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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01

Little Preston's mother, who was very
fond of singing "God Save the Queen
was Mortified one day to hear the little
fellow shouting: "God save the milk!
God save the milkw and took hin, to task
about it.
"WelI, mamma" said Preston, lyon
are always singing God save the cream
and il he doesn't save the milk first there
won't be any cream" Chicago News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01
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military forces. 5. Small. 6. TIE perch.
q. A letter.
Connecting word: A segment or part
of circle.
Ill. A letter. 2. Track made by a
wheel. 3. Rustic. 4. A cordial favored
with orange peel and spices. 5. Silent.
g. Fortune. q. A letter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01

DR.. Pieces Common Sense Medical
Adviser, iii paper covers, is sent free on
receipt q II o1e-cent stamps to pay
expense Of mailing only. Address d.
R.V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
NEW MISSION WORK.
ID. G, Churchill Goes to India to In.
struct Natives Along Prac-
teal Lines.

New York, July 22.-D. c. Churchill
sailed on the Manitou Saturday on his
way to Bombay, where he will inaug-
urate an entirely new system of mis-
sionary work in India. Mr.. Churchill
is an engineer and graduate of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol-
ogy. He has been asked to found a
system of model trade schools at
Ahmedragar, about IT'S miles inland
from Bombay. Speaking of his mis-
sion, Mr.. Churchill said the mission
aries in the east have decided in favor
of more practical instruction and less
Bible study as means to the end they
seek. The movement is purely unde-
nomina tional. All the missionaries
are expected to be interested in it's de-
velopment.
Associated with Mr.. Churchill is j.
B. Nice, an expert agriculturist. With
his aid Mr.. Churchill will construct a
complete system of irrigation through
out that part of India.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
GOV. ALLEN ARRIVES.
Head of Porto Rfcan Government
Reaches Boston and Goes ON
to Washington.

Boston, July 22.-Gov. Charles II.
Allen of Porto Rico reached this city
Friday night on the yacht Mayfower,
but the fact did not become known
until Saturday, because the governor
directed the yacht to stop down the
channel while he took a launch and
landed in time to catch the midnight
train for Washington. Saturday
morning, with all the appearance of
having just arrived, the Mayfower
steamed up to the navy yard and ex-
changed salutations with Rear Ad-
miral Sampson. When inquiry was
made for Gov. Allen it was stated that
he had gone to Washington. Later
the clever plan pursued by the gov
ernor in making quick time towards
Washington was learned.
Mrs. Allen, who accompanied her
husband on the Mayfower, did not
leave the ship until Saturday after
noon. She went to the Allen home
in Lowell, where she expects Mr.. Allen
to ioin her in few days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A Puzzle.

The state officials, the members Of
the state board of health and of the
game and fish commission are agitated
over the bullheads in the waters of
Minnesota. 1t seems that Minnesotans
will not eat bullheads, while in neigh
boring states their flesh is regarded as
very palatable. 1t is white, fine
grained and tender, but the residents
of this commonwealth will have none
of it. The state law will not allow
bullheads to be shipped out of Mime
sofa. The sport attending their cap
ture is moderate. A line is thrown out
with cork bob, the bullhead immedi-
ately swallows the bait and hook, and
that is all there is of it. The only zest
attending such fishing is occasioned by
the desire of the bullhead to stab any
one who takes hold of him. The bull
heads at Waterville are filing the lake
and have become pest. A. L. Ehlert
of Waterville is trying to induce the
officials to grant permission for the
shipment of these fish to Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, South Dakota and other
states, where there was good market
before the new law went into effect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
THE COLOR LINE GREW FAINT.
When II Came to n Suffering Child,
Racial Differences Were for
the Time Forgotten.

