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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
WHIPPING-PosT AND PILLoRY.

was used in the punishment of various
offenders - slanderers, ''makeOayts.
chyderers," brawlers, raiders and
others. Brewers of bad beer, bakers
of poor bread, unruly paupers, were
ducked. A Frenchman, travelling in
England in 100, describes, in spright-
ly French fashion, the ducking-stool:
1.-THE way of furnishing scolding women
is pleasant enough. They fasten an
armchair to the end of two beams
IL to Is feet long, and parallel to each
other, so that these two pieces of wood
with their ends embrace the chair,
which hangs between them by sort
of axle, by which means it plays
freely, and always remains in the nat
chair should be, that person may
sit conveniently in it, whether you
raise it or let it down. They set up
a post on the bank of pond or river,
and over this post they lay, almost
in equilibrio, the two pieces of wood,
at one end of which the chair hangs
Just over the water. They place the
woman III IAAo ShdAA anu ~ PAoASS
her into the water as often as the
sentence directs, in order to cool her
immediate heat" New England even
tuaily, and southern localities early,
made use of the ducking-stool.
The Puritans hating sin, but, being
mortal, prone thereto, sought to stamp
with publicity those that. erred. We
all know of the Scarlet Letter inflicted
upon Hester Prynne. Thus New
Plymouth dealt with such as she:
They must wear "two Capital Letters,
A. D.. cut in scarlet cloth and sewed
on their uppermost garment on the
Arm and Back; and if any time they
shall be found without the letters so
worn while in this government, they
shall be forthwith taken and publicly
whipt." The scarlet letter was used
for other crimes than Hester's: a
woman that blasphemed had to wear
a red B, drunkard D.
Time goes on and ideals change,
and what yesterday was considered fit.
to-day appears unbelievably cruel, I'M
necessary. And yet we find ourselves
siding with Delaware as to the proper
punishment for "the mean and cow
ardly crime of wife-beating."
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
CATCHING AN AMAZON.
Lawyers Wit Turned Aggressive
Woman's Defiant Words
Against Herself.

About year ago there was tried in q
court of Kansas City a case in which
there was retained as counsel Mr.. Bar
tholdt, who is representative from Mis-
souri, in congress.
Among the witnesses for the opposing
side who were cross-examned by Mr..
Bartholdt, says the New York Herald,
were man of diminutiye stature and
sheepish manner and his wife, an indivld-
Ual OF Amazonian proportions and a cor
reSpondiHgly aggressive air The husband
was evidently very much cowed by his
better half, for when he was being ques-
toned he would from time to time glance
timidly at the lady, as if to seek per-
mission to reply to the interrogatories.
During the crosS-examination toy which
the lady in turn was subjected by Mr..
Bartholdt she evinced considerable i'm
patience. Finally, when one question was
urgently repeated to her several times,
she suddenly exclaimed i'll an angry tone:
Now, you needn't think you can catch
me that way. You've tried that three or
four, times already. No, sir, you can't
catch mel"
Madam" observed Mr. Bartholdt, with
the poltest of bows, you have no cause
for alarm. l have, | assure you, no
desire whatever to catch you, and your
husband looks as f he were sorry he
did "
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Baby'S r..
Photograph

