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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-29
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laXa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverS
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N z.
For sale by all ryuggists.-F vice Soc per bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-29

1t brings rest and comfort to the
weary body racked by pains of all sorts
and kinds. It's beneficial effects prove it
to be the great specific to be relied upon
for victory. Hoods neoer disappoints.
Salt Rheum-'M My mother was seri.
ously afflicted with salt rheum and painful
running sores. No medicine helped her
until Hoods Sarsaparlla was used, which
made her entirely we'll" EssE E. MAPLE
STONE, 1873 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
Tired FeeIing-"I had that tired, dull
feeling, dyspepsia, headaches and sinking
spells, but Hoods Sarsaparilla made me a
new man. never was better than now. I"
JOHN MACK, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-29
"Reace Hath
Her Victories

no less renowned than
qvar. " said Milton, and no4v,
in the Spring. IS the time
to get a peaceful vtctory
over the Impurities zvkich
haze been accommodating in
the blood during Winters
hearty eating. The ban
ner of peace IS borne alof
BY Hoods SarsapaTlla.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-29
NodJ SaadoboaM

EazzaslZ
Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the nonrritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsa parilla4
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-03-29

"No. - of the
Ii t t | e Simpsons
made its appear
ance on Easter day
there was an ami
mated discussion
as to an appropri-
ate name. Mrs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Wonderful Hairaressing.

Hairdressing in Zululand is an i'm
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attention paid to
the couture of the pair would shame the
performance of west end hairdresser
who arranges brides locks and fastens
the orange blossom chaplet.
A cone shaped erection, for instance,
is the lawful coiffure of Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone, the head of
Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose, while
as soon as youth is of manageable
age his head is shorn to leave ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which unguents no Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown, which is trained in circu-
lar shape and some four inches in diam
eter, a ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons, needles and small utility
articles and is very proud of his ring,
which is the badge of manhood. Gas
sells Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
How Banks Use Their Millions,

Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and
how they manage to pay interest there
on and yet come out at the end of the
year with a big profit on the business.
What they do is trade with the mon
ey. To the depositor they pay between
and per cent, but the money they
lend brings them in 3, 5. 6, Z and even
per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all
sorts Of securities, such as railway
debentures, government stock, public
company shares, dock warrants, bills of
lading, etc.
They also lend money on the security
of houses and land, but not to great
extent, as repayments are slow.
When couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back bill, the bank often lends with
out any security at all, but now and
again they have heavy and ruinous
losses on these loans.
All banks, however, have large sums
Of money constantly lying idle. for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks and even to be
more or less prepared for panics. Still,
the difference between the l or per
cent they pay and the to they re-
ceive on millions of dollars leaves them
an immense profit on the year bust
ness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
A Life Worse Than Death.

It is said that DR.. Tuffier of the Hos
pital de la Petite, Paris, succeeded in
bringing man to life temporarily. The
man operated upon was Jean Soulie,
who had been pronounced dead. DR..
Tufier, it is alleged, in the presence Ct
large number of students. took the
body, and, after the application Of sew.
eral recognized methods Of proving the
total extinction of life, exposed the
mans heart. and, holding the organ in
his hand, pressed first one side with the
finger and then on the other side with
the thumb, and, keeping it up continu-
ously, caused an artificial action, and
after time there were unmistakable
evidences of life It is said that the man
answered one or two questions put to
him. 1t was impossible to maintain this
artificial action very long, and the man
sank back to his second death. ~.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Helena In the Old Days.

A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days of wide
open gambling in New Orleans. cit
used to be pretty lively, I admit" said
one of the veterans, "but the only sure
enough Monte Carlo this country ever
saw was out in Montana. I'll never for
get the first time struck Helena. It's
a good sized, handsome city, and took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon I was struck
cold by a monster sign of Licensed
Gambling House right over the door OF
one of the finest places in town.
sin less than block I ran across a
dozen other signs of the same kind and
then I began to ask questions. l found
that the law required all gaming places
to put up such boards. They had to be
Is feet long and 2 feet wide, with
plain white letters on black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
so some of the houses had signs made
about half an inch long, that you'd
need a microscope to read, and that's
why the particulars were laid down SO
exactly. The gambling shops were sand
WICKED right in between groceries and
shoe stores, and one of 'em was next
door to a church. It locked funny,
tell you. New Orleans Times-Demo-
GRAFT
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
-Four Ugly Beasts.

