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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
News In Brief.

Mike Herman, an early settler of
Norman county, was killed by falling
from his buggy. Mr.. Hennen is quite
old and it is supposed that he became
benumbed with cold and lost his bal
ance.
Mrs. Matte McKusick, cook in st.
Cloud hotel. attempted suicide by TAX
ing morphine. The doctors saved her.
w. j. Smith, teamster in ST. Paul,
was struck in the abdomen by the pole
of his wagon and fatally injured.
The attorney general holds that grain
samples are property of the state. The
Duluth samples are worth So, 900 a year.
Samuel A. Phillips, former Mime
sotan, is under arrest in New York for
opening letter addressed to his for
mer stenographer.
Agon j. Schlueter, of Hay Creek,
while in an epileptic fit. fell down
stairs in his home, sustaining injuries
from which he died few hours later.
Adit Gen. Lambert issued an order
placing Capt. Ed. S. Bean on the list
of retired officers of the national guard.
E. A. Russell, lineman for the city
railway. died at the City hospital, st.
Paul, from injuries received in falling
from repair wagon.
Four of the oldest mail carriers in
st. Paul were suspended Is days for
frequenting saloons
Martin Millberger was accidentally
shot and killed while hunting near
Cannon Falls.
Burglars stole several hundred dol
lars worth of tea from the Union Pa
cific Tea company in ST. Paul.
w. E. Albertson's residence at New
Richmond, just completed at a cost
of $4,000, was burned with all it's con-
tents.
The receivers of the Bank of Mine.
sofa, at St. Paul, will pay another div
idend of 5 per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
A Canine Thief.

While two ladies were walking
along the streets of Minneapolis a
large mastiff came up to them and
made pretense of friendship by wag-
ging his tail and playfully jumping
in glee about the two pedestrians.
They paid on attentian, supposing
him to be an ordinary every day dog.
Finally he became too persistent in
his attentions, and continued to leap
upon one of the women, who carried
canvas bag which she was guarding
jealousy. She put out her hand to
push the animal aside. AS she did so,
he watched his opportunity and
seized the bag between his teeth.
Then he made all possible haste to
run away.
The owner of the satchel was at a
loss what to do. The dog was fleet
footed, and she could not overtalle
him. A passing policeman gave chase
and after a run of several blocks Sc
cured the bag, which contained near
ly $4,000 in cash and checks. At the
time of the occurrence the lady was
on her way to the bank to make a de-
post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
Bold Robbery.

Walsenburg, Col, Dec. 29.-W. j.
Milsap, prominent stockman, was
seized by two men when about to enter
the Klein hotel, and was robbed of
$4,000. The money was mostly in his
coat and vest pockets, and these gar
ments were torn from him. No trace
of the criminals has been found. Mr..
Milsap was on his way to Mexico to buy
cattle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
Enters n Protest.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Truman A. Tyler,
of Alton, ILL.,, stakeholder in the
Pullman company, has filed bill in
the circuit court objecting to the pro-
posed merging of the Wagner Palace
Car company into the Pullman COM
pany on the ground that it creates q
trust in the sleeping and parlor car
h11Sinocc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
Sails for the West Indies.

New York, Dec. 29.-With 275 farmer
boys from the west aboard, the con-
verified cruiser Dixie left the navy yard
for the West Indies Thursday. When
the Dixie comes back next July the
boys will be full-fedged sailors. Before
the Dixie returns home she will cruise
in the Mediterranean. Capt. Charles
Belknap is in command.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Reducing the Debt.

