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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-29

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W&x<#$S A#N Year. with hours
383% <AfW so sweet.
O&S&EsIfI viii never come
W. again?
Or is it restless joy that thrills and leaps
From the dizzy spire and dome
That though the Old Year shall soon lie
asleep,
A glad New Year will come?
Look! as the Old Year sinks in dreamless
rest,
With weary sigh and moan.
The New Year, all in regal splendor dressed.
AScendS the vacant throne.
The light of hope is cleaning in his eyes
AS sceptered there he stands.
scroll with strange unspoken prophecies
He bears within his hands.
Tell me, New Year." ask. "of paths un-
seen
That wind far on ahead
Those shadowy regions where no foot hath
been
Except by fancy led
what waits beyond? win bloom and
sunshine lie
Where'er those pathways tend.
Or are there mountains towering grim and
high
Before the journeys end?'
All, though again question eagerly,
With mingled hope and fear.
He opens not the scroll of prophecy;
No answer do l hear.
The New Year only smiles; I may not know
What future hours may bring,
If DER me hopes sweet presence shall bend
low,
Or sorrows sable wing.
Old Year, how fair the country I have
passed.
What golden hours were they!
VIII not their radiance be softly cast
About my onward way?
Goodbye, goodbye, as music faint and
clear
Reechoed Ger the sea,
Shall be the joyous memories, Old Year.
That shall return of thee!
Alice Jean Cleator, in Ohio Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-29

L WAS late in the
a f t ernoon when
Mrs. Towns e n d
saw the last piece
of furniture trans
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS
LOW-RATE VACATION TRIPS VIA
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Ihe pennsylvania Railroad Company
has selected the following dates for its
popular ten-day excursions to Niagara
Fails from Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington August "a, September z
and n, and October s and 10. An ex-
periepced tourist agent and chapersn
viii accompany each excursion.
Excursion tickets. good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
or limited express trains, within ten
days, viii be sold at $40 from Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington. and
all points on the Delaware division:
fll.25 from Atlantic City; $500 from
lancaster $3.50 from Altoona and
Harrisburg; $3.50 from Sunbury and
Wilkesbarre; S5.75 from Williamsport.
and at propOrtionate rates from other
points. a stop-Over viii be allowed at
Buffalo, Rochester, Canandaigua and
Watkins within the limit returning.
A special train of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run with
each excursion. An extra charge will
be made for parlor car seats.
Tickets for a side trip to the ThoE-
sand Islands alexandria Bay) will be
sold from Rochester in connection
with excuraions OF July 27, August 10
and "a September z and q, good to
return TO Rochester or to Canandaigua
via Syracuse within Eve days. at rate
of $3.50.
Tickets for a side trip to Toronto
will be sold at Niagara Falls for 81 .0O
on July 20, August i2 and 90, and Sop
tember %. In connection with excHr.
sion Of September 2, tickets will be
sold to Toronto ard retsrn az reduced
rates, account Toronto Fair.
For time Of connecting trains anl
further Information apply To nearos
, ticket agent. or address GEORGE w
Boyd. Assistant General Passeneei
Agent Broad Street Station Philadel
phia.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
LIVING IN A SUN sox.
a New AunfraIian Institution for
the Treatment OF Com
sumption.

In two Australian towns away up 60
the mountains there are low instiiu-
tions for the treatment OF consumption
by the "new method" whichscalls for
little beside fresh air and food. he
''sun box" which the Australian doc
tors consider essential, is described by
the Melbourne Argus as frame struc-
ture, open at the top, about Six by ten
feet in size.
why, l lived in a sun box for years
when l first came TO the country. but
we used 10 call it hut in those days."
some readers win be ready TO exclaim.
fhere is this difference. however. be
tween, q hut and O sun box. that the
former is a fixture, unless a bush fire
or q hurricane comes a1ong, whereas a
sun box should be constructed on "a
pivot, or, falling that, on wheels, SO
that its front may be renhly tthne0
away from, The wfud. The reason' ia
that whila fresh Pure afrnnd sudlieht
inean, ,reneSSed heath to 'thc eonsump-
tive patient, the wind Is ihiurio,S.
II you have no sun boxes, theqjatient
must be takpn indoors whentyer the
wind blows, but, given your sun box 20
present It's back TO the wind, no matter
what quarter II comes from, and The
patient may remain in it all day.
In each Of these boxes two or three
patients are placed on mattresses, and
there they lie all day long and drink IN
the pure mountain air. II they are weak
their food is taken to them. otherwise
they get il in the home
Photographs show the treatment be-
Ing carried out right among the rlcam-
ing mountain snows--with the con-
valescent patients engaged in snow
balling
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
HUMOROUS.

