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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
NIGHT SCHOOL HAPPENINGS.
Odd and Humorous Incidents That
Help to Relieve the Tedium
of Teaching.

Some funny things happen in the
night schools, according to teachers,
relates the Chicago Inter Ocean.
About week ago. said one, 81 sent
a pupil home because she had been i'll.
told her to come back with GER
tificate to prove that she was all right.
Half an hour later she returned with
her father and mother, two angry Ger
mans, who were Juggling heavy frame
containing a marriage certificate.
The father shook his fist at me and
child home. There is our marriage
certificate he shouted. That was the
closest call l ever had. OF course 1t
took some time for me to convince the
angry parents that l wanted the child
to come back with physicians GER
tificate to prove that she had fully re-
covered from contagious disease from
which she had been suffering"
In another evening school Que Of the
teachers asked young man to give an
example showing how subtraction
could be put to practical use in the
ordinary walks of life.
WELL" said the pupil, "my aunt went
to grocery to buy quarters worth
of eggs and got 16. On the way home
she busted four, so she went back and
gave the grocer fits. That left 12.'
The illustrated lectures attract many
pupils who would not attend the
schools otherwise. In this connection
might be mentioned the case of a boy
who was sent home for misbehaving.
On the following night, when there was
to be an illustrated lecture, the boy re-
turned and said to his teacher:
Johnny Schaefer's father hanged
himself tonight, so come to tell you.
Now, can stay for the pictures?"
He was allowed to stay.
Some of the boys who remain away
from evening school for a night or two
amuse the teachers by their humorous
excuses. One boy explained his alb
sence by telling his teacher his father
had been in fight and was to be
hauled up in court.
Il had to stay away from school on
account Of it," he continued, because
hou W hAu hlCh "ho Wouiu o6A &C
to stand up in court as witnesses. My
father heard the other man had six
witnesses. l got six all right, and
they'll only charge my old man dol
lar each"
An elderly man with long beard ap-
peared one night last week dragging an
elderly woman by the hand. He pushed
her into the principals Office and
shouted:
dot is my bride. I want she talk
United States"
In one of the West side evening
schools the principal asked an appli-
cant whether she could read and write.
II can't read reading" she said. '"I
can only read writing. That is because
my eyes trouble me. went to a dis
pensary to see about 1t, and the archi-
tect told me my eyes were loose"
A father called to inform the princi-
pal of the death of his child.
$50 both of your children are now
dead from diphtheria," said the teach
er, sympathetically 'It certainly was
great loss to you"
'Oh, no." replied the parent; at was
most sad, but it was no loss; both were
life insured"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
DIET IN TUBERCULOSIS.
Most Important Factor I'm the
Treatment of the Fell
Disease.

In the modern treatment of tubercu-
losis the two great resources are fresh
air and hearty feeding. BY the adop-
that the doctors aimed only at general
nutrition. Certainly, if the system is
built up with plenty of the right kind
of food, the patients power of resist
ance ought to be enhanced, and that
would go far toward overcoming dis
ease. 1t appears, however that in some
sanatoria a special effort is made to
encourage a diet in which fats are
conspicuous element. The reason for
so doing was at first, no doubt, the SIM
pie fact that the practice was attended
with good results. Even yet,1 perhaps,
the usage is not fully understood. Still,
theory has been advanced which may
partially explain the observed effect.
DR.. De Schweinitz Is credited with adj
vancing it by the New York Medical
Times.
That investigator nearly ten years
ago ascertained that the tubercule ba-
cilli are composed almost wholly of
fatty or waxy substances, which he
succeeded in extracting by means of
alcohol and ether. IN order to grow
rapidly and luxuriantly, therefore, they
must obtain a constant and abundant
supply of fatty material, as this is be-
ing carried through the lungs in the
venous, blood. Now, when an indi-
vidual is rapidly losing weight, his fat
is taken up from where it has been
deposited in the body tissues, and
passes into the blood stream, aud so
into the lungs, where it is appropri-
ated by the tubercle bacilli But when
the fat remains in the body tissues, as
it does in well-nourished subjects, it
is, of course, not thus carried into the
lungs, the tubercle bacilli are deprived
of the pabulum they most desire, and
consequently cease to grow. Here, in
brief, we have satisfactory explana-
ton of the good results uniformly OBJ
served from feeding consumptive all
the fat he can be made to assimilate, and
an additional proof of the utter useless
ness of drug medication in these cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
Sexes in the College.

