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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
MISTAKE IN DELIVERY.
Customer Lost Because of the Mer-
chants Versatility.

Queer things happen in suburban towns,
where the residents have way OF utilizing
means at hand utterly regardless of the con-
sequences. Mrs. Simpson, a notable house
wife who lives in one of these terrestrial
paradises, recently replenished her stock OF
household furniture at the only depart
ment store in the place and ordered the
purchases sent home that afternoon when
she would be there to receive them.
She was in particularly happy frame OF
mind as she sat at her front window watch
ing for their arrival, remarking with salts
faction the vacant places the new furniture
would adorn, when an undertaker's wagon
drove up and stopped in front of her door
and a solemn looking driver in rusty black
descended from the front seat and rang her
bell. She did not lose a moment in raising
the window and calling to him in fright
Go away! You've stopped at the wrong
house! There isn't any body here!"
II don't want a body, ma'am, I've got
the man. re-,
"Take them back!" she commanded, 81
tell you / won't have them! You ought to
be ashamed to stop here! What do you sup
pose the neighbors will Think"
"Well, ma'am," said the man, as he
want your new furniture, all right, but I've
got it inside"
"And wouldn't take it as a gift" said the
distressed woman; 'the idea of bringing my
goods in an undertaker's wagon"
owe hadn't another vehicle in the barn
and you said you wanted it right off," re
sponded the man as he drove away.
But the man of many callings who had
utilized the last conveyance in his establish.
ment lost the sale of the furniture and the
good will of customer who did not appre-
ciate such mortuary enterprise.-Chicago
fnes-Herald,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
NEW STYLE POULTRY HOUSE.

paint the upper surface. as soon as laid,
with hot coal tar. This prevents the
boards from becoming foul or harbor-
ing yermin. The four perches are each
ten feet long, two by three inches. with
the upper surface rounded off. They
are fitted closely into notches at each
end, so as to be easily removed for clean
ing. Extending the entire length OF
the platform, and one foot beneath its
front edge, is shelf two feet wide,
upon which are placed the nest boxes.
These are one foot square and accessi-
BILE for the fowls from the back side.
The window frames are covered on the
inside with poultry netting to keep the
fowls from the glass. In warm weather
the sash may be wholly removed, and
the house is then virtually an open shed.
If more sunshine in winter and air in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ..
Cop~,rxx ccs

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
4 Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Doll
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials.
free. T. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
Adxantages of Wealth.

First Traveler-I envy the milionaires
who can travel around the country in
private cars.
Second Traveler-Yes; they have lots Of
comfort
"Just think of being able to stop the car
long enough to get square meal at rail-
way nt!"-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
HAS MANY ADvAN TAGES.
Sman and Compact Poultry House of
Novel Form

Sman and Compact Poultry House of
Novel Form.
The accompanying illustrations pre-
sent perspective view and ground plan
of . small poultry house of novel form,
which has some advantages over the
rectangle. The outer walls are eight
feet high, and may be built of dressed
and matched lumber as in Fig. /, or,
if preferred, may be of horizontal sid
ing nailed to studding. The extreme
length is twenty feet four inches, and the
width fourteen feet four inches. The
platform beneath the perches is four
feet wide, of matched boards laid trans
yersely, for greater facility in scraping
off the droppings. It would be well to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
Tremendous Exodus to the KIondik'

Despite the warnings of those who have
been on the spot, and predict suffering in
the Klondike region, thousands of adven-
turous Americans are vending their way
thitherward. All of them should be pro-
vided with that medicinal safeguard, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which warns and
nourishes the system, and prevents malaria,
rheumatism, kidney trouble, besides RENE
dying liver complaint, dyspepsia and consti-
nation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
Ready for Him.

"Did you tell that western customer of
ours that you would draw on him if he didn't
pay?"
eyes, and he wrote back that if I thought
could draw any quicker than he could just
to come out there with my shooting tackle
and make settlement. detroit Free
Press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

When a man makes a fool of himself, he
generally does the job well.-Ram's Horn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle &
treatise DIR. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phiia., Pa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
a REAL SNOW PLOW.

1t Does Its Work Thoroughly and n
Small Expense of. Labor.
This is not wedge to push the snow
to one side, but pillow that raises and
delivers it above and upon the undis-
turbed snow at the side. Such pillow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

There is nobody who can splurge equally
with lot of boys from small country
town when they come to a bigger one
Washington Democrat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
The Man of Moderate Means.

81 can't Afford" said the man of mod
crate means, .''to go to many places of
amusement, but am admitted free to the
play with the longest run on record, The
Struggle of Life IN. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29
The SDOils.

