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Sunday labor in the Rand gold fields
in South Africa is permitted. for'bhe first
time now by a recent vote ofthe Trans
ynal VolllSraad.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17
Hoods Pills cure indigestion, biuousness
b. & O. improvements Completed.

The improvements on the Main Line Of
the Baltimore and Ohio, west of, and be-
tween Martinsburg, w. Va, and Moth
Mountain, have been completed N0vem-
Der LIST. They cover a distance OF nearly
four miles, starting three miles west of Mar
tinsburg, and extending some distance
west of Myers Hole, which is near the North
Mountain station. At Myers Hole the line
was changed, taking out some very OBJ
jectionable curvature, and the rOadbed
raised nearly fifteen feet, eliminating two
grades of AZ feet per mile which came to-
gether at Myers Hole and substituting there
for an almost level track. This point on the
road has always been dangerous one, and
many freight wrecks have occurred there.
Apart from doing away with the dangerous
feature of two sharp down grades coming
together, as was the case in this instance,
the saving in operation of the road by the
change will be very large, as it enables the
tons per train to be greatly increased and
reduces the liability of accident to the min
imum. At Tablers the road-bed has been
lowered about l3 feet, and the same at
Tabs, besides taking out Objectionable curv.
allure and reducing the rate of grades at
these points from AZ feet per mile to 10 feet
per mile, thus increasing the cars that can
be hauled per train. Though these improve
ments have cost quite sum of money, the
expenditure is fully justified by the great
saving in operation.
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loom" PAUL ASHLAND RABBEE
Property Owners Robbed of Their
Possessions by Transvaal Rulers.

property Owners Robbed of Their
Possessions by Transvaa1 Rulers.
In the confscation of private prop
erty the rules of this so-called republic
have exhibited facility and refinement
of method which would make the old
fashioned oriental despot green with
envy. They have done more than this.
BY one blow they have despoiled burgh-
ers of their farms, set the constitution
at defiance, paralyzed the judicial sys-
tenn and brought into jeopardy the in
dependence of the highest tribunals in
the land. Many years ago far-seeing
Scotsman named McCorkindale found
ed the colony of New Scotland, near
Lake Chrissie, on the eastern borders.
He acquired large estate, but at his
death the government disputed his title.
The executors at once appealed to the
supreme court. Having a clear convic-
ton that the judges would confirm Nc
Corkindale's claim, the executive
brought the matter before the volks.
laad, and that servile body, to oblige its
autocratic master, passed besluit, or
resolution, forbidding the Scotsman's
executors right of access to the court.
Unfortunately, the judges of that day
obeyed the raad's mandate, and, deem
ing themselves powerless to interfere,
dismissed the appeal, while confessing
that on its merits the claim was just.
The widow was robbed of As farms
100000 acres of land-and she died
few years ago in little cottage here in
Pretoria.
The success of this drastic proceeding
emboldened the oligarchy to try it
again. A naturalized German named
Doms, in 1870, 1871 and 1872 bought %
farms in the west of the Transvaal. He
obtained them from border chiefs, and
occupied the land for IA years. A COM
mission was appointed to investigate
his claims; their work was interrupted
by the British annexa ton; but they
confirmed his title to 81 of the farms.
Subsequently the government not only
refused to recognize his right, but gave
away a great part of the property to
their own beloved burghers. This
was the true inwardness of their motive.
Mr.. Doms thereupon took action in the
supreme court. Again Paul Kruger
came down to the obsequious raad and
begged for another besluit, for, said he,
if Doms is allowed to go into court he
will assuredly win his case, and that
will be highly inconvenient, because
the government has not the farms to
give him. Again the trucking law
makers, giving no consideration to the
merits of the issue, did as they were
ordered. AS before, the appeal was dis
missed and Doms was ruined. He be-
came insolvent, five farms out of 81
being all that were left to him, and
to-day he supports wife and family
by driving a cab on the streets of Pre-
toria.-London Telegraph.
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PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

