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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

drying and refrigeration. The Ameri-
cans have been most wasteful with their
fisheries, as with other of their rich re-
sources, and the strict laws that differ
emit states have in recent times passed
in regard to fish preservation come q
little late-the shad had almost en-
tirely disappeared from the Connecti-
cut river, likewise the salmon, though
this river was once famous for both
shad and salmon.
The division OF flsh culture, a very
important department Of the commits
sion, now operates, besides its 35
hatcheries, four railroad cars for dis
tribution, and a large equipment for
the carrying on of it's work. For the
prosecution of the marine work three
vessels are used; the steamers Alba
tross and Fish Hawk, and schooner,
the Grampus. The Fish Hawk is a
floating hatchery, engaged in Matching
shad, lobster and mackerel, in collect
ing eggs, and in distribution of the
fry. In Maine are situated stations for
cultivating salmon for distribution in
New England and nearby territory.
At Woods Holl and Gloucester, Mass,
lobster, cod, fiat fish, and other marine
species are propagated. Shad are
carefully looked after by the Fish
Hawk on the Delaware river, and at
stations in Maryland, North Carolina,
Washington, D. c., and the fish dis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Scheme to Fool Chinch Bugs.

The state experiment station has
sent its entomologist to inquire into
the chinch bug situation around st.
Cloud, and see what, if anything, can
be done next year to lessen the injury
from these pests. He visited the farms
of Bowling Bros, Harborn, n. P.Clark,
Michael Bretz and others. He reports
that conditions have not been eXagger-
ated on Clark's upper farm. Last year
chinch bugs took the young carrot
crop.
Entomologist Washburn intimates
that strip of millet about the corn,
planted at such time that it would
be about ten inches high when the
bugs go from barley or wheat to corn,
might induce them to prefer millet or
pidgeon grass to corn. This would
probably allow the corn to get ahead
of them and they could be destroyed
on the millet in various ways.
Diseased chinch bugs are no longer
sent out by the station, it having been
proved impracticable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Woman at Her Best.

1t is now conceded by many shrewd
judges of the sex that woman's beauty
is most splendid and her intellect is in
full maturity at % years. Cleopatra
was % when she first met Antony and
enslaved the handsomest man in the
whole Roman empire, as well as one Of
the greatest orators, generals and
statesmen. The queen of Sheba was 90
when she dazzled Solomon nearly off
his throne. The marquise de Pompa-
dour was 25 when she met Louis XIV,
and % when she began to rule his do
mains Josephine captured Napoleon
at SO, it is true, but she was a widow
at whom he had been casting sleeps
eyes for five years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Reor. n Curious Title.

Many of Gen. Skaters older acquaint-
ances occasionally call him Small Cap"
Shafter, name which. originated at a
banquet in Denver good many years
ago. In one of the local papers a list
of guests was given, all the names be-
ing put in small capitals. Through a
printers error Skaters name was set
up in ordinary letters and the proof
reader marked it small cap in the
usual way. The compositor was from
the country and unacquainted with
marks used by proofreaders in daily pa
pers, so he inserted Small Cap before
Skaters name. This was why Small
Cap Shafter" appeared among the army
list of guests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

