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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

but intended to have also gone at the
same tine they did. bur was prevented
from doing 50 on account Of ether en-
gagements- ] made no proposition 10
Chasha in regard to my vote, but did
make tentative proposition looking to
selection of Chaska by the commission,
in case division of the hospital into two
parts could be made and the acute ward
be located between the two cities con-
tiguous 10 the state university. OF course
there were legal questions involved which
must first have been settled-and then
Chaska could not have given the COM
mission authority TO use the $1,000 in
that way The $4,000 was already at the
disposal of the commission. The point
was made that Chaska must agree not to
fight such an arrangement as the dtvis-
ion of the hospital. If the commission
should agree to il.
Il had already laid basis for such a
division in the resolution embodied in the
advertisement. saying that the GAO acres
required should be either in one body of
land or in tracts conveniently located, or
words TO that effect j DO not know just
what use is made of this incident in the
answer of Anoka- AT all events transac-
lions of doubtful nature are not usually
carried on at a town meeting This was
practically at town meeting. ] have
f<d no transactions with Chaska or any
tther parties that might not have been
carr ed on at town meeting
There was neither disposition nor
effort to conceal this matter from the
commission, il was done before the
commission went there and as q basis to
its poss DE action AT that time ! sup
pose the members of the commission were
all anxious or at least willing TO locate
the hospital. or any part of il, between
the cities. / did not know that Anoka
supposed she had been promised five votes
of the commission two months before the
hospital was located, as alleged by an
Anoka paper. / have no disposition to
go into this disgraceful and heartrending
business any further at this time.
My only object in accept ng place on
this commission was to aid in devising
some methods TO put the hospital where i
always believed it should beat some
point practically between the cities.
tried to get other arrangements offered
besides the Chaska one, including an
effort to interest the authorities of the
university, and the commercial bodies of
St Paul and Minneapolis to act in con-
cert In those days / was not much used
to commissions i really thought they
were intended to do the best that could
be done under the circumstances"
In regard to the fraudulent plat alleged
to have been submitted by Hastings, DR.
Smith said that he knew nothing of the
matter, and therefore could have nothing
to say covering that point in Anoka's
answer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
Ofhcers Elected.

At the annual meeting of the North
western Curling association held at Du-
luth the following officers were elected:
President, Judge 81. w. Cory, St. Paul;
first vice president. @ S Chandler,
Wa1paca; second vice president, A. }.
Turner, Portage, Wis, secretary-treas-
urer, E p Towne. Duluth 1t was de-
cided to hold the next bonspeil at Port
age 1t was also decided that 1t would
be best to have the grand international
event played in two sections
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
The G. A. II. Encampment

Unless the Western Passenger Agents
Association makes satisfactory rates,
Commapder-in-Chief Walker. of the g.
a. R., stated that the nextencampment
will be held in some other city than
St Paul The passenger association
has agreed to make a rate of one cent
mile within radius Of $50 miles Of
st. Paul. the reduced rates to begin
two days before the encampment be-
gins and end the days the encampment
ends Gen Walker said: Il have de-
manded an extension of the time and
unless 1T is granted the eneampment
shall not be held In St Paul / have
received applications from three cities
that want the encampment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
WIDOWS TAKE TO PARROTS.
Folly In . Great Favorfte with the Lon
Women.