Citizen-To tell the honest truth, do you
think you are earning your salary?
Office Holder-Man, l earned it four
Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

A girl stands before a mirror while dress.
ing SO she can see what is going on.-Chi-
cago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Gentle treatment st. Jacobs Oil soothes
Neuralgia and cures it. It fades away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

The absence of soft water is some mems
excuse for drinking hard.-Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Check Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi.
cine.-Mrs. w. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. Is, '94.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Time counts, health gains. A quick, sure
Cure-St. Jacobs Oil for sprains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Some people think that when a man is
bald-headed he ought to quit going with
the girls.-Washingto Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Persistency without principle is mighty
er belt nor shaft.-N. Y. Independent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

The only thing you own after you die is
what you have given away.-Farm Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

He that hath faithful wife should take
good care Of her.-Farm Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Clutches and cruel pains from Sciatica.
From st. Jacobs Oil the cure of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

How to cure Rheumatism: Use St. Jacobs
Oil. 1t subdues. 1t cures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

If women were as trifing as some men
there would be more divorces.-Washi
ton Democrat,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

An egg in the cup is worth two in the
nest.-Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Don't snap in two. Timber up. st. ia
cobs Oil will cure lumbago sure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

Better times come to all cured Of aches
And pains by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-12-29

To Cure a Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ALI
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17

Gen. Peirola has devised plan t0
establish the gold standard for the cur
rency of Peru.
Little progress was made in settle
ment of the conflict between Greece and
Turkey, and unless the sultan could be
forced into an humber attitude there
was serious trouble ahead for the pow
ers.
In compliance with an trade issued q
circular was dispatched to the Turkish
embassies declaring that the porte can
not consider the frontier proposed by
the powers. nor any other north of the
Peneus river.
United States Consul Edward II.
Baker. who was injured recently in a
railway accident, died in Buenos Ayres.
Four young women suffocated them
selves with the fumes of charcoal
stove in Paris because Of poverty.
Advices say that Turkey has been
warned that the harmony of the powers
is not impaired, and that the policy of
the Turkish government is doomed to
failure If it counts upon a disagree
ment.
The national conference of charities
and corrections met in Toronto. Ont.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
SHE SPANKED FOR THE En.u, !.
The Strangers Kind Offer W..
diEnantly Refused

People never get encouragement g., =,
the Good samaritan act in the interoSS.VNl SVlal
the public, as the man decided wbo asu
to assist distracted woman and amaI;nsld yIusld
the, sufferings of lot OF people s,'.'aa on y y
burban car. W a@
The boy who howls was in evdsno. !,
curled darling of his only own mothss ~
the terror of everybody else, and i. taa t9
Kept the car in a state of wild excitsr.sas a
and exhausted the patience of everybodr !.
cluding his doting parent. F'@
"Oh, il your. father were only here,p !.
had said for the fftieth time. as she ~ -
vainly to restrain the bowling terror A@
At that he stopped bowling long enor,.
to beat the air with his small shins, and n.
woman on the other side of him rems,tI
audibly that cage was the proper place ir
Johnny, dear" asked his mother. avo,.
you lie good boyt" wat
Roars and kicks from Master JOHNNY
"Oh, | wish your father were here ~ =,
you good trouncing this very minuteisS.
walled, as she struggled with him
Then 1t was that the philanthropis. o,a.
company asserted himself. He had H..
trying in vain to read his morning ma nor ~. ~.
since he started from home. p''eu
ALLOW me, madam" he said, blandlv q
am father myself, and | will be hannv
chastise. your cherub in behalf OF his abs,
parent" ''A
"Oh, no, you won't, not If | know n,
said Johnny's mother, rising in her Wna
like tigress. There amt that man IT,,
dare lay finger on that boy-his Own =
ther, or. any other ugly catamount rsa
thinks he knows it all" and she sbu ~
debate by going into the next car andsI.
ing the. sweet infant with her.-Cham
Times Herald. s'
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