Americana" and then the conversation
goes on vociferously, as before. i
The countess sits Respondent at the
head of the table, the butler at her beck
behind her, while busy walters move
quietly with big trays. Down the sides
are ranged the guests, all in full dress
the gentlemen showing immaculate
shirtfronts, and the ladies point-lace
and diamonds.
At the foot of the table is seated-O.
We gods!-a man in coarse peasant cos
tune, and a leather girdle is at his
waist.
At first glance this man is repelling:
the cheap blue blouse of the toiler, the
bold features, the large mouth, the beet
ling eyebrows, the shaggy shock of hair.
the long, iron-gray beard, the bronze of
the face, seem so strangely out of place
here. You approach closer, and are re-
assured, as gentle eyes beaming with
sympathy look into yours, and the low
clearly modulated voice bids you well
come AS the big, calloused hand grasps
your own, you feel that you are in the
shadow of great rock in weary land,
and all the fine speeches you have formu-
lated slip from your memory-and you
say nothing. At the left hand of this
strange figure sits young woman, plain
in feature, her dress some simple gray
flannel stuff that covers her form from
ankle to wrist and throat. She wears no
jewelry, and the quick eye of the pilgrim
notes that her hands are unused to
gloves. The peasant presents her sim
ply as "my daughter" and motions the
visitor to seat at his right hand.
1t is nine-course dinner-the regula-
ton continental thing-soup, fish, three
kinds Of meat, vegetables, salad, fruit.
nuts and coffee, with wine at the proper
places. Our pilgrim is duly served at
each course, but the peasant and his
daughter seem to eat nothing. It is not
until the first course of meat is being
brought in that maid enters through
a side-door with simple plate of pot
tage for each, and a loaf of rye bread.
They eat the bread and partake Of the
one dish set before them and of nothing
else-they taste neither coffee nor wine.
Our three friends go out through the
kitchen, past bustling cooks in white
caps and aprons, and busy solutions,
where the suppressed excitement of
''big dinner" gives no time for intruders
out through kind of shed, and enter
the workroom, which is the living-room
of Count Leo Tolstoi.
The front part of the house is new
and smart, but this is the remains of
the ancient residence that stood here two
centuries ago. The room is low, large
and square; bookshelyes line the walls.
long table is in the center, strewn with
papers, books and writing materials. in
all of the harmonious disorder that
marks the workshop of tireless writer
cot at one side shows where the master
sleeps; and at the foot of the cot YOU
see cobbler's outfit that looks just lik-
corner in any village shoemaker's shop.
Read to us, daughter" says the old
man; read to us from the book we were
reading last night"
The count reclines on the cot. and
closes his eyes; the visitor finds chair
near; the young woman In the gray garb
seats herself at the table, and reads aloud.
The daughters believe in their father.
but the Tolstoi sons stand by their
mother.
W. SCOTT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Poultry at the State Fair.

The poultry exhibition at the Min
under the most satisfactory conditions
since the fair commenced, and it prom
Uses to be the largest ever seen on the
fair grounds. Since the fair of 1902,
the fair management has expended
several hundred dollars in purchasing
permanent show coops. The poultry
building is now equipped with these
coops and no other will be used. AS
usual, the poultry department is under
the superintendent of that veteran
poultry fancier, Leslie Parlin, st. Paul.
This years fair opens on August 31st,
when Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
will make great speech.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

IN I'M OF only is there spreading
MN% abroad more knowledge in
W@W regard to the preservation
SNXX of the fishes with which the
N waters of our land are al
ready stocked, but the in
habitants of inland districts, as well as
of coast regions, are learning the value
of fish as a food and the economy Of
stocking even the small streams. The
farmer is beginning to look upon the
finny beings as valuable additions to
his farm creatures, as welcome addi-
ton to his bill of fare. In the near flu
ture, when we visit our country cousins,
we may reasonably look forward to a
dish of fresh fish f1anking the tradi-
tional fried chicken
Since the United States government
had her eyes opened to the value of fish
culture she has made great strides in the
work, and now is to the fore of all other
countries in carrying it on on large
scale. After her in the prosecution of
this work should be mentioned, in the
following order, Canada, Germany.
Norway and Sweden.
Our valuable and indefatigable fish
commission, one of the most popular of
the government bureaus, is accomplish
ing results many and various. 1t is 30
some years since Prof. Baird was ap-
pointed ''to prosecute Investigations
with view to ascertaining what dim
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
News Notes.

Amelia Reszka, years old, was
drowned at Winona.
Mrs. Grace Patterson was injured
during a row between two families in
st. Paul and may not recover.
Vessel & Noble of st. Paul and Sig
vart A. Loche2 of Bemidji were dis
charged from bankruptcy in the fed
eral court.
Miss Josephine A. Sactre, the first
child born in the village of Henning,
died at her home there.
A mad dog for two hours frightened
residents in the vicinity of Tenth ave.
nue. north and Fifth street, Minneapo-
lis. 1t was reported that the animal
bit one man, but the police received no
notice of it.
More than SIS, 900, 900 is added to the
assessed valuation of property in the
state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

tributed all along the Atlantic sea-
board. On the great lakes, devoted to
white fish, perch, pike, lake trout, lake
herring, etc., hatcheries are located as
follows: Cape Vincent, N. Y; Put
in-Bay, O.; Detroit, Alpena and Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, and Duluth, MINI.
Work with brook trout, black spotted
trout, crappie, Dream, etc., is carried
on at st. Johnsbury, VT; Nashua, N.
H; Wytheville, Va; Erwin, Tenn;
Cold Spring, Ca; Worthwhile, Mich;
Quincy, ILL.,; Manchester, Ia; Neosha,
Mo-; San Marco, Tex; Leadville, COL;
Spear Fish, S. D., and Bozeman, Mont.
On the Pacific seaboard there are in
operation six stations for the cultiva-
ton of the Pacific salmon. Shad and
striped bass now are common on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Danced with wellington.

