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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26

need know. The splendidly embroid-
cred robes which were once worn by
ladies at the various Daimio courts were
never, as it might be imagined. worked
at home; they were given to profession
ais, who were trained in the art from
generation to generation. The only sort
of fancy work Japanese ladies ever did,
Miss Bacon says in her japanese Girls
and Women, and she had unusual adj
vantages for knowing, was curious sort
of patch work made of silk. Flower ar
ranging and flower painting seem to
have been the correct accomplishments
of the educated classes, who, of course,
were never allowed to learn singing or
dancing-the biwa, fiat instrument
which lies on the floor, was the only one
recognized by the upper classes.
1t must be borne in mind that Japa-
nese woman never expects her life to be
interesting, for she does not consider
herself as an individual, but as do
nestle complement to man. To admit
that she was dull would be to sin against
the teachings of perfect submission. y
After her box of rice is boiled in the
morning and the little toy-like house has
been aired and the god-self 'honored,'
her days work is practically over.
A great deal of ceremonious calling
takes place which helps to fill up her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
RETURNS TO OYSTER BAY.
Months Complete Rest at
Sycamore Hill.

Washington, Aug. %. = President
Roosevelt left Washington Saturday
at ten o'clock for Oyster Bay. The
presidents party was carried on a
special train of two cars run as the
second section of the regular ten
o'clock train on the Pennsylvania. Oy-
ster Bay was reached at $3.50 p. m.
President Roosevelt returned 20
Washington from his summer home
July %. Since that time he has been
busily engaged in the transaction of
departmental business. This he has
completed to date. During his stay
in Washington the president has had
few political conferences of impor-
lance. He expects to remain at Saga
more Hill for one month, and this
time is to be made a resting period
as much as possible. No speeches
are to be made, and but few callers
will be received During the month
Mr. Roosevelt intends to make no
journeys nor participate in public
functions or political gatherings.
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time. This visiting is, of course, only,
exchanged between the women, or be-
tween the men. Mixed parties are sell
dom permitted. Men-calls involve no
end of trouble, and are conducted with
great ceremony, even amongst friends
and gossips, for at whatever hour call
is paid a meal must always be placed IN
front of guest.
Of course, a woman's daily life great
ly depends on the nature of her mother
in-law; or, if she is fortunate enough
to have none, upon her husband. If he
is really fond Of her 1t can be made up
of many simple aesthetic pleasures;
for her domestic duties are very light.
and If he is broad-minded he will allow
her to accompany his relations to temple
fairs, theaters, flower picnics, and moon
light excursions to famous points of
beauty. But if he is mined
grudging Asiatic in his feelings toward
women, her life would seem to consist
of sitting on her knees in front of a
hibachi, smoking as lightly and sparing-
ly from the pen-like pipe as bee sips
honey from garden of flowers. You can
see as YOU pass along some quiet street
where the shoji of the houses are drawn
to protect the dainty interiors from dust
and publicity and dark eyes of some SUBJ
missive wife peering through the holes
scratched in the white parchment. In
Japan every shoji has its eyes, especially
if the foreigners happen to be on the
other side of the paper. I shall never
forget the interest my clothes caused to
a party of merry servant girls in a
primitive native inn. So anxious were
they to thoroughly examine every ar
ticle wore that after l was in bed, or
rather laid on the floor under heavy
quilt, they asked, with charming polite
ness, if they might show my honorable
corsets to their neighbors!
With few household duties to perform
no novels to read, and no hats to re-trim,
a Japanese woman has plenty of idle
time on her hands; yet satan never
seems to find the proverbial mischief
for, her to do. 1t may be that the cere'
mony and etiquette which would attend
his reception keep him at bay, for he is
known to get through almost as much
work in the day as the German emperor.
have purposely said nothing about
the Japanese woman who earns her liv-
ing as a clerk or typewriter, school
marin, or what not. She is beginning to
make her appearance, and much has
been claimed for her as a Regeneration OF
the lot Of the Japanese woman, especial
ly in the direction of divorces, for, as a
wage-earner, she has to be considered,
as her poorer sisters capable of manu-
al labor have always been considered
But she it not genuine japanese pro-
duct. She is an American exotic, and II
remains to be seen If japan will approve
of such Innovations now that she is
first class power.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
News in Brief.

