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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
ALARM TO WAKEN THE DEAF,
OF Course They Do Not Hear 1t, But 1t
Arouses Them Very Emca-
ciOusly.

An alarm clock for deaf mutes is
the novel invention of Eliza Cretzer, a
deaf mute in the employ of the
Washoe smelling plant, who resides
at Is Birch street. How to awaken at
a certain hour has long been a prob
lem among these unfortunate people,
and in Mr.. Creter's invention the So
luton has been found, says the Ana
conda (Mont.) Standard. Of course
the ordinary alarm clock has been
useless. Mr.. Cretzer, who is an in
genious fellow, is a water and fume
tender Mt the Washoe smelter. His
work necessitates his rising at an
early hour in the morning, and as he
las no means of awakening he has
lost many days of work by being late.
He accordingly set about inventing
an apparatus by which he could al
ways be on time.
The dropping of a pillow on the
sleeping person is the awakening
agent. And it is operated so that
the pillow falls at the desired time.
An ordinary alarm clock is placed in
a cigar box which fits it closely. II
is then nailed to the wall at the head
of the bed. A string connects the
clapper of the alarm clock with an
ordinary spring mouse trap fastened
to the top of the cigar box. BY a
system of small pulleys and screw
eyes q pillow is fastened to the end
of a string and pulled to the ceiling
directly above the bed. An ingenious
arrangement connects the other end
of the string to the mouse trap.
The clock is set, and when the alarm
goes off the string attached to the
bell clapper springs the mouse trap
and releases the pillow, which drops
on the person sleeping in the bed be-
meath. "When it does not hit me ii
hits my wife" Mr.. Cretzer wrote on d
piece Of paper, ''and so / never miss
a day any more"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
A Suggested Disguise.

1t is the evening of the masked
ball.
The fond husband and the loving
wife are assuming their DISCUSSES.
"Where," he exclaims, where in
the dickens is my toupee? I can't
find it anywhere, and I have to wear
it, no matter whether I appear in
costume or not"
"My angel" replies the wife, IT am
wearing your toupee. 1t was just
what / needed to twist into a Janice
curl for my colonial-dame attire"
"Well, that puts me out" comment
ed the husband. "What character
IAN I ssume without my hair?"
"Why not appear as Samson shorn
Of his locks'?"
"Got no lion-skin costume"
"Well, why not be unique and origi-
nal for once and go as a hard-boilei
egg?-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Don't you think we had better lay
aside something for q rainy day?"
was the somewhat reproachful re-
mark Of the head Of the family.
"Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, Il am SO glad you said
that. While I was out shopping this
morning / bought two lovely silk
umbrellas; n for you and one for
me."-Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

The first serious ARRAY between the citizens of Massachusetts, and the
English soldiery that eventually led up to the american revolution occurred
called out a insulting remark to n of the English officers, and a British
citizens that they attacked the sentinel and Capt. Preston, the British Off
cer of the day, sent a squad of soldiers to dispense the crowd. As the sol
,diers approached they were met with a fusilade of snow and ice, and threats
of death. Cant. Preston, who accompanied the soldiers used yer effort to
quiet the mob without resorting to the use of firearms, but the Infatuated
people would not listen. He then ordered his men to fire with the result
that five of the citizens were killed and three others injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

The ship subsidy jobbers are
jubilant owe a public letter of Secre-
tary Shaw, in which he openly and
avowedly urges upon congress the
enactment Of the subsidy scheme. So
high an official Of government as the
head of the treasury department ought
to be in better business than aiding an
indefensible raid on the treasury.-Al-
bany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
AS stocks took to the tobopga

AS stocks took to the toboggan
after the republican victories in the
elections last month and repeated the
performance as soon as MI. Roosevelt's
em%inently safe" message was made
public, it is horrifying to think Of the
result had the wicked and anarchistic
democrats been successful.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
The solicitude of the subsidy he

The solicitude Of the subsidy beg.
CARS lest tariff revision might be en-
tered on to the detriment of business
and checking the current of prosperity
is touching, very. These patriots, who
have grown rich on the swag they were
enabled to pocket by the outrageous
duties paid on imports, have suddenly
become the anxious friends and guard
ians of the dear people.-Chattanoga
Times,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

President Roosevelt has devel-
oped side-stepping abilities which may
well cause the pugilistic Mr.. Corbett and
his followers to turn green with envy.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
president has direct

The president has directed a
strict enforcement Of the law against
cock-fghting in the Philippines. Bear
batting and rabb~it-coursing with dogs
are, however, still legal in the Un.tfd
States.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18
A Setback.