Bill-"I thought you said yesterday
you were going to stop smokng?" Jill
-"I dds but 1 managed to borrow an
other dollar. '-Nonkers Statesman.
He-"Do yoE ever wonder why l love
you 50 much, darling?" she-"Oh, no,
You are not my only admirer. Between
us, am a little stuck on myself. Pos
ton Transcript.
Backing William Dean
Howells says the Spanish writer's Of
fiction are superior to ours That's
just what thought when ] used TO read
their war news. s.'--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
ABOUT the hottest thing / have seen
lately" As6ury Peppers remarked as
he speareu The best slice of meloh, was
an. Oh salt witlf peppery temperNyho
had just been fhustefcd out."-Cmcin-
hau En4iirpr.
= One Thing backing. wouldn't
think fhat wreck OF man over there
could speak, five languages" mo.
What caused his downfallY' Didn't
know how to say no."-Philadelphia
North American.
The Usual Place.-John-"D y
hear about Billy?" Jimmy-''No.
What's happened T. him?" John-"He
got IT in the neck" Jimmy-"Got
what?' John 9TH mumps. s."-phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Nae-"I promised TO give him my
answer to-day" Ethel-"Wen, don't
accept him until you find out what kind
of an engagement ring he is going TO
give you. Some men are so stingy
about suoh things."-N. Y. Journal.
A well-l,nown electrical engineer,
who through pure merit, achieved the
degree OF Ph. D., was asked by n lady:
"Why do they call you doctor?" "Be-
cause ] have the degree Of Ph. d."
''Oh," observed the lady. with awaken
ing interest. doctor of pharmacy or
drug cleri2"- Electrical Review.
There's little expansionist living in
the upper section of the city whose
father is an officer in Gen. Otis army.
She was recently taken but to dinner,
and I'm reply TO q query as TO where her
father was, replied; "0h, he's oway
of there" pointing to the east, fight
ing the Observation-Disclosures
North American.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Some snsnestiOns Regarding Various
Matters IN the Domestic
Departments

"Aunt Mary's faYorite pudding" is
so much of a foyorite that IL will bear
passing on Scald pint and half
OF milk in o double boiler, then stir'in
fom tablespoOnfuls of cornstarch dis
solved in a little cold milk and four
tablespoonfuls of sugar Cook half an
hour; a longer time is better yet; and
flavor to taste. just before removing
from the fire add the whites OF four
eggs beaten stiff, and pour at once into
cups. Scald in another basin a half
pint of milk and the beaten yolks of the
four eggs. As soon as it thickens sweet
en- and flavor. When both are cold, and
just before serving, turn the blanc
mango from the cups on individual
dishes and pour some Of the yellow
custard about them.
Brushes and brooms should be kept
scrupulously clean by frequent wash
ing. Ammonia is cheap and the best
ching TO use. allowing two tablespoon
fuls 10 a phil of water Do not get the
brushes wet where the bristles fasten
into the wood. 10 loosens the bristles
aud takes oil the vnrnish. The water
should be ogly lulsewarm. Brushes and
bsoQma- mag stand IN Il for half an
hour, then thoroughly riused vol
shaken end hung up IN cool place TO
dry.
Now that artificial zee is SO largely
used in theS large cities, word Of
warming from I'VE ancient fisherman"
may be appreciated. Never pat CLAIMS
-the soft-shelled-nea artificial ice, -
he declares. If you do, they will be
dead in half an hour and totally unfit
FOR use. The same caution applies as
wen 10 the catfish or bullhead. They
may be put I'm a covered dish and set
by the ice, but must never touch it.
just why these things be, does not ap-
/ pear to the casual observer, but fore
warned, forearmed."
An admirable substitute for the wax
candle has arrived, which dehes de-
lection, save in the absence Of grease
and incendiarian tendencies. These
candles are made of fine ivory, tinted
ware, and burn oil. They are supplied
with wiclSs and chimueys, which makes
il impossible for the shades TO catch
fire. They cost about IS cents each,
but will last a lifetime, and are worth
their. weight in gold in a saving Of
troublc and vexation.
Marrow balls for soup are favorits
German tit-bit. TO one-half cup o.
marrow mixed with two slices sealded
bread ad9 one cup rolled crackers. one
beaten egg, opesbaU teaspoonful salt, a
grating Of nutmeg and flour TO en-
able yon 20 roll easily into Balls Throw
Into the boiling soup five minutes be
fore serving and keep boiling hard
Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21

