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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
FETTERED AND UNFETTERED.

ence, for these letters must come off to
make room for the others.
After the hands of the performer are
tied, he goes into the pocket with one
hand, takes the pair of scissors and
cuts the letters. AS his hands are tied
behind his back, nobody can see this
manipulation. The old letters are put
away in his pocket and the new fetter
is made ready for use. This second fet-
ter is made in the following way. The
band used is just as long as the one
used to tie the hands.
On each end simple knot is made
(a), then loose knot in the shape of
loop OBJ, allowing the band to slip for
Tightening around the wrists and loosen
ing as the performer desires (a-B).
After the original letters are cut and
the coat is taken off the performer slips
both hands into the loops and pulls
them tight.
This fetter cannot be distinguished
from the original one. BY repeating
this experiment, all sorts of variations
in tying and untying can be shown, un-
til finally this pseudo band is cut off by
one OF the audience.-Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
AMUSING PARLOR TRICK.
and Any Bright Boy Can
Learn to Perform 1t.

The performer allows himself to be
tied with fetter consisting of a
band) as is shown in G of illustration
One hand is tied to the end of the band
first, then the other The band must
be so long that the hands can move pref
ty freely. The performer, after being
tied, speaks few words of introduction.
excuses himself for being obliged to take
off his coat, takes off his coat and ap-
pears fettered as before.
Finally he slips his coat on again and
asks somebody to cut the letters, which
appear to be intact and in the same con-
dition as when they were tied at the be-
ginning of the performance.
To perform this trick effectively, a
cutaway coat should be worn, having
in its back pockets the principal requi-
site, second fetter. Besides this fetter
small pair of scissors is secreted in
the same pocket. This pair of scissors
serves to cut the band tied by the audi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08

handsome that she'd think mine had
made more. / don't know how it hap
pens, but 1 never have time to buy
my Christmas presents until the last
moment. On Christmas eve l went out
early to do it and the first person
met was Frances. l told her l hoped
she and the babies would like the gifts
l had selected for them, as I'd chosen
things they really needed"
But had you bought them yet?'
"Well-er-no, but l had started out
and-ah-what is well begun is half
DONE, you know. l had decided to
give Frances either a piece of bric-a-
brac or ring. 1 was little upset
that day; George had made such fuss
about giving the washerwoman and
her children nice presents, just because
she is widow. said it was wrong to
encourage expensive tastes in them;
but George is so illogical"
"Pshaw, he had to provide the
money"
But l need one of those lovely long
amethyst chains-I do hate to be so
shabby; but George has no pride"
did you get your presents?"
Eyes, and an awful headache, as
well! The things for Frances were
easy to get, but the cheap counters
were crowded, and l had a hunt for
the washerwoman's presents"
But you got"
ooh, yes; some cheap, snowy toys,
and added some old clothes to make
up good bundle. made up the two
packages, called messenger and went
to bed"
"Then everything was all right? I
thought"
ALIAS, no! l got a letter from
Frances saying l oughtn't to deprive
myself and the children of things we
evidently needed in order to keep up
appearances. The washerwoman
called down blessings on my head"
For the cheap toys and the old
clothes!"
"N-no. l had somehow got those
two packages mixed and-and the man
who swore at the altar to love and
ch-cherish me seemed to think it a
g-good joke!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
ROOSTER FINDS MOON.
Lord OF the Barnyard Made Strange
Discovery Which Surprised
Him Very Much.

Because he had eaten too much sup
per, rooster one night was unable to
sleep, and he just had to sit up on
the roost and gaze out through the
cracks in the henhouse roof at the
stars while all the rest of his family
slept and snored
He thought the stars were very won
derful, and tie moon seemed marvel
Gus.
The next day, as he crossed a field
he came across ball-one of those
fancy colored bouncing balls that chill
dren love to play with. Now, Mr..
Rooster had never seen one of them
before, and he did not know what
it was.
''This must be the moon that | saw
last night he said, finally. 81 won
der what it is doing down here, in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
A BEDSTEAD. SETTLE.
How to Make Excellent Use of Dis
carded BedrOOm-Furnitu the
Older the Better.

