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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-09
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ticularly the Sunday issue, says
the Tribune. The press is always
able to defend itself against un-
reason, and it frequently happens
that it finds an able champion
among the clergy themselves, who
are not to be judged by the utter
ances of few of their number
that are indebted largely to their
imaginations for their facts about
the Sunday press. Rev. j. B.
Werner of Lexington, KY, re-
Gently gave utterance to q sensible
discourse upon newspapers, from
which the following is extracted:
eve can no longer wait for age
to tell its tale to age; the times are
big with significance; day unto
day uttereth Speech and night
unto night showeth knowledge.
The daily papers are our modern
scriptures, given of God, and
profitable that his servants may be
thoroughly furnished unto all good
works.
In the newspapers as in moth
ing else we see what humanity is.
There, as in mirror, stand por-
trayed the image of mankind.
Curiously enough, it is precisely
here that the greatest objection is
raised against the press. We are
told the papers are not tit to read.
1t is a wholesale condemnation
facts do not sustain. There are
chapters in the Bible / should not
like to have a child ofmin peruse.
Compared with the story Of David
and Bathshebe, the reports of the
ordinary divorce proceedings are
really quite respectable reading.
"Men and things must be judged
by the best they can boast, and the
press has q right to make appeal
to this canon. Any fair judg-
ment passed upon the press must
be based on the best-not on its
vulgar, but on its respectable
sheets -papers which speak of
humanity just as it is nothing
extenuate, naught set down in
malice. Better papers demand
better men and woman. So long
as humanity is what it is. the press
will have to continue to show US
many things it would be pleasant
er not to behold.
''But it is necessary to look on
them if you wish to make men and
women better. There is no bet
ter textbook in the pathology of
the soul than the press. We need
to cultivate q genuine sympathy
for mankind, and this is what the
newspapers are trying to do-to
acquaint men with each other; to
bring them closer together; to put
them into touch, one with an
other.
''No doubt, the newspapers are
far from being what they ought to
be, but they are pressing forward
toward the mark Of a high ideal.
The press is too much of a giant
to be put under q microscope. Il
has done giants work, and we
may be sure it is not doing this
work without the knowledge Of
God. A divine purpose is getting
itself wrought out in the produc
ton of the daily papers. VIZ
have hardly thought of that, but
it is about time we did. 1t viii
show us them in an entirely diff
ferent light. Prejudice will give
sway to interests, critical judg
ment to vital sympathy, and il
lending a helping hand to the
work of their improvement the
shrug of the shoulder will be quite
forgotten, for the newspapers, dc
tell the story of humanity and the
story of humanity spells out The
word of God, and that who dares
despise2"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-09

A CALIFORNIA astronomer as
serts that one half of Venus is
always turned towards the sun,
leaving the other in perpetual
winter. We have had a suspicion
in Minnesota for soma time that
the same thing has happened to
this planet, with the North Star
state on the dark side.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-09

The proposed duty on pine will
remain said the senate Monday on
a vote of 38 to 90. Senator Vest
moved to strike off the duty on
pine but the senate defeated the
motion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

out, and now it is their turn to give the
theater party and the reception.
Mrs. Cleveland has done some of the
most extensive enter tanning yet known
in the posting line She belongs to that
exclusive set, headed by herself and sec
onded by the Benedicts, that is not fond
of being talked about or quoted, but who
love to get up everything new in the line
of entertaining. Were it not for the pub
LEFTY of it, Mrs. Cleveland would go
abroad and show Londoners whom she
has known in Washington now an Amer
lean woman can set. styles in the English
capital She has made posting in London
popular by writing of it to the CORVALLIS
West family, who are still her intimate
friends.
Mrs. Cleveland's last entertainment to
party of posters included a very remark
able spread upon the lawn under a mar
quee, at which marvellous horses in fruits,
salads and ices were eaten off of very
horsy dishes.
Posting has come TO stay all summer
if you live i'm a sandy country and cam
not ride a bicycle, of If you enjoy taking
up anything that is very new and hav-
ing fun out of it..
Grace Hammond Smith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

