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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
CALLING FOR 4 DOCTOR.
How the Snowman Ended the Nuisance
in One Town.

hO" CAo OWmdn fJnOe0 the NWlS8000'
in One Town.
"Your story about calling for a doctor
in the circus said retired Snowman,
reminds me of the way we broke up a
nuisance in a good-sized Pennsylvania
town. l was on the road with q farce
comedy company and we put in two
weeks at the town in question, there
being big military encampnent there
and a county fair to boot. We drew
good houses all through the engage
ment, and were booked for an early re-
turn. l don't think we had been there
more than one night before the doctor
nuisance began. There would come a
hurried messenger from the box office
to the stage manager with a request
that he ask if DIR. Bolus, or whatever
his name happened to be, was in the
house, and if he was to send him to the
box office at once. Of course, the stage
manager couldn't very we'll refuse, and
general attention was directed to the
medical man, much TO his satisfaction.
We soon found out that the doctors
who were so much in demand were very
small medical fry, and there wasn't a
| doubt that they had themselves called
| for in order to secure the consequent
| notoriety. Well, we stood it for a few
nights, and then an idea occurred to me.
l took a walk up the main street until I
came to certain sign hanging over a
stairway. / went up to the office in
dicated and had breit conversation
with it's inmate, ending it by handing
him reserved seat tickets.
"That evening, Immediately after the
first act and before any messenger from
the box office had chance to arrive. I
stepped out in front of the curtain and
held up my hand. Then in my gravest
tones asked:
lis DR.. Chizziold in the house?'
| Immediately very tall colored man,
with bushy white head and huge sill
ver-mounted spectacles, arose in the
audience and said:
"'Heah 7 is, sah.'
'The audience Uttered, but kept my
gravity.
"'You are wanted at the box office al
once, doctor, in case which requires
your immediate professional atten-
ton
GAS the aged darkey ducked to me
and hobbled from the room the audience
broke into wild roar.
perhaps you will understand the
cause of their merrjment when I add
that the old man was corn doctor and
probably the best-known eccentric
character in town.
"Well, there were no more doctors
called for from the stage during our en-
gagement."- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

ten-stranded fence, even if she had no
foe to conquer; and when he heard
Archer tell what the bull had Gone he
laughed in anticipation. the weekly
paper came by mail and was read and
discussed before the men thought Of
going to the yard again. Even then
they would not have visited the place
if they had not been afraid that the
warm weather would spoil the bears
meat and make it unfit to eat. All thres
were going down to skin Ida. as they
expressed it, early one morning and
were more than half way to the back
told Archer that his bull was dead in the
yard.
dead bull, is it, Ell? ?" laughed Arch
er, assured that the boy had seen the
remains of Ida. ''Sure there wasn't
two on 'em-one live and t'other dead
amt you, sonny?"
The boy was not only certain about
it, but he offered to bet two cents and
fshbook that he was right, which
made such an impression upon the
hunters that they quickened their walk
to trot. Three minutes later they
learned that the boys eyes had not
played him false. The hull had died
from crushed back, from a broken
neck, from disemboweling and from
variety of other mortal injuries such as
only railroad claim adjuster can Nance
He lay upon mass of uprooted sods and
spIintered rails, that showed that he
had died fighting, while on the wires
and fence stakes was blood enough to
start prosperous slaughter house. In.
vestigation showed that the bear had
gone in through the hollow log, as tho
men had planned for her to do, and tina
the log had tipped up according to the
prearranged schedule. In fact, the
whole programme had been carried out
| as well as anybody could desire until
Ida had found herself face to face with
| the bull.
Just how the bull happened to die and
| just why Ida escaped nobody can tell
Two or three tufts of black bears hal,
| clinging to the wire barbs show where
and how she got away. A line of deep
dents in the green sward like the tracks
of boy who is walking on stills are
evidence enough to show which way
Ida went. Beyond this all is conjecture;
and somewhere in the woods, long
ways beyond conjecture, is Ida, digest
| ing her dinner of bull beef and honey
N. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
THE ORGAN.
Its Presence In an Indian's Home m Evil
dence of. ArlstOCracy.