In the universities and colleges
which in 1870 had hardly any women,
there are to-day $4,000 women, as ap-
posed to $4,000 men. Numerically the
recent figures are almost striking. In
1890 women formed 319 per cent. of the
whole body. In 1898 the women were
36.1 per cent. Between 1890 and 1895
men in coed" colleges increased 70
per cent. Between 1890 and 1898 wom-
en- in coed" colleges increased 1854
per cent. There is every reason to sup
pose that this increase of women will
continue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
RemarkabIe Terescone.

With a 13-inch parabolic reflector of
only 20 inches focus, Prof Schaeberle
has obtained, with less than five min
utes' exposure, images of stars which
are apparently too faint to be seen in
the great S6-inch telescope of the
Lick observatory. The little instrument
also reveals, with a similarly short ex-
posnre, all the starts that the large
Crossley reflector of three feet diameter
is able to picture with an exposure OF
two hours.-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
For Dutch Children.

Five correctional schools for youth
full criminals are to be built by the
Dutch government in Harlem, Breda,
Nymegen, Groningen and Zeist. The
schools will be erected at distance from
the cities, among the fields and woods.
Five hundred children will be cared for
in each school. The limit term is three
months, and during that period the chill
dren will be carefully taught.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
His Attractiveness.

He-I can't understand how you
should be so taken with Mr.. Blakely.
There is nothing striking about the
man; he is just ordinary.
She-I know, but he is ordinary in
such an extraordinary degree!-Boston
Transcript
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
A Striker.

Bibbs-Of course you never struck b
man when he was down?
Bobbs-Well-yes my rich uncle was
down to our house yesterday and
struck him for five dollars.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25

|. A Massachusetts man who belongs
to "a secret societies recently cele-
brated the fifteenth anniversary of his
marriage, and his wife was very glad
to meet him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
Incubus Removed.

"You look unusually happy, old
man"
81 feel that way. I've just paid for
my bicycle, and"
Gee whizz! What are you buying a
wheel now for? Nobody rides BIZ
cycle"
"Of course not. I'm speaking of the
wheel bought on installments in 1898"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25

Dog gave long chase Hare The Dog, having not
long good meal all hungry and in
the sport He would times
they snap the Hare and others lick him with his
bewdred Hare, friend
enemy? If friend why do you bite SO? and
why me?'
use enemiess times trapu sw hsoft words - -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-25
information Wanted.

Little Willie-Say, pa?
Pa-Well, what is it, my son?
''Will my hair fall out when 81 geh
ripe. like yours ?'-Chjcago Daily News
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

than five minutes / heard the gun OF one
of my med on the hill top behind me
snap. | locke and saw that he was
low me. His gun snapped several times.
1 knew that he was trying to shoot one
of Wade's band, but l could not see
him, but | felt that the mar was between
NE and the creek. Then / saw another
whose gun kept swapping. He reached
his hand and took hold OF the muzzle of
the gun and pulled it to him.
He raised it to his face and thought
| never heard a gun roar louder. lie
shot at one of the robbers sitting on the
bank of the creek, but missed him. He
pitched forward into the creek and ran
down it towards the Yadkin. The creek
was so o~yer-hung with underground
that We say no more of him. We su-
posed he was hen watching for our APP
proach. If he knew of our presence till
fired on we knew not. The warning he
got saved his life, for he did not return
to the fort. Our men kept up firing Oh
the house all day, and they returned the
fire at US, and shot with such accuracy
that we had to keep at a great distance
behind trees and logs. In a very few
minutes after the shot wes fired at the
rObber on the creek bank one of the
men from the east of the fort fired his
gun; to let US know that all were sta
toned. Then such a yell was raised in
the fort as we never heard before nor
since. The most fearful oaths. 1t was
more Ike the bowling of devils, cursing
us and daring US to come on; evidently
trying to make it appear that they were
there in strong force.
Night came on and it was a very dari
cloudy night. Another counsel Of war was
held. Some advised that in view OF Oul
small numbers and the probability of their
bringing in recruits that night and sur
rounding US, that it would be the part OF
wisdom to withdraw and wait till we
could rally greater forces. Others sait
if We did not dislodge them then thai
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19
A SURE THING.