In the Lake regions for instance where
every one tries TO get during the summer.
bicycling is difficult, for bicyclsts cannot
ford streams nor, in most. cases, ride over
bridges. There is a great deal of walking
TO be done with your bicycle, unless you
strike a bicycle country. But posting is
done with the noble horse the animal that
trembled last year lest he go out of fash
Ion, but rejoices this year over the post
ing fad.
To post you take a party of friends, all
on their favorite mounts, and start out.
II you leave Philadelphia say, to go to the
st. Lawrence river, you post up to
Princeton, where you pick up the Cleve-
lands, who are great posters this sum-
mer and who all post. from Mrs. Cleve-
lands mother to Miss Ruth.
From Princeton you post to Trenton to
get party of friends, and from there
fun thirty strong, you gallop on to take
New York.
AT every posting place you are entertain
ed. and people know of your coming and
make preparations for the party of horse
men and horsewomen who will post in
their city over night They get up theater
parties. have teas, plan jaunts to the park
ard 20 the museums of animals and art
They treat posters as though they We're
country people seeing the city for the first
time and they entertain them in de-
hghtful sightseeing way, which Is a great
treat TO city people, who are seldom feted
IN This way.
Bostoniana, a club founded In Boston by
tne WIFE OF clergyman 10 study Old
Boston streets. does its posting on foot
Two or three times "A week posting parties
So out and look up statues and monu-
inents They study the Old hill and the
new hill and they know whore a stream
Oh water used TO divide Boston into two
places
When Bostoniana eniertains horseback
posters b takes them on ono Of their noe
turnal jaunts. and people who have posted
70 Boston come away knowing as much
about the common and Plymouth Rock
~ .hough they had landed on the one and
f'nd"rod on the other.
When you see party OF posters coming
you think that it Is q military troop come
10 possess The town, for posters have r.
fl'k OF riding On uniform. Baby Ruth.
i1r instance. posts la red and white
tN pod dress made gorgeous by a gold belt
'Hd Jockey cap. Her mother posts la nil
t+fN blue, with marvellous and very
"ntaH notted vest.
htT.tt cf posters get decorations In gre n
'. thcy 20 along; and ID Is a most marvel
'ae company that you see advancing 10
aet ana greet YOU The longest posting
lrs are those that are taken across the
ointment. This u no stretch Of the inn
'-'hhlon. as the bicycle trlns-c0ntincn-
'-' tours are, for the horse actually goes
very .tep Of the way himself with you
30. mis- hacls
SUNG h. su peasant that you find peo-
i.' l"kng Il MP rapidly in these days OF
HORSES II Is so Washngionlan TO
correct posting tour embraces az
'i-' tea stopping PAGES. Martha Wash.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

Going North Read Up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

But is il also true that the supply OF coal
in the world is threatended with early eN-
haustion? AS to this an exact categori-
cal answer is not so easy. A royal COM
mission JIM Great Britain wrestled with
the problem a few years ago, insugated
thereto by the fears of Mr. Gladstone and
other statesmen. and they reached the con-
clusion that if the increase of consumption
of coal that has marked the past century
were to continue unabated the coal sup
ply of Great Britain would be utterly eX-
hausted in about 100 years But subse-
quent estimates have shown that this
alarming forecast must be modified, for
the sudden increase of consumption of coal
has been Largely. due to Watts develop
ment of the steam engine toward the close
of the last century and the manufacturing
growth that naturally resulted, and this
industrial growth has its limits Hence
the increase in consumption of coal will
not continue at the rate of the past cen
fury, and the time when the supply of
British coal will be exhausted must be
extended much beyond century even if
no direct effort be made to conserve 1t.
As dangers that lie more than a century
in the future do not appeal to us with a
very personal force, most people appear to
have dismissed the thought of possible ma
tional decay from this source and of late
we have heard very little general comment
on the possible exhaustion of coal But
a report recently issued relative to coal beds
that lie nearer home than Great Britain
may serve to arouse renewed interest in
the subject here in America. This re-
port has to do with the supply of anthra-
cite coal stored in the Pennsylvania re-
giOn Nearly every one is aware that this
region has by far the largest store of an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