There are four beasts in the world
that can give long odds in the way of
ugliness to anything else that lives.
One of them is monkey, a grewsome
looking beast called the bearded saki.
This is SO utterly grotesGue beast that
it would scarcely be safe to let child
or nervous person see it. The ugliness
is not of an amusing kind, but of an
evil, sinister nature. The beast has
sort of beard and countenance unlike
anything else in shape and lines The
monkey itself is not particularly saw
age, but is SO hideous that the natives
of it's country, South America, say that
no beast of prey, however hungry, will
tackle it. Even hungry jaguar would
starve in a cageful of sakis.
Then there is tree climbing beast
that is as queer a nondescript as one
could hope to see. 1t has sharp face
and long, jointed fingers and is called
the aye-aye, from its cry. This looks
like one OF the most appallingly weird
Of all those strange beasts one sees in
Nightmares and canpot get away from !;
but, like the sakis, is of gentle dispo-
sition. It lives in South Africa. A full
grown aye-aye looks like blend of
jackal, pig and monkey. Then there is
the Tasmanian devil of the antipodes,
which is as savage as it is ugly, and,
lastly, species of Asiatic ground rat
called the bund.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Two Dangerous Trades.

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the operatives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth of industrial disease
The danger in their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt with, as the power
which daily menaces them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained in the bed
upon which the file is placed for cut
ting. This is composed of metallic lead,
for, although other substances have
been tried, it is declared that none OF
them give the desired amount of re-
sisrance without residence obtained by
a lead bed.
Glass polishing is dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges of cut
glass are treated contains 60 to 70 pei
cent of oxide of lead Here, again, the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not so difficult of at.
tainment. In both these cases the poison
pursues it's victims with malice as re.
lentless as it is appalling, which kills OF
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by olence.-Fortnightly
Review
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
The Queer Dunkards.

The Dunkards are one of the most
peculiar religious sects in the country.
Their name is properly Thinkers and is
derived from the German word ''tunk-
en- to dip. They are also called Tum-
blers from their method of baptism.
which is to put the person, while kneel-
ing, head first under the water. The
sect was founded in Germany in the
seventeenth century, but its members
were persecuted and in 1926 accepted
an invitation from William Penn to set
tie in Pennsylvania. They live largely
in communities and tullow somewhat
closely the customs of the Quakers in
regard to dress.
They never engage in lawsuits, take
no oaths and no active part in politics
They do not believe in war, and divorce
is unknown among them. Twice year
each congregation has love feast, in
which the members wash each other s
feet and salute each other with the kiss
of fellowship, men kissing men, and
women women. Until recently the TAX
ing of interest for money loaned was
not allowed among them. They are an
agricultural people. and as Pennsylva-
MIA and the other eastern states have
become more thickly settled the Dun
kards have gradually removed to more
western states. Washington Post. E
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Hair TOOthpicEs.

"Of all the curious articles Of COM
merce that you have ever mentioned in
print l have never seen one more strange
than 'line' regularly send TO China,
to the Brazils and in very large quanti-
ties to Russia.
The speaker was foreign mer
chant, and he was addressing con-
tributor who has made a speciality of
paragraphs dealing with ont of the way
occupations. ''The articles | refer to
are toothpicks that are made of walrus
whiskers. Vast quantities Of the stiff,
thick whiskers of the walrus are ship
ped, from Alaska chiefly, to myself, and
to some others in England. Those who
send them pull them ont one by one
with special tweezers, and after the
whiskers have been trimmed and stiff
ened here they are made mp into bun
dies and sent abroad.
1.-The higher class Chinese seem to
use no other kind of toothpick, and the
more wealthy of the Russians always
use them at their clubs and hotels. !
send out some thousands of bundles
yearly, and, though to the buyer they
are much dearer, as well as more orna-
mental, they leave plenty of profit te
the dealer. "-Exchange
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
His Great Sorrow.

