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The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
EVERY MAN HIS OWN PROPHET
Head of Weather Bureau Tells How
to Make Guesses About the
Weather.

Willis L. Moore, chief of the United
States weather bureau, has published
an almanac for the guidance of the
public, entitled can Almanac and
Weather Guide" Mr.. Moore declares
that anyone, by studying weather
maps and getting the hang" OF
them, can predict the weather fo1
himself. He says:
''If the student of the weather map
will pay close attention to it day by
day he will see that the highs and
the "lows" move across the country
from the west to the east in almost
regular succession. If the high be a
decided one it will cover territory
1000 or 1000 miles in width, the
weather within it's influence will be
cold and clear and the winds will have
a general tendency spirally outward
from the center. The low is the op-
posite to the high in almost all of it's
characteristics. It is usually attend
ed by clouds, rain or snow and high
winds. The winds within the influ-
ence of a low blow spirally inward
The lower the barometer and the
sleeper the gradient the more rapid
is the whirl of the storm eddy
Storms of like class take nearly the
same course and produce nearly the
same results; but they do not always
move with the same rapidity. No ex-
act rule in regard to them can be laid
down. Empirical reasoning and init
mate association with the charts day
by day and year after year in the
main equip the most successful fore
casters, but, as previously stated, any
intelligent person can, with a little
study, make profitable deductions.
"Low pressure areas which ap-
proach from the southwest are rea-
sonably sure to cause precipitation,
while many from the northwest will
pass with little or no rainfall. =
The approach of storm center from
the west is attended by warmer, east
erly winds and unusual precipitation,
and its passage is followed by colder,
westerly winds and fair weather"
Mr.. Moore, in speaking of the hot
test and coolest places in the world
selects the Colorado desert as the
hottest place in the United States,
and mentions. a recorded temperature
there (at Mammoth tank) of 1913 de-
grees. The lowest temperatures in
the United States occur in the ex-
treme northern portions of Mime
no
SIS degrees below zero are common.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
The Good Queen

Queen Victoria was profoundly re
ligious. She believed in the efficacy Of
prayer. She was a regular Bible read
er, and frequently used a well-worr
Bible that belonged to Gen. Gordon
and was presented by his sister to tn.
queen, who acknowledged the gift il
an autograph letter. At the same time
she did not permit her religious con
victions to influence the subtle in
tricacies of statecraft.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
Wonderful Yield of spe1tz.

to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, who are the introducers of this re-
markable grain and hay food, Speltz, say
ing: 1--WE have just threshed lS2 bus. of
Salzer's Speltz from the 100 pounds of seed
you sent us last spring. The neghbors all
think it is wonderful. Nearly all of the
182 bus. sold at $500 for seed. Speltz and
Alfalfa are our money makers" Every
farmer should try few acres of Speltz.
Write to Salzer to-day. Xxi
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
There Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the gro
Gerry stores new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but few
can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost over
I as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit Is cts. and 25 cts. per pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAINO.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
The Question of Dessert

Is easily and simply solved with package
of Burnham's Hasty Jellycon. 1t is only
necessary to dissolve a package of it in boil
ing water and set away to cool. The result
is delightfully."- pure jelly, and an ideal des-
sert. The favors are orange, lemon, straw.
berry, raspberry, peach, wild cherry and the
unhavored "calfsfoot" for making wine and
coffee jelies. All grocers sell it.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

The Grand Trnnk Railway System, in
connection with the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, will on June put on new solid ves-
tibule train to New York, leaving Chicago
II 80 a. m. daily. The equipment is being
built especially for this service, and is said
to be the best that money and workman
ship can turn out. During the PanAmeri-
can Exposition this train will also have q
Pullman sleeper for Buffalo. arriving at
that point at 6 :15 q. m.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Through the Mountains of TennesSee
-GeOrgia-The Old Battle
fields Route.