-Zangwill's "Dreamers of the Ghet.
to" has just been issued. The author
went to Jerusalem to study the realistic
side of his subject.
A new novel by Sarah Grand will
appear in November, describing an in
tellectual woman's growth from girl
hood to marriage.
Florence Hull Winterburn has COM
piled her magazine papers on house
hold and social topics under the title:
Arrows in the Air"
Mrs. Maxwell Scott has written a
book called "The Making of Abbots-
ford" which will be interesting to all
admirers of Sir Walter.
"A revised and enlarged edition of
the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam, ed
tied by Nathan Hackell Dole, will be
issued for the holidays.
"A new volume of poems by Harriet
Prescott Spofford is called "In Titian's
Garden, and Other Poems" 1t is said
to contain much of her best work.
Among James Otis new books for
children are 'The Boys of Fort Schuy-
Ter" and "The Signal Boys of u.s." the
latter being story of the siege of Bos-
ton.
Grant Allen is accused of adopt
ing pen name-Mr. Gordon Seymour
supposed to be the author of "The Rude
ness of the Honorable Mr.. Leather
head"
"A new edition of 'Boswell's Life Of
johnson" will be edited by Percy Fitz-
gerald. 1t will have biographical die
tionary of everybody mentioned by Bos-
well.
The first woman to edit magazine
in this country was Mrs. Harriet F..
Donlevy, who edited the famous Lowell
Offering, to which Lucy Larcom con-
tributed.
A posthumous book by Philip Gil
bert Hamerton, "The Quest of Happi-
ness" is in press. The author was writ
ing the final words two hours before
his death.
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arrangen snts in case he did not come

