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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12
Were Off the Trolley.

The woodchucks and other animals of
weather prophesying proclivities who
have all along been predicting an oper
winter came to grief with their prog
nostications Monday morning when the
thermometers hereabouts showed some
thing like 80 below zero. The open win
ter is open at both ends and the wind
and frost doing the heavy work. Con-
siderable snow is also at hand. The
average man feels bad but the loggers
are smiling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12
Fire i'm Ishpeming Mine.

Section 16 mine at Ishpeming has been
burning since Sunday but at the pres
ent the fire is extinguished. The fire
started Sunday and it is probably ow-
ing to this fact that no lives were lost.
The openings have all been closed and
it will be some days before they will be
opened. Two hundred men are thrown
out of work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12
Notice.
To whom it may Concern:

To whom it may Concern:
My husband. took it into his head
last week to advertise me. / left his
bed and board for good and sufficient
reasons which are Unnecessary to ex-
plain here, but which can be ascer-
tanned by inquiry of myself or of
John Palmgard, Chas. A. Hegman,
Mike Somero or Jno. E. Porthan.
Mrs. SOPHIE STENBAcK.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12
New uniting Laws.

The state ga ne and fish commission
held its annual meeting in st. Paul
Tuesday, considering the report and
recommendations to be made to the
legislature. The commission will rec
ommend gun license of 81 instead of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12
Subscription $2per Year.
Entered at the post Office at Ely, Mime
sofa as second class matter.
JUDGE WINDOW of the Duluth

JUDGE WINDOW of the Duluth
Municipal Court, is placing himself
on record as one of the best and most
leyel-headed judges i'm the northwest.
Since his incumbency OF the bench,
lie has placed the fear Of the law into
several of Duluth's lawless citizens.
In sentencing John Eckett, who wan
tomly drove pointed stick into the
eye of an inmate Of the city Jail last
week. he made use of the following:
1.-The crime charged against you
and which you do not deny having
committed. is one of the most shock
ing which has ever come under my
attention 1t stamps you as lower
than the brutcs of the field. Indeed,
it is an insult to dumb animals to
compare you with one eff them. The
only likeness you bear to man is
that you wear the clothing adopted
10y human beings. A horse. cow.
or Il dog dressed similarly would be
incomparahly above you in the scheme
of the creation TO which you are a
libel and disgrace. Your cruel and
revolving act shows you TO be a crea-
ture devoid of pity or shame, Il william
that Williams should shun, Il scuundrel
whose very touch would cOntaminate
any other scoundrel alive. You are
You would kill your mother while she
slept, or strangle your tirstborn.
There is no crime too shocking for
your base and cuwardly heart To CON
-ceiye or your criminal hand to exc
cute. 1t is to be regretted that in
such cases as yours the law does not
empower those who deal with you to
beat you into the earth and l regret
exceedingly that there is no provision
of The statutes authorizing the use of
the whipping post. If there were l
would sentence you To be bound and
beaten with club. AS il is, | can
only give you the limit prescribed by
law. For drunkenness you are SEN
4tenced to pay Il fine Of $40 or go to jail
for 40 days and for he assault you
are fined 500 or ninety days.
The enterprise OF tue Duluth News
Tribune in onclr'n~ - g t}n,- +"air
TO oaIr! their SUNDAY pape.o 10 the
various towns on the ranges is Ger
tainly worthy of Il suitable reward
and we sincerely hope it may be Sc
cured in the shape OF "A large lisl u1
subscribers and deserved patronage
The News-Tribune is the only paper
publishing a Sunday edition at the
head Of the lakes and they publish ;
good one. With the new service il
will furnish the news every day i'm the
week almost day in advance of thu
other daily papers reaching here
Our people can not better show Their
appreciation of the enterprise dis
played than by subscribing for thu
daily and Sur day News-Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-12-12

