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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
STORMS IN MICHIGAN.
Violent Electrical Storms Do DAM
age-Rain at Other
Points.

3 s 4
Detroit, Mich, July 29.-Reports
from all over Michigan from Free
Press correspondents indicate that the
severe electrical storm was widespread
and resultant of much damage. AL
though no great damage was done in
any particular locality, in the aggre-
gate it will be enormous. Scores of
barns filed with the product of the
harvest fields were struck by lightning
and dozens were burned to the ground
with contents. Two people were killed
and many private residences and
churches were struck by lightning.
Another storm is in progress.
/. Kansas City, Mo-, July 29.-Soaking
rains fell Friday night and Saturday
morning in eastern and central Kan
sas. At many points it is the first rain
of any consequence since the middle of
April. Conditions favored continued
rain Saturday. The heaviest fall seems
to have been in western Missouri. In
Kansas City there was steady down.
fall for three hours.
Topeka, Kan. July 29.-The most ex-
tensive rainfall that Topeka and Shaw
nee county have experienced for year
fell for two hours Saturday morning,
beginning at five o'clock. The down.
pour was almost in the nature of a
cioudburst, flooding the streets and
congesting the cutters. The atmos-
phere is considerably cooler with mer-
curry around so at nine o'clock.
The Santa Fe reports the rain ex-
tending 80 miles west on their system
and east to Kansas City. On the Rock
Island and Union Pacific systems, far
Their north, the area covered is about
the same. This ends the drought in
the sections mentioned for the present,
the rain refil,ing the streams and re-
storing pasturage. The rainfall was
an inch and three-quarters over the
state 100 miles west of Kansas City.
st. Louis, July 29.-Saturday started
in about as Friday with the thermome-
ter at seven a. m. recording so degrees,
and cool breezes blowing. Three hours
later the government thermometer
showed SO degrees, or two degrees
warmer than the same time Friday.
Rain was pretty general in the fol-
lowing counties Friday night and Sat-
urday morning, greatly benefiting live
stock and crops: Barton, Buchanan,
Macon, Jasper, Pulaski, Maries, Cole,
Harrison, Newton, Barry, Polk. Cedar,
Greene, ST. Clair, La Fayette, Wright,
Holt, Cass, Howell, Benton, Phelps and
PettiS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Peoples Christian Family
church is the title of new religious
sect which has been organized in Bos-
ton with about 20 members.
In Germany ten years ago out Of
every 1000 students who entered the
universities 2O6 were students of the
ology; in 1893 the number was $50 for
each 1000, while this year it is only
101.
The appeal for funds to rehabili-
tate the public schools of Galveston,
after the storm, brought in the sum
of $54,270.5s, the bulk Of it contrib
uted by children throughout the
country.
Three generations of one colored
family have been graduated from
Oberlin college-John M. Langston in
1S49; his son, Arthur d. Langston, a
teacher in St. Louis, in 1877; and his
grandson this year.
A young Italian woman, DR.. Rina
Monti, who has published several sci
entific papers and who has gained a
university gold medal, has been &C
cepted by the University of Pavia as
a lecturer in anatomy.
From statistics recently made it is
computed that, while the general pop
ulation of India has increased 20 per
cent. during the last 20 years, the
growth in the ranks of Protestant
Christianity has been las per cent.
A curious instance of religious
fanaticism has recently come before
the courts of Lemberg in Austrian
Poland. A wealthy Roman Catholic
lady has been tried and convicted and
sentenced to three years imprison-
ment for kidnapping Jewish girl and
combining her in convent, where she
was baptized against her parents
will.
DIR. Joseph Parker, the noted Lon
don preacher, was recently lecturing
on Eternity" in a provincial town
and was much annoyed by young
dandy who was seated near the plat
form. The youth, proud of a new
watch, was continually pulling it out
to see what time it was. Finally the
lecturer could stand it no longer
Looking full at the offender he said:
"Put up your watch, young man. We
are considering eternity, not time"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Swans VS.. Cattle.