HE photographer smiled, for busi-

= HE photographer smiled, for bust
ness had been dull that day, Dut
his 10y at the arrival of customer
was tempered by the fact that the Gus
toner carried a baby and was accom-
panied by her mother and large trav-
cling bag besides. After a preliminary
discussion of the styles of photographs.
which occupied ten or fifteen minutes,
the young mother delicately raised some
of the wrappings from her infants face
and peeped in at him. "B'ess his darling
little heart!" she exclaimed. III he
isn't sound asleep!"
Her own mother looked over her
shoulder. THE angel" she said.
1T seems a pity to wake him up,
doesn't it? Look at the little fist all
doubled up"
Its a bad, bad shame!" said the
elder lady. "Ze p'cious little fist"
Suppose we don't wake him." sug-
gested the photographer, a CLEAN OF
hope in his eye. There's nothing looks
prettier than sleeping baby, and If we
Just propped him up on those cushions
could get good picture of him."
That would be sweet, wouldn't it,"
said the mother But can't have more
than a dozen now Would it cost any
thing extra to have him taken asleep
and then awake?"
"Seventy-five cents extra for the ex-
ira pose" replied the photographer.
But thought perhaps you might pre-
fer simply to have him taken asleep. 1t
certainly does seem a shame to wake
him.
Good gracious!" said the grand
mother. We've got to wake him, of
course. Why, you couldn't see his
eyes"
"Of course, we must wake him"
agreed the mother But don't you
think it would be nice, mamma, to have
some pictures of him asleep?"
We'll, just as you say, if you want
to go to the extra expense, but you
wouldn't want to send out pictures of
a sleeping baby"
mo, but I'd like one for myself, any
way-and you would like one, of course
That would be two and we could have
the rest of them awake
And pay rs cents for two?"
"Oh. that's so! 1t would be Is cents
extra; I'd forgotten about that. Well,
suppose we had half a dozen extra
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
A UNIVERSE ALL ALIVE.
Greed of a Man Who Gives His Life
to the Study Of Plant
Creation.

I asked Mr.. Burbank this question,
writes William S. HARDWOOD, in "A Won
der-Worker, of Science" in Century:
HAS anything developed in your
life-work, and in your study of the great
elemental forces of nature, to imperil
true faith or render dead belief in God
or the Immortality of the soul?"
He answered.:
my theory of the laws and underlying
principles of plant creation is, in many
respects, Numerically opposed 20 the
theories of the materialists. l am sim
cere believer in higher power than that
of man. All my Investigations have led
me away from the idea of dead,
material universe, tossed about by vari-
Gus forces, to that of universe which
is absolutely all force, life, soul, thought,
or whatever name we may choose to call
it. Everyatom. molecule, plant, animal.
or planet is only an aggregation of or
ganized unit forces held in place by
stronger forces, thus holding them for
| a time latent, though teeming with in
conceivable power. All life on our
planet is, so TO speak, just on the outer
fringe of this infinite ocean of force.
The universe is not half dead, but all
alive"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

| ly remarks: GAS a good sound British
institution, and to have familiar,
home-like surroundings in the new
strange land, the whipping-post was
promptly set up, and the whip set
at work in all the American colonies"
Red skins and white skins alike s,lf-
fered. Often the scourgings took
place on the Sabbath.
Although the whipping occurred in
the colonial days with what seems to
us shameful frequency, there was some
limit put upon it; not more than 40
stripes were permitted at one time.
Slaves were corrected at the whip.
ping-post. When the civil war put an
end to slavery, the post fell into dis
use in the south, save in Maryland.
Delaware, too, retained it for some
time. These states have been con-
demned for keeping. it, but Delaware
to-day stoutly maintains that it is
the one thing that successfully deals
with wife-beaters and other cruel
criminals.
Perhaps as ignominious a punish
ment as ever was invente4 was the
pillory, concerning which Hawthorne
declares there can be no outrage more
fragrant than to forbid the culprit to
hide his face for shame. Forced to
stand in the most public spot in the
village, with the head held in wise,
the culprit must have been very
hardened indeed that did not feel
broken in spirit. Often the rabble
made a target of the victim, who.
wholly defenseless, had to endure
double torture. History tells us not
only of criminals being pilloried in
England, but of martyrs of note, Pur-
itans and also those made to suffer
during the Reformation. In New Eng
land the pillory was commonly en-
ployed, and also in the southern
states; the offenses that would bring
one to this disgrace were numerous;
cheating, stealing. making counterfeit
money, ''regrating" (speculating, re-
selling), perjury. The pillory lin
gered on in this country for awhile
after the beginning of the nineteenth
century.
We have come to regard the duck
ing-stOol as a mode of punishment in
stituted for subduing women scolds,
but history tells us scolds of both
sexes were subjected to it's ignominy
Brawling married couples went into
the water back to back, wife-beaters
were cooled off by it's means. and il
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
HONEST CONFESSION.
A Doctors Talk on Food.


