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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
CURIOUS PREDICTIONS.
Astounding Prophecies Concerning
Twentieth Century Made in
Curious London Book.

In London there is much talk at pres
ent about curious book entitled "The
Reign of George W., 190O-1925," which
was published in 1853, and a copy of
which was recently discovered.
The author makes some astounding
prophecies about the twentieth century.
Russia, he says, will conquer not only
Finland and the Crimea, but also the
Scandinavian peninsula, and will be-
come the steadfast ally of France, which
will be governed by the Bourbons. In
Germany, he predicts, the Hapsburgs
will be displaced by the Hohenzollerns,
and Gin 1903 the ruler will be Frederick
TX, very weak monarch, who will be
controlled in all things by his wife"
The whole of Italy, he maintains, will be
ruled by one king, and ''the patrimony
of st. Peter will long since have been
taken away from the church,
England, according to him, will be
wonderfully powerful at the beginning
of the twentieth century, and as proof
thereof he says that "in 1920 the British
colonies of North America will have no
less than 11,000,0 900 inhabitants" Gu
rious statement in view of the fact that
there are now more than 5000, 900 per-
sons in the United States and Canada.
Of the two great revolutions-the
French and the American-the author
says not a word, and hence as a prophet
he does not hold very high rank Still,
there are few notable predictions in his
book in regard to certain striking events
Of the last century, and therefore those
who like this kind of literature are glad
that the old work has been brought to
light again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
He Was Lucky.

@Was your flying machine SUGGEST"
asked the inquisitiye friend.
Eyes, in way" replied the home
grown genius. ~
''How's that?" queried the i. f.
ct only took me ten minutes to find
out that it wouldn't fly" answered the
Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Rebuked the Gar.

Gar Nicholas of Russia once asked
List to play in his presence, but during
the performance started conversation
with an aid-de-camp. List stopped play
ing at once. The czar sent to ask what
was the matter. when the emperor
speaks" said List, every one must be
silent" The car smilingly took the hint
and the playing proceeded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Maid.ervant Decorated.

Sho Masuda, domestic servant of
Niwagori, Japan has had green rib
bon conferred on her by the Japanese
bureau of decorations in recognition of
her remarkable fidelity to the family
who employed her. This is said to be
the frat instance of domestic servant
being decorated by a government
london Mail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
In the Forest.
they were hunting chestnuts.

They were hunting chestnuts.
Dear me-" said the pretty girl, cit
is chilly. wish l had something
around me-" -
"I'll let you have my coat" spoke up
the gallant young man. Perhaps just
the sleeve would do"
And then even the dogwood leaves
turned red.-Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Filtered Water Fatal to Fish.

Fish kept in filtered water will die.
This is because the nutriment in the
fluid has been filtered out of it. What
Is nutriment to the fish, however, proves
injurious to mankind when it is taken In
beverage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04

But of course I'll be given a much broader
view
When once look down from the top Of
the tree.
Some climb pretty swiftly and others are
slow,
But few of the climbers are stopping to
rest,
All breathless and struggling still upward
they go
To where. high above. is the fruit of the
best,
And the ones who climb hardest are these
at the top,
Which is really as strange as thing may
we'll be-
There is not the least chance that they
ever will stop, $50
For there's not any top I'd this wonderful
tree
Chicago Daily News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04


