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their work?" Col. Jacob Rupert, the
host, was asked.
"Oh, not at all. No amount of beer
that they drink can affect our men,"
replied the colonel. "Why, we have a
foreman who can drink pail of beer
at one draught without showing the
least effect"
This statement, says the New York
Times, called forth such an express
sion of doubt that the foreman was
summoned.
Fritz" said the colonel, "these gen.
tlemen seem to doubt that you can
drink pail of beer without stopping.
Now, 1 want you to fill one of your
big pals, bring it in here, and prove
what | have said"
This was done, and, without turning
a hair, the German assimilated the
contents of the pail.
"My world" exclaimed one of the
Englishmen. "How did you manage
that?"
"Oh, dot was easy" said the fat leu
ton, with proud smile. "To make sure
dot 1 don'd make no mistake / first fill
de bail und drink it outside, to try it
once. DenI fill it again und drink it in.
here"
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seems that one gay Lothario, in cross
ing the room to request Bridget's hand
in the next reel, stumbled over the
outstretched foot of Mr.. Terence
O'Grady, who promptly arose and, in
the politest manner, said: 81 beg your
pardon, sir"
mo offense-no offense, sir, at all, y
responded the other; sit was my
fault"
81 beg your pardon, sir, it was intire.
~ my fault" was the response, &C.
companied with graceful wave OF
the hand.
"No, SIR" answered Misther O'Toole,
Eyer intirely in the wrong, sir; l tell
We it was altogether my fault"
81 tell We it was not, sir" responded
Misther O'Grady; do you name to say
I'd be tilling lie, sir?"
bad luck to ye, sir, dye name to say
I'd be afther tilling lie, sir, when ]
till We it wasn't your fault?" respond
ed O'Toole, quite wroth.
"Bad luck to yer bad brading, We ig-
norant polthroon; dye think ye'd be
getting the betther NV me in manners ~
shouted Misther O'Grady, as with a
tip and blow he laid the unfortunate
O'Toole fat as pancake.
The latter rallied, and rough-and-
tumble ensued, which ended in the ex-
pulsion of both gentlemen from the
ballroom.
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was late by this time 1 didn't go back
until the next day. When l got out
there L found several TRUSTEES guard
ed by their keepers working in the
garden. / saw my friend of the day
before busy with a large knife top
ping turnips. He glanced up at me,
and 1 saw quick, angry CLEAN shoot
into his eyes.
81 had to climb tree in an iso-
lated part of the yard to unfasten a
wire that had in some way caught on
limb. / connected my test set and
called up the wire chief and eX-
planned the case to him, so with the
work l had done and talking to him
20 minutes must have passed.
started to get down, and when
reached the lower limb looked for a
place to drop. But 1 didn't drop, for
there, standing at the foot of the
tree, stood my crazy man, the knife
still in his hand.
"'Come DOWN. he yelled. Il know
you. You are the man that stole my
5000. Give it up to me, or l will kill
YOU, YOU thief! Come down or l will
come up there and cut your heart
out!'
"But I didn't come. 1 scrambled
higher and yelled for help.
about this time another inmate
came sauntering along and at once
took hand in, the game and held
the plank for my friend, who soon
made good Roadway, and 1 saw in a
few moments he would reach me.
81 yelled again, but no one came.
At that instant an idea flashed into
my brain. L quickly attached the
test set and called the wire chief at
the office:
"'For heavens sake call up the in
sane hospital and tell them to send
help to me, or / am dead man!
There are two lunatics after me and
one of them is coming up the tree
with knife foot long! Hurry, hur-
ry, for Gods sake!'
with a surprised exclamation he
cut me out. l looked down and found
the man was in the tree, and was
coming toward me, snarling like a
wildcat.
"Closer he came, until he was just
below me, when he seated himself on
large limb, and, fourishing the
knife, yelled:
"'Look at this. Amt it beaut ?
Won't it cut you, though? 1t is
sharp! I will cut you up like a
steak!'
"He started toward me and had
one hand on my foot, and I had just
raised the other to kick him, when
several keepers rushed up; two of
them climbed the tree, and just as
he raised the knife to strike they
reached him and threw rope around
him. So intent was he on doing for
me that he did not see them, and was
easily taken"
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eide, and one night Walking Shield
struck out for the foot hills, and was
not recaptured.
While these adventures injured his
social standing among the Sioux in no
way nor the affection of the girl for
him, they were not pleasing to Mrs.
Ghost-Faced Bear. Mabel was told in
the "ki-vi talk" never to see her lover
again. Red blood runs under red skin
as well as white, and Mabel Ghost
Faced Bear whispered to Allen Walk
ing Shield she would go with him to
some far hunting ground. Walking
Shield rode to the cabin lodge one
night, but Mrs. Mary Ghost-Faced
Bear expected him and the girl was
locked in her room.
The next day Mabel was taken to the
agency and the outgoing stage carried
her away to the Carlisle Indian school.
1t was three years after when she
came back. She was a different girl.
Half-civilized now, she shuddered at
Walking Shields deviltry. She would
have none of him. Walking Shield
went to his tepee and smoked long at
pipe of kinnikinick. 1t was Mrs.
Ghost-Faced Bear who kept the girl
from him. Mrs. Ghost-Faced Bear
must be pushed away. He decided to
wait.
The night of May last the skies
were black with tumbling clouds. The
gurglings of the approaching storm
drove the red men to their tents. But
Walking Shield did not sleep. At mid
night he saddled his broncho and rode
away to the cabin lodge of Mary
Ghost-Faced Bear. In front of her
door he stopped. The lightning's
flashes and the representations of the
thunder excited his petulant blood
ly he lifted his Winchester to his shout
der and fired through the door.
There was startled cry within, and
a moment later the Indian saw in
flash of yellow light the woman's face
at the door. She swung it shut, bolted
it and hurried away. Walking Shield
fired through the back window and
the woman fell dead.
A moment later Walking Shield was
rousing the girl he sought. Some
body shot at me as passed the tepee,"
he painted. "Your mother has gone
for the police"
But what was that noise?" asked
the girl, as she passed her mother,
gasping on the floor.
Its nothing; just the splitting of
the lightning" he urged, as he stepped
outside and closed the door.
81 won't go. / want to know who
shot," demanded the girl.
For answer the powerful Indian
clutched her about the waist, lifted
her to the pony's back and rode away
down the nearest gulch. But week
later he gave himself up.
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is GOOD INDIAN NOW.
Love Led Allen Walking Shield to
the Gallows.
Hanged for Murder of His Sweet
hearts Old Mother-Three Years
mt Carlisle Changed the
Girls Sentiments.

