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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
THE FLEE AND THE ACTRESS.

No Wonder That Modjeskas Face Wore q
Set and Stony Expression.
Two fair actresses were corversing In
q cafe on Powell street with the careless
ease of their "profesh. Their COM
ments were distinct and audible to the
occupants of an adjoining table.
They were chatting about senti.
mental scene in which both had appear
ed on the previous night, i
"And just at that moment when he
pressed my hand" said one, "and I
was supposed to answer with a sob,
flea-oh, such bitel-began to torture
me between the shoulders. 1t was aw
ful-simply awful. l could not remem
Der my lines. Icould not make the sobs
come. All / could think about was that
horrid flea. | whispered to him, Put
thought was fainting, and put his
hand behind my waist and whispered:
What is the matter with you, and why
are you making such q horrid face? Are
yoa ILL.,? What could ] say? Nothing,
Of course, but fell back against chair,
and fortunately how fortunately -
hit it with my shoulder blade. just
where that flea was. Then ! swang to
and fro as if in great mental agony, and
thus got in little scratching. 1t was
just heavenly and did not spoil the
scene bit. When went off the stage,
I had my maid go over the place where
that flea had bitten me with hand
brush. She said there was spot there
as big as dollar.
"Modjeska told me. said the other,
"that once at the California in the bal
cony scene in Juliet, when she was ex-
tending both hands and saying, Ro-
meo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo2'
she got nip in the ankle that almost
made her cry ont She could not stop.
It would have spoiled the scene, and
for the minute she had to suffer. One
Of the critics remarked in his paper
next day that during the scene Mime.
Modjeska's face wore a set and stony
expression. And no wonder, poor ladyr
"When May Muir, who is very sus-
septible to f1eas, is attacked, resumed
the other, ''she gets up and begins to
dance. She can twist about and scratch
anywhere while the dance is going on.
and nobody notices her Clara Morris
told me that in the dying scene in
Camille flea fastened Oh to her SO
viciously that if she had not reached
back with her fan and dislodged it she
could not have died with any decency
San Francisco is an awful place for
heas.
Awful, awful" conceded he,
friend as she settled with the waiter. -
San Francisco Call
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
TOWNS OF SETTLED rAs,ra
3ondon and Philadelphia Alike In TAh
Respect

Respect
In her article on "The Myth Of the
400," in Cosmopolitan, Mrs Burton
Harrison tells IF an American calling
upon lady in London and fuding hen
seated in big chair by the window Ell
gagged in some sort Of needlework. A
young man came in aAa paid his re-
spects, as it was her day at home, and
then bowed himself out. Three years
later the American was again in Lon
don, and again he called upon the lady.
1t was her day at home, and there she
sat III the same chair by the same win.
dow with the same needlewurk, or some
perg Ike it, in her hand, and, more re.
IL sab. still, the same young man
en- ED anC made the same remarks he
had made ;a"ee years before. Mrs. Har.
rison tells this anecdote to show how
unchanged things are in England and
how you are pretty sure to find people
just about as you left them. The illrs-
trati on is II good ono, but / can match
" with a better one over here.
have the pleasure of knowing Q
family in Philadelphia who have lived
IN the same house for 40 years. As the
children of this family grew up they
developed a musical talent from four OF
Ave generations of men learned ia thu
law as well as skilled with the bow.
Every Sunday between ID and o'oiock
IL was The custom of the father and the
sons to play classic E.usic, the fat be.
d.. ,<l., 49,
olid violin, the other violoncello. They
played WE'LL and as lived nearer Phil-
adelphia in those days than do today
often dropped in at these rehearsals,
NJ they called them.
Five years ago was in Philadelphia
On Sunday I had not seen my old
friends III l5 years, but was sure they
were living at the old place. walked
around to the house, and as l mounted
the marble Steps heard sounds of mu.
sio. Could it be possible that IRE
hearsal' was going on? Yea. sure
enough. There sat the father, his hair
snow white, with his violin tucked un.
der his chin, and the three boys
fathers themselves-all playing away as
they had been doing since they were
chi .dren. To be sure, they were married
men and did not live at home, but they
met every Sunday morning at their fa.
theirs for the usual music. expect tn
run on to Philadelphia again before
long, and, though it has been at least
five years since was at my old friends
house. I expect to hear the music on
Sunday morning, for shall time my
visit so as to includa a Sunday. Critic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
A rArA VISIT.
N &C As4la't Been For Claxx. Al M1Sks
Have Been Well

