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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

this vast.area is covered by heavy forest,
one-third by open forest, the remaining
third consisting Of open woods and
glades. Next to the animals the large
primeval forest constitutes the chief
natural attraction, and for this reason
is rigidly preserved. In this great in
closure there are four lakes, while a
river also runs through the garden. 1t
also boasts of a natural waterfall and
large rocking stone.
There are various entrances to this
twentieth century Zoo, but going in by
way of Boston road we first come to
the buffalo range The herd comprises
16 magnificent specimens of these
shaggy monsters, who roam at will in
an Enclosure of 20 acres.
To the right of the buffalo range is the
great rocking stone, few minutes walk
from which brings one to the bear dens,
of which there are nine. Against the
base of the bare granite cliff spacious
floor of concrete has been divided by
light and open steel fences. This cage
work runs right up the face OF the cliff
and along its top. Along the base OF the
cliff extends a series of dry and warm
sleeping dens Each den is 30 feet by 70
feet in dimensions, and the facilities for
climbing on rocks and trees are such
that no well-regulated bear can long re-
sist them. Each Enclosure is provided
with three spacious dry sleeping dens
and bathing pool.
The collection of bears is one OF the
most interesting features of the park.
There are now 40 specimens, repre-
senting IA different species. The nine
dens have cost about IS, 900 each to build.
The principal outdoor attraction in
the summer months is the great hylng
cage for birds, the largest ever built 1t
is 152 feet long, Y feet wide, and SO feet
high. A block of ten three-story houses
could comfortably stand within it, with
a pavement in front and back yards 70
feet deep. Three forest trees and numer-
Gus large bushes have been inclosed by
The cage. In the center there is spa
cious pool. The whole represents an at
tempt to do for certain large and small
birds precisely what has been done for
| the hoofed animals, the beaver, otter
| and other species-to give them a sec
ticn of natures own domain. In this
huge Enclosure they can fly to and fro,
build nests, and rear their young in real
| freedom. 1t contains fiamingoes, herons,
storks, various species of ibis, and in
Vulnerable other birds, the whole max
| ing an attractive and fascinating spec
tacle.
Of the Is large animal houses, first
and foremost comes the lion house. II
represents the most modern building OF
its kind, having many features not found
in any other similar structure. Before
its erection was undertaken, Prof Viii
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Trespassers Settle.

State Auditor Iverson is taking in
money almost daily from timber tres
pass settlements. Since April 2, when
A. C. Bruce paid in S12, 722 16 for tim
Der illegally cut from state land,
twelve other cases have been settled,
and 81, GIL. so has been turned into the
state treasury.
This makes total of 103 settle
ments since Feb. l, 1908. On these
$50, ISL. "a has been paid. The settle
ments have all been paid for double or
treble the appraised value of the tim
Der, unless it has come into the hands
of an innocent purchaser.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

full whether even this distance will be
covered daily just now, and it is GER
tain that night journeys will not be at
tempted.
For the custody of the line the Rus
sian authorities have enrolled a spe-
cial force of railway pioneers, number
ing nearly 10000 picked men. OF
course now, in view of the war, these
railway guards have been doubled, and
probably an equal number will have
been added to them again in order to
ensure its protection. The attitude of
the local population alongside the line
is unlikely to cause very much Difficult
ty. 1t is the wanton destruction by
mounted brigands and the attacks
which these bands may make upon any
isolated post that will be the greatest
source of trouble to the Russians.
The native population take kindly
enough to the Russian occupation of
Manchuria, and so long as they are not
treated too brutally they will come for
ward readily with supplies, transport
and animals. A Chinaman will do al
most anything for money, and while
the Russian authorities may not pay
much for what they commander, if
they pay at all the local people will as
Sist willingly, or, at least, remain quiz
escent The villagers are devoted to
their fields, and it is incredible that
they will desert their homesteads for
any very long space. If the Russian
authorities once show that they are
anxious to appease native apprehen-
sions, the settlers will remain, nothing
causing them to retire, not even the oc-
casional burning of a village. There
will be a good many villages burnt in
Manchuria, but as both sides may be
said to understand the people in whose
country they are operating, one can
rest assured that, as far as possible,
methods of barbarism" will be omit
ted from the war.
The line threads the heart of an ag-
ricultural country, particularly in that
part officially described as the Chinese
Eastern railway. This is the section
which unites Port Arthur with Hardin
The main line, a continuation of the
grand trunk system of European Rus
STA, and running from Moscow to Vlad-
ivostok, is known popularity as the
Siberian railway. Hardin and
Mukden are quite near the Chinese
Eastern railway. Hardin may be said
to be placed upon the outer edge of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

