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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
HONESTY PROVES COSTLY.
Worlds Fair Officials at st. Louis
Grieved at Chinese Demonstra-
ton of Virtue.

One of the unpublished tragedies Of
the st. Louis fair was the sudden and
picturesque manner in which some of
the most costly presents sent by the
Chinese government to worlds fair
officials were purposely destroyed by
messengers intrusted with their de-
livery, says a report to the Chicago
Tribune.
Soon after the arrival Of the Chinese
commissioners they were entertained
at the magnificent home Of President
Francis and the occasion was chosen
by the Monaghan guests as the most
fitting for the presentation of the
princely presents they had brought. A
dozen high caste Cinnamon, attaches
of the Picking delegation were ap-
pointed to carry the gifts, which were
too rare and fragile to be intrusted
to delivery wagon or to less tender
hands.
The procession of gift bearing
Cinnamon was halted at the gate by a
guard, who insisted on inforcing tho
rule that nothing except personal eff
fects can be carried out of the grounds
None of the astonished foreigners
could understand what was said and
some pushed their way past the
guard. He summoned help, and, in a
few minutes, the excited Cinnamon
were surrounded by about so uni
formed officers. A messenger was dis
patched to the administration build
ing for the Chinese interpreter en-
ployed there, and when he arrived the
guards and police explained that they
had stopped his countryman because
they seemed to be stealing a lot of
valuable stuff
The interpreter meant to calm his
k1nsmen by telling them they were
suspected of stealing, but he had no
sooner thrown this light upon the
situation than the gift bearers began
to smash their burdens on the pave
ment and against the foundations of the
buildings. Ivory fans, costly marbles,
inlaid ornaments, metal filigrees, carved
bronzes, and even brocaded silk gew
gaws were smashed, twisted, battered,
and torn in jiffy. The Americans
looked on in establishment, making no
attempt to stop the slaughter, but when
1t was all over and the interpreter had
satisfied the authorities that no theft
had been contemplated he was asked
to explain the strange behavior of the
Cinnamon.
That way forget, see? Here make
| 4o1x
thief he break up stuff. That way show
he thief not, see?"
Hundreds of dollars worth of gifts
were destroyed by the carriers to show
that they had not stolen them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
Going East This Summer

Get the vacation habit. Drop your work
and take trip to some of the Famous East
ern Summer Resorts so easily and quickly
reached by the Nickel Plate Road. Stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegant
ly equipped trains made up of modern Day
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars, running
thru from Chicago to Fl. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York, Boston and in
termediate points. The Dining Car serv-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date,
inexpensive and as good as the best. Indi-
vidual Club Meals are served at prices rang
ing from So cents to $780, Meals are also
served "a la carte" Passengers using the
Day Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, re
gardless of the class of ticket held, may be
assured of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the
Nickel Plate Road are from so cents to
$500 lower than tickets of the same class
between the same points via other lines.
All trains arrive at and depart from the
New La Sale Street Station, Chicago For
full information regarding tickets, rates,
routes, sleeping car reservations, etc, call
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
AMONG GEORGIA CRACKERS"
When the "Sunday Lady" Came
There Was Scramble for the
Family Wash Basin.

Miss Martha Berry, describing in
Worlds Work her labors among the
poor whites in the south, recounts thus
a visit to one of their houses:
l would ride my pony for miles
through zig-zag path in the resinous
woods leading up to some isolated lit
tie cabin. The whole family would
come out and welcome me. And these
words grew quite familiar:
"Yonder comes the Sunday Lady!
Hitch yo' nag and 'light-'light, and
come in. We-uns be pow'ful proud to
see you!"
1t was not always easy to "'light
and come in" because the doorway
was usually blocked with dogs, cats,
chickens and a tow-headed baby, ly-
ing serenely happy in the sunshine,
in a rude wooden box which did duty
for a cradle. My appearance among
the children was always the signal for
a rush, pell-mell, to the dilapidated
we'll. This pleased me very much, as
it showed that my admonftions to
wash and be clean were literally car
ried out. There was always scram-
BILE among them to get possession Of
the family tin basin. Then, after a
hasty dip, they would come forward,
one after another, to give loving
greeting to the Sunday Lady" their
little bright faces and caressing
hands shining and dripping with water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
WEATHER SUITED PATRICK.
PhilOsOphic Celt for Whom q
Thorough DrenchinS Had
No TerrOrs.

