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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

presents pleaSduG plCIulo VI oAiN
Virginia country gentleman. And
yet, says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
there were not lacking, even in the
ornaments of the house, indications
OF the heroic mold in which it's mas
ter was cast. When Washington first
settled with his wife at Mount Yer
non he ordered from Europe the
busts of Alexander the Great, Charles
XII. of Sweden, julius Caesar, Fred
erick of Prussia, Marlborough and
Prince Eugene, and in addition asked
for statuettes of ''two wild beasts. >
First, his admiration is for the great
soldier and statesman; next, the
reckless but brilliant military adven-
turer, and last the exciting chase.
Washington was married at 81. AL
ready he was one of the foremost
men of the country. For him the
myrtle and ivy were entwined with
the laurel, and fame was sweetened
by youth. He was righteously ready
to draw from life all the good things
which fate and fortune, then smiling
upon him, could offer, and he took
his pleasures frankly and freely, with
an honest heart. One loves to pic
ture that gallant, generous, youth
full figure, brilliant in color and man
ly in form, riding gayly on from one
little colonial town to another, feast
ing, dancing, counting and making
merry"
Three months after his marriage
Washington settled down to the life
of a planter at beautiful Mount Yer
non. Much of the furnishing for his
house was ordered from London, and
the selections denoted refinement and
an intense sense of propriety. He ap-
peared to have an unfailing instinct
in everything for that which is ap-
propriate. His own dress, his furni-
ture, his harnesses, the things for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

Mrs. T. Pelton, 562 St. Anthony avenue,
St. Paul, Mimi, writes:
"Peruna has done wonders for me. 1t
has cured my headache and palpitation of
the heart; has built up my whole system.
I cheerfully recommend Peruna to all suf-
ferers afflicted with catarrh. My mother is
never without Peruna. When one is tired
and generally out of sorts, if Peruna is taken
it Immediately removes that tired feeling"
Peruna cures catarrh by removing the
cause, inhamed mucous membranes.
DIR. Hartman, the compounder of Pc
runa, once said, in lecture to women:
ga great number of women consult me
every year. l often have occasion to say
to these patients, I fear you have ca
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22
A Birthday Lesson

George chopped the cherry tree, my son
But that was slight beside
What cherry switches would have done
To George If he had lied.
Chicago Daily Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22
Very Remarkable.

Teacher-What was there remark
able about Washington?
Dick Hicks--He got to be president
without telling lie.-Harlem Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22
JeIlyc IN Desserts.

Are so much easier to prepare than the old
fashioned gelatine. With Burnham's Hasty
Jellycon there is nothing to do but dissolve
it in boiling water and set away to cool. 1t
is already sweetened and favored, Get a
package to-day at your grocer's The fla,
vors are: Orange, lemon, strawberry, rasp.
berry. peash, wild cherry and uniavored
"calfsfoot" Ter sking wine and coffee
iellies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22
A sardonic Oninion

George Washington was good and great
But I'd be moved to doubt him
If he had talked one-tenth as much
AS those who talk about him
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

doctrine for the last forty years, but there
are vast multitudes of women who have
never heard it yet. Catarrh may attack any
organ of the body. Women are especially
liable to catarrh of the pelvic organs. There
are one hundred cases of catarrh of the pei
vic organs to one of catarrh of the head.
Most people think, because they have not
catarrh of the head, they have not catarrh
at all. This is a great mistake and is the
cause of many cases of sickness and DEATH"
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of Peruna, write
at once to DR.. Hartman giving a full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

tarrh, madam They will generally
reply, ooh, no, I never had catarrh. My
nose is perfectly clear and my breath is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

not bad. / am not
troubled W i t h
coughing or spit
ting or any 9th
er disa greeable
symptoms of ca
tarrh.' But, my
dear madam, you
may have catarrh
all the same. Ca
tarrh is not al
ways located in
the head. You
may have catarrh
of the lungs, or
stomach, or liver,
or kidneys, and
especially 20 u
may have catarrh
of the pelvic or
| gans."
The d o C t o r
went on to say:
81 have b C e n
preaching t h i S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22
The Aftermath,

