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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
HOW MEN COOK IN CAMP.
The Work of NOvices in the Culinary
Art Is Sometimes an Inter-
esting Procedure.

Various echoes from the camp reach
me. Frequently 1 am consulted about
the cooking, and am asked to furnish
recipes. One year my fisherman
aspired to flannel cakes. Therewas no
reason, he said, why they should not
add this dainty to their fare, especially
since it was so easily made. He wrote
out the directions-four,e eggs, milk, soda
carefully. The sequel | heard later,
says writer in Forest and Stream.
Toward the end of the week. when
the campers were little tired of the
fishing. and probably of each other,
they decided the time had come for
the flannel cakes. 1t was about three
O'Clock in the afternoon, and they start
ed at once to get them ready. One man
went for milk to the farmhouse on
the hill, and while waiting my fisher
man measured out the -four into an
eight-quart bucket. Instead of the two
quarts called for in the recipe. he took
four, to be sure to have enough. AS
they did not have eight eggs he took
five. and-think of this, We cooks!-
broke them right into the -four and
proceeded to stir the mixture until the
milk arrived He then added the
milk and other ingredients, and kept a
man stirring all the rest of the day tC
get out the Jumps, which, it is I'M
necessary to add, could not have been
stirred out in an eternity. They tell me
there was man on the road coming or
going for milk for two hours, and that
when they finally desisted from beating
the mixture, there was as much of the
batter on the outside of the bucket and
on the gallant cooks themselves as in
the bucket. Then they baked the bat
ter in an iron pan and had supper, and
were thankful to find themselves alive
the next morning. Verify, cooks are
born, not made
At another time kinsman aspired to
make an omelet, another very simple
thing. He took his directions from Mrs
Rorer, learned them by heart, and kept
repeating them over and over. "Give
seven beats of the fork" They tell me
he said it at last in his sleep. The
opinion, however, was unanimous that
he must have given eight beats or
spoiled it some other way, but all agreed
nobody had been in any danger of dying
from the effects, for nobody had been
able to eat it. They had better sue
cess with Saratoga potatoes, and, I
judge, learned to cook several things
pretty well-trout, coffee, ham, pota-
toes, eggs. Many times during the long
winter, when the blissful summer days
seem very far off, they pine for a cup
OF the coffee they made while camping.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
why Is 1t:

ut is all well enough" said Uncle
Joseph, as he put down the book, but
it isn't true"
why not?" l asked.
Because the author makes him pro-
pose to the heroine in a crowded thea
ter. Now, a woman doesn't want to
be proposed to in such a place. She
wants a quiet spot, where she can
weep a little. Story-writers should
take this into consideration"
"Pshaw!" said |.
When woman accepts man for
good and all, she likes to put her. head
on his shoulder and cry" said Uncle
Joseph. Il do not know why it is, but
they all do it,
do they?"
Didn't your wife when she accepted
your" he demanded.
well, yes, | believe she did,
"They all do said Uncle Joseph.
''They like it; it somehow comforts
EN-"
But why?" said /.
ASK the women" said Uncle Joseph.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
A Physicians Advice.

Yorktown, Ark, March 7th.-Dodd's
Kidney Pills must not be COMPOUNDED with
the ordinary patent medicine. They are a
new discovery, a specific for all disease,
OF the Kidneys and have been accepted by
physicians only after careful tests in eX-
IRENE cases. DR.. Leland Williamson, of
this place, heartily endorses Dodd's Kid
ney Pills ''as remedy for the various
forms of the diseases of the Kidneys, pains
in the back, soreness in the region of the
Kidneys, foul-smelling urine and cloudy or
thickened condition of the urine, dis
charges of pus or corruption, Gout, Rheu-
matism, Inflammation and Congestion of
the Kidneys and all kindred complaints y
Continuing, he says:
Il could mention many cases in which
l have prescribed Dodd's Kidney Pills
with success. For instance, Mr.. Robert
Weeks, farmer, malaria haematuria or
swamp fever three times, kidneys weak
ened, continual pain and soreness in back,
which made him very nervous, had little
fever and sometimes chilly. Urine change
able, but generally very high-colored, an
old chronic case who had taken much
medicine with little effect. After taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills about six weeks, he
was entirely cured and had gained fifteen
pounds in weight. The last time 1 saw
him, he was the picture of perfect man.
hood"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
BIG DRUM IN THE ORCHESTRA.
u Is one of the Most Familiar and
Important Features of the
Shows.