That she was of southern birth was
self-evident; that she had southern
prejudices was made known. While
her heart was in the right place, she
still believed in keeping negroes in the
right place also-according to her own
measure of where that place was To-
Gated. Her tongue testified to this,
says the New York Times. Hailing as
she did from the land of "Jim Crow
cars, she protested Indignantly when
; well-dressed and evidently well-to-
do negro-three-fourt white-en-
tered Pullman sleeper which drew
out of Cincinnati. He was accompa-
nied by two children, aged about IL
months and four years, respectively.
They were in neutrality-suspicious. for
their mother. The southern woman's
ire was kindled rather than cooled
when one or two northern travellers,
after hearing what she had to say, de-
clared that colored people had as
many rights in public conveyance as
anybody else. She disputed the prop
osition, but did it with dignity, for she
was a woman of refinement, not at all
Loud ofvoice.
The evening wore away and all the
passengers retired, including the
negro father and his two BARNS. And
about midnight everyone on the car
was disturbed. A child passenger was
taken i'll and the efforts of mascu-
line voice to soothe it became a dis
turbing element in the somnolent eX-
ercises of the period. The voice was
full of affection, but evidently the hand
was unframed in taking care of ba-
bies. Some of the passengers growled
others were sympathetic. One was &C
tive, active though she knew that the
baby wall came from little picka-
ninny for whom she had expressed
such profound contempt earlier in the
evening. The woman from the south
hurriedly dressed, and, ringing for a
porter, told him to have the father
bring her the child. She carried it to
the smoking compartment, which was
by this time vacant, soothed it as a
woman can soothe fretful children
discovered what was the matter with
it, applied some simple remedy, and
finally crooned it to sleep, as no doubt
her own 'black nanny" had often
crooned her to sleep in the long ago.
At Washington the next day as she
was leaving the train the child's IA
ther approached and said: Madam
| wish to thank you for your kindness
to my little girl"
'You are welcome" she replied
somewhat shortly, and they went their
several ways.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
Another Opportunity.

A certain Man, having read some
where that Opportunity knocks only
once at each ones Door, concluded to
Sit up all Night for fear he would
Miss the Call. So, while he was
Sitting near his Door there came a
heavy Knock thereon.
When he opened the Door a
Stranger seized him and Beat him all
up and Took his Money and Gar
ments and Chided him for being so
Easy.
'But," said the Man, thinking to
excuse himself, II thought 1T was OPP
portunity who Knocked"
$50 it was" responded the Other,
"but it was my Opportunity"
Moral: 1t is Better to Carry your
Opportunity with you. = Baltimore
American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
A MIDNIGHT ALARM.
Neighbours Boy Saves Two
frightened Women.

There had been three burglaries in
the neighborhood and in that fact is
an explanation of why these two
young women, the sole occupants of
the house during the absence of the
father and mother, occupied the little
back room upstairs, says the Detroit
Free Press.
They bolted and locked from the
cellar to the attic. AS conclusive in
the matter of barricading they ran
the bureau across the doorway to the
bed chamber and then used clothes
line in tying the knot to the leg of
the bed. Their conversation dwelt
for time upon burglars and then
upon the wild animals they had seen
in the afternoon at the island, the
wild cat receiving a larger portion
of their commentaries. Then they
whispered assurances to each other
that there was nothing to fear, and
finally went to sleep.
About 2:30 am. there was a rapid
fire of the loudest, most piercing
screechesT ever heard in that neigh
borhood, unless during the period
of Indian occupancy.
cts the wild cat" shouted one, as
she got strangle hold on the other
and made sure that she did not es-
cape.
ST know it," whooped the other.
"He was right against my cheek
when I walked up" and she took an
underhold on her companion in dis
tress. "Police! Help!"
"We must have presence of mind,''
gasped the other. Nothing but
presence of mind is any good in a
case like this. Put pillow over
your face so he can't scratch your
eyes out, and I'll do the same. Ugh!
Murder!" for she saw a pair of fiery
green eyes on the foot of the bed.
A boy of the neighborhood clam
bered over the roof, told the young
women not to be alarmed, kicked a
sash in, boldly advanced, and, with
out a struggle, captured the family
cat belonging next door. A broken
pane of glass let him in and he was
only trying to be sociable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
GERMAN NAVY USES MASUT.
New Fuel Which Has n Greater Heat
Producing Quality
Than Coal,

Washington, July 22.-The imperial
German navy and some German man.
ufacturers are using large quantities
of an oily product of German brown
coal tar called "Masut" for heating
and steam producing purposes. The
navy are fitted for the use of this oil
and some of the battleships and cruis.
ers are so arranged that they can use
coal or ''Masut." The advantages OF
''Masut" over coal are said to be one
fourth greater heat-producing quality.
a greater ease in handling, very little
smoke and the ability to produce full
power steam in less time than with
coal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
HOW He WAS REDUCED.
by Circumstances Over Which He
Had No Control, the Drummer
Was Forced to Drum.

