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The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Damage by Fire.

Mobile, Ala, May 20.-Fire Friday
morning destroyed the printing house
of J. E. Duval, SO North Water street,
and the Burhall Wholesale Shoe COM
pany sustained heavy damages. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Noted Woman suffra gist Dead

Cleveland, o., May 20.-Mrs. Louisa
Southworth, well known throughout
the United States for her connection
with the woman's suffrage movement,
is dead here at the age of Il of heart
disease.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Just What She Would Do.

She-What would you do, George, if
you were left a widower?
He--Oh, suppose pretty much the
same as you would do if you were left
widow.
''Oh, you wretch! And you always told
me you could never love anybody else''-
Pick Me Up.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

New fruit cannery is about to be
which will put up 100000 cans a
year. This season is expects to put
up 100000.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

In spite of the Gordon rouge, in spite
of the universal cookery exhibition,
the best hotel in England is not as
good as any second-class French one,
says Food and Cookery.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

An Official map of Paris on large
scale has just been finished. 1t is 25
yards long and. nearly 20 yards wide.
Every building in Paris-altogether
SS,500-is recognizable.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Election Ordered.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 19.-Gov. De
neen has ordered special election for
Saturday, July 1, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Charles B.
Gainsey, Judge of the 18th judicial cir
unit
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Ask Rockefeller for Aid.

Toronto, Kan, May 20. = The women
of the Baptist church here have written
to John D. Rockefeller, asking for finan-
cial assistance to rebuild their church
which was destroyed by tornado.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

For each child born to the families
of the municipal clerks in Kansas City
the civic authorities promise to add S.
a month to the fathers salary.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
Bad Beginning.

$50 the engagements off,"
Yes; she advised him to practice econ
omy, and he started by getting her an imi-
tation diamond. STRAY Stories.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

A German ->statistician calculates
that the average man, when he has
reached the age Of 20, has eaten food
that would cost $4,000 in the markets.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26

If you feel like starting a little argu-
ment at home just spring that statisti-
clans views about woman being able
to clothe herself with $65 year.-Albany
Times Union.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
MIMI.

The George Peabody fund for the
erection oe model dwelling places for
the poor in London now amount to
$7,293,000.
The Ely miner., 1905-05-26
One Good Way.

And so Jimpson read his poem to you
yesterday! How did you endure it?
Il just fixed my glass eye on him, and
Journal
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
cnrefnI of Her Nonn.

Many interesting stories Of courters
and fayorites at the old French court
are found in TIE memoirs of the Mar
quise de Crequ5 She says that on GER
tain solemn occa. US kings of France
wore ermine lininA 20 their robes, but
ermine became scarce, and she writes:
THE amounting Of Louis XIV. was re-
tarded some years for want of this fur
for the court nantes, and at the coro-
nation Of Louis XIV they actually
used catskin." Superbly elegant was
the Duchesse de Ia Ferte, who generally,
was carried around under a canopy.
The marquise goes into ecstasies con-
cerning this particular duchesse, whose
eyes had the most disdainful express
sion l ever saw, though they had a
slight cast in them But her supreme
elegance can be appreciated when it Is
known "she never blew her nose for
fear Of spelling her Greek contour, but
dabbed It at intervals with a small
square Of cambric."
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
Soldiers Sense OF Humor.


A high naval official, now dead, often
cited as an example Of ghastly humor
an incident that befell a young woman
during the civil war.
'She was good and kind" he would
say, "and during the war she visited
the hospitals daily, distributing fruits
and flowers and tracts.
zone morning on her rounds a young
soldier Immediately after she had
passed him, set up a loud laugh.
''She turned and looked at him in
surprise. His seemed a pitiful case.
Nothing Of him but his face was visi-
BILE on the little white bed, and this
young face was sadly thin and pale.
Nevertheless he laughed like one pos
sessed. His mirth resounded through
the grewsome room.
"The visitor returned TO him.
"'Will you tell me what amuses your
she said.
why, ma'am,' said he, here you
have given me a tract on the sin Of
dancing when I've got both legs shot
off, Baltimore Herald.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
neniamIn rranI.Iin,. VIC.