It is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes. but that is not alto
gether true. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is a sure cure for all
lung and throat troubles. Thousands can
testify to that. Mrs. c. B.. VanMetre
of Shepherdtown, w. Va, says Il had a
severe case of Bronchitis and for a year
tried everything I heard of, but got no
relief. One bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery then cured me absolutely
It's infallible for Group, Whooping
Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consump-
ton. Try it. It's guaranteed by all
druggists. Trial bottles free. Regular
sizes Soc. s1.00.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19
VIRGINIA DEFEATS Us.
In the First Annual Dual Track and Yield
Meet.
fBy the Associated Press

Charlottesville, Va, May 15.-In the
first annual dual track and field meet
between the University of North Carolina
and the University Of Virginia. held here
this afternoon, Virginia won, making NIFTY
six points to forty-fye for her opponents.
The track at Lambeth field, was regarded
as perhaps two seconds slow to the quar-
ter and hence only ne Virginia record was
smashed, Captain Shelton. clipping OF 4
full second in the quarter mile run.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

"a place for everything and everything
in its place is the baby's motto-and the
place is its mouth.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

Judge J. NJ. Tyler has handed down
a decision in the case connected with
the long drawnou will contest. After
the will was finally established the
contestants who had certain legacies
claimed that they should have interest
on these legacies after one year from
the time the will was allowed in the
probate court The estate of Julia +.
Woodward who was the residuary lega-
tee contended that the interest should
begin only after one year from the final
probate of the will. This would make
a difference of about one and one half
year. in the time of interest Judge
Tyler decided the case in favor of the
residuary legatee. c. c. Fits ap-
peared as counsel for Julia Woodward
estate and Waterman Il Martin for the
contestants. The Stoddard will case
is one of the most important which has
been tried in Windham county recent
ly. 1t was tried September, 1901. be-
fore Judge Stafford and the jury's YER
dict was in favor of the will. 1t after
ward went to the supreme court but
was not tried there.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
POET AND HERALD OF IMPERIALISM
Mr. Kipling So Regarded and Accepted in
England Something About His More Re-
cent Work.

George ". Smalley in his personal
recollections and appreciations of Eng
lish men of letters which are appear
ing in McClure's magazine. saws of
Mr. Kipling: We all know the Re
of Mr.. kipling's poetic career The
publication sent its author, by way of
large sum. Mr., kipling returned the
check. ~ will not" he said, take
money for a poem on such a subject as
that 1t was written for other mo-
tives. = He would not make trade of
Queens Jubilee. Beyond dispute he
is the poet and herald of Imperialism
England so regards him and accepts
English people, struck the true impe-
rial note: not once, not twice, but again
and again it echoes around the globe.
form, was thought to have inspired,
ment of which, in these last two years,
the English have seen great results.
But Mr.. kipling, they will tell you,
has done a far greater service. At a
critical. perhaps perilous moment of
its history. he made those songs of the
nation which, as We were told long
since, are more than its laws The.
Little Englanders sneer at him as ii ::
poet of the music hall. They might
as well say Mozart was a composer for
the hand organ. Genius cannot be
And it is partly becauseSI
Mr.. kipling is the lyrical voice of the
strongest public impulse of his time
that he stands in relation to his own
far closer than to us, or
to any but his own people.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

Although Mi-o-na was introduced in
Brattleboro but a few months ago, It is
to- day outselling all other medicines
advertised for the cure of dyspepsia,
and the liberal plan of giving away
samples, should make many new
friends for the remedy.
Mi-o,na is the only dyspepsia remedy
upon the market that is sold under a
positive guarantee to refund the mon
ey if it does not cure. A box costs but
30 cents and Geo. +. Greene will re-
fund the money if it does not do all
that is claimed for it.
The samples will not last long and
everyone who has trouble with dyspep-
sia, Indigestion, headache, distress af-
ter eating, dizzy feeling or loss of ap-
petite should take this coupon to Geo.
+. Greene's store and get two days
treatment of Mi-o.na free. No other
medicine could begin to do you so
much good in short time, and it
costs you nothing.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
Probate Court Business,