dence of. Aristocracy.
When. travelling over the Crow Creek
and Lower Brule reservations, adjacent
to this city, it is no uncommon sight,
says the Minneapolis Journal, to see
elegant and costly organs occupying
positions in log houses whose exterior
present anything buta cheerful or pros
porous appearance. Yet these Indians
are fairly prosperous, and having dur.
ing the past few months received con.
siderable money from the governments,
have expended it for such articles as
meet their fancy. In addition to fine
furniture. carriages and carpets, many
Of them have purchased organs. In
dian families that have invested their
surplus wealth in organs are the envy
of all their neighbors until the envious
ones can themselves purchase instru.
ments, and then harmony is restored in
the Indian settlements.
Sometimes the Indians, in their desire
to live as their white neighbors do,
assume obligations which they are un
able to meet. Such was the case with
John Barry, Sioux who lives north Of
this city near the big bend of the Mis-
souri, river. Barry and his family
wanted an organ badly, and after con-
siderable negotiating prevailed upon an
agent to sell them an $50 instrument
upon payment of five dollars-all the
money they had-the remaining SIS
to be paid at a certain date The amount
became due short time ago. The
money not being Forthcoming, the agent
secured the services of Sheriff Jordan,
OF this city, and together they pro-
ceeded to the home of the Indian, took
possession of the organ and carted it
to town. Barry and his family have
| now lost caste with their brethren who
are fortunate enough to own organs.
and are again looked upon simply as
ordinary Indians.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
Latest STYLES in Fans.

Empire fans still continue to lead the
fashion in that very significant little
accessory of dress which is always an
addition to the dressy toilet and pos
tive necessity to the summer costume.
Glitter seems to be the special feature of
black fans, and spangles are very con-
spicuous part of the decoration.
Feather fans have not lost their pres
tige among the matrons, and are quite
as much in use as ever, marabou-feathers
alone being more in fashion than the
carbohydrates Home COMPANION
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
CADET JOHNNIE SULLIVAN.
A West Point Boy Who Is In No Groat
Danger of Being Hazed.


Speaking of the recent "hazing" out
break at the United States military
academy, West Point, in which several
plebes or members of the entering class
were rather roughly used. one of the
prominent members of the Southern
Athletic club said the other day:
"Nell, you can just bet any of your
spare coin that those 'hazers' will not
tackle one little plebe; that is, if they
know when they are well off. You
know who mean; Cadet John p. Sulli-
van. Will they haze him? don't
think
And the sportive club man smiled
knowingly as he thought of the havoc
that might be wrought in the ranks of
the cadet corps should any attempt be
made to impose upon his popular as
sociate.
The other members present agreed
unanimously with the speakers views,
and some suggested that if any at
tempts were made to haze '1little john
N.Y. the custom might be brought to
sudden stop. Those interested in ath-
1etics in New Orleans will recognize the
significance of the remarks when they
bring to mind the great hammer throw
err and weight tosser of the Southern
Athletic club, who for the past few
years has held the record for the south.
John P Sullivan, who is cadet at
West Point. is no little boy although
young in years. He stands over six feet
and weighs little over 200 pounds.
Every muscle in his brawny body is
trained to great development, and his
feat of hurting 16-pound hammer no
feet stamps him as one of the strong
men of the country. Cadet Sullivan has
also had several years training in the
gentle game of football, and he is well
able to take care of himself in any and
all situations. Moreover, he is very
good boxer Take it all in all, Cadet
Sullivan bids fair to make most eff
cient army officer; one who can fight
when necessity comes. Meanwhile his
club mates in New Orleans are waiting
to hear of the casualties when some
of the swell-headed upper class men at
tempt to haze ''little Johnnie"
1t is. perhaps, needless to add that in
the list of this years plebes who have
suffered the indignities of hazing the
name of Cadet Sullivan will not appear.
There are reasons.-New Orleans Dem
ocrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