little Enclosure, containing about dozen
trees from 80 to 80 feet in height. In
the warm weather the animals are aG-
mitted into the grove, which is so stu
ated that visitors can easily see them.
Of the % animal ranges in the park it
is hardly necessary to add that they
have been laid out with great skill and
taste. The largest, of course, is that
given over to the buffaloes. Each range
is surrounded by high fence of hard
steel wire, so strong that no animal
could break through it, and yet so light
as to be at little distance actually in
visible, thus preventing the disfigure-
ment of the garden. Each boasts of
shelter house for its occupants, and also
of one or more macadamized yards,
called "corrals," into which the herds
are driven whenever the ground in the
ranges is osoft from excessive rains tina;
the turf is liable to be seriously damaged
by their hoofs. Starting at the north
western entrance We have first the mule
deer range, opposite to which is the axis
deer Enclosure. The axis is the hand
soonest of all the tropical deer. There
are also ranges for Virginia deer, red
deer, caribou deer, fallow deer, elk and
antelopes. The wild sheep and goats
must feel very much at home on their
spacious hills, which are 500 feet long,
$50 feet wide, and 25 feet high.
Space forbids a detailed description
of the small aviaries, ponds and pools,
scattered about the grounds and ar
ranged with much artistic taste and
skill. At the time of writing, fine an
telope house with % outside yards had
just been completed. Several buildings
are in course Of completion, including
an ostrich and cassowary house, a small
mammals house, large bird house, deer
house and llama house. One of the first
buildings to befinished in this -to-date
Zoo was the reptile house. 1t is said
to contain the finest and largest collec-
ton of snakes and other creeping things
seen in the whole of America. 1t is LAG
feet long and 100 feet in width. Over
$1,000 has been spent upon the building
alone. There are 700 specimens of
snakes in this one building. Among the
larger is python q feet in length, an
anaconda 16 feet in length, and a king
cobra II feet long.
This giant of Zoos is entirely managed
by the New York Geological society, and
the able manner in which it has planned
and built up the garden reflects the
greatest credit upon its principals. They
have now spent over S., $50, 900 upon the
enterprise; and, remembering what has
been accomplished with this sum, the
money has undoubtedly been well and
economically used. The ground is the
| property of the New York city authori-
ties, and is maintained by them.
| HAROLD ]. SHIPSTONE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Suicide Through Dependency.

Despondent over the fact that he had
been discharged after ten years. SER
vice in the Northern Pacific foundry at
Brainerd, Henry Greener commit ted
suicide at hotel. He had gone back
to work but was told his services were
not wanted. He returned to his board
ing house; complained that he had lost
his Job and later retired to his room.
An attendant of the hotel went to
went to Greener's room in the evening
and found the mans body upright in a
chair, with a revolver clutched in his
left hand. Greener had shot himself
in the mouth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Wisconsin Bank ROBBED.

La Crosse, Wis, April 25.-RobberS
entered the bank at lola, Wis, wreck
ing the vault, safe and building. They
fled with $1,000 and overlooked $4,000
The door of the vault was blown off
with nitroglycerine. The bandits, who
escaped, were evidently frightened
away by the explosion and did not
have time to search the vault thor
oughly. Several suspicious characters
are now being pursued by the au-
thOritieS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

Dr. A. A. Ames, four times mayor of
Minneapolis, again has been indicted
on the charge of receiving bride
while he was chief executive of the
city.
1t is charged in this Indictment that
A. A. Ames, during December, 1901,
and while he was mayor of the city, re-
ceived, through his agent, Irwin A.
Gardner, $50, which was paid to him
by Bessie Lee in return for police pro-
lection, meaning that she was to be
allowed to run her business without
fear of molestation by the police of
the city,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Exit.

But" said the British nobleman,
haughtily, 81 am offering for your daugh-
ter and her paltry fortune title which
is among the proudest in Europe. Is that
not enough?"
NO. replied Mr.. Handsense; Il want
something to boot, and I'm itching to do
it right now. "-Philadelphia Presy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

paradise for the preservation
of all kinds of animal life. Some idea
OF its immense size may be gagged from
the fact that it occupies no less than 261
acres of ground. 1t is eight times as
large as the garden at Regents park,
London, and four times as big as the
famous Berlin zoo.
This new giant of geological enter
prises owes its inception to the efforts
of the New York Geological society,
which sprang into existence in 1895. 1t
was not until July, 1888, that the society
took over large tract of ground on the
outskirts of the city and decided to con-
vert it into vast geological park The
strides made have been simply phenom-
email. Fifteen large animal houses have
been erected as we'll as some 25 dens
and aviaries. twenty-five ranges for
the larger animals have been laid out,
miles of wire fencing have been built,
as we'll as long stretches of roads and
walks. To-day the Zoo boasts of 1900
animals, representing over 500 species,
or almost as many animals as can be
seen in the London garden All these
animals have been purchased and col
Iected within the last four years.
TheZoo is nearly mile long and three
fifths of a mile in width. One-third of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Great Rock Swayed by Wind.