The weather often calls on the cour-
age of the philosopher, and he is but
a weak-hearted one who cannot find
some charms even in it's least winning
moods. Perhaps prolonged drought is
the most trying test of the Mark
Tapley'' spirit When ones favorite
roses, Strawberries and laborious lawns
are burned day after day by relentless
sun, it is hard to be patient with the
cloudless sky. Still worse is it when
the fields of grass and wheat and corn
are threatened with total destruction.
The means of life are as dear as life it
self. But fortunately in our climate
the severest drought is tolerably sure
to end before hopeless damage is done.
Then follow the long days of rain, in
which both man and field may revel
in the refreshing moisture.
Hot and cold, wet and dry, fair and
foul have their own charms for one
who loves nature. One does not need
a highly imaginative spirit to do that.
A truly religious man is sure to be a
grateful one. and gratitude has the
secret of finding every day good day.
An American lady was walking along
muddy Irish road in a drenching
rain, with some discomfort, in spite of
overshoes, rain coat and umbrella. She
met an old man without the least pro-
lection from the downpour, the water
dripping from his hat and beard, and
evidently soaking him to the skin.
"Good morning, Patrick" she said.
'This is bad weather, isn't it?"
"Good luck to We, miss! A fine, saft
day, tank God!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
WASTE MUST BE STOPPED.
Many Farmers Fail Because They Do
Not Practice Any Rational Sys-
tenn Of Fertilizing.

On the average the American farmer
wastes each year more than enough to
keep his family. Enormous wastes are
going on in many ways, but the greatest
one is the waste of farm-fertility.
Preserve what fertility is already in
the soil, and put more in it. 1t may be
that some farmers do not know the value
of manure, as some are giving it away
in order to get it out of the way. Others
are burning the straw-stacks instead of
using the straw for bedding, which would.
increase the value of the manure. know
this from observation. Farmers waste
much of the value of manure by putting
1t in piles in the barnyard, and letting it
take the weather for months. If the
yard happens to be near creek or pond,
a great part of the fertility finds its way
into it, and probably one-half of its value
Is lost.
I think that if some of our farmers
could visit among the rural population
of Germany, and note their methods for
saving manure, most of them would take
a lesson home with them. Most of the
German farmers are successful, and
their success seems to be due to the care
full saving and applying of fertility.
Why cannot we stop this waste by
saving and applying all the manure, by
keeping more live stock, by cultivating
our soil properly and retaining the ele-
ments of fertility, and by studying the
subject and applying the thoughts
gained? We must stop this waste if
we want our land to be kept in high
state of fertility.-E. ]. Waterstripe, in
Farm and Fireside
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discovery being inevitable, IT were

Discovery being inevitable, It were
better TO De prepared for defense, he
thought, before the alarm from tho
exhaust pipe came. AS quietly as pos
sible he pushed the shelf upward on
it's well-oiled hinges. Fortunately, it
made no noise. He rose slowly on his
benumbed limbs and stood upright in
the tub The water was getting lower
and lower and he had but moment to
decide upon plan of action.
He could now see the burglar, who
was engaged in devouring lemon pie,
a sort which Mrs. Loomis made espe-
cially well, and Of which Mr.. LOOMS
was particularly fond, and which had
been intended for their Sunday din
ner. 1t was as yellow as gold, and
topped with a beautiful, thick, frothy
meringue. If the blood of Mr.. Loomts
had not been so chilled, it would have
boiled at the sight of the rough-look-
ing robber wrecking this masterpiece
of pastry, and feeding with knife at
that.
The time for action had come. Mr..
Loomis felt around for weapon, but
could find none. He was in despair.
The last wave of the retiring water
fioated the big sponge against his
ankles. He reached down and grasped
it.
AS he Strengthened up with 1t poised
in his hand, he was dismayed to hear
light step on the back stairs-Mrs.
Loomis was descending to see why he
had not come to bed. 1t was a fear
full crisis. At that very moment the
bath-tub exhaust emitted a CHASTITY,
gurgling groan, followed by a sucking,
swirling shrek.
The very worst had come, and Mr..
Loomis, steadied by a realization of
the critical situation, raised the satu-
rated sponge with careful aim, and let
it fly. With a soggy swash it struck
the burglar squarely in the back of the
neck, forcing the villanous face vio-
lently into the center of the lemon pie
to the very bottom of the dish.
When the burglars countenance was
fringed with frothy white, from which
two beardy eyes protruded with hor-
rible stare. They fell upon the open
| doorway of the back stairs, where a
plump matron in snowy white just
then sat forcibly down upon the bottom
step, still clinging to smoking lamp
whose shattered chimney fell upon tho
| floor.
Then, as they turned in the direction
from which the cold, paralyzing missile
had come, and beheld the stark form
of Mr.. Loomis, their owner gave utter.
ance to cry very like that just emit.
ted by the bath-tub, and disappeared
through the open window. The clocl
struck two.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
Dogs Beauty Doctors.