harmony. Colonel Bryan, or man
holding his views. may be elected forty
times a year; he is perfectly Bowerless
to change the currency system which
governs the man who has something
10 buy and the man who has some
thing to sell. II Is pure pretense on
his part that his election win establish
any other state of affairs than that ex-
listing. or undo "the crime Of 49,
1t is not that the activity OF the BIZ
metallic League need alarm anybody
with rents to collect or labor to sell.
We speak OF It as simply another IL
lustration OF the determination OF the
reckless national leaders OF the Demo
cratic party to renew a struggle that
laid it low, and will continue to lay
it low as long as they persist in IT,
The real crime, against which the spir-
It of Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden
cries out, is that Of lS96.-New Haven
Register.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
This Despiaed nird Has Some Good
Points-Birds as weed
Destroycrs.

The Year Book Of the department o
agriculture, Just issued, contains som
interesting information upon the spar
row question, derived from careful
Inquiry as 20 the food habits aud an
examination of tho contents of the
stomauhs of over 1000 of these birds.
"With all his faults," the Year Book
says, "the longlish sparrow does some
good by assisting In the work Of weed
seed destruction. Floclls of thousands
Of these birds may be seen every au-
tumn on the lawns Of the department Of
agriculture, feeding on crab-grass and
yard-grass - two weeds which crowd
out good turf-maldng grasses. The
English sparrow also deserves credit
for destroying seed Of the dandelion,
which is a prolific weed throughout the
United States, especially in lawns,
cemeteries aud pastures"
The English sparrow, the department
says, 'is considered pest" Itdoes not
pass an absolute judgment on its own
authority, however. The native spar-
rows, although they frequently sample
grain in -stubblefelds, have not as yet
been found guilty Of making serious
depredations. OF 10 native birds ex-
nmined, representing song, field, chip
ping, and grasshopper sparrows, only
two had eaten grain, while every one
Of the five English sparrows was gorged
with heat. In the destruction Of dande-
lion seeds the English sparrow IS aided
10y several native birds, chiefly the
sQng-sparro,v. but so for as observed,
the native birds usually DO not eutopen
daudeliops, bht feed upon those left oy
the English sparrow. OF THE frouble-
some weeds, especially among the hQed
crops, nearly every one Is an annual.
and its seeds. are generally eaten by
the native sfarEows during tho colder
| half of the Year Prof Beal, who has
carefully studied the uppeS Misgissippi
valley, estimates that En- tho state of
Iowa alone the tree sparrow annually
destroys about S7i tons Of wccd-sccd
during IFS winter soiourn.
DR.. Judd assistant IN biological sur
vey, in summarizing this chapter on
birds as weed-destroyers. asserts that
not less than so different birds serve
! man AlA iAiin NNIitFlAf ~ anu AlinA lNN
noxious plants which they help to
! eradicate number more than GO species
/ During the colder half Of the year food
! is furnished for many species of bird.
by well-lmown and widely-,listributed
! weeds. Gold-nnches destroy weeds
which are not touched by other birds
| confning their attacks chiefly 70 one
| group of plants, many of the members
Of which are serious pests But the
birds which accomplish most as weed
destroyers are the score ormore Of ma
/ tive sparrovs that flock 10 tha weed
patches in early autumn and remain
until late spring During cold weathc'
they require a gopd deal of food tC
keep warm. and they are hearty eaters
Because of their gregarrous habits
they are efficient consumers Of seeds ol
ragweed, pigeon-grass, crah-grass
bindveed, purslanc smartNeed and
/ pigweed. IN short, these birds are lit
tie weeders whose work is seldom no
ticed but always felt r Washington
/ Cor y. y. Post.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
PENINSULA NE Ws.