ington, in her tours to winter with George
at Valley Forge and other military posts,
always made it point 70 stop ten times
en- route-for calling and for resting-and
on the return trip the following spring the
rather of his Country made 1t his point
TO stop at each of the posts to thank the
hostess for her hospitality to his Martha
So the posters remember those who have
entertained them; they go from place to
place, adding to their number until on
the twentieth day when they have made
nine stops. they galop into the tenth place
TO pick up the last one. On the return
trip they gradually leave those who have
joined them, and now comes their turn
to entertain.
1t is the posters themselves who enter
tain on the homeward journey and they
who act as hosts and hostesses. They
put up at hotel and give a high tea to
all who have greeted them on the way
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE.
supply of Coal said to he Threatened
With Extinction.

From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
When Lord Macaulay pictured the Tas-
manian Of the future as standing on Lon
don bridge apd viewing the ruins of
faded civilization, doubtless he was not
more than half I'm earnest Certainly the
majority OF his readers have accepted his
forecast as merely "A Jest. Yet according
to certain scientific predictions that have
been made recently there Is more than
probability that the grim jest will some
day become "a sober reality. The basis Of
the prediction is the fact that the worlds
supply OF coal Is being rapidly exhausted.
it being declared on high engineering au-
thority that "with the exhaustion Of les
coal not only will the power and influence
Of a nation decline. but even its existence
viii be imperiled."
Coal. Il Is urged. Is the foundation stone.
80 20 speak of modern civilization. Elimi-
nate coal from the world to-day and what
would become of our civilization to-mor-
ROW. Nearly an our factories would cease
to work; our ships would lie helpless on
the seas; our railway systems would be-
come mere avenues for the creeping traf-
ne of horse cars-ln q word. chaos would
suuorycnc In our present social structure.
Bus what OF electricity what Of compress
ed air. what OF gas as fuel. you say All
these. as at present utilized, are but pro-
ducts OF the consumption Of coal, aud as
the case stands to-day % needs no prac-
teal reservation that the work OF man
kind is done by the energy which Is stor-
ga In coal and which b. liberated and made
available when coal ~ burned.
The great civilizn tons have grown up
exclusively in regions whore coal Is found
or can readily be transported by steam en-
gines operated by the burning Of coal. and
the wheels Of that civilization must stop
n this supply OF coal were suddenly shut
on from human uge,
All This requires only 90 be pointed out
u be sclf-evidcntiy recognized as true.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
southern EtIauette.

During the food OF five years ago vlsi-
ted the section below Memphis with n
newspaper artist, says the Chicago Times
Herald. one afternoon we we're perched
on the top Of a bit Of highland viewing the
waste OF waters when an old negro APP
preached and offered 70 sell two fine
roosters. With great volubiuy he ex-
plalned that the fowls had eaten 30 much
corn that he could not AFFORD 20 keep them
longer. and therefore, he had decided TO
sacrifice them aud stop the drain on his
corn crib
"Where did you get them. uncleY'
asked. The old man looked az us quizzi-
cally for a moment and then said with a
chuckle. "Yo gemmen are from the tn,
ain't yo'2"
wei. yes" I replied. "but what has
that TO do with H."
"Becuz. sab" he said. no southern gem
man evan asks niggah whah he gifts
anything"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
Florida Central y PeninsuIar Railroad Co.