He-There are more old batch.
elors than spinsters in the United
States.
-She-Yes; but all the nice men are
married.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

equi'aiehs lor pace auH
lanes arew gaiian'ly gu. 70 ehe
l OF II ROAD TO le! the lauy pass
ana tnen o1rereu ms !" rough car
cass 10 tne laws OF 'he moving eau
amount
l should very much prefer to tell
the story n the more heroic way, as
that comes more natural to the
writer OF fiction. But in this case
have unfortunately agreed to tell the
Truth. What Bottles actually did
was to crane his neck a little further
around until he could see both occu-
pants Of the sleigh behind him, while
one wary eye was not taken from
the direction of the catamount.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
SENATORS USE THEIR FISTS.
McLaurin and TiIIman Have n Saw.
age acknowledgements with
Difficulty.

Washington, Feb. 24.-In the senate
Saturday afternoon at 2:45 fist
fight occurred between Senator's Nc
Laurin and Tillman, both of South
Carolina. McLaurin arose and said
that Tillman's statement regarding
him was "willful and deliberate and
malicious lie." Tillman jumped over
chairs and struck McLaurin in the
face. A vicious encounter ensued
Both men clinched and struck fran
tically at each other when Assistant
Sergeant at Arms Layton sprang be-
tween them and several seized the
men and parted them. 1t was with
great difficulty that the men were
parted.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion and at once took up the startling
encounter and a resolution was of
fered referring the matter to the
committee on privileges and elections
to report as to what method the sen.
ate should pursue. Meanwhile both
Tillman and McLaurin should be com.
mitted to the custody of the sergeant
at arms to prevent any hostile meet.
ing between them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The University of Berlin has. 6.s57
students this winter. Munich comes
next, with 4,203. *
The total number of students at the
universities of Germany this winter is
1888, as against 34,363 last winter.
Miss Sarah Scoville Whittlesey, of
Yale, has been appointed professor of
political economy at Wellesley college.
Charles L. Hutchinson, the million
aire banker of Chicago, has been.
church worker and a Sunday school
superintendent Tor the past "A years.
President Clark, of the Christian En-
deavor society, proposes a registra-
ton of Endeavorers who are willing
to promise to maintain family prayers
in their homes.
A native of Basic, Switzerland, has
donated the local university 100000
francs for the founding of chairs of
critical theology, philosophy and
biology, which are to be free from all
interference by church or state.
DR., Thomas Chowder Chamberlain,
one of the most widely known geolo-
gists OF the country, has been elected
for his sixth term as president of the
Academy of Sciences of Chicago. He
is also professor OF geology in the Uni
versity of Chicago and editor of the
Journal of Geology.
The deaconess movement is taking
strong root in the Congregational
church. The Advance reports that
school for the training of mission
aries has been organized in Chicago,
and is under the care of the Theolog
ical Seminary, housed in building OPP
posite Union Park church.
South Germany's oldest monastery,
the Benedictine abbey of Wessobrun,
founded in 735 and confscated in 1903,
has been restored to the Benedicfine
order by Baron Won Cramer-Klett, a
Protestant, and will soon be reoecu-
pied by monks. The baron bought all
the lands and remaining buildings of
the old abbey for 100000 marks from
the Bavarian state and sold them to
the Benedictines for nominal sum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
Bees as War Messengers.

From Russia comes suggestion to
the effect that honey bees should be
tried as military messengers in place
of homing pigeons. It is urged that
for such purposes they would be
preferable to birds in more than one
way, inasmuch as they could hardly
be intercepted, and it would certain
ly be out of the question for the most
skillful marksman to hit such a car
rier AS for their size and small car
rying power, bee could transport
a good deal in the shape of docu-
ments, if the latter were transferred
by micro-photography to a minute
piece of paper. This piece of paper
might be fastened to the insects
back, and on the arrival of the lit
tie messenger at. its destination the
writing could easily be enlarged. The
homing instinct of bee is as strong
as that of a pigeon, and it's method
of finding it's way to its hive is the
same as that whereby the bird gets
back to it's cote from a great dis
tance-Cincinnau Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
SLEET STORM IN EAST.
havoc Played with Telegraph and
Telephone WRISTBANDS Great =
l1y Delayed.

