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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
The Boats New Name

MISS MARG'RET hated to leave
wi Towertown in the spring, when
the lily of the valley bed was beginning
to be irresistibly sweet and the lilac
blossoms were still fiecking the tender
green grass by the side porch. Still,
her brother Edward the beloved broth
er Edward, whom she had never visited
since he moved to the city, ten years
beforehand written that he could not
as usual come to see her that spring,
and so she must pay him the long-prom-
;sed visit that he and his family had
hoped for SO long in vain. Miss Marg'-
ret always smiled at the mention of
brother Edwards family" 1t had
been the hardest thing in the world to
make herself believe that the pretty
pink-and-white girl was really wife,
and that the sturdy three-year-old boy
was Edward, Jr. The ''baby" she had
never seen, for the tiny maid had ar
rived since the family" had been down
last May for it's annual visit at Ed
wards old home. Mrs. Edward-Lol-
lie, as her husband always called her
wanted to take the new daughter back
cast to see it's maternal grandparents
in few weeks, SO the sojourn in Tower
town would have to be dispensed with
for that year. Consequently there was
nothing left for Miss Marg'ret to do but
pack her little trunk and set off for a
perilous journey to the great and awful
city to see Edward and Edward, Jr.,
dimpled, sweet-mouthed Lollie, and
best of all the new baby, christened
Margaret, in honor of the prim, little
spinster aunt down in sleepy Tower
town.
1t was drowsy, sunny spring morn
ing when the train trailed into the
Towertown station and found a very
fustered little lady on the platform.
AT the sound of the stopping of the huge
grinding wheels Miss Marg'ret's thin
fingers gripped closer the various bags
and parcels which she insisted upon
leaving to the care of no one else in the
world, much to the distress of the freck-
led Tom, who edged close to her and
wondered why the "missus" had all at
once come to the conclusion that he was
not capable of managing her affairs, as
he had done since her father died &c
years ago. 1t was great point of woe
to Tom, too, that he was not allowed to
go clear to the city with Miss Marg'ret,
for she hadn't gone as far as the hill
farm or even to the cemetery in all
these years since Edward had moved to
the city, without the company of he1
faithful servant. Still, she seemed bent
on taking things in her own hands and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
HORRIBLE DEPRAvITY.
The Shameless Creatures HUSBAND
Worked for n Living


Worked for a Living.
.! didn't see Mrs. Tavistock at your par
ty,o Mrs. Highrocks.
invite her,
good friends"
There was a time when I thought she
was rather nice, but l was deceived. I
wish to forget her"
Indeed, your words surprise me very
I called on her.
ut was unfortunate. Still, there's no use
worrying about it now We are not the
only ones who were deceived. The only
thing we can do is to ignore her hereafter,
and in that way show her that we have
found out the truth
but you have not told me what the
shameless creature did | do hope there
will be no scandal in which our names will
have to figure"
ooh, no, there isn't likely to be scandal.
| supposed, at first, that her husband was
wealthy"
"Yes?"
"And now it turns out that he is mere.
" working on a salary, and a small one at
that"
"Merciful heavens! And she has nv card
In her basket!"-Cleveland Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
HE HATED TO LIE.
A Negro Pioneer Who Rose Superior
to His Prejudice.


to His Prejudice.
William Thomas is negro whose remark
able aim in life is to, under all circumstances,
tell only the truth. William was indicted
by the next to the last grand jury for grand
larceny, and he was brought from jail this
morning to be arraigned. Thomas has what
is termed tough case" so he agreed with
the prosecutor to plead guilty and receive
the minimum sentence-two years in the
penitentiary.
''Stand up, Thomas" said Judge Wofford.
Are you guilty or not guilty."
Judge" answered the man. with a sigh,
II do hate to tell lie, bit l guess I'll have
to. I'm guilty."
ooh, you hate to tell lie, do you? 1
won't let any man plead guilty if he thinks
he is innocent. You'll stand trial"
This was exactly what Williams attorney
did not want.
"Your honor" he said, "this man is not
accustomed to court ways. He did not mean
that"
That's right, Judge 1 never was in
court before, and l don't think quite got
YOU"
"You may not understand much law" re-
torted the court, ''but you know whether
you went into that store and stole those
goods"
ooh, yes, sir, done that"
1.-TWO years. kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
AFTERMATH.
Then this brief. hurried life is done to you