arrangen ants in case he did not come
back.
"He asked me if Margie and me would
sleep here" Tom concluded. "Said 1t
would only be few days as you was
goin' away. Margie, she'll take the
milk then"
Instead of sleeping that night.
Agatha Clair thought. One result of
her thinking was that when Hardness
came in the morning she told him he
could not have Mamie.
II hardly expected Gene would part
with her." the man said, good-humored-
ly. would another ten be any induce
ment?"
Agatha shook her brown head de-
cidedly. Nothing you can offer will
induce us to let Mamie CO."
Fowler was to return Thanksgiving
morning. Would Eugene come with
him, or would he go north? There was
no way of communicating with him.
There was nothing Agatha could do.
Nay, there was one thing-she could
pray. Sometimes she would fall upon
her knees and assail Heaven with
prayers that were demands. Again the
peace that had filled her heart when a
child at her mothers side came to her,
and she trustingly asked that Eugene
might come home to find a different
wife from the one whose discomfort had
driven him away.
Thanksgiving came. The sky was
gray and lowering, while the east wind
brought, ever and anon, gust of snow.
The train would reach the village a
mile away at II. Before that time
Agatha's arrangements were complet'
ed. In the oven turkey was brown
ing, vegetables stood in readiness for
the stove. The table was bright in it's
best array of linen, china and silver.
There were quivering molds of amber
Jelly, dish of oranges garnished with
green leaves, and at Eugene's plate, a
cluster of pink carnations.
The whole house was bright and cozy.
Agatha, in the gray dress with scarlet
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The third day after the scene at the
breakfast table, Mrs. Ferris, called and
asked Agatha to accompany her to a
meeting of the sewing society. The
young wife eagerly accepted the invita-
ton. 1t would enable her to forget, for
little time, at least.
Agatha went rapidly about her toilet.
Her guest was seated in the dining
room, and by leaving the door open
ing the hair brushing and dress chang
ing.
"Where are you going to spend
Thanksgiving? Mrs. Ferris asked,
while she studied the arrangement OF
the violet-strewn silkolene drape on the
shelf near her, secretly wondering if
she could not initiate it.
Thanksgiving" Agatha repeated,
with hard, little laugh. "There is to be
no such day in my calendar. can't think
Of one thing that L am thankful for,
unless it is that this dull life will soon
Kill me-"
"Why, Mrs. Clair! 1 supposed that
y
Clair were still living in the borderland
of bliss that lovers imagine will last"
There was a moments silence.
Agatha was busy fastening the collar
OF her pretty green serge. Outside the
window, opened to admit the crisp au-
tumnal air, white-faced man leaned
against the house, the golden straw
with which he had been covering the
pansy bed blowing unheeded about his
feet.
81 am thankful that we have merged
into the land of common sense. 1t we
had done it year and half ago life
might still mean something for me.
Now see have made a mistake"
Ten minutes later Eugene Clair came
forward to put his wife and Mrs. Ferris
into the waiting carriage. He replied
courteously to the question of his
neighbor, and as they were starting,
said:
"Good-by, Agatha"
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trimmings that Eugene liked so we'll,
was watching at the window.
Everything was done. Think as best
she could there was not one task re-
naming undone with which she could
busy herself. Nothing to do but watch
that dreary road which wound around
the hill.
If he did not come-Agatha's breath
came in short, quick gasps. She had
said she had nothing to be thankful for.
All, could she go back to that day she
would ask no choicer boon of Heaven.
Hark! the train was whistling at the
station. 1t would not be long now.
She resolutely turned away from her
watch, making tour of the house and
keeping away from the window for ten
minutes.
He was not yet in sight.
But why give these details? Those
W no have kept like vigil will under
stand, and to no others can words tell
the story. When the clock chimed IL,
Agatha threw herself OH the lounge and
the tears had their own way.
Not coming back" she cried. 90,
Eugene! How can live without you!"
She did not hear the slow step on the
porch. At the opening of the door she
raised her head.
Eugene! Thank God, Eugene!"
He did not understand, but he took
her in his arms and there she sobbed
out the whole story.
"But your visit to Orley-" he hest
tated little over the words, "you bet
ter go, Agatha, now we have the money.
1t is dull here for YOU"
Her hand was laid softly on his lips.
"We haven't the money. l did not let
Mamie go. knew you loved her and
was only parting with her to crafty
my foolish wilkins. AS to it's being dull,
you are here, Gear. I am so glad to be
with you once more. I know, for the
first time in my life, what Thanksgiv-
ing really meansl"-Hope Daring, in
Good Housekeeping.
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But Agatha was too busy covering her
dress with the robe to do more than
nod in reply.
The sun, red and angry-looking, was
just disappearing behind the forest
crowned hills west of Agatha's home
when Mrs. Ferris left her at the gate.
The wind walled loudly around the
house, and the young wife shivered as
she hurried up the path.
81 hope Eugene will have fire." she
said to herself. 'He always remembers
such things"
For once he had not remembered.
The house was empty and cold. On the
table lay letter addressed: agatha"
Chilled by nameless terror she car
ried it to the window and, by the dim
light, read:
Dear Agatha: 1 have chance to go
with Fowler to Chicago with carload OF
horses. Must start at once and be gone a
week. Hardness is coming in the morning
to see about Mamie. Tell him he can have
her for SIPS. He will pay you. Take the
money and go to Orley, you can get your
new clothes after you get there. Stay as
long as you like and enjoy yourself, I'll get
along nicely, and if Fowler makes me a
good offer will go directly to the lumber
camps for the winter Ever yours,
EUGENE"
"Sold Nanrie!" Agatha gasped. "Eu-
gene gone for week and l ann to tell
Hardness that he can have Nannie!"
Mamie was beautiful black colt.
Agatha knew how proud her husband
was of the intelligent animals beauty
and grace. She had often heard him de-
clare that money could not buy her.
And Hardness was noted for his cruelty,
the last person into whose hands Eu-
gene would be willing to place Mamie.
Then that mention of the lumber
camps and the hints that he might not
return. What did it all mean? Was it
because of her words that morning that
he was trying so hard to secure money?
When the hired man, who lived in the
tenant house, brought in the milk,
Agatha learned that Eugene had made
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nerves are crying out for assistance.
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THE TURN OF LIFE

Is the most important period in q wo-
mans existence. Owing to modern
methods of living, not one woman in a
thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
a train of very annoying and some
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint.
feeling that follows, sometimes with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17
A Curious Island.

