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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
USES OF ORRIS ROOT.
Beads of the Plant Were Once n Pop
ular Substance to Keep
Wounds Open.

The British vice consul at Leghorn,
in his report on his district for the
past year, mentions a curious industry
in which orris root plays the chief
part. This is the production of beads
from the root, with fine hole through
the center. The beads are of many
sizes, the smallest being about that of
marble. Not many years ago about
2O,OOO,OOO of these were exported each
year, but now the export has fallen t o
100000. 1t appears that there was
once a medical theory that the best
means of curing scrofula and certain
diseases of the blood was TO keep an
open wound in the body of the sufferer,
and these orris root beads were in
serted into the wound for this purpose.
1t is still possible to buy at Italian
medical instrument makers the special
wire-grated bandage prepared for the
arm in this process. Orris was proba-
bly, used in this way because of its
tendency to dilate in any liquid SUBJ
stance. The practice undoubtedly
still prevails, though medical science
has long condemned it.
a factory Tor making these beads
has recently been established in Paris,
and the greater part of the Leghorn eX-
port goes to Lyons, while part goes to
Frankfort. The use of the beads is
dying out in Italy, but it is not uncom-
mon TO meet with people who have
been treated in this way.
Another article made from orris root
is the dentarnolo, or finger, which is
designed to take the place of the old
fashioned infants coral and assist in
teething. The juice, of which small
amount is absorbed in sucking, is said
to be an excellent digestive. This is a
modern and growing industry, and APP
parently reached Italy from Germany.
Now 100000 of these fingers are sent
from Leghorn to Germany and
Austria every year. Orris root grains,
colored in blue, red, yellow, green and
other colors, are exported to the same
countries, where they are used to
throw on fires to give an agreeable odor
to saloons and entrance halls, while in
the form of tiny chips the root is
chewed, mostly by men servants, to re-
move the smell of tobacco, garlic and
the like. 1t may be mentioned that
samples of these various articles made
from orris root have been sent home
by the vice consul, and have been trans
ferred by the foreign office to the Asso-
cia ton of Chambers of Commerce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
QUEEN ALExANpRA's MOTOR.

der lake, the remainder of the body be-
ing black, picked out with deep red
lines. The carriage, which weighs 12
cwt., is fitted with 2S-inch bicycle pat
tern wheels, and is not only noiseless,
but there is practically an absence of
vibration. The capacity of the battery
is 40 miles with one charge, and speed
of 20 miles an hour can be attained.
Her majesty has expressed her great
satisfaction with the car, and is de-
lighted with the ease and simplicity
of control and manipulation. From
perusal of the builders catalogue such
vehicle could not be duplicated un-
der cost of 2,OO0.-Cassell's Maga-
zine I---.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
ELECTRIC VICTORIETTE.
Dainty Little Motor Car Recently
Built in London for Queen
Alexandra of England.

1t is not generally known, perhaps,
that the queen of England has become
one of the keenest of motorists. The
new car which has been built to her
order is magnificent vehicle. 1t is
known as the electric victoriette, and,
as its title indicates, it is driven by
electricity. 1t provides seating accom-
modation for two persons, and is beau
tifuliy upholstered in dark green mo-
rocco lined with dark green cloth. The
color of the car paneling is rose mad
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01

lVXN M opl auouJ year dSO IL was
that the Paris dressmakers at
tempted to introduce but
lA@<M ton fad. / don't know just
why they did, unless it was to satisfy
the demand for variety, but at any rate
the effort was made-and failed.
And the reason for that failure was
not that the Parisians would have
none of the buttons; in fact l doubt
very much if many of the Partisan
women were asked much about it, but
the Americans wouldn't have them,
and just at that time what the Ameri-
cans would have none of was not con-
sidered worth attempting.
Only a few days ago l talked to one
of the leading Paris dressmakers and
he assured me that the button was here
for the winter, at least.
But" l asked him, chow do my
American sisters take to the button
notion this year?" II do not know"
he replied. 81 trust they may like it,
and that it will be popular feature
of the seasons modes with our Ameri-
can visitors, at least, for that will lend
popularity at home; but if they do not
we cannot help it. There is demand
for something along this line, the same
demand existed last year among our
Partisan women of fashion, and we
cannot put it off another season"
like to hear just such admissions as
this. They flatter my vanity. take il
as a decided compliment to my Ameri-
can sisters that the naughty Partisan
dressmakers will condescend to cater
to their likes and dislikes. Especially
1t is pleasant to hear that the Ameri-
can woman can make or unmake a
Partisan style, no matter whether it
gives promise of being popular with
the Paris women or not.
But | must confess that it would be
in poor taste to refuse the use of but
tons, as they are being used, as a dress
trimming. They are decided addition
to the other novelties of the season,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01

