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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
f f $l.o0 PURCHASE.

Fancy Engraved Vinegar Bottle
Salad Bowl, Windflower.
1 Bisque Flower Holder.
1 Meat Platter, Chrysanthemum.
Vegetable Dish, Windflower.
2 Cups and Saucers, Windflower.
1 Rose Bowl. fancy.
I Milk Pitcher, Windflower.
ICoffee Cup and Saucer, fancy.
1 Muffin Pan, II ring.
3 Breakfast Plates, decorated.
3 Cups and Saueers, decorated.
ISyrup Pitcher, crystal.
Cup and Saucer, mustaohe.
Mush Set, Chrysanthemum.
Gard Basket, Bohemian.
E Table Tumblers, crystal.
Sugar and Cream Set, fancy.
Cake Stand, crystal.
3 Egg Cups, ChrySanthemum.
d Table Goblets, crystal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Sir Arthur Sullivan has composed new
Victorian ballet. for which he is to receive
$4,000. His "Mikado" is soon to be pro.
duced in Brussels for the first time in French.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
THANKS LUE F HER YORKE
San Francisco Voice of Labor.

Father Yorke should have the thanks of all
good citizens for his manly denunciation of
the pr ze-fght 10 take place on st. Patrlcks
day at Carson, New.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

If we get the new tariff bill by the 1st of
July we will make the Fourth glorious,
indeed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The great powers have found they can.
not take Greece out of Crete with soft
soap.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

No one objects to Cleveland's duck
shooting trip this time. We have in
Washington a much better man to attend
to business.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

ANY one troubled at night with a persistent
cough an procure much-needed rest by taking
dose of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

This ought to be great year for carni-
vals in this country, as the people were
never more joyous or more in mood to
have jubilee.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

When all classes of citizens work
together great things are accom- plished.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp.
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it at 25 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

SPECIAL Information daily 10 manufacturer,
business houses and public men by the PrsIi
Chipping Bureau (Allens). $40 Montgomery
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The cloudy skies give the outlook for
agriculture al the brightness of sunshine.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

A war in the Levant would send wheat
prices sky high and it may come before
the next crop is ready.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The Greek backbone is strong enough to
make a bold front and may be strong
enough to win out.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

In the task of restoring prosperity the
people have responsibility hardly less
than that of the Government.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Don't fail to subscribe to the fund to
provide work for the unemployed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

No objection was made in the Senate to
any member of McKinley's Cabinet ex-
cept Bliss, and yet every body knows that
where there is harmony there is sure to be
bliss
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Let us start the boulevard as highway
to better times.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Since war against her has been raised
in the Caroline Islands as we'll as in Cuba
and the Philippines, Spain will have
reason to believe that all islands are of
a volcanic nature
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

There should be no factious opposition
to the tariff.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Cal. glace fruit Palace Hotel bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Not single sentence in McKinley's
message tends to stir up strife among The
people. 1t said the right things in the
right way and appeals to the sentiments
of all patriotic people
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The way to have prosperity is to work
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

At the recent municipal elections in
Philadelphia i've women were elected to
the school board, so that now there are
eleven women in that body representing
nine out OF the thirty-eight wards of the
city. The success of the women is re-
garded by the press of Philadelphia as
matter for congratulation, and the predlc-
ton is made that before long every ward
will have at least one woman to represent
it as a school director
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The story that microbes four inches
long have been found in Chicago water
was probably started by some visitor 10
the city who drank so much Chicago beer
that he was unable to tell the difference
between a microbe and sausage.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
E.H. BLACK. painter, 12o Eddy street.

IcEcREAM and cakes. Guillet's, 9o5 Larkin
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
Now, than, for harmony.