Treviston was standing before an open
window, looking out into the dusk. He
turned at the sound of her step, and came
forward with outstretched hands.
"Only a year." he said, ''but it has
seemed like a century,"
She motioned him to chair, and took
the one opposite. "a lifetime, Dick, she
returned, with faint smile, land, oh,
how have missed you; how have want
ed you!"
'I've been away-very far away" he
explained, "since that day-the day you
were taken ill-the day we were to have
commenced a new life-together. But
now" He broke off and the light came
to his eyes, deeply.
"Now," she took up his words quickly,
now we are back again to the old bitter
problem. In spite of times perspective.
these things seldom change" In her
voice was little tremor Of joy, despite
the assumption of regret. She regarded
him, tentatively.
Treviston leaned close to the woman,
and again took her hands in his, press
ing them softly between his cold fingers.
There is no bitter problem, Kate; only
life and hope and love-always."
For long time Mrs. Presley did not
speak; words seemed out of place to
her now. At last she glanced up, two
glowing points of color in her cheeks pro-
the rest of the face, grown, in the past
year, transparency pale.
For the first time, Treviston noticed
that she was wearing all black, and a
sudden, inexplicable uneasiness swept
over him.
"Why do you wear those clothes?" he
asked, abruptly.
Mrs. Presley WINGED, as though under
a probe, and flash of tears for mo-
ment made her eyes misty. Her glance
fell away from his in the pause that fol-
lowed. =
Surely" she faltered, you know
you have heard-that my husband"
She broke off, struggling for self-mas-
terry.
Treviston went white, white as the
shirt he wore No, he said, he had not
heard. AS a matter of fact, his steam
er had but just arrived; he had seen
no one that he knew. He stared at her
stupidity, as he made the announcement.
Mrs. Presley was regarding him with
darkened eyes. Her lids contracted as
the lids of one in sudden pain.
Treviston shifted in his chair, holding
his glance stubbornly averted, but his
consciousness did not escape the YER
dict of her eyes.
He rose mechanically and moved over
to the mantel For second he stood
staring oddly at the face of tiny Delft
clock.
A silence, charged with fierce mental
struggle, fell between them. At last
Mrs. Presley left her seat and crossed the
room to his side. The lines about her
eyes and mouth had deepened for life
time.
"Good-by," she said, with a sort of
strange calm, "good-by for all time /
might have known this, Dick; surely l
might have known!" The lips that
framed the words were as bloodless as
the white rose at her throat
The sweat broke out on Treviston's
face When he had collected himself, he
put out his hand, blindly. 'Katherine!"
he cried.
She turned and looked at him curious
ly, and a certain hardness came into her
face.
A moment later, the door closed noise
lessly behind her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Poor Have the Advantage.

The average age of death OF working
men in East London is about 20, where
as in the well-to-do districts OF West
London it is about IS,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-12-04
Oh, don't think I have

any better off. Oh, don't think have
not tried to imagine-to make 1t other
wiss! The whole thing is trite, Dick;
we both know perfectly well what the re-
suit would be-" she finished, DULY.
"Trite; that's just it. You lack the
courage, you women, the courage ofyour
honest inclinations." He spoke almost
fiercely, but presently softened and went
on in low tone: "You are sure, Kate,
are you not, that we would be happy
together"
For time, perhaps"
He bent to look into her face, forcing
the appeal of his eyes upon her. "And for
a little time-just little year-or a
week-or hour in the calendar of love
what would all eternity matter?"
The woman began to tremble as she
listened. DON'T" she said, chokingly,
thrusting out hand, as though to ward
off physical blow.
They moved on in silence for several
minutes. Treviston was the first to
speak.
'Ishall go, then" he said, slowly, "and
knowing that you do not love me, in
spite of all your protestations; or know
ing that your love, so boosted, so SUI
preme"-his voice was keen with irony
IFS nothing more than-weak water!"
She burst into passionate tears, cling
ing to him in an agony of failing strength.
81 can't give you up" she said, after
awhile, calmly.
Tomorrow, then" he explained, hur-
riedly, Eat ten o'clock-at this spot. The
team will be waiting; there's steamer
at three; We'll have just time to catch
it."
Mrs. Presley whitened to the temples;
once she opened her lips as though to
speak, then closed them again and her
head dropped.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