Gov. VAN SAINT showed the right
spirit when lie refused to mix into
the speakership fight. Let the legis-
lature fight it out, It's their fight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
Toothsome Green Corn Dishes,

| Green corn croQuettes.-Grate the
kernels from twelve ears of corn
taking care not to get too close to
the cob. You want milk and pulp,
not fibre, that has no more nourish-
ment in it than so much wet sawdust
Put the juicy pulp thus secured into a
| double boiler over the fire to heat
Rub together to a paste one table
/ spoonful OF butter and two tablespoon
tuls OF -four. Add this to the corn
when steaming hot, and stir until it
is smooth and very thick Add one
half Of a teaspoonful of salt and one
third OF teaspOOnful of pepper, and
turn out on a creased platter to COOL
When cold and firm form into
| croquettes, dip each into slightly
| beaten egg, roll in fine bread crumbs,
leave on the ice for two hours and
| fry brown in smOking-hot fat.
! A delicious corn soup.-Cut the
grains from a dozen large ears of
corn and chop fine. Have ready
shelIed and thrown into cold water
pint of very small lima beans or
pint of young string beans, cut into
| half-inch lengths. Slice a dozen half
grown pods Of ollra very thin.
Put the corn and okra over the fire
in a quart Of weak stock of any kind
chicken is best. The liquor in which
chickens have been boiled will do
well for this purpose. Cook fast
for twenty-five minutes, and rub corn,
okra and stock through a colander
into another kettle. Add the leans
to this, with a tablespoonful of onion
juice, and stew gently for half an
hour. Make a 'rouX" of a great
spoonful of butter and the same Of
flour, cooked together for three
minutes, and turn into the soup. Sea
son with SALT pepper and minced par
sley. There is no better summer
soup than this.
Green corn "griddles. Crate the
grains from twelve ears Of corn, and
mix with two cups of milk. Beat two
eggs very light, adding a tablespoon
full of sugar and one of melted butter.
Stir this into the corn; salt to taste;
put in a heaping teaspoonful of corn
starch wet with milk and beat all
together hard for one minute Drop
by the great spoonful upon a hot
neutrality-suspicious. is best-turning as
they brown. If you wish to eat them
with meat as a vegetable, pepper, as
we'll as salt.
Succotash salad.-Cut cold boiled
corn from the cob; heap upon leaves
Of crisp lettuce, with half the guam
tity of cold cooked lima or string
beans; cut small: mix we'll with the
corn. Salt slightly, set on ice until
very cold and pour mayonnaise dress
ing over the succotash.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
TALES OF TEA GROUNDS.

Telling fortunes by tea grounds is
a favorite pastime with many. Here
are a few hints for the benefit of the
uninitiated:
If the grounds are punched together
it signifies that all will be we'll with
the fortune seeker, but if they are
scattered it means the reverse.
A small speck near the top is a
letter, A large speck, a photograph
or present of some kind, what 1t is
depending on the shape of the speck.
The sticks are people-Iight or dark,
short or tall, according to their color
and length. A small one means a
child. A thick one a woman.
If they lie crosswise they are
enemies. If straight up, intimate
friends, or pleasant acquaintance to
be made.
If a large speck is near them, it
means they are coming for visit,
bringing a valise or trunk.
If there is a bottle shape near a
stick, it means a physician. If a
book shape, a minister or lawyer. If
many fine specks, a married man.
The sticks with a bunch of grounds
on their backs are bearers of bao news
or they will SAY things" about you
A long line Of grounds with no open
ing between fortefis a journey by
water. If openings, by rail.
A large ring means an offer of mar
rio 70
married one, it means a fortunate
undertaking. To d man success in
business.
A small ring is an invitation
Dustlike grounds punched together
at the bottom or side are a sum of
money.
A triangle signifies good luck, so
does an anchor or a horseshoe.
A half-moon or star to married peo-
pie means a paying investment. To
unmarried new lover or sweetheart.
A pyramid is extremely lucky.
A square or oblong, new lands.
Flowers, present, what it is de-
pending on the shape, or the present
may be flowers.
Leaves, sickness and death.
Fruit Of any kind, health.
A hand, warning, if the fingers are
spread. If closed an offer OF friend
ship or marriage.
A cross signifies trouble. Any
musical instrument, a wedding. Bird,
suit at law. Cat, deception. Dog,
faithful friend Horse imnort q n +
news. Snake an enemy. Turtle, long
life. Rabbit, luck. Horse, offer OF
marriage or a removal says WHAT to
Eat. Flag, some surprise of a Jour-
ney to another country.
A heart is the most propit1ous sign
Of all, as it means happiness, fidelity,
long life, health and wealth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
FUEL OF THE NEW YORK POOR.
What the Charity Organization Soci-
ety Finds Out.