This is attractive either on the lawn
or on deep porch. 1t is always in
viting the passers to take seat few
moments and enjoy the cool shade and
fresh breezes. On the piazza it is of
the nature of a fine old-fashioned settle.
To construct one is the mans rainy-day
work. Any old bedstead will do, the
older the better.
The headboard and posts make the
back Of the settee. The foot posts,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
Relic of Roman Rule.

A most interesting memorial of the
Roman occupation of England has just
been sold under the auctioneer's ham,
mer. This is the Roman station OF
Amboglanna, the largest on the famous
wall which marked the limit of the
Roman province. After an existence of
800 years the walls of the station,
five feet thick, are in wonderful state
of preservation. The gateways are
noble specimens of Roman work. Some
of the wedge-shaped stones in the
arches are still to be seen on the
ground. The interior of the camp is
marked with lines-of streets and the
ruins of buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
SETTLE FROM A BEDsTEAD.

minus the board, complete the four
legs. These are joined by cleats on
which rests the seat. The width of the
seat is made to fancy, IL to 16 inches.
The sides ofthe bedstead are fitted for
the arms to the settee, although it is
not necessary to have them. The settles
made from grandmother's bed will not
need staining or painting. Those of
later date need dressing to be attract
iye.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
How to restore Chincbilla.

Chinchilla is a becoming fur, but it
has way of taking on CHASTITY yellow
tinge when soiled When this happens
it can be cleaned by this method: Take
bag of fine sea sand, sift it we'll to
eliminate all grit or gravel, and then
rub it vigorously, just as hot as the
hand can bear it, through the fur. When
shaken out the fur will be found to have
resumed it's freshness and that at the
cost of very little labor and no expense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
SPIDER ENTRAPS BIRD.
Museum and Suddenly Comes
to Grief.
Will you walk into my parlor?
Cni1 70 h.

Said the spider to the fly
This time it was not the fly that the
willy spider sought to entangle in his
meshes, but small bird, against which
he felt he had just cause for grievance
1t seems that during the past season
the Field museum at Chicago has been
infested with large quantities of OBJ
noxious spiders. They have festooned
the ceiling and great columns of the
building with yards of their shuttle
work, much to the annoyance of the
authorities. Scrubwomen and janitors
have tried in vain to relieve the building
of the pests and their work. Even the
suggestions of frost did not seem to
greatly diminish the insects. Finally
wee brown creeper, discovering the
state of things there, decided to take up
his abode inside and assist the authori-
ties in Kidding the building of the pests.
For several days he fitted about very
much as he pleased, confining himself
mainly to the rear entrance room, wag-
ging up and down column after column
and probing his long bill into every crew
ice With his murderous vigilance he
actually carried on very effective work
there. He seemed permanent fixture,
and the authorities and the public eyed
him amusedly.
The other morning, however, as cur
ator of one of the departments was
passing, guard remarked:
There's bird for your collection!
Looks as if it was done for"
The bird lay painting on it's side at the
bottom of one of the columns.
Bring fly said the scientist, as he
took the little creeper in his hands
The guard held buzzing fly on the
point of pin to the birds beak, saw it
bite at it voraciously.
Doesn't look as if he were going to
de- said the scientist. 81 wonder
what's the matter with him, anyway"
Turning the bird over in his hand, he
found it had been entrapped in large
spiders web, which had bound the wing
and tail together in such a manner as
to preclude flying. 1t looked as if some
wise old spider had resented the birds
work of determination and had purpose
ly ensnared him in trap.
The queer bandage was removed and
the bird darted out over the iron grating
and shot out of sight across the lagoon.
Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
London's Army of Pauper,,

London's social condition is distress
ing. Inside the so-called outer belt it
has pauper population of 1O7 900 souls,
and this figure does not include Migrants
or the insane poor. Twenty-one per
cent. of the entire population over IS
years of age, exclusive again of va
grants or insane. are paupers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
Forgot Himself.

Master Frank, like many other small
boys, is not particularly noted for polite
ness, and when he answered his mother
with Thank you, ma am" the other
day. the family looked up in pleasant
surprise.
Noting the look, Frank instantly
caught himself up, and by way of apol-
ogy said:
''Oh, gee, l get so used to saying
Thank you, ma'am,' to teacher that l
forget and say it at home. Catholic
News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
An Apology.

