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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-10

Ring Out the Old.
She wrung her hands,
hate to tell
This joke on
The village belle.
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-10
No Relief,

No Relief.
If vegetarians held sway
Meat wouldn't be so dear as now.
But then some trust would corner hay
And keep us guessing anyhow.
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-10
The shade and the Rake.

Coral think mother is altogether
too outspoken in her criticism of my
husbands actions.
Mildred-Yes, it's not always wise to
call spade spade.
Cora-No, nor rake arakel-Brook-
lyn Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-10

more EOwcEAuA Ihah SupcFStltlOn.
Mrs. 30, Charles, we can never
sit down with IS at table.
Mr.. B.-Pshaw! I hope you're not
so superstitious as that.
Mrs. B.-No, of course not; but
we have only IL dinner plates.-Stray
Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-10
~~N>~

Lady Visitor (who has been shown
down a rather intricate staircase by
her host very kind of you to show
me the way out.
The Host-Not at all. Pleasure, /
assure you.-The King.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
A REMARKABLE SHOT.
Fired In the Dark, IL Injured Three
Men Half n Mile Away.

"One of the best and most remarka-
BILE shots made during the war with
Spain," said gentleman who made an
effort to get into the thick of the
fight, "was, in my Judgment, made at
Miami, and the man who fired the shot
was a Louisiana boy and a member of
my company. lie was doing duty as
provost guard at the time. 1t was late
at night when the soldiers were reused
by the quick, clear crack of Krag-
Jorgensen on the outskirts of the camp.
No particular attention was paid to
the matter at first, as snly one shot
was fired. But with couple of off,
GERS we went out TO where the guard
was stationed in order to find out just
why it was that he had fired at that
time of night. He explained that he
had seen a man slipping through the
bushes some distance away and had
called on him to halt He failed to
obey the command, and the guard
blazed away at him, more to frighten
him into stop than anything else.
OF course. the fellow never halted. He
was probably too badly frightened to
stop at that time.
"While we were talking to the guard
we heard fearful noise at least half a
mile from the guards station. and we
made break for the place to see what
the matter was. We heard several
people screaming as II In great agony.
Down the road we went at full speed,
and I'm short while we came upon
little cabin which stood on the road
side. The,nolse was in this cabin, and
| never heard such groaning and wall
ing in my life. We found three men in
the house. They were in great agony,
and we asked them what was the mat
ter. we have been shot they said,
and sure enough they had been shot.
zone was shot I'm the right arm, an
other In the back and the third in the
hip. They had all been wounded by
the sniye bullet The man who was
wounded IN the arm was lying on his
right side. The ball passed through
his arm. Next to him one of his com
panions was sprawling out on his back,
and the bullet split the hide on this
part of his anatomy as smoothly as a
knife. Then it passed through the
fleshy part of the third mans hip and
sped on.
"We could not find the ball. 1t had
passed through the side of the house,
wounded the three men in the way in
dicated bored through the wall on the
opposite side and kept on going. Now,
that cabin was fully half n mile from
the point where the guard was sta
toned and yet the shot he fired had
wrought all the havoc we found."-
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
A Critical Moment.

A man may be as cool as an icicle
under extraordinary circumstances of
danger or excitement. He may pre-
serve an even mind when ghost
comes into his room at midnight. He
may assume command and act nobly
and well when the ship is sinking. But
let that man, let any man, upset his
inkstand, and he springs to his feet,
makes desperate grasp for the ink
stand and knocks 1t half way across
the table, claws after his papers and
swoops them through the sable puddle
to save them, tears his white handker-
chief from his pocket and mops up the
ink with 1t and after he has smeared
the table, his hands and his trousers
with ink as far as 1t could be made to
go discovers that early in the engage
ment he knocked the inkstand clear off
the table and it has been draining its
life ink away all that time in the CEN
ter Of the only light figure in the pat
tern of the carpet. Then he wonders
why a man always makes a fool Of
himself when he upsets bottle of ink.
He doesn't know why. Nobody knows
why. But every time it is so. If you
don't believe 1t, try it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14

The silkworm story is twice told
tale. Everybody knows how the green.
wriggling creature. fed fat on mulber-
ry leaves, spins himself a shin
ing shroud, out of which he will come
with wings-that is, IL he comes out Mt
all. For the most part he does not.
The cocoons meant for reeling are kiln
dried until the dormant life goes out
entirely. The largest and fairest are
saved for seed. Out of them come
the moths that lay eggs for new gen.
Grafton. From 800 to 600 is the usual
number.
The eggs, called grain, are subject to
a fungus that does not destroy their
vitality. but makes, worms hatched
from them unhealthy. They toll not,
neither do they spin. Instead they die,
weak and languid. to the disgust Of the
growers and the depletion Of their
pockets.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
HER FIRST 500.
What the Delightful Creature Did
with II After Much jivice.