The national conference Of the peo-
pies party began at Nashville. Tenn.
John Evans, ex-governor of Colorado.
died at his home in Denver. aged So
years. <
John Reynolds, for 30 years publisher
of the Odd Fellows Talisman and one
of the bestknown odd fellows in the
United States, died at his home in In
dianapolis.
The gold democrats held their state
convention in Dcs Moines, Ia, and nom
mated John Cliggett. of Mason City,
for governor. The platform brands the
silver democrats as populists and reit-
crates the indianapolis conventions de-
mand for sound currency.
Col. James Andrews, one of the most
prominent mechanical engineers Of the
country. died at his home in Allegheny
Pa. aged co years.
Democrats, free silver republicans
and populists will hold joint state con-
vention in Lincoln. Neb., September 1.
Isham G. Harris, United States SEN
ator from Tennessee, died in Washing-
ton, aged 70 years. Mr.. Harris was a
congressman from 1s4o to 1855, gov
ernor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1863,
and was chosen as senator in 1877.
William Slocum Groesbeck, aged 81
years, died at his home near Cincinnati.
He was member of congress from 1857
to 1850 and in 1872 was the presidential
candidate of the liberal republicans
against Horace Greeley.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Proceedings of the Special Session.
The tariff bill was brought to a state oi
practical completion on the 9Th In the sen
ate. the only remaining items being the
new propositions submitted by tho COM
mittee and individual senators. The
house, without transacting any business
took q recess until the 7th.
In the senate ON the 9Th the tarifr bill was
further considered and the antitrust
amendment was defeated. as was also an
amendment for a one-fourth cent bounty
on beet sugar. 1t was decided to take the
final vote on the bill on the 7th.. The
house was not In session.
BY the decisive vote Of 3S to 2s the tarin
bill was passed In the senate on the 7th and
q committee was appointed to confer with
the house. The bill as It goes back to the
house has S7i amendments. Of various de-
grees OF Importance, which must be recon-
ciled between the two branches OF congress.
-. In the house no business was transacted
The session OF the senate on the Sth was
devoted "a considering the deficiency ap-
proyf,cssSy bill In the house the tariff
bill was SHnt TO conference. The afternoon
was spent In listening to eulogies on the life
and public ,Services of the late Judge Hol-
man. Of Inkana.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
HIS WEDDING FEE.
After the Transaction Was Fully Ex-
plained Maria Was Satisfied.

| planned Maria Was Satisfied.
The wife of well-to-do Vernon
farmer called the attention of her hus
band to newspaper article describing
a wedding, where the groom had com
pensated the minister for his services
| In farm produce. ''How ridiculous!'
commented the good lady.
Her husband smiled. 1T isn't thu
| ordinary thing" he remarked, "bu'
then people who Ive in glass houses
mustn't throw stones"
what do you mean, JLnas Farmer?
asked his wife, sharply.
WELL" returned Jonas, when mar
ried you paid the minister two pigs
and he gave me 35 cents change" And
with that Mr.. Farmer burst into
laugh, to the great discomfort OF his
wife.
"Tve lived with YOU 30 years and
never heard that before" she said, ''and
I should like to know what you mean
by it. believe you're saying that just
to hector me-"
"No, Mri," answered her spouse,
when his mirth had somewhat stbsided.
"I'll tell you how it happened"
"You know I had been running the
farm for father before we were mar
ried. and Parson Steadman, who mar
ried us, had just come to town. He
wanted couple of pigs and came over
to our place to get them. / was gone,
but the hired man sold them to him by
weight, and they amounted to just
S1O.35.
"Parson Steadman told the man that
he hadn't the money by him. but would
be over again in few days and would
settle, and the hired man told him that
would be all right.
"Well, when we were married gave
the parson a brand-new ten-dollar bill,
one that had got clean from the bank
for that purpose.
"Next morning bright and early over
came the parson to our place. He asked
the hired man if was at home, and
when l came out he was pretty much
surprised to see that I was the same
man that he had married the night
before. He turned kind of red and
looked n little queer, and said he had
come over to settle for those two pigs,
and he took from his pocket that very
ten-dollar bill thatI gave him the night
before and 35 cents besides and handed
them to me.
81 burst out laughing, and he looked
kind of sober for a minute, then he
burst out laughing, too.
"If had recognized you as the man
I had owed for the pigs when you were
at my house last night, he said, Il could
have handed you the 35 cents and we
should have been square
$50. you see. Mri, that while we went
through the form of passing money
back and forth you were practically
bought for two pigs, minus IS cents
Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
SfmuIe Salad

Small potatoes, not suitable to cook
for ordinary use, should be laid aside
and used for salads. Boil them, and
while warm peel and slice thin; chop
some parsley and an onion and add to
the sliced potatoes; sprinkle with salt
and pepper and pour over two or three
dessertspoonfuls of oil or melted but
ter and moisten the whole with vinegar.
Sliced beet and cucumber can be added
to the salad before the oil and vinegar
nre mixed with the potatoes. - Good
Housekeeping.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
How II Ia Dane

."Up against it again." gloomily renatks
the man who pronounces athletic" in iOu
syllables.
"How's that?" asked the woman vbo
wears white gloves with black stitching.
Thought l had sure thing the otbs
day, and was thrown as usual Was in
bicycle store when young fellow came i,
to buy cyclometer. Said his had given out
after he had ridden $50 miles. Was tryis
for a seasons record, and hated to bern
over again. Salesman said he could fix n
Took new cyclometer, fixed il on wheel. I'd
ended the thing in the store and began to
turn. Reeled off $50 miles in no time
Thought | saw my graft. Went to guy
know and bet him could ride more miles
in week than he could. 1t was to be de-
cided by our cyclometers. Bought new ey.
clometer, went up in the attic and began 10
turn. Struck hot box at the two hundred
and eightyseventh mile and stuck fast.
Never happened to cyclometer before.
just my luck Buffalo Express.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
OvEREATiNG.
Americans Eat Food That II Too
Nutritious.