In a pond near Hampstead Heath,
in England, crowd of spectators
watched a pair of swans defeat dozen
cattle that had come down to wade
into the refreshing GOODNESS. The
swans objected and as if by .precon-
certed signal moved upon the cattle.
Men have had occasion to attest to
the power that is in swans wings.
They strike blows that not only have
force but great deal of accuracy in
delivery. The birds charged directly
at the heads of the bullocks, slapping
right and left. The attack was furious.
Some attempt was made by the cattle
to resist, but inside of three minutes
they were in fight, half blinded by
the birds wings. They made no eff
fort to return, either, until the cow
herd near by came and drove the birds
out.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
1T WAS NO LYNCHING BEE.
But 1t Was Not the Fault of the Sem
satiOn MOngers in This
Instance.

81 enjoy the unenviable distinction
of having aided in the organization
of mob on one OCCASION" said a
gentleman who is a recent acquisi-
ton to the citizenship of Louisiana,
reports the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat, 'but the scheme all went awry
for reasons that will be more par
ticularly set forth hereinafter. l had
been sent out to little town in Ten
nessee where the offense which justi-
fies lynching had been committed. I
was on one of the dailies published
at the capital of the state, and there
was with me on the trip the reporter
of another paper. We expected to
find tremendous mob at the town
where the negro had been placed
when arrested, but, instead, we found
the quietest place in the world. Men
were lounging lazily under shade
trees, whiting on dry goods boxes,
and willing away the time after the
usual fashion in country towns.
There was no evidence of the mob
spirit. We had to stir up something,
or lose the story. We stopped every
straggler that came along, and said
we had heard that the negro was
going to be lynched, and, while we
deplored the fact, we thought under
the circumstances it would be justi-
fed. Finally we had the crowd in
good condition, and had arranged for
meeting in an old stable. We had
been spending money freely, and the
crowd was almost in swooning con-
dition.
when we got into the stable my
friend jumped upon bale of hay and
began fearful denunciation of the
wretch who had committed the crime.
The crowd would cheer Justify at in
tervals. My friend finished. We all
went to get another round of drinks
before going to the Jail. Some other
fellow was full of speech, and we
gathered around the bale of hay
again. We listened, cheered Justify
at intervals, and then went to the
rumshop to whet our appetites for
sisted on exercising his lungs, and
we gathered around the bale of nay
again, listened and cneered Justify
at intervals, got thirsty in the mean
time, and returned for final drink
before attacking the Jail. Some other
fellow had, in the meantime, pumped
his lungs full of philippics and hot
air, and he wanted to work his Adj
ANS apple, so back to the bale of
hay we went. We finally concluded
to make the charge on the Jail. Day
light had begun to show, and in the
gray, still morning the Jail of the
town did not look larger than a
chicken coop. We swooped down on
the Jail and demanded the keys. We
got them, and demanded the pris-
oner. The man is not here the
jailer said, good naturally. Sure
enough, the prisoner had been spir-
tied away, while we were speaking
from the bale of hay and imbibing
in the rum shop, and it was case
of two scoopers getting scooped."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
History of a Trade Mark.

A trade mark TO many may seem
small, trivial thing, and many trade
mark is small thing. With the well
known trade mark of the Northern Pa
cific railroad there is much history
that is valuable and interesting. How
many readers know that the origin of
this trade mark dates back more than
5000 years before the Christian era,
and is one of the mysteries of ancient
Chinese philosophy? Yet such is the
fact. The idea first occurred to Mr..
Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific while attend
ing the Worlds Fair in Chicago. The
emblem on the Korean flag attracted
his attention as suitable foundation
for trade mark and it was adopted.
Subsequent researches developed its
antiquity. The Northern Pacific Rail-
way has issued a booklet entitled ga
History of Trade Mark" chapter
Of Wonderland 1901" giving a full
account of the adoption and origin of
the symbol. 1t is handsomely illus
trated in colors, rich in ancient re-
search and exceedingly interesting. 1t
is free to all for the postage, which is
only cents, and can be had upon APP
plication to Chas. S. Fee, G. P. & T. A.,
st. Paul, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
HUMOROUS.