Allen Walking Shield, full-blooded
Sioux Indian, was hanged at Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, the other day
because the white mans civilization
estranged his sweetheart, and be-
cause his attempt to elope with her
ended neither his way nor her
mothers.
Walking Shield wore till his death
long, native hair and wrapped gaudy
vermilion blanket about him when he
slept in his tepee; so he didn't under
stand why Mabel Ghost-Faced Bear
wore strange clothes when she came
back from Carlisle Indian school, and
why she looked over his head when he
sought to claim her. But he tried the
white mans way-went at dead OF
night to get her and carry her away
into the Bad Lands. But it went
wrong, for her mamma, Mary Ghost
Faced Bear, intercepted him and he
shot her, and now is dead that his
sweetheart might have retribution.
Ten or IL years ago, when Walk
ing Shield was but a reckless,
stalwart boy, the Indian maiden ad-
mired his prowess and the two became
friends. Walking Shields native rest
lessness found vent when he robbed
the store of Sylvan Winter, the post
trader at Ever Brule agency. With
tools passed to him by the Indian girl,
he sawed his way from the Jail. He
ran to safety amid the bullets of the
guards, jumping from side to side in
zigzag fashion as an Indian does when
trying to avoid the marksman's aim.
Walking Shield was now a hero
among the Indians, and the officers did
not rearrest him. fearing an uprising.
Six years ago he and his brother were
put in the Deadwood Jail for stealing
cattle. His brother committed sui
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
TREED BY A MANIAC.
Thrilling Adventure of a Lineman
Near a Madhouse.
Fortunately, He Had a Telephone
with Him, and That Saved His
Life-Wanted to Cut Him
to Pieces.