Parrots have never been suspected
Of having a mission in life but one has
been discovered for them in Brooklyn.
An attendant in a shop where animals
and birds are the stock in trade was
asked if all the parrots that talked were
trained by sailors, says the New York
World.
Not at all" he said. IF you should
come in here during the week follow
ing the arrival of a cargo of parrots
you would soon find out that there are
a lot of women in New York who make
it almost profession to train parrots.
The best customers we have, however,
are Brooklyn widows. There is one
woman who comes in after almost
every cargo we receive and buys at
least one or two parrots, sometimes
more, which she intends to teach to
talk. The women who do that are
mostly widows. How do know. WHY.
they tell us SO. And why do you sup
pose they want the parrots? It's for
company, they say. They say they are
lonely and the parrots are COMPANY,
because after they talk to them enough
the parrot talks back
That is why widows like parrots
better than canaries, they say. One in
Brooklyn keeps a little notion store
and sells candies. The children see the
parrot there and the parrot is speedily
sold and taken away as soon as il can
say two or three things. Then the
widows loneliness comes over her again
and she comes in search of another
pupil in feathers. She gets three times
as much as she paid for the bird and IL
it learns rapidly and has quisA num-
Der of words or sings song she gets
even more" So after ell even Polly has
mission
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
NeWp m Brief

Complaint was made to Labor Com
missioner Powers concerning the street
cars at Winona- A state law was
passed by the legislature of 1898 pro-
viding for the vestibuling of all street
cars operated in Minnesota The law
has not been obeyed.
Judge Baxter at ST. Cloud, sentenced
Mrs Sarah Williams to one year at
Saltwater. She was found guilty Of
trying to burn the Park Hotsl.
Mike Gallagher, a farmer lining near
Hamilton, Is miles from ST. Paul.
while driving out Smelling avenue was
struck by an electric car. His wagon
was smashed, and be was thrown on
his head. receiving probably fatal in
juries- His skull was fractured He
was taken to the city hospital
The dead body of Rem johnson. .
woodsman, was found hanging in the
hall of a cheap boarding house at Du-
luth.
A son of Andrew Erickson. living
near Jasper, who was shot five times
by burglars, is alive and may get well,
although one shot went through lung.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

THERE is more Ca.arria IN this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to
cether, and until the last few years was sup
posed 10 be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced 1t a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and BY con-
stantly falling TO cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, IS the only
constitutional cure on the market Ii Is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to q
teaspoonful. Ii acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system They
offer one hundred dollars for any case Il
fails TO cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address r. j. CHENEY & Co, To-
ledo O. Sold by Druggists. Toe
Halls Family Pills a-'e So hest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The Winter Carnival.

The winter carnival was opened at
St. Paul in blaze of glory. Not even
on the occasion of the big parade dur
ing the state fair last fall was there
such throng of people on the streets
along the line of march. In places it
was almost impossible for the police TO
make room for the parade to pass, and
at the fort there was also an immense
crowd The various clubs assemble
in the vicinity of the Metropolitan
Hotel, were the elaborate chariots
were in waiting for Borealis Rex and
his Lord High Chancellor, and for the
Fire King, while magnificent gray
charger was held in readiness for the
carnival queen As Borealis Rex and
his Lord High Chancellor took their
seats in the chariot an immense shout
went up from the great copcourse Of
there assembled. Long live Borealis
Rex" yelled the crowd The chariot
was white, representing the snow and
ice so abundant in his dominion. In
front was a huge white bear, and
perched on each side of the chariot was
the body guard clothed in bear skins.
The chariot was drawn by six white
horses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
Peculiar Swindling.

The North western Hide and Fur
Company, of Minneapolis. have been
defrauded in peculiar manner. In a
shipment OF supposed bids was found
strips Of hide inclosed with frewood.
cattle bones, hoofs, stones and old iron.
The stuff was shipped from Fisher,
MINI, and the company viii run the
inscriptions individual to earth and
punish him If possible
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
Great Northern VIII Appeal.

The officers of the local land Office
at St Cloud have been notified that the
Great Northern Railway Company in
tends to appeal from the decision of
the commissioner of the general land
Office in holding for cancellation what
is known as list No 10, in Traverse
county. In this list the lands selected
are for losses in the main line primary
limits, but were not selected tract for
tract.
1t has caused some surprise that the
company has not fled a rearranged
list, and during the recent rush for
claims at the local Office all the lands
EN- braced in these tracts were fled up
on. If the secretrry of the interior
should reverse the commissioner il
would end the hopes Of those who have
been making filings The ruling of
the commissioner is regarded as rather
a technical one and il is thought that
the probabilities are that the company
will ultimately win.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
An prgese Isvfsasion.