'You said you were going to marry
an artist, and now you are engaged
to dentist" swell, isn't he an ar
fist? He draws from real life."-
Fun.
His Exclamation.-Mrs Gaswell-
''The car of Russia now has four
daughters" Gaswell-"Oh, the dear
little czardines!"- Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph.
Seward-"Were you aware that
Noah understood all about electric
ity?" Baldwin-''No; did hep" Sew
ard-"Most assuredly; he made the
arch light on Ararat." Town and
Country.
Riches haven't brought
them culture, seemingly. Just look
at the loads of diamonds they wear!"
eyes, one would think they were in
very moderate circumstances, only"
Detroit Journal.
At the Hotel Topsy-Turvy.-"Will
you register, please??' NO, 1 can't
write" "Will you have a room?"
mo, I can't Sleep" what will you
have" Nothing; how much is the
?''-Town Topics.
Host-"So sorry you have to be
going" Guest-"Indeed, [ am, too.
By the way, I'm not sure about my
train. It's nine-something, but"
Hosts Eldest-"It's 9:32. Pa said he
hoped you'd take that one."-Phil-
adelphia Record.
81 declare" remarked De Kanter,
who had had night with the boys,
I'm little hoarse this morning.
Indeed, dear?" said his wife. ''You
weren't last night" ''No, wasn't;
that's so.'' ''No; you were a big jack
ass."-Philadelphia Press.
Fully Qualified.-"What are your
qualifications for the position of
landscape gardener?" they asked of
the young woman who had surprised
everyone by making application for
the position. 'Why, 1 have been
working in a millinery house all
spring." she assured them.-Balti-
more American
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
REVIVAL IN JAPAN.
Returned Missionaries Report q Re-
marlsab1e Religious Movement
Throughout the Island.

San Francisco, July 29.-Miss NJ. A.
Hawley, Miss d. D. Barlow and Miss
Witherbee, Baptist missionaries, who
have just arrived here from Yoko-
hama, report that for the first time in
the history of Japan there has re.
Gently been a great revival by all de-
nominations in that country. The
work has been inaugurated and car
ried on principally by the natives
themselves, and the wave has spread
all over the country. In Toxic alone
there have been over 5000 inquirers.
The japanese government has shown
the utmost kindness to foreign re-
ligiouS workers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02

ON to a red bark tree that fourishes
in the soil but does not contain much
quinine. When the wound of the graft
ing has healed the tall top of the red
bark tree is cut off and the improved
tree transplanted from the nursery to
the forest.
To prepare land for these forests
the jungle is cleared and the ground
kept perfectly free from weeds and
rubbish. The trees are planted in
rows and in such manner the rains
can sink deep into the soil. When they
are six years old the trees are cut
down. The old way was to peel tho
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Not as Bad as First Reports.

Batoum, July ga search of the
debris of that portion of this city
wrecked by an explosion July 25 dis
counts the alarming earlier reports as
to the damage and loss of life re-
sulting from the explosion. Thirty
buildings are now known to have been
wrecked in the vicinity of the eX-
ploded magazine, and many civilians
were killed or injured. Thirty SOL
diers were injured and three officers
were killed. The magazine did not con-
tain petroleum. The disaster oc-
Cured in the center of the town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02

TAVA produces practically all the
j quinine in use, or, to be more ac-
curate, practically all the cinchona
bark from which the worlds supply of
quinine is made. Ninety per cent. of
the yield is shipped to Amsterdam,
now the cinchona market of the world,
the remainder being converted into
quinine in the Java quinine factory at
Bandoeng.
The secret of the manufacture of
this drug has been most jealousy
guarded, and it is only of recent years
success has attended the efforts of
those who ventured to make stand
against the combina ton of quinine
factories in Europe. The trust had
been particularly hard on the plant
ers, continually depressing the price
of the bark and keeping the price of
the MANUFACTURED article high; max
ing it necessary for the planter either
to go out of business or to attempt to
combat his taskmaster. He followed
the latter course.
The first efforts were not success
full, the quality of the quinine being
inferior and resulting in the Java ar
ticle getting a bad name. But now
the factory is well on its feet, and the
methods in use in the Laboratories in
Java are thoroughly scientific and up
to date. Mr.. F. L. Seely, secretary and
treasurer of the Paris Medicine COM
pany at st. Louis, one of the largest
users of quinine in the world, reports
as the result of personal investiga-
tions in Java the conviction that the
factory at Bandoeng produces quinine
above the standard. Which is of con-
siderable interest to the world at
large, as the Java product is sold much
lower than the common makes. Mr..
Seely has given the world the benefit
of his Investigations into the Java in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02