The regular December session Of the
probate court for the Marlboro district
saw the following business Saturday
The petition of Edward J. Morse, ex-
ecutor, for right to sell real estate of
the Emily A. Pierce estate of Wards
boro was granted; the will of Willard
Ingram of Brattleboro was presented
by +. b. Corbett, and allowed. final
settlement of Frank Worden, admins
traitor of Israel Stoves estate Of Hall
fax, was made; II. F. Whitney, ad
ministrator of the o. W. Worden estate
of Marlboro, filed his account, which
was all wed, and the balance in his
hands was assigned 10 widow and two
minor children the petition of William
{. Horton, administrator of estate of
Adelia S. Ingraham, was granted :
o l.. Buttertield, administrator Of
estate IF Edwin Cassidy of Whining
ton, was given license to sell real es.
Brattleboro. by consent of heirs ".
II. Bracket made final settlement in
the estate of Abbott S. Edwards of
Brattleboro and the balance ordered
paid to heirs: on petition of selectmen
of Brattleboro, a court of inquiry ad-
judged Johanna Swanson insane, and
she was ordered removed to Brattleboro
Retreat; c. ". Richardson and l.. S.
Slater were appointed executors of the
will of NJ. J. Dowlev of Brattleboro
Fred +. Ryther was appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Eugene NJ.
Harris of Dover, W. Frank Jones and
W, Haskell being named as ap
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

parlor with an alcove, opposite which
/ is "A public writing and smoking room.
The second and third floors are given
over TO commodious chambers arranged
in suites Of two and three rooms. The
corridors of both floors extend the
length of the building. a colonial
balustrade is feature of the main
stairway The house is equipped for
both gas and electricity and is heated
by steam. All the rooms are connected
with the office by electric bells
Memorial hall is 40 or 80 feet west of
the tavern, and is like it in design,
possibly trihe more simple in its ex-
terror finish. a feature Of the exterior
is the main entrance doorway, which is
a faithful reproduction of the old co
lonial doorway in the Curtis house in
Salem. The hall is one story and base
ment, and is covered with cypress
shingle like the tavern. The roof above
the stage is carried sufficiently high to
permit of the use of modern stage
equipment. From the entrance lobby
one enters the hall proper, two coat
rooms, the gallery and the office for
tickets being on either side and above
the lobby. The audience room of the
hall is 40 by GO feet, with a gallery 40
by 20, having combined seating ca
pacity of about COO. The gallery has
a slight projection over the rear of the
hall, being carried on graceful wooden
brackets and erminating with a sub
stantial balustrade. At the rear of the
gallery are three windows for ample
light, and which afford auxiliary
means of ventilation. The stage is
raised four feet from the floor and has
A depth of y feet and width of 40 /
feet. The proscenium opening is -
feet wide and II feet high, and is out
lined by several lines of papier-mache /
eaf and rope molding. Above is the I
scenery loft of sufficient height to al |
ow the instalment of scenery in most /
practical manner, a fly gallery extend /
ng about the loft Beneath the stage
here are four large and we'll lighted .
iressing rooms and a lounging room,
cached by an easy flight of stairs.
fhe front of the stage is paneled and
II of the woodwork in the hall is
lainted a cream white.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
Last Diseased Cattle Killed.

The last of the cattle and sheep af-
fected with the hoof and mouth disease
in Vermont was disposed of Dec. "a
when lot of sheep belonging to A. \.
Goodell of Windham, were cremated.
The work of funigatiug and disinfect-
ing the premises where the disease has
been located were begun at once, and it
is hoped that no other cases of the dis
ease will be reported. although there
are one or two herds 9uarantined in
Perkinsville There have been $40 head
in all killed in this section.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
Turner's Falls Murderer Sent to Prison for
Life.

