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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
To BE Tried at Lexington.

Columbia, S. c., June 26.-Judge
Townsend announced Thursday that
the trial of James HI. Tillman, charged
with the murder of n. G. Gonzales,
would heard in Lexington, Lexington
county. The next term of court there
will convene the third week in Sep
TENDER, Judge Gage presiding. Saluda
was the county to which the defense
wanted the case moved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Easy to Laugh.

Mrs. Brickrow-It does body good
to have DR.. Grim when one is sick. He
is always SO jolly. a
Mr.. Brickrow be jolly, too, if
you were getting three dollars for a
ten-minute CALM. Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Climate and Crop Bulletin.


The temperatures were moderately
high early in the week, but consider
ably lower towards its close. There
were showers in the South and South
west on the 18th, Is, 10, which were To-
cally heavy in southwestern counties;
there were light local showers in north
ern portions on the Goth.
In the Red River valley there was
temporary benefit to the crops from
the showers, but more rain is needed,
especially for the oats, barley and flax
seeded on the spring plowed lands, and
for pastures and forage crops. The
wheat and oats on the fall plowed
lands seem to be standing the dry
weather fairly well.
In the southwest the rains were hea-
Wy enough to flood some of the low
lands again, and to delay the cultiva-
ton of corn and potatoes; in other
parts of the South the wheat, oats,
barley, fax, corn and potatoes on
high lands were benefited, and there
was benefit also on the recently flooded
lands which were becoming dry and
baked. Early barley is heading; rye
is filing nicely; oats do not look well
in some places; wheat is generally good
except that little rust is reported in
Redwood County; a fine clover crop is
being cut; thimothy is coming into
blossom; corn is backward because the
weather has not been continuously
warm enough for corn growth; fax is
generally doing well, though much OF
the fax was seeded on low lands which
have suffered from the excess moisture.
A good strawberry crop is being gath
cred.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
| G7 * !. ! ESS:z
IL Ny1AHAAAa1 X X * sA s5g54kl W. -
Papa and the Count.

TELL me frankly, count, how much
you owe"
Really, sare, your question: covers
me wiz confusione."
That's all right. Confide in me. II
you are to marry my daughter 1 want
you to be open and honest. How much
do you owe?"
Messing"
Nothing! You owe nothing?"
"Alas, eet ees too true. Nobody weel
st-a-me."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
The Retort Juvenile.

MAY" said Mrs. Upjohn to her
youngest, 'you shock me with your be-
havior. You are perfect tomboy.
Why can't you be like your little play
mate, Leila Green? She is gentle, soft
voiced, well behaved, and always lady
like"
EYES," said May, "but SOS her moth
er."-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
His Experience.

"Pa," said the boy, looking up from
his book, ''what does mans better
half mean?"
Usually, my son." replied his father
from behind the evening paper, "she
means exactly what she says. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Quite Encouraging.

"What would you do if you could play
the piano like 1 CAM" asked the young
lady of the housemaid.
''Shure an Oh wouldn't get discour-
aged at all, at all. Old kape roight on
larnin' till Oh could play it dacenty,"
was the reply.-Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
No Need for One.

'But you have no hospital here"
protested the tenderfoot, land there's
SO much violence here, too"
"Vi'lence nothing!" exclaimed the ma.
tive. "We don't have no Whence here
an we don't need no hospital. When
one of the boys shoots there amt no
job left 'cept for the coroner."-Chi-
cago Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
An EXPLANATION

"Why is it that wealthy people be-
come so cold and cynical?
"They don't necessarily" answered
Mr.. Cumrox. "They have their enthu
siasms. The trouble is that a rich man
can't admire anything without being
solicited to buy Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Why He Rejo1ced.

Farmer Barnes-Yes, poor Josh Med
ders wuz run over by an auto, but he
seems happy.
I Farmer Hedges-Does the doctor say
he can recover?
Farmer Barnes-No; but the lawyer
does!-Puck
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03

Young Girl went to a palmist
the other day, and he told me such a
lot of lovely things.
Old Girl-Oh! they are no good. ]
went to one once. He looked at my
hand, then he looked at my face, and
then he gave me my money back
Ally Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Her Own Manager.