Clerk Ezekiel Cooper Of the Town
Council, OF Dover, has been instructed
to provide for the shipment of the
Spanish war trophy cannon, which is
loaned to the state by the National
War Department.
State Librarian Jefferson has placed
under lock and key the copy Of "Origi-
nal Settlements in Delaware" pur-
chased at the sale Of Ezekiel II. Coop
ers library. Several copies of this
book have disappeared from the State
Library
Walter Knotts. John Deakyne and
Charley Jones, OF near Smyrna, have
lost valuable horses by some unfamil-
lar disease. 1t is a proper case to re-
port TO the experiment station at New
ark.
Ezekiel T. Cooper's library OF law
and other books was sold last Friday
by the administrator. Most Of the
books sold low, as is usual.
A Gospel wagon" passed through
EllItOn on Thursday. 1t was n very
large and heavy vehicle. carrying five
persons besides a lot OF furniture, ETC..
and was drawn by one poor old horse
that looked ready to drop. The relig-
ion OF the occupants was evidently not
tempered with mercy to animals.
Two negroes preached and howled
in the Court House yard at Elkton on
Wednesday evening. The racket at
tracted a small crowd, but not a very
sympathetic one, as the collection only
amounted TO ~ cent? The negroes
begged that 1t might be raised 60 half
dollar but it remained at II cents.
A district convention OF the G.. U. o.
of o. r. will be held at the hall OF
Cheswold Lodge, No 4OH, in Ches-
void, on Thursday, August 81. The
Grand Lodge viii open at o'clock.
and a street parade viii be made at G
o'clock p. m. The members OF several
lodges and a club of wheelmen will
participate in the parade. which will
be headed by Professor Harper's Cor
net Band. The affair will wind IN
with a cake walk
Recorder of Deeds James Lord and
Clerk of the Orphans Court James a.
smith, of Kent county, took a cart.
load of records from Dover to Smyrna
on Wednesday, 30 ssttle titles in tho
Cummins estate.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
THE WEATHER.

New Yorks Heralds forecast.-ln
the Middle states and New England to-
day. fair, sultry weather and light TO
fresh southerly and sOuthwesterly
winds VIII prevail, with rising tenn
perature. followed by local thunder
storms t1 the Northern districts Of thfs
section. On Tuesday partly cloudy,
humid weather viii prevail with local
rain. fresh southwesterly Winds and
nearly stationary, followed by slowly
falling temperature, and on Wednes-
day partly cloudy 60 fair. with lower
temperature.
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday,
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland: Fair. con-
tinued warm Monday and Tuesday,
probably followed Tuesday afternoon
by thunderstorms and cooler, fresh
southerly winds.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
MUCH OvBRD0NE.
The Altogether Too CopiOus Gra-
ciousness OF Recent
svou Bride.


This is the wedding season. and
stories concerning the great event are
consequently in line.
people are very much surprised, '
said young and fashionable bride re-
Gently, "at the length Of my wedding
procession. If they only knew what
trouble had been through on that ac-
count / should not have been blamed OF
criticised for OVERRIDING the NATTER as
one of my friends said.
1T does seem a little ike crowdins
the delighted to have six bridesmaids
and, of course, the corresponding mum
Der Of groomsmen, but the way of II
was this; I felt pretty well disposed to-
ward the whole world, as one is apt to
when marrying the man of her choice
and in the plenitude Of my enthusiasm
Lwrote to all my old school friends in
yiting them to be pfese1it, and painting
the glorics of-the coming ceremony
with 20 EAaertaih pon.
Among my correspondents were two
sisters Who lived in the west. As soon
as / had sent the iefter-T' forgot all
abont'them, was SO busy arranging
details, Teceiving presents, etc. 1 had
invited four of my dearest friends to
be bridesmaids, and we spent days and
days discussing the all important ques.
ton OF their gowns. One dav re-
ceived long letter Of congratulation
from the western sisters, saying how
sorry they were that they could not be
present, but under the circumstances
they couldn't, the circumstances being
about four pages of trihing events
which conspired to prevent their ac-
ceptance.
Il did not care about the matter at
all, but / felt so genially disposed to-
ward everyone that I sat right down.
wrote them how heartbroIen was. as
/ had hoped TO have them for my
bridesmaids ooh, that little fbl) and
couldn't they think it over.
Talk about the tangled web Of de-
ceit! In a couple Of days I received a
telegram. Didn't understand we were
TO be bridesmaids. Expect us. such and
such a day; win order costumes when
we arrive.' ia my eQdeaTor to be par
ticularly gracious I had simply over
done the matter, as Is the way with the
would-be popular.
We'll, the sisters arrived. / had to
find two men, help the sisters with their
gowns, entertain them and act as if the
Inst wish Of my feeting maidenhooc
had at last been granted. They both
acted as if l owed them an eternal debt
OF gratitude for coming, and even asked
me once or twice If didn't think / had
Invited too many bridesmaids. AS you
know, my wedding procession looked
like stage affair, and 1 have been Sc
,erelN criticised ever since. ."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