How she acquired II II does not really
matter-posslbly by teaching school,
painting fire screens or washing. Any
way when she found herself In posses
sion of the sum she set about to see
what she could do with 1t.
Certain amiable friends told her II
would be very nice to buy some new
dresses, hats, gloves. shoes and such.
But she had full assortment and
didn't require anything of the sort. An
aunt told her to invest II in certain
telegraph stock that would bring i'm
good interest
but | want my hundred dollars all
to myself, you know"
poor, foolish dear, IL will all be
yours. just the same. You can use the
interest just the same. know where
you can draw-why, @ per cent"
"Wh-at? That is only SO year!
Six dollars is awfully small by the
side of this. Pm going to count 1t
again. Maybe some of Il Is gone"
The very thought of such II thing made
the little creature chatter. For the
tenth time that day she sat down and
counted the talismanic roll of bills
four twenties. one ten and two fives.
Ii was all right, and her Iulse re.
sumed its normal beat. Sudd enly she
gave little shrek of delight and
jumped up and cried:
81 know just what l shall do! I'll
get it-busted. l think that's what they
call"--
"Child, what are you talking about?"
"Talking about finance, auntie. I'm
going to make this stingy little roll into
big one. 1t doesn't show off at ALL"
"You are queer, dear"
I'm going to get 1t all in five dollar
bills I think the pictures ON the fives
are ever so much prettier." Life seemed
more rosy after the delightful creature
possessed twenty nice, crisp fivers. She
counted and recounted them when an
other fancy came.
'I'm tired looking at these common
bills. They don't Jingle and ring. I'm
going to get five nice, clean, new twen-
ty dollar goldpieces." No sooner was
1t said than done The table rang for
two days as she tossed the bright yel-
low pieces about like jack stones. Even
then she wasn't quite happy. The lit
tie pile of twenty dollar yellow boys
looked so small. Then she secuted
about and got together 100 silver dol
lars. She polished every one daily and
played with them. Next she got 200
fifty cent pieces. But life was still an
aching void. She at last owned 500
in twenty-five cent coins. Surely she
must be satisfied now. But, no; she
broke into one of the quarters, felt dis
couraged after that and was quite un-
like her old self until she found one
little nickel left, the very last coin of
the hundred dollars that had caused
her so much trouble. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
Snakes.

There exists among many persons
belief that snakes are creatures of
more or less defective organization.
Deprived of legs and reduced to effect
their movements by sinuous windings
of their elongated bodies and tails, they
have an appearance of helplessness
which may by itself excite compassion
Yet no mistake of the kind could well
be greater. The principles Of evolu-
tion suffice to make 1t evident that the
structure of serpents must be tolerably
good or else they could never have sur
vlved natures many destructive
agencies But In fact, their structure
Is a marvel Of admirable contrivances
and accurate adjustments. SO that we
must affirm them to be as perfectly
adapted to their requirements and pc
culiar modes Of life as any other ami
mals.-Quarterly Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
Growth of our Language.

To give some idea of the tremendous
growth of the English language 1t may
be mentioned that the words and
phrases under the letter "a" have in
teenth century from 1000 to nearly
10000. So enormous indeed has been
the growth of the English language
that it would be practically impossible
for the most learned man to be ac-
quainted with every word. Intelligent
persons, even those engaged in the
learned professions, do not make use
of more than from 6,000 to 5000 words
all told. although there are properly
belonging to our language over 100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
THE RED BONES.
Peculiar Glass of People who Lfxs
In south Carolina.