"You must have played some great
games of poker in your day." he said
to the drummer who had been talking
about luck at cards, relates the Chi
cago Daily News.
Eyes, 1 have" was the reply. eyes.
sir, 1 have had some great games"
"How large bet did you ever make,
may ask?"
Zone hundred thousand plunks."
"You don't mean it'll"
81 certainly do. Yes, sir; sat in a
game in Denver once and bet 100000
on my hand, and / had only one pair
in it at that"
"What an awful bluff! The others
laid down their hands, did they?"
sob, no! One of them called me.
He had full house, and of course !
was beaten"
"And-and you lost $100,000!"
81 did. For the fraction of a second
feeling of faintness stole over me,
and things looked why wazzy, but
then I pulled myself together and
reached into my vest pocket and
handed him the money with smile"
"Great Scott!" sighed the querist
as he mopped his brow. "Think of
losing that much money on a turn of
the cards! / suppose that is why you
were forced to take to the road?''
"Wel, no. The winner said that
such cheek as mine ought to De re-
warded, and he returned my money.
I'd have been all right only when /
got back to Chicago put 5000, 900 with
it and bet the whole pile on horse
race and lost by a nose. That re-
duced my fortune to less than $4,000
900, and so I had to take up this
business to exc out my income. Ut
course, it's a sad case, and 1 feel my
position keenly, but with persever-
ance and integrity I hope to pull
through in time to be able to pay the
cook her wages again. Have you
match, please?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
HUMOROUS.

eyes, am a confirmed bachelor"
"How many times have you been
conirmed? "-Brooklyn Life.
1.-THE funeral sermon was so effec-
tive couldn't help crying" II
might have shed tears, too, but the
dye in my veil runs ."-Philadel-
phia Times.
Interested.-Tess-"I've got new
way to tell a persons age" Jess
SIS that so? Will you tell anyone's
age?" Tess-"Yes." Jess-"Ten me
yours, then" -Philadelphia Press.
Citizen-"No, I don't care to buy
the lots" Agent-"I guess you don't
know how the land lies" Citizen
mo, but 1 know how the average
real estate man es."-Detroit Jour-
nal.
snow, gentlemen" said the profess
sor, name some of the beauties of
education" And facetious student
in the back row shouted: pretty
school-teachers!''- Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Cook, my husband complains that
the coffee was cold, the meat over
done, the biscuits burned and the
oatmeal soggy!" "Yez, hov me SYM
patty, mum; it must be awful t. live
wit such a man!"-Denver Times.
Bertha-"Fred Hart is going to
marry Bessie Light" Edith-"You
don't mean it. For mercy's sake, what
could he have seen in her?" Bertha
-"That's what 1 say. Do you know,
I suspect he must have courted her
over the telephone" -Boston Tran
script.
His craftsmanship" you
ever shoot man." questioned the
tenderfoot timidly of Pepperhole
Pete. 'See here, young feller,"
bawled Pepperhole Pete, in voice
that shook Pixies Peak, don't you
never reflect on my craftsmanship
aginl Shoot man! 1 never miss'd
one, y dern galoot!"-Ohio State
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
THE KITCHEN SETTLE.
Good O1d-Fashioned Fixture That
Has Not Yet Lost Its
Popularity.