Fuller understand you said /
looked like monkey? What do you
mean by such talk as that?
Waller-Oh! it is all right; no harm
done, you know. There wasn't any mon
key within hearing when sai3it.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08

Tommies mother was having some
furniture upholstered, and she sent him
to the shop to see when it would be ready.
Its all done 'cept the sleeves to the big
armchair" the little man explained up
on his return.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
Mark. would Not Come.

Small Willie was trying to write with
a dull lead pencil that his mother had
given him, but meeting with poor sue
cess he finally exclaimed: ooh, man.
ma, the wood has slipped down over the
lead. and the marks can't come Quit"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
Use of Colored Napery.

Colored napery is allowable at break
fast and luncheon, but never at dinner
Little starch should be used in launder-
ing white linen. A handsome mono
gram embroidered in white in one cor
ner is all the ornamentation that is per.
MISSILE on either tablecloth or nap.
kins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-08
Little Trick worth knowing.

Doughnuts or biscuits may be heated
''amaist as good as new" by putting
them in a whole paper bag, sprinkling
in a few drops of water, twisting the
ends, putting in the oven, raised a little
from the bottom on a crate. The oven
must be very hot
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
BRYAN LOSES $4,000.
The Bennett Will Case Decided Against Him
"Sealed Letter. Rejected.

New Haven, Conn, (SpeciaD The
Supreme Court of Errors handed down
decision here sustaining the verdict
OF the Superior Court in rejecting as
evidence the sealed letter" by which
William J. Bryan was to receive $780,
900 from the estate of Philo S. Ben
nett. The opinion is written by Chief
Justice Torrance, and all the associate
Judges concur.
Bennett was killed in an accident
August 9, 1908. November E, 1908 the
Probate Court approved his will, but
declined to admit to probate a sealed
letter referred to in the will. Mr..
Bryan, as all executor, and individual
ly. appealed from the decision of the
Probate Court and also instituted all
action requesting a construction of the
will by the Superior Court Stimuli
raneously counsel for the testator's
widow and other heirs appealed from
he decision of the Probate Court in
admitting the will, alleging undue in
luence on the part of Bryan.
Judge eager, in the Supreme Court,
ruled that the sealed letter was dis
positive in character and therefore
:ame within the statute governing
Wills, which provides that every paper
hat is codicil or testamcntary must
be attested by three witnesses. Judge
Eager also ordered the Bennett ap-
peal stricken from the trial list
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
RECEIVER POR LEGION OF HONOR.
Action Taken on Recommendation of Insurance
Commissioners.

Boston, Especially Henry A. Wy.
man was appointed permanent receiv
er of the Supreme Council of the
American Legion of Honor, a bene.
fetal organization, with headquarters
in this city. The insurance commits
sioners claimed that the condition OF
the organization was such as to rem.
der its continuance hazardous to the
public.
A few weeks ago the supreme coun-
Gil of the organization applied to the
state insurance department for Sill, ooc
if the emergency fund kept on deposit
with the state treasurer, in order that
the association might meet death
claims then pending. This request was
refused. The emergency fund in the
state treasury amounts to 100000.
One Numbered thousand dollars of
this is represented by real estate in
this city.
State Insurance Commissioner Cut
ting said that there is deficiency of
$4,000 in the organizations financial
standing, as accounted for June 49,
He also said that death claims aggre-
eating 100000 remained unpaid.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic

The coal miners have decided to
submit to Judge Gray the entire ques-
ton of acknowledgment and check
docking bosses.
Hereafter the conventions OF the
Brotherhood of Stationary Flremen
will be held every two years instead OF
annually.
DR.. Frank G.. Sanft, prominent
physician, of Roxbury, Mass, has been
arrested on a charge of counterfeiting
Seymour D. Thompson, former as
sociate justice of the Court OF APP
peals at St. Louis, died at East Or
ange, N. J.
Chairman Cortelyou announced that
President Roosevelt will not make
any political speeches during the CAM
paign.
The Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion announced its decision regarding
the fruit transportation charges.
Half dozen men were injured IN
various encounters between strikers
and nonunion men in Chicago.
Former Congressman George Brick
ner died suddenly of heart trouble at
Shegoygan Falls, Wis.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, his wife
and eldest son will visit the St. Louis
Exposition.
Three persons wre killed and three
were injured in a trolley car wreck
at Defiance, 0.
Twenty-one mines Of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company will shut down
for a week
Eight mn were arrested for counter
feiting in raid at Chicago.
A meteor struck the earth near Con-
cord Station, Pa.
A $4,000, 900 mortgage from the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany to the Guaranty Trust Company
of New York was filed for record at
Columbus. 0. :.
The International Brotherhood Of
Stationary Firemen Endorsed the &C
ton of the packing house firemen in
going out in sympathetic strike.
A summer trolley car ran away Ill
Beaver Run Valley. 1t turned over
at the Bottom of a grade and 10 people
were injured, fatally.
MIS-. OHdTlcS w. ali Ddilno was
rendered a reception during the cele-
bration of the Old-Home Week at
Marysville, 0.
The Citizens Alliance has threat
ened the bondsmen of the miners
charged with the riot at Victor with
deportation.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Regis H. Post to be secretary and
f. S. Rockwell to be auditor of Porto
Rico.
Carrie Nation has given over thous-
and dollars to the Home for Wives OF
Drunkards, at Topeka, Kan.
Mrs. La Stebbins shot and killed
her husband near Golden, Cal.
Vincenzio Mannino, the Italian con-
tractor, of Brooklyn, whose six-year-
old SOM Antonio, has been kidnapped,
offeredJa reward of $500 for the re-
turn IL the boy. and also offered to
pay literally for any information con,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Foreign.

In her reply to Great Britain in the
case OF the destroyed steamer Knight
Commander Russia does not recede
from her former position, though as
surances are given that no more nett
trail ships will be sunk.
Germany will not further pursue
the, case of the steamer Thea, sunk
by Russia. and which was chartered
by Japan, because her position might
involve the question of her protection
of Japan's commerce
The family of the late Valdez
Rousseau, former French premier, are
in receipt of condolences from promi-
nent personages.
Hamet Jaiya, principal secretary to
the Moroccan Minister of War, has
been arrested undes.the orders of the
In the House of Commons Secte|
tary Brodrick announced that the B.
ish do not intend to occupy Tibr' pei
manently.
Mr.. Lewis Nixon, of Wv York, has
closed large com-HI.tt VIII Dr.. .hu s
for building shir lot my piaek pea
An arbitr, ON convention between
sweden I'd Norway and Great Bri-
tain - signed
me General Confere4 of the So
..ieAv Of Friends began, Al Toronto. =
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
SIEGE GUNS THREATENED !
A Reason for the Departure Of the PORT rtbur
Squadron. d,

St. Petersburg, (By Cable).Ahe
Emperor has received the followAu
dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff, datI
August II: \
According to report from the
commandant at Port Arthur, the
squadron put to sea August 10. The
steamer Mongolia followed the squad
ron. The following Japanese vessels
were on the horizon: Three first-class
cruisers, eight small cruisers and II
torpedo boats. The port had been
bombarded with siege guns for the
past four days"
This is all of the dispatch that is
made public.
Everything else, from a military
viewpoint, seems to be forgotten in
the general anxiety concerning the fate
of the Port Arthur squadron. The
future plans of the Admiralty hang
upon the preservation of the bulk OF
the squadron and it is not too much
to say that the present is regarded as
being the most critical moment of the
war. The departure of the squadron
in the face of the superior Japanese
fleet is commended by all classes.
The papers consider that the squad
ron was taking desperate chances, but
at the same time they are loud in their
praise of it's dash
The Emperor has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Kuro-
patkin, dated August II. in reference
to the land fighting:
"a forward movement of small de-
tachment of Japanese against the south
front of the Manchurian army was
observed today Bands of Chinese
bandits, led by Japanese officers, are
beginning to appear in the region Of
the Lao river. above Niuchwang."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
WADNOSTOK SQUADRON DEFEATED.
The Rmk Sunk and the Other Ships Flee Toward
Their Home Port.
BIG BATTLE LASTED FOR FIVE HOURS SUNDAY
Victorious Admiral kamNura Says The Damage Inflicted On His Ships
Is Slight Many Russians Probably Killed.