A very unhattering description OF
Benjamin Franklin's wife is taken
from the diary of Daniel Fisher, who
was Franklin's secretary for short
time "She sat on the floor at a neigh /.
bor's. She assumed the airs of extras
dinary freedom and great humility
lamented heavily the misfortunes fofI
those who are unhappily infected with.
too tender or benevolent disposition,
said she believed all the world claimed.
the privilege of troubling her pappy-'
so she usually calls Mr.. Franklin-with
their calamities and distress, giving US
a general history of many such wretch
es and their impertinent applications"
He mentions "the turbulence and jeal-
ousy and pride OF her disposition" and
the violence of her invectives. Pointing
to Franklin's son one day, she exciaim-
ed, There goes the greatest villain up
on earthl'
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great mouth opened widely in this.
form Of praise, and his eyes had a wild
stare in them when he aimed ~ the low
notes.
Ransom Walker, a man Of great dig
nifty, with a bristling mustache, who
had once been schoolmaster. led the
choir and carried the tenor part 1t
was no small privilege, after the elder
had announced the hymn, to see him
rise and tap the desk with his tuning
fork and hold it to his ear solemnly.
Then he would seem to press his chin
full hard upon his throat while he
warbled a scale. Immediately soprano.
alto. bass and tenor launched forth up
on the sea Of song. The parts were
like the treacherous and conflicting
currents Of a tide that tossed them
roughly and sometimes overturned their
craft, And Ransom Walker showed al
ways a proper sense Of danger and re
sponsibility. Generally they got TO
port safely on these brief excursions.
though exhausted. He had a way Of
beating time with his head while sing
ing, and have no doubt it was a great
help to him
The elder came over to me after meet
ing, having taken my tears for sign
Of conviction.
"May the Lord bless and comfort you,
my boyw said he
l got away shortly and made for the
door Uncle Eb stopped me.
ftNT~ cf,,.- NErfffg,ff -.s1
his hand on my upper coat pocket.
what ye got in there?"
"Doughnuts," answered.
"An' what's thisT" he asked, touch
ing one Of my side pockets.
"Doughnuts," I repeated.
"An' this?" touching another.
That's doughnuts, too,'' 1 said.
"An' this" he continued, going down
to my trousers pocket.
BREAD an butter" I answered
shamefacedly and on the verge Of
tears.
jerusalem he exclaimed. Must
"a 'spected a purity long sermon!"
Brought 'em fer OF Fred" I replied.
"op Fred" he whispered. where's
he?"
l told my secret then, and we both
went out with Hope to where we had
left him. He lay with his head be-
tween his paws on the bed Of grass
just as had seen him lie many a time
when his legs were weary with travel
on Paradise road and when his days
were yet full of pleasure we called
to him, and Uncle Eb knelt and touch
ed his head. Then he lifted the dogs
nose, looked a moment into the sight
less eyes and let it fall again.
"Fred's gone" said he in a low tone
as he turned away. Got there ahead
Nv us, Willie"
Hope and sat down by the old dog
and wept bitterly.
Continued Tomorrow)
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
OF the poem. and here it IS:

or the poem, ana here II IS;
THE ROBINS WEDDING
Young robin redbrcast he'd beautiful
nest. an he says 10 his love. says he.
"It's ready now on a rocking bough
in the top OF n maple tree
I've lined it with down an the velvet
brown on the waist Of bumblebee" Z"
They were married next day in the land o.
the hay and the ladybird an he.
The boholink came and the wife o. the
same.
An the lark an the fiddle de dee
An the crow came down IN a minister
gown there was nothing that he
didn't see.
He futtered his wing as they asst him to
sing. an he tried for Z clear out his
throat;
lie hemmed on he hawed an he hawked
an he cuwcd.
But he couldn't deliver a note.
The swallow was there, an he ushered
each pair with his linsey an claw
hammer coat.
fhe hobolink tried FER T. hirt with tho
bride in way thet was sassy an
bold.
An the notes that he took as he .shivered
an shook
He'd a sound like the Hngletof gold.
He sat on brier an laughed at the choir
an said thet the music was old.
The sexton he came-Mr Spider by name
"a citizen hairy and gray
His rope in a steeple. he called the good
people
That live IN the land o. the hay.
The ants an the sQugs an the crickets an
bugs came out I'm mighty array.
Some came down from Barleytown an the
ncghhorlng city O. Rye.
An the little black people they climbed
every steeple
An sat looking up at the sky.
They came fer C. see what a wedding
might be- an they furnished the cake
an the pie.
/ remember he turned to me when he
had finished and took one Of my small
bands and held it in his hard palm and
looked at il and then into my face.
"Ah, boy" he said, syour way shall
lead you far from here, and you shall
get learning and wealth and win many
victories"
"What nonsense are you talking. Jed
Feary| said Uncle Eb.
"Oh. you all think I'm fool an a
humbug COS / look II. Why. Chen
Holden, If you was what We looked ye'd
be in the presidential chair Folks here
n the valley think o. nuthin' but hard
work, most Nv 'em, an tell ye now
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1 entered with the others and sat down
upon one Of those straight backed seats
of plain, unpainted pine my feet felt as
" had been caught in a bear trap
There was always such a silence in the
room after the elder had sat down and
adjusted his spectacles that I could
hear the ticking of the watch he car
ried in the pocket Of his broadcloth
waistcoat. For my own part, I know
looked with too much longing for the
good Of my soul on the great gold chain
that spanned the broad convexity Of his
stomach.
Presently 1 observed that a couple Of
young women were looking at me and
whispering. Then suddenly 1 became
aware that there were sundry protu-
berances on my person caused by bread
and butter and doughnuts, and felt
very miserable indeed. Now and then
as the elder spoke the loud, accusing
neigh of some horse, tethered to the
fence in the schoolyard, mingled with
his thunder. After the good elder had
been preaching an hour his big, fat
body seemed to swim in my tears
When he had finished the choir sang
Their singing was a thing that appeal
ed to the eye as well as the ear. Uncle
Eb used to say It was a great comfort
to see Elkenah Samson sing bass. His
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
BY IRVING BACHELLER
cupyrssht 1900 ~ LorHRoP PuBLIsHINc corPAsY 4$

after things" We had not been there
long when l heard Elizabeth speak OF
Nehemiah--her lost son-and his name
was often on the lips'of others. lie was
a boy Of sixteen when be went away,
and learned no more Of him until long
afterward.
A month or more after we came to
PARKWAY / remember we went cross
lots in a big box wagon to the orchard
on the hill and gathered apples that
fell in a shower when Uncle Eb went
up to shake them down. Then came
the raw days Of late October when the
crows went flying southwark before the
wind-a noisy pirate feet that filled the
sky at times--and when we all put on
our mittens and went down the wind
ing COW paths TO the grove OF butter
nuts in the pasture. The great roof Of
the wilderness had turned red and fad
ed into yellow. Soon its rafters began
TO show through, and then, in a day or
two, they were all bare but for some
patches Of evergreen. Great golden
drifts OF foliage lay higher than o
mans head in the timber land about
the clearing We bad our best fun
then playing Il spy" in the groves.
In that fragrant deep OF leaves one
might lie undiscovered long time. He
could hear roaring like that Of water
at every. move OF the finder, wallowlng
nearer and nearer possibly, in his
search. Old Fred came generally root
ing his way to MS in the deep drift with
unerring accuracy
And shortly winter came out OF the
north and, OF a night, after rapplng at
the windows and bowling in the chin.
ney and roaring in the big woodss took
possession OF the earth. That was a
time when hard cider flowed freely and
recollection found a ready tongue
among the older folk, and the young
enjoyed many diversions. including
measles and whooplng cough.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05