had ever been thought of. The reason
is that it is popular in America for
some occasions, and Partisan dress
makers have practically forced it upon
their home patrons as matter of poll
icy. 1t will be worn in Paris is street
skirt, for shopping purposes, etc, but
1t Will never get further than that un-
less it be among class who believe the
short skirt is becoming to thsm.
The French woman WHO is at all am
bilious to be fashionably dressed
thinks more of suiting her garments to
her especial style, that she may look
her very best, than she does of any,
thing novel or odd in design. How she
looks in the costume is far more i'm
portant side of the question than tho
costume itself. SADIE MERRITT.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
IN EXTREMlS,


When the face of the dying turns gray,
And the time has come
When the soul must wend Its way
To its last long home,
Who Is It bends over the dying
OF all that are human
Last seen by the sufferer helpless lying?
'Tis the form of a woman.
Mother or sister, or wife,
Or some sweet daughter,
Nurses the ebbing life
VETS the parched lips with water,
Plies every loving art
To comfort the one that Is going,
From her own half-broken, aching heart
last sad smile bestowlng.
o women Of all the lands,
In the future as In the past,
To your plying hearts and tender hands
We all must come al last;
We may trifle, neglect, disdatn,
But to you and to none other
We turn In our sore distress and pain
Wife sister daughter, mother.
The Late Thomas Dritiill, in N Y. In
dependent
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
NEW MINING MACHINE.
Il Cuts Channels in Beds OF ConI ana
Other Mineral by Purely
Automatic Action.

Our illustration shows an improved
machine for cutting channels in beds
of coal or for other mining purposes,
which works automatically when once
adjusted in position underneath the
section where the cuttings are to be
made. The whole mechanism is mount
ed on wheeled carriage, which can be
pushed about the mine either on the
ground or track, the power being
supplied by electricity. The body of
the machine is composed of series of
telescoping cylinders, supporting the
cutters on the central cylinder, and ro-
tating them by means of telescoping
shaft inside the sections. On rotating
the lower cylinder by manual or motor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
one of Natures Barometers.

A curious barometer is said TO be
used by the remnant of the Araucarian
race, which inhabits the southernmost
province of Chill. 1t consists of the
cast-off shell of crab. The dead shell
is white in fair, dry weather, but indi-
Gates the approach of a moist atmos-
phere by the appearance of small red
spots, as the moisture in the air in
creases it becomes entirely red, and
remains so throughout the rainy sea-
SON
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
Dig Increase of words.

In so years the words and phrases of
the English language lexiconized un-
der the letter "A" have increased from
1000 in number TO nearly 10000. Sci
ence and invention requiring new
terms are largely responsible.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01

could not picture for you garment
constructed of these materials that
would equal in its startling effect the
one which these materials really COM
posed. In fact, | very much doubt il
my descriptive powers are equal to
the task of fully describing the gar
ment in such way as to give you true
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01

Norwegian fishery commissioners
have been measuring the salmon's leap
waterfalls. They have found that the
nsh can leap to height Of 20 feet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
Buttons Arc Now
the Rage in Paris ~
AS a Trimming They Are Being Used Upon All
Sorts of Gowns in Many Ways.

UST about year ago it was
that the Paris dressmakers at
tempted to introduce a but
ton fad. / don't know just
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
LINCOLN PARKS BABY CAMEL
Homely Little Creature at Chicago
Is the First Born in the
West.