Two Of the seismographic instru-
ments set up by the German authorities
in Heligoland show plainly that the
whole rock sways to and fro when
there is a strong westerly gale. Ex-
periments are to be made shortly in
order to ascertain to what extent the
rock is affected by the firing of heavy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
ESCAPED From Jail.

With rope that he made from his
cell blankets, Harry Smith, %, held on
a charge of grand larceny, escaped
from the insane ward of the county
Jail at Minneapolis.
Smith got out of his cell by crawling
through the bucket hole, and got out
side the corridor by picking the gate
lock. The outside windows have no
bars, and Smith tied one end of his
blanket-rope to the cot in his cell,
and let himself down to fourth story
window. He opened the window
crawled over the transom into the
hallway of the court house, and then
walked down the stairs to the Fourth
ave. entrance.
Smith made a similar escape from
the Duluth workhouse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
An Important Decision.

Washington, April 25.-In deciding
a case of a western turf investment
concern, Assistant Attorney General
Robb, of the post Office department,
holds that the business of receiving of
bets to place on the races is violation
Of the law prohibiting lotteries and
games of chance. The concern there
lore is prohibited from using the mails
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Honor for Young American

Philadelphia, April 25.-John J..
Boyle, Is years old, who for a num-
Der of years was a resident of Ger
mantown, has been, according to pri-
vate advices received here elected a
of the National Society of
Fine Arts of Paris on account of a
painting which was this year exhibited
in the salon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Cousin of Late Queen Dead.

Leadville, Col, April 25.-Stephanie,
Baroness di Gallotti di Napoli, daugh-
ter of Signor Ghillardi, of Milan, Italy,
and second cousin of the Late Queen
Victoria of England, is dead in this
city. The baroness was born in Milan
in 1910.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
After Blind Pigs.

4 citizens committee of the Midway
district took hand in the effort to
stamp out the blind pigs in Midway
and secured two dray loads of evidence
and the arrest of seven persons.
The raid was carefully planned and
was made by Sheriff Justus' deputies
armed with warrants made out by the
county attorney, on the recommended
ton of Judge Finehout of st. Paul.
The citizens took every precaution to
prevent the raid from miscarrying The
members secured the evidence on which
the warrants were sworn out, without
the aid or knowledge even of the po-
lice, but in spite of their precautions
the tip was given to some of those on
the list, although not in time to do
them much good.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

Moscow is $500 miles; from
Vladivostok to ST. Petersburg is $500
miles; from Vladivostok to the west
ern frontier of Manchuria at Kaida-
lovo is 1,120 miles; from Dalny to Har-
bin, where there is the junction for
Vladivostok, $50 miles; from Hardin
to the western frontier of Manchuria
again is TAG miles, the distance from
Kaidalovo to Port Arthur being 1900
miles. There are stations every %
miles apart, and the working capacity
of the line at the present moment is
estimated at four troop trains every "a
hours. A troop train with supplies
complete, including the various i'm
pedimenta of the troops, will not hold
more than 400 men. If anything, this
estimate is little excessive. From
Moscow the dispatch of trains as far as
Irkutsk, perhaps, may be as many as
II to Is trains in the day; but beyond
Irkutsk the difficulty of crossing Lake
Baikal reduces this to three or four a.
an outside figure every "a hours. The
rate of progress of one train on the
average of the entire line is less than
200 miles day. 1t is, however, doubt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
Chief Bemidji Dead.

Chief Bemidji, the oldest and the
best known Indian chieftains of the
northwest, is dead at Cass Lake, at the
age of IS. He participated in many
famous battles and volumes have been
written concerning him. The town of
Bemidji was named after him. Near
ly the entire population attended the
funeral. The burial was made in the
Cass Lake cemetary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29

THIN a short time New
York will possess the finest
geological garden in the
world. 1t is at once the
largest and most up-to-date
ZOO ever built, a veritable
naradiSe for the nreseryatiOn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-29
@-HE Manchurian rail

HE Manchurian railway
naturally plays a great part
/ in the transportation of the
troops and supplies to
Manchuria. The exact dis
lance from Port Arthur to
Moscow is $500 miles; from
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-06
Mourning In Korea.