Upton-I can't help pitying Hen
peck. They say his wife is terror.
Downton-Henpeck needs no pity.
He is one of the luckiest men know.
"But his wife?"
''She never worries him about the
servants."-N Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Woman of 1t.

Said maid: ct shall marry for lucre,"
Then her ma stood right up and shuckre;
But just the same
When the chance came
The old dame said no word to rebuckre.
Chicago Daily News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Phantom.

Just when the sun is peeping DER the scene.
The iceman plods his way from door to
door;
And when you go to find the lump, ween,
You see a drop of water; nothing more.
-Washington Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
under Government,s WING.

"Whar yo' boy now?" some one
asked the old Georgia darby.
''De gover'min's takin' keer er him"
"Dat SOP"
eyes, sub. He in de fed'rul prison,
wild nice gray suit on him. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03

'What? You lost money in that
Concatenated Gold Mining Combina-
ton? 1 thought you said they were
going to let you in on the ground
floor"
$50 they did. So they did. But
they let me out through the cellar"
Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Explained.

"Are those physicians jealous of the
success of their colleagues new opera
tion?"
"Not bit of it. The only thing that
makes them envious is his success in
getting it talked about in the newspa-
pers." Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
The Patient Man.

We all admire the patient man,
And vow his methods are the best.
But while we praise we oftentimes
Impose on him like all the rest.
-WaShiHgton Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Matter of Grammar

Singsong -Blankleigh, the hotel
man, was buried yesterday.
Wigwag- Of whom did he die?
Singsong-You mean "of what did
he die"
Wigwag who was his physi-
Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Slightly Mixed.

Friend understand your husband
is interested in the race question.
Wife-Indeed he is not. He does not
know one horse from another.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
In the Swim

Tho moths have spoiled my picnic suit
My Oxford ties not up to par;
I'll still remain gay galoot-
1 have my last years Panama.
IN Y Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
A Custom.

whenever l get an umbrella said
the prudent citizen, 81 put my name
on it."
$50 do l." answered the man with
out a conscience. "The person who
used to own it isn't so likely to identify
t."-Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Poor Crop.

He had a little garden, and
His neighbor had some chickens.
The only thing raised whereabouts
At present is the dickens.
N Y Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
The Old story.

Love reigns as in the long ago.
And still with sorrow tbs beset.
And Jimmy Jones Is Romeo
And Sally Boggs is Juliet.
-Washington Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Turning the Scales.

The fish are smaller than they were
When father pulled the line with vigor,
Somehow, our statements don't compare,
Our fish are smaller-stories bigger
Chicago Record Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Yesuxius Breaks Forth.

!. London, June 23.-According to a.
dispatch received here from Naples
the volcano Vesuvius is in full erup-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Frankness.

81 cannot marry you," she said.
"Why do you say that?" he de-
manded.
"Because-because 1 want you to
propose again."
There's nothing like getting all OF
luxury that's possible.-Chicago Post
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03

eff Frank should ask me for a
kiss, I don't believe 1 could hold my
head up"
Don't you worry about that.
Frank will hold it up for you if he
knows his business" Chicago
Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
Philosophy.

Philosophy.
It's foolish to give way to sorrow;
You'll find that 1t doesn't pay.
The dog may be on top tomorrow
That's down at the bottom to-day.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-03
There Are Many Such.

"Pa, what is the oldest inhab-
itant?"
ga liar, in most instances, my son"
Smart Set.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
One of These Strange Crea-
lures Whom the Boy Met in
an Enchanted Land Showed
Him Marvellous Things