Hunting dogs will not be allowed in
townships where there is hog cholera.
Wanderer is selected to represent
White Bear at the inland lake regatta.
Forty Minneapolis saloonkeepers are
arrested for keeping open on Sunday.
Gov. Van SAINT grants the request for
the return of Fred 3. Ravens to Kan.
sas.
Emerson Hough, author of the Mis-
sissippi Bubble" and other novels, and
western editor of ''Field and Stream, !"
wiH hunt in Minnesota this fall.
S. Smith, st. Paul Park, fell through
an open draw in the Rock Island
bridge across the river at st. Paul and
was drowned. He fell forty feet.
The st. Anthony Park citizens call a
mass meeting to protest against locat-
ing an amusement. park near the
United Norwegian Lutheran seminary.
1t has been definitely decided that
no further step will be taken in the
the case of William Chounard, sem
fenced to be hanged at Walker Aug. 80.
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Firemen Injured.

Nine firemen were injured and prop
erty valued at $50, 900 was destroyed in
a fire which broke out in five-story
building in Minneapolis. None of the
firemen were fatally injured, while the
fire loss is nearly covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t
was discovered by the night watch
man at the Lyman-Eliel Drug COM
pany, who saw smoke issuing from the
front windows in the fifth story. No
sooner did the first piece of apparatus
arrive at the fire than general alarm
was sounded and the battle began in
earnest. No fewer than eleven hose
lines were laid and every effort was
made to keep the flames confined to
the burning building.
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-N- He ordinary japanese wom-
.EfEA an comes midway between
NdN the yelled and latticed wom-
%y0ZE an of the east and the indie
1872 pendent woman of the west,
for, with the exception of
the Burmese, suppose there is no other
Asiatic race which allows its women so
much freedom, or treats them with so
much respect At the same time, if the
japanese women are to receive what we
choose to call ''the higher education of
women" in exchange for the teachings
of the sages, called the Onna Dali Gaku,
the condition of their daily lives after
they have left school must be altered
to meet their new mental condition.
The unspoiled native Japanese woman
is cultured to her finger-tips, but totally
uneducated.
But even now there are signs of rebel
lion against the old regime amongst the
daughters of the upper classes; girls
who have been educated at public
schools. The modern Japanese NOUS
NEE dares to scorn the "Oma Dai Kaku"
as complete education for woman, and
she actually complains of the irksome-
ness of the ceremonial and etiquette
which make up her daily homelife. She
seems to forget that without etiquette
her ancestors would never have achieved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
State Fair Program.

ScdcO - OIL l lOS IL hA'
The names of the various days and
the principal racing avents are as fol-
lows:
Monday, Aug. 2e-Openlng Day.
No. 1-2:35 class, trotting, $4,000.
No. POO class. pacing. $1,000.
in-3, 5000.
No. Running race, rs mile hurdles
for 3-year-olds and upwards, $3.50.
Tuesday, Aug. 3o-St. Paul Day.
No: 5-2:13 class, pacing, st. Paul purse,
$1,000.
No. 6-2:45 class. trotting. $1,000
No. Free -for-all pace. Minnesota
horses owners to drive 2-in-S. silver cup.
No. Stunning race. IL mile hurdles,
for 3-year-olds and upwards, $3.50.
Wednesday, Aug. 31-State and Territori-
al Day.
No. 9-2:17 class, trotting, $1,000.
No. 10-2:24 class, pacing. $1,000.
No. 11-Running race, 5s-mile heats,
Thursday, Sept. Live Stock and Dairy
No. 12-2:1S class. pacing. $1,000.
No. 14-Running race, 1k-mile novelty,
No. 15-Running race, q mile heats.
5000.
Friday, Sept. 2-MinneapoIIs Day.
No. 16-2:21 class, trotting, Minneap-
oils purse, Sc. 900.
No. 17-2:40 class, pacing, $1,000.
No 18-Free- for-all trot, Minnesota
horses, owners to drive, 2-in-3, silver cup.
No 19-Running race, rs mile dash,
5000.
Saturday, Sept. 3-Fraternity Day.
No. 20-2:12 class, trotting, $1,000.
No. 21-2:30 class, pacing, 81. 800.
No. 22-Running race, 1 mile heats,
$3.50.
No 23-Running race. rs mile hurdle
for 3-year-oldS and upwards, $3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Wear an EeIskin