State Treasurer Koerner and Aud
ltor Dunn had their annual lottery
at the state house, in which the num-
bers that come out get $1,000 apiece
and are considered unlucky. For the
lottery calls for the payment of $780,
600 of state bonds, and the holders
would rather have the bonds than the
money.
Of the 20 bonds drawn, 10 are in the
permanent university fund and seven
In the permanent school fund. That
is not such grief to the treasurer as
1T would have been q year ago, for
both funds are well placed now, and
more can be used soon by investment
in capital certificates.
Of the other bonds, 30 belong to the
German Savings Bank of New York, 12
to the Savings Bank of Utica, four to
the Life Insurance Clearing Company,
now held as a trust deposit. 1t cuts
the state debt from 81 ,349,O 900 to ST.
$4,000. The levy of 3 of mill was
expected to make $15O,OOO year as
the rate values We're rising, but for
some years there was no increase in
valuations and the funding fund
amounts to about $4,000 year Even
so the small debt is shrinking toward
the vanishing point.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
Revenue for Educational Institutions.

BY an act of the last legislature of
Minnesota two-thirds of the revenue
which may be derived from any nom
agricultural lands that may be dona-
ted to the state for forestry purposes
shall be paid Ito such public educa-
tional institution or system in the
state as the grantor may designate"
The lands so granted are to be man
aged by state forestry board, which
as at present organized comprises,
among others, Frederick Weyerhaeu-
ser. John Cooper, William Mitchell,
Greenleaf Clark and Professor Green
of the State University.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
The Lawton Sub.crintion

Washington, Dec. 29.-The subscrip-
tons to the Lawton home fund received
up to noon by Adjt. Gen. Corbin and
excluding the subscriptions collected
in other cities, aggregate $26,792.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05

Hon. W. n United States Senator From North Dakota
Senator Roach
ersuaded by Ihave used Perana tonic, andI gLaa
TO testify that has greatly helped in strength and appetite
haze been advsed by friends that remarkably cacoa for
the almost unfDersal complaint of caarh. "
Larimore North Dakota
catarr
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
vegetables for the Christmas Turkey

The proper vegetables to serve with
turkey are rice croquettes, boiled rice
with cream sauce or stewed celery. If
white potatoes have been served with a
previous course, baked sweet potatoes
or sweet potato croquettes may be
used.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-01-05
New Road IncorDorated

Columbus, o., Dec. 29.-The Toledo
& Western railroad filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is 100000.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

"Queer case of that western man in
New York Saturday night, wasn't it?"
"What was that?"
''Went to sleep sitting on fire hy-
drant. Fire broke out in the neighbor-
hood, fremen coupled on to hydrant
and pumped away for two hours with
out disturbing him. Fire kept getting
closer, and pretty soon the western man
began to feel warm. Then he half
awol1e, stretched himself and muttered;
'Darned glad I laid here long enough for
Maria to git up an make the fire. =
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
HOW RAIsINs ARE SEEDED.
Ingenious Machines I'm California
That Turn Out Ten or Twelve
Tons Daily.

Unlike the eastern imitation, the Cali
fornia seeded raisin Is subjected to a
dry temperature of 140 degrees Fahren-
heit from three to five hours, immedi-
ately after which the fruit is submitted
to chilling process, and while in thss
reduced condition of temperature is
passed through cleaning or brushing
machines, which remove every particle
of dust and the capstems, thus making
IL a pure and wholesome article. is
then taken automatically, by elevators,
to room where, spread upon wire
trays, It is exposed to temperature OF
lao degrees Fahrenheit, which brings
the fruit back to its normal condition;
and in this processing" the berry is
converted into pectin, that delicious
Jelly which gives to fruits their best
flavor.
The raisins having been prepared
through this alternate heating and
chilling to keep indefinitely and resist
climatic influence, are passed through
seeding machines, each of which has
a capacity Of from ten to twelve tons
daily. The raisins are pressed between
rubber or similar surfaced rollers,
which at first fatten the berry and
press the seeds to the surface, when
an impaling roller catches the seeds be-
tween it's needles or teeth affixed to its
periphery, deftly removing them from
the fruit, while the latter passes on,
minus its seeds, but possessing every
particle of its flesh. The seeds are re-
moved from the roller by "hicking'
or whisping device, and are sent along
to the seed receptacle, finally ending
their journey in the engine room, where
they are burned as fuel.
Four hundred and fifty car loads of
ten tons each, or 100000 pounds, Of
seeded raisins were shipped from the
Fresno district last year, and very
much larger tonnage will be turned out
this year.
Sol1e estimate can be formed OF the
possibilities of the Fresno seeded
raisin plants when it is stated that
their aggregate capacity for this sea-
son will approximate from 1,7OO to 1000
car loads, while it is probable that l, 400
cars will be the output. Each seeding
plant has from five to twelve machines
of ten tons daily capacity per machine.
Some Of the packing houses cover a
ground space $50 by 225 feet and are
three stories high California Vim
yardist.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