Tomorrow, George" the old man said,
: AS his brows met in frown,
you may cut up that cherry tree,
Which you to-day cut down.
Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22


she has gathered and fortune The Peun Medicine
81 your both myself my mother
Hannah Bennett SSth find invaluable
remedy for cod kindred
tonic feeble those with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-02-22

A S 81 IN G 7 o MS
life at Mount YER
non before the
turmoils of war
brought the bit
terness of Valley
Forge and after
ward the weight
of Dublic care S
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

A few years ago French scientist OF
wide reputation. who had written several
books against Christianity, was one of a
party which was crossing the great Ara
bian desert The servants were all Mus
sulmans, and. of course, at each sunrise
and sunset and several times during the
day, no matter what difficulties were in
the way, they knelt upon their little pray.
ing mats in the heat Of the sun and on
the burning sand and repeated their Mo
hammcdan prayers.
The Frenchman was very witty and
often made some joke upon their devO-
tions. at which. am ashamed to say, we
all laughed more or less.
One evening, as the suns red disk was
dropping below the horizon of sand pre-
ciscly as the red moon comes up out OF
the horizon of water at sea, the men had
made their final salaam toward Mecca
and were rising from their knees when
the Frenchman spoke to the leader, say
ing:
do you not -w6ste your valuable time
in so many Of these operations? How Dc
you happen to know so well that there Is
a God out here in the desert
The Arab replied, "Sahib, how did yot
know so well this morning that cara
van had passed our tents last night wheI
you were asleep"
"By the footprints in the sand, o
COURSE" said the Frenchman.
The Arab pointed very solemnly to tn
last fiery tip of the suns disk as it ap
peared upon the line of sand and replied
"Sahb, that is not the footprint of
man."
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

We have an inquiry from Oregon for
some further information as to the
commercial uses of wire grass. The
grass referred to is the tough and wiry
product of the great peat slOughs of
the northwest, a grass which has no
value as a fodder and which is rarely
ever cut for hay. This grass is made
up of a tough and fibrous growth which
was found few years ago to have a
great variety of uses when properly
manipulated and manufactured. From
1t is now made very serviceable Irvine
and cordage; it is woven into a durable
mating of a hundred kinds; it is used
for many forms of wickerwork. such
as baskets, baby cabs. summer chairs
and an almost endless variety of things
which enter into daily use. We are
not advised as to whether the wire
grass of the Pacific coast is Of the
same kind as that which is common to
the northwest. This grass, heretofore
worthless, has, because of it's new uses,
from being the most utterly worthless
product of the country where 1t is
found, become one of the most valu
able and commands a high price wheT
cut at the proper season and baled fol
shipment-about $12 to SO per ton, We
are told. If our Oregon friend will senC
us n specimen of the grass which II
there found we will be pleased to fur
ther advise him.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09
GENERAL MARKETS.


Philadelphia. Aug 6-Flour steady:
winter superfine S2.l5d2SO; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, S2.90G315; city mills. extra.
2.40a2.65. Rye flour slow. at 81 65a2.S1
per barrel. Wheat firm; No. red.
spot, 73073l2c Corn dull. No. 2
yellow, local, 62Ac. Oats firm; No white
clipped, 45@45hc: lower grades. 41Q43c.
Hay in good demand; No. 1 timothy. Sle5O
Ql5 for large bales. Beef firm beef hams
Sl9.5OQ20.50. Pork steady; family, $3.50
Live poultry quoted at Toe. for hens
&c. for old ROSTERS l2G1lc for spring
chickens. Dressed poultry at 1OG101ac for
choice fowls, 6l5c for old ROSTERS. 1Sd20c.
for nearby broners, 12Ql4c for frozen
broilers. Butter steady; creamery 2liac.
factory, 19021c. Cheese unsettled;
fancy large colored, 9iaG9$lc. Eggs firm:
New York and Pennsylvania, lie; west
ern storage, at mark, 120l4c. Potatoes
off; Jerseys 55065c.
Baltimore. Aug. 6.-Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat strong; spot and the
month, 7S3sQfSb5c.; September. .s3sQ I3%c.
October. 743sQTlAc.; December 763sc.
steamer No. red, 62d7fac.; southern
by sample, 62q@74lec.: southern. on grade
70laG741sc. Corn dull; spot 57l2a5Sc; tn,
month size; September, 5Sc.; steamer
mixed, 56i2d5Te.; southern white corn G.
G6Sc. southern yellow corn 6Od61c Dat,
/ firm for old; new more active; No
white, old. 4if44l5c.; new. 4Sd44c.; No.
/ miXeu, old, i244212c. Rye strong anC
/ higher; No. nearby, 55c. No. western
| SEC Hay firm; No. l timothy. S16d16.5O
Butter firm and unchanged; fancy mita
ton, 17GlSc.; fancy creamery 2lG22c.
| fancy ladle. 15Ql6c.; store packed 12d14C
| Eggs firm and unchanged; fresh, 14c
Cheese firm and unchanged; large, 10Ac.
medium, l012c.; small 10ac. Sugar firm
and unchanged; fine and coarse granu
lated, 1855
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