"We all meet with strange adven-
lures in this world, guess" said an
cid lineman to a Cincinnati Enquirer
reporter, ''but I think 1 had an eX-
perience that beats many one.
While engaged with the Bell Tele-
phone company, l was sent out one
day to find the trouble between the
Office and the insane hospital at In
dianapolis.
.'An attendant escorted me from
place to place; but while 1 was in the
hall examining the telephone he was
called away. l was busy with my
work when a hand was laid on my
shoulder and a voice at my elbow
said:
essay, is that the safe where you
put my money?
"Astonished 1 looked up, and into
the face of an elderly man who
looked every inch the gentleman, be-
ing neatly and carefully dressed. For
moment 1 was too much surprised
to answer, for his appearance at first
belied the inference l drew from his
question, but a closer observation re-
vealed an unnatural expression in his
eyes; so, remembering where l was
/ knew he was a maniac. Thinking
to humor him, l said:
eyes, 1 put it there; it is good
place for it, =
"Quick as a flash he caught up 6
heavy stool that was standing near
and brought it down with all his
might on the telephone, crushing it
"'Give it to me, quick-quick! he
gasped, but 1 didn't stop to give him
anything, but just started on rur
for the door, and there met the at
tendant, who soon quoted the poor
fellow and led him away.
81 had to make another trip to the
city for another telephone, and as il
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the husband of the woman L regard
as my wife
But said 1, you cannot submit
to this affront. You will send your
seconds to NJ. David and 1 hope that
you love me enough to count upon
me-
mo he replied, I cannot chal-
lenge NJ: David to a duel, but 1 will
telegraph at once to Nine. David to
come and elope with me-
"That evening saw Syndon again.
He was completely downcast.
''I have just received an answer to
my Dispatch he said. She refuses
to come and asks for explanations
81 tried to demonstrate to him that
Nine David in refusing to elope did
nothing but what was natural.
81 could understand I said, that
the wife might leave her husband,
but how could you conceive of a
mother who would leave her chill
dren?'"
This reasoning failed, as the sequel
showed, to convince Syndon. He went
to Etretat and killed M. David. He
also talked. He told of his relations
with Nine. David. Being informed
that the family attributed the MUIR
der to a quarrel arising over his con-
duct to the Davids' daughter he said:
"Then that version must be accept
ed as the true one. 1t is not for me
to be the first to speak. 1 shall OBJ
serve all the reserve of gallant
man."
He has nevertheless hired lawyer
famed for eloquence, and the lawyer
expects to get him off.
"When he killed M. David" said the
lawyer, "the latter had spit in his
face and was raising his cane. Note
that all the numerous love letters re-
ceived by Syndon were burned before
he started for Etretat from Paris.
He cannot, therefore, be reproached
with having prepared his defense be-
forehand; but we do not lack proofs
on the state of things that existed"
Nine. David had not said much, ex-
cept to moan, while throwing her
self on her husbands grave, that she
would like to kill herself.
The trial is expected to be of espe-
cial interest, as it will bring up a
new point regarding the "unwritten
law" namely, if the husband canes
and spits in the face of the lover is
the lover justified in killing him?
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mystery. Then even while they were
looking at the house another blaze
was seen creeping out near the roof.
Persons from Gleason heard of the
occurrence, and to satisfy curiosity
A. S. Brummitt, president of the bank
of Gleason, in company with DIR. Ban
dy, DR.. Bledsoe and other response
BILE citizens, went out to be convinced
that there was nothing at all in it.
The party had not been there more
than Is minutes when, to their sur
prise, blaze was seen shooting out
from the roof of the house, and to
make the proposition more unreason-
able, after that was put out other
fires started in less than 80 minutes.
The members of the family are
honest people of average intelli-
gence and are terror stricken, hav-
ing removed everything from the
building and taken their household
goods to other quarters. Fire had
broken out IA times in As hours, and
hundreds of people are focking out
tc witness the sight. The writer of
this drove out to the place, and,
though incredulous, stood and saw
the fire start from the west gable of
the house, though no one was within
SO feet of the building. The whole
community is wrought up over the
matter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
She Kissed the Wrong Man.