"See that hump" proudly asked
Nine. Alibad of Animal-Keeper Nc
Curran at Lincoln park, Chicago, the
other day.
The man who takes care of the
North side Zoo followed four wabbly
legs upward to the hump, and then
he exclaimed:
BLESS me, it's baby camel"
The coming of the ugly little crea-
ture gives Lincoln park the distinc-
ton of being the birthplace of the
first camel born in the west, and the
officials and attendants have beet
putting out their chests ever since
they received the news of the impor-
tant happening.
Baby Alibad, by common consent,
just now is the homeliest, ugliest,
oldest animal in Lincoln park. It has
a dingy skin of o muddy hue, long,
uncertain legs. which seem to meet in
a little hump just back of a wander
ing neck. and its lower lip looks out
of proportion to its head.
But it's the pride of the park, and
the keeper was besieged. by eager
boys and girls who wanted peek at
the baby camel which has just been
born.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
HISTORIC FIND IN ARIZONA
ArchaeOlOgists Make Important Dis
cOvery In Unexpected
Regions.

A party of archaeologists and anti
quarians has made important dis
coveries in the hitherto UNEMPLOYED
region of the northern limit of the
Harquahala range of mountains in
Arizona. One side of the mountain
rises in terraces and presents many
features peculiar to the grand canyon
of Colorado. This whole mass is OF
volcanic glass and glitters in colors
of green. blue and black.
Aside from the mountain affording
an interesting study in geology there
are features attractive to the anti
quarian. The exploring party found
under high shelving in the rocks a
narrow necked ola, or earthen jar,
bottom side up, containing human
bones, a broken hammer and a
"metate," or stone employed by the
prehistoric races of Arizona. prob
ably for the same purposes that the
aborigines of to-day put them to for
grinding maize. Slabs, turquoise
stones and other curiosities were re-
vealed by digging and there were
marks on buried rocks, taken to be
Inscriptions on slabs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
HYPNOTISM BY PHONE.
CLAYTON Wilcox, OF Mexico, Shows
Great Power at Test in ROches-
ter, New York.

Hypnotizing subject by telephone
was successfully performed at Roch-
ester, N. Y, the other night by Clay
ton Wilcox, of Mexico, assisted by
Ruben Punnett, a local hypnotist. The
exhibition took place at the Rochester
Whist club before an audience COM
posed largely of members of the Roch-
ester Pathological society. Prof. Will
cox took his post at the telephone in a
newspaper Office and at his command
to sleep the subject at the telephone in
the clubhouse let the receiver fall and
dropped to the floor in sound sleep
from which all the physicians present
could not awaken him. He withstood
every test and was only brought to
when again placed in communication
with Wilcox at the phone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
ATE THEIR SHIpMATES.
The GrewsOme Story Told by Two
Survivors Of an Ocean
Wreck,

The Singapore correspondent of the
London Daily Express wires ghast-
ly story of cannibalism at sea brought
to Singapore by two survivors of the
Nova Scotian bark Angola. wrecked
six days sail from Manila October; %
last. The correspondent says:
THE survivors-Johnsen, Swede,
and Marticornu, Spaniard-assert
that the Angola struck a reef. Two
RATS were built. The smaller, bear
ing five men, disappeared. The other,
with IL men, drifted for 40 days. The
sailors ate barnacles, seaweed, and
finally their boots.
ION the twenty-fifth day two be-
came insane and killed themselves.
On the twenty-sixth day a Frenchman
killed the mate with an ak, drank his
blood, and tried to eat his brains, but
was prevented by the others. Next
day the Frenchman was killed while
attempting to murder the captain.
The survivors, all of whom were now
insane, ate the Frenchman's body.
"Cannibalism continued until only
johnson and Marticornu remained.
On the forty-second day the raft
stranded on Subj or Flat island, in
the Natuna group northwest of
Borneo). johnson and Marticornu
were awfully emaciated. Friendly
Malays sent them by junk to Singa-
PORE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
OBJECTS OF ENVY.
and His Magnificent Chair
Attract Attention.