A colored man in a South street fish
market was SHINING cells yesterday
morning, and as he removed the skins
with a pair of pincers he carefully
placed them to one side. What do you
do with them?" asked an inquisitive
bystander. 81 send them to my
brother down at Atlantic City," was
the reply HE sells them to colored
people on the beach for five cents
apiece You know an eelskin is sure
preventive against cramps. If you
wrap one around your ankle before
you go in bathing you need have no
fear of drowning. Maybe white peo-
pie don't believe in this, but colored
folks do, and my brother can sell more
eelskins during the bathing hour than
he can supply. philadelphia Record.
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THE STING OF A BEE.
It Is Not Always Done in a Hurried
and Self-Destroying
Manner.

"Stinging is not the impulsive and
furious action on the part of the bee
that many persons think" said a bee
culturist, reports the New York Sun.
81 have often watched bees sting, and
they all go about it in the same way.
Take them, first, in a slow and
careful sting where they have plenty
of time. Here they study the ground
that is to be punctured with minute
attention.
"They have a pair of instruments
called palpi-wonderful instruments
full of fine hairs, each hair terminal
ing in a delicate nerve-and with these
palpi they will sound the piece Of flesh
as perfectly as physician will sound
a patients lungs. They can tell pre-
cisely in this way whether or not their
sting will penetrate without meeting
any obstruction or coming to any
harm.
''The bee, if it seems good to her at
the end of her examination, turns,
darts in her sting and at the same
time injects into the wound a tiny
drop of clear pale green venom. If she
has time she withdraws her sting, cir
cling around and around the wound,
screwing out the little weapon as
carpenter screws out a bit
But If she has not time, if her life
is in danger, she flies away at once,
leaving both poison and sting. Thus
MANNED, she dies in an hour or two.
at is only upon the drones of the
hive that the average bee uses her
weapon-not one bee in million ever
stings a human being or an animal
and when she attacks drone it is easy
to with draw her sting again and thus
no harm comes to her.
when she stings man, though,
there is more danger; but even here
she reconnoiters with her palpi first
and finds time in many cases to get
out her sting and escape uninjured"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
THE NEWS BOILED DOWN.

Miss Helen Gould joins in the war
against the mosquito.
The steamship fremont sailed from
Seattle for Japan, carrying $16O,OOO
worth of flour.
Russian revolutionists declare the
empress gave birth to girl and not an
heir to the throne.
National children's day." August 20,
is expected to be one of the biggest days
at the worlds fair.
The first rain fell in eastern Indiana
since July 49, The greater part of the
corn crop will be saved.
Speaker Cannon and Senator Fair
banks are to be provided with special
trains for their speechmaking tours.
Steel and iron prices as the result of
the dissolution of the pools are now
from 25 to 40 per cent below year ago.
The annual Sunday school convention
of the dunkard churches of the United
States will be held in Sterling, ILL.,, next
week.
The board of Cancellation of the an
thracite strike commission referred the
dispute regarding the employment OF
check weighmen to Judge Gray.
A man made confession to Birming-
ham, England, police that he stole pa
pers from F. Kent Loomis, the American
envoy who disappeared June 20, but
the story is not believed.
Two trainmen on the Erie railroad
were held by the coroner's jury in Chi
cago for criminal carelessness in the
case of the wreck in which a woman and
three children were killed. The railroad
company also was censured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
DISOBEYED ORDERS.
Because of This Two Southern Militia
men Are Accidentally Killed
and Two Injured.

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 22.-Two SOL
diers, members of the military COM
pany of Durham, were instantly killed
while returning from the national
guard encampment near Morehead
City. Burney Warren, Burch Johnson,
E. Gates and Will McDade were on top
of a coach against orders. When with
in two miles of Goldsboro, on the At
lantic & North Carolina railroad their
heads struck a covered bridge. War
rem and Johnson were killed instantly.
Gates was seriously injured and Nc
Dade slightly. The bodies did not fall
from the train. The discovery of the
accident was made by the dripping of
blood past the windows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
COTS MUST co.
Housing Of Men in Packing Houses
Stopped by the Chicago
Authorities.