And now the dogs have their beauty
doctors-that is, Paris dogs have them
If their owners feel moved to pay the
necessary fees for the attentions of the
profession. Sooner or later everything
that human beings find good is adopt
ed by or is thrust upon the dogs, es-
pecially pet dogs, and, absurd as it
may seem at first thought that mas
seur for dogs should be able to earn
his salt, it is easy to see, after mo-
ment's reflection, that an unselfish
mistress, knowing the comforting pow
er of massage, should want "doggie'
to experience it, too. It's far cry
from the position in life that dog
who Sleeps out in the shed" holds to
that of one who is massaged into
trimness and daintiDess.-Boston
Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
GOV. BACHELDER'S VIEWS.
He Demands National and State Aid
for Roads as Matter of JUS
tice to Farmers.

New Hampshire is one of the states
which is making rapid strides IN the I'M
provement of her roads. Gov. Bacnel-
der, of that state-and he is also an Off
Ger of the National Grange-is very en-
thusiastic advocate of road improve
ment In recent address he said:
1.-THE development and prosperity OF
any state or nation depend in some de-
gree upon the transportation facilities
provided; and such facilities include
not only our rivers and harbors and our
great railway and steamboat COM
panies, but also the highways over which
all our products and all our people are
transported.
"The important matter now before the
friends of good roads is to arouse the
people to a realization of their respon-
sibility in securing favorable state and
national legislation on the subject. The
small pittance appropriated for the use
of the good roads bureau of the Depart
ment of agriculture is entirely out OF
proportion to the money appropriated
for other objects of a public nature
when their relative Importance is con-
sidered.
Another important matter is the con-
struction of roads adapted to the needs
of travel over them. Much harm has
come the good roads movement IN
some sections of the country through the
advocacy of more expensive roads than
the resources of the people would war
rant and demand. Costly stone roads
are economical upon portions of our
highways. but we must not overlook the
| fact that there Is vast mileage of roads
that could be permanently improved by
! the judicious expenditure of a compare
lively small sum of money per mile
We should give due prominence to this
fact in considering the matter from a
state or national standpoint.
GAS an official of the National Grange,
I desire to say a word for the farmers
| of the country in regard to national aid
| for road building. The farmers have
been loyal to the interests of the nation
| in every emergency in the past. They
have contributed their full share in pro-
portion to their wealth to the revenues
| for the support of the government. The
| ablest statesmen and most successful
business men, contributing to the devel-
opment and prosperity of the country
| point to the farms as their birthplace
When our country has been in danger
the farmer boys have responded nobly
to her defense. We have uncomplain-
ingly contributed our share to the enor-
nous expenditures of the national gov
eminent for river and harbor improve
ments, the construction of canals and
the erection of costly buildings in our
great cities, and we do not regret it.
We now ask, in the name of justice. that
national aid be granted for the improve
ment of highways. This involves the
establishment of no new policy, but the
extension of the former one We ask
the loyal support of those who have been
benefited by our contribution to other
public matters to which I have referred
l believe the farmers of the nation. rep.
resenting more than third of our pop
ulation, are practically unanimous in
favor of such a movement and will give
1t their unqualified support"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09