We have heretofore referred to the
Angora goat and it's great value for
subduing brush and timbered lands
We would like to emphasize the matter
still further. If any reader of these
notes in any state knows of brush land
which can be bought cheaply, there is
a snap for him in buying it and fencing
1t and putting on it an average of
three Angora goats to the acre. If To-
Gated anywhere In the blue grass re-
gion, the goats will convert this brush
tract inside Of FIVE years into a smooth
and valuable tract of blue grass pas
ture, assuming, of course, that the
trees and large bushes are cut off the
first year. No grubbing will be need
ed, for the goats will eat every shoot
and twlg which appears, and thus the
grubs will all rot and at the end OF
five years may be removed with 9
pillow or a pick. There are very many
localities where this may be done will
a nice profit.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

Leave Chester IL hours after leaving Phila
>-~----------~-~-~-~-~--- --~-~-------------~-~
Fare to Philadelphia 81 90
Federico and Philadelphia Navigation Co.,
o,-e...FREDEE ca. oFI
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

When man first discovered how to con
vey his thoughts to others by writing, he
must have felt the want of some means
of embellishing his work, and so the art
of Illuminating was begun. The earliest
work known is the Egyptian papyri, CON
tanning portions OF the Ritual. or Book
of the Dead" which is ornamented with
many drawings and colored pictures. Elk
cepting the above no other manuscripts
of antiquity were, strictly speaking, illu-
minated. The Greek and Roman manu-
scripts of the first century that have been
preserved to the present day were only
written. The Oldest Illuminated manu-
scripts, of which there are two, are of the
fourth century, the Virgil of the Vatican
and the Dioscorides of Vienna. These
are ornamented in the byzantine style
with yignettes.
Through the middle ages, when litera-
ture was only produced in the form of
manuscripts, this art was of the greatest
Importance and was highly developed.
In the different epochs of that period il
was marked by great diversities of STYLE
and appears to have received no less at.
tention than any of the fine arts. but
when printing superseded written books
Illuminating languished and finally he.
came extinct. This beautiful art has
again been brought into notice, and much
has been produced that might compare
with that Of the medieval period.-Ari
Amateur.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09
New EncIsud,s LncIs Of children.

The New England people are upon the
soil. but are not of it. They obviously
dislike farming as much as their women
do children, and were it not for the capa-
BILE among them and the foreigners who
have taken up their residence among
them there would be neither children
born nor fields cultivated.
If left to themselves, the existence OF a
descendant of the pilgrim fathers would
be as rare as the great aux, and the race
is sure to share the fate of the dOdO.
This must be a very serious problem
for the United States statesmen. Stop
the foreign immigration, and the United
States would not increase in population
and after a time their numbers would be
gin to diminish.
There is obviously something wrong
with people who under conditions ST
favorable have such small families.
The United States woman does not re
alize her duties to God and her countr!
and thinks more of her own pleasur,
than she does of the responsibilities
| which the Creator has imposed upon her
/ From a Letter of Hon. David Mills
/ Minister of Justice, Ottawa.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09
Felt Familiar.