Double Daily Through Sleeping Car Serv-
ice. Dixie Flyer" leaving Chicago 6:lO p.
m. over Illinois Central, and Chicago q
Florida Limited" leaving Hos a. m. over
the c. & E: 1. both carry through sleepers
Chicago to Jacksonville via Nashville, Chat
tanooga and Atlanta. "The Chicago &
Nashville Limited" leaving Chicago at Z p.
m. via Evansville, also connects in Union
Depot, Nashville, with the "Dixie Flyer"
carrying through sleepers to Jacksonville.
Cheap Excursion tickets now on sale. Full
particulars on application to B. F. Hill, N.
P. A., 1923 Marquette Bldg, Chicago. w.
l.. Danley, G. P. A, Nashville, Tenn.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
More Effective

Mrs. Henpeck-If thought my husband
drank, | would take hatchet, and
Mrs. Asken-Smash the saloons?
mo, indeed! I'd nail him in the house. I"
Baltimore American.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

"Why is it called pin money!" his wife
asked of him. II don't know, unless it is
because the husbands are always stuck for
it. t."-Philadelphia Times.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

The plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit
are like two boys ducking their heads in a
tub of water-each daring the other to re-
main under the longest Chicago Daily
News.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22
When You Bux Ink

get Carter's and you will get the best every
time. Inklings" free Carter's Ink Co.,
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

To be thrown upon ones own resources
Is to be cast into the very lap of fortune
Benjamin Franklin.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Indigestion is bad companion. Get ri
Of it by chewing bar of Adams Pepsi
Tutti Frutti after each meal
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

To Cure q Cold in One Day
axe aSasve promo Xfi9ine Faf,s iao.ers oso a.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Sometimes we envy the prosperity of ,
wicked man, little knowing how the wickee
man envies us.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

There are always lot of people willin
to pay little something to have their preju
dice tickled -Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Watches and rivers seldom run long
without winding Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

1t were safer to place your mouth to tn
muzzle of gun than on the lips of d.
celtful woman.-N. Y Herald.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not stain the
hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug.
gists.
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Cure your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Ely miner., 1901-03-22

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J w O'Brien. 322 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 6. 1900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
POWER OF ONE SMALL WORD.
How 1t Broke Up n Sad supper Party,
at Which One Chair Was
Vacant.

On the morning of March 10, 1899,
news of special import from the
Philippines went coursing through
the nation. In a certain half-hour's
fighting 81 volunteers had been shot
killed and wounded. Scattered
through six different states that
morning nine men read the name of
college classmate in the list, and,
for the first time in all their lives,
grew serious. The bearer of the
name was sent on sick leave to his
home in Pittsburg, medal for spe-
cial bravery on his coat, and bullet
in his head, says "a Graduate" in
Ladies' Home Journal.
One morning walked into the sick
ing. For an hour he lay thus, then
turned ON his elbow and awoke-de-
lirious. INDEPENDENTLY! Shorty is
that you? D-d-did we score? Did
that scheme work?-I-I'm hurt.
T-take out time. Time! There were
seven hundred Scrubs-I mean Phili-
Philispanios in the rush-line. When
the game began they meant to MUIR
der us. The half was nearly up
They were inside our five yard line
we lost the ball-got out of ammuni
tion-Score was thirteen, fifteen,
nineteen dead men-It was our last
down. knew a scheme-would work
4 asked the captain!-Where were
you? l must have had to give the
signals. We worked flying wedge
with a long double pass, then 1 got
out and ran for it. | had all their
ammunition and had lodged their full
back coming in. The men were cheer
have gone out of bounds, for oh!
My head!-I think we-Did we score?
i think--I know l got there just in
, -t-time," and with his teeth set in
the old way, and that old smile of
triumph on his face, he fell back on
the pillows-dead. At the funeral
the pall-bearers were his nine class
mates.
That night we tried to have little
supper at the Seventh Avenue hotel.
We sat down, but by some misman-
agement ten plates were laid instead
of nine. We tried to talk; we tried
to eat; but somehow, we couldn't.
The walters brought the second
course. We tried again; it was no
use. just then man passed down
the corridor outside toward the ele-
vator. The second hush had fallen
Oh lis when there came the single
cxclamation-"Down!" With one az
cord we looked into each others fill
Ing eyes. Then our visions focused
on-Jim Townsend's empty chair.
We arose in silence and left the room.
There are no joys so keen as those
which we ten men had known
through four years; there is no sor-
row so keen as that which we nine
knew that night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
oLD-TIME SOUTHERN GIRL.
There Was Fine, Strong Stuff In Her
and She Bore Up Nobly Under
AMictiOn,