New York, Feb. 24.-After "a hours
of snow, sleet and rain and night
OF high winds, New York awoke Sat-
urday to the worst weather condi-
tions it has faced this winter. Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down
IN all directions, train service in and
out OF the city delayed and irregular,
and suburban trolley service through
out the adjacent portions of New Jer-
sey and Long Island practically at a
standstill. When day broke cold
rain was still falling and had turned
the snow to semi-frozen slush, imped-
ing traffic and flooding low lying
streets.
During the night the high wind
played havoc with ice coated trees
and wires, and miles of electric light,
telephone and telegraph wires were
down, making heavy task for the
army OF lnemen who are at work at
tempting to restore the systems.
The worst of the wreck among the
wires was between Bristol and Tren-
ton, N. j. In the II miles between
those two points more than 100 tele-
graph poles were broken. There were
reports of burned trolley cars in va
rious sections. The weight of the ice
on the wires caused them to break,
and the loose ends, encountering cars,
set them on fire.
Central Park and other wooded
reservations have suffered enormous
damage. Hundreds of handsome
trees were split or denuded of
branches by the high winds. Added
to the other obstacles which the
northeasterly gale of Friday night
left in it's wake was a. phenomenally
high tide. which greatly interferred
with traffic by ferry.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 24.-The great
ice gorges on the Monongahela and
Allegheny rivers still remain intact,
and if the present weather conditions
continue, the danger from a flood and
the ice gorge will not be as great as
feared. 80
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
KANSAS FARMERS WIVES.
Are Now Notable for Accomplish
ments That Were Undreamed
Of Few Years Ago.

One having access to the Kansas
newspapers cannot have failed to note
the unusual number of marriages
which took place during the holiday
season. 1t has been said that the office
of the probate judge contains the ba-
rometer of ma terial conditions in every
county. What we know for sure is
that young folks usually consult their
pocketbooks in making arrangements
for marriage, and that in good times
these matings are mitch more frequent,
says the Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
Those who have gone little deeper
into the suject than mere mathemat-
ical calculation must also have noticed
great difference in those friendly
little notices given by the newspapers,
particularly when the bride and bride
groom have come from farmer fam
lilies. Twenty years ago marriage no
tice of farmer couple in Kansas
would, nine times out of ten, have men
toned approvingly that the bride was
a master hand at butter, or she was one
of the most successful raisers of poul-
try in the township, or that she "pos-
sessed those habits of industry which
fitted her to be farmers wife" Now
an equal proportion of such notices
will recite that the bride is fine mu-
stefan, that she is a graduate of such
and such an institution; that she won
prize in elocution, or that she was
noted among her associates for pro-
ficiency in some of the arts.
And the difference in these notices
makes the vast gulf which has opened
between the past and the present with
respect to farm life, no doubt to the
uneasiness of those who fear that the
rugged industry once considered es-
sential in successful agriculture has
taken its departure. Yet there are
those on the other side who cheerfully
accept the belief that a woman who
can play the piano may be quite as
much of helpmate to the farmer as
the woman who can play only on the
dashboard. The fact is that modern
methods, particularly modern machin-
cry, have revolutionized the business
of agriculture and it no longer requires
the man-killing, get-up-at-three-
o'clock-in-the-morning industry which
formerly was the price of success. And
this revolution has come as much to
the farmers wife as to the farmer. SO
here's to the farmers bride who can
play a nocturne while the electric
churn is churning, or who varies the
monotony of her calling by writing
essays on decadent art!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
SAFE AT HOME AGAIN.
Young Roosevelt Removed to Wash.
ingtOn from GrOtOn, Mass,
without Mishap.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The federal
express on which Mrs. Roosevelt,
Young Theodore, Miss Roosevelt and
Dr. Rixey were passengers, arrived
at 2:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
almost four hours late.
DR.. Rixey said that young Roose.
Welt was in excellent condition and
was even better at the end of the
trip than when he started. His tenn.
perature was normal and his condi'
ton very encouraging. When the
train stopped DR.. Rixey carried his
young patient, completely enveloped
in a blanket, to the white house car.
rage. President Roosevelt and AS.
sistant Secretary Loeb were at the
depot and the party was driven rap
idly to the white house.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Awards from Paris.