New York, Aug. 24.-Jane Anna Long
land, who as child danced with the
duke of Wellington, who saw the coro-
nation of Queen Victoria and was friend
ly with the children of Don Carlos, the
pretender to the Spanish throne, is dead
at her home in Brooklyn. She was "a
years old. Her father was an interpre-
ter in the royal navy. The children of
Don Carlos lived in his home for some
time while he acted as their tutor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
The School Fund.

The Minnesota permanent school
fund has reached the SIS, 900, 900 mark.
No other state except Texas has SO
large fund, and state officials esti-
mate that it will not be long before
Minnesota will lead them all. Of this
fund approximately $6,0o0,O 900 is un-
paid principal on land contracts, and of
the remaining $9,OOO,O 900, $500, 900 is
invested in Understanding bonds
The average rate of interest is per
cent Estimates of the amount that the
fund will ultimately reach when all
the lands are sold are put at higher
figures by each succeeding state audi
tor. 1t seems that the human mind is
incapable of approaching the wealth
of Minnesota's resources. Former
State Auditor w. w. Braden created
quite sensation when he stated that
the fund would ultimately reach $780,
900, 900. State treasury officials put
the figure at $50, 900, 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
New Creamery Maps.

The state dairy and food department
has just issued new creamery map of
the state. 1t is large map with all
the creameries, skimming stations and
cheese factories plainly marked. 1t
shows clearly which are the heaviest
dairy sections and also the spread of
the creameries into the northwestern
part of the state, where new land is
being opened.
There are now 6S1 creameries, 70
cheese factories and SO Swimming sta
tions in the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

l220li OlLO vi 10 DclOI6 Tue WOIlU
zNA again, especially that part
" of the world embraced by the
NWWX United States. There is al
- ways an. element of uncer-
tainty surrounding the
count, and one never knows what the
eccentric Russian will say or do next.
He changes, and each fresh disappoint-
ment as to the realization Of his hopes
and ideals in the world brings more rad
ical views and greater eccentricities of
conduct. At the present time the Amer
lean public has not yet recovered from
the shock of his round abuse of the presi-
dent of one of Americas greatest univer-
stiles. But this plain talk from this
painfully plain Russian does not set so
badly as it would perhaps from some
other sources, for the sting of the attack
is removed when one says, "Well, that is
Tolstoi-ism, sure enough" And it does
sound good deal like the theories ad-
vanced in some of his books.
Of Rockefeller, Tolstoi says: mo man
should work for man like Rockefeller.
He should prefer starvation. He should
consider it a religious duty to refuse to
work for a trust"
OF the trusts he says: '"The talk about
American trusts being an evolution Of
science is stupid. There is no science
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Dangerously Ill.

Gainesville, Ca, Aug. PA sur
gical operation performed on Maj.
Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp revealed
the presence in the gall bladder of
double handful of gall stones, more
than 1000 in number. His physicians
give no hope of his recovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
Short of Money,

The state board of investment will
probably be compelled to refuse nu-
merous applications for county ditch
loans in order to protect other and le-
gitimate drafts on the permanent
school fund. The board originally
hoped to make a large number of small
ditch loans. and at the same time be
able to protect the school districts,
townships and counties desiring au-
thorized loans for other purposes.
Marshall county took 100000 for
bitches, Polk $91, 900 and Meeker So
900, which leaves the board in a posi-
ton practically compelling it to refuse
or materially scale down the large
number of applications now pending
or expected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28

INTERIOR OF STATE HATCHERY AT COLD
SPRING HARBOR, NY
Pacific coast, though unknown until
their planting there about 20 years
ago.
One of our statesmen, one who
speaks with authority, bears this tes-
timony in regard to the work of the
fish commission: There is no ex-
penditure on the part of the govern
ment which results in greater econom-
ic benefit to the country at large than
that applied to the fostering of the
fisheries" KATHERINE POPE
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
c. A. R. VETERANS
headed FOR Home
Closing Scenes of the Thirty-Seventh
Annual Encampment at
San Francisco.
C0MMANDER-IN Chief BLACK
ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS
Adopted FavOring Legis-
Iation to Prevent, by Education
and In Other Ways, Dissertation of
the FIaG-Gen. Miles HonOred-In-
staIIa tiOnsOf Officers.