There are no fairer set of men on
earth than the doctors, and when they
find they, have been in error they are
usually apt to Lake honest and manly
confession of the fact.
A case in point is that of an emil
nent practitioner, one of the good old
school, who lives in Texas. His plain,
unvarnished tale needs no dressing up:
81 hal always had an intense preju-
dice, which l can now see was unwar-
rantable and unreasonable, against all
muchly advertised foods. Hence, I
never read a line of the many ads Of
Grape-Nuts, nor tested the food till last
winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my
health, and visiting my youngest son,
who has four of the ruddiest, health
lest little boys I ever saw, I ate my
first dish of 'Grape-Nuts food for sup
per with my little grandsons. 1 be-
came exceedingly fond of it and have
eaten package of it every week since,
and find it delicious, refreshing and
Strengthening food, leaving no i'll eff
fects whatever, causing no quotations
with which was formerly much trou-
bled), no sense of fullness, nausea, nor
distress of stomach in any way.
There is no other food that agrees
with me so well, or sits as lightly or
pleasantly upon my stomach as this
does. l am stronger and more active
since began the use of Grape Nuts
than have been for 10 years, and am
no longer troubled with nausea and
Indigestion" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

in height, made of heavy boards
nailed around a post. The culprit to
be whipped is held to the post by
heavy handouts. The one at Will
mington is an oaken structure, and
consists of a tall, square post with a
narrow platform which has been used
for pillory. When person is TO
be whipped his appraised arms are
thrust through two straps below the
platform. The whip is stout wooden
stock, to which are attached nine
knotted leathern thongs.
Alice Morse Earle in her book.
Curious Punishments OF Bygone
Days." tells us some interesting things
about the way our forefathers dealt
with offenders. We are introduced.
among other modes the colonials en-
ployed against refractory members OF
society, to the ducking-stool, the oil
lory, and the whipping-post. Con-
corning the last the author humorous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID.

When over the fair frame of friend or foe
The shadows OF disgrace shall fall, instead
OF words of blame of proof of thus ana SO
Let something good be said
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall so low but love may lift ms mead
Even the cheek of shame with tears Is wet
If something good be said
No generous heart may vainly turn aside
In ways of sympathy; no soul so dead
But may awaken strong and glorined
If something good be said.
And SOL charge ye by the thorny crown
And by the cross on which the saviour
bled,
And by Your own souls hope of fair renown,
Let something good be said
James Whitcomb Riley, in Boston Budget.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

That ought not to cost any more than
for the two. We are going to be short
anyway with a dozen. There's Henry s
father and mother and his sister and
Pearl and Mrs. Thompson, and"
81 don't see why you want to give
Pearl one She isn't in the family.
And then if you have half a dozen
sleeping"
Half a dozen extra would be $1.75,"
interrupted the photographer. You
see, it would be just the same as taking
another picture. Shall take him as
he is now?"
Let me think" said the young moth
err. You say it would be rs cents ex-
ira to give me two of them asleep?"
''Seventy-five cents extra for two poses
in the dozen. You may have two or half
a dozen of one kind. 1t won't make any
difference how many of one kind you
take"
Il thought you said it would be ST.
for half Dozen"
For half dozen extra-over the
dozen. What 1 mean is that for 81. "a
you can have dozen pictures, in two
poses. You can have ten of one pose
and two of the other or half dozen oil
each-which you please, but if you have
IL pictures in two poses it will cost you
$5.75, because then 1t will be the same
thing as taking two pictures. Don't you
see?"
I'm not sure that do. You say that
if have half dozen poses extra it will
cost mellow much?''
II say that if you have two poses
"There!" said the grandmother
"He's waking up now, so that questions
settled
A loud wall from the baby corrob
GRATED her statement. The photog
rapher went over to his camera ane
began to arrange it. resigned express
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21