In few old fashioned attics kitch-
en- settles may be found stored away
which date back to several genera
tions ago, when this piece of furni-
ture, which was by turns an ironing
table and then a stiff-backed seat,
was popular. In some New England
kitchens the ironing table settle has
never lost its popularity and is as it
ever was, says the New York Trib-
une. 1t is not as practical piece Of
furniture, but as Q picturesque seat
in the hall that the kitchen table now
claims our attention. Artistic deco
rators have discovered that this is a
very pretty piece of furniture. When
it can be found in the attic, made of
hard wood, as it formerly was, it is
more desirable than in plain deals Sc
lected in a house-furnishing store,
where it is kept for a kitchen table.
Old fashioned hardwood settles are
well made, and need only to be
scraped and refurnished to be uphol-
stored for use. A pretty way to pre-
pare pine or a hardwood settle
which has been scraped free from it's
old finish is to enamel it. Paint it
with two or three coats of zinc white,
which will fill in all the cracks and
leave an even, smooth surface, which
can be sandpapered down to satiny
smoothness before the final coat of
enamel is put on. White enamel, in a
creamy tone, is still popular; SO are
pale yellow and olive green tints.
Corduroy in an olive or some other
artistic tone of color is very much
used for upholstering these settles.
The back is upholstered in smooth
finish, without any tufting, and a
cushion of the same material, with
out valance or ruffle, covers the seat.
Morris tapestries of jute in faded ar
tistic pattern are also used. The
mechanism which converted these
settles at will into table is never
interfered with, SO they may serve as
table when it is desirable, though
as an article of furniture in the hall
it's use is generally that of a seat.
This is cheap and very pretty hall
seat. In an old fashioned hall it
would be very pretty to enamel it
cream white and upholster it with an
oldtime blue and white coverlet, such
as our grandmothers possessed, which
are often used to-day for portieres.
It is good plan to have drawer in
the bottom of the seat, to keep india
rubbers in. For this purpose the
drawer should be lined with zinc or
very carefully painted and vanished.
so it could be brushed and wiped free
from dust.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
Pineapple Salad.

Peel a small pineapple, cut it in
quarters, lengthways, remove the
hard part from the center, then cut
the quarters in thin slices. Remove
the bulls and stems from a quart of
fine ripe strawberries, peel and cut
in thin slices four or five large ba-
nanas. Put this prepared fruit in
alternate layers in glass dish.
sprinkle a little powdered sugar over
every third layer, squeeze the juice
of two large oranges over the whole.
Stand the dish in the refrigerator
till the fruit becomes ice cold. then
serve.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
MAKING MILLIONAIRES.
A Process That Is Too Common in the
Great Steel Trust to Cause
Much Excitement.

Gas 1 was standing in the outer
Office of the new steel trust in Pitts
burgh," says an anonymous writer
in Citizen and Country, 81 discovered
the process by which millionaire is
made in a moment.
zone of the directors, who was act
ing as my guide through the build
ing, called my attention to man
who was waiting. to be shown into
Mr.. Schwab's private Office. That
man. said he, is about to be made
a member of the company, though he
has not yet been told of his good
fortune
"The prospective millionaire GER
tainly did not look his part. He was
dressed in the working clothes of a
mechanic. His hands were hard and
grimy and there were several black
smudges across his face.
''He was about 40 years of age,
with face that indicated thought
fulness and discrimination. He had
somewhat of a fatigued look, as if he
had been working very hard over a
difficult problem.
"Under his arm he carried a roll
of blue prints, at which he occasion
ally looked with a nervous, earnest
glance. He is about to submit the
drawings of. new invention to Mr..
Schwab,' said my friend, the director.
"The door of the inner Office opened
and a boy in uniform beckoned to
the inventor. After he had gone in,
the director said: Let us wait here
and congratulate him. He will not be
inside more than few minutes. Mr..
Schwab doesn't require much time to
transact business
eve waited little more than ten
peared, still hugging tightly his pre-
cious blue prints. There was a slight
flush on his sallow cheeks, but other
wise he seemed too businesslike to
be affected very much by his sudden
acquisition of riches. Hastily shak-
ing hands with us, he hurried away,
to catch a train,' he said.
"T suppose he'll go home now for
week and celebrate said I. In
deed he will not replied the director.
He will go directly back to his work
in Homestead. He has been promoted
from the foremanship of depart
ment, and will now take charge of an
entire plant. His salary has been
multiplied several times, and. he has
in his pocket large block of steel
trust stock; but he will be too busy
to celebrate"
So it appears that to become mil
lionaire is too common to exhilarate
a man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
GOVERNMENT LENDS A HAND.
Expert FOresters Sent Out to Aid In
the FOrestatiOn of Treeless
Grounds.