Toxic, (By Cable .-Admiral Togo
has reported as follows:
August 10 our combined feet at
tacked the enemy's fleet near Gugan
Rock. The Russian vessels were en-
crying from Port Arthur, trying to go
siuth.
1--WE pursued the enemy to the east
ward. Severe fighting lasted from I
o'clock Wednes day afternoon until
shutdown. Toward the close the
uemy's fire weakened remarkably.
fis formation became confused and
TIM his ships scattered,
| The Russian cruisers Askold and
Nd,ik and several torpedo boat de-
Str6crs fed to the southwark. Others
of IN enemy's ships retreated separ-
ately howard Port Arthur. We pur-
sued tem and it appears that we in
fiicted considerable damage.
We Mound lifebuoys and other
articles belonging to the Russian
battleshiR Czarevitch floating at sea.
The Czarvitch probably was sunk.
We hat received no reports from
the torpeN boats and destroyers
were engagd in the attack on the
ships OF thA enemy. The Russian
vessels, with the exception of the
Askold, the NSik, the Czarevitch and
the cruiser Paada, appear to have
returned to Pom Arthur.
Our damage was slight. Our
fighting power hanoi been impaired
The casualties i, the Japenese navy
daring the numbeid 40.
These are anxiot hours in Toxic.
Nut the people are ,nfdent that Ad-
thiral Togo has inflied serious dam
gage upon the RussiatAeet. Detailed
information is awaite anxiously by
all classes, but it is b6eved that the
dispersal of the Russiarwarships will
further weaken the ma II power Of
Russia in the Orient.
1t is anticipated that t. japanese
Government will immediaelv make
representations to Germany concern.
ing the Russian warships w,ch have
taken refuge at Tsingchou.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
EIGHT MEN PERISH.
Heavy Rains Cause Catastrophe In Gold
Mine.

Salisbury, N. C., (Special-Tnforma-
ton has been received here that the
Barringer gold mine, located near
Gold Hill, N. c., Rowan county, was
flooded with water causing
the instant death of eight men em-
Nloyed in the mine.
mime men were in the mine shaft,
ven large pond located near the
vance to the mine suddenly broke
ne, the breakage being caused by
eH;.sivc rains, the waters rushing in
MHnlterrihc and deadly force to a
uIptpf about 100 feet upon the men
WIZ ere powerless to save them
W., NJ 1omas Moyl, manager of the
p pam, IS the only one to escape
Inc ne is filled with water and
nolle vi lSdead bodies have yet been
recoveIeuThe flooded mine is the
properly Sthe Whitney Reduction
P Pa'a and aSalisbury and Pittsburg,
Der of yearsS p" op' a''' III a huii'-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
Adrift on q Raft.

Lowell, Mass, Speciality the
breaking of the chains which had
held it to the shore, a landing raft
crowded with picnickers was set adrift
Lake Kabnassett at West Chelms-
ord and in the panic which ensued rs
women and children were pushed
overheard into IS feet of water, while
many others received painful bruises.
The most seriously injured was Mrs.
Gertrude Weaver, who was trampfed
1pon and WHO suffered from nervous
shock.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
cerpfpo HE Ioct child

corning his lost child.
Willie Mungen, alias Frank Davis.
colored, who was hanged at Johns
town, Pa, for the murder of Laura
Taylor, also colored, confessed to the
murder of another colored woman, in
Jacksonville, Fla, years ago.
At Southhaven, Mich, J. E. Reinger,
formerly president and treasurer OF
the Reinger Lumber Company, wa;
arrested on the charge Of embezzllng
funds of the company amounting to
$4,000.
At Helena, Mont, Isaac Gravelle,
on trial for dynamiting the Northern
Pacific Railway last year, committed
suicide in an ante-room of the court
house
Ready-made clothing manufacturers
of Chicago declined to meet striking
cutters, bushelmen and trimmers.
Mines in the Birmingham district
are working on small scale with union
and nonunion men.
Fusion has been effected between
Nebraska Democrats and PopulistS on
state ticket.
Prof. James H. Montgomery, vice
president OF Allegheny College. is
dead.
The property and franchises Of the
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
Company were bought by the At
lantic and Birmingham Railroad Com
vany for 100000.
Three cases of yellow fever were
reOOrted ar Vera Cruz three at Coat
zacoalcos and five at Tehuantepec.
There have been no deaths at the
latter place.
Miss Lizzie Carson and Miss Mar
garet Gillie, both from Philadelphia,
were drowned while bathing at dan
gerous part of the Cape May beach.
Many business houses of Pueblo are
closed, and several persons have lost
their minds because of the railroad
wreck.