Chicago, Aug. Incorporation Coun-
sci Tolman has advised Mayor Harrison
that the housing of men in the stock
yards packing houses is violation of
the building ordinance. Under this
opinion all the nonunion men living in
the yards will have to find living quar-
tiers outside of Packingtown. Mayor
Harrison announced that the packers
would be compelled to take the sleeping
quarters out of their plants Monday Is
the day set for the change. The strike
leaders declare the decision will be of
great assistance to them in winning the
struggle.
The packers will apply to the courts
for an injunction to prevent the carrying
out of the city's orders. This course was
decided on at meeting Saturday Of the
legal representatives of all the packing
firms, save one, that are affected by the
strike.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug 20.
HOGS-Good to choice heavy shipping,
S.. 40Q5. SO; good to choice butcher weights,
$5.5045. So; rough to fair heavy packing
s4.75Q5. 35; plain to good heavy mixed, $5.15
q545; assorted light shipping, IS. 55q5e5.
CATTLE-Choice to prime beeves, s.. 900
610; good to choice, $545q5.S5; fair to good
export and shipping steers. S4.S5q5.4O; me-
dunn beef steers, $410q4.75; inferior and
plain steers, $3.6OQ4OO; good to fancy cows
and heifers, So. 9Oa5.OO; poor to fair stockers
and feeders, s2.25435O; good to choice feed
ers, $360Q4.15; fair to good cows and heif-
ers, $3.10Q3.85; calves common to fair, $2.75
$500; calves, good to fancy, S. 25d6. rs; grass
Texas cows and steers, $225Q4.20; fed
Texas steers, $400Q5.00.
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Celebrate Pennsylvania Day.

St. Louis, Aug. pam imposing mill
tary assembly parade marked the open
ing of pennsylvania day" ceremonies at
the exposition Saturday. The parade
was reviewed by Gov. S. w. Pennypack-
sr, of Pennsylvania, and his staff, men,
bers of his cabinet, heads of various state
departments, members of the Pennsyl-
vania state commission and city officials
from Pittsburg and Philadelphia, accom-
panied by officials of the exposition.
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OLD-TiME MARINE RELIC.
Bones of q Steamship of 1854 That
Still Serve as Long Island
Landmark.

s'Do you see that iron framework
standing in the water?" asked the old
salt, the other day, relates the New YORK
Sun, pointing with his finger to an Cd
ject a half mile westward and dlmly
visible through the haze and mist.
THAT is the table which supported the
shaft of the side wheel steamship Frank
lin, of the Southampton and Hayre
line.
Fifty years ago there was spell OF
just such Doggy, muggy weather as this.
1 was boy, but 1 remember well the
first night of the Franklin.
81 was in bayfield, and heard the re-
port of a cannon and, looking up. saw
the fog bank which was hanging low
over the bay.
Father 1 called, there's a steam
ship almost ashore
Zone glance from the old surfman, my
father, brought the reply: She il
ashore. You run for Capt. Topping and
tell him.
Capt. Topping was the wreckmaster,
and in the old days the bringer of the
first report of ship ashore received five
dollars"
81 didn't get the money, for others
had been ahead Of me, but l got trip
to the beach, and, like hundreds of 9TH
ers, saw my first steamship. That is
just so years ago to-day, July II.
"The beach that day was throngeG
with visitors as it never has been in
any one day before or since. for there
were sightseers from the whole coun-
try for miles around, who like me had
never seen a steamship, except in pic
lures.
"The Franklin was loaded with gen.
eral cargo of French merchandise
which was very valuable. The most OF
it was saved, badly soaked with sea
water She lay on the bar that day, and
during the night pounded over and went
high up on the beach. For weeks teams
were driven beside the ship.
Cali efforts to pull her off proved use
| less, and her bones are still there, and
| appear to be good for another SO years.
"Well, she looked to be as though she
were a half a mile from the beach now.
| Has the wreck moved?" asked the Wis
itor.
mo; but the beach has washed away
and left the wreck 800 yards from
shore She is still useful, however, as
there is flrst-class fishing for sea bass
and black fish around the old Franklin
wreck, and it's landmark for coasters
and pilots. 1t is about midway between
Fire island and Shinnecock, and il
sighted by veterans along the coast is
at once recognized"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Amusement Park.

The Interurban amusement park,
which was originally scheduled to be
in operation this summer, will be a
certainty for next season, according to
a declaration made by the promoter,
George w. Porter. He now announces
that land has been secured on the Como
Interurban line, between 'Hamline and
Minneapolis, but outside the corporate
limits of both Minneapolis and st.
Paul, and that nothing can interfere
with it being in operation at the open
ing of the outing season next summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Summer Schools.