# HE cleverness of Lemuel c. LOOMS
i was ingenuity raised to very
high power, and if he had any local
rival it was certainly his ingenious
'helpmeet, Lucinda L. Loomis, born
Laurence. When they were married
the groom had reached his ffty-second
year and the bride had hidden farewell
to the frivolous thirties.
AS nothing will develop latent tai.
ent for labor-saving devices more
thoroughly or impart more intimate
knowledge of ones own peculiar traits
than living alone, the couple entered
upon their own experience unusually
well equipped in both these respects,
and their house-hunting was rendered
both easier and more difficult. They
examined number of houses in their
little village, and made the real estate
agents great deal of trouble, but
they knew so we'll what would and
what would not answer their purposes,
that they were able to give prompt
and decided decisions after one inspec-
ton
Finally the choice narrowed down to
two houses, at about the same price.
Each was three squares from the
church which they attended and four
from the postoffice, and the interior
arrangements of both were, in the
main, satisfactory. Each. however.
had one great defect. The house on
Locust street had no hall, the front
door opened directly into the sitting
room, while the Elm street dwelling,
with an ample hallway, had neither a
bathroom nor any space that could be
converted into one.
(Which shall it be, Lucinda?"
What do you think, Lemuel?"
81 would rather that you would say
my dear"
'And should prefer that you should
decide, darling"
well, then, without either Of us de-
Gliding it," said Mr.. LOOMS, diploma
tically, ''let us each write our opinion
on piece of paper, and exchange
them"
"All right" agreed Mrs. Loomis.
Mr.. LOOMS unfolded his wife's opin-
ion with much curiosity and read:
81 have always said 1 would never
live in house which did not have g
front hall"
Mrs. Loomis read on her husbands
slip:
ct has always seemed to me that il
were building a house, I'd build {
first-class bathroom, and with wha
money I had left build the best hous,
could around it,
Both laughed heartily and rose will
one accord to give the houses apothe
inspection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
ESOPUS AN INDIAN NAME.
Judge Parker's Secretary Says It.Came
From Two Words Meaning
Backward River

There has been a lot of guessing as
to the origin of the name of this viii
lage. Most of the guessers seemed to
think that Esopus was either Dutch
word or a form of the name of Esop,
the man who didn't write his fables in
slang, says the New York Sun.
Arthur McCausland, Judge Parker's
secretary, has been looking up things
about Kingston and it's neighboring
towns, and his findings seem to estab-
lish the Indian origin of the name.
Kingston, which is nine miles north
of here, was called Esopus long before
a single settler came to the place.
Kingston's first name was Atkarkar-
ton, an Indian word meaning smooth
water. Records of 1910 in the state
library show this. In 1853 the town
was called by the Dutch Esopus, Groote
Esopus, Sopus, Seopus, Sopers, Sypurs
and Sypous.
Westbrook is authority for the state
ment that this was Indian for 1.-THE
Pleasant Land" but he probably was
wrong. 1t is more reasonable to be-
lieve records in the state library which
say that the word Esopus, in all its
various forms of spelling, was derived
from two Indian words. ale. going
backward, and sepus. river.
The Rondout river flows north into
the Hudson at Kingston and that prob
ably interested the Indians, who could
not quite understand why river flow
ing north should empty into a river
flowing south.
This argument that the peculiar
junction of the rivers was responsible
for the name Esopus is strengthened
by the use, in Eliots Indian Bible, of
the word 'asoeposue" for ''backslid-
ing" the translation beieng needed in
jeremiah, ill.,, 6.
Kingston lost the name of Esopus in
1858 and took it's present name from
the family seat of Gov. Lovelace's
mother, Kingston PIsle, near Vantage
| the Berkshire town where Richard
| Croker lives The name Esopus was
then applied to large and vaguely de
scribed territory around Kingston, and
at last the village between West Park
and Ulster Park seized upon the name
| for itself alone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09

of foundation. Exactly under edge Of
building at bottom of wide trench drive
stakes and put down rough board (w),
as shown in cut. Fill in behind board
with loose stones (s), putting on other
boards and adding more stones until
they stand level with the surface of the
ground The trench outside the barn is
now filled in with earth, packing down
solidly. Leave old boards where they
are. Flat stones CD can now be put in
above the ground anG cemented. Some
times it is found more convenient 20
place these stones before filling in out
side trench.-A D. Brewer, in Farm and
Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
Has No Use for Catalpas.