The State Dairy and Food Depart
ment has received in pamphlet form
the official government report on
dairy products at the Paris EXPOSE
ton. The United States secured 124
awards for dairy products at that ex-
hibition, of which number Minnesota
secured 10, Wisconsin 9, and Iowa 4.
The Minnesotans sharing in the
awards of honor were: :
Sam Haugdahl, New Sweden; Al
bert Lea Dairy Association; w. I.
Noyes, Moland; Aage Wind, Litchfield;
]. K Bennett, Clinton Falls; Fosters
Creamery Association, Frost; La Belle
Jersey Dairy, ST. Charles; Fl. T. Som
degaard, Litchfeld; M. Sondegaard,
Casey; Mrs. C. Fl. Robbins, ST..
Charles; HI. NJ. Slater, Paramount.
The report speaks especially of one
Minnesotan, Sam Haugdahl, the
worlds champion butter-maker."
referring to the appended list of
awards for dairy exhibits, in class 40,
the following comments seem desir-
able
1.-TWO of the highest distinctions
the grand prix d'honneur-are espe-
ciany notable.
''The first was won by Samuel
Haugdahl, of New Sweden, Mimi, for
tub of butter at the special show in
May. This was the only instance dur
ing the entire exposition in which the
highest honor was awarded to an in
dividual exhibitor for a dairy prod
uct. The same award was made in
several cases to collective displays,
but to no other single exhibit or eX-
hibitor The United States and the
have received what was virtually the
grand sweepstakes, or very highest
award for a single lot of butter shown
at the worlds fair in 1900. 1t may be
added that this decision was made by
the French members of the jury,
while the American member was alb
sent, serving upon the sudbury on
cheese and without his solicitation; it
was solely upon the merits of the ar
ticle. Later, some members of the
jury seemed to think this action too
exceptional and revision was pro-
posed, but the majority sustained the
original award, which was duly con-
irmed."
The report contains six maps of
counties especially famed for their
creameries, one of which is Freeborn
county, Minnesota, of which it gives
the following statistics: First cream
creameries, 20; number of cows, 1900;
number of creamery patrons, 2,640;
butter made in creameries, 100000
pounds
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
BRIEF MINNESOTA NEWS

Geo. Mcintyre, a switchman at the
Minnesota transfer, had both legs cut
off by the cars.
w. W. Foote, for twenty years a
passenger conductor on the Preston
La Crosse branch, was instantly killed
by falling between the cars.
The Wadena Realty Company, of
Wadena, incorporated under the state
laws with a capital of 100000.
William Hamm, of the Hamm Brew
ing Company, st. Paul, has promised
to help the Methodist ministers en-
force the pending anti-wineroom ordi-
nance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Fen. z.
There was no session of the board OF
trade to-day.
POTATOES-Ste Rurals, good to
choice, 75@77c; common, 70Q7lc; red Stock
65@6Sc; Burbanks, 6Sq73c.
EGGS-Market weaker. City recandled,
fresh eggs, new cases included, 2S@3Oc;
loss off, cases returned, 29c; at mark,
cases returned, 2SQ29c.
BUTTER-Market quiet and steady
Creameries, 1S1a92S1Ac per pound; dairies.
1S1a@24c.
LIVE POULTRY-Steady and un-
changed. Turkeys, 9@10ac; chickens, 91za
l0c; ducks, 915J11c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
freed by Wolves.