"Have you ever heard of a class of
people called red bonesT" said a
South Carolina man to reporter the
other evening. "They are the most pc
culiar people In the United States. No
one living absolutely knows the race
from which they sprang or from
whence the original settlers came. They
live very nearly on the boundary line
between South Carolina and Georgia,
In the northwestern part of the first
named state. They are very clannish,
mix very little with people not of their
race and In a manner are quite thrifty.
In slavery times they owned slaves,
visited the several summer resorts of
the southern mountains and In way
put on quite little style. While l
have nothing but supposition to guide
me, am Of the opinion that they are
descendants Of the Basques of southern
France. They do not lack courage, for
a company OF them served in Hamp-
tons legion during the civil war and
bore themselves bravely at the first
Manassas. Their skin is of n swarthy
red, resembling that of the Indian, but
at that point all resemblance ceases,
except 1t be that they are very hot Of
temper. have often wondered why
the ethnologists of this country have
not studied these people. Surely u
monograph on them would be highly in
teresting." Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
New England Peanut Brittle.

Boil one and half pounds of brown
sugar, half pint Of New Orleans
molasses half teaspoonful of cream
Of tartar and half pint of water to
the "hard ball" degree. Then add
pint of small peanuts and continue
the boiling until 1t cracks easily IL put
in cold water. Add quarter of a
pound Of butter and let it just boil in.
Then remove from the fire. Add q
large teaspoonful of bicarbonate of
soda dissolved in little water, stirring
1t in. AS soon as II begins to rise pour
1t out upon the marble or dish and
spread it thin. When cold, break 1t
up. The thinner 1t is run the better.
Small Spanish peanuts are the best,
and they must be removed from their
skins by placing them in boiling water,
as is done for blanching almonds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
Danger In Raw Salads.

ut has generally been conceded"
says the Sanitary Inspector, that
there is quite an element Of danger in
which have been grown upon soil that
is possibly infected with disease germs
which may be present as the result of
the application of stable manure to
the soil. All such salad plants should
be carefully washed with an abun-
dance Of water. A writer in Policlini-
co. an Italian journal, concludes as
salad plants may be effectually ster-
tlized. so far as disease germs are con-
cerned. by immersing them a half an
hour in a 3 per cent solution Of tartaric
acid"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14

"Well," said the man who had come
in from the remote wilds, 81 suppose
you've took your seat in congress
ag'in."
"No. You remember, had the mis-
fortune to be defeated"
"You don't say! And after me trav-
elm forty mile to vote fer you! The
folks out our way will shore be sur
prised. So you amt goin' to sit in con-
gress no moreW
"Im afraid not"
"Well, well! Things are certainly GO
in queer these days. 1 reckon they'll
be movin' the Washington monument
next."-Washingt Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
THE LONG TAILED TRoooN
n Most Gorgeous Bird II the Ma
tfona1 Emblem of Guatemala.


BY far the most interesting bird en-
blem of a modern state is that of the
republic OF Guatemala. IL has been
adopted as the national crest for so
long that, partly through the taste for
stamp collecting, the existence of one
Of the rarest and most beautiful of the
bird creation has been made far more
widely known than 1t otherwise would
have been. There Is race of birds
called trogons, most of which have
very fine feathers and remarkable col
oring. They are found In India and
the Malays, but are most numerous In
Central and South America. 1t was
from their plumage that the Mexicans
made their famous mosaics of feather
work. From the tail feathers they
made the lustrous green helmets of
their kings and mobiles. The most gor-
geous of all was the long tailed or re-
splendent trogon, which was kept as a
sacred or royal bird in the palace of
Montezuma or In one of the two houses
Adequate description of the bird Is al
most impossible. 1t has rounded
plume on the head, cascades of feath-
ers falling from the back over the
shoulders, plumes falling over the tail
yard long and most elegant con.
tour. The color of the whole of the
upper surface and plumes is most re-
splendent golden green, that of the
breast and under parts crimson or scar
let. Such is the national emblem of
Guatemala.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
wherein Snakes Excel.

Sir Richard Owen said: 1T Is true
the serpent has no limbs, yet it can
outclimb the monkey, oltswim the
fish, outleap the jerboa, aid, suddenly
loosing the clore coils of its crouching
spiral, It can spring into the air and
seize the bird upon the wing; thus all
these creatures fall its prey. The SER
pent has neither hands nor talons, yet
1t can outwrestle the athlete and crush
the tiger In the embrace Of its ponder
Gus overlapping folds. Far from lick
ing up its food as 1t glldes along, the
serpent lifts up its crushed prey and
presents 1t. gr sped In the death coil
as In hand. to the gaping, slime drop
ping mouth"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
ANATOMICAL.