I that the synagogue was enlarged IN lZig.
! Marco Polo observes that the Jews had
f, acquired political influence In China
and Tartary at about this time. CHI
nese records indicate that IN 1929 and
IN 1854 Jews were invited TO Pekln to
Join the imperial army They were then
STYLED shuhwuh or Jehudi. An Arabian
envoy in 1886 referred to the loading men
among the Jews as exceedingly veal
thy" In the fifteenth century Kali
fengfu Is said 10 have been a great
commercial center, with more than
200. 900 inhabitants. II ls believed 10
have been the headquarters of the CHI
nese Jews, Inscriptions show that an
overflow Of the Yellow river In 1867 Sc
rlously damaged the synagogue, and
stone erected in 1859 records the en-
largement and renovation OF thatsIruc-
ture.
Jesuit inquiries regarding the Jews
were pushed with much energy IN the
seventeenth century An account sent
to the vatican by Father Rlcci one OF
the earliest missionaries, relates bis
meeting in Pekln Jew who bad gone
20 that capital from Kaifengfu TO try
for literary honors. From this man he
learned that there were various Jewish
communities IN China. and that they
had never heurd Of co-rellglonists in
any other part of the world Jesults
made visits to Kafengfu over a long
series Of years. They also found Jews
In other places IN that region. Accord
ing 20 their reports, Yellow river flood
In 1919 destroyed many Jewish manu-
scripts, In 1904 a letter from Kaifeng-
IN describes IN detail buildings on the
Jeswsh property and customs Of the
people. The sect was then known as
the Taoukln Klao, meaning that sect
which 'plucks cut the slnews" one
writer whom the people made welcome
was permitted 10 inspect the buildings
and to copy numerous inscriptions In
Hebrew and Chinese. The buildings
covered a space 400 feet long and 80
feet broad. They contained four sep
arate courts. upon which opened places
for residence, worship and work Marble
tablets with Chinese inscriptions orna-
monted the walls. Contiguous to one Of
the walls was recess In which the
slnews were extracted from animals
for food. Pork was for
hidden meat. In han OF ancestors the
heroes Of Biblical history received ven
Grafton at the vernal and autumnal
equinoXes. The hall contained censers
In honor Of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
the IL sons Of Jacob, Moses, Aaron,
Joshua and Ezra.
The synagogue measured 6Oxio feet.
In the center stood the throne OF Moses.
upon which 1t was customary to place
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More About That Strange Rock Split From the Side Of zonI