Of that southern girl of long ago
write in reverence. Her beauty, her
virtue, her tenderness, her repose, her
loyalty to her own, are heritages of
every man who knew her in the flesh,
or knows her by tradition. There was
fine, strong stuff in her. She was nobly
constant. l am not old, writes HI. s.
Garfield, in Woman's Home Compan-
ion, yet l remember 1.-The fierce south
cheering on her sons" and the women
at home, bearing the most savage of
the brunt, steady, industrious, uncom-
planning, grieved for the bright blood
that was split, yet locking their lips
upon fear and longing, and bidding
father, husband, son or lover to the
fray. l remember coffee made from
bits of sweet potato dried in the sun;
sassafras root dug by negro boys as
a substitute for tea; hundred simple
herbs which took the place of contra
band medicines, and bread made from
Indian corn, sometimes saltless, and
many, many pitiful expedients to fill
the mouths of hungry children. re-
member these things, but do not re-
member that any woman of them ever
repined. Whatever may be said for
or against the men of the south, the
"impolite SEX" as fool has termed
them, did not falter. This woman,
who picked lint to be sent to the front,
''ran the plantation" while its owner
was facing Grant, taught the little ne
groes their alphabet, and had prayers
each evening in the big sitting
room, is the grandmother of the girl
of to-day. | talked to one not long
ago-white-haired, blue=eyed, serene,
with the presence of duchess and the
heart of child, widow since Chan
cellorsville. While We talked the laugh
Ing of grandchildren sounded from
the front yard" and "Aunt Prissy,"
black, bent and as old as her mistress,
brought in some yellow puff balls of
chickens in basket and showed them
with immense pride. | said: "You
must have found it hard to take up the
work at the close of the war, Mrs.
Blank, and manage the place with al
most every condition changed?"
The old lady said, simply: "Why
shouldn't 1? I never put a skirt over
my head with my own hands until
1864. But I did it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Luxurinnt SenweeI

Though seaWeed is most often seen
on rocky shores, 1t Is found elsewhere
in great quantities. There are, so to
speak, vast meadows of it in the gull
stream, where it is called saragasso,
covering a space of 100000 square
miles in green and yellow patches. A
smaller mass occurs in the North Pa
cifc. In TERRA de! Fuego one weed
reaches length of 800 feet, being well
named the giant kelp. Seaweeds hav-
ing no roots. they cling to rocks by a
kind of sucker. They get their food
from the sea, and in turn supply food
to countless multitudes of animals,
one as big Is the whale, the rest most
ly so tiny the human eye cannot detect
them.-Nature,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE.
Here Is an Idea of What Housekeep'
ing Will BE Like Two Thousand
Years Hence.

In many houses there are still the
offensive duties of filling lamps and
blackening boots to be done. Our
coming houses, however, will have no
lamps, and, as for the boots, really
intelligent people will feel the essen
tial ugliness of wearing the evidence
of constant manual toll upon their
persons. They will wear sorts of
shoes and boots that can be cleaned
by wiping in minute or so. Take
now the bedroom work. The lack of
ingenuity in sanitary fittings at pres
ent forbids the obvious convenience
of hot water supply to the bedroom,
and there is a mighty fetching and
carrying of water and Stops to be got
through daily, but all that will cease,
says the Fortnightly Review.
Every bedroom will have it's own
bath dressing-room wsich one will
use and leave without the slightest
disarrangement. This, so far as up
stairs" goes, really only leaves bed
making to be done, and a bed does
not take five minutes to make.
Downstairs vast amount of needless
labor at present arises out of table
wear. Washing up consists of a
tedious cleansing and wiping of each
table utensil in turn, whereas it
should be possible to immense all
dirty tableware in suitable solvent
for few minutes and then run that
off for the article to dry.
The application of solvents to win
dow cleaning also would be possible
thing but for the primitive construc-
ton of our windows, which prevents
anything but painful rub, rub, rub,
with the leather. A friend of mine
in domestic service tells me that this
rubbing is to get the window dry,
and this seems to be the general i'm
preston, but 1 think it incorrect.
The water is not an adequate solvent
and enough cannot be used under ex-
listing condi Gons. Consequently, if
the window is cleaned and left wet,
it dries in drops and these drops con-
tain dirt in solution which remains
as spots. But water containing a
suitable solvent could be run quite
simply down a window for a few
minutes from pinholes in pipe
above into groove below, and this
could be followed by pure rain water
for an equal time, and in this way
the whole window cleaning in the
house could, l imagine, be reduced to
the business of turning on tap.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
WHAT SIZE THOUGHT.
1t WINS Plain to Be Seen That Tillie
Had No Use for the Young
Man.