Bennett Burleigh related a pleasant
story in the London Telegraph. The
incident, which happened In his sight
and hearing, was as follows: Two Off
GERS. total strangers, new arrivals
from up country, rather lonely and
bored, were awaiting luncheon. The
elder having proposed that they should
Eit together, a mutual frlendliness de-
velOped so rapidly that at last one
said to the other: do you know,
rather like you, and there's something
about you that seems familiar, as If
we had met before? I'm Major S. OF
the Blanks" Indeed! Are you? ]
thought so. And Pm Lieutenant s. OF
IS staff, just jOined-yOur youngest
brOther!
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

A Sabbath school teacher once remark
ed that he who buys the truth makes
good bargain and inquired if any scholar
recollected an instance in Scripture of
any one making a bad bargain.
Il do" replied a boy. "Esau made a
bad bargain when he sold his birthright
for a mess of pottage."
A second said. Judas made a bad bar
gain when he sold his Lord for 80 pieces
of silver"
A third replied. "Ananias any Sap
phira made a bad bargain when they sold
their land and then told Peter false
hood about it.
A fourth observed, "Our Lord tells Us
that he makes bad bargain who to gain
the whole world loses his own sou"
Exchange.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09
The Rehenrsed weddinr.

The wedding was. upon the whole,
an artistic success. The bride particu-
larly evinced unmistakable talent. She
trembled with all the technical accu-
racy Of an aspen leaf and the emo
tional intensity of a startled fawn. Her
trembling indeed was irreproachable.
If she cast down her eyes with some
thing of amateurish gawkiness, the
fact is easily attributable to her mex
perience, this being her first wedding,
rather than to an essentially defective
method. She was fairly we'll support
ed.
The bridegroom rose from his knees
too soon and had to be knocked down
by the prOmpter, but otherwise the
minor parts were carried out creditO.
bly.-Detroit Journal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09
RABIES.

In a certain community in the west |
dog went mad, and during the raid
which it made before it was killed it |
bit 10 cows in a dairy herd, which all |
sooner or later were attacked with "a
hes and died. The owner Of these
cows was a wealthy and influential
man in the community, and the milk
Of these cows was received at the local
creamery during the time which elaps-
ed between the biting by the dog and
the outbreak of the disease in the ami
NAL. A protest was entered against
this sort of business, but was over
ruled by the creamery officials on the
ground that the milk of such cows was
/ harmless, even though they had been
! inoculated with the virus of rabies.
i We are asked to say whether this as
sumption was right or wrong. 1t is
common error which classes poisons in
to two types-those which act directly
on the circulatory system, such as the
poison Of snakes, and those which work
through the digestive system, such as
arsenic or strychnine, many people be-
lieving that unless such pOisons are
administered through the medium
through which they are said to operate
they are harmless This is clearly a
mistake, for an injection of morphine
or strychnine into the blood direct will
produce the same results, though moi
so rapid and marked as though takeT
into the stomach. The virus Of rabies
) is what may be termed blood poison
T and without doubt might be absorbed
! into the system through the stomach
l Just as the other pOisons referred to
e Whether such virus before the devel
\ opment of the disease in the COW coult
q be communicated through the medium
J. Of the cows milk to the user of sue
> milk is a question which it will take
n wiser man than the writer to answer
Il 1t brings up the old wrangle over tn
o question of Observation-Disclosures til
e milk from a COW infected with this di
3 ease can transmit the diSease-and Q
this matter it will be recalled the do
lOIS anu SCleHtlSlS dAS NIuSAJ a. va
h ance. Looking at the proposition {
is submitted, we would say that cOmmC
y, decency, allied with a natural instin
lie of self preservation common to a
ir would dictate that such milk was UNI
d. for use and the man who offered it f
OF sale or use and the creamery officia
st who refused to bar it out were all
r. culpable and deserving Of censul
40 People who had such milk or the butt
nd made from such milk sold to the
u would be justified in having a mild I
ed tack of rabies on general principles.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