Let us make it an era of good feeling.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

NEW designs in fre-etched boxes. Townsend's. I.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

The Boston Transcript says that the
seven wonders of America are Niagara
Falls, Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Cave,
Muir Glacier, Natural Bridge, Yellowstone
Park and the Grand Canyon of the Colo
rado. The list is good, but why Kansas
was left out is another wonder.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

According to Mr.. Prater of St. Louis,
the time is soon coming when farmers
will receive about S25 per acre for their
cornstaiks after the corn and fodder have
been stripped from them. The stalks. he
says, will be used i'll making ceIlulose.
celluloid, smokeIess gunpowder, lacquer.
cattle feed, roofing material and a material
that will answer every purpose of papler
mache.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

A few years ago some enterprising man
brought water hyacinths from Venezuela
as fine plant to adorn the grounds of
one of the big hotels in Florida. The
plant got into the rivers of the State and
thriveG like the rabbit in Australia. It
now impedes navigation on such impor.
tant streams as the st. John, and serves
as another warning to man not to be too
hasty in propagating either plants or ami
mails in lands where nature has not placed
them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

Senator Wolcott, who has just returned
from Europe, says: "An international
agreement for the RECOMMENDATION of silver
is entirely feasible. and its accomplish
M ent rests LARGELY with the United States
and is dependent on the course We pur-
sue." This statement is encouraging, and
taken IN connection with Mckinley s
promise that international bimetallism
will have early attention gives ope that
this issue is like the tar!ff-will soon be
out of politics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
THE FLEE AND THE ACTRESS.

No Wonder That hodJeska's Faco WOro
Set and Stony Expression.
Two fair actresses were conversing in
O cafe Oh 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,
"And just at that moment when he
pressed my hand" said one, land l
was supposed to answer with a sob,
f1ea-oh, such bite began to torture
me between the shoulders. 1t was aw
ful-simply awful l could not remem
Der my lines could not make the sobs
come. All could think about was that
horrid flea. whispered to him, Put
your arm around me quick. And he
thought I was fainting, and put his
hand behind my waist and whispered:
What il the matter with you, and why
eSe you making such horrid face? Are
you ill?' What could / say? Nothing,
Of course, but fell back against chair,
and foTtanately-oh, how fortunately -
hit it with my shoulder blade. just
where that flea was. Then sw0ng to
and fro as if in great mental agony, and
thus got in little scratching. 1t was
just heavenly and did not spoil the
Ecene bit. When went off the stage,
had my maid go over the place where
that flea had bitten me with a 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
oony scene in Juliet, when she was ex-
tending both hands and saying, 'Ro-
meo, Romeo, where art thou, RomeoT
abe got q nip in the ankle that almost
made her cry out. She could not stop.
1t would have spoiled the scene. and
for the minute she had to suffer. One
Of the critics rema1 ked in his paper
next day that during the scene Nine.
Modjeska's face wore a set and stony
expression. And no wonder, poor ladyr
"When May Muir, who is very sus-
septible to feas, 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 on to her 50
viciously that if she had not reached
back with her fan and dislodaed it she
could not have died with any decency.
San Francisco is an awful place for
heas.
Awful, awfulf' coincided hea
friend as she settled with the waiter. -
San Francisco Call
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17

Hhe--I was in Cleveland for week
once and didn't see a single attractive
shing during the whole time,
he tsouIfuliy perso0al)-How could
thss bey-Don's they hive msrrors ID
TTey Presn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
A Fatal weir.
n % Aada't Been Pes Clam. Au AA4AA
Have Boen Well.


