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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
snorted. Mrs. Blevin looked

and snorted. Mrs. Blevin looked
ahead. Across the road lay the body
of a man; his head was hid in the
grass. She stopped. Perhaps he had
fallen from his horse and was serious
ly hurt. She would see. Spreading the
lap-robe on the grass for the baby, she
walked nearer and peered over into
his face. She stepped back, her heart
beating violently. 1t was her hus-
bands slayer. For some moments she
stood motionless, gazing down at him.
She was undergoing struggle. The
road was merely settlement by-path,
and it might be days, weeks, before
any one would pass. If she left him
he would likely die of his wounds, of
starvation, or be torn to pieces by the
coyotes-her husband would be re-
venged. Could she help the man back
to life who had murdered her husband
perhaps to make a widow of some
other wife? Had he not boosted of
killing two men? She glanced around;
No one would ever know. How
easy to drag him farther in the grass,
where his groans would not reach the
road, and leave him. She could do
that. Could she? Could she? A voice
seemed to thunder in her ear: "Thou
shalt not MURDER" and it would be
murder. 80 God, help mel" she cried.
HE killed my husband-the father of
my child" She looked to where the
baby cooed and waved it's hands in the
sunshine. The picture seemed to soft
Ell her, made the struggle easier.
She walked to the colonel and, bend
ing over, called his name softly. The
answer was a groan. She now saw
that his clothes were stained with
blood. Sire moved his head gently.
He was unconscious, and it was plain,
even to her inexperienced eye, that he
was dangerously hurt. Every feeling
of revenge left her, and there took it's
place a fear that he might die before
she could get help. She slipped her arm
underneath him; his limp body felt
like lead, but her strength surprised
She grew faint, her arms failed, he
slipped to the ground with a moan.
''How awful" she thought, wringing
her hands in desperation. Again
she clasped her arms about him,
strained under the weight until every
muscle in her body seemed on the
point of snapping-he tumbled into
the cart. ''Thank heaven!" she cried
in relief, drawing a deep breath as
she looked down at her stained dress.
His head had rolled against her face.
and she felt the blood trickling down
her cheek.
Slowly they crept across the
prairie. The weight of the baby
grew heavier every step; she changed
| it from arm to arm.
But, thank God, it was over now.
The colonel lay on some quilts in the
cool, breathing easier. She sprang
in the cart and started to his ranch,
seven miles distance. At last she
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"What are your heaviest expenses
in winter?" "Coal and cough drops.''
Chicago Record.
"You know Will was just crazy to
marry me- said the young bride.
eyes; that's what everybody Thinks -
replied her jealous rival onkers
Statesman.
Boston Person-"And she is not a
walking cyclopedia, after ALP" Other
Boston Person-"Hardly! I've known
her to take street car to go two
blocks."-Detroit Journal.
Mr.. Parvenu-"Waiter! Bring me
a bottle of champagne" Waiter
eyes, sir. Dry, sir?" Mr.. Parvenu-
"It's none of your bushes whether
I'm dry or not.'-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Little Waldo-"Stop kicking! Tha,
is against the principles of legitimate
pugilism." Micky-"I know dat, kid
but yer mudder made me promise
not to lay me hands on yer."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
"The boy" concluded the oculist
s'is color blind" ''Then what do
you think we should put him at?'
swell, what's the matter with max
ing an impressionistic painter OF
m?"-Philadelphi Times.
"Your wife is a great woman to
worry, isn't she?" 'Yes, she is lone
some without it, and I am thinking
of putting fret-work all over the
house, just to make the surrounding
consistent" Indianapolis News.
'Hear the new opera the other
night? What did you think of it?'
81 don't think man should express
an opinion of a work like that till
he's heard it several times, and it's
my impression won't hear it again.
Philadelphia Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
SKUNK FARMS DO NOT PAY,
shown by an Official Report on the
Subject to the Secretary
of Agriculture.

A newspaper story of the profits
made by raising skunks for their skins
is giving officials of the agricultural
bobbed up about year ago. 1t set
forth that the agricultural depart
ment had been studying skunk culture,
and had found that the beasts were
more profitable than a gold mine. AS
result of the story the department
has received many letters of inquiry,
says Washington report.
T. S. Palmer, assistant chief of the
biological survey, wants to correct
this misapprehension In report to-
Secretary Wilson he says:
''Misled by the statements about
the rapid increase of skunks and the
high prices paid for their skins, many
persons seriously considered the ex-
pertinent of starting skunk farms.
For several years list has been kept
of such farms located in various parts
of the country, but SO far as can be
learned most of them have been aban-
doned.
luz
profit is not a new idea. The industry,
however, has apparently never adj
vanced beyond the experimental
stage, except in the case of the farms
for raising the arctic or blue fox, es-
tablished on certain islands of the
coast of Alaska.
Minks and skunks breed rapidly in
captivity, but the low price of skins
make the. profits rather small. Last
season the highest market price for
prime black skunk skins from the
northern states averaged about $1.45
each, but white skins sold as low as Is
to 20 cents apiece. Skins that have
much white or which are obtained
from the southern states usually
bring less than a dollar each, price
that leaves little margin for profit
after paying the expenses of raising
the animal in captivity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12