Mrs. Sarah Plunket, of Coneordia,-
Kan, is on her way to her old home in.
Ohio, happy in the thought that She
kissed her husband before leaving.
home. She has not yet learned that
instead she kissed a stranger. On the
way to the train, Mrs. Plunket stopped
at her husbands store, and was told
he was at the barber shop. She had
only minute and she rushed into the
shop, bent over man whose face was
covered with lather, kissed him in the
mouth, and charged him to write every
day. Her husband was in the next
chair, and the astonished man she
kissed never saw her before, but she
boarded her train without knowing
the difference. When the shaving was
over the man who was kissed and the
husband shook hands.
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surprised, and the big policeman
blushed, and the pink pajamas said
nary word but lay there in plain
sight of prisoner and judge and po7
liceman.
Vivian Partell lives in Marinette.
She has fad. 1t is the wearing of
pajamas-not only during the hours
of slumber, but as a lounging cos
tune for women. She came to Mil
waukee to introduce the costume,
and thereby hangs the tale. Police
man Brost was walking down the
street last evening when the natty
figure of the woman caught his eye.
"Where are you going?' inquired the
officer. She said:, II am introducing
rajamas as a neat and attractive APP
rarel for general house wear" She
paid fine.
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MYSTERY IN FIRES.
Eight Hours Terrify a Family
Down I'm Tennessee.

Residents of Weakley county,
Tenn, are stirred up over a series of
mysterious fires that have been
breaking out in the house of Josiah
Page, about two miles from the town
of Gleason The first blaze sprung
from apparently no cause whatever
last Thursday, and was promptly ex-
tinguished by Page and his family.
Not more than an hour later the
house was again discovered on fire,
in different place, and the blaze
was again extinguished. By this
time the family was excited, and they
began to hunt for the cause of the
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Very helpful Admoniaion.

Information for travellers was i'm
parted by thoughtful genius in Ire
land, who engraved the following
warning on stone near the banks of
a rivulet in the town of Strabane:
.'Take notice, that when this stone is
out of sight it is not safe to ford the
river" This is somewhat similar to
the famous fingerpost which was
erected in Kent, England: "This is a
bride path to Favcrsham. If you
can't read this, you had better keep to
the main road"
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which retails for about ten cents, and
has green glass setting. At his home
he has another ring, brass, IS caratsa
fine, with which he was to make Miss
Roosevelt his bride. Then he had also
purchased some linen table cloths of
turkey red, napkins of bandana blue,
and other similar home furnishings.
He said they would have to start
cheap, but maybe Teddy would give
him some white stuff later on. He
is we'll educated, and speaks five Ian
guages hueDtly.
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COWBOYS AT THE PLAY.
One of Them Tried to Make 1t Easier
for the Heroine by Roping the
Villain.

Under a recent date the San Anto-
Mo correspondent of the ST. Louis
Republic writes that there was fas-
cinating conglomeration of the
drama of true, wholesome Texas life
at the Grand Opera house last night.
Zach Mulhall, general live stock
agent of the Frisco, is here with his
cowboy band, and they occupied eight
boxes at the Grand last night at the
Hearts"
Can my boys make all the noise
they want to-" asked Col. Mulhall
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THE CODE OF HONOR.
A New Point to Be Decided by the
French Courts.
Latest Partisan Romance Involves
Question of Lovers Resentment
and Rights Under the "Un-
written Law"

Here is the latest Partisan romance.
The characters are:
Lucien David, a well-to-do Partisan.
Nine. David, his wife, who is 35
and the mother of three children, one
of them II.
Jean Syndon, painter of promise,
whose pictures have been praised by
Bonnat, Jules Lefebvre and NJ. Sc
delmeyer, the art dealer, and who
had been giving drawing lessons to
the Davids' 14-year-old daughter. He
is 80.
The story opens with NJ. and Nine.
David walking near Etretat, where
they were spending the summer. Up
tc them comes Syndon and kills NJ
David with a revolver.
Then the question of his motive
came up. Everybody concerned in the
case seems to have talked. Syndon's
janitress talked.
He is such nice young man." she
said. HE would be all right if it
were not for that yelled woman who
called to see him every day. She
'S'OPP>N NoAhihS hClC SiA "CChS oSo'
After that a letter in feminine
handwriting arrived for him every
day"
1t was just six weeks before that
that the Davids went to the country.
Syndon's chum talked.
Last Thursday (three days before
the murder) Syndon rushed into the
- H.
the keenest emotion" he said:
do you know what he has just
done? he asked. He has broken his
cane upon my back
but who?' | asked.
"'M. David, the husband of the
woman l love-
land what did you do? You
struck back, hope?'
"'But, no. l could hardly strike
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
BRASS WEDDING RING.
1t Was Purchased by an Insane Man
Who Expected to Marry Alice
Roosevelt.