San Francisco, Aug. 24.-The home
ward migration OF the grand army vet
Grams has already begun. The adjourn
ment of the final session Friday was the
signal for hundreds to pack their travel
ing bags and scores have left on trains
for other parts of the state. The only
delegation to leave in body on its spe-
cial train was New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-08-28
AM ERICANS LEARNING
TO EAT FISH

THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE UNITED STATES
COMMISSIONERS OF FISH AND FISHERIES.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
TRAMPS IN MISSOURI.
They Are Given n Chance mt Well
Paid Work or Must Take to
the StonepiIe.

The moment that winter breaks
and save in the high attitudes. winter
west of the Mississippi is mild and
comfortable thing in comparison with
our eastern weather-the police of st.
Joseph, Kansas City, Denver, in fact
of all the towns and cities, wage re-
Ientless war on yagrants, says Leslie's
Monthly. The wide rolling prairies,
the railroads, the mills are all insatia-
BILE in their demand for unskilled
labor Crops rot in the fields for lack
Of harvesters. mills are idle for lack
of men to drive The heavily laden
wagons to their doors. The idle will
not work go long as they cai beg or
steal In the west they have little
chance for either.
On an average fifty men week
are arrested in Kansas City during the
months of June. July and August. The
police wisely refuse to burden the city
with their support, and instead give
these men the alternative Of going to
work honestly, and for high wages, or
breaking stone for the Improvement of
the abominable western roads. The
choice nearly always is for the better
paying labor Great wisdom is shown
in the distribution Of these men. Only
one OF two Of gang are sent to any
one camp.
In the labor camps the traJnps have
a fair chance with more honest men.
There is nothing to distinguish one
from the other. for under the eagle eye
OF the section foreman all work alike.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
CITIZENSHIP CHEAPENED
More Indictments By the Federal
Grand Jury at St. Louis.
Dockery's Stenographer, and
Thomas f. Barret..

st. Louis, Oct. u.-W. A. Morrow, as
sistant private secretary TO Gov. Alex
ander NJ. Dockery; Thomas e. Barrett,
former marshal of the ST. Louis court
of appeals, and Joseph J. Gillick, demo-
cratic precinct committeeman of st.
Louis county, are named in indictments
returned by the federal grand jury.
Aiding and abetting naturalization
frauds and conspiracy to fraudulently
naturalize aliens are the charges in the
indictments against them.
There are ten indictments each
against Morrow and Barrett Zach in
dictment contains four counts, making
40 counts against each of the men,
In a separate indictment for con-
spiracy, the name of Joseph ]. Gillick
is included with those of Morrow and
Barrett
1t is understood that the indictment
against Gillick is more for the purpose
of holding him as witness that for
prosecution.
Gov. Dockery, accompanied by "AI'
Morrow, who was indicted late Friday
afternoon on the charge of aiding and
abetting naturalization frauds, arrived
in st. Louis Saturday morning, and
stated that he would sign the bond for
Morow's appearance for trial under the
charges Secretary of State Cook said
he was also willing to so ON Morrows
bond
Morrow stated that ne had rot seen
the indictments, and had not heard of
son City, when he started at once for
st. Louis. He refused to discuss the
case at this time.
Upon arraignment before Judge
Adams in the United States circuit
court, Saturday, both Morrow and Bar
rows bond was fixed at $12 ,000 John S.
Elliot, of Boonville; Harvey w. Sal
mon, of Clinton, and Festus ]. Wade, |
of st. Louis, qualified as sureties. Bar
rett, who was already under indict-
ment on the charge of abetting natur-
alization frauds, was required to give
additional bond of $4,000. This bono
was signed by Murray Carleton, presi |
dent of the St Louis Transit Co.
Immediately after the bonds were
certified Judge Adams took charge OF
the indictments, notifying the clerk
that under no circumstances must their |
contents be made public.
The trial of Morrow was set for No.
vember g. Barrett will be tried about |
the same time. Fred w. Lehman has |
been retained as counsel for Morrow,
while Iudga- -un,.-----e.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
RUSSIA READY FOR WAR.
Russia Would Rather That the Dis
pute Come to War Thnn Yield
Her Claims on Manchuria.