Selection of the trees that should be
felled, protection of, the ones that
should be saved-in short, forestry
is needed the world over. Here in our
country the division of forestry in the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington has taken a practical step to-
ward the forestation of treeless
grounds, by sending out a tree-plant-
ing agreement" says the Little Chron-
icle. Anyone who wants to plant and
develop forest plantation, wood lot,
shelter belt or wind break" may send
in his application, and the depart
ment, after having the ground person
ally studied by it's agents, will prepare
a plan according to the best scientific
methods, for the planting and care of
this new forest. In other words, these
expert government foresters will tell
you, free of charge, exactly what to
plant, how and where to plant it, and
how to make it grow-aH for the sake
of the cause. Under this offer 200 APP
plications have been received and 1876
planting plans have already been put
into operation.
These requests for assistance from
the government are considered in
the order of their receipt, as rule,
but the department reserves the right
to give preference to those likely to
furnish the most valuable object les
sons. Applications are constantly
coming in, preliminary examina tons
and planting plans are being made as
rapidly as possible, and higher stand
ard is being reached as the public be-
gins to recognize that method counts
for more than climate in the matter
of forest tree planting.
A careful study of old forest planta-
tions shows some on one kind of soil,
some on another; some pastured and
some not; some with trees planted far
apart; some carefully cultivated, 9TH
ers allowed to grow to grass and
weeds. AS result of all this some of
these plantations are dead or dying,
while others are in thrifty condition.
Accurate conclusions drawn from the
work of the past, and knowledge of
the cause of failures as we'll as of sue
cess, form the foundation of the help
the United States department of agri-
culture is freely offering to tree plant
erS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
Favors six and Eight-Inch Guns.

Washington, July %. = Admiral
Adair Bradford, of the naval board OF
construction, Saturday submitted to
Secretary Long minority report on
the proposed new battleships. The
report favors six and eight-inch guns
instead of seven-inch gun in broad.
side batteries as recommended by the
majority report. Admiral Bradford
also argues for the retention of the
superposed turrets. He cites the dis.
cussions leading up to the adoption
of plans for ships now building, to
show that the. present majority plan
is. not in line with the best judgment
of naval experts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
Fruit PuHs.

Delicious fruit puffs may be made
by adding to the above mixture one
half cupful of washed and Toured
huckleberries or the same amount of
chopped raisins, currants or dates. Ii
this is done the batter should be pre-
pared as described above, and before
adding the white of the egg the fruit
should be beaten in with one cupful
of ice cold milk or water and an adj
ditional three-quarters of a cupful
of graham -four. When it is light
and foamy fold in the white of the
egg as before and bake.-Boston
Budget.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-26
News in Brief.

The local quarrymen have notified the
granite firms of the st. Cloud district
that on and after Aug. /, the scale of
wages will be 81 per day of eight hours,
and that the scale will be for one year
from that date. The present scale is 81
per day of nine hours.
Crookstons telephone system is to be
given an overhauling and the exchange
will be moved into new building now
being erected by Christianson & Strauder.
Adiutant General Libby, of the national
guard. has ordered new uniforms for the
men of the First regiment. They are the
brown kahki uniform worn by the troops
in Cuba and other hot countries.
A fire engine ran down August Chem
idln at Wacouta and Seventh streets, st.
Paul Two wheels passed over his body.
He was removed to the office of DR.. j. c..
Nelson where he died within twenty
minutes.
After having lived to the ripe old age of
Is years, r. B. Hendershott, an inmate OF
the poor farm at Minneapolis, dropped
dead.
The volume of business done by the
Crookston land office during the year
closing June Goth was the largest in its
history and included 1,94O homestead en-
tries, S43 final prosfs, 456 cash entries. and
444 contests filed. $50 .s...s ,s.s,sse,
Albert Kroner was kicked to death by
a broncho at Brainerd. s
Willie Konzem. a bell boy died Of lock-
law at the city hospital IN ST. Paul.
While celebrating during the Fourth his
ho,d xyoc hadly larcerafed nv the ey.