Fair Hostess-Now, Mr.. Borem. Won
must spend one more evening with m
before we 60 into our new house.
Mr.. Borem lgraciouxly)-Most Ger.
tainly, with pleasure When dc you
move?
(Doubtfully)-"Pa is uncertain when
that viii be. but not for 3 year or two
q loast"-1tt BitA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29
FUN Prepara,ion.

81 thought" said the solemn parson,
that you intended for your little son
70 enter the ministry"
az do said the father.
And yet you allow him to have such
warlike toys As 4 gum and . sword"
Yes: think he ought to get famil-
iar with the use Of them. He might be
sent rs . missionary, you know."-In.
dianapolis Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

DR.. Smith was seen by a Pioneer Press
reporter last evening, when he made the
following statement in respect to the visit
TO Chaska:
YOU say has been made by Anoka in re-
gard to my visit TO Chaska- / certainly
visited Chaska on the invitation of some
citizens there, without the commission,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

THERE would not be any absolute neces
sity for reserve if the world were honest
yet even then it would prove expedient.-
Sh11gf0UP
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

A PARAGRAPH in provincial paper reads:
"a thunderstorm made Eeraneer poet,
a mothers kiss made West a painter and
salary Of 80 shillings week makes Us
Journalist Tit Bits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

HERD So--Do you bel1ere men are the
architects of their OVID forBunesE' SaidSo
Certainly: but too many Of them fall II
with Buddensleck contractors Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-29

WHY is the person suffering from the in
fuenZa likely 10 lose ms sense Of touchf
Because he does not feel well
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09
Just One Request.

A well-know Journalist vouches for
the authenticity OF this anecdote of
the Car Nicholas, who, returning
from paying an early visit to one of
his daughters, noticed at the door of
q hotel a young man with a cigar in
his mouth. Nicholas could not toll
crate the smell of tobacco.
"You are foreigner, sir ?" he
asked.
"Yes, general" was the reply
" have just arrived from Paris"
"Then yon are unaware that smok-
ing in the streets Of st. Petersburg is
forbidden. / warn you, lest your
ignorance get you into trourble."
"Thanks, general :" and the Pa
risian threw away his cigar.
But if smoking is not allowed,
neither was it permitted to address
the emperor; and scarcely had the
latter passed out of sight when two
police officers approached the trav-
eler, and he was soon on his way to
the station, where he remained until
ten in the evening.
When the superintendent ques-
toned him, he told his story-how
an officer in generals uniform who
was passing had advised him to throw
away his cigar, and that he had at
once done so.
"And you didn't know who the
general was ?"
"I don't know"
The official set the Frenchman at
liberty and made his report to the
chief of the third section. The latter,
thinking the adventure might have
some unpleasant political conse-
quence, and that he - the chief
might be blamed for the action OF
his subordinates, decided to inform
the emperor of what had happened.
"Go, find the traveller" his Maj
esty ordered. "I wish to express,
to him personally my regret for the
outrage to which he has been SUBJ
jected."
When an officer in uniform came
to his hotel the poor Frenchman had
visions of Siberia, and began to re-
greet bitterly having yielded to his
desire to visit 1.-THE Empire of the
North" He was only restored to
his equanimity when Nicholas ex.
planned to him the cause of his un-
pleasant adventure.
" Forget the little misunderstood.
ing," added the emperor, land if you
any time in Russia, it will
give me pleasure to prove to you we
are not so unciviliZed as we may
seem to be.n
" Since your Majesty is so kind"
replied the traveller, "may make
one request ?"
What is it ?D
"That if your Majesty should
meet me again you would kindly ig-
more me!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09