forts awakened his own sense Of humor.
lie is not all gossip and ridicule, how
ever. Sometimes he forgets his qean-
ness, and toward twilight-the time Of
day that belongs 10 thrushes viii
perch in tree and with his memories
Of other bird-songs, filled in with thrills
and mellow variations, win give con
cert Of no mean order.
In some other respects he is not bad
fellow. To be sure, he talks too much,
but he atones for this fault in other
ways. He kills many worm and
noxious insect in the garden and or
chard. He gives the warning against
cats and squirrels and other enemies
that prowl in the hedges and thiclSets,
and so far as appearance goes. there is
no neater, trimmer Underground
bird around the yard or garden.-N. Y.
Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
A QUEER AUTOMOBILE.
1t Runs Upon the Water as Well ms
Upon the Land-CrOsses
an Isthmus.

A Swedish engineer, Mr.. Magrelem,
has lately built tramway boat that is
really an amphibious means of locomo-
ton, for it moves along quite as easily
on the water as on q railway track.
The tramway boat was devised to ply
across two lakes north OF Copenhagen,
divided by a neck of land about 300
meters wide. 1t had been nearly decid-
ed TO dig a canal across the isthmus,
in order to connect. the two sheets Of wa
ter by a continuous channel, when Mr..
Magrelem offered his plan.
The amphibious steamboat is IS
meters long by four meters beam; she
weighs II tons when empty and 15 tons
with her maximum load. The engine
is 25-horse power, and its action is
transmitted by means of triple gear,
either to the propeller or to the trimmed
wheels. She can carry 20 passengers.
In passing from the water 10 the
solid road, the boat enters a small canal
having a slightly inclined bottom and
two grooves, where the front wheels
are engaged and then meet the rails,
with which they keep in contact by the
action Of some pins OF spikes. As soon
as contact is secured, the whole power
Of the engine is brought TO bear on the
front wheels. which easily pull the
tramway boat up the incline 20 the dry
land and make her travel on the rails
like an ordinary car. On reaching the
other side o. the isfhmus she launches
herself by the same process. inverted,
but the brakes are then strongly ap-
piled 10 The wheels 10 prevent a TOO
rapid desccnt.-huiomobile Magazine.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
MANNERS OF THE CATBJRD.
Prying Gossip and Mocker as He Is,
He stiIl Has Some Good
Traits.