fewer assaults by intoxicated hus-
bands, (which shows that even when
under the influence of liquor the
shadow of the pillory has an effect
upon men,"
Other states, moved to it by the
many cases of wife-beating, have pro-
posed like return to the whipping
post. Such a bill was proposed in the
Massachusetts legislature and also in
the legislature Of Connecticut. A few
years ago there was introduced in the
Maryland legislature bill embracing
the adoption of the whipping post as
method for furnishing wife-beaters.
which had the Effect of almost entire
ly doing away with the beating in
that state. II
The man that has strenuously advo-
Gated such a measure is himself a
bachelor, but a bachelor that stands
up valiantly for defenseless women
Congressman Adams, of Pennsylvania
When years ago, Mr.. Adams, as a
member of the legislature of Penn
SylVdQld, introduced Dill pTOVluluS
for the punishment of wife-beaters at
the whipping post, he brought down
upon Himself an avalanche of crlti-
cism. 1t was contended that his pro-
posed measure was unconstitutional
under the prohibition of cruel and I'M
usual punishments. Philanthropists
decried it as opposed to the humane
spirit of the age. The police and
police magistrates seemed the only
approvers, but Mr.. Adams declared
that it would only be a matter of time
when there would be general dis
position to regard it seriously as the
most effective check upon mean and
cowardly crime" Recently he has
taken opportunity to bring forward
in congress consideration of such a
measure, and had the qualification Of
having President Roosevelt's expressed
views on the subject agree with his
own.
The Delaware whipping-post at
Dover is an octagonal pillar, seven feet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
EVERY ONE ASKS HIM
HOW HE GOT RID OF HIS OBSTINATE
MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.
Mr.. Jones Tells of the Way by Which He
Treated Himself Successfully
When Doctors Failed.

Treated Himself Successfully
When Doctors Failed.
physicians, all of them good, one of
them a specialist, had done their best
for Mr.. Jones at different times during
three years, and still he suffered fear
fully from the tortures of rheumatism.
The rheumatism that had been dor
mant in his system was suddenly
brought to an acute stage by exposure
while he was drawing ice i'll February,
1901. From that time OH for a period
of more than three years he was con-
slant sufferer. He tried many kinds Of
treatment, but the rheumatism wouldn't
bulge. When regular doctors failed,
and one remedy after another proved
useless, many said: "I should think he
would give it up and save his money"
Of his condition at this time, Mr..
Jones says: "My rheumatism started
in my right thigh, but in time it ap-
peared in every muscle of my body. I
lost the use of my left arm en-
tirely and nearly lost the use of my
right one. My feet were badly affected,
especially the bottoms of the heels.
When my right side was affected there
was swelling, but the left side didn't
swell when the disease settled there.
The internal organs didn't seem to be
involved at all. The trouble was all III
the muscles and the nerves."
Among the few who still encouraged
Mr.. Jones to think that cure might
yet be found was friend who had rea-
son for great confidence i'll DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills, and acting on her
advice he bought box of them in Sep
TENDER, 1904. The story of what fol.
lowed is brief, but nothing could be
more satisfactory. -
"When was on the third box" says,
Mr.. Jones, 81 could realize change for
the better. I felt sure then that DR..
Williams Pink Pills were the right
medicine for my case. I kept on with
them for several weeks longer and now
I am entirely well, and everybody is
asking what took"
Mr.. William Jones lives at Oxford,
Mich. DR.. Williams Pink Pills effect
wonderful cures in rheumatism, because
they work directly on the blood which is
the seat of the disease. They are sold
by every druggist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Nervousness is very common among
women. This condition is due to
anemic nerve centers. The nerve
centers are the reservoirs of nervous
vitality. These centers become blood
less for want of proper nutrition.
This is especially true in the spring
season. Every spring host of invalids
are produced as the direct result of weak
nerves
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

This can be easily obviated by using
Peruna. Peruna strikes at the root Of
the difficulty by correcting the diges-
ton.
Digestion furnishes nutrition for the
nerve centers. Properly digested food
furnishes these reservoirs of life with
vitality which leads to strong, steady
nerves and thus nourishes life.
Peruna is in great favor among
women, especially those who have voca-
tions that are trying to the nerves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
A Domestic Jar.

Smith was awfully mad at his wife
this morning."
''That so? Has he gone home to lick
herr"
mo, he's gone down town to lio-
uor. Dallas (Tex.) News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Good Health

and how to obtain it, will be taught you
by a booklet sent out by DR.. Pusheck,
Chicago. Write for it; it is free. Push
eck's-kuro is wonderful medicine and
cures where all others have failed, espe-
cially in Rheumatism, Pains, Weakness
and Stomach Trouble. 1t is the best
Blood and Nerve Tonic. Write to-day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