Spare us, dread beingl" the seamen cried
"Turn us not again into boarsI"
If you do not again bore me-" said she. with
a sweet smile, for you see she had now become
humorous and quite pleasant, Il will never again
harm you. This young man from a new land has
worked a spell upon me and L am a changed being
Then they all thanked the boy and began ques-
tioning him about tins new land, but he was rnors
eager to ask questions than to answer them. Ha
wanted TO learn all that he could about what the old
time sailors knew, how far from home they had
voyaged and what sort Of ships hey yoyaged in.
One whose name was Jason, aged man with
q foot Of white whiskers ON his chin, after Andrew
had told them all about America said:
Il have heard from old Phoenician seamen Of
a fair land called the Fortunate Isles, where the
apples of gold grow, in the far West beyond the
sea, and IN fact exactly where the sun sets. Once
a ship sailed there from Tyre and it was seven long
years ere she returned, but she was laden with
strange fruits, gold-dust and pearls. Dar-slinned
men she brought also but not as dusky as the
Ethiopians. No one has been there SINCE
Another spoke up, saying:
Long ago, in my grandsires' time, galley with
twenty Egyptians went into the Western Ocean,
which was believed to be choked with mud ashes
and ice and full of sea-mOnsters, but she returned
with rich cargo; and twice after die she venture,
but the captain kept secret the place where he
traded for fear of rivals, and forbade any of the
crew to reveal the secret Wondrous BIRDS precious
stones furs and gold they brought to Egypt but
now no one knows the way hither. 1 have been,
however to the Cassterides for tin and lead IN my
time"
q have sailed to the far North, to the Hyper
borean Land where ice chokes the bays even In sum-
mer." said another II heard of a land too IN the
West but -fated is the sailor who dares to venture
therel Monsters roam the sea and giant birds soar
in the air upon the dark ocean. Sea-dragons that
swallow ships and mermen who drag sailors down
into the depths are there. Few dared to sail to
the White Island"
"That Is called England now, and about twenty
thousand ships go there every week. 1 suppose" said
Andrew.
'Preposterousp cried Jason. ''What mean you
bv such tales2 There are not as many ships in the
navies of Greece, Phoenicia, Egypt and Persia
bined! Think you we are children"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
ANDREW tells lie WONDERING GREEKS ABOUT ARsHPs

but another glance showed him that it was a wide
but shallow lake. All around its muddy shores he
saw hundreds of gnared roots, and even far out
in the water they showed, half-submerged roots Of
such marvellous shapes that they at once suggested
human beings all contorted in agony, as if SUD
denly turned to wood while wrestling with pain.
Il wonder if they were people| thought An
drew. "This is such a strange place that every
thing is possible, and perhaps some magician lives
here who changes all who land on this island, or
whatever it Is, into roots and funny animals. If
this Is SO, l must be careful or he'll get Andrew
Fields nextP
All seemed so solemn and so sedate everywhere
that it was quite unlikely chat danger was near.
but Andrew knew that the most innocent-lookng
clump Of bushes often conceals the royal Bengal
tiger in India, and he resolved to be very wary IN
deed.
an proceed on tiptoe after this" he said to
himself, "and if l see anything more extraordinary
than I've seen I'll run like a rabbit" Nothing
transpired, and he grew tired of going on TIP
toe and had reached the upper end of the swampy
lake. when he suddenly came upon a sort of hut
made of stone, but it was really what is called
"Domen," a number of upright stones with great
slab laid on their tops. Dolmens are found the
world over but none that were not built many
thousands of years ago by unknown people, and it
Is supposed that they were tOmbs. Andrew knew
this and went into the domen without expecting
to see anything there at all but lot Of rubbish.
You may imagine his surprise to discover many
objects in the place that showed plainly that some-
body was living there, and that person was a wo-
man. There was a queer old-fashioned sewing
machine, which from its pattern he knew was an
ancient Greek machine because he had seen them
in museums and pictures; there were combs some
of amber others of tortoise-shell silver and gold
hair-pins and mirrors Of polished silver, corsets,
scarfs, powder-pufs, hat-pins, manicure utensils,
rings by the Dozen gold, coral amber and bead neck
aces and bracelets without number, but everything
that was there was a thing that used only upon
the upper part of a woman's dress. Nothing for
the lower part was visible; for instance, he saw no
shoes or stockings button-hooks ladies' shoe polish
carriers. rubbers OF belts at all. Of course, this
puzzled Andrew very much, and he could not under
stand IT, as everything seemed to be left there quite
recently if the woman had simply dropped out to
borrow a drawing Of tea from a neighbor. He was
not at all alarmed. because he thought a woman
would not be apt to harm boy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
Andrew Fields Wonderful
Voyage in a Shoe Changes
McDougall's Ideas About
the Disappearance of Sirens

