblance 10 alcohol-IondOn
Truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

Much Of the rich sculpiuring In the
new congressional library building IS
being done by the use Of a new invcn-
ton In the shape Of an air chlsel by
the uss Of this marvellous little machine
tho modern statue Is carved quickly
and With precision almost equal to
the OH masters. OF course a model In
plaster Is necessary. the compressed air
chlsol being used simply for reproduce
ton. The tool Is not unlike the den.
lists drill Il runs under about thirty
pounds pressure and strikes blow be-.
tween 1900 and 1900 times a minute.
An expert does excellent work with
this machine which cuts marble aa
easily as the carving Of steamed wo,d.--
Inventive age.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-12

twhen we ought 70 have been Al the hail
wheis we were 10 aeO. and az she had
TO buy clippers IN which 10 act her part
she wrote out her newspaper report at
the shoe shop while the salesman fitted
on her slippers. Such are the straits
that the vorklngwomAn who strives
after pleasure Ia reduced tot
The coupe that had been hired 10 take
ne to the scene OF action was about half
an hour late. and when II came was
found TO be about large enough to
comfortably hold the performers hats.
However. be costumes were slowed In.
the boxes OF makeup" wedEed be-