Few persons realize it, but the man
who beats the big drum in the orches-
ira is one of the most important mem
bers OF the musical aggregation" said
an attache of one of the local theaters
to writer in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, land as matter of fact we
could not get along without him at this
day and time. While the drum is one of
the most ancient of musical instru-
ments, being positively primitive, it is
yet, even in this advanced age, one of
the most useful. Men were beating on
the tightly stretched hides of wild ami
mails and getting a sort of music out of
it long before they had learned to blow
the simpler melodies out of hollow reeds.
The drum idea came into existence
long before men ever dreamed of
footing horns. Humping on a coon
skin, or a skin of some other kind, was
the only music of great many primitive
peoples, and even now this kind of music
is played while some of the island tribes
go through their ceremonial dances.
But was thinking of the great use
to which the drum is put nowadays in
theatricals. We could not get along
without it and as result the drummer
is paid a salary next in amount to that
of the leader. He is well paid and earns
his money. You have no doubt observed
that in performances of a certain kind
the drummer is very much in evidence
Take the special stunt of the sort we
find in vaudeville, comical stage falls
dances, any kind of turn where there is
violent and sudden change, and you
will find that the drummer will play al
important part He is the man who
marks the time of the change. He al
ways hits the drum at the right time.
He is in perfect accord with the per-
former. 1t takes man of some talent to
do this. You have no idea of the trouble
we have in finding men who can do this
work as we would like to have it. 1t has
developed into quite an art, this bust
ness TO tapping the drum at the right
time, and hence we experience some
trouble in getting men to do the work
just as We would have it done.
That's why we are forced to pay the
drummer a good salary. He is an i'm
portant person in the orchestra, and
don't you make any mistake about it.
And | may say that he knows it. The
public may overlook him, but you can
not say as much of the theatrical man
ayers, for he is man they have to reck
on with"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11

Ii you can convince a man who thinks
he Is martyr that he is only a chump,
not much more is necessary,-Punch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
Moravian Barley and spe1tz,

two great cereals, makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible in Oak,
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere. and
Teosinte. which produces 80 tons of green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Oats and hundred of
other rare farm seeds that they offer,
JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT
with lOc in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis, and get their
big catalog and lots of farm seed sam
plies. X. L.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
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OLD HOME WEEK.

To the old home farm returning
Mid the sunsets lights and glooms,
kiss the faces that knew me,
And | turn to the vacant rooms.
The scenes of my long-gone childhood
The doors that l open recall;
The blossoming windows of summer,
The fruit-laden orchards of fall.
The old flower beds meath the windows
Are sweet as in other years,
AS beauteous the jessamine fingers,
AS fragrant the sweet-brier appears.
The light purple wings OF the swallows
Are gemmed in the sunset as then,
And still seeks the fairy-like hollows
OF the yellow gourd- houses, the wren.
/ go to a tenantless chamber;
The moon glimmerS over the caves,
And a light, as in years long vanished,
In the iatticed window leaves.
And, in fancy, nights viewless angel
Goes by with a mutfied tread,
AS L gaze with an answerless longing
On the little ones empty bed.
There We're little blue eyes that forever
Have vanished from my sight;
A heart of affection that never
Will throb on my own with delight.
/ shall never again kneel beside him,
1 shall pray in the silence instead:
Fall gently o dews. in the graveyard.
Where the green myrtles cover his bed.
My hand-in-hand companion
That the years will never restore,
The little lost hand meath the mOsses
Will lock in my fingers no more!
AS the moonlightsall white is the pillow
Where rested a curl-circled head
And the April winds sigh through the
willow
That waves Ger the little ones bed.
Oh dear little lips that no longer
In love will be lifted to mine!
Oh dear little arms that grew stronger,
My neck in their ring to entwine!
Each place, gentle heart, where L loved
thee,
Is sprinkled with tears L have shed,
And the glow of lost years of affection
Comes back as L gaze on thy bed.
/ think of the gardens immortal,
And 1 seem in a vision to see
A little hand open the portal
That life has long hidden from me.
Still they bloom, the old flowers meath
the window,
And I say: Can my darling be dead?"
Or do [ behold but the pillow
Where a bright angel rested and fled?
--Hezekiah Butterworth, in Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
Eskimo Bows Mt Play.

After eating l went out and watched
the Eskimo boys at play. One youth,
fastening piece of bark to a harpoon
raised it above his head. This was a
target. Another boy withdrew some
distance, balanced his harpoon, and
with splendid aim sent it through the
bark. | took part in the sport, my
clumssness causing the greatest amuse-
ment. The harpoon is as necessary to
the Eskimo as the pocket knife to a
schoolboy in civilization. Throwing
the weapon is their play. They are
ever practicing, so that when they
reach manhood they are perfect hunt
ers.-World's Work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
keturah'S
Band.
BY Ernest Gilmore.