New York Christian Advocate
The charity organization society Of
this city, one of the most useful in
stitutiOns that the city contains, has
never been more effective than at
present. 1t has been investigating
the difficulties Of coal. One of the
society's agents last winter weighed
~ pals of coal, bought from u diff
ferent dealers, and found that they
averaged about 16 pounds, and sell
dom exceeded IS, net weight Of coal.
This cost 10 cents then, and in a few
instances eight, which was the retail
ing Of the coal at more than $12 a
ton. At the present time the people
IN the tenements are paying from is
to IS cents, The small sizes cannot
be burned in the ordinary stoves in
| the tenements; that is, the barley
| rice, buckwheat and pea sizes; Meth
er can the small size of anthracite be
| mixed with bituminous. What. then,
can be done? Instances are given:
Soft coal retails at So a ton at pres
! ent, or S4.25 a haIf-ton. One dealer,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

who has been selling it freely for a
month, says that there is no speciaI
trouble with fues or CRATES, but after
a few months fues, smoke pipes and
chimneys must be cleaned out.
The use OF gas is another pcs
sibility. The companies are prepared
to put in as many 25-cent slot meters
as may be demanded Their use does
not involve cash deposits. They will
carry gas pipes to the inside of the
foundation wall Of any house in d
street which has mains. Cheaper gas
stoves can be had for cooking and
washing. One with two burners costs
$3.50; three burners, 81; and an oven
and four burners, Sc 4 woman OF
the lower east side who has used gas
for lighting and cooking for a month
finds the bill $3.50. If she took in
washing it would be much more
These stoves are Of no use for heat
ing, but one with a drum can be
bought for a small sum. Oil stoves
are used among the poor very eX-
tensively, and the danger is much less
than ordinarily supposed. For cook
ing they cost S2.75 to $3.50. with one
burner; or two burners for S575. A
heater will cost $3.50 or $3.50 Oil
sells at eight cents a gallon in Harlem
at retail; on the east and west sides
it is 10 cents; Brooklyn, II cents
This proves oil is cheaper than either
gas or soft coal for the same service
Wood also can be used. The Polish
employees of the sugar refneries at
Williamsburg have been getting their
fuel free from the dumps for the last
six weeks. But neither wood, oil, gas,
nor soft coal is a complete sub
stitue for anthracite.
On Thursday of last week the total
output of coal was about 10000 tons.
A fat-hOuse owner in the Bronx has
SO tons on hand. He needs only 20
tons himself. He took a hint which
some one gave him in the spring, and
bought his winter supply of coal at
once. After filing up his cellars he
had to build big bin, but has to go
to the expense of a Waterman to see
that nobody carries off the coal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

piecrust, or anything that was placed
before him. He loafed under the
trees or walked in the woodland-but
was always on hand at meal times
Once, only once, he mentioned finan-
clal affairs to Spriggins:
Papa is in Europe and will have to
drop line to his banker where to for
ward my check for five thousand.
Papa is so kind He will be pleased
with his boys poem in the autumn is
sue"
Just four months elapsed-one soft
moonlight night form crawled from
rear window of the Spriggins' house.
Lightly gliding over the shed beneath.
the form leaped to the handy hillside
and disappeared among the shadows.
The boarder didn't come down to
the festal board Ezra Spriggins
called-he called again. No response.
Then We went up stairs Then he
came down. Then he and Hannah
said something. That's all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
THE MAGIC NOTE.