useless in this case. To get Ida they
must discard rhe natural and try some-
thing tina, appealed to the spiritual
side OF her being. Archer lad just has
they wanted. He had a fc,olicsome Jer-
sey bull, which, aftel b gay season in
the highwa y, during which time he had
tipped over and spoiled two bicycles as
good as new, and forcel the school
ma'am to abandon travelling, was now
q djshunored prisoner inside Of Darbed
wire fence in back field. If Ida could
be tempted or coaxed to enter the yard
they were sure the bull would attend
to whatever might follow. A section
of the bee log, containing good lot OF
honey, ,vss hauled to the uphill side OF
The yard. Then, while Archer beguiled
the bull with a red undershirt tied to
the end of short pole, Bill and Jack
made the trap. Lifting the spined
wires up, they thrust cIe end of the
log into the yard and left it poised so
that IA few pounds weight upon the low
er end would cause it to tilt over and
fall in with the bull. Great daubs of
comb honey were then scattered over
the hills in lines which centered in the
bull yard, after which the three hunters
went away to catch more bees.
Though two days and three beautiful
nights had passed, the bull still paved
in his yard for new enemies to con-
auer, and Ida still held aloof among
the hills. Jack was sure she was near
by, because he had noticed that the
outer ends of the radiating lines OF
honey had been taken up, and that the
circle was closing in rapidly. To his
mind the bear was as good as caught
already. Once inside the yard, she could
not get out through the wires of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

cells with white clover honey from the
second crop, take several days on ana
go to distant fields to look up pasturage
for the next year. AS soon as the farm
ers know of this they are sure the comb
Is heavier and sweeter than it will be
again, and proceed to rifle all the nests
they can find. BY coincidence the
bears, too, find themselves without an
occupation at this time, so they fire.
Qnently come in contact with the farm
ers strolling through the woods upon
the same errand as themselves, and sew
eraI shrewd old bears annually lay
down their lives in an indiscreet effort
to get at the honey stubs ahead OF
their human competitors.
Two bears have died in Hancock
county this year because they loved
honey not wisely but too we'll; and Bill
Reaaick and Con Archer, the hooppole
hunters of note, believed they had made
plans to kill the third one, though sub
seauent events did not confirm their
too sanguine opinion. The hunters were
out for bees in full force through the
foggy weather that prevailed early in
August They used all the approved
methods of lining the bees to their
nests, and hunted faithfully, but did
not get more than so pounds of market
able honey in four days. They were
weary and hungry and aching from
many bee stings when on Thursday
night Bill drew a geometrical figure
in the mud and proved that the last ten
bees he had lined had all gone to the
same tree, crooked pinestub on the
side OF the Whales Back, which was
two miles away. Con, who did not I'M
Qdersiand Euclid very well, was for wait
ing until morning and making the at
74ack by daylight, but Bill reasoned him
out of this notion: They found the
tree soon after shutdown. It was near
7y as big and fully as Ugly to look at
as Bunker Hill monument, and up some
20 feet from the ground was knot
hole surrounded by fringe of bees
that had come outside to enjoy the
evening.
After the men had llindled rousing
fire OF pine knots and resinous woods
she tree was felled, and while the ex-
sasperated bees were dashing into the
blaze and dying by thousands the hunt
sers took out as much honey as they
could carry and went home, leaving the
FALLEN trunk, which still held hundred
weight CT more of good honey, to lie
cut in the woods, with no protection but
The owls and foxes. The men made a
costly mistake. They knew it as soon
as they returned next morning and eN-
amined the tree. A bear had entered
the cavity, and, in addition to eating
e good 10. of honey, had broken up and
mixed the remaining comb with bits of
rotten wood. So the whole lot would
have to he strained before it was sold.
While Bill was saying libelous things
about the bear Con hunted about the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

place for tracks. There were plenty
Of queer looking prints in the moss and
fresh earth, most of which looked as if
they hal been made with cant dog or
che sharp end of a large cane. Along
side of these were indentations OF some
kind of foot that seemed to be shod with
4 cigar box; and right among them all
were q few common bear tracks. As a
composite animal of this character had
never come under their observation be-
fore the hunters sent off for Jack Gill
-pafrick, who knows all about wood
Land monstrosities of every kind. When
Jack arrived, "a hours later, he said the
tracks belonged to Ida, the MANNED and
three-legged tame bear that had run
away from Babcock, OF Bradley. more
than a year ago.
With Jacks aid they laid deep Pot
10 catch Ida. OF course. traps, dead
Calls, spring guns and such devices as
ore used TO destroy common bears, were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
Ii Hung Changes Servant.