IN HE ancient Greeks used TO hear great deal
of talk about satyrs, harples fauns,
4 taurs and sirens, and, i suppose, If they
had known about printing lots of books would have
been written about these fabulous creatures. Now
adays, for some reason, nobody believes in the
things which every little Greek boy OF girl was
very sure to see every time either of them went
very far into the woods. Every picnic, l suppose,
likely TO be broken up by a visit from satyr OF
centaur, and a man hunting for rabbits in the
lonian forests would be certain to a few Of the
woodland dwellers, as well as nymphs and maybe,
demons. Bull-headed men, dragons and the dread
ed Chlmcra were won't to haunt the Greek woods,
too that Dc was quite unsafe and unWlse to ram
bic without q guard OF course, the big men could
go where they wished, for they always wore heavy
winter suits of armor and a Chimera could chew
and gnaw all day on man IN one of these suits
and make no more Impression than he would on
stove; but they didn't make children's sizes IN
armor.
What became Of all these wonderful beings no
body has been able to discover, and their com
plete disappearance has always puzzled me more
than can tell Did they wander away to some re-
mote place where the man with a camera can never
come; have they stolen off 20 some dark solitude,
Disguised with modern children who do not believe
In them; are they all dead like the Greek children
who trembled IN bed at night for fear one of them
would get in the open windOwl-fOr the Greeks had
no glass window panes. They had no chimneys,
either, only hole in the roof and nighttime must
have been dreadful to a child with all those open
ings for things to get into the house
In the dictionary you viii find "Siren" described
as a sea nymph, half-woman half-bird who enticed
sailors by her lovely songs to come ashore to their
destruction. The upper half was the woman part,
and they of course, appeared to be women as they
had behind rocks or sat on their nests Matching out
the young sirens, for suppose that's what they did
if they we're half-bird. An old Roman book In my
library says that if a man succeeded in making a
siren laugh be was spared, but it is not recorded
that anybody performed this feat Like all the
other marvels, these sirens have disappeared Per
haps some hunter in the early days of gunpowder
got after them with a dog and gun and shot them
as they scurried off among the bushes like a flock
of quail. That's what / imagined until 1 heard the
story of Andrew Fields wonderful voyage In a
shoe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
He MADE THE SIREN LAUGH

He sat down on a carved ivory chair beside an
ebony spinning-wheel and waited for the owner of
the dolmen to return, and It was nearly hour
before he heard a sound which warned hin Of the
approach of somebody He rose to look out, and
then he heard a sweet voice singing in Greek. He
peered through the bushes that surrounded the
stone structure, and what was his dismay and
constituent to see approaching creature which
he instantly recognized a Siren, half-woman and
half-bird Then he understood why there were no
things for the lower part of the woman, for she
had legs like ana ostrich and a peaeocks tail. Know
Of the frightful gnared tree-trunks in the swamp,
he darted out of the dclmen and flew toward the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27
Lakes Are Valuable.

The preservation of those precious
lakes in Northern Indiana should be
made matter of public policy and
public duty. They are of lncalcula-
benefit to the people of the entire
state. Besides affording opportunity
for enjoyment and recreation, they
can be rendered quite productive by
way of an abundant fish supply and
tons upon tons of natural ice. These
lakes are not appreciated at their
true value, else greater interest
would be manifested in their preser-
walton, Identification and utilization.
The time is not far distant when
this view will be far more strongly
impressed upon the public mind than
is now the case. These lakes will be
priced as among the most precious
gifts of nature.-South Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27

Despite a vigorous and rational
propaganda, cremation as mode Of
disposal OF the bodies of the dead
grows little in general favor.
According to German statistics the
total number Of incinerations after
death in Europe and the United States
during 1902 was only 1920, of which
France, despite her declining birth
rate, furnished nearly half, and the
United States, despite their vast pop
ulation, less than third.
When grief caused by death is not
personal the hygienic argument for in
cineration seems convincing, but
when the personal test arrives subjec-
tion of the dead to the furnace turns
human feeling away from the crema-
tory. Nothing which science or art
can devise robs the coffin of its living
agony.
Securely incased; the gentle earth
continues to appear the most kindly
receptacle Of pulseless human hearts.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27
The Cheerful Veteran.