When this brief, hurried life is done to you
and me,
And day and night shall be as only one
When years shall come and go as some
still mystery,
Unlighted by the stars, unblazoned by
the sun
What gain then shall it be that we have
lived our day?
What token shall we leave that we have
passed this way?
Above our resting place when grass Is
matted deep,
And dim as legend grown the carven cpl
taph,
Shall some one in his heart our memory
guard and keep
Shall in some grateful soul a living mono
graph
Be written fair and deep in gratitude that
we
Had lived our little day of loss and vic
tory?
Shall some one gently say: "'Twas he
who blest my life;
He helped to help me on to better thought
and Decd
He gave me of his strength in struggle and
in strife,
He pointed out to me a wiser, better
creed;
He gave me help and hope when had only
fear,
And filled my timid heart with brave, he
roic cheer?"
Shall some one kindly say: His life was
not in vain,
Unless tbs vain to help some struggling
soul,
That CROPPED its heavy way in sorrow and
in pain,
Out to the light to some dear wished-for
goal,
And pointed where the clouds were part
ing overhead,
And changed to sweetest joy a grieving,
hurting dread?"
We need not stop to guess, or halt to rea-
son why
This act or that be right. if it be only
right;
Some day, some time, some tarrying by
and by
When all our vagueness shall be lost in
plaineSt sight
Then shall we know, to have done our best
was best,
And failing, fail to be in rich completeness
blest.
The good we do lives on and on and never
dies,
No fragment of a kindness turns to
mold;
A gracious deed hath life that quickens,
multiplies,
ana yleIoS store OF ten, yea twenty
fold.
We may be grieving-heart bowed and
tempest tost,
Yet be our comfort this, no good is ever
lost.
Our hands may empty be, but grieve not
thus nor cry,
Though all our harvests halt and tarry
in the year,
Some one shall reap them, some one by
and by;
So sorrow not, nor grieve, nor shed one
little tear.
Go faithful on and on, wherever trends
your path
1t reaches to the skies, lifes blessed aft
ermath.
IS. 3. McManus. in Rams Horn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, nervous, smartng
feet and instantly takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen S Foot Ease makes
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cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, ach-
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Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
Ancient Methods of Signaling.

The fabulous honor of being the
is bestowed by certain classical writer's
upon the ingenious Palamedes. This
hero may have introduced improve
ments in detail, but it is certain that
long before the time of the Trojan
war the Egyptians and Assyrians, if not
the Chinese and other nations of re-
mote antiquity-of whom monumental
records alone remain to us-had de-
veloped regular methods of signaling
by fire, smoke, flags, etc. The great wall
built by the Chinese ages ago, and
1900 miles long, is studded with tow
ers. Between these signals were in
terchanged when troops had to be col
lected in order to resist attack at any
point threatened by the Tartars or
"outer barbarians." By Maj. Bou-
cheraeder and others it has been con-
sidered that the huge tower of Babel
was erected for similar as well as for
number of different purposes. That
is to say, for the signaling not neces-
sarily of any particular words or SEN
fences, but of expected events, impe-
rial DEGREES, military orders, and other
matters intended to be understood
through conventional signals, whether
of lights, flags, semaphores or other
devices, by all the motley host of ma
tionalities and languages of which the
Chaldean empire was composed.-Co
hill Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
From Two Sides.

my son." said the philosopher, "you
know the adage, don't you? Never put all
your eggs in one basket. Then if an accident
happens only a portion of them will be
broken. So with your money. Don't put it
all in one bank"
eyes" returned the son, who knew few
things, too, "but in scattering your money
around among banks you only increase the
chances of getting left by cashiers. "-Chica.
go Evening News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
EahuIous Wealth.

The ''incalculable mineral wealth" of new
ly found mining regions largely run by syn
dicates and promoted by transportation
companies is in too many instances really a
fable. The products of industry in legiti.
mate fields of enterprise nearer home are far
surer and promise more stable rewards. No
one will go unrewarded in the matter of i'm.
proved health who use regularly Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for malaria, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, biliousness, &c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
German Colony of EpiIeptics.

In Bielefield, Germany, there is COD
ony of epileptics numbering about
1,50o. The colony was established in
1868 and patients from all parts OF the
world go there for treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04
ATTRACTIVE WOMEN.
EXTRACTS FROM MRS. pINKHAMs NOTE Boox.l

rs greatest gift is the power to inspire admiration
RM There is beauty in health which is more attr;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

Take care of your pennies and some one
of your dollars for you.-Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

i health which is more attractive to men than
ere regularity of feature.
To be a successful wife, to retain the love
nd admiration of her husband, should be a
woman S constant study. At the first indica-
4 ton ofill health, painful menses, painsin the
= side, headache or baclSache, secure Lydia E.
Il Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, and begin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

The gray matter behind the other fellow
brow causes many man to feel brow beat
en.-Chcago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