Each ear has four bones.
The body has about 500 muscles.
The lower limbs contain thirty bones
each.
There are $4,000 pores in the hand
of Il man.
Man Is the only animal that possesses
q real nose and chin.
The human skeleton, exclusive Of
teeth. consists of POS bones.
The eight muscles of the human jaw
exert force of about 800 pounds.
The wrist contains eight bones, the
palm Eve, the fingers have fourteen.
The smallest bone in the human body
is in the lenticular, which is seated in
the ear.
The work performed by the human
heart each twenty-four hours is equal
to the lifting of 100 tons to. height Of
one foot In the same length of time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
CihraItnr's story.

In 1904 the rock of Gibraltar fell into
the hands of the British by assault.
The Prince OF Hesse-D -Darmstadt COM
manded the troops and Sir George
Rookie the fleet, and In the remarkably
short time of four days the stronghold
surrendered. Many times the Span
iards attempted to get back the key
to the Mediterranean, but without sue
cess, though on one occasion they got
900 men within the fort, but failed to
reinforce them. In 1I2G 1t was I'm the
mind of ministers to give back the
rock to Spain. but so great an agita-
ton arose against such a step that II
was abandoned. There followed
siege by Spain and France, which last
ed from 1927 to 1888. On Sept. 13,
1882, no fewer than 10000 men con-
stituted the besieging army, and I'm the
grand attack delivered ON that day 200
heavy guns, AZ ships of the line and 10
battering ships were employed, and
upward of 5000 red hot shots were
fired at the Notifications. Since then
the possession of Gibraltar has re-
mained undisputed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
A ThoughtIess Sister.

Mrs. Getthere = Such impudence!
Here's Sister Matilda proposing to
come here with both her children and
make us long visit.
Mr.. G.-But you spent half last sea-
son at her home In the country, and
you had four children and a nurse.
Mrs. GA different thing altogether.
She has no servants, but she knows
perfectly well that we have several
and that every one Of them will get
mad and leave IL the family Is in
creased.-New York Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14

A dog belonging to Hercules Tyrius
was one day walking along the sea-
shore when he found and ate murex,
a species of shellflsh. Returning to
his master, the latter noticed that the
dogs lips were tinged with color, and
In this manner Tyrian purple was dis
covered. The color was used In the
robes of emperors and mobiles, and the
expression "born to the purple meant
that the person was of high birth. 1t
is strange to think that the favorite
color of royalty can be traced to the
curiosity or hunger of the dog of Tyre.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
The sp,rtt wan willing.

"See here" cried the tailor as Slopay,
having donned his new suit, started out
of the store; you're forgetting some
thing"
"Indeed 2" said Slopay. whats that?"
"You must remember our understand
ing. made this suit for you only be-
cause you said you wanted to pay cash
for It,"
"And still want to, but I'm sorry to
say 't."-Philadelphia Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14

81 cannot understand, sir, why you
permit your daughter to sue me for
breach of promise. You remember that
you were bitterly opposed to our en-
gagemeht because wasn't good enough
Tor her and would disgrace the family"
"Young man, that was sentiment;
this is business"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
Wonderful Little Paddock and CT

wonderful Little Paddock and Chain.
In curious old book entitled "The
Wonders and Curiosities Of London"
there are the following particulars con-
cerning minute paddock: In the twen-
tieth year of the reign of Queen Eliza
beth Mark Scarliot, blacksmith. made
a lock consisting Of eleven pieces Of
steel, iron and brass, all of which, to-
gether with the key, weighed but a
small fraction over one grain. He also
made chain of gold, consisting of
forty-three links, which, after fastening
1t to the lock and key above men,
toned, he put around the neck of a
common flea. the whole being SO mi
mute that the little insect could draw
them over silver plate with perfect
ease. All of these together lock, key,
chain c.nd flea, weighed slight frac-
ton less than two and half grains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
A Life Sentence.