Have Been Well.
more, remarked the girl with the white
parasol. "Have you qusrreled?"
"No, you don't see nue. with Anns
nowadays," replied the girl in the yell
low lawn, land we haven't quarreled
either. The fact is, don't dare to allow
myself that luxury. She is cat. u
mean, despicable, purring catl''
MN 5 nro,-- Sng has happened thens
thought SO. You ,.'ight tell me about
It after you catch your ,'reath.
well, 1t was this wa: You know
Harry Bre-Dnsmith is ava. on his sum
mer vacatl n, >nd l got letter from
him last week. knew he wouldn {
write to Anna, b. ause she pretends to
think it had fora.a to correspond with
young i..an.
''She hasn't learned to spell since she
left schoohthen, has she?"
Evidently not. Now. never had
any patience with boasting. so resolved
not to mention the letter to Anna. Twas
determined to let her know Of it, how.
ever, go sent her note begging her to
come and lunch with me. Then I left
this letter, az if by accident, lying ON
the parlor table where she couldn't help
but see it
II know how green she turned when
her eye fell on that postmark.
She did There wasn't thing in il
except commonplace, bat she couldn't
see that through the envelope, SO I
counted on q very pleasant morning.
"I'm sure you had it. l only wish l
sad been there too. "
II wish you had" groaned the girl
in the yellow lawn. II should certainly
have asked you had had the least idea
af what was going to happen"
lyon don't mean that she is one OF
those awful people who can read letter
by merely placing it Oh the head, do
you?" asked the girl with the white
paraSol in an awed tone.
Mercy. no. We were having quite q
lovely time when Clara ran in for few
minutes Oh. if she had only staid
away AS she was leaving went to the
door with her SO could just whisper
what was gong on, and, why. Anna sat
with her eyes glued to that letter. Oh
WE'LL what do You think happened?"
"Anna heard what you said?''
"No; worse than that The door bic,
shut and the night latch caught with
me on the outside and NOBODY in the
room with her. She kept me pounding
and calling for fully five minutes before
she lie. me in-pretending she thought
1t was the children in the next fat.
And oh, if you could only have seen the
gratified malice in her sallow facer'
''Oh. we'll, of course she had read the
letter. Still, you needn't mind it go
much, as you say there was nothing save
commonplaces in it"
"That is just it, my dear! If there
had been lot Of sentiment in it, her
jealousy would have punished her fa
her curiosity. As it is, she has gotten
ahead Of me for once and I'll get even
with her if ! have to wrinkle up my
forehead in studying ont a WAY b. DO
" "--I .hlcastj Times Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
To Save One'x bacon.

ITO save ones bacon that Ia, to
make narrow eloape--is supposed 70
refer to the Dunmow ditch For many
centuries lt WAS the custom at Dunmow.
IN England. to present fitch of bacon
to married couple Of 20 years stand
ing who would make oath ON the Scrip
tures that they had never had quarre.
To come close to u quarrel without an
actual rupture WA, Ill tho popular dia
1ect, 80 save ones bacon -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24

Ocean steamship tickets for sale.
500 Pacific line for Pacific coast points.
T. III. LARKE,
Commercial Agent,
40 Spalding House Block,
Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Ofi,ce, Duluth. MINI.
Decem Der Is. 1896
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions OF the act of Congress OF
June 3. 1878. entitled AN act for the sale OF
timber lands in the states OF California
oregon. Nevada and Washington Territory.
as extended to oil tho public land states by
act OF August 4. 1892. Edward ]. Hoppnian, OF
Duluth, county OF ST. Louis, state Of Mnne-
sofa. has this day filed in this office his
sworn statement No. $780, for the purchase
of tho NJ Of NWA of Section 10 and SEA OF
5WA of section in Township SO north
of range 10 west and will offer
proof to show that the land is more val
liable for its timber or stone than for agri-
cultural purposes and to establish his claim
to saip land before the register and receiver
OF this office at Duluth. MINI. OH Wednesday
the 10th day of March. 1897.
He names as witnesses: William BeSson.
Alexander Glenn, Thomas Shannon and JOS
eph Couture. all of Duluth, Mimi.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
he above described lands are requested to
file their claims In this office on or before
said 10 day of March. 1871.
f-6 3-10 A. J. Taylor, Register
g. p. Maginnis, Attorney
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
Not 70 Her Thinking.