this and similar public chastisement
The little state of Delaware-cer-
tainly not in obedience to the law that
large bodies move slowly-looks with
favor on an ancient punitive form;
in this day of kindergarten methods,
disappearing of corporal punishment,
makes use of the whipping-post, but
now surrenders the pillory. At Dover,
Wilmington and Salisbury, offenders
whose crimes seem to merit the cat
o-nine-tails get what they have given;
the wife-beater is himself beaten. The
warden administers the blows, and
doubtless the punished cringes as did
his victim.
The police in Delaware towns affirm
that since the whipping law went into
effect again there has been noticed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

but four boxes of this remedy effected
complete and permanent cure. II
suffering humanity knew the value OF
Doan's Kidney Pills they would use
nothing else, as it is the only positive
cure know"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Z.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Hoped It Was True.

Before you married me-" he COM
planned, you used to say that there
wasn't another man like me in the world
Eyes, and now" replied the wife, 81
should not like to think that there was!"
-Boston' Globe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Too many young men look upon edu-
cation as sort of loophole through
which to ESCAPE Work.-chicago Sun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
I Always Had a Headache

but since using DR.. Pusheck s-Kuro it has
disappeared entirely. This is the best
medicine | ever used and l have informed
many in Clayton about it.
Robert Gold, Clayton, Wash.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21
Judging from the Sex.

Shells there any difference between a
fort and fortress?
He-Why, [ should imagine that fort
ress would be-er-harder to slence!-
Stray Stories
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Many man who thinks he was born
to command marries woman who was
born to countermand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

The more we put into life the more we
get out of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

q
health was complete
ly broken down. My
back ached and was
so lame that at times
I was hardly able to
dress myself. I lost
my appetite and was
u n a b lie to sic ep.
There seemed to be
no relief until I took
Doan's Kidney Pills I;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Microbes, being vegetable growths, they
should never attack any but yegetarians.
lineage Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is. 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

"Eam glad to write my endorse
nent of the great remedy, Peruna,
as q nerve tonic. do so most
heartily. ''-JuIia MarIoWe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

HE agitation concerning
giving wife-beaters a
singing taste of their own
medicine, the revival of
the whipping-post, brings
un the whole question of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-21

Buy bottle of Peruna today.
If you do not receive all the bene-
fits from Peruna that you expected,
write to DR.. S. B. Hartman, Column
bus, Ohio.
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ALL BROKEN DOWN.

No Sleep-No Appet1te-Just Continual
Backache.
Joseph McCauley, of LA Sholto
street, Chicago, Sachem of Tecumseh
Lodge, saws: "Two years ago my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
At LatonIa.

Cincinnati. October 25.-Three favorites, one second choice and two outsiders won at Latona today In the first event Lieut. Roommate fell at the stretch turn, the three horses finishing riderless. None of the jockeys were injured. Lights Out, the odds-on favorite easily won the steeplechase handicap from Gould, with Ohio King third. After winning the final event Sol Shark and Gold Bell which finished third, ran away three miles. Track sloppy. weather cold. Summary:
 First race, six furlongs-Delagoa, 1os Koerner) to g. won; Algonquin, 1o9 (Hicks) 40 to 1. second; Jack Ratlin, los Diggins) to l. third. Time, 1:27
 Second race, mile and seventy yards Chief Milliken, 9S (Allen) to 5, won: Carless, 109 (Shea) IA to 5. second Katie Powers, 104 (Koerner) 20 to 1, third. Time. 1:53 1-5
 Third race, seven furlongs-Chief Hayes, 107 (NicoD to 5, wonls Lieber, 102 CAL len) Il to 5, second; Bitter Hand, 95 Per- kins) 40 to 1. third. Time. :34 4-5.
 Fourth race, short course. steeplechase Lights Out, 139 Pemberton) to 5, won Gould, 1S9 (Patton) to 1, second; Ohio King. 127 (Miller) 6 to l, third. Time. 3:0S 4-5.
 Fifth race, six furlongs-Santon, 1os (Swain) to 1, won Cigar Lighter s6 (Taylor) z to 1, second; Nhodalei g< Hicks) to 10, third. Time, 1:1s ,-5
 Sixth race, mile and three furlongs- Sea Shark. 97 (Allen) 10 to l, won; Curate. 102 (Wison) 20 to 1. second; Gold RelI. 100 (Watkins) to 1, third. Time, 2:331-5.