Would You call stealing a kiss lar
ceny" queried the inexperienced
young man.
~ suppose so," replied the married
man. who was hustling from dawn to
dusk to support his family.
"What is the penalty"
"Why. | stole kiss one time and
was sentenced to hard labor for life"
Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14

II is reported that young man, be-
Ing examined preparatory to joining
the church, was asked. ''Under whose
preaching We're you converted|
"Under nobody's preaching" was the
prompt reply 81 was converted under
my mothers practicing."
Did any preacher ever utter so pow
erful sermon us the young man em-
bodied in those few words7
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
His Classification.

IngoHar Buskin-There's dispute
about my acting. SoIpe critics put 1t
In the first rank. others in the second.
Now how wo lid you designate It?
Horatio Joi es-I? Jon, I'd simply
designate It as rank.--New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
Pedagogy.

"But," objected the visitor, quite a
number of your pupils have broken
down and become imbeciles."
"True," replied the eminent educa-
tor. but we confidently expect better
things In the future. The bacillus of
overstudy having now been identified
and serum for Its destruction de-
vised, we look for no further trouble of
the kind you mention."-Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-14
60 To
BON TON
BAKERY
JOHN H. BAUM, Prop,

JoiiAN IL. D1hOA lOP.,
Forgood first-class baked
goods such as fine Marble
Cake, English Wine Fruit
Cake, French Fruit Dew
lied Cake, Angel Cake,
Lady Fingers, Jelly Drops,
Kisses, Maroons and
lots of other good cakes.
A fine selection of allkinds
of cookies; a good line of
Fresh Bread and Parker
House Rolls, Buns, Coffee
Cakes. A nice selection
of pies always on hand.
Weddings and Parties q
Speciality. Give aus u eau.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-03
Hampton-B n-BroWn.

One of the most brilliant society
events at Fordyce in quite while was
the marriage at that place last night
of Miss Alice Stewart Hampton and
Nj. Don K. Brown.
The attendants were Misses Matte
Smith, Fordyce; Olive Brown, Junction
City; Mary Frierson, Colombia, Tenn;
Lucille Elliott, Fordyce; Messrs J. r..
Eakin, Fordyce; L. G. Hampton, For
dyce; Rev. French Thompson, Hot
Springs; A. J. Wilson, Fordyce.
Mrs. ]. D. Proctor of Junction City
was matron of honor, and Mr. r. G.
Brown Of Junction City was best man.
The ceremony occurred at the Pres
byterian church, at $50 p. M, and was
performed by Rev J, A. Dickson, as
sisted by Rev. Cheatham.
The wedding march from Lohengiu
was rendered by Mrs. C. " Edgar and
the recessional from Mendlssohn. Mrs.
Edgar sang II Love You, Dear
The church was beautifully decorat-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-03
LOCAL GUEs5Es ON TIE REPORT
Cause Of tae Leap.

T fiaE WAS a red letter day in the
cotton markets of the world, for the
bureau report. so=lou& expected, was
issued AT / o'clock. The report shows
the cotton eropzthis year to be 9,962 o30
bales, which was considerably under
the estimate placed on the crop.
The report produced a decided fur
ry in all the markets Of the United
States. Immediately after the figures
were flashed over the wires, cotton
went up 60 points in as many sec
onds. In the New York stock eX-
change from the lowest 10 the highest
there was a difference Of 62 points,
while in New Orleans the jump was
70 points. The excitement at those
places was intense, for many millions
of dollars changed hands. 1t meant the
making cf fortunes for many and the
financial ruin of many others. With
prices, the jump made was felt through
out the money markets of the world.
The effect of the bureau report local
ly was not SO marked, although the G..
G.. Taylor and company rooms were
crowded all morning with those eagerly
watching the market Before the bulle~
tin was issued some twenty or thirty
glleSSeS were made by local buyers.
MI. W. H. Bennett came nearest the
| figures given by the bureau with a
guess Of $3.50, 900 Some Of the near
est gucs&cs were, Frank Ragland, o.
! 999 ,000 Leo Andrews, . @75.000: 4. w.
Scruggs, 9,&50000; E. G. Howell, 9
/ 781 ,0G0 T. w. Reese, 97S5,000 Most
! Of the estimates, however, placed the
figures over the 10000.000 mark
At = o'clock the price Of cotton OF
all kinds Was marked at y cents all
/ ever the United States This is the
first time since the civil war this cen.
dition has existed