Minnesota teachers summer schools
are becoming more popular each sue
ceeding year, according to statistics
compiled by j. w. Olsen, state super
intendent of public instruction. Mr..
Olsen reports that, although the num-
Der of schools was reduced from 80 in
1903 to 20 in 1901, the enrolment in
creased from 1850 to 4,9O6, and the
average daily attendance increased
from BOIL to 1893. In spite of this
increase the cost of maintaining the
school fell off from $40, 346 to SIS, $40
The per capita cost fell off from Sc. O5
to SIS. 20.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
A Novel Scheme.

A sneak who has been operating in
the hotels of St. Paul has novel
method of getting into the rooms He
dispenses with the use of jimmies. He
asks the clerk for the key to room.
The clerk, believing him to be a guest,
gives him the key. A well dressed
young man asked for a key to room SO
at the Clarendon and got it. When
John Haynes went to his room suit
of clothes and 81 were missing. Sew
eral similar thefts in hotels have been
reported to the police.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26

their position on the family god-shelf.
In entering into the competitive system
of education, the modern mousmee has
learnt to hurry, and to think that time
is of some Importance; while her gentle,
contented mother who sits at home in
her paper house knows that all eternity
is before her, and that hurry and desire
are the two evils which the teaching
of perfect submission" correct in a
woman's nature. To the true Japanese
woman there is nothing in the world so
important as etiquette and repose. Eth
quette is practically her education, as
it is also the root of her religion, for as
Mr.. George Lynch recently remarked in
one of his admirable letters from the
seat of war; the Japanese religion con-
sists of being polite to future POSSIBLE
tiles.
A woman's daily life in Japan is made
up of politenesses. Everything she
touches belonging to any one else is 20"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Capitol Will Be Ready.

The board of capitol commissioners
hopes to have the new state capitol
ready for the legislature when it
meets in January, and will not call on
the legislature for any further appro-
priations. 1t has about 100000 left
of the last appropriation, and with
this amount will be able to complete
the work still o.be done on the build
ing and the grounds.
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Illinois Democrat Visits Parker.

Esopus, N. Y, Aug. 22.-Clayton E..
Crafts, of Chicago, who was the speaker
of the Illinois house of representatives
in 1891 and 1893, spent the forenoon at
Rosemount, discussing the Illinois sit
uation with Judge Parker. He has Of
fered his services to the national COM
mittee and expects to do campaign work
in Chicago. Mr.. Crafts has been visiting
Maine and he brought report to Judge
Parker that the democrats will cut down
the republican majority in that state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
In Time Of Peace.

When the sword is rusty, the plow
bright, the prisons empty, the grana-
ries full, the steps of the temple worn
down and those of the law courts
grass-grown; when doctors go a-foot,
the bakers on horseback, and the men
of letters drive in their own carriages,
then the empire is well governed
Chinese Saying.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Landslide Causes Wreck.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 22.-The third
section of the west-bound Cleveland
and Cincinnati express on the Penn
sylvania railroad ran into a landslide
at Conewago, below this city, early
Saturday, and the entire train was
ditched. The train carried no passen-
gers, and was made up of five express
cars. Four of the train crew were Sc
riOusly injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Senator Hoar's Condition.

Worcester, Mass, Aug. Ex-senator
George F. Hoar was still alive early
Saturday. He was given a little
opiate Friday night to insure rest 1t
was admitted Saturday morning that
his condition continued very serious,
and the members of his family have
remained constantly near him. The
noon bulletin was as follows: 1.-THE
senator's condition remains un-
changed. 1t still looks as if it would
be a quiet fading away of his life"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Convention Plans Completed

New York, Aug. 22-All plans have
been completed for the thirtieth annual
convention of the American Bankers
association, which will be held at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel September IA, u
and 16. The convention will be called to
order by the president, F. G. Bigelow, of
the First national bank of Milwaukee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Butter Score.

First prize in the August scoring of
the state butter contest was won by o.
Westhig, of Mananah, whose score
was 9711; second, by M. Sondegaard,
who has won several former prizes, and
this time scored 81; third, by Otto
Hanson, of Gibbons, with a score of
961z. The samples, as whole, showed
better in this scoring than at any
previous time, there having been 80
out of 200 that scored 95 or better.