"Hard luckl' groaned the fashion.
ably dressed young man on the hotel
divan, shifting his feet to the rungs of
the chair opposite. "Hard luck-that's
my name.
The young fellow at his side, in like
attire, kept sympathetic silence.
eyes, if it hadn't been for my tough
luck, I'd have all sorts of money" he
went on, pulling his hat down over his
eyes and sending puff OF cigarette
smoke up against its brim. II was dead
solid with a pretty little girl-cashier
in one of the big hotels. She wanted to
reform me, make man out Of me, she
said. Twice l came in to see her when
I wasn't steady on my feet, and she
told me that if she ever learned of me
getting too much again it would be all
day between u.s. Well, one night l
dropped into the hotel when I couldn t
tell the floor from the ceiling. She
hasn't spoken to me since. -
Cant see anything so bad about
that" commented the friend. ''There
arc lots of others.
Eyes, but"-the young man was
shaking his head and his voice was sor-
rowful-"but it was just the next week
that an old uncle died and she came in
for cool $50, O0O."
Again the young fellow at his side
kept sympathetic silence.-Chicago
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Poison In the Blood Of the Eel.

It has been known for years that the
blood of cells contains highly poison
GUS principle. A dog inoculated with a
dozen drops of cells blood dies in ten
minutes This discovery was made about
ten years ago by two Italian brothers
name Mosso. The poison is readily de-
stroyed by heat and by mere lapse of
time, wherein it differs from snake
poison, which long retains its virulence.
Moreover, eel serum is harmless when
taken with food, it invariab bly, succumbs
to the processes Of digestion. If serum
be taken from an animal that has been
rendered immune to snake poison and
injected under the skin of an eel, the
poisonous property of the cells blood is
thereby impaired. Serum taken from an
eel is naturally about three times as
poisonous as the serum of the most
vicious viper.
Although diluted eel serum may pro-
tect an animal from so deadly IA poison
as viper venom, the converse does not
hold good; the serum Of vipers is no
protection against the poison Of eels
serum Serum obtained from animals
gradually trained up to withstand fatal
doses of serpent venom differs from or
binary serum in the astonishing rapidity
of its action. Not only its protective,
but also its undoubted curative power
has been esta blished. Good Words.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Deafness Cannot BE G cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets infamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, ana when
it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to
it's normal condition., hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothinS but an infamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness caused by
catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
"a Sold by druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
A Sentry.

Washington, hearing that the colored
sentinels could not be trusted, went out
one night to ascertain if the report was
correct. The countersign was Cam
bridge" and the general, disguised,
as he thought, by a large overcoat, ap-
preached colored sentry.
"Who goes there?" cried the senti-
nell
IA friend.' replied Washington.
Friend, advance, unarmed, and give
the countersign," said the colored man.
Washington came up and said. "Rox-
bury"
mo, sah!" was the response.
"Medford," said Washington.
"No, sah" returned the colored SOL
der.
charleston, said Washington.
The colored man Immediately ex-
claimed, II tell you, Massa Washing.
ton, no man go by here out he say
Cambridge. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
A DutifuI Little Girl.

''Such a lot of people live in our
'ouse, she told me, "17 of us; two
ladies live in the cellarsl'' And her
mother always went once week to call
on a lady who lived in the "workus. F"
"Please m, father calls mother such
wicked names. she suddenly informed
me one day, and out came string OF
Dreadful epithets. "Hush, I interrupt
ed, "you muslin tell me those things. >
"Please IN, he does, she persisted,
land we all want father to die, il
mother didn't ave to pay for the cot.
fin"-so pathetic and doubtless SO true.
Mrs Merrick's ''With Palette in
Eastern Palaces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Priceless Pain

"If price can be placed on pain, Mothers
Friend is worth its weight in gold as q n allevi
ator My wife suffered more in ten minutes with
either of her other two children than she did al
four bottles of Mothers Friend 1t is blessing
to any one expecting to become mother" says
q customer.
Thus writes Henderson Dale, Druggist,
of Carmi, H., to the Bradheld Regulator
Company, of Atlanta, Ca, the proprie-
tors and manufacturers of ,"Mother's
Friend" This successful remedy is not
one of the many internal medicines ad-
vertised to do unreasonable things, but .
scientifically prepared 1iniment especially
effective in adding strength and elasticity
to those parts of wornan's organism which
bear the severest strains of childbirth.
The liniment may be used at any and
all times during pregnancy up to the
very hour of confinement. The earlier it
is begun, and the longer used, the moro
perfect will be the result, but it has been
used during the last month onav with
great benefit and success.
It not only shortens labor and Lessons
the pain attending it. but greatly dimiu-
ishes the danger to life OF both mothes
and child, and leaves the mother in q con-
dition more favorable to speedy recovery.
"Mother's Friend /" 10 sold BY druxYisA
at $I.oo, or sent by express o. rectips a
price. ,r.fan 4rgy9 rs
Valuable book for womea, "1efocs
Baby 10 Born" sent free On applicatinn.
yss 0RApssElp REsvLATeR %. al,esaA G.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
An Old Marriage Bond.