Fred Zofi, farmer living two miles
northeast of Osseo, had an experience
with wolves which he will not forget
as long as he lives.
The other evening Zofi went for his
cattle. He was attacked by four large
timber wolves. The farmer was I'M
armed, and to save himself was COM
PEELED to seek safety by climbing a
tree.
After seeing their victim freed the
hungry wolves kept the farmer a
prisoner. He was unable to escape,
and had no means of calling for as
sistance. The night was cold, and it
was four hours before passing neigh
bors. discovered Zofi's preuIcament
They frightened the wolves away and
helped the now almost frozen farmer
to his home.
Zofi was found badly frozen, and it
will be some time before he RECEIVERS
from the nervous shock which he eX-
perienced.
After rescuing the farmer hunt
was started, and two wolves were
killed. The animals are said to be
so numerous in this section of the
county that in passing along the
roads the farmers are carrying arms
in the event of being attacked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
Notes.

The Minnesota Clay Company, in
corporated last week, will erect a
plant at Coon Creek, Anoka county,
to cost 100000.
A young man supposed to be Walter
Beese was drowned while skating at
Duluth.
Adjutant General Libbey has made
requisition on the war department for
$50 Krag-Jorgenson rifles.
Foley is taking steps to establish
fire limits.
The business men of Jasper have
organized a commercial club with the
following officers President, M. D.
Martin; president, J. H. Hillard;
secretary, A. G. Mcknight; treasurer,
Eric Arleson.
Forty shacks of fishermen, who
have been spearing fish along the
shore of Lake Pepin, in violation of
the state laws. have been burned by
Game Warden Sam Fullerton and as
sistants on the authority of the attor-
ney general.
N. P. Clarke, of st. Cloud, sold a
shorthorn heifer in Chicago for ST, $780,
The old Window hotel in Minneap-
oils was burned to the ground.
Three weeks ago mad dog went
through Belle PLANE and bit several
dogs, and since then eight dogs have
been taken with rabies. No one was
bitten.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
Painful Complaint.

Hicks-What makes Bjenkinslook 50
blue?
Wicks-Oh, he heard that woman
said about him yesterday: What
pretty man he is!"-Somerville Jour
nal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
Live Stock.

Chicago, Feb. %.
HOGS-Choice to fancy strong weight
shipping, $63aG6.50; common to choice
heavy packing, S. 1906. 40; plain to choice
heavy mixed, $5.90@6.40; selected butcher
weights. sc. 2O66.4 As; assorted light, $3.50
6.171h; common to fancy light mixed, $3.50
@605; thin to choice, 81. 40@560.
CATTLE-Prime beeves, $7.10@790; good
to choice beeves, $6.5O@7.O0; fair to good
export shipping steers. $5.S5a6.4o; plain and
medium beef steers, $5.00@5.75; common to
rough, $4.2064S5; good to fancy feeders,
81. 25Q5.25; plain to fancy stockers, $3.50
410; bulls, plain to fancy. 81. 25G4.!5; corn
fed western steers, S4.75@6.9 80; fede Texas
steers, $45O96.25; Texas cows. bulls and
grass steers, $2.O0@4.30.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
South Omaha, Neb., Feb. %.

CATTLE-Market steady. Native steers,
$40S06.60; cows and heifers, $30045.00;
western steers, S3.80d15 80; Texas steers,
s. 6O@4.60; Gamers, s1.50Ge rs; stockers and
feeders, $2.50a4.70; calves. $3.50d7O0; bulls,
stays. etc.. 81. 75Q475.
HOGS-Market 1215c higher. Heavy, $500
@6.20: mixed. IS S0a5.95; light. IS. 1905. 80;
pigs, $4.00q5 40; balk of sales, $5.S0Q6.0a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28
New Seed Wheat.

According to circular just issued
by the State Agricultural School, the
new variety of seed wheat developed
at the State Farm known as Mime
sofa No. 1853, IS good for one-tenth in
crease in the crop under average con-
ditions in the state. About 100000
bushels of this wheat, which was
started from single stem ten years
ago, was raised in Minnesota last
year. The tests show that it averaged
one bushel and half more per acre
than any other variety when grown
under the same conditions. The aver
age yield per acre of this wheat grown
at the State farm has been 1912 bush
els for the past six years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-28

Members of the State Editorial as
ISOLATION who would like to partici-
pate in the deliberations of the Ma
tional Editorial association and take
in their excursion, should apply to
Joseph Leicht, Winona, Mimi, presi-
dent of the Minnesota Editorial asso-
citation, or to Irving Todd, executive
committeeman, Hastings, Mimi.