The catbird is the gossip Of the bird
community. His correct name is not
catbird, but black capped thrush
this latter, however, being seldom used.
Of all the peeping, prying, tattling scan
dal mongers in the feathered race he is
chief. His dark gray coat with the
black trimmings runs very little chance
of being faded by the sunshine. He is
like an old maid who takes her evening
observations undeteeted from darkened
windows. He prefers the shade and
shelter Of tangled thickets, hedge rows
and bushy trees. Here he turks just
near enough the edges to be invisible
from without, and squalls and jeers at
the passerby.
To observe his methods go and sit
down in the darkest part of one of his
favorite thickets and remain still; very
soon you will hear flirt of wings close
at hand. There he stands on twig,
looks at you out of one eye, tries the
other, hops two twigs nearer, droops his
wings, fiirts his tail, 'yah," he says.
Pleased with the sound of his own voice
he repeats the remark accompanied by
various gestures, the whole performance
apparently intended 20 impress you
with the idea that you needn't think
you can come in there and doze and lie
around without being found out, and
having other people told all about IT.
Continuing he theme, he tells you just
how lazy and shiftless youare; also that
he has a nest in that thicket with four
green eggs in it and if you value your
reputation you had better clear out;
also that you are queer-looking thing
anyhow.
Now, all these sayings may be true,
but he squalls them out in such an ir-
ritating way that it would try the pa
thence of saint. If you take his advice
and leave, he follows you, keeping out
Of sight, but calling after you until you
have vanished from the neighborhood
and still talking about you for some
time after you have disappeared. u no
human victim is around he lakes ad-
vantage Of some lesser member OF the
animal kingdom. A cat. it must De ad-
mitted with some justice, receives "A
fearful calling down. and even an hon
est dog cannot sniff around the bushes
without having his character called into
question.
The catbird's close affinity 10 the
moclxing bird is displayed in many
ways. He initiates the robin fairly
well. His rendering Of the croak Of the
crow blackbird is perfect. Some notes
Of the blue Jay are well done. but the
bobolink is beyond his register. and
when he strives 10 reproduce the aria
of that sprightly songsier. he makes g
most dismal failure oft. usually ending
with harsh squawk, as though bis e.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16
VELOCITY OF FALLING.
In Vacuum All Bodies of Any Weight
Fall AIike--Not So In the
Atmosphere.

The old-time query as to which Of the
two, pound of lead or pound of
feathers, dropped from the same height
at the same time, would first reach the
ground, seems ever new. Some one pro-
pounded it to the wise man of the Scien-
tifc American, using instead Of lead
and feathers an ounce and a ton of iron.
And this is how the wise man re-
sponded;
"This matter was put to the test of
experiment by Calico at the Leaning
Tower Of Pisa in the seventeenth cen
tury with two balls of lead, weighing
one and ten pounds respectively. The
followers of Aristotle had taught for
centuries that the balls would fall in
proportion 10 their weights, the heavier
one falling the faster. Calico pointed
out the fact that the lighter one would
reach the ground first because the air
would resist the fall of the larger one
more than it would that of the smaller.
He had previously demonstrated the
law of falling bodies that the velocity
under the action of gravity is independ-
ent of the mass of the body. Expert
ment confirmed his position. The small
ball reached the earth first. ID q
vacuum all bodies fall with the same
velocity through any distance. AS
practical statement, it may be taken as
true that small dense bodies will con-
form to the theoretical laws, falling any
distance less than 200 feet, in the at
mosphere. But with an ounce and
ton there would be perceptible differ
ence. The ounce ball would fall the
faster. Facts like this are nowadays
demonstrated by even elementary stu
dents in almost every class in physics in
the ry."-Chicago TimesHerald.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

rlddieio~n ~. " spe Baltimore
sun. Desponient over the predic-
tons Of r1imlst. who had told her
that she would be disappointed in love.
vuia Ada Jones' the sixteen-year-oid
sauehler cf Nr and Mrs. Wesley
7.re.. of TIPS ciiy. tried to kiil her
SSH i,y cutting her throat Ia a heid
near her home.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

The Cherokee schoo board at
Tahlequah is not cooperating With
the city board of Vinita as
soomthly as could be wished, in
fact the Tahlequah board very
neatly ignored our home board in
making appointments for some OF
the teachers.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

They are having trouble down
in the Chickasaw country over the
payment of tribal revenues and
Agent Shoenfelt has sent the In
dian police down there to enforce
collection.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