Unto the opera he went
Mid the orchestral roar
He sighed in dreary discomfort.
I've heard all that before.
He fastened where the sylvan bird
Its carols would outpour,
He said, 1T is no use; I've heard
That self-same song before"
He read the poets lay sublime,
Full of eternal lore.
And sighed, How futile is this rhyme.
I've heard it all before"
And then a tiny infant came,
And, smiling, said, "Ah goo!"
He laughed with it in giad acclaim.
And cried. Here's something newt
And if the baby laughed or cried.
And woke up all the street,
He hailed the noise with parent pride
AS music strange and sweet.
And when grave neighbors came one
day
And criticised the roar,
1t angered him to hear them say
We've heard such things before, Z"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
THElE HAD REAL NERVE

Sometimes a wicked person is sue
cessful by the very audacity of his
project, but it is not often that a
man dare risk the suspicious Of an
assembled court as in the following
instance:
The courthouse at Singapore boast
ed very valuable clock suspended
from the wall directly opposite the
bench. One day during a session of
the supreme court a particularly meek
looking Chinaman entered carrying a
ladder, writes correspondent of the
Detroit News-Tribune. Removing his
hat and bowling to the bench with the
utmost gravity he proceeded to re-
move the clock with business like ex-
pedition. Tucking the clock under
| one arm and the ladder under the
| other he passed out unchalIenged,
| everyone present regarding him as a
| cooley sent to remove the clock for
the purpose of cleaning it. Several
| days passed and the clock not being
| returned the magistrate reported the
! delay to the public works department
which knew nothing whatever about
| it. Neither the clock nor the cooley
was ever seen or heard of agani
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
STRANGE Oh JEWISH CUSTOM.
Pillow of Earth and Earthen Plate for
the Oxford Dead.

the Oxford Dead.
One branch Of the orthodox Jews
still keeps up the custom which
seems more than thirty centuries old.
1t is the laying Of dead mans head
upon a pillow filed with earth and
placing upon his face of an earthen
plate or saucer broken into three
pieces, one for the nose and one for
each eye. Where a family is very
wealthy the earth is brought from the
Holy Land, AMI the mortuary plate
from a pOtter'S kiln not far from Je-
rusalem. 1t is made of reddish clay,
and is similar to those now dug op by
the Palestine exploration fund labor
ers. To make the pillow and to break
the plate into the three conventional
pieces demand considerable practice
if not skill, and give steady employ
ment to a little Wizened-up, long
bearded PoIak rabbi, who lives down
in the Bend between Park Row and
the Five Points. For the opulent he
has earth which he claims to have had
imported from Palestine and odd
plates which look as if they might
have been made by the potters OF
King Solomon. But the well-to-dO
who follow the old customs are few in
numbers and the majority of the faith
full are not blessed with an excess OIL
worldly goods.
How he breaks the plate is a secret
which has come down to him through
many generations. 1t formerly was
done by a sword, afterward by a
trowel, but today by small hammer.
When the blow is struck the fractured
pieces should not be Of the same size.
Two should be small and somewhat
circular in outline so as to cover the
optic orbit, while the third should be
rather long and reach at least from
the eyebrows to the end Cf the nose.
The first part Of the ceremony is
easily understood. It expresses the
traditional saying, THY pillow shall
be earth,'' but what the meaning or
origin of the three pieces Of plate is
is not known to the official himself.
He says: 1T is the law Of our faith
! ers, and l follow the law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

idea that New York city or any other
city, having reached the pinnacle Of
wealth and luxury, could be sacked
and burned by the hardy and I'M
civilized peoples Of any other earthly
place, as was Rome by the Vandals,
is absolutely untenable. Long before
any sucn cataclysm could have taken
place some Of those hardy and ul1-
civilized people would have drifted
to the metropolis, ousted the effete
Gotnamite by superior shrewdness
and energy, and driven him back to
hard work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
ELFIN FOLK.

There's a fairy of the flowers
And fairy of the rain
Dances il the silver ahowers
AS they tinkle. tinkle, tinkle
Misty music on the pane.
Do you know the eerie wingers
That go tripping meath the moon?
Have you heard the tiny singers
AS they weave, weave, weave
Fairy fancis in a rune?
Have you seen the woodland rings,
Hidden deep in bosky dells,
Where the eIfn queens and kings,
Oh, so eerie, eerie, eerie,
Weave a melody Of spells.
Have you seen the Pixies play
Where the palIid daisies nod
AS they scamper fast away,
With a cry, cry, cry,
To their homes beneath the sod?
Do you know the Mites that ride
On the leaves that drift and float
Down the golden sunbeam tide,
To make merry, merry, merry,
In some fairy Amurote?
Have the funny Brownie bands
Tumbled through your baby dreams
Scattering with busy hands
Just sprinkle sprinkle, sprinkle,
From the eIf1n. scented streams?
You should kno wthe fairies, dear;
They are dreams; but the Boz
Dieu-
Let me whisper in your ear,
Very low, low, low
Made them, sweet, for love of you,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
Where He Is Independent.