The summer girl, accompanied by hee
mother, descended from the train at the
Springs station aud looked about her.
Then she beckoned to man driving
two seated wagon.
''Sorry, miss" he responded, "bnt
I'm engaged.
A shadow of disappointment fell over
the face Of the girl.
'Mommer, she exclaimed. this 10
NO place for us. The men are 80 scarcs
that even the hack drivers are engaged. "
At the station beyond, the outlook
was less disheartenlna. Truth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
Mae. do Pompadour.

Ene. de Eumpadour was not. accord
ing to the testimony OF her contempora.
'Sies, u beauty, nor anything nore tasn
q fairly good looking woman. She gain
I'd her influence by her pleasing man
ners and her wonderful tact and address
1e1 chief beauty was her hair, which, to
Increase her apparent height, she wore
in the fashion that has since borne beg
name
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
The Tyranny of Etiqretse.

II is impossible TO read even the teaez
dogmatic books on etiquette without be-
ing oppressed with the conviction that
q heavy and binding addition has beon
made to the code of morals in the by
laws which have to do with visiting
cards, invitations, conventional phrases
and other minor but vigorous So-arlas
1t has been reiterated by writer's on these
subjects that not a single rule OF Ell
quette is arbitrary, but that al prove
their reason in the very nature Of things.
and that those who disregard them SIM
ply show their own lack Of insight and
incapacity TO appreciate genuine refine
ment.
While this is all very we'll for society
people pure and simple or those who
have other definite and absorbing work
in life compliance with all the thousand
and one trifling points etiquette is au
utter impossibility. The question then
becomes, Shall such persons be excluded
from society or be allowed to enter it on
their own terms? Society might be so
conducted as to make of it charming
aud delightful recreation instead Of a
tyrannical business, and those who see
this clear ly can do much toward making
it 30 -Philadelphia Press.
Two DocsSss.
Almost every one has made his jass
about the pIoneness Of doctors to dis.
agree, tho tne prescribing exactly an ep-
posite course from that ordered by an
other, but not every one has had an op.
portunity to conducs such an experiments
rs was made by the late Baron Lnsk
formerly prime minister Of Bavaria.
The baron was ones severely wounded
In battle in both legs. The wound In
one leg was much like that in the other
It struck him that there was chance
to study the ways Of the surgical pro-
fession and beauile the long hours of his
eonvalescenco. He accordingly called in
one doctor and gavo him charge Of hia
right leg, but told him nothing about
the wound in the other, and then called
In another doctor for his left leg, keep
ing him similarly in ignorance about
the wounded right leg.
The doctors adopted very different
method Of treatment. bnt both wounds
healed at about the aame time. When
the baron g legs were quite we'll, be de-
rived q great deal Of amusement from
getting the doctons together and mysti-
flying them with questions about the
way each had treated This lse Al
ianta Constitution
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24

The word sunny borrowed It's original
significance from astrology. 1t described
person born under the influence of the
sun, this luminary being supposed to
exercise beneficial influence Oh the
character Of the individual
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
Washing Dirty Linen.

Washing dirty linen in public" IL
probably an old proverbial saying. It
was made famous by Napoleon, wilo
used it in speech to the chamber Of
deputies in 1914 to intimate that differ
ences between the parties in France
should not become matter Of public
scandal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
NOTICE.
United States Land once, Duluth. MINI.

UHltcu ctHtes Land ONCE, Duluth, MINI.
December Is, 1885,
George Hosking.I Involving II. e, No. 373I,
vs.. }for M ofsEA, sec. Q, TIP.
.John II. PEARSON t83 N. Il. W., dated Sept.
~, 1887.
Complaint having been made in this office
~ George Hosking alleging that the said
john II. Pearson wholly forfeited all right
"hich he by virtue of the entry, aforesaid
e9son of his tn settle np'n the "a M, ny
upon which in his letter CO OF Nov. %. 1896
earring has been ordered by the Hon. Com
5tissloner to determine the truth OF the mat
.eFs alleged IN SAID complaint
hoW Therefore. the said ties arc hereby
.ua'moncd TO be arc appeaf ut tbs Office o.
fGhruaiS i0th. Isa7 81 10 m. to shoT cars
shy f5ie1e lie why yU0r said entry sboai|
0t 3e .'2Bce eG 9rs ~ RIGHTS which YOU ttf.
ga dUnh u toafstis. may have n tfc prem
.es. 1920 - TaT G0lj ReG'Htei
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24

The sea bladder consists OF a parent
animal, with its own air bladder, and
from which to 500 children attach to
Il by hairike membrane. The who's
Family n.~as together
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24
Duluth South Shore
81 Atlantic Railway.