Fortify Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-04

I could not get along without Pisos Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures.-Mrs.
4. G. Moulton, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, '94
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

the eyes, the hair and the carriage will tell
the STORY when woman is ailing. 1t is
ir11possible for woman to be in good gem
era1 health when some local trouble is con-
tinually nagging at her nerves and disar-
ranging the natural functions of every organ
of the body DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scriptiou is the best of all medicines for
women who suffer from local weakness
and disease peculiar to their sex. 1t acts
directly on the delicate and important
organs concerned. 1t makes them strong,
healthy, vigorous and elastic. 1t allays in
fanmation, heals liberation, soothes pain,
tones and builds up the nerves and BAN
ishes the usual discomforts of the expec-
tant months. 1t makes baby's advent easy
and almost painless. 1t enables every
organ Of the body to perform its natural
functions without unnatural interference
from pain-tortured nervous system. 1t
corrects all irregularities A woman who
is made well in this way will recover her
natural beauty of form and feature and her
natural an1iability of character and temper.
Thousands of women have testified to its
merits. An honest dealer will not urge a
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Mrs Rachel Clark, of Houlton, St croix Co.,
have taken DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription.
I gave birth to q I2H pound boy last Juue. He
is six months old now and weighs 80 pounds"
How to preserve health and beauty are
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Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02
THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE
WEST.
(Charles Moreau Harger in Harper's Mag
azine.)

(CnarleS Moreau Larger IN HarperS Mag
azine.)
The period of settlement in the middle
West is gone. never to return. The time
of extravaganza will not be repeated, for
its lessons were burned deep into the
hearts of all. 1t left behind broken hopes,
tormenting debts, ruined homes, blighted
ambitions. The prophecies upon which ID
was based can again receive no credence
from those who saw the wreckage Of the
receding financial wave. Without ex-
travagance there is little danger of great
depression. Short crops may, and doubts
less will come; prices may fuctuate and
Localities have their rise and fall: but
with plans laid on conservative lines, and
the motto 'Pay as you go'' made the IN
DERIVING principle of the coolies business
dealings. widespread Or long continued
bac kslidings will be impossible.
The period on which the West is enter.
nent prosperity; it is based on those
things which are not influenced seriously
by climatic vagaries. The hot winos
may come, but the Kaffir corn and cane
will wave green banners. The rains NAV
be far between, but the milk cart will
continue its journey to the creamery.
Hail may fall, but the cattle ON the level
reaches will not be hurt. Diversified
agriculture will provide for failure in
single crop by giving yields of others.
Irrigation will lend its aid in opportu ne
places to insure bountiful gardens. In
short. the West is settling down to make
the most OF the resources which it possess
es, and has ceased worrying about those
it possesses not. In that lies the secret
of it's future, and 80 generally is this
recognized that the prairies ought to ho
taken out of the ''doubtful list'' oil d
planed with those portionssof the nation
of which certain results can be predicted.
and where unvarying advances follow the
seasons round. This Is the ideal of the
West, for this it is working, and over the
threshold of such an experience its people
believe it has passed.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02
EFFECTS OF MAUsER BULLETS.
Medical Review on the Frightfu1 Wounds
of American Marines.
philadelphia Press. }

A noteworthy review of the effects Of
the Mauser rife bullets has just appeared
in the Philadelphia Medical Journal from
It's war correspondent. The opin, ons are
of especial interest, as bearing on the
disputed question, whether the bodies OF
the United States marines, recently killed
lat Camp McCalla, in Cuba, were mutt
f1ated by Spanish soldiers, as was de-
clared, or was it possible for the bull
blets from the Mauser rifles to cause such
kfrightful wounds The Medical Journal
Tstates that sit is well known that the de-
vstructive effect of these bullets varies very
much at different ranges, and depends a
good deal upon the part of the body
struck. Speaking generally, and suppos-
ing the range OF the bullet to be 1900
STards, it's effect in the first and last GOO
yards is much more destructive than in
thes intervening 600 yards This differ
ence is explained as follows: In the first
$780, the bullet has a motion around its
dong axis, in addition to the twisting
motion given by the rife, and it is the
double motion which does the tearing.
straight and does not take on the secon-
dairy rotary motion until it enters the
third zone and begins to lose its force.
Vhese phenomena are observed when a
top is spun. In the first few seconds it
has the double rotary motion, which
gradually disappears and it spins straight
until it begins to lose it's force, and as it
runs down it takes on the double rotary
motion again.
There are some very interesting facts
In connection with the explosive effect of
bullets in the report of Lieut., Benet. of
the army, whose experiments were per-
formed upon the cadaver at ranges of
from 80 to 1900 yards He states that
the zone of explosive effect was observed
to extend to $50 yards with 3O.calibrs
bullets. These effects, however, were
noted almost exclusively when the bullet
was found to have been badly deformed,
with its jackets wholly or partially
stripped off. These explosive effects up
to the distance quoted were not found,
however, when the muscular parts alone
were struck. In the joints and soft parts,
the wounds inflicted by the small calibre
bullet were less severe and partook of the
nature of simultaneous wounds. In this
connection Habart says:
The blood vessels are seldom torn
and not closed SO easily by coagulation
as those severed by leaden projectiles
The latter are more apt to bruise and lac
crate the blood vessels, facilitating there
by the formation of thrombi On &C
count OF the 6mallAr aDarfura in, tho eti n
and soft parts the wounds bleed generally
less than those made by the soft leaden
bullets, the hemorrhage is easily stopped
by coagulation."
Generally speaking, the effects noted
at 2,00O yards are more severe than in the
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