AFFECTED HIM STRANGELY.-It
is reported that before his departure
for the Continent recently, a distin-
guished English statesman par
ticularly noticeable for his massive
proportions, spent holiday by the
seaside, ahd among other marine
amenities paid visit to man. of.
war lying off the Hampshire coast.
After dinner, as the weather turned
rather dirty, the captain, an unusu-
ally small and dapper man, suggested
that his guest should sleep on board,
and thoughtfully gave up his own
cabin to him.
The next morning the captains
servant, unaware of the change, came
to his masters door with cup of
coffee, and knocked a couple oftimes
without receiving an answer. Some.
what alarmed, he opened the door
and looked in, asking, "Don't you
want your coffee this morning, sir ?''
The only answer was i'm the nature
of a growl, and the terrified sailor
beheld gigantic figure turning over
under the bedclothes.
Dropping the cup in dismay, the
faithful servant rushed off to the
ships surgeon exclaiming, "For
Heavens sake, sir, come to the cap
tain at once He's speechless, and
swollen to ten times his natural size. -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09
POETRY
A LOST TYPE.

Oh, for glimpse of q natural boy
"A boy with a freckled face,
with forehead white meath tangled hair
And limbs devoid of grace
Whose feet toe in, while his elbows flare
nose knees are patched ALWAYS.
VINO turns as red as lobster when
lou give him word of praise.
a 0oY who's born with an appetite
VINO seeks the pantry shelf
10 eat his piece" with resoundipp
smack
Who isn't gone OH himself.
a Robinson Crusoe" reading boy.
whose pockets bulge with trash
VINO knows the use of ro6 and gun
And where the brook trout splash,
It's true he III sit in the easiest chair.
with his hat on his tousled head:
mat his hands and feet are everywhere
For youth must have room to spread
But he doesn' It dub his father sold man.
Nor deny his mothar's call;
Nor rldicule what his elders say,
Or think he knows it all.
"A rough and wholesome natural bow
Of good old.fashloned CLAY:
God bless him, if he's still on earth
for nell make man some day.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09
An Appeal to the Boys.

Now that the excitement has I'm
some degree subsidized, incident to
the arrest and trial of some forty-odd
men and boys who were taken into
custody by the police last Saturday
night, because found in the gam
bling-rooms of the Olivette Club,
Twentieth street and Third avenue,
the Neacs would like to say a few
words to the set of fine young fell
lows in Birmingham, who have a
disposition to gamble:
Don't! Don't! Don't!
Gambling is terrible vice. 1t
leads to everything low and debased
There is no compensation in it. 1t
is demoralizing in the extreme; the
fever it engenders unfits its victim
for any serious, manly work. Be-
hind the gambler always stalks the
headsman, who, at any no oment may
let fall his ak; the tempted may die
thief or murderer, devilish pas
sions are aroused by the frenzy Of
gambling.
Young men and boys, don't get
into the habit of gambling. 1t is
harder to throw off than intemper.
ance or any other base habit, and it
Is the open doorway to all sorts of
loose conduct. In the name of
your own hopes to be happy and
useful men, quit short Off! Don't
risk the very jewels of your soul on
the hapless falling of dice or the
drawing of card.
Young men and boys, if yon hold
your own destinies as things of mere
caprice which you think will happily
some day right themselves, remem-
Der the present sorrow and the pres
ent humiliation that gambling by
you brings to your sacrificing father
and fond, loving mother, and shun
it as you would beast.
Young men and boy, you cannot
succeed in business, you cannot be
happy and contented you cannot
honor your father and mother :"
you cannot command the respect of
any good man or woman, if you
gamble, and there is danger if you
gamble at all, that you'll gamble
continuously; there never was a
gambler who, in the infatuating days
of his sporting life, did not honestly
resent the suggestion even by a
friend that he would become a "pro-
fessiOnal" or black-leg."
Young men and boys, don't gam
BILE. Quit, and quit once and for
ever.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09