bark and cover the naked trunks with
to cut the trees down close to the
roots and near by plant new ones. The
trees are then cut into short lengths
and the bark beaten off by women.
Women and children assist also in
the further preparation of the bark.
The pharmaceutical bark, the pipe
bark, is usually dried entirely in the
sun. 1t is placed in great trays, and
while it is still green women and chill
dren tie it into bundles. They sit in
the trays and work quite at their
ease. When bark is dried in ovens the
latter are heated by the wood of the
stripped trees.
After the bark is thoroughly dried
it is roughly ground into powder. Wa
ter power, which is abundant, is usual
ly employed for this process. The
powder is then packed into bags and
the greater part of it sent to Amster-
dam, whence it is distributed to diff
ferent factories. The remainder, as
we have said, is manufactured into
quinine at Bandoeng.
Bandoeng is about eight hours ride
from Batavia, the chief port of Java.
It is an attractive little town, it's long,
low houses built for tropical condi-
tions. Cinchona plantations lie all
about Bandoeng, from nine to thirty
miles distant. One may reach these
plantations by any one of three ways:
On the back of pony, in pony cart
or in a mountain chair carried by four
natives. On the way cinchona may be
seen in all styles, from the tiny seed
up to large forest trees, towering a
hundred feet from the ground. The
dwellings of the planters are eminent-
ly comfortable, not to say luxurious.
The refinements of life are not lack
ing on these Javanese plantations.
and the planters are cultivated, intel
ligent gentlemen. The Peruvian bark
industry has done not little towards
the evident prosperity of the country.
ranking to-day as one of the principal
articles of export.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
News in Brief.

Miss Mary Hammerstrom, aged II
years, living near Eagle Lake, commit
ted suicide by hanging. Disappoint-
ment in love is probably responsible
for the deed.
The commissioners of Sherburne
county have decided to build Jail at
Elk River.
The barn of Ben Chambers together
with three horses, near Crookston, was
burned.
Fire at Tower destroyed 80 build
ings, including a butcher shop, hotel
and saloon.
The Salvation army barracks in Min
neapolis, formerly the old Theatre
Comique, was destroyed by fire.
Joseph Mayo, a laborer, was drowned
while bathing near Cloquet.
Walter Bourne, formerly chief depu-
ty county auditor for Ramsey county.
was arrested upon the charge of rob-
bing the county by means of forged or
ders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Killed by HOBBS.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 29.-Two no.
boes held up Nels Peterson and Ben.
iamin Anderson near Belle PLANE Fri
day night, robbing both, pounding
Peterson and shooting Anderson.
whose headless body was found by
the track Saturday. 1t is supposed
that Anderson, after being thrown
from the train, crawled back and fell
across the rails unconscious and was
then run over by later train. The
men were from Chicago en- route to
the harvest fields.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Found the Watch.

Several days ago. B. Nilsen, of Clark
field, shipped car of wheat to D. R..
Wagner & Co., Minneapolis, person
ally assisting in loading the grain into
the car. While doing SO he missed his
valuable watch, and as search of the
premises failed to disclose it, he wrote
letter to the firm, telling of his loss
and suggesting that it might be buried
in the wheat.
The car was duly received by Wag-
ner & Co., and was rebilled to the La
Grange Milling company, at Red Wing,
who, in turn, were asked to look out
for the timepiece.
A few days later the watch was re-
ceived from the LaGrange company,
together with an explanatory note that
it had been found in the wheat when
the car was being unloaded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Where the Supply of
Ouinine Comes From
Java Furnishes the Greater Part of It
-. How It Is Raised and Treated

out of the country, captured him and
whipped him so severely that he died.
The 20 pounds of seed were sufficient
to start the cinchona industry in Java.
Twenty thousand trees grew from the
Ledger seeds, and some of them are
still standing. These trees, which are
almost so years old, are now used only
for the seed. The seeds are planted
in nurseries, where the young plants
are sheltered from the sun by leaf
shelters. AS the Ledgers do not take
to the soil very well, they are grated
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Cattle Display.