Miles Shortest Line to Tampa Miles
TIME TABLE s. 1897.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

New York May 29.-Society people dis
claim all knowledge of fad. They say
that a fad" is early English for folly
and that follies are not to be found in
the life or in the vocabulary of the wo-
man who aims to be "the twentieth CEN
fury girl"
So when anything new crops up, as
there is bound to every season, they call
ii by some other name-and it is just as
sweet! When they tramped the grass in
the suburbs a few months since, they
we're Kneippists, and when they walked a
wear ago they were English.
This year they are posting" Posting
Is for those who do not ride a bicycle.
or who wish to go along a road where
BICYCLES cannot travel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

Going so'th Red Down
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

Dor. says writer In 81. Nicholas. The
assistant keeper was IN charge, and he
was nearly stone deaf. lie had not been
ashore Cor three months and even a news
paper came to him only by chance from
time 10 time, when q pilot boat stopped
by on her way out OF the harbor From
sunrise until Q o'clock at night he did little
else but sit on a hatchway, smoking an
old pipe and gazing renectively at the
great harbor receiving and diminishing It's
thousands OF vessels. one day he asked
me 10 use my influence 20 get him trans
ferred TO Cape Cod. / asked him why no
wished the change.
well" said he seriously. ~ want a
quietcr station; It's too lively here: | want
TO be where there IL less going on"
@-9~s--
- hear you have lifted up a little cot
tage OF your own and are going 70 get
married next MONTH" exclaimed Jones.
Rayly.
mo. my fancee has thrown me over
for another man." hopeicssly sighed
Brown. ole had tandemr' Brooklyn
Eagle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
MRS. CLEVELAND AND
BABY RUTH co POSTING"
An Early English Fad Taken Up by the
Wife of the Former President


en- Route -IsntertaIuing the Posters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

once spent week on a SEQ land ngnt-
ship, near the entrance to New York har-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16

sooo Market steady: l0c higher. Texas
steers. G0OT375. Texas cows. s2oGGSs 50
native steers. 3 Gva5 =: native COWS and
heifers. U.75T4oo. s;ockers and feeders.
s3.i064 %. bIiis. S2Sd356
Sheep-Reoeipfs. I5.91 Market slow 20
weak: bulk of sales g -; hearles. anf
packers. s2g5G5 x. mixed. = = ~: Egat
8 .le52 3ziz: ycrkeTs. a-5o73-- Ia. Pigs. xe9
a3z
sneep-Receipts. 200. market frn-
Lambs. g sgT6.S5 muttons. 320s04 -.
Representative sales: Texas steers. =
head, average Iis4 pounds. I75s Texas
COWS. q head average SIS pounds. t2-so: IA
tive steers. Is had. average ic7 pounds.
.5.Z5: native COWS ard hetfers. = head. aT-
erz<e 90 pounds. r-51. sfocksrs En5 feei-
ers. > head. average - pounds. 10.
bulls, head. average iszI pounds. ga.
ST. LOUIS.
g. Louis, Dec. B-Cattie-Recesp cesp.s. .
3r9 Msrke. strong. 70 cen.s h.E1sT. Native
shipping ard export steers. E.sSaC.a Z
s;oczers sns feeders. E1fai8. cows ard
heifsrs. SL.7574OJ. Texas and Iu6lsn E->ers.
3 75e74c0: cows and refers. &-GSlzs0
Hogs-Esceip>s. 500. Earket steady.
LghI. n-Ea2s5. mixed. D-Zaz-so. heavy.
g s50aE.
sasep-Rscslp;s. zs5o. Narksr sisasy
Native nsz;tons. SEpSGsss. lambs. SOC
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16
WOOL MARKET

Boston, Dec. 15.-he American Wool and
Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow Of the
wool trade:
THE market the past week has been
characterized by the excessive dullness
which usually marks the last month OF
the year. The sales have been confined
to a limited number of sellers. The wool
market is now waiting on the goods mar
ket and is not likely to develop any new
features until that IS opened Concessions
on good woods are not in order. Last
week, the cable advices state dath 5000
bales had been bought for America at the
London sales. We are now advised that
woods are put down for this country which
will not come this way, and the figures OF
the last week will accordingly have TO be
modified. There have been fairly good
sized sales Of foreign woods. So long as
good Australian woods can be bought at
lower figures IN Boston than in any other
part OF the world, the demand here is Ike
ly TO continue good. They VIII perhaps av-
erage two cents IN the grades below the
importing point. The sales Of the week
amount to 9io. 600 pounds domestic, and l..
572. 500 pounds foreign, making a total Of
. 5li 600 hounds"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16
TIRE WEATHER.

Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity:
THURSDAY fair, and very cold.
During the past a hours the highest tenn
perature has been g. the lowest % ard
the mean IS. with warm. cloudy weather
in the forenoon. very low barometer and
brisk south winds, suddenly changing just
before night TO high northwest, with q
very rapid rise in pressure and fan IN tenn
pe-ature. 1t fen from IS IN the afternoon
70 2 az : ?. II. and at 10 p. N. was -
Thus far tbs month the average tenn
perature Ess been g.
For tle past a.ne years the average TEN
persture FOR the month Of December has
been 5. AMI for the 18th day. -
FRED I. JOHNSON. Observer.
Washington, Dec. I-Forecast for Taurs-
Gay:
Ka1sa-Gsnersliy fair; much colder u
soutasas; portion; northerly winds
Oklahoma and Indian Tsrrito-y-Generai-
ly far. with no-thesly winds and cois
wave.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16
COFFEE AND SUGAR MARKET

New York, Dec. 15.-Cofee-Options
opened steady al an advance of 10d3O points
on ca bles reporting rumors OF Santos crop
damage by drought and higher European
cables, which made sellers scarce without
increasing speculation, demand almost en-
tirely from shorts. buying checked by big
supplies and failure OF Rio and Santos
markets to reflect crop damage. Closed
steady az a net advance Of f5d90 points
sales, II, 80 bags, including December.
$50: March. s5.e56eo0. Spot coree-Rlo
steady; No. Z invoice. SIS; No. Z jobbing
rs. Mild-Narkst dull; Cordova, Ss4I5c
Sugar-Raw quiet: fair refining. 2is; IS
test. 4; granulated, 5is.
Don't be persuaded into buying iin;-
ment5 without reputation or merit
Cham berlain's Pain Balm costs 10 more.
and lis merits have been proven by a
test of many years. Such letters as the
following. from l. G. Bagley. Huenene,
Cal, are constantly being received: THE
best remedy for pain nave ever used is
amberlain's Pain Balm, and ! say so
after having used il in my family for
several years. Il cures rhe1ma ism,
lame back. sprsins and sweikngs." For
sale by druggists.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
CHICAGO

Chicago, Dee 5--Czttle-Tae-a vas :
good demand for cattle from all c,ases Q,
buyers. AZ prizes strozg % % cents r..ysr-
for choice fst b<evss ard steaEy .or cth-
e-s a few comno1 Iots solS around q "a
lA15. while few extra C>n-.st-1ss cate
averaging .sa4 pounds. b-ouxa- = 81 TIE
greater part OF ~ steers sid a. g zsfS e.
FeezerS were sod spzrsrxiy a. z so. =
an5 S-ocke-s brought z OK = (--rs~s -
prime ae.fs-S were - good Sezz-1 az g =
GAG- CalTss we're weaker. Et-a sale@ q.
re bes- a. Is = few go-zz above = o. TIE
ate cattle market Ezs SOW. and r-soes
except for cho.ce lots. we-e sbozt . csr.s
lover. buyers 5OS6.nE back IL znsicpassor
o. larger receipts Tomorrow.
Hogz-Tas sEppiy cf hogs was mostly
6iscossi Of a. An early 5cu-. Prices rs-@
stronger from the start ard SAFES saoves
Ar average afv7zcs os ~ cents. Szies
were AZ an ex.rsIe rance o, - Ea1E rse
greater 2z-1 % th@ hogs cr0szizz the s-zies
e: rz-xkz9=- Pigs soie chse1y z; g 50
~ TIE lzts E1zrss- vas cz-s>d seaxe-
By sesle-z
Soeep-Wifa q Eoo5 Sszzzd prsc1s -ss~d
SSrozS for "a, hz1-y x5<ep az6 nun zg.-
e. foT prime is1o=- S5@r9 rg-@ = 6s-oa.s
a. E-EEsae fo- - poo-ss. ozEKu-rsrrs
up - s. Sz5& = fo- caoscs % pE.rse zE..vey
vexssrz I'd Its fetching E7s6s 81 Lz-nN@
zere se-lve ~ - - for few czl,s. % q
e -5sSs ,c- caoLc- - sx.rz grzsss
E1rss.zzzs 1s-sbs a. sr6Ez
Rsce.pzs-Cz;tss. u.SB. hogs. > 90. czs
l5.ga
KANSAS CITY.
Eszzss c1.y. De- E-Cxt.s-Racetues
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-16
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.
CASH GRAIN.