Vu etot Bet ttuINiHV una ototul'
this boy amt a-goin' T. be wuth putty
on farm. Look a them slender
hands.
There was a man come to me the
other day an wanted T. hey a poem
bout his wife that he'd jes died. asst
him e tell me all bout her.
"'Waal said he after he had scratch
ed his head an thought a minute, she
was dretful good woman { work
"'Anything elsey / asked.
"IIe thought agin fer minute.
"Broke her leg once he said, an
was laid up fer moren a year
Must a suffered said l.
"'Not then, he answered. 'Ruther
enjoyed it layln' abed an readin' an
bein' rubbed. but twas hard on the
children
"'Spose ye loved her said.
"Then the tears come into his eyes,
an he couldn't speak fer a minute.
Purity soon he whispered Yes, kind o.
confidential. Course he loved her, but
these Yankees are ashamed o. their
feelin's. They hev tender thoughts, but
they hide 'em as careful as the wild
goose hides her eggs. Toll an slave
an scrimp an save-thet's bout all we
think NV N this country. 'Tain't right,
Holden"
"No, 'tain't right" said Uncle Eb.
81 know I'm poor. miserable critter.
Kind o. put o. tune with everybody
know. Allwus Quarreled with my own
folks, an nov I amt got any home,
Some day I'm goin' { die in the poor
house er on the ground under these
woods But | tell ye"-here he spoke
in voice that grew loud with feeling
"mebbe I've been lazy. as they say, but
I've got more out O. my life than any o.
these fools. An some day God II hon
or me far above them.
Il know Dave Browers folks hev got
brains an decency, but when thet boy
is old enough T. take care o. himself
let him git out o. this country. l tell
ye he'll never make a farmer. an if he
marrles an settles down here he'll git
{ be a poet mebbe er some such shift
less cuss an die in the poorhouse.
Guess l better git back L my b'illn'
now. Good night" he added, rising
and buttoning his old coat as he walk
ed away.
} "Sing'lar man." Uncle Eb exclaimed
thoughtfully, but any one thet picks
him up fer a fool n find him a counter
felt"
Young as I was. the rugged. elemen,
tai power Of the old poet had somehow
got TO my heart and stirred my imag-
ination. 1t all came not fully to my
understanding until later. Little by
little it grew upon me, and what an ef-
feet it had upon my thought ana life
ever after I should not dare to esti-
mate And soon sought out the poet
/ Of the hills" as they called him, and
got TO know and even to respect him
in spite Of his unlovely aspect.
Uncle Eb skinned the boiling sap,
put more wood on the fire and came
and pulled of his boots and lay down
beside me under the robe. And, hear
ing the boil Of the sap and the crackle
Of the burning logs in the arch, / soon
went asleep.
l remember feeling Uncle Ebs hand
upon my cheek and how 1 rose and
stared about me in the fading shadows
Of dream as he shook me gently.
Wake up, my boy" said he. Come,
we mus put fer home"
! The fire was out. The old man held
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
hooks In ser,e.

While it is certainly pretty sight to
see a long row Of books in a neat and
uniform binding like soldiers on pa
rade, there is a distinct loss Of indi-
viduality. AS you glance over your
books upon their shelves it is pleasant
TO recognize them from their outward
dress. They keep themselves better in
mind If each one is not exactly like its
neighbors. You are even likely to for
get what you have if you cannot know
them from across the room.
We often go to the bookcase looking
simply for something to read" and
then it is an advantage to know each
book at the first glance. OF course this
does not apply 50 strongly to the works
Of a single author. These belong in a
uniform, and you know what is among
them.-St Nicholas.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
French soldiers, Hnndkerchief..

The cotton handkerchiefs provided
for French soldiers have printed upon
them a number Of sanitary precepts to
be observed on the march and during a
campaign and are further decorated
with medallions containing pictures Of
officers Of all grades, the different uni
forms being so distinctly portrayed
chat a French private can tell at
glance to what grade any officer he
may see belongs.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05

from Canada to work for the
k-=ST=d Brewers, she was a big,
~ cheerful woman with a dia-
lect, an amiahle disposition and a
swarthy, wrinkled face. She had a
loose front tooth that occupied all the
leisure Of her tongue When she sat at
her knitting this big tooth clicked in
cessantly. On every stitch her tongue
went in and out and across il, and l..
standing often by her knees. regarded
the process with great curiosity.
The reader may gather much from
these frank and informing words Of
Grandma Bisnette: when / los my
man, mon Dieul I have two son. An
when l come across I bring him with
me. Abe he rough. but den he no bad
man.
Abe was the butcher Of the neighbor-
hood, that red handed, stony hearted
necessary man whom the Yankee farm
er in that north country hires to do the
cruel things that have to be done. He
wore ragged. dirty clothes and had n
voice like a steam whistle His rough
black hair fell low aad mingled with
his scanty heard. His hands were
stained too often with the blood Of
some creature we loved. I always crept
under the bed in Mrs. Brower's room
when Abe came, he was such a terror
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
Flirting In Jaoan.