FINEST SERVICE OUT OF DULUTH, NEW
BUFFET DINING CARS LATEST
MODEL.
WAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS FOR
CANADA BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24

6he-I was in Cleveland for weeE
somoo and didn't zee a single attractive
ching during the whole tine.
He (souhully personal }-Hcw could
chat bet--Don't thay have mircoxx In
Eleyslaad3 -Detxoi: Free Press
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13

which burglar has been caught A
buy wies 1t
police of Pitsturg the New
police had
There
plenty articles within
The burglar quickly bundle uno
pie rich yellow looking pie meowed and softene tone by
of the pumpkin variety which the burglar had special
weakness He hesitated lost
He had just sunken his cleaning worries through section Of the pie when ne
the click He
his bundle and fed with Dr. Taylor after him hot pursuit Half way tine
block he The TIMER
escaped At least thought had escaped but he counted without the pie
When
settled down pie with sinning circular OF teeth
found the
the the and he that few
impress of
locked
safe until the time fix somebody's teeth There long wait
learned had
lettering the nghboood and he arrested He denied everything
him. cepby weakened
a
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13
A FLYING SLED.
A Keystone State Invention that 10
Right In Season.

A Keystone State Invention that 10
Right in Season.
The accompanying cut represents q
flying sled recently invented by Messrs.
James Robertson and Thomas Price, Of
Twin Rocks, Vintondale, Pa, the pro-
polling arrangement of which Is ad-
mitted by mechanical experts to be very
perfect, and a masterpiece Of ingenu-
ity.
To work the machine the operator
sits astride it as he would bicycle,
with foot on each lateral rest, that Is
secured to the knee of the sled. BY
turning this handle Of the sprocket
wheel motion is impaired to the fan
by an arrangement of friction bevel
gears. The fan Is mounted on a u
shaped frame that can be swung hori-
zontally in any direction. The radius
Of the swinging frame Is half the
breadth of the sled, which allows the
fan to be turned to right angle, thus
pulling the machine in the direction
the fan is turned. The steering lever
Is shown within easy reach Of the op-
orator. Moving 1t to the right or left
fully controls the movement Of the sled
Side brakes are also provided that work
In conjunction with or independently
of each other. to arrest the momentum
of the machine. or to assist the steer
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13
EDWARD OF YORK.
Youn1 Prince Who IL In Direct Line
of Succession to the Throne.

This young gentleman Is in the d.
rect line of succession to the English
throne. Nothing but his own death or
the establishment OF republic can
prevent his wearing the crown OF his
country. The crown Of England de-
sends to the nearest heir OF the last
wearer, be that heir male or female.
Daughters are, of course, postponed to
sons. There are certain persOnages in
the succession to the throne who would
obviously. from motives Of public pol
icy, never be allowed to ascend it-for
instance, the German emperor. But
foreign nationality does not. OF itself,
vitiate their right. Parliament could,
and in the case of the throne passing
to foreign sovereign undoubtedly
would, bar the claim-save, perhaps, In
the case of the duke Of COburg.
Here are the names of the first thirty
persons in the order Of their succession
as 1t now stands: I, Prince Of Wales;
., Duke Of York; 3, Prince Edward OF
York; i, Prince Albert Of York; B, Duke
of York's infant daughter; 6, Duchess
of Fife; I, Lady Alexandra Dun; .,
Lady Maud Duff: .. Princess Victoria
of Wales; 10. Princess Charles of Den
mark; II, Duke of Sase-Coburg-Gotha;
II, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-COburg;
13. Crown Princess Of ROumania; IA,
Prince Carol OF ROumania; 10, Prtn-
cess Elizabeth Of Roumania; 16, Grand
Duchess of Hesse; II, Princess Eliza
beth of Hesse; lS, Hereditary Princess
of he-Langenburg; 10, infant
daughter of the princess OF Hohenlohe-
Langenburg; 20, Princess Beatrice OF
Saxe-Coburg; p, Duke Of Connaught;
%, Princess Margaret of Connaught;
-. Princess Victoria Patricia Of Con-
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13
Devoid OF Animal Life.