"
Chicago. Dec. 15.-Cash wheat: No 3 red
sIdss: Nc. 3. s7Ga5: No > spring. Ssass: No,
). solJSS; No. , hard winter, Sass: No. & SsR
s6; No new spring, 81.
Cash corR-No. 2. S4Go51t: No. 3. 25T
Cash Oats-No. = ,ll4a22i4; No. ). a1s
Flax-Cash. sis: northwest. s.1sis; De-
cenlber. sl-l4i5: May. s1.1si.
Receipts today: Wheat. 334 cars; corn.
tomorrow: Wheat. 40 cars; corn, 30 cars:
oats'6o0 cars Minneapolis wheate receipts
462 cars
Chicago. Dec 15-Butter-Steady; cream
e-les, l5ft22; dairies, 129is
Eggs-Steady; fresh. eoc
Dressed poUl--y-Essy; turkeys. IlTlrs:
Chickens, t5zESis; ducks. Gas.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. Dec. I5.-wheat-ReceIpts
loo cars; slow; hard about steady: soft
firm: No. hard. si1si,.; No. = sIi5; No. &
l9dsli-: No. /. Uc7sie; No. red. eSas4;
spring, ads2; No. 3 IS
Corn-Firm: rather slow; No. . mixed.
oatsRa:her slow; about steady: No. :
white. 21%.I234.
Rye-No > -
Hay-ou.e;: firm; choice timothy, $500
S15; choice prairie, s.. .2s(sT-51
Butter-Count-y roll wanted: al grades
steady. creamery, T7GI9; dairy. I5di5
Eggs-Steady; active; fresh. III. storage.
uq12
ST. LOUIS
s.. Louis, Dee I5-Recsipcs-Flour. &
90; wheat. $500; corn. i3S.ao9; oats, "a
GO
SAipnents-Flour. 4en: wheat, geo:
corn. lsS. C1a; OATS. 11.1o0
Ftour-DuH and unchanged
Wheat-Irregular closing steady for De-
ce;uoer, with May sc above. and July &c
below yesterday. declined t.c, rallied &c.
broke &c, late rszctinE SsG@sc. Closing xs:h
sellers a; TIE top Spot i5wer- No. = rsd
cash. elevator, s.; track, grass: December
S11z; January. s. asked; May. S5@s sGS5l=:
July. s.. No. hard cash. s5fIS7
Corl-Eu1u-es dud early. bIt became
strong later. closing wiki buyers ~ above
the bottom. and &C higher than yests--
day. Spot steady No. csSa. =; December
24&s; January. = asked; May. =.
Oa1>-Futurss dub. uncaa- ys1 Spct
steady: Ne cash. elevator. =; track, =.
No. white sfis; DecsEb--. =: May. ~
Ry@Ffrn; EEEss
FlaxSe-c-E. CHER: 81
Hay-Eastsr. bG- u2cherSe6
BEste--DrE; creaDs-y. 1sEZ7; dairy. :
GiS
Eey-Srea5y; -
Pork-Hgaer: standard neSs. ioss.ng
& "a