why do you want to go back" his
friends asked him, ito a desolate re-
gion where you have suffered such ter
rible hardships?'
The frostbitten face of the arctic ex-
plorer flushed a deeper red with en-
thusiasm.
Because" he said, when l am up
there I can use train oil for heating
and lighting, live on walrus meat and
snap my fingers at the trusts"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

A Partisan scientist estimates that
the number Of ants in a nest varies
from 1928 to 1854. These figures
are the result of careful investiga-
ton, and, he declares, actual counting
of several ordinary nests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

At Jackson, Mich, the wall of the
New Otsego hotel, in process of con-
struction, collapsed while Is men were
at work on the roof. Eight of them
escaped by Jumping. The others went
down as the roof fell. Henry GilIner
is still buried in the ruins. The others
were not fatally injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

Lawyer-Your lover offers 400
marks in settlement of the breach of
promise case. Client won't settle
for less than 500 marks-I get that
every time!-Das Kleine Witzblatt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
Denmark Getting WarIike.

| Berlin, Oct. 17.-Denmark has or
dered from the Essen works 128 krupp
field guns and 1872 ammunition wagons.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1902-09-13
GELEGRApHIC ITEMS

philippines In q few weeks.
A fifteen mile canal is being bulls
at Nome, for mining purposes.
The democrats and silver,men of
Nevada have effected fusion.
There is proposition under way
!. to establish smelter at Skagway.
Troops have been called out to
suppress the coal strike in West
Virginia.
Cholera statistics in the Philippines
to date show "a, 266 cases and 18, O4o
deaths. 3
The appointment of Mgr rGuidi as
apostolic delegate at Manila is con
sidered assured.
This years output will show a fal,
ling off of nearly fifty percent in the
Klondike mines.
German steel men are forming a
combine to fight the proposed inter
national steel trust.
DR.. Pardee of Oakland secured
the nomination for governor of Cal
fornia, defeating Gage. !
German newspapers urge the
Interference of the powers to pre-
serve peace in Venezuela.
A revolution in Brazil is feared and
the government authorities are adopt
ng repressive measures.
Heavy fighting is reported be-
tween the government troops and
the insurgents in Venezuela.
The cholera epidemic is assuming
frightful proportions in the orient,
extending from Java to Japan.
Washington hop growers are
threatened with heavy loss on account
of lack of labor to gather the crops.
More eruptions with heavy explos-
ions and great clouds of dust and
smoke are reported at Mount PeIee.
The San Francisco mint will coin a
quarter of a million of silver coin
monthly to be shipped to the Philip
| pines.
The railway men all over the Unit
ed States are preparing to make a
united demand for an advance of
wages.
Negotiations are under way to or
| ganize a British steel trust, similar
to the one organized in the United
States.
Hard fighting is reported in Hayti,
the provisional government having
captured town held by the Firmin
forces.
Brigham Young, president of the
| quorum of the Twelve Apostles at
salt Lake.. Utah, is seriously i'll with
iropsy.
The biggest tree in California has
just been discovered in Fresno
county, measuring 109 feet in circum-
ference.
| A movement is on foot to send the
Hawaiian Band to San Francisco
and other coast cities to give series
Of concerts.
| Large sums of Boer funds are
said to be missing, ard Leyds has
oeen deposed for refusing to give an
accounting.
Sam Patch, the famous PAGER,
negotiated mile in 1.59l, being the
second horse in the world to beat
two minutes.
There will probably be a conflict
between the troops and coal strikers
in Pennsylvania, and much loss OF
life is expected.
| The fishing schooner Stanley, well
known at Kahului, has just returned
from northern waters with a fine
catch of cod fish.
The Smiths of New Jersey recently
held grand reunion dinner, at
which more than 1000 persons bear
ing that name were present.
| A German shipyard has just refus-
ed to deliver to Turkey warship
built to order, because, the money to
pay for it is not forthcoming.