Vienna, Oct 12.-Information from
two sources is to the effect that Russia
is making extraordinary precautions
for the contingency of war with Japan.
A well-informed parsonage, who was
lately at st. Petersburg, says the Rus
sian military authorities expect the
outbreak of hostilities within the next
few days. The whole Transcaspian
territory as far as Samarkland is Sc
riously crippled as regards railway
traffic, by the large drafts of men and
material for the far east. The Russian
troops in Transcaspia are alleged to be
embittered in consequence of the man
e.->.. IN oshis,j. fthair ,r.,vir,no is no"iant
ed in favor of Manchuria and the Pa
cific.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
THE BULGARIANS MOBILIzlNG
This Step Has Been Taken as a
Precautionary Measure.
Killed in Fight Near NOvrokop-
Cotton Reports quiet mt Beirut.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 12.-The war
Office Saturday ordered the complete
mobilization of the first and second
classes of reserves resident in the Kos
tendil district and of the Thirteenth
Macedonian infantry.
This step, it is understood, was taken
as a precautionary measure, in view
of the repeated provocative acts of the
Turks on the frontier.
The Dneyik says the authorities are
surprised and concerned at the frequent
aggressions of Turkish troops along
the frontier
The Bulgarian ministry has formal
ly complained to the Turkish govern
ment on the subject and has pointed
out the deplorable results which such
conduct must have on the relations
between the two governments at a
time when delicate negotiations are
proceeding.
1t is estimated that 10000 refugees
are now in Bulgaria. Of this number
$4,000 are in the Bourgas and Varna
districts. The remainder are distrib-
uted in the Rila. Samakov and other
districts.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
H0NoRs TO GEN. HAMILTON.
The Administration Is Extending
COurtesies to Lieut.-Gen. Ian
Hamilton, of British Army.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Lieut.-Gen. Ian
Hamilton, of the British army, reached
Washington Saturday afternoon and
was met by Col H. A. Greene, of the
general staff He was the guest of Gen.
Corbin at dinner. and at $50 Satur-
day evening all of the officers on duty
in Washington were presented to him
at the Corbin home.
Sunday Gen. Hamilton dined with
Acting Secretary of War Oliver and
Gen. Johnson To-day he will visit
the Gettysburg battlefield and to-
morrow he will attend the dedication
of the Ohio monument at Antietam. On
Wednesday he will visit Fort Meyer,
and on Thursday the president will
entertain him at dinner.
Gen. Hamilton was with Lord Rob-
erts in South Africa, and was afterward
Gen. Kitchener's chief of staff.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Estimates on Property.

The trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb Institute last week instruct
ed the superintendent to secure es-
Inmates of the value of the institute
property on State street, in jack
son. This is in pursuance of a reso-
luton of the last legislature. The
property will probably be sold next
year and buildings constructed in
the suburbs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
Drones on the Increase.

One consideration that is making our
people impatient of hard work is the ex-
ample of riches quickly made through the
semi gambling activities. Men whose fa-
theirs would have died rather than live on
bread they had not earned find them
selves willing to be taken care Of by the
government perhaps. or by "the party"
or by their more fortunate or industrious
relatives. Such drones know nothing of
the satisfaction of him who 'scorns de-
lights and lives laborious days" who
can hold his head high and say he has
earned his right to live, and whose death
is thus not debt paid to nature, for he
owes her nothing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-10-15
p,,vr,m, 10 EccIefecban.

Ecclefechan, though on the high road
Of oftwoimportantr railways, is only accessi-
Bile to those travelling from the south by
break in their Journey at Carlisle,
whence the now famous village is
reached by slow trims. That interest in
Carlyle and his birthplace is increasing
is proved by the number of pilgrims who
annually turn aside" to Ecclefechan. and
II is particularly noteworthy that during
the twelvemonth just closed Arch House
has been visited by 1,470 persons. an in
crease of 232 over the preceding similar
period, and the largest yearly number
since the house was opened to the public
Westminster Gazette.