This years display of Shorthorns,
Herefords, and other strains of fine
cattle at the state fair promises to be
of incalcuable value in introducing fine
stock into the northwest. AS result
of last years exhibition of the Ameri-
can Hereford Cattle Breeders associa-
ton at the fair, Secretary Randall says
there, are now thirty breeders of this
stock, where year ago there were
three. The claim is made that this
years exhibition will be the largest
cattle show in the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Test of SObriety.

Agent-Allow me to impress upon
you the good qualities of our flooring.
In the whole width of the room there
will not be single crack.
Mrs. Bender-Oh, dear, then I
wouldn't care for it. You see, I always
like long, straight crack for Henry
TO walk when he comes home.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Machine Plant Burns.

York, Pa, July 29.-The machine
shop of the American Machine &
Foundry company, located at Han
over, this county, was destroyed by
fire Saturday morning. The loss is
estimated at from $4,000 to $125,ooo.
This plant was owned by the Amer
lean Tobacco company and was used
in the manufacture of it's machinery.
Two hundred men are thrown out Of
employment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Charged with Larceny.

New York, July 29.-Daniel F. Mey-
ers, a member of the wholesale drug
firm of Benton, Meyers & Co., of Cleve-
land, O., arrived here Saturday in
charge of detective, who arrested him
on a warrant charging him with lar
ceny in the first degree. 1t is alleged
that he stole a check for $27, 562 from
the Manhattan Insurance company, of
which he was formerly president, and
which is now in the hands of a receiver.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Gen. Wood Sails for New York.

Havana, July 29.-Gen. Wood was
taken on board the steamer MORO
Castle Saturday. He expressed him.
self as being quite well and wanted to
walk aboard the vessel, but the doc
tors insisted on his .being carried
aboard on portable cot. Deep SYM
pathy with Gen. Wood was shown by
Cubans of all classes upon his depar-
ture. The MORO Castle is due at New
York next Tuesday
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
He Knew How to Handle EN-.

Don't pick me up" growled the
bad man from Siwash; I'm a live
wire!"
Thanks for the warning" said the
gentlemanly bartender, "but it's all
safe enough when you have the nip
pers properly insulated"
Whereupon he seized the live wire
by his left ear with the ice tongs
and hustled him hastily through the
outer exit.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
Commendable Generosity.

eff bashful man were to court
you, Clara, would you meet him nine
teEths of the way?"
'Of course, Dorothy! If I felt him
to be the right man I'd meet him
eleven-tenths!"-Pu
The Washington times., 1901-12-03
An Historical Parallel.

1t is to be hoped that it is true that
the Beers have made up their minds
to propose "a peace. Every Christian
man and woman in the world hopes
that peace shall settle on South Af-
rica, and the way be thus prepared
for the restoration of its prosperity
and happiness. 1t is no more the
Christian duty of the Beers. however,
To sue for peace than it is that of the
English to grant liberal terms to an
enemy so brave and so patriotic.
\ lesson to both these foemen is to
be found in the recent notable adj
dress of Mr.. Charles Francis Adams
on the gratitude which this country,
North and South, owes to General
Robert f. Lee for surrendering the
Army OF Northern Virginia and ad-
yising his staff officers and soldiers to
return home and to the ways of
peace. He thus prevented the South
from adopting the advice of Mr.
Davis to enter upon new phase OF
the war" and begin guerrilla fighting
like that which the Beers are main
tanning.
The English papers take this rs adj
vice to the Beers that they surrender
uneonditionally. But they are mis-
taken. Grant did not demand of Lee
unconditional surrender. He and Lee
did what two great patriots and
Christians should have done The one
said: Keep your horses for the
plow." The other said: Harness
them to the plow and plant crop"
Together they took the first step
toward the reconciliation of today