II there is any truth in the assertion
of a London scientist that Adam was
a colorod man, it is certainly a mighty
lucky thing for the human race that
the Garden of Eden wasn't located in
Georgia.-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Let trade follow the Gag, but send
the Gag South Make opportunities
FOR the negroos-thar tropical race.
now fostering oar body polite in the
Southern States, to find free access 10
the tropics on this continent. Send
the Dag south-roledo Journal.
With man in the executive chair OF
each Southern State willing, like Gov.
ernor Gambler. TO get out OF bed In
the night, call ont the militia and take
personal command to stop a lynching
bee, lynchings would soon cease FOR
the good and sufficient reason tha
they would be impossible.-Philadel
phia Times.
Mr. GOebel is on trial as a receive
Of stolen goods. and ex-senator Black
burn is depended on to secure yer
dict OF mot proven but the evidenc
Is so clear and the jury so intelligen
that a punishment to ut the crime /
certain 10 be meted out.-Louisvill
Post
Some Of those Boston friends q
Aguinaldo may soon discover tha
Chief What's His-Name OF the YaQu
tribe is a third Washington.-Cle
land Plain-Dealer.
Altogether, the new interest take
in water power is one of the mo.
striking signs OF the times.-Clevelan
Leader.
The fault and blame for the preser
situation in the Philippine Islands liz
primarily at the door OF Congress. Ha
Congress acted promptly upon Philil
pine Affairs there would be no war L
day The present war requires vigo
Gus action. and President Mckinley
too fun OF the milk OF human kindnel
20 catch the nearest way. He Is not
president for = period Of war.-Por
land OregOnian.
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
mo crnr N. n nnr.

The car was taught ELglis., which
he speaks without any accent, by a Mr..
Heath. gentleman who was very fond
of boxing. An interesting picture is
given by a French writer of the early
life of the young ruler Of the Russians
Nicholas and his brothers were brought
Up with very little ceremony. though
they we're well educated. particularly
in religious matters. But their Sun
days were not passed iD a fashion
when the old Furitans would have app
proved Of. Cor op that particular day
they entertained ~ dinner their boy
and girl frierds. and very lively these
hauquets were. The manners at the
table of the future ear and his broth
crs and friends remind one rather of
the days of Peter the Great and the
way i'm which that monarch carried
On" for we are told that there was no
end 10 the tricks the host and their
small guests played. From end TO end
of she table there used to be continuous
firing Of bread pellets. which were per-
nctually striking princoly noses or
:snding in royal mouths"
Evening journal., 1899-08-21
FIRST DAILY WAS WRITTEN
London's Earliest Newspaper Was in
the Manuscript 81 It's Cor
respondents.

1t has been discovered that what may
be called the first daily newspaper was
manuscript letter written by sala1led
correspondents and forwarded to them
every "a hours from london to'the prov
inhes. That was in-the days ofthe early
STARTS
During the commonwealth these Lon
don letters were printed. in type and
circulated in large numbers. Even so
long ago as 1850 the law of libel was
such as to be characterized 10y Judge
scroggs as making any newspaper pub
iication Illegal and tending to provoke
a breach of the peace.
Defoe, the author of "Robinson
Crusoe," was one of the early journal
lists, his paper being called the Review.
Then there was Tutchin, whose weekly
publication, the Observer, cost, accord
ing TO evidence he gave ia cohrt OF
justice, half a guinea to print, though
the typesetier evidently raised price
TO 20 shillings. The Observer had a GER
Gfed circulation OF 266 copies.
Afterward there came the Grants,
Steele, Addison md johnson, who
might have lived IN the vicinity Of
Grubb street, but were court favorites
for all that.
The Times employed the first foreign
correspondent in the person of Henry
Crabb Robinson, and succeeded in
''scooping" the government itselfin the
news Of the battle of. Waterloo.