If you wanted to know just what
Tillie Redtop thought about things,
you should have overheard what she
had to say. This is the substance
of her remarks, as she sat in the old
brown house on By-and-By street,
holding in her hand one of the re-
sponses to batch of Invitations she
had sent out:
swell, do think he's just as con-
ceited as he can be; the idea. anyway,
of his accepting an invite on postal
positively insulting. l wouldn't
have had him at all, so | wouldn't,
if it wasn't for Callie Highnote-Cal
Hope, as the boys call her. She
wouldn't sing a note for us if he
music. Kind of cute, though, isn't he?
"'Your invitation neat gives promise of a
treat,
And l know my willing feet will take me
there;
So, if my legs are working free, my cheer
full phiz you'll see,
And at my place there will not be vacant
chair.
"But on postal card! Wanted the
stenographer, and the cashier, and
the office boy to read it. Did it on
purpose. If his legs are working
free Wonder if he knows how they
look when they're working free?
I've a notion to send him a tit-for-
tat. Let's see, how would it go? 1t
must be a great nuisance, and you
must feel very blue since you are not
possessed of two cents to buy post
age stamp. But if you're walking on
your uppers, you should not go out
to suppers, for-for-cuppers, pup
pers, luppers-well, l can finish it if
1 want to.
mo, his chair is never vacant" con-
tinued Title, in sarcastic vein, ac-
cording to the Detroit Free Press,
eff there's anything to eat. And he'll
take Callie out to supper and she'll
sit there and adore him with soulful
eyes. I do think girls are such fools.
Everybody takes it in but him, and
he just pretends he don't; and some
time when they're alone and she
looks up into his eyes in that 'eXpir-
ing frog way, he'll just put his arms
around her-men are such idiots
and she, the little mink, she'll just
settle back against him and her will
ing soul would stay in such frame
as this and sit and sigh itself away
in everlasting bliss That's the kind
of a Watts hymn she is, or wants
him, rather. Oh, I don't care snap!
If he wants to marry screech owl
he can just do it for all me; he'll
never get me to run after him that
way if 1 never marry him!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
ENGINE NAMED ASSASSIN.
Railway Locomotive That Trainme n
believe Is Possessed with
MurderOus Designs.

1.-The Assassin" is the name given to
vicious-looking, shifting engine
which plies in the Jersey City freight
yard of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The yardmen give it that name be-
cause they are convinced that it
really takes pleasure in running over
and killing persons. When it was
built, they say, there must have been
something about the surroundings
that cast an evil spell upon the pom
derous thing.
Locomotives, according to a writer
in the New York journal, have tenn
peraments just like human beings.
They are good-natured, bad tempered,
murderous or charitable. 1t is even
asserted that some locomotives have
specialties in their wickedness. One
will take delight in killing little chill
dren, another in Strengthening women,
while third will make a speciality
of tramps or of yardmen.
1.-The Assassin" for many months
has been looked upon as a locomotive
with murderous heart. 1t has al
ready killed two men and more than
a score of others have narrowly es-
capped its wheels. The trammen de-
clare that its thirst for blood has not
been satisfied by the two murders it
has done. They feel sure that more
victims must soon fall before it.
They tell strange stories of the To-
connective quickening it's pace with a
fury that the engineer at the throttle
cannot control whenever there is a
chance of running down man. Some
of the experienced railroaders think
this is imagination and superstition,
but the old-time engineers are con-
WINGED that what they say is right.
The last victim of ''The Assassin"
was George f. Durham, son of William
Durham, former chief of the New
Brunswick fire department, who
worked at night in the yards. Some
of the men now say that he had sew
eral narrow escapes from 'The Assas-
SIN" The more imaginative believe
that the engine has some special
grudge against him personally.
A few nights ago Durham kissed his
bride of two months good-by and went
to his work. He had not been long in
the yard before 1.-THE Assassin ran
upon him from behind and knocked
him down. Both of his legs were cut
off near the hips. He was removed to
St. Francis hospital, where he died
soon afterward in the arms of his
wife.
"These are not accidents" said an
old engineer; "they are murders. That
locomotive ought to be taken to pieces
and the pieces thrown away or bur-
led. If they were used again in the
construction of another engine that
engine would have the same character
istics that mark The Assassin"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