Secretary Longs messenger. a
negro who guards the outer entrance
to the Office Of the secretary of the
navy, occupies q chair which has
created considerable criticism and has
led many persons to remark that
democratic simplicity has entirely
disappeared at least in one of the
government departments. The chair
is luxurious one and is perhaps the
most expensive piece of furniture oc-
cupied in this or any other country.
The exact cost of the chair cannot be
ascertained, but it was made to order.
1t is of polished cherry, hand carved.
upholstered in expensive leather, and
revolves upon a steel pivot. The other
messengers IN the department are en-
vious of the man who guards the door
leading to Secretary Longs office be-
cause of this elegant chair.
Inquiry as to why this man should
be especially favored in this way de-
veloped the fact that the chair was
made at the navy yard for the special
use of Rear Admiral Hichborn, who
recently retired. This piece of furni.
ture did not suit Rear Admiral
Bowles. the successor of Admiral
Inchborn, and it was therefore turned
over to the messenger for his use.
In fact, the chair is not ct all suit.
able for the present chief of the bu-
reau Of construction and repair, who
is an extremely small man. while his
predecessor was large one and had
the chair made to fit him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
TO WRITE AMERICAN NOVEL
General Lew Wallace Said to Have
Planned q New Literary
Work.

Close personal friends of Gen. Lew
Wallace are authority for the state
ment that he designs writing an
American novel, and that he will be-
gin the work just as soon as he com.
pletes his memoirs" upon which he
is now engaged. Whether the work
is to be historical or exactly what
line he will pursue is not known, but
it is said that he has the plan of his
new work drafted and expects to en-
ter upon it in a short time.
AS Gen. Wallace has not written OF
American life, but has confined his la.
bors to other fields, there is consider.
able interest in his proposed under.
taking. The fact that he was gen.
eral in the army and had some ex-
periences of which he often speaks
with much enthusiasm has led to a
belief that his new work will in some
way be connected with the civil war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
A FIELD GUN TEST.
To Be Made by the War Depart
ment at Sandy Hook in May.
New Gun, Modelled ON Plan Of French
Field-Gun and Around Which
Centers Much Scenery,
to BE Tested.

Preparation the makingfor quite an
extensive and important test of field
guns at Sandy Hook some time in
May At present the army is not well
equipped with field guns. compared
with other nations, and the war de-
partment wishes to obtain the very
best guns possible for the equipment
of this important branch of the serv-
ice. The tests at Sandy Hook will be
under the directions of the board of
ordnance and Notifications, COM
posed of Lieut.. Gen. Miles, command
ing the army; Gen. Wilson, chief of en-
gineers; Gen. Burlington, chief of ord
nance; Col. Rodgers, artillery corps;
Col. Randolph, chief of artillery; ex-
Representative Henderson, the civilian
member of the board, and two artil-
lery officers yet to be assigned to the
board. The board not only will test
such guns as may be presented by
manufacturers and inventors, but it is
expected that the new guns, modelled
on the plan of the French field gun
and constructed under the direction
of the board of ordnance and fortifica-
tions, will be tested. The plans for
this gun were obtained by an army Off
Ger who was sent abroad last summer,
and who claimed to have secured COM
plete details of this gun, which artil-
lery experts have asserted is the best
in the world. The mechanism of this
gun has been concealed, and it's secret
carefully guarded by the French gov
eminent. The report that the United
States army had obtained the plans
of the French gun caused considerable
comment at the time it was made pub
lie, and since then the procedure of
the department with reference to the
gun has been watched with interest by
ordnance experts. The French gov
eminent has not guarded more care
fully the mechanism Of its gun than
the. board of ordnance has the maxi
ing of the new field gun, which is ex-
pected to be tested in May.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
WILL PAY BIG SUM FOR ART
Henry Clay Prick to Pay 500, 900 70,
an Ocean Scene by
Turner.