n n A.da,t Been Yss Clan. An lel4AA
Have Boen Well.
II never zee you with Anna any
more, remarked the girl with the white
parasol. "Have you qusrreled?''
"No, you don't see me with Anna
nowadays" replied the girl in the yell
low lawn, "and we haven't quarreled
either. The fact is, don't dare to allow
myself that luxury. She is cat, u
mean, despicable, purring cat''
MIN 5 nz1e.--1ag has happened thenl
thought SO. You l,ight tell me about
It after you catch your freath.
"Well, it was this wa: You know
Harry Brawnsmith is ava. OH his sum.
mer vacatla,u, aud got letter from
him last week. I knew he wouldn :
write TO Anna, b. ause she pretends to
think it had foaa to correspond with
young rnsn. :"
"She hasn't learned to spell since she
eft school then, has she?"
Evidently not. Now, never had
any patience with boasting, 80 resolved
not to mention the letter to Anna l was
determined to let her know Of it, how
ever, so sent her note begging her to
come and lunch with me. Then / left
this letter, as if by accident, lying ON
the parlor table where she couldn't help
out see it.
II know how green she turned when
her eye fell on that postmark. F"
She did There wasn't thing in IL
nj hxx CHI Iv,bt
see that through the envelope, sc I
counted on very pleasant morning
I'm sure you had it. l only wish !
lad been there too F"
Il wish you had, groaned the girl
in the yellow lawn. II should certainly
have asked you had l had the least idea
Of what was going to happen.
''Yon don mean that she is one Of
those awful people who can read a letter
by merely placing it on the head, do
your asked the girl with the white
parasol in an awed tone.
Mercy, no. We were having quite
lovely time when Clara ran in for few
miputes Oh, if she had only staid
away AS she was leaving l went to the
door with her SO l could just whisper
what was going on, and, why, Anna sat
with her eyes glued to that letter. Oh
we'll, what do you think happened?"
Gamma heard what you said?''
ono; 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. nae in-pretending she thought
it was the children in the next fat.
And oh, if you could only have seen the
gratified malice in her sallow facet"
"Oh, well, Of course she had read the
letter. Still, you needn't mind it 20
much, as you say there was nothing save
commonplaces in it"
"That is just it, my dear If there
had been lot of sentiment il it, her
jealousy would have punished her fox
her curiosity. As it Is, she has gotten
ahead Of me for once and I'll get even
with her if I have to wrinkle up my
forehead in studying out way to do
Il "--Gkicago Times-Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17

Uncle Treetop-We nust put in ds0
r11 tho river. The fsh Gre biting now.
Jess "a niece from the oity)-L thsi1
bite sonous?--Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
To Save Ones BACON.

''To save ones bacon'-that lie, to
make narrow escape-is supposed to
refer to the Dunmow fitch For many
centuries is was the custom at Dunmow.
IN Eng to present fitch of bacon
to married couple Of 70 years stand
ing who would make oath ON the Scrip
lures that they had never had q quarrs!
To come close TO quarrel without an
actual rupture was. in the popular dia
lect, ITO save ones bacon
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
TOWNS or SETTLED uAei7a
Nsadon and Philadelphia Aliks In Ihh
RASpocf,

W0od0n a00 RhJ1adelphIo AUke In Inn
Respect.
In her article on 1.-The Myth Of the
AGO." in Cosmopolitan. Mrs Burton
Harrison tells of an American calling
upon q lady in London and finding hen
seated in u big chair by the window en-.
gagged in some sort Of needlework. A
young man came in ami paid his re-
spects, as it was her day at horne, and
then bowed himself out. Three years
later the American was again in Lon.
don, and again he called upon the lady.
It was her day at home, and there she
sat in the same chair by the same win.
dow with the same needlework, or some
very like it, in her hand, and, more re-
markaba still, the same young man
called anG made the same remarks he
had made three 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 illus-
tration is good one, but l can match
it with better one over here.
I 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 musical talent from four OF
five generations of men learned in the
law as we'll as skilled with the bow.
Every Sunday between 10 and O'Clock
It was the custom of the father and the
sons to play classic Eiasic, the fat-cr be-
Ing first violin, one son viola, one SEQ
md violin, the other violoncello. They
played we'll, and as j lived nearer Phil
adelphia in those days than do today
often dropped in at these rehearsals.
as they called them.
Five years ago was in Philadelphia
OF Sunday l had not seen my old
friends in Is years, but was sure they
were living at the old place. walked
around to the house, and as | mounted
the marble Steps heard sounds Of mu.
sic. Could it be possible that ere
,hearsal" was going on? Yes, sure
enough. There sat the father, his hair
mow 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
children. 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 to
run on to Philadelphia again before
long, and, though it has been at least
I've years since was at my old friends
house, expect to hear the music on
Sunday morning, for shall time my
visit so as to include Sunday. Critic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
Timber Land, Act june 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office, Duluth. Mimi.
December 10. 1896
Notice is hereby given that In compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress OF
June 3. 1879, entitled AN act for the sale OF
timber lands in tho states OF California.
Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory
as extended to oil tic public land states by
act of August A. 1S92. Edward j. Hoppnan. Of
Duluth. county Of 81 Louis state of : Mime no.
sworn statement No, $780, for the purchase
Of the ny Of NWA of SECTION 10 and SEX or
bWA OF section B i'll Township g. north
Of range 10 west and will offer
proof to show that the land is moro val
liable for it's timber or stone than for agrl-
cultural purposes and to establish his claim
to saip land before the register and receiver
of this office at Duluth. MINI. on Wednesday
the 10th day of March, 1857.
He names as witnesses: William Besson.
Alexander Glenn, Thomas Shannon and JOS
eph Couture. all OF Duluth. Mimi.
Any and all persQns claiming adversely
he above described lands arc requested to
fle their claims In sHis Office on or before
said 10 day Of March, 1871.
i-e $40 A. J. Taylor, Register.
G. p. Magihhis, ATTORNEY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
Mot 30 Her ThinkinE.