Ii Hung Chang is attended by re-
markably attentive servant, who lately
was addressed by an English officer in
public with Good day, commander"
81 am no longer commander" he re-
piled. 81 am III Hung Changes boy"
He bad been a Chinese naval COM
mander, but, having lost his vessel in the
war with Japan, had been degraded and
condemned to death. His reprieve was
conditional on his becoming the servant
of some high state official Ii Hung
Chang had taken him into his service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
Giving the sneaker.

Small Orator-When l think OF the
'orrible consequences Of drink, gentle
men, boil, gentlemen, boil.
One of the Crowd-But it dinna take
muckle TO max wee kettle bile!-St'
Paul's. .,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23
NOVEL MAINE BEAR TRAP
Honey Was the Bait and a Dull
Was to Dc the Rest.
Arranged by Two Maine Hunters Who
Had Been Robbed OF Honey The
Honey Worked Well, But the
Bull Didn't.

ETWEEN tie close
of the blueberry
harvest ana the
time when t h e
wild blacl, berries
hang ripe among
the fire-scar L e i
clearings t h e r e
are a few weeks
of leisure, which
the Maine farmers
devote to bee hunt
ing. 1t is a sea-
son when the bees
having filled their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-23

MARRIAGE is like all other troubles; the
people have a good time while getting
into it.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
IN MEMORIAL

Dust to dust" has the preacher spoke.
over the senseless clay.
Earth to earth, were the words he said.
In the beautiful sunshine OF May.
Around the casket so sacred.
Fairest of lilies lay
And roses dispensed their fragrance,
To gladden. all the day.
But our hearts were sad and dreary.
We missed the answering smile,
We missed the voice of our loved one,
And we wept for awhile.
The shadows were gathering DER U.S.,
Creeping shadows of fear,
And a mist of doubt and distressing
Obscured our vision clear.
Then voice like an angels whispered
1t was SO heavenly pure
at is not l: have risen,
This word to you Is sure.
l passed DER the threshold yonder.
Out of the darkness Of night,
Into a place of wonder.
Where all is beauty and light.
Vanished, all care, and sorrow.
Rest. rest delicious rest,
have found the love and the JOY for which
My soul has so long been in quest.
Then our hearts were filled with gladness,
That with her 1t was truly we'll,
And light broke in upon us,
And such comfort we could not tell.
Then we knew:
This is not dark. but the dawning.
This is not night but the morning:
This calls not for sorrow. but gladness,
Moaning and crying were madness;
She whom We love Is yet giving,
She whom We love IS yet living:
Nearer to us as the years roll on.
Until we, too with the victory. won.
Where lilies bloom immortal and fair.
MRS. Sylvia LOUISE VERNON.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
vided for in the bills he has refrained

vided for in the bills he has refrained
from vetoing the measures.
The objections of the president to the
present bill seem directed TO both the
amount appropriated for immediate ex-
penditure and the sum the treasury Is
mortgaged for under the continuing
contract system, s62, 100000. OF which
nearly $40, 900 will fall due before
June 80, 1898, or in trifle more thah TWO
years only This, of course, is in aodi-
ton to the $17000,o00 appropriated Tor
immediate expenditure. 1t is apparent
that he considers, the present condition
of the treasury being taken into ac-
count, such engagements altogether I'M
wise, and 1t is also plain that he views
with disapproval many items OF the Dill.
There is not the least doubt about the
measure being replete with items in
serted in response to the efficient lob
lobbying of men Of the Huntington
brand. Ard with the reprehensiole log
rolling practice which preValis
in congress 1t is certain
that congressman seeking appro-
priations for enterprises of bona noe
public character and worth the outlay
sought were held up this session, as
usual, by representatives and senators
insistent on the appropriation of money
for absurd or needless projects in their
own localities. for the sole purpose or
sustaining or rehabilitating their pres
tige at home. That under cover OF the
river and harbor appropriation bills
there has been for years shameful
and enormous plumber of the pubic
treasury no intelligent candid person
can deny This obvious fact has led 10
the development of a strong sentiment
against the federal government appro-
priating any money for such purposes,
the theory being that in the end the
whole people will be most benefited and
opportunity for private profit at public
expense, in this particular way, mini
mixed, by each state or locality max.
ing the Improvements it now seeks OF
the federal government.
On account of the interest of Los An
geles in the bill the veto is, of course, 10
be regretted, but as it is well nigh GER
tain that the measure will be passed
over the presidents negation there IS
no real reason for our people feeling
discouraged The president in this act
as In all his others has been unques-
tionably actuated by considerations OF
the highest patriotism. and all fair
minded people will so credit him, even
though they may differ from him re-
garding the justice or the expediency
of his veto.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
Can Such IhinQs BE 2