Henry Clay Prick, of Pittsburgh.
who paid 1000 for Dagnan Bohvert's
Christ at Emaus," is about to spend
$4,000 for another painting. 1t is an
ocean scene by Turner, the great Eng
lish painter. Recently Mr.. Prick OBJ
tanned one of the few canvases from
the brush of that artist that are in
America and it is now on inspection at
his home. 1t is understood that he
intends to purchase it for his private
collection. The scene portrayed is a
view of the ocean with yacht under
full sail rushing before the wind. In
perspective. technique, execution.
color and light effects it is said to be
one of the great masterpieces of that
great painter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1873
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office. Duluth. Mimi.
Feb. Is 1901.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions OF the act of Congress of
June g. 1878. entitled IAN act for the sale Of
timber lands i'm the States OF California.
Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory"
as extended to all the public land tates by
act of August 4. 1892.
Charles }. Anderson. Of Cambridge. county
Of Isanti. state of Minnesota, has this day
filed in his office his sworn statement No.
$3.50, for the purchase of the e 1-2 OF Sc Ia
and Sc IA of ne IA of section 10 and sw IA of
NV IA of section II. township Q. range II W.
and will offer proof to show that
the land sought is more valuable
for it's timber and stone than
for agricultural purposes, and to estab-
lish his claim 20 said land before the Register
and Receiver of this Office at Duluth.
Mimi. on Monday the eth day OF May 1901.
He names as witnesses: g. A. HOkansoR,
II. J. Gouldberg. Enoch Olson and George g.
Starr. all of Cambridge. MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the above described lands are requested to
file their claims I'm this Office on or before
said 9th day of May, 1901.
3d.: 5-24 WIN. E. CULKIN. Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office, Duluth MINI.
February Is, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress
of June 3, 1878, entitled IAN act for the
sale of timber lands in the States of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory" as extended to all the public
land States by act Of August 4, 1892.
Martin E. Jentoft, of Duluth. county of
St. Louis, State Of Minnesota, has this
day filed in this office his sworn state
ment No. 1913, for the purchase of the s1Aa
of SELL and neA of seA and seA of nell
of section L. township IS. range 10 west,
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its tim
Der and stone than for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver
of this office at Duluth, Minnesota, on
Tuesday, the 21st day of May, 1901.
He names as witnesses: Ole o. Roise,
of Duluth, Minnesota, and John Chesser.
David Beaudoin and William Hannaford,
of Virginia, Mimi.
Anyand all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said
21st day of May, 1901.
~ WIN. E. CULKIN, Register.
GEO. L. SPANGLER, Atty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
PAVED WITH GOLD.
Rich Minerals Found in Rocks Used
for Improving Roads i'm ThOmp-
son Township, Pa.

Thompson township, Fulton county,
Pa, undoubtedly has the most valu-
able roads in the United States. They
are vertically paved with gold and sill
yer. The roads have been macadam-
lied with tons and tons of mineral
rock and nearly the whole county is
ablaze with excitement over the dis
covery that some of this rock ASSAYS
$4.6O ton in gold and silver.
Joseph H. Covalt, of Thompson, says
prospectors will at once begin the de-
velopment of the minerals. Thousands
of acres of land in the township have
been leased by capitalists. who will
turn quarries into gold mines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
CHILDHOOD LOVERS WED.
Vows Plightcd Half . Century Age
Finally and Happily Consum-
mated at New York City.

The New York World tells the story
of a pretty life romance which was
completed when Joseph Kelley, a we'll
TODD livery stable keeper of Cleve-
land, o., was married in ST. Joseph's
church, at New York, to Mary Ann
Cole, of that city.
They were children together half q
century ago in Kildare, Ireland. Kee-
ley in 1861 came to this country to
seek his fortune. Before leaving Ire
land he promised Miss Cole that as
soon as he was settled he would send
for her to come over and marry him.
Kelley went to Cleveland and pros
pered. He wrote to his swee theart to
come. but received no reply. He then
wrote to a friend, and was told that
Miss Cole had come to America, where
she had died.
So Kelley in 1865 married Cleve-
land woman. They had nine chill
dren. now all grown up.
Keeley's wife died three years ago
last January. Before her death he
had learned that his old sweetheart,
Miss Cole, was still alive. A few
months ago he advertised in the news
papers for Information about her. On
February Is he received word that
she was living with relatives in New
York. He wrote and asked her if she
still felt the same regard for him.
Miss Cole wrote back that she was still
waiting for him. Kelley went to that
city.
The couple will remain in New York
few days and then go to Cleveland.