tissues. The first is due to the action of
the bullet itself; the second to the rapid
communication of the energy of the bull
let to the solid or liquid molecules it dis
places. Vast excavations are sometimes
followed out at the expense of the tissues
of a whole region. The holes of entrance
are small, but the orifces very large,
reaching to from Is to 90 centimeters in
diameter, which is accounted for by the
enormous energy that the projeotile COM
municates to the liquid or solid molecules
that it meets. Generally speaking the
greater the resistance offered the greater
will be the destruction, and the greater
the elasticity the less destruction. ss.ss
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02
STEAMERS.
CASC0 BAY STEAMBOAT ca.
Custom House Wharf.
WEEK DAY TIME TABLE

Commencing Thursday, April 2s, 1898
For Forest City Landing, Peaks Island. b45
$50 500, 900, 1880 a. M, 1900 M, Els. 31S
s 90, els, 7.30 p. III.
For Cushing's Island, $40, 500, 1890 a. m, 215
a15, 500. $40 p. m. -'
For Little and Great Diamond Islands
Trefethen's, Evergreen Landing, Peaks Island
615 7,30 p. m. N'
For Ponce's Landing Long Island, $50. 500
1880 a. 1n., 200, APO, els p m.
For Mariners Landing, Long Island, 1880 a.
= ~ RETURN.
1850 a. NJ, 10oi 49,. 3.45. $50 $50, $50 D. m.
Leave Ponce's Landing. sos, $780, 11.20 a. M.
$50, $40, 6.55 y. m. '
Leave Cushing's 7.o5, s.15. HOS a. M, 2B
$50 $40, $40 p. M.
Leave re Little Diamond. $50, 100 s2o a. m
Leave Great Diamond, 625 7l5 9.16, 1155 a.
M, 1890, 1926. $50, Ills. 7.55 p. m.
Leave Trefethen's, $50, no. 9.10, 1850 a. M,
1875, 3;20, 5.25, ITO, 800 p. M
Leave Evergreen, 6.15, 7.05, 9.05. 11.45 a. m
1910, 3.15, $40, 7.05, sos p. m.
Leave Mariners Landing, Long Island, 11.3o a.
Saturday night only, $50 p m. for all landings
Sunday Time Table.
For Forest City Landing, Peaks Island. 500
800, 1890 a. NJ, 1915, 2.15, 3.15, 500 p. m.
For Cushng's Island, 900. 1880 a. m. 12.15, 215
For Little and Great Diamond Islands.
Trefethen's and Evergreen Landings, 500, 800
;, 10. 20 a. m, Il. Is, 200. 40 p. m.
For Ponoe,s Landing. Long Island, 800. 1890
a. M, 200. 4.20 p. m.
For Mariners Landing. Long Island. 1880 a.
H., 200 p. m.
CIV. 7. COOLING. General Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject.
is narrated by him as follows: II was
in a most dreadful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
sides, no ppetite-gradually growing
weaker.day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately, q friend
advised trying Electric Bitters,' and to
my great Joy and surprise, the first bot
tie made decided improvement. l con.
t1nued their use for three weeks, and am
now well man. l know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another yio-
tim" No one should fail to try them.
only 90 cents per bottle at II. P. S.
Goods Drug Store.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

sity of careful and exact cooperation
between lanu and naval forces which en-
phasizes the Importance of reliable means
of communication between the war de-
partment and the fleet
Communication on the ocean Is one of
the practical difficulties attaching to the
sea as a scene of action which Iandsmen
seldom appreciate. The elaborate system
of signals, used in clear weather to con.
vey information from ship to ship can be
used only in limited number of cases,
and swift and sure despatch boat SER
vice is as important to modern COM
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

modore as it was to Nelson a hundred
years ago.
1t is no wonder that the arrival of
dispatches for the admiral, as pictured in
the illustration reproduced to-day from
Harper's Weekly, is an event of the
greatest interest to the sailors of feet at
sea. Instructions possibly for instant and
deadly battle may be carried by the
jaunty ensign, clanbering up the side of
the grim flagship, and the old tars keep
their eyes open Tor the futter of the we'll
known signals, meaning that the chance
has come for that glorious fight and VIC
tory for which they are all looking.