Tho summer girl, accompanied by hen
mother, descended from the train at the
Springs station aud looked about her.
Then she beckoned to q man driving
. two seated wagon
''Sorry. miss" he responded. but
I'm engaged
A shadow Of disappointment fell over
the face Of the girl
'Mommer, she exclaimed. this 10
10 place for as. The men are 80 scarce
that even the hack drivers are engaged. !"
At tho station beyond, the outlook
vas lean Observation-Disclosures
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NOTICE.
United States Land Oface, Duluth, Mimi.

UHIt6u States Land OfHcc, I1uluth, MINI.
December 10, 1893.
George Hosking, Involving II. K, No. 1881,
VS.. for ny Of SEX, sec. 8, TIP.
John IL. Pearson SO NJ. RIO W., dated Sept.
81 1887
by George Hos xlng aileging that the said
John II. Pearson wholly forfeited all right
which he by virtue of the entry, aforesaid
acquired to the above described land by
upon which in his letter Co of Nov. %. 1885,
hearing has been ordered by the Hon. Com
missioner to determine the truth OF the mat
crs alleged in said complaint
Now Therefore, the said parties are hereby
nmmoned to be and appear at this office on
ebruary 10th, 1881. at 10 m. to show cause
any there be why your said entry should
ct be Cancelled orafy rights which you. the
id John H..Pearson. may have in the prem
rs. 1-62-I0 A. j. TAYLOR, Register
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17
Tho Tyranny of Etiquette.

1t Is impossible TO read even the least
dogmatio hooks on etiquette without be-
ing oppressed with the conviction that
a heavy and binding addition has bee1
made to the code Of morals in the by
Laws which have to do with visiting
cards, invit atoms, conventional phrases
and other minor but vigorous sorznr Las
1t has been eiterated by writers On these
subjects that not u single rule OF Ell
quette is arbitrary, but that all prove
their reason in the very nature Of things.
and that th,s who disregard them SIM
ply show tt cir own lack Of insight aud
inoapacity to appreciate genuine refine
ment
While this is all very well for society
people pure and simple or those who
have other definite and absorbing work
in life CON pliance with all the thousand
and one trifling points # etiquette is an
utter imp stability The question then
becomes, Saan such persons be excluded
from society or be allowed to enter it on
their own termsf Society might be SO
conducted ~ to make Of 1t charming
and deHght ful recreation instead of q
tyrannical business, and those who see
this olearl y can do much toward making
IL 80 -Phil.delphia Press
Two Doctors.
Almost every one has made his jcsa
about the psoOeness OF doctors to dis
agree. the on, prescribing exactly al op-
posite ooursG from that ordered by an
other, but net every ono has had an OPP
portunity toconduot such an experiment.
as was mad, by the late Baron Luts.
formerly pri no minister Of Bavaria.
The baron was once severely wounded
In battle In both lsgs. Ths wound In
one leg was much like that in the othcr.
Il struck hi i'm that there was q chance
Ia study the ways Of the surgical pro-
fession and sesuile the long hours Of his
convalescenoa. He accordingly called in
one doctor and gave him charge OF hia
right leg, but told him nothing about
The wound IL the other, and then called
In another dc ctor for his left leg, keep
Ing him sin ilarly in ignorance about
the wounded right log
The doctors adopted very different
method Of treatment, but both wounds
| healed at about the same time When
| the baxoo's legs were quite well, be de-
| rived great deal Of amusement from
| getting the doctors together and mysti-
flying them with questions about the
way each had trsatsd This lag ''--At.
tauta Coordination.
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Nn,c. do Ponpndour.

