The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
For beautiful Christmas tree
ornaments and candy visit Aspe-
gren'S.

o.
Ladies who love their husbands.
fathers or sweethearts. should buy
choice bottle of wine or rum at the
Kentucky Liquor Store, to protect
their loved ones from the cold.
Manager Mead has made arrange
ments for Christmas carnival at the
Ely Ice rink on Christmas night to
which all are invited Good music
will be in attenda nee and a good time
is promised.
Posters are being printed announc-
ing the entertainment given by the
City band and Dramatic club on New
Years eve. See the bills for further
particulars and reserve your seats
early at the City Drug Store.
Last week, at the Fayal mine,
Eyeleth, two miners, Gus and Martin
Erickson, were working in a raise
when the staying gave way beneath
them precipitating both to the floor
of the main level. sixty feet below.
They were taken to the mine hospital
where Gus. Erickson. whose skull was
crushed, died the following morning.
Crews were put to work yesterday
afternoon on the Sauntry property.
north of the city, and several new test
pits will be sunk this winter. 1t is
understood to be the present intention
of the owner Of this vast property to
open and develops same the coming
season. This would be an appreciate
addition to Virginia. stability.-Vir-
ginia Enterprise.
| Arrangements are now completed
| for the Presbyterian Sunday school
Christmas tree at the church on
Christmas eve. Parents are request
ed to cooperate with those having
the affair in charge and the COM
mittee requests those who wish to
bring presents to have them there by
at least two o'clock on the day before
Christmas. a programme will be
rendered.
A practical woman remarked the
other day that she read the advertise
ments in a newspaper more closely
than anything else. And long ago l
quit buying Of those who do not adj
vertise. 1t always seems to me that
the merchant who advertises invites
me to trade with him, while the one
who does not advertise impresses me
with the idea that he doesn't care
enough for my trade to ask for it.
Then, too, / have found that the mer-
chant who adyertises has fresheI
goods for the reason that he sells
more.
1t is learned upon good authority
that the Cincinnati mine at Biwabik
will be worked the coming winter
with force of about $50 men. One
Of the fee owners in the Roucheleau
property south of the Canton is au-
thority for the statement that this
property will surely be developed dur
| ing the winter. A strong company is
being organized for the purpose and
it is understood that Capt. Harry
Roberts will be the manager. 1t is
proposed to begin work in c shaft OF
the Canton, which is located but a
few feet from the line, drive a drift
southwark on the Roucheleau. and
then sink another shaft. The proper
~ is very wet. Shaft c of the Canton
is adequately supplied with pumps
and by the use of this equipment the
development work on the Roucheleau
can be done in comparative dryness.
a trick difficult to explain is the
Sl0.S9 mystery, but it should only be
! done once during an evening or among
| the same set of friends, for unfor.
tunately, the answer never varies
1t is curious fact that any sum OF
money, dollars and cents, manipulated
in certain manner will produce the
inevitable total of Sl0.S9 provided
the original capital is not more than
SO. This looks like profitable bust
ness-on paper. The process is this:
The tortured trick bearer is told to
put down sum of money again on
paper. he probably will not do it
otherwise. then to reverse the figures
and subtract the lesser from the
greater. Again the figures must be
reversed and the two lines added
together. The unfailing answer is
s10.S9-