A recent article in Scientific Amer
lean deals with the financial side of
growing the catalpa, and notes 20
acre plantation II years old sold for
about enough to pay taxes on the land.
We have no faith in the catalpa as tim
Der tree, as we have seen but few Of them
that made trunks more than 10 or IL
feet long, and these were almost in
variably hollow in trees of any age OF
size. Any of the oaks or ashes, walnut
hickory, maple, Usage, orange or locust
is more desirable in timber plantation
than the catalpa--C. ID. Lyon, in Farm
ers' Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
THE OLD RED scHooLHouSE.

All little old red schoolhouse on the hill!
In freckled days, in cowiick days OF
yore,
My heart it used to bump and jump and
thrill
When / was called to mount the plat
form floor,
A little maiden used to pose sedate,
Her seat it was the first one front, you
know.
Her eyes they dazed me while 1 ranted
great
About Demosthenes or Cicero.
She used to wear pretty tucker gown,
Twas trimmed with pink about her
dainty neck;
Her golden hair in pigtails hanging
down.
All, me, that vision sent my heart
awreck.
But. heayensi how L used to tremble
then,
The while her eyes they bored me
through and through;
I used to march a hundred thousand men
In quavering before those eyes of blue.
And when my mighty effort had been
made,
And 1 went marching back unto my
To my dismay 1 saw her eyes they
strayed
Down to the region OF my clutt ring
feet.
There from the vantage of my royal
throne,
I'd note how very nicely and precise
The pretty golden pigtails they had
For | was brave-behind my paradise.
All, me! There came day of parting
there;
The schooldays they are ended. and
the tune
OF life it bore a sombre sounding air
Long years ago one afternoon in June.
And l was standing in the same old spot,
With eyes fixed on a pretty maiden
trim,
Each pulse within my being throbbing
hot
While I acclaimed with more than
wonted vim.
All, me! The sweetness of the school
house bell!
My ears they hear your calling notes
again.
Anon I'm trooping at your beck and
spell
With kindred spirits down the shady
The clover flowers splitting on the air
The essence of its sweetness and per-
fume;
And by my side a maiden wanders there
Along the fields of sunshine and of
bloom.
Fond memory recalls the winding ways,
The daisy chain, the sunny brook that
flows,
Zach throb and thrill of childish rounde-
lays,
The grapevine swing, the brier path,
the rose.
All. sweeter to my heart than all the
rest
OF lifes delightful pleasures of the old
Was one who laid her head upon my
breast
And whispered-what? 1 never yet
have told.
Horace Seymour Keller, in n. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
Europe Suspects Sailed Butter.

Sailing of butter is practice that is
very old and until recently has been
very popular. In fact our people have
come to believe that butter without salt
Is of little value. Yet in Europe I'M
sailed butter is being used to such an ex-
tent that sailed butter is looked upon
with suspicion. 1t is said that salt is put
in to disguise the bad qualities. That of
course is not so where the sailing of but
ter is extensively practiced.-Farmers,
Review
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09

latch. large enough to slide easily on a
large nail driven through the cross
piece into the slots of the latch as indi-
Gated by the two dots. The upright
slots should be about one and a half
inches long, and the horizontal ones
about four inches long, space above
latch about two inches, mortise in the
post about two inches longer thar
width of latch.-J. d. Bible, in Fl
mist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-09-09
No Gas.

Not long ago an old colored woman, of
Virginia, visited doctor and informed him
that her husband was seriously i'll. The
doctor fastened home with her, and upon
making diagnosis of the mans case in
formed the wife that he had hopeless case
of gastritis.
"Gastritis!" calculated the old woman.
ode lawa knows l don't know how he
ever got gastritis, cause l don't burn
thing but coal and lie in dis house, an but
powerful little of that. = Philadelphia
Ledger.