IT WAS HER HUSBANDS SLAYER.
reached it, delivered her message, and
sank exhausted to the ground. But
how glad she was, an hour later, as
| she lay with her baby at her breast,
| the cool breeze from the prairie en-
wrapping her. A great calm stole
into her bosom, and she felt that
her husband would approve, could he
| know.
That evening the ranch "boss''
drove her home.
They found the colonel sleeping
soundly, propped up in her husband s
bed. The doctor told her that he had
regained consciousness, but that
there was no hope. He knew every
thing, and had sent for his lawyer.
The next morning Mrs. Blevin sat
watching at the bedside.
"You must be an angel, Mrs. Blevin,
to have been so kind to me-" he said,
Vfnally.
"I'm glad helped you," she said.
"Ive been a very wicked man"
''The doctor might not want you
to talk" she interrupted.
"But I want you to know" he in
sisted. "My life might have been diff
ferent-but for woman. The only
one I ever loved-the one who prom
ised to be my wife-married home
guard when was away in the war.
Then 1 became reckless. Your hus-
bands name was Blevin. That was
the name of the man she married. ]
questioned your husband-he was the
son of the woman I loved. Her hus-
| band died and left her in poverty. ]
was glad. That ought to have con-
ciliated me-but the sight of your
husband angered me-and I was
drinking. If had met you, and the
baby, it might not have happened.
II am very sorry. And have done
what I could. All the property goes
to the baby-and you. II have for
given her-for the sake of the grand
child"
Mrs Blevin was crying softly.
He reached out his hand for the in
FAINT. He held it moment, gazing
into the limpid blue eyes. 1t
clutched his beard and cooed. Hs
kissed it's velvety cheeks and let it
sink to his breast. Then strange
calm light came into his eyes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
GRANDMA'S GARDEN.

Fac from the city's stir and strife,
Back from. the dusty street,
There hides a garden wherein bloom
Flowers, old-fashioned and sweet
All, when the weary day is done,
How we'll my glad feet know
Tie little, winding path that leads
Where grandma's treasures grow.
o dear, old garden, I forget
The world and all its care;
Your warm, sweet silence seems to breathe
OF incense and of prayer.
Tie world may buffet as it will
What care l for its blows?
I know where hearts ease, dewy sweet,
In grandma's garden grows!
But, little garden. though you smile
In all your tender grace
The fairest blossom that you know
Is gran6ma's dear old face.
The peace of God is on her brow,
And in her tender eyes
There shines the light that broods upon
The hills of Paradise.
Florence A. Jones, in Chicago Advance
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
A Perfect ASS.

There is nothing so democratic as
fair-minded ignorance. 1t respects
person no more than does death. 1t
is being told just now how mem
Der of certain well-known club in
Philadelphia came across a striking
example of this. There had been a
theological discussion in the smok-
ing-room, and to sustain his argu-
ment, this member called one of the
library assistants, a fellow, it must
be owned, but newly engaged for the
place. "Is Justin Martyr in the IL
brary?" asked the casuist. don't
know, SIR" replied the attendant. 81
don't think he is a member, but I'll
ask the porter" This story sounds
somehow as if it were not quite new,
but there is another one, truly an
old one, about the late Dean Burgon,
which is somewhat along the same
lines. He caught himself one day
when talking of the nature. of man
as distinct from the lower orders of
creation. "Man," he declared, sis a
progressive being; the others are
stationary. Think, for example, of
the ass! Always and everywhere it
is the same creature, and you never
saw and never will see a more per-
feet ass than you see at the present
moment" -Philadelphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Misfit Occupations.
Half the world seems to have fnu

Half the world seems to have found I'M
congenial occupations. Servant girls are try
ing to teach; natural teachers are tending
stores; good farmers are numbering law,
while Choates and Websters are running
down good farms; and good farmers, in
turn, are farming still in congress. Artists
are spreading daubs on canvas who should
be whitewashing board fences. Shoemakers
write good verses for the village paper and
natural statesmen are pounding shoe lasts,
while other shoemakers are cobbling in
legislative halls. Good mechanics and cleo.
tricians are trying to preach sermons, and
wondering why their congregations continue
to sleep, while the Beechers are failing as
"Reminiscences.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions 4ba > from reputable /!
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
uine 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
TRY Grain-O! Try Grain.O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAINO has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
The Twentieth Century.