Colonel Harrison Gray Otis is one of
the most distinguished and active men,
bers of the party of Mckinleyism in
California, but his brethren will be in
clined to look upon him as an ''enfant
terrible" if nothing more shocking. The
breezy Los Angeles editor, fresh from
close-range view of the Sacramento con-
vention, has visited Mckinley at his
home, and declares before that Mill OF
Silence that the 16to-1 resolution OF the
California Republicans didn't mean
anything" So far from being the be-
lief of the party, or even of the conven-
ton, he explains with frank abandon
that it was merely "tSiven to the silver
men as sop to keep them in line
This will come with shock of conster-
nation to the party leaders. Doubtless
Colonel Otis is telling the truth, but II
the truth is to be told where does the
Republican party get off? If it Is once
to be admitted that the silver plank IS
a SOD to the silver men, and the woman
suffrage plank is a sop to Miss Anthony
ard the anti-funding plank is a sop TO
the whole people, and that I'VE didn' t
mean any of them" where is the party
to get its votes?-San Francisco Exam
inpr.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
AT THE THEATERS

THE ORPHEUM.-Att this afternoons
matinee will be repeated the same ex-
cellent program that has been drawing
such appreciative audiences during the
week. The charming little mimic, Char
lotte Parry, will give her representations
of stage and concert hall favorites with
all the versatility and genius that has
characterized her work throughout the
engagement. Carr and Jordan contri-
butte d travesty on Henry Irving that Is
wonderfully clever. A rollicking turn is
that of Wood and Shepard, two jolly
burnt-cork artists, who have the most
complete and novel musical sketch that
was ever invented. Watson and Du Pre-
do their share toward making fun by
giving a rousing good Dutch sketch.
Hayes and Post, the lively acrobatic
dancers, and the Guatemala marimba
players conclude their engagements this
week. The entire bill is bright and spicy.
BURBANK THEATER.-The cessa-
ton of the hot spell has resulted in a.
marked increase in the attendance at
the Burbank theater and the Davis
Moulton company is playing to large
houses and giving the best of Satisfac-
ton in Nat Goodwin's funny comedy,
Turned Up, which will be played for
the last time at the matinee today and
tonight. Tomorrow evening the fav-
orite actor, Joseph j. Bowling, will make
his first appearance this season at the
Burbank with the Davis Moulton COM
pany, the bill being BARLEY Campbell's
famous drama, My Partner, in which
Mr.. Bowling will play his favorite part
of Joe Saunders and Arthur Moulton
appearing in the part of Major Henry
Clay Britt a character which he has
played all over the country.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
An Ant ILLUSTRATION

The Evening Express of Los Angeles,
which from the beginning of the DOUBLE
harbor dispute, waKed a One-sided news
paper fight in favor Of Huntington's pet
scheme, even descending SO low in the
moral scale as to allow the use of its editor
ial room as a workshop for double harbor
petition forgers. is now claiming that the
defeat of the Us, 000.0 900 appropriation for
Santa Monica is great and glorious VIC
tory. This reminds one very forcibly of
the "fearfully scientific" sixth and last
round of a personal encounter which oc-
CURED in the early 50s between John Phoe-
nix (Lieut. Derby and Judge Ames of the
San Diego Herald. Phoenix always claim
ed that this round was the most magnificent
victory he had ever won. and describes 1t
as follows:
I'VE held the Judge down over the press
by our nose (which we had inserted be-
tween his teeth for that purpose), and
while our hair was employed In holding
one of his hands we held tho other In our
left. At this moment, we dis
covered that we had been laboring under
misunderstanding" and through the
amicable intervention of the pressman,
who thrust a roller between our faces
(Which gave the whole affair very diff
ferent complexion, the matter was finally
settled"
Frye's amendment forced by Senator
Whites argument is an apt Illustration of
the effect caused by the pressman's roller
Ventura Independent.