tanned also manuscript on thick yellow
ish paper giving directions for service
for the Day OF Atonement Two mem
bers ofithe colony came with the mes
sengers TO Shanghai, where they were
to study Hebrew and return to Kali
fengfu TO teach Il TO others. 'There Is
no record OF what became Of them, The
Yellow river inundatlon of 1Si9 had
sorely afflicted the colony, leaving sur
yiylng only about 200 adults, whom the
messengers found so abiect and destl-
tute that they had sold religious and
other effects from their buildings TO
provide themselves with food.
Rescue attempts In the United states
were frustrated by the outbreak OF the
civil war At about that time q visit
was made by Herr J. l.. Iibermann He
saw rolls and records which he esti-
mated TO be several centuries old. The
tablet containing the Ten Command
ments and one bearing a Confession OF
Faith were then there. He wrote 10
Germany on the subject. but nothing
came OF Il. A movement started In
England IN 1854 failed because OF the
death OF the missionary who was to
come out. In 1865 Rev. Dr. W. A. p.
Martin. the well known Protestant mis-
slonary visited Kaifengfu He found
members OF the colony who confessed
that they had demolished buildings and
sold tablets and records from pressure
OF their necessities, One of the most
ornate OF the tablets had been moved
over TO the mosque: some OF the col
ony had turned Mohammedan; one had
become a Buddhist priest. They had
yet several copies Of the law. but no one
could read them, and Il had been pro-
posed 10 exhibit them In the market
place, IN the hope that some travelling
Jew might see them and assist 10 restore
the language and religion DIR. Martin
went again In 1869. and wrote a letter
20 the JeElsh Messenger IN New York
proposing a mission. Nothing came OF
the project, except discussion. In 1891
visitor reported that the present stone
tablet was the only mark TO Identify
the site, on which also were a few COM
mon dwellings occupied by members Of
the colony. In December, 1899. several
Hebrew manuscripts reached Shang-
hal which the Jesuits had long since
collected at Kaifengfu. This led to the
organization Of the Rescue society
Much Of the historical matter herein
contained was collated from various
sources by Edward Isaac Ezra, an ac-
tive member OF the society He and his
associates have IN preparation a PAM
phlet on the subject for general dis
tribution In behalf of the movement In
an article he has prepared, referring 10
the survival OF a settlement OF Jews
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| the Book OF Law when II was read. An
! Inscription In Hebrew hung suspended
| from a dome over the throne. There
were various tablets commemorative Of
acts OF Kindness to the Jews by SOW
eroigns of the Ming dynasty. A COM
| partment called Tien Tang (house OF
heaven. or Bethel occupied one ex-
! tromity Of the chamber Here, on sep
arate tablets. lay the ~ rolls OF the
| law, each lnclosed in silken curtains.
| On one wall were inscribed the Ten
| Commitments. In addition 70 the silk
| curtained rolls Of law were various
books, as follows: "The TIA King" So
! books, in each Of which was written one
section OF the law for Sabbath observ-
ance' "The Tsln Sou" or supplement-
airy books called liafOotala (Haph-
tara, containing portions OF Joshua,
Judges, Samuel, Kings the Prophets,
the historical books Of Esther. Nehe-
miah. Ezra, Chronicles and the Macoa-
bees, 1.-THE Keang Chang" or the ex-
positors and the ale Pal" rltua. or
ceremonial books, about 50 In number
Father Gon2ani, one OF the Jesuit WIS.,
itors wrote: "All the books are pre-
served In greater care than gold or sik
Ner' Another Jesuit compared with
rabbi the names and ages Of the pa
triarchs In the genealOgies from Adam
20 Noah, and found complete agreement
with the Old Testament records. The
Hebrew scrolls had no vowel points. but
the minor books employed vowel points,
stops and accents.
An inscription on stone bearing
date 1889 reclted that the patrlarchs
forbade the making Of images and the
worship Of spirits; that Abraham was
founder Of the religion that Moses,
who was alive in the 6l3th year Of the
Tcheou dynasty, abode for 40 DAYS on
the summit OF Mount sinai, refrainlng
from meat and drink and communing
with God and that the So portions of the
law had their origin with him: that
four days In every month should be de-
voted to publication and 20 stimulating
TO charitable acts. and that every sew
enth day should be devoted TO rest, a
fresh period Of good deeds then COM
mencing; that In the fourth season Of
the year the Jew places himself under
severe restraint for seven days, alb
staining altogether from food for one
entire day, which he devotes TO prayer
and repentance, The stone recites that
the religion came from Tienchuh (trans-
lated India, but accepted as meaning
syria). and that 70 families brought II
TO China. and that the emperor said.
you have come to China. Keep and
follow the customs Of your forefathers
and settle at Pienlang (Kaifengfu)"
Emerpor Tai Tsou, who founded the
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Ming dynasty, Is credited on the stone
with having In 1900 granted TO al VINO
submitted TO his authority land on
which they might dwell peacefully and
profess their religion without molesla-
ton
A stone inscribed in 1919 contained
the following passage: After the cfea-
ton the doctrine was transmitted by
Adam to Noah, them. unto Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, and afterward through
the twelve patrlarchs to Moses. Aaron
and J0shau Ezra promulgated tho
law, and through him the letters OF
the Yuethe Yehudi JEWISH nation
were made plain An inscription IN
1868 argued that there Is nothing In
the sacred law OF the Jews inconsistent
with the six canonical books OF the
Chinese.
The Jesults observed that worship
ers removed their shoes on entering the
house OF prayer and wore a blue head
dress while there. When reading the
law the minister covered his face with a
transparent veil, following the example
OF Moses. who conveyed the law to the
Israelites with his face covered. Pray
ers were chanted, but without the ao-
compartment Of musical instruments.
The people adhered to the law Of cir
cumoislon and kept various festivals,
notably those OF the tabernacles, the
Passover and the Day OF Atonement.
They were forbidden 10 lntermarry with
heather Ga prohibition clearly disre-
garded IN later years. or to seek con-
yerts. They never pronounced the
name Of God. but said Adonai instead
Beyond holding 20 the unity OF God,
they had no clear articles OF belief:
but they gave credence TO vague no.
lions OF heaven, hell, purgatory the
resurrection and the day Of judgment
In prayer they turned westward to-
ward Jerusalem. They observed the
Sabbath with great severity, food be-
ing prepared the day before. Their cal
endar was identical with that in use
by Jews elsewhere.
Jesuit accounts Of the colony were
the last OF Importance until 1850. when
Bishop Smith Of Hongkong sent two
Chinese deputies tc Kaifengfu 10 In
vestigate conditions. They found few
small dwellings on the temple site and
copied several tablet inscriptions in He
brew and Chinese, the former distinct
~ Jewish, referring TO one God, and
the latter following the moral precepts
Of Confucius. In the next year the
same messengers made another visit
and returned with several rolls OF the
law Each OF the rolls contained
complete copy OF the Book OF Moses,
written on sheepskln sewed IN strips
Of from 20 to 80 yards long. They OBJ
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