Koreans wear full mourning for theiY
fathers The dress is Of hemp cloth,
with hempen girdle. A face shield is
nsed to show that the wearer Is a sim
Der and must not speak to any one I'M
less addressed. The costume is re-
tanned for three years. the shield for
three months. This is worn for ia
ther only. Secondary mourning is worn
for Il mother and 10 mourning at all
for wife. The hat Is Of wicker. Dur
jng the China-Iapanese war the United
St7ltes minister ordered every Ameri
ean citizen to have in readiness dress
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-06
DIVERS AFTER PEARLS.
Their Work Is Deadly, and They
Do Not Live Long.

Their Work Is Deadly, and They
Do Not Live Long.
Pearl fishers do not live long. They
often dive to a depth of 100 feet or
more, and the strain wears them out
before their lives are half over. FroE.
these depths diver usually brings
two oyster shells each "trip" 1t is on
the mother of pearl In these that the
European depends for his sure profit.
Pearls are "plums." which only occa-
rionally fall TO his lot Divers work
for a wage. and all the shells brought
up are the property Of the employer.
In Studies In Brown Humanity"
Hugh Clifford describes Malay pearl
fishers. They anchor on the oyster
beds or as near them as possible, he
says. and the diving takes place twice
day.
"All the boats are manned at morn
ing and evening and the Sulu boys row
them out to the point selected for the
days operations. The white man In
charge always goes with them In order
to keep an eye upon the shells, to resus-
pjtate exhausted divers and generally
to look after bis own interests.
presently man lowers himself
slowly over the side, takes Il long. deep
breath. and then. turning head down
ward. swims into the depths. his limbs
showing dimly in froglike motions I'M
til, IL the water be very deep, he Is
completely lost TO sight.
an few minutes he comes into
view again, his face straining upward,
yearning with extended neck for the
air that he now needs so sOrely. His
hands cleave the water in strong down
ward strokes; bis form grows momen-
tarily more distinct, until the fixed.
tense expression of his staring face Is
plainly visible. Then the quiet surface
of the sea splashes in thousand drops
of sun steened light rs his head tears
through II. and his bursting lungs, ex-
polling the imprisoned air, draw in the
breath which they crave in long, hard
gasps. If the dive has been deep one
a little blood may be seen to trickle
from nose and mouth and ears At
times even the eye sockets ooze blood
the result OF fearful pressure to which
the diver has been subjected"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-06

belt for finishing period. The ranch
men have by the use of good bulls
made wonderful change in the char
acter Of western cattle. 1t is now posi-
bic to buy at the principal cattle mar
kets range cattle almost pure bred and
of great uniformity of type The farm
ers of the corn growing sections must
meet the competition Of the ranches by
growing better class OF steers, and to
do this they must breed with a def
mite object in view, avoiding the cross
ing Of beef and dairy cattle.
With cheap corn our methods of
feeding have been comparatively waste
full. In the rise Of the price of land
and Of the crops grown thereon meth.
DDS Of feeding must be improved Not
only must the more common feeds be
fully utilized. but the feeder must be
on the lookout for supplementary feeds
from oil mills, factories, etc, in order
10 reap the more profit. Formerly the
principal grain feed in most sections
where cattle were fattened was ear
corn. it being shoveled out to them to
their full capacity to consume it.
The cattle feeding industry Is now
becoming more varied in the methods
employed in different sections In the
semiarid regions of the west they are
using alfalfa and Kaffir corn and in the
neighborhood of sugar factories sugar
beet resdues; in the corn belt corn and
corn slower and a variety Of supple,
mentary feeds as gluten meal, oil meal,
etc; near the cotton states corn and
cottonseed meal in varying proportions
form the principal grain feeds, with
corn stOyer and clover hay for rough |
ness. IN Kentucky blue grass forms a
large part OF the roughness, especially |
In the central portion of the state, and
Il great many cattle are fed in the
neighborhood of the distilleries OH slop, |
using wheat straw and cottonseed bulls |
for roughnesS.
The fact seems warranted that in |
Kentucky. with residue of blue grass
corn fodder and hay. with some grain
and reasonable price for certain by
products 1t may be profitable 10 feed
cattle. On the other hand, to buy the
cattle and then to buy the feeds makes
1t doubtful proposition. The factors
that may be against profitable cattle
feeding under these circumstances are
the local high prices of feeds. the lack
Of uniformity In the feeding cattle and
the distance from the best markets.
d. w. May, Kentucky Experiment Sta,
ton.