Nine. de 'ompadour was not, accord
ing TO the testimony of her cnntempora-
riss, ii beauty, nor anything more than
fairly good looking woman. She gain
ed her influence by her pleasing man
nsis and her wonderful tact and ad dress.
Her chief beauty was her hair, which. to
increase her apparent height. she wore
IN the fashion that has since borne bar
name
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Washing Dirty Linen.

washing dirty linen in public" Is
probably an old proyerbial saying. IL
was made famous by Napoleon. who
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, 1897-02-17

The word sunny borrowed It's original
significance from astrology. 1t described
q person born under the influence Of the
sun. this luminary being supposed to
exercise a beneficial influence GU the
character Of the individual
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-17

The sea bladder consists Of a parent
animal, with its own air bladder, and
from which to 500 children attach TO
It by hairlike membrane. The who's
family moves together
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LOWER MICHIGAN SERVICE.

Ocean steamship tickets for sale.
500 Pacific line for Pacific coast points.
L. r. LARKE,
Commercial Agent.
426 Spalding House Block.
Duluth.
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duluth South Shore
g. Atlantic Railway.

3INEST SERVICE OUT OF DULUTH, NEW
BUFFET DINING CARS LATEST
MODEL.
WAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS FOR
CANADA BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-15

nnAncier from the City Of Mexico. left for
. nome tbs evening after 1 stay * several
LIZ. Lucien cervantes. promoter fiscal
o. me Federal court at Nuevo Laredo. will
MT. Charles Pearl. heavily interested IN
me MEXICAN Mercantile company. imnort'
ere ana exporters and Commission snsr.
cnanw, q Tampico. passed through hero
,ouay en- his way to Europe to visit h,s =.
years. 'Su AZ iourtecn
Inc city council has resolved to main, IN
81 ,ne interior part Of the city hail. Witch
WI. add greatly to the beauty Of this i'm.
portant public edifice. 1A-
part OF the Nineteenth battalion A..
rived here last Friday, ~
ory goods clerk and a tailor haa
pat.ie with stones on the street yester,iav
ana the tailor came out second best.
Cne OF the brakemen Of the Nat,ona,
Eailroad company went to sleep mildly last
nignt after securing his pants we'll nnder
ms Pillow, which contained $50 is. int
wnen he had passed his dreams and awoss
TINS morning. he found that his fifty Mex.
no clue. ~ '1e'e -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-15
shnt HIS Arm ON.

Cuero, Texas. November 14.-FrIday
evening little Mexican boy had his arm
shot off at Thomaston. He and an Older
brother were hunting The brother lad
climbed tree for something. when the
little boy picked up the gun and said he
was going to shoot. In trying to cock the
gun it was discharged and shot his arm
almost completely of. Mr.. E. f. Pridgen
was the first to reach him and by tightly
holding the arm the blood was checked
until the doctors came. The arm was am
putated.
Otto. the little son OF Mr.. Otto Staeriier,
was kicked by horse yesterday eveLing
and severely injured and for while II
was thought he was seriously hurt. but he
is doing better this morning
The commissions court adjourned yes
terday evening The court is discussing the
matter OF establishing n poor farm ard Will
investigate the conduct Of farms in other
counties TO ascertain the cost and advan-
tages of same before taking any definite
action.
Rev. l.. G. Mathis breaches his farewell
sermon at the Methodist church today. He
and his family will leave Tuesday for
Lockhart. their new home. They will lear
with them the best wishes OF large con-
gregation and host OF friends.