Nutritious.
1t has been computed by some one
fond of mathematical calculations that
il the food which is consumed in Great
Britain not only in excess of need, but
to the actual harm of the eaters, could
be saved and sent to India it would
more than supply the wants of the
starving thousands in that country.
This computation is, of course, little
emphasize the fact that many, perhaps
the majority of mankind above the
ranks of the very poor, sin against
themselves daily by overeating.
An English hygienist of repute says
that large proportion of the i'll which
atflict men past the middle life are due
TO errors in diet, chiefly in the direction
of excess in quantity. He even goes so
far as to make the deliberate assertion
that more mischief in the shape of less
cned resisting powers, actual disease
and shortened life comes to the inhab-
itants of northern Europe from their
habits of eating than from their abuse
of alcoholic liquors.
And what is said of Englishmen ap-
plies with equal fierce to Americans.
We not only eat too much and too often,
but we eat food that is too nutritious
in proportion to its bulk; in other
words, we eat too much meat.
Not only are gout and rheumatism
favored, or, as some eminent authori-
ties contend, solely caused by too much
meat, but even certain tumors are
thought by many to be FASTENED in
their growth by the same means.
For the majority of city dwellers,
especially brain-workers, three meals
day are too many; two are all sutfi-
cient for most people, and many are
better off with meat only once in the "a
hours. The other meals should be
slight, consisting of bread, butter,
cheese, milk, green vegetables and
fruit.
There is an unfounded prejudice
against nuts, which are regarded as in
digestible. but that is because they are
eaten at the wrong time. both fruit and
nuts are excellent foods, but they
should be taken at the beginning of
breakfast or luncheon, instead of at the
end of the meal.-Youth's Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
THE WONDERFUL ALsATRoss.
strange Traits of Dire That IL Lit
tie known.

tie known.
The albatross has been the theme Of
poets and naturalists since the first one
dawned upon the sight of man. The
scientist has offered many theories for
the bird slong-sustained power of flight,
but it remains as much of mystery as
ever. An albatross will follow in o
ships wake for days, sailing steadily
along with no motion of the wings,
silent and inscrutable as fate. No other
motion than an occasional veer of the
wings when the bird desires to turn an
angle is to be observed. Despite the
birds marvellous power of sailing along,
II is very hard for it to rise from the
water.
The home of the albatross is in the
antipodes and Auckland islands. No
lighthouse rears its head here and heavy
fogs and treacherous currents swirl
about the place. The land is rough and
mountainous in the coast, but inland
marvellous flowers grow; wonderful asst
ers, marguerites, lilies and gentians,
and her millions upon millions of birds
make their homes. Among the coarse
herbage the pure white head of the
albatross greets the eye. The body Is
larger than that of the swan and it's ex-
panded wings measure II feet from tip
to tip. Its glory has departed, for while
nothing can be grander than its fight
over the ocean, nothing is more ludi-
crous than its waddle on land. It's only
sign of defense is to clap its beak in a
helpless manner, for it cannot use its
wings.
The nestis pile of earth like a child's
sand castle and in the cup-shaped top
the albatross lays one egg. During the
60 days the egg is Matching the mother
does not stir from the nest, for if she
did the seahawks would swoop down on
the egg and destroy it. The young bird
is covered with fluffy down. pure white
in color and silky as floss. The nesting
is fed so assiduously that it becomes
immensely fat and rivals its parent in
weight. 1t is then deserted by the
parents, who wander over the ocean,
sometimes encircling the globe before
returning to their home.
The most remarkable thing in the his
tory of the albatross is that during the
absence of the parents the young nest
ling does not receive a mouthful of food.
During the whole time, sometimes four
months. 1t lives on the fat it has ac-
cumulated. In the open nest on n bleak
hillside the young albatross is exposed
all winter to sharp winds and the fiercest
gales that ever rush across the ocean,
yet at the end of its fast the young bird
is lively and in good condition. The
reason the parent birds go away is not
known. Their desire for flight is mys-
terry, for 1t is not the same as the migra-
ton of our northern birds to the south.
When the parents return they uncere-
bundle out the nesting,
which has become a slaty- gray in color
and set about repairing the nest. The
young bird still stays around. evincing
in many pretty ways its fondness for its
parents, and not till next year does it
take its first fight to sea, in company
with it's hard-hearted father and moth
er-Chicapo News