Why doesn't some shrewd board
ing house landlady suddenly acquire
fortune by advertising her place as
sanitarium for the cure of obesity?
Chicago Daily News.
Not a Flattering Attention.-''Who
is that strengthening man who
stares at me so much?" why, that's
Won Humperdinck, the eminent in
sanity expert. "-Cleveland Plain Deal
err.
Little Ethel-"Mamma, I know why
it isn'tsafe tocount your chickens be-
fore they're Matched" Mother-"Why,
dear" Little Ethel-"Coz sum of
'em might be ducks."-Ohio State
Journal
DR.. Ar performed an operation
on Bornson yesterday" DR.. B.
"Yes, 1 know; l saw it in the pa
pers." Ain the papers?" B.
Eyes; in the death notices this morn
ing. Sondags Nisse.
A True Hero.-She-"I shall marry
no man who is not a hero" He-"Say
you'll be mine, and I'll prove that L
am one" She-"Oh, Adolphus, how?"
He'll go right in and ask papa -"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Her Predicament.-Mam think
Mr.. Crustleigh is just too mean for
anything" Fannye-"But he mar
ried your mamma" Mamie-'I know
he did. 1 Tilted him for Harold,
fhor hn nj
he won't let me marry Harold."-
Baltimore American.
In INTERPRETATIONS you
going to the fancy dress ball?" Sub
bubs-"Yes, I'm going as tramp"
Backlots-"Have you got your cos
tune all ready?" Subbubs-"Yes, I'll
wear my dress suit. My wife forgot
to put it out of the way of the moths
last spring. Philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
An Evangelist 8 Story,

81 suffered for years with bronchial OF
lung trouble and tried various remedies
but did not obtain permanent relief until
commenced using One Minute Cough
Cure" writes Rev. James Kirkman, evan
gelist of Belle River. Ill. az have no
hesitation in recommending it to all suf.
ferers from maladies of this kind" One
Minute Cough Cure affords immediate
relief for coughs. colds and all kinds of
throat and lung troubles. For Group it is
unequalled Absolutely safe Very
pleasant to take, never fails aud is really
favorite with the children. Then like
it. Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
A Woman's Awful Peril.

There is only one chance to save your
life and that is through all operation, "
were the startling words heard by Mrs. 1.
B. Hunt. of Lid.e Ridge, Wis, from her
doctor after he had vainly tried to cure
her of frightful case of stomach trouble
and yellow jauudice. Gall stones had
formed and she constantly grew worse.
Then she began to use Electric Btters
which wholly cured her. It's a wonder
full Stomach. Liver and Kidney remedy.
Cures Dyspepsia. Loss of Appetite. Try
ii. Only SOC. Guaranteed. For sale at
DR.. Kinks drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Saw Death Near.

sit often made my heart ache" writes
L. c. Overstreet, of Elgin, Tenn, ito
hear my wife cough until it seemed her
weak and sore lungs would collapse.
Good doctors said she was so far gone
with consumption that medicine or
earthly help coul save her, but friend
recommended Or. Kings New Discovery
and persistent use Of this excellent med
icine saved her life" us absolutely
guaranteed for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and all Throat and Lung diseases.
soc and s. 90 at DIR. Kinks drug store.
Trial bottles free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Saws He Was Tortured,

81 suffered such pain from corns could
b ardly walk" writes H. Robinson, Hills.
borough, Ills, 'but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve completely cured them" Acts like
magic on sprains, bruises, cuts. sores,
scalds, burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer
OF skin diseases and piles. Cure guar
anteed by L. R. Kirk, druggist. 25c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
The Right Method

A man cannot make a woman love
MIN by giving her chocolates and flow
ers and ice cream half so quickly as he
san by closing the window behind her.
without saying a word when he sees
that she is sitting in a draught.
P. S.-This should not lead men to be
stingy with chocolates and flowers and
ice cream.-Somervill Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

Tess-When the first fireman came
up the ladder to carry her down to
safety she wouldn't go.
observation-disclosures Ell?
mot at all. She waited for the Sec
ond one, who was coming up another
ladder. because he was handsomer
than the t."-Philadelphia Press.