/ In the superior court at Greenfield
Monday, Louis Bitter retracted his
plea of not guilty and pleaded gull
ty, in the second degree, to the
murder on December 81, 1901, of
his clerk, Ida Colombo. and his son,
Louis NJ Bitter, at Turner's Falls.
The government accepted his plea, and
Bitter was sent to state prison for life.
The government officers held that it
would not have been possible to obtain
conviction for murder in the first de-
gree. Counsel for Bitter said that if
his client had been acquitted on the
charge of numbering Miss Colombo he
would have been declared insane on the
charge of numbering his son. In that
case, Bitter would have been sent to
the prison for the criminally insane at
Bridgewater. With dual murder. it
was impossible to escape from both,
and Bitter preferred going to state
prison rather than TO Bridgewater-
Under the statutes, it is easier TO OBJ
tain pardon from the state prison
than from the prison for insane at
Bridgewater. 1t is generally believed
that the shooting of the clerk was ac-
cidental, and that then Bitter became
frenzied, and attempted to take the
lives of the -four members of his family, u
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
THE LICENSE CAMPAIGN.
Perfection of Plans on Both Sides for the War
Over the Referendum.

Seven of the original committee of
ID, recently chosen to fight the adop.
tion of the license law in Vermont met
in Montpelier last week and revised
the list, several being unable TO serve,
and planned the campaign against the
license bill. The Committee of Fif-
teen was chosen as the official name of
the organization and sub committees
on finance, newspaper work, literature
and speakers were chosen. Senator En-
cry, chairman ex-officio, TO have gem
eral superintendent of the campaign
with headquarters at Chelsea. The
committee has issued an address to the
/ public, avowing their opposition to the
1 open saloon in Vermont and their belief
that mo- vote at the coming refer
endum on Feb 3 will be for the best
interests of the state, basing that be-
lief on facts concerning the working of
license laws in other states. They also
call for contributions to a necessary
fund for the campaign. Charles w.
Osgood of Bellows Falls is the Wind
ham county member of this committee.
Secretary of State f. G.. Fleetwood, in
compliance with section 100. Vermont
statutes, has certified to the county
clerks of the various counties the ques-
tion to be submitted to the voters Feb
ruary 3, which is as follows "Shall
an act entitled An act to regulate the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. APP
proved December II, 1902 take effect
on the first Tuesday of March, A. d.
1902" This is the question that will
be inserted in the ballots.
The Vermont Anti-Saloon league,
whose headquarters are in Burlington,
is also planning for vigorous fight
against the referendum. Ii is under
stood that besides the many agitation
meetings to be conducted by the or
ganization, a general onslaught will be
made upon places in Vermont cities
and towns where liquor is illegally sold.
Speakers of national reputation in
anti saloon work will be brought into
the state the latter part of January. 1t
is also said that the local option league
will soon issue a letter urging the
high-license voters to action and that
both sides will soon have canvassed the
state and placed the issue fairly before
the people.
A goodly number of Hardwck vot-
ers, opposed to the new license law,
the Hardwick Committee of
Safety Monday evening for purposes of
active campaign work. 1t is composed
Of leading business and professional
men in the place. A permanent com
nittee was elected. Frank Plumley,
Washington county member of the
state committeeSf fifteen, has issued
4 call to 'all opponents of the open
egaliZed saloons in that county to
meet at the Church of the Messiah in
Saturday to prepare for
he coming contest. The call declares
+ the vote is in the affirmative there
will be brought upon our beloved state
rreparable suffering, sorrow and
hame
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02
CoU pom

This coupon. if presented at my
store, entities the holder to a two
days treatment Of Mi-o ma, the great
dyspepsia cure.
Geo. +. Greene.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-02

to have been connected with the muir
der of Franketti Martini, an Italian.
at Schenectady, n. Y, last November.
was arrested at Nottingham Monday by
local officers assisted by Sheriff Nor
rissey of Stamford. Tornetta is said
to have admitted striking Martini in a
saloon quarrel, but claimed he did it
in self defense. BY consent of Vermont
officials he was taken to North Adams
and jailed TO await directions from
Schenectady.