1901, and will end with 20O0 People did not
begin to reckon time from A. D. L., but
waited until about the 55Oth year of the
Christian era. People who begin to take
the great health restorative, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, Immediately after the first
outbreak of dyspepsia, malaria, rheumatism,
constipation, nervousness or kidney trouble
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
CAUSE OF FALLING HAIR,
Dandruff, Which Is u Germ Disease
t"ti Kill the Germ.

Falling hair is caused by dandruf, which
is germ disease. The germ, in burrowing
in to the root of the hair, where it destroys
the vitality of the hair, causing the hair to
fall out, digs up the cuticle in little scales,
called dandruff or scurf. You can't stop the
falling hair without curing the dandruff,
killing the dandruff germ. destroy the
cause, you remove the effect" Newbro' S
Herpicide is the only hair preparation that
kills the dandruff germ. Herpicide is also
a delightful hair dressing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what als you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. C..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
AN Undesirable place.

The worst mosquito-infested neigh
borhood in the world is the coast of
Borneo. The streams of that region
are at certain seasons unnavigable be.
cause of the clouds of mosquitoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Got is Standing.

Miss Coy-Do you really think girl can
find out who her husband will be by con-
sulting a fortune teller?
Miss Wise-Perhaps not, but found out
who my husband wouldn't be by that meth
cd, not long ago.
Really? What fortune teller did you con-
sult?" lAE Nm
"Bradstreet." Philadelphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Then He SwOre Off.

| He producing cigarette case)-Do you
| object to cigarettes?
She-Not at all. l don't blame the Gig
| arettes-I only object to people who smoke
! them.-Chicago Daily News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
One Good Thing.

"There is one good thing about this clas-
steal music" remarked Mr. Meddergrass
~ GU can start or stop anywhere you want
to without spelling the sense of the piece"
Baltimore American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
A Lively Wake.

II hear there was doings at McGhoolig-
hans wake" & -,
'Doings? There wor so NANNY foine
fights, me boy, thot tn wake was rapport
ed in the sportin' column. "-Indianap
Press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
An Open Book.

The duke of Manchester, says the
Chicago Times-Herald, talks as one
who has nothing to conceal from his
wife.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12

If you want good digestion to wait upon
your appetite" you should always chew q
bar of Adams Pepsin Tutti Fruit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
vaccinated Burglar and Detectives

Vaccinated Burglar and Detectives.
A burglar walked into an uptown
fat in New York city one night and
began packing up the silverware. Two
health inspectors who were vaccinat-
ing all occupants of the building
happened along and insisted on vac
cinating the stranger, who, as they
thought, owned the fat. The bur-
glar cheerfully acquiesced, but dur
ing the operation the real occupant
returned. Two detectives, who then
took the stranger into custody, had
to submit to vaccination before the
inspectors would allow them to leave
the house.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12

A young man who can't manage smack
is hardly competent to bring a courtshir
safely to port.-Detroit Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Cause for Devotion.

"I'm not worthy of your devotion,
George.
ooh, don't know Your fathers got
money, hasn't he?"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
The Third Generation
By Guy Arthur Jameson.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright, 1901, by Authors Syndicate.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12
Labor Saving Dessert.

Labor Saving Dessert.
Dissolve in hot water contents of pack
age Of Burnham's Hasty Jellycon, set away
in a cool place until wanted and you will
have the most brilliant, pleasing jelly. The
aavors are: lemon, orange, strawberry, rasp-
berry, wild cherry and peach, or if a
delicious wine or coffee jelly is desired, get
"calfsfoot" Jellycon. Your grocer sells it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-12

is sck-some disease peculiar to her sex is fast
developing in her system She her family physician
and tells him story, but not the whole story.
She holds back something loses her head becomes ag
ated forgets what she and finally conceas
what she ought to have told and this completely myses
the DOCTOR zf-.e So YeaTa.r s-r
Is wonder therefore, that the doctor fails the
disease? Still cannot blame the woman for very
barrassng detail of the symptoms of her suffering
to her family physician This is the reason why
hundreds of thousands of women are now in CORE
spOndence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To
her they give symptom that when she ready
correspondence with the patient than the physician
possibly obtain through personal interview.
Following publish letter from showing the
letters are considered absolutely confidential by
Mrs. Pinkham, and never published in any way
without the consent in writing of the patients but
hundreds of grateful for the health which Mrs.
Pnkha and her medicine have been able to restore to them
that only to publishing their letters but
asking that this be done in order that other
who suffer may be benefited by their experience.
Mrs Ella Rice, Chelsea Wis, writes:
years troubled with falling
of the womb suffered much with
suffered did could
hardly with the this
months OF better My husband
med
concluded to ask advice
bottles felt BETTER had
again Vegetable Compound cured wish and
advise Lydia Pinkams Vege
grateful for the Of
."-NIRs. ELLA RICE Chelsea, Wis.,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-22
IMMENSE AND
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS
Present at the Departure of the
Duke and Duchess.