plain of China, which has stood there
while the centuries rolled by, sublime
in lis antiquity and solitude, Fred
erlck W. Eddy, in San Francisco
Chronicle.
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for nearly 1000 years In the heart Of a
country of pagans, Ezra quotes Dr.
Martin as likenlng the colony TO "a
great rock rent from the sides OF Mount
Zion and projected into the central
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-23

Above depicted the strong and rugged features Of Uncle Josh Terry
Oldest this with Brdger
he coming Of the Pioneers Utah man who underwent mn9meabe hard
who married shoshone and whose became hea OF
this found
20 OF this issue Of the Deseret News.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-12-24


ST Louis
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best
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All his sold
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and ship to the antipodes the coins of
the realm, they could keep coin scarce
and. therefore, OF great purchasing
power.
Let us commence with 1868" Mr.
Del Mar says. 1.-THE object of the East
India company, their hackers, the
landlords OF England, their colleagues
the goldsmlths of London. and their
agents in parliament. assisted by the
(Barbara Villlers) Countess of Castle
names faction, was FIRST, 10 remove
the restriction upon the expectation OF
colns and bullion. second. TO get rio
of the state seigrioraga upon the
coins; and. third. 10 usurp the prerog-
alive OF coinage for themselves. These
objects they accomplished by means
OF separate measures. Aud here II "
"a be- noticed that the mint laws OF
1916 aud 1870 In England and of 1878
In the United states of America. We're
likewise altered hy means az separate
measures rs this device the extent
and Importance OF the alteration 90.
capped notice"
The flrst act .ieGal required a duty
IL 80 shilling per head on all cattle
imported from ireland. Wales or Scot
land into England. between July 1 and
December - IN any year andre
psaled the various provisions forbid
ding the export Of eoin or bullion
from the klngdoml Prior 10 this the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-12-24

"portcullis" coins exported amounted
To some f40, 900 or $4,000 a year. Af-
terward, in a single bound, the re-
striction taken off, the export of sill
YER TO the Orient rose to fi00, 900 to
100000 year-but Pollexfen says
six hundred thousand pounds. Macau-
lay entirely oyerlooks the cause of the
scarcity of coin In England. the clip
ping of hammered coin. and the great
recoinage of 1886, which followed as a
natural result Of the act OF 1868.
The next steps were easy. Charles
VAS shown that the great scarcity of
coin was because of the Spanish and
Dutch minis being thrown open To
free coinage" while In England the
seigniorage and Barbara Villlers' tax
kept bullion owners from bringing
their wares 20 England for coinage.
In lieu OF the "tuppenee' for BAR
hara. these grcat-hearted philanthropy
iAts were willing 10 submit Ia n tax
on imported spirits. wines. beer cl-
der aud vinegar out OF which should
he paid hcr fouu year penalonl Tho
seigniorage was 20 be abolished al
together like the statements made
by Cleveland and his clique In iSa3
anent the repeal of the purchasing
clause OF the sherman act, prosperity
would follow as the day follows nlght.
sc the act " iGGG-7 waa passed. nut
like The legislation OF 1898, the act %
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