1.-THE Antarctic, then, Is a continen-
tai land unique In the world" writes
General A. w. Greedy In an interest
ing article ON what May Be Found at
the South Pole" In the Ladies' Home
Journal. tits desolate shores, rarely
approachable under most favorable
conditions, are laved by an ocean the
richest ON the globe in its marine life
animal and vegetable. Seals and
whales In incredible numbers abound
In its waters, and countless seabirtas
cover with nests and eggs the few ia
vored land spots which are free from
snow during the brief, comfortless
summer. 1t Is continent where
abounds no land animal life, either
mammals, birds, insects, spiders or rep
tiles, No mammal exists within six
hundred miles of its borders. 1t Is
also devoid Of land vegetation Except
the lowest forms Of cellular tissue,
lichens, which have been found In two
places only. having neither ferns,
towering plants. shrubs nor trees.
Here. however. Nature displays her
forces on q scale elsewhere unknown
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13
sudden Destruction OF Birds.

sudden Destruction or Birds.
The long semi-annual migrations of
birds are attended by numberless perils
and great loss Of life. A dispatch from
BATON Rouge, La. in the middle of Oc-
tober last, affords a striking instance.
On Friday morning, the dispatch
says. early risers here witnessed a Pc
culiar phenomenon; a shower of dead
birds that fell from a clear sky. and
literally cluttered the streets. There
were ducks. catbirds. woodpeckers and
many birds Of strange plumage, some
Of them resembling canaries, but all
dead. They fell in heaps along the thor
oughfares.
The most plausible explanation of the
strange windfall, the sender Of the dis
patch thinks, Is that the birds were
driven inland by a recent severe storm
ON the Florida coast. Doubtless they
were caught by some sudden change of
weather while they were migrating at
a great height, perhaps several miles
above the earth.
Some idea of the extent Of the shower
may be gathered from the fact that in
one avenue children picked up as many
az 200 birds.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13

Some women wear cOrsets on their
brains.
No woman can be sick very long
without getting religious.
The only really happy animal is a
goat. He can eat anything.
You can always judge a girl by the
number Of rings she doesn't wear.
If women looked like fashion plates.
the men would all commit suicide.
A man is known by the company he
keeps and woman by her relatives.
: 1t is probable that none Of the man.
sions in heaven will ever smell of SOAP
suds.
The older child gets the less sure it's
mother is what it is going to be when
it grows up.
II the devil knows his business he
won't burn them all; he will nag at the
worst ones.
There Is only one thing worse than q
man who whistles, and that is a wom-
an who huns.
"A gill NuA ACNcI ucCluc " ulCu BIC ell.
joys most-taking a baby out walking
or having a good cry.
When a man is short he admits It,
but a girl makes the stripes on her
skirt run the other way.
It's the same feeling that makes a
man bet ON a horse race that makes a
woman 60 to an auction.
After she has spent a certain amour,
OF time with man a girl always con.
siders 1t wasted unless he has proposed
| to her.
When a woman gets to thinking how
1t would be II her husband had married
some other woman she always feels &C
sorry for him.
Most every bachelor will admit tc
himself that he would once have mar
ried a girl II he had been sure he
wouldn't have to marry her family.
A baby can keep a man awake al
night and it's all right, but II a mar
keeps the baby awake ten minutes al
the women folk In the house call him {
brute.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-13

II don't gwite yet verstehen goot dot Kina
of talk hear
Nit desc United States apoudt, it seem'
to me rigid gweer,
Ven I vail nit der schtreet car of, una
dot conductor grumble.
Und say: Desc newly landed DUCKS oe'
never take a tumble;'
But l did!
"Von dime I chased man away Vol 'r'e'
mine dog to schtOle:
I ran righdt gwick und den veil risno !"
a pig mud hole; ..
Dot man he shtopped und looked aroun'"
und laughed at me minute
Und den he said: Say. Dutchy, look' +"
me like you aind't in it.,
But vas!
II met a weller on der shtreet Won night
ven vos oudt; A..
He says: You want to dake up "'' '''
walk, old sauerkrautT -.
l dold him I would bull his nose Oh o'''
he did not mind! mi,
He said: Il will not do ting to you' 1s''
Deutcher freund,'
But he did," v
Detroit Free Press.