HALIFAX, N. s., October 21.-The de-
parture of the Duke and Duchess of Corn
wall and York from Halifax to-day was
made the occasion of q hearty demon
stration to their royal highnesses. 1t is
estimated that $1,000 visitors to the city
lined the wharves and water front. The
crowd cheered Justify as the royal yacht
passed slowly down tho harbor begin
ming her long voyage back to England.
The morning broke cloudy and wintry,
in great contrast to the weather which
had prevailed during the royal tour. A
snow storm came on just before the party
started, and in this the yacht and her
conveys soon disappeared from view 1t
was shortly after nine o'clock when the
first-class cruisers Niobe and Dladem
came slowly up the harbor, passed and
saluted the Ophir as she lay with the
Duke and Duchess on board at the navy
yard pier Continuing the warships turn
ed about half mile further up the harbor
and took up their station in the rear. In
the meantime the royal yacht amid the
booming of cannon on York redoubt was
gradually working herself clear of the
pier. The band aboard the royal yacht
played familiar selections as the distance
widened between the ship and the pier
My Old Kentucky Home" and "Wil Ye
No Come Back Again." came floating
over the waters shoreward, deeply affect
ing many in the multitude.
The Ophir fouled d large iron buoy
which scraped the ships side from stem
to stern. For some time it appeared as
though the ships propeller might be dam
aged, but by good handling the ship
swung away from the obstruction and in
half an hour after casting off from the
pier the royal yacht was proceeding down
the harbor, the Duke standing on the
bridge. The Niobe and Diadem brought
| up the rear, while the royal yacht was
preceded by the Quail, Pallas and Pros
perina, Neptune and torpedo boats The
cable boat fired rocket and royal sa-
lutte doomed from York redoubt
At $3.50 a signal was flashed to the
| Ophir from Admiralty House, bidding
| farewell TO the Duke and wishing the
Duchess and himself a good passage,
| Lord Mute, the governor general, imme-
diately sent a cable to Joseph Chamber
| lain announcing the sailing of the Ophir
| from Halifax with the royal travellers.
| If the weather continues thick, it is the
| opinion of naval officers that the royal
yacht and the conveys will not call at
| New Foundland, but will sail direct to
| England. where his royal highness has
! pressing engagements. The Duke in bid
| ding farewell to members of the Canadian
] government was very cordial and present
| ed them autographs, pictures and souve-
! Mrs.
! The crowd in Halifax to-day was the
greatest in the history of the city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-22
WARDEN MEADE,
OF AUBURN PRISON,
Arranging the Details for the Exc
cution of Czo1gOsz.

Arranging the Details for the Exc.
cution of Czo1gosz.
ALBANY, N. Y, October 21.-Warda
Meade, of Auburn prison, spent several
hours to-day in conference with Sup.
of State Prisons Cornelius V. Collins
arranging the details for carrying out
the sentence of death imposed on Leon
f. Czolgosz, the murderer of President
Mckinley. They went carefully oyerI
the 1000 requests, which have been re-
ceiyed for invitations to the electrocu.
ton. There will be but 26 witnessed
admitted, the law limiting the number
The prison physician will be assisted ia|
the conduct of the autopsy by Dr. Car
los F. Macdonald, former president OIL
the state commission in lunacy, ani|
one of the greatest experts on INSANITY
in the country There will also be al
number of other physicians in attend
ance when the final mandate Of the law
is carried out.
Supt. of State Prisons Collins is silent
as to whom he will invite, but 1t "
learned that the sheriff of Erie county,
within whose jurisdiction the crim'
was committed, will receive an invita-
ton.
Because of the small attendance that
can be had under the statute there VIII
be but a limited number of representa-
tives of the press present. The details
for the execution have been practically
completed and while prison authorizes
guard with great secrecy all facts It ~
believed that the execution will take
place before 6 o'clock on the morning
of October 2Sth, or if everything can
not be gotten ready on that day, al .
similar hour on the Goth. The work Oh
selecting the jury to sign the death war
rant of the murderer has been CON,
pIeted, but their names are Wltnns.a
from publication. They will not p'
known until the morning of the eleci'
cution.