Idcb bu0 dniOquoh SS~t -
neatly ignored our home board In
making appointments for some OF
the teachers.
The pay roll of the Osages shows
the fullbloods to be dying out;
The tribal population numbers
1893, of whom more than one-halt
are mixed bloods. During the last
quarter OF 1899 there were 27 births
and 25 deaths. Twenty three of
the deaths were among the full
bloods and only two mixed bloods.
The Muskogee Times announced
yesterday with its usual veracity
and prophetic knowledge that the
United States court at Vinita met
and adj journ d on ac-
count of smallpox. The court is
going on with its business, the
board Of health having reported
such course advisable.
The annual smallpox scare is
about over now and the sensation
alists succeeded in making stir
this wear. But then there is no
great loss but what there is some
small gain SO in this case there
were nearly 500 vaccinations,
SO the doctors had little harvest
Of their own.-Siloam Springs
Herald.
The CONNER cial club of Kansas
City will make another itenerary
Of Indian Territory and Oklahoma
soon. 1t is hoped that the wealth
er will be more favorable when
they come this year than it was
last. They we're here about the
10th day of February last year and
the thermometer was below zero
and few of the company left the
cars.
The funny man on the Guthrie
Leader says: "This is q note
picked up in the post-office this
morning: "Dear Fred:-The rea-
son | didn't laff when you latt at
me in the post-office yesterday was
because | had bile on my face. |
kant laff. If i laff she'll bust. But
l luv you, Fred, bile or no bile,
laff or no laff. Your luvin Jane"
Former Consul General Charles
De Kay, than whom no American
knows Berlin better, contributes
to the January "Cosmopolitan'
most interesting and important
article on the impressions be
gathered at Emperor Williams
capital. 1t throws a clear light
upon German politics, which to
the ordinary American is some
what obscure subject. This arti-
Gle is proiusely Illustrated also.
The Wichita liar has again broke
loose. His press dispatches now
show that a white woman fell in
love with an Indian who had
smallpox, drank his blood and
died, and to complete the story the
Indian commits suicide. The last
part of the tale is very improbable
and in fact discredits the whole
story. There never was but one
Indian suicide, and that was a full
blood Sac and Fox, over hundred
years old, who cot his throat on
the street here a few years ago.
The Wichita lie don't go.
A chronic kicker is bad enough, but
a continual scratcher is worse. Bet
ter initiate mule than hen.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-16

A chronic kicker is bad enough, but
a continual scratcher is worse. Bet
ter initiate mule than hen
Hunts Cure will 90 up the worst case
OF Itch, Tetterand Ringwofms, Itch
ing Piles, Eczema known. Price SOC.
A. W. Foreman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-10

No doubt the sharks mouth is placed
SO much beneath the projecting muz-
zle, under which also the nostrils lie.
that II may serve Its proper purpose In
the best way. In all records of the
habits of the fish we are told that 1t
can and does bite out large chunks of
flesh from the dead bodies of whales
and even from living victims Of Its at
tacks, and II is easily seen that If its
mouth was like that of other fishes the
necessary leverage would he lacking
A further reason seems to be that the
shark by this peculiar position of its
mouth is compelled to turn upon its
back to strike and is thus able to de-
liver Its onset from below with more
deadly effect.
This formidable strength of jaw Is
backed up by most terrible array of
teeth, of which In some species there
are as many as six rows all around
Each tooth Is saw edged and pointed,
and some of the largest are as much as
two inches In breadth at the base.
These lie fiat against the jaws and can
be raised by separate muscles at will,
SO that, as the shark darts upon its
prey, they spring on end, as a cats
claws are stuck out from Its paws.
This arrangement Will not allow any
thing once bolted to return, so that a
sharks mouth Is a veritable death trap.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-10

900. The Anaconda, with Its mines at
Butte, its smelters at Anaconda. Its
sawmills In the western part of the
State and Its coal ia the eastern and
northern portions, Is the largest EN-
ployer OF labor In the State, employing
10000 people out of total population
Of 100000. 1t reduces 1000 tons Of ore
every day and during 1898 cut more
lumber than any other establishment In
the United States.
DAILY Is not n remarkable man except
as q money maker, nor has his career
been eventful. His diversion is the
breeding of horses and raising fruits.
He has the second largest apple or
chard In the country and his horses
have won fame on the race track. Prob
ably the happlest days Of his busy life
arc spent on his Bitter Root ranch.
Each summer he Is there with his fam
lily. He always has friends there. They
are not as a rule, people who have fine
places of their own. Boys and girls or
the age of his own children are the
principal visitors. and to see DAILY with
the youngsters one would not suppose
he was carrying the burdens OF one OF
the biggest enterprises in the North
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