Below we print marriage bond as
used in Georgia many years ago. The
copy we have is quite an old looking.
faded paper:
Georgia, jefferson County .-Know all men
by these presents that we, Henry Brown and
Walter Stone, are held and firmly bound unto
the court of ordinary of Jefferson county in
the sum of SS51.14, to which payment we'll and
truly to be made we bind ourselves. our heirs
executors and administrators, jointly ond sew
orally, firmly by these presents, sealed with
our seals and dated this 18th day of November
1870. ...-.
The condition Of the above obligation is such
that, whereas there is marriage intended tt
be solemnized between Henry Brown and Susey
Wright. Now, if there be no lawful cause &c
obstruct the same, then this obligation to bt
void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the
presence Of John G. Bostick, depy. clerk.
auf His
HENRY y BROWN.
.. d Mark.
WAITEE; STONE
Louisville (Ga. News and Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
ST Pal1l PRESBYTERIAN preach

Several St. Paul Presbyterian preach
ers and their elders loaned money to a
young man until his remittances should
arrive from the East They are wonder
ing whether they have been worked"
The special school meeting at Winona
called for the purpose of providing addi-
tional school accommodations, resulted
in the uncommon iberality of ordering
constructed three additional school
hOuSes
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
FOOlishly Sensitive.

eyes, we lost the Doctors trade in q
very unfortunate way"
"How was that p
"Why, we have mechanical duck
in our stock of novelties that runs by
clockwork. The doctor came in the
store just as one Of our young women
wound the thing up, and at the very
moment the doctor came opposite it the
duck gravely bowed to him and said,
'Quack, quackl' The doctor is so fool
ishly sensitive cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11

''That was my sheet anchor i. e.,
my best hope, my last refuge; the
sheet anchor of ship. which, in stress
of weather. is the sailors chief depend
ence. The word sheet is Il corruption
of the word shote Thrown OUT, mean
ing the anchor Thrown out in foul
weather. The Greeks and Romans said,
"My sacred anchor. referring to the
lheet anchor, which was always dedi'
Gated to some god.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
DR.. Fenner's Kidney and Backache


If you suffer from kidney, bladder
or urinary troubles take this wonder
full remedy, it is prepared by an emf
nent physician, a writer of &C
knowledged authority on medical
questions. Old gentlemen troubled by
too frequent urine always find a cure
result from using it. Scheldrup &
Fiesler, sole agents will refund your
money if not satisfied after using the
first bottle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
DIR. Fenner'S Blood and Liver
Remedy as Nerve Tonic.

A famous remedy by famous
physician guaranteed to cure liver
complaints and nervousness. People
run down by sickness and overworked
should try it. If something else has
failed you that is no argument against
this great medicine. Stop to reflect
This preparation is the presc1 lptlon of
one of Americas most eminent physi-
clans and the first bottle is guaranteed
by Scheldrup & Fiesler to give salts
action or money refunded.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11

The first state teachers examination
to be held under the provisions of the
new law will be conducted by the state
department of public instruction in all
sections of the state Aug. Z and y.
Frank Carson, Boulder. Mon,, who
so brutally murdered P. F. Dahlman,
the Minnesota mining man, over an i'm
aginary grievance, was convicted by a
Jury of murder in the first degree. .a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11

Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh wnen everything
else failed.-Alfred w. Stevens, Cald-
we'll, Ohio.
Ely's Cream Balm works like a
charm it has cured me of the most
obstinate case of cold in the head;
would not be without it.-Fred X Fries,
2S3 Hart ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
A 1Oc trial size or the SOC size Of
Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed
Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 81
Warren ST., N. Y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
Relief In Six Hours.

: stressing Kidney and Bladder, disease:
relieved in six hours by the 'New Grea
South America Kidney Cure" tits grea
surprise on account Or its exceeding prompt
ness in relieving pain in bladder. kidney:
and back, in male or female. Relieves re
tention of water almost Immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure this is the Rem
edy. Solo by Scheldrup & Fiesler.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11

SALESMAN WANTED.-We want a
couple of reliable men in this county
to sell our Minnesota. grown fruits
farm seeds. Write for terms ii want
ing steady work, and good pay.
TN JEWELL NURSERY Co.
a-lI Lake City, M inn.