One of the most curious islands in the
world is Merken, in the Zuyder Zee.
Horses and trees are unknown to the
natives, as also is drunkenness. The
island produces one crop year, viz,
hay, and the women manage the grow
ing and harvesting of this.-Chicago
Chronicle.
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Indeed, Eugene" was note of
irritation in her voice-"1 fail to see
why a woman should be pronounced
crazy because she expresses desire to
visit her home after an absence Of
year and half"
"Home!"-he echoed the word a lit
tie reproachfully, his eyes wandering
around the neat dining-room. "This is
home, Agatha. The first real one we
have either of us had for years"
The color deepened on the wife's
cheeks. Her husbands words were
true; her girlhood's home, with an
uncle in distant city, had not been
happy one. This uncle had been too
proud to let his sisters child earn her
bread, and as there had been more pride
than love or money in the home Agatha
had realized the bitterness of the bread
of dependence.
The cozy farmhouse, shared with the
quiet man who had won her love, had
seemed a haven of peace. Used all her
life to the hustle of a city and to home
crowded with gay young life, Agatha
began, after time, to long for change.
Just now letter from her cousins, tell
ing of concerts, lectures and parties,
made the uneventful winter stretching
before her look very dreary.
She sat toying with her spoon until
her husband had finished his break
fast. Then she looked up, a coaxing
light in her soft, gray eyes.
"Why can't we go, Eugene?"
"Can't afford it," he replied, little
ungraciously, for her persistence an
noyed him. Besides, the railroad fare,
there'd be lot of new clothes wanted
and"
"Clothes!" Agatha was angry now.
Really, I didn't suppose you knew that
a woman ever had to have clothes. I've
seen nothing Since ] was your wife to
show any such knowledge on your part.
I'm tired of this scrimping and saving
and stagnating."
There was pause. Husband and
wife confronted each other, both with
flushed faces and hurried breath.
"And Pm" he began, holly. Then,
moved by some memory, he stopped.
A moment later he cried out: "Ah,
Agatha, I never dreamed that you felt
that way! It cost so much for us to
start, and the crops have been poor. I
thought you understood" and break
ing off abruptly he strobe out through
the kitchen on his way to the barn.
AS the heroine of nineteenth CEN
fury story, Agatha should have sat
down and burst into tears. But there
was little of the heroic about her. She
was only an ordinary woman whose
temper was aroused, although not to
such an extent that she could entirely
forget the usual chord of pain in her
husbands voice. However, she went
about her work, setting down her pref
ty china with an unnecessary amount
of energy, and saying to herself: 81
think it downright mean in Eugene. I
wonder how shall ever endure this
long, lonesome winter! No place to go,
land no one to see."
The matter was not referred to again.
But there was cloud between husband
and wife-the first since their wedding
day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17
A Big Regular Army.

The mightiest host of this sort is the army
of invalids whose bowels, livers and stoHsaehs
have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters.. A regular habit of body is brought
about through using the Bitters, not by NO.
lently agitating and gripping the inteseines,
but by reinforcing their energy and causing
Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia, and tendency
to inactivity of the kidneys, are conquered
bv the Bitters
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Wherein Nobbleton shows Sense.

by, sis overcareful about many things, but
in many ways he shows great common sense
For instance: He always carries with him
postal cards appropriately addressed, and if
he is suddenly called away anywhere-and
his business is such that he is liable to be
at any time-he puts word or two on one
of his postal cards and puts it in the nearest
letter box. He may not have time to stop
and write or to telegraph, but he can a.
ways find time to drop this postal card; an!
it relieves the minds of the folks at home.
In this l think MIDDLETON shows sense. IN.
W
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A Lantdarian Feat.

After several unsuccessful attempts
and three years labor the feat of cut
ting ring out of single diamond has
been accomplished by the patience and
skill of Mr.. Antoine, one of the best
known lapidaries of Antwerp. The
ring is about three-quarters of an inch
in diameter.-N. Y. Sun.
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There Are Others,

Are. you stakeholder in any of taese
Klondike schemes?"
81 guess you might call me stakeholder
had hold of him, ''but Pm beginning to ehink
that stuck holder would be the better
phrase. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17

If we had to live near woman who is al
ways practicing singing by herself, we doubt
if life would be considered worth living
Washington Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17

Like rubber are the muscles after
st. Jacobs Oil cures soreness and stiffness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17

The miner cannot hope to succeed unless
he gets down to business-Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-17

What the fox lacks in legs, he has to make
up in cunning.-Ram's Horn.
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Surprised? Why? A very bad sprain
Cured by st. Jacobs Oil. A sure result,
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chills, as if the
heart were go
ing to stop for
good, are symp-
toms of a dam
gerous nervous
trouble. Those
hot flashes are
just so
many calls ~
from ma AS
ture for ~
help. The
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AREAL
THANKSGIVING.

WO WEEKS from
t m orr ow j S
Thanksgiving. Let
us go to Orley to
spend it."
go to Orley!
Why, Agatha, you
must be crazy!"
Agatha c. a i r
pushed back her
unfinished cup of
coffee. a decided