The veterans have broken camp in
San Francisco and will be returning
to their homes this week after re-
union in which there was more of
cheerfulness and of the JOY OF meeting
comrades ttan of sadness and sorrow
full recollectionS. The paradeS and
gatherings Of the veterans, many OF
whom are bent and decrepit because
they are old men, have their pathetic
AID touching element.
There is much written Of the pathoS
and mournfulness of the review
of the survivors of the war; of
once powerful regiments of gallant
young men, and of the old and feeble
men. The veterans are not all feeble,
nor do painful "reminiscences fill a
large part Of their exercises.
The Grand Army is a wonderful
body of men, who carry blithely and
vigorously their years and with Pc
culiar modesty and Inconsistencies
their honors and claims. Length of
days and prosperity were promised to
the righteous, and it would seem that
some such benson has fallen upon the
patriotic and heroic survivors of the
war of forty years ago.-Indianapolis
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27

The remains of Mrs. Amy CaSlow,
daughter of Isaac Cramer, were taken
from the residence north Of InwOOd to
the Jacoby church east of this city
where the funeral was held Sunday.
A horse driven by Mrs. Erm Cramer
became entangled in the harness when
the procession was near the Lee school
house, got frightened and ran into a
wire fence. Mrs. Cramer and lady
with her in the buggy were thrown
out, and Mrs. Cramer was badly hurt,
three of her ribs being fractured. She
was taken to house near where the
accident occurred and DR.. Knott
dressed the wounds and bruises.
The horse broke loose from the
buggy and ran to the church where be
was caught. The accident delayed
the funeral about an hour.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27
A woMAN's BACK
The Aches and Pains Will Disappear If the
Advice Of This Plymouth Citizen Is
Followed.

A woman's back has many aches
and pains.
Most times tits the kidneys fault.
Backache IS really kidney ache:
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure it.
Many Plymouth women know this.
Read what one has to say about it:
Mrs. NJ. w. WEIGH, wife of E. w.
WEIGH, barber of Walnut ST., says:
81 honestly believe that there is little
need Of any one suffering from back
ache when such an effective remedy
as Doan's Kidney Pills can be pur-
chased at ]. w. Hess drug store.
The prompt and thorough relief which
followed their use has gieen me an
abiding faith in the merits of the
remedy. To know Of a preparation
that can be depended upon to act up
to the representations made for 1t
should be OF untold value to people
who suffer from any kind Of trouble
or backache. I cheerfully recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Mflburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-08-27

The recent session of the Indiana
conference of the Methodist Protes-
tant church held in Muncie, was large
~ attended and enthusiastic. Re-
ports show this body to be in a-pros-
porous condition with about 10000
members.
Rev. w. w. Lineberry was elected
president for the third year. Rev. j.
A. Rhoads, pastor Of Tippecanoe Cir
cult last year, was assigned to Moors-
vile, southwest of indianapolis. Rev.
E. A. LaBounty comes from Rensselaer,
ID take his place. Rev. Thomas
Whitaker was returned to Maxim
kuckee circuit.
Friday evening OF the conference
was given to meeting in the inter
est of church union. The church was
crowded from the pulpit to the doors,
while the lecture room, PASTORS room
and all available space was taken by an
attentive audience. The enthusiasm of
the audience ran high. Speakers from
the United Brethren. Congregational
and Methodist Protestant churches
extolled the advantages OF such a
union OF forces. Already committees
from the three churches have held
meetings and arranged plan of union
which will be submitted to uhe gen.
eral conferences of the churches for
action. Afterward the proposition
will be voted upon by local conferences
and churches for endorsement or re-
lection. The name most i'm favor is
the United Church and it is hoped
that eventually all the protestant de-
nominations in the country will enter
the union.