On a certain occasion ] listened to
harpist. He touched the strings with the
skill of genius. and | surrendered myself
to the divine influences which vibrated 10
the air. At one moment it seemed as
though the world were filled with the re-
joicings Of victory. and ! was uplifted.
At another moment the sounds he called
forth were drenched with tears. My
heart was broken, for ] was in the dark
and even the stars were blotted out. But
sorrow and joy alike were divine music
not the same kind of music. but music
which made earth beautiful and heaven
seem very near. The harp is the soul OF
man, and on it are played the vicissitudes
Of human life There are strains OF
peace and strains of grief, which follow
each other in quick succession. I weep
| laugh. struggle. die. But to the hear
that is attuned It is all music, and my
tears and my laughter. my bereavement'
and my death, are simply a pilgrims ex
periences on his way through this wOrlC
to a brighter and better. The good Coz
is over us all, and when the workday j
over and we are called to rest we shall
see that there is a meaning in it ALL
| George FL. Hepworth.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

The hardest work for woman con-
nected with farm life is the cooking,
the washing and the butter making. In
most localities the creamery has step
ped in and relieved the housewife of
the care Of the dairy. cooperative eff
fort among farmers having worked out
a complete revolution in this particu-
lar. Now, why could not the same
principle of cooperation be further ap-
piled as to the making and baking OF
all breadstuffs and the doing Of all the
washing of a community? Why should
20 overwOrked women slave over wash
tubs one day each week and work hard
to make from 10 to 20 big lOaves OF
bread at 20 different homes when
couple of strong men with proper appli
ances would do all this work at some
central point?
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

In 100 army prisons throughout Ger
many 46 per cent of all the murderers
committed their crimes while under the
Influence of drink. Sixty-three per cen
of the cases of manslaughter. "A per cent
of serious injury to the person and q
per cent of criminal immortality are due
to the same cause. In the navy out o.
1871 punishable cases during the las
six years IS per cent of the most serious
cases have been due to Drunkenness
Berlin Letter to London Chronicle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

1t is not so much the amount Of rain
which may fall in an agricultural dis
trict as it is to have it fall at the right
season of the year. 1t is probably true
that as small an amount of rain as ten
inches per annum, if distributed just
right during the growing season, would
suffice for all needs Of plant life and
insure a perfect development of all
cereal crops, though this condition
would be almost fatal to tree growth.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

The meadow lark. the plover, the
ground lark, two varieties Of hawks
and one Of owls are about the only
birds to be seen on the range lands Of
western North Dakota The meadow
larks are very plentiful. Where there
are marshes or lakes may be found the
red winged blackbird, the cowbird and
the grackle, and some prairie chickens
near those sections where the land Is
cultivated. During their periods of mi
grafton vast quantities Of wild swans,
geese and ducks may be found in all
the lake sections.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

We travelled lately for 80 miles
through one of the timber slashings of
northern Minnesota, country from
which the timber had been removed
and over which the forest fires have
run, and find that in the section seen
the soil is good and is producing a
large growth of the native grasses.
This land is for sale at very low prices,
and we are satisfied that if a man
would take this land and stock it with
sheep and cattle, not attempting to
clear up any large amount of it, he
would in a very few years be in pos
session of very valuable farm lands.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

Buffalo, Aug. Hon Horatio S.
Earle, of Detroit, president OF the
League of American Wheelmen, has
issued a general and urgent invitation
to all members Of the league to meet
him in Buffalo on August IA and Is,
on the occasion of the 22d annual meet
of that organization.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

Usually a term Of five years win
mark extremes Of prices on all farm
products, the lowest as well as the
highest prices which any commodity
brings. Thus, when any product which
may be safely held is selling for less
than the cost Of production such COM
modify may be safely purchased and
held with the certainty that inside Of
1--WE years it will touch high water
mark.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-08-09

Public executions in Paris prove very
profitable to the owners of houses COM
handing the scene. Windows are let out
for the occasion, the landlords watching
for the first sign of the execution and
then at once sending word to the persons
who have hired the room. If an ordinary
criminal is executed, the charge is usual
ly about $3.75 per place, but should the
offender have committed any remarkable
crime the price runs up to $50.