THE EDIToR's LITTLE JOKE
The proprietors of the Scotsman had
once to pay damages because their
famous editor, Alexander Russell, in
leading article, called some local
celebrity serpent" AS the call
ing of &" bad" names is illegal in
Scotland, Russell had practically no
defence. Yet he made fight, and
on being worsted, he went straight
back to his Office to attack the trium.
phant serpent" anew.
On his arrival, by singular acci.
dent, he found on his table pamph.
let which the serpent" had Just Is
sued. This pamphlet, then, he pro.
ceeded to make the subject of o. lead.
ing article; and in 1t he presently
noticed certain statistics which some
how were all wrong in their additions.
So he quoted the statistics, pointed
out their blunders, and then wrote /:
4" Thus, if Mr.. - Ia not serpent,
no seems to be particularly bad ad.
der.O
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09

HERE is Georgia goose story:
TWO gentlemen were standing on a
street corner, when they were ap-
preached by a man Offering for sale
two dressed geese. They decided to
purchase, but the dealer insisted on
selling the two fowls TO one man.
Accordingly A one of them bought the
two, and sold again to his friend.
After the transaction was completed
the goose vender was asked why he
wouldn't sell the fowls separately.
Said he, "That old goose and gander
have been together thirty years, and
l wouldn't seperate them for any
consideration.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09
A Discipline Of Routine.

A mans life is more varied than
that of woman, says Mary G Jones,
in the WOman's Book, partly because
he makes it so but any profession
there is an immense amount of dull,
hard work which he takes as q matter
of course, because he has had to learn
that certain times, whether he likes
it or not; and so long as routine does
not settle into drudgery, there is no
better mental discipline.
1t is impossible to watch a number
Of women without being struck by
their general indifference to rules and
contempt for regulations, unless they
have been brought into contact with
the laws Of business life, which gov
ern both sexes alike. a familiar ex-
ample Of this may be found any day,
at window for the sale of postage
stamps, the ticket office of theatre
or railway. A file of men will usu-
ally wait patiently, each taking his
turn when it comes, and going off
Immediately to get out of the next
mans way; while a woman will try
to go in from the wrong end of the
line, or push in before those who are
ahead of her, especially if they are
men, or keep a string of people be-
hind her fairly prancing with impa-
tience while she deliberately counts
her change, or asks questions which,
with little thought, would answer
themselves.
How often does a woman try to
put herself into the place of hard
worked man, to follow the strain of
his business life, from hour to hour,
day after day, and then give him
the credit which is his due for all the
great and little courtesies and SER
vices that he is constantly rendering
her as the privilege of her sex, and
so much as matter of course that
she looks upon them as a right? 1t
is not that she is naturally stupid or
selfish, but that she has never been
taught to see the difference between
justice and courtesy, nor to make
any distinction between a right and
a privilege.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-09

JUST LIKE HIS FATHER" NV
old black auntie," said Representa-
tive John Allen to q Washington
Post man, "the old black shepherd
ess who raised me, and who still
looks on me as lamb of her rear
ing, grows at times very congratula-
tory and proud of me.
'Deed! is proud of you, Mars.
john she said, on the occasion of
our last meeting. / takes de vast
est pride in ye, honey, an de way
you does hol' office. You is jes' like
yo' oP father, Mars John, jes' like
him fo' de worl'. He was alters
hol'in' Office same as you, honey :;
hol' office all de time, yo' paw did,
an he 'rninds me of you so much.
Deed, I'se proud of bof of ye.'
why, what Office did my father
hold p / asked. l was bit aston
ished, for while 1 had a dim recol-
lection of the old gentleman run
ming several times, never knew of
any Office he held. "What Office
did my father hold?'
'Sho'! Mars John; you 90 an
fo'get de Office yo' father hol',' the
old aunty replied. reproachfully.-
I'se 'shamed fo' you. He was 8
candidate, Mars John. De whole
neighborhood remember it well.-
All his life he hol' dat Office, yo' paw
does never knows him when he
warn't candidate. Looks like you
an yo' father jes' same that away |;
bof alters hol'in' office.'n