A japanese woman firts-as far as
she knows the meaning Of the word
with her sleeves and fan and not with
her eyes and smiles. By the different
movements Of the ends Of her kimonO
sleeves she manages to convey to her
admirers all sorts of unspoken mes
sages, and by the opening and shutting
Of her fan to the right or to the left
she can reject or accept the ms IT
weighty offers. Her code signal
with her sleeves and fan is quite an
item Of her social education.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
WASHINGTON.
Low Rate Tour Via Pennsylvania
Railroad,


April 6 is the date on which will be run
the next Personally-Conducted Tour of
the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington
This tour will cover period Of three days
affording ample time to visit all the prin-
cipal points of interest at the National
Capital, including the Congressional Lii
brary and the new Corcoran Art Gallery.
Rate covering railroad transportation for
the round trip and hotel accommodations,
$500 or S1o.5O from Trenton. and pro-
portionate rates from other points. ac-
cording to hotel selected. Rates cover
accommodations at hotel for two days.
Special side trip TO Mount Vernon.
All tickets good for ten days with
special hotel rates after expiration OF
hotel coupon.
Similar tours will be run on April "a
and May IS
For itineraries and fun information ap-
ply TO Ticket Agents; or address Geo.
W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station. Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05

Personally Conducted Tours to Wash.
innton, D. c.. Return via Baltimore
All Expenses.
and Ohio Railroad-Se.oo COVERING
Three day personally conducted
tours to Washington, d. c.,
April is and % and May II. For rates,
booklets, hotel accommodations and
other information call on ticket agent
or write to H. A. Miller. T. p. A., 500
Market street Wilmington, Del
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
Wen She Might.

An old German historian Of Tubin-
gen describes an attack by the French
in 1874 during which eighteen persons
We're killed by the exploding Of a
mine. A soldiers wife was thrown
the distance Of pn acre. She was not
hurt, the chronicler adds quantity,
'but she scolded terribly and was in
a very bad humor."
Evening journal., 1905-04-05

The Doctor-MadaHne. your husband
win recover.
Patients Wife-Goodi look ike =
perfect fright In black.
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
CHApTrR NJ.

: all that long season Of snow
I remember most pleasantly
the days that were sweetened
with the sugar making. When
Evening journal., 1905-04-05
CHAPTER VIII.

RANDMA BISNETTE came
from Canada to work for the
Brewers, She was a big.
cheerful woman with a dia-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
Institute Closes.

On Friday August IL, closed
one of the most successful ses-
sions of the Teachers Institute
ever held in this county. The
afternoon was given up to an
address by Prof. Groner on Agri-
culture science followed by fare
well addresses by the instructors.
In behalf of the teachers and
faculty, Prot Monroe presented
Supt. Lewis with music cab
met, table and rug as a token of
the high esteem in which he is
held and the appreciation of the
treatment received at his hand.
One who was there.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-17
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Y LOCAL MENTION. II
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Leland Lewis has secured the
school at Anselmo.
Mrs. Joy Thorpe went to Elk
Creek last Friday to see her
mother who is very sick.
|. Willis Caldwell and wife return
ed Monday mornidg from their
visit to Denver and other interest
ing points in Colorado.
Leslie Clay of Ansley, who had
been attending the camp meeting
at Lincoln came up on al Friday
morning returning to Ansley the
same day on Al.
H. E. O'Neill of Omaha, ar
rived in the city last week and is
spending his time in recreation
and in looking over his banking
interests of the county, in which
he is largely interested.
Nj. L. Cannon and wife are re-
joicing over the arrived Of a son
in their home on the 18th. Grand
Pa Cannon says he is ten poun-
der and he thinks he is one of the
finest boys in Broken Bow.
]. N. Smith Of Ask Creek, who
was social caller at this Office
Monday reports that his winter
wheat averaged - bushels to the
acre. He got GAL bushels mach
inc measure off of 20 acres. 1t
tests o. pounds to the bushel.
Mayor Apple, c. II. Holcomb,
J. q. Haze berle, A. E. Anderson
and j. G.. Leming returned from
adwood, where they had been
looking over their mining pros
poets. They are very favorably
impressed with the new develop
ments.
ST. M. Currie informs us that
his horse sale Saturday was
quite a success. He sold all the
horses he put upfor sale at prices
that left him fair profit for his
investment. The sale amounted
to over $4,000, and the cash re-
ceipts were $1,000.
Among the number of those
that went to Ansley last Friday
from here to attend the camp
meeting were Mrs. G. II. Thorpe
and daughter Lucele, Mrs. w. b.
Athey and daughter, Mrs. &. b.
Cox, Rev. Chamberlain and wife,
X. G.. Moore, Will McCandless
and Rev. Geo. p. Trites.