Ferdinand Kennel, laboring man
residing at Delafeld, Wis, was recent
~ examined as to his sanity and COM
mitted to the hospital. He has been
laboring under a delusion that he has
been promised the hand of Alice Roose-
Welt as soon as the president should
die. He has made plans for wedding
There were several unusual features
about the case. He had bought ring
at toy store, which he declared was
given him by the president in behalf
of his daughter. This ring was one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
REAL HUMAN TANK.
Can Drink a Big Pail of Beer mt One
DrauEht without Showing the
Least Effect.

A committee of English brewers
recently visited America to study the
methods of the large breweries in New
York
While looking over the Rupert brew
cry the conversation turned on the
privilege accorded to employees to in
dulge in the matted beverage. To the
Englishmen's great surprise they
learned that there was no restriction.
placed upon the men.
But are you not afraid that their
over-indulgence might interfere with
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ENTIRELY TOO POLITE.
Exchange of Courteous RemOn-
STRANGE Leads to Hot Fight
at an Irish Ball.

The most characteristic instance of
off not long since at an Irish ball. AS
related by one of the sons of Erin who
keenly appreciates good thing, it
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before he accepted the invitation. He
was assured that they could. The
band was attired in leather leggins,
buckskin shirts, campaign hats and
red bandana handkerchiefs. They
carried Colts siX-shooters and belts
full of cartridges. Miss Lucille Null
hall, the pretty daughter of Col. Null
hall, who can rope and tie a steer
in 3S seconds fiat and sing an oper-
attic air equal to prima donna, ac-
companied the band as sponsor.
After the third curtain the band
struck up Dixie" with such feeling
that everybody cheered until they
thusiasm and CONSERVATION came
when Miss Mulhall snatched six
shooter out of one of the mems peck
cts and emptied it in the direction of
the ceiling. The boys" were not
averse to following her example, and
while they continued to play music
they punctuated the stirring notes
with a fusillade of shots. There was
wild CONSERVATION in the big audi
ence, but panic was averted.
There was another tremendous
sensation when Jim Hopkins, a big
Iaw-boned cowboy, not liking the
way the heroine was being treated,
undertook to lasso the villain. While
unsuccessful the attempt caught the
fancy of the crowd and Hopkins was
forced to take the stage and, lariat
in hand, bow his Acknowledgements
On the whole, it was bit of the
wild and woolly west" not wit
Eessed here for many years.
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killed by a Houseny.

A common house fly bit the thumb
of George Lendhurst, aged Sc, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, and caused his death.
His hand and arm swelled, and in a
short time his body was twice its
natural size, from blood poisoning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
NEW STREET COSTUME.
1t Consisted of n Suit of Pink Pajamas
and Made n Milwaukee
Copper Blush.

The Milwaukee correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer relates this
story of pretty woman, suit of
pink pajamas and big policeman.
''What is the charger asked the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-11-28
Onions as a Medicine

Onions as n Medicine.
It is said that onions eaten raw are
preventive of and sometimes cure
for malarial fever.
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Judge.

"Disorderly mountaineering a
suit of pajamas in the street." re-
piled the officer in the witness box.
The pretty woman in the prisoners
dock smiled sweetly, the court looked
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Horses in Cowhide Shoes.
In the rural districts of Australia
many of the horses wear cowhjde
Williams news., 1902-08-02

IT WAS announced in the NEWS some weeks ago that if the test at the local smelter proved entirely satisfactory much more new and necessary machinery would be pur- chased and installed in the already large and we'll equipped plant In order to give the "knocker" and others something to think of and talk about, we will say that the test has been satisfactory, and that on Wednesday morning MT. H. I. Nesmith, secretary of the Anita Consolidated Copper Co., who has been here for the past three months making a thorough test of the prop osition, in company with w. L.. George, whose process for the treat ment of these ores the company has adopted, left for Denver, where the necessary machinery will be pur- chased. The gentlemen expect to be absent some three weeks, and may possibly visit Boston, the main office of the company, before their return Upon the arrival of the new additions the NEWS will have something more to say re- garding the subject and the bene- fits that will accrue from the oper- ation of the smelter east of town that some prophesied would never be 'sblown in"