HHETURAH was the only girl in
IL our family, but there were
enough boys to set one crazy, so grand
father used to say, and I'm afraid we
made him nearly so more than once
In our casa it meant round half
Gozen. There were Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, Moses, David and Jonathan
I'm David, and Jonathan is my twin
brother, waiting for me in the Eternal
City. L wish | could see him now and
all the rest; they're all there-every
one and he gave a long sigh.
They're all where?"
I'm the Eternal City"
"And don't you want them there?"
He laughed softly.
why, yes, of course" he said, see
ing they had to go. I'm glad they're
there, but | get very homesick to see
them sometimes. But never mind |
didn't start to tell you about such
things. | began to tell you about
Keturah. We were all born in Vir-
ginia. When Keturah was only IL
years old we moved out. Jonathan and
| were IA, Moses was 8, Abraham Z,
Isaac and Jacob, a sturdy, mischiev-
Gus little fellow of about 8. Besides
us there were father, mother and
grandfather and our hired man, Cyrus
Dunkirk
1T took stout heart as we'll as a
stout body to go west in those days
One couldn't pack ones grip and jump
on the cars and reach ones destination
before there was chance to be weary.
We went in two great covered wagons,
which were house and home to us for
many a tiresome day. Father drove
one and Cyrus the other Oh, I'll never
forget how we used to pity our horses,
although father never spoke a cross
word to them. | never but once heard
Cyrus speak cross to them, and then
he cut his team sharply 1t was a
sermon on the treatment of dumb ami
mals-what father said and did. He
looked rebukingly at Cyrus, saying:
How would you like to be cursed at
and cut with the whip LASH 4
wouldn't stand it. Cyrus answered
doggedly. oh, you wouldnt?' said
father. We'll, it's too bad you'd make
the helpless dumb animals stand what
You wouldn't That's all father said,
but he patted the horses, put his face
against their heads and gave each of
them slice of bread and butter. al
though our stock was getting low.
Cyrus didn't say he was ashamed, but
he was. Jonathan and | saw him give
the horses each an apple on the sly
and when the twilight came on, and
he thought no one was looking, he put
his arm first around Jacks and then
around Ted's neck.
He's asking them to forgive him,
L whispered to Jonathan, and then as
the horses bowed their heads and
neighed, Jonathan whispered back,
They've forgiven Cyrus You see
those poor horses had to climb hills
and mountains and make a path for
themselves through tangled and often
unbroken wildwood. Poor. dear. faith
full horses! We often stopped to rest
them in some cool glen, or by some
clear, running brook, and when night
came on father looked after their COM
fort as carefully as he did after our
own. We were all glad to rest at
night. When the sun set behind the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
Inattentive Walters,

Stranger-Are the walters here at
tentive to you?
Pretty CaShier-Sir-r-r-r!
Stranger-Oh, no offense, l assure
you. l was only carrying out the in
structions as printed on the bill OF
fare, which says: "Please report any
inatention of walters to cashier
And l thought if they were inatten
tive to you l would report them
that's all-Baltimore American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
New Excuse.

In the Portland municipal court recent
ly woman got to the limit of excuses by
saying that an apparent drunkenness was
in reality only desperate attempt on her
part to break in a pair of new shoes and
at the same time to walk on ice. Judge.
Hill smiled but gave her 30 days.-Bangor
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11
aueer Smokers.

The old negresses of San Juan, Porto
Rico, who sell vegetables in the markets,
smoke long, black cigars, and they
smoke them with the lighted ends in
their mouths.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-11

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Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-23
FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
Why the Twice-a-Week Republic Has Achieved Such Wide
 Popularity.

Established for nearly cen- tury and read regularly by more than 800, 1000 persons in the west and southwest, the.Twice-a-Week Republic of St. Louis can justly lay claim to that enviable dis tinction, "Favorite Home Pa- per-"
 It is great because it has all ways aimed to inform, instruct and entertain it's readers on all matters of public and home in- terest. In 1904 it will be espe- cially interesting and valuable. Here are some reasons why you should subscribe for it:
 This is campaign year and you will want to be informed of the movements of party leaders, re- ports of the great national and state conventions, the progress of the campaign, reports of the election, etc.
 You will want to know all about the Worlds Fair, to be held in St. Louis from April 30 to December l, 1904.
 You will be interested in and kept well informed by the farm visitor, a regular supplement of the paper, prepared especially for the farmer and his family.
 You will want to know what
Newport daily independent., 1904-03-23

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 In short sketches, choice bits of fiction, articles of interest to women, children and household suggestions the Twice-a-Week Republic easily leads among the weeklies of the great West.
 If you want the Twice-a-Week Republic sent to your address, order it at once direct from the office at St. Louis, Mo-, or through. your local newsletter. It costs only $1 year.
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LIvERYMEN FARMERS
 DRAYMEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize a good thing when shown it's merits, we our Golden and Gas tor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes and 3 pound tin buckets. For sale by all up-to-date merchants. Ask for it and take no substitute. It is guaranteed to have no equal for quality on the market,
 WATERS=PIERCE
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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-23
S39O FOR LETTERS TO
 ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION

The Rock Island system offers twenty prizes of the aggregate value of S390 for letters relative to the territory along it's lines in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Letters should deal with the writers experiences since he settled in the Southwest. They should tell how much money he had when he arrived, what measure of success has attended his efforts and what he thinks of that portion of the country in which he is located. Letters should not be less than 300 nor more than 1500 words in length, and will be used for the purpose of advertising the Southwest.
 Letters are desired not only from farmers and farmers wives, but also from merchants, school teachers, clergymen, from every- one, in brief, who has a story to tell and who knows how to tell it.
 For circular giving details write to John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
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her new lease on life. Those who meet this change in ill health sell dom live ten years afterward, while woman who lays aside the active duties of womanhood in health sell dom fails to live on in happiness, years after she has passed 50. This is truly critical time.
 Mrs. Laura S. Webb, of Toledo, Ohio, recognizes the change of life as dangerous period and she also has faith in Wine of Cardui. She writes:
 "As had always been troubled more or less at the menstrual period, dreaded
Newport daily independent., 1904-03-23
$500 REWARD

Will be paid for information establishing the guilt of the party who threw poisoned meat into my yard, thereby causing the death of my white dog.
 E. P. TETWILER.
Newport daily independent., 1904-03-23
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

I will be in my office from 7:30 o'clock a. m. to 6o'clock p. m. to collect taxes. Office will close to balance collections and answer letters. Books will be closed on April 10th and 25 per cent penal ty will be added. Don't wait un- til the last day or week.
 Your friend,
 R. w. RANDY,
 Sheriff and Collector. Newport. Ark, Feb. P. 55
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{ HERE IND THERE. ];

wo;+
 Wat acar load for 5 cents. '.' Hiss Franchelle Hooker IS rquaysick.
 Hng sweet potatoes at Bow sn Cash Store. 79btf >r7or Sale My home in East I.wport. c. W. Best. 71btf
 Lace curtain stretchers for sale kor rent. Apply to J. w. Jack son. 26od4t
 Wolff-Goldman Mere. Go. are showing beautiful line of neck ribbon. 79btf
 The largest assortment of lace in town. SC per yard. Bowen's Cash Store. 79btf
 Edwin Chadick of Chicago, the railroad promoter, spent Tuesday in Newport.
 <
 Six tons of extra fine cotton seed for sale at $50 per ton. A. Poer, Tuckern1an, Ark. 45w4.
 Your vote is solicited for Chas. R. Hite, candidate for mayor of the city of Newport. Ark. 68
 Just received another shipment of White Silk flour the best on earth at Bowen's Cash Store.
 The newest creations in stock collars can be found in our estab- lishment. Wolff Goldman Mere. Co. 79btf
 129 pair mems Vici Patent Colt Oxfords worth $3.50; all go at SPAS. Wolff Goldman Mere. Go. 79btf
 George Wilkins of the steamer Welcome was welcome visitor with Newport friends and mother Wednesday.
 Miss Rena Mosher, represent ing the w. c. T. U. of the state, will lecture at the Methodist church Friday night.
 On Tuesday, March 22nd, Mrs. Etta Merrill will be prepared to show the ladies of Newport a first-class selection of millinery for 1904. 75-5t
 There will be a social meeting of the l.. A. T. M. on Wednes- day, March 23, at 2::30 p. m. at Mrs. J. Volkmer's, corner Sixth ! and Hazel streets.
 On Monday, March 28, from 2 to 5 p. m., Mrs. Hattie Moore will show the ladies of Newport fine selection of millinery for spring and summer wear. 80dtd ! There will be a call meeting of the Daughters of the Confed- eraey at the home of Mrs. o. D. Watson Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. All members please be present.
 Mrs. H. E. Bragg returned Tuesday night from Humboldt, Tenn, where she had gone to at tend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. George Reiney, which took place Monday.
 Mrs. Hattie Moore invites the ladies of Newport to attend her millinery opening Monday, March 28, from 2 to 5 p. m. A choice line for spring and summer wear. Souvenirs to all. 80dtd
 Mrs. Hattie Moore will have her millinery opening next Mon- day, March 28, from 2 to SD. m., and will have on exhibition one of the most select lines of hats ever shown in the city. Souvenirs for all. 80dtd
 The Helping Hand society of the Baptist church will hold their bazar in the parlors of the Hazel hotel Thursday, March 31. We will not sell flowers, cake or candy, but everything in the no- tion line. We would like to call attention to our line of Mexican drawn work and Indian bead