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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
MANY FRATERNAL ORDERS
Growth of Such Organizations in Re.
cent Years Has Been Aston
ishing.

In the ten years from 1894 to 1904
the population of the United States in
creased about Is per cent. The latest
census figures do not seem to justify
the claim of so high rate of gain,
but the immigration since the latest
general enumeration has been enor-
nous. The estimate given may be
slightly too liberal, but not much, says
the Cleveland Leader.
In 1894 the total membership of the
principal fraternal organizations of the
United States and Canada, including
many which had less than 10000 mem
bers, was about 100000. Last year
it was S,27S,73S.
The increase of about 3,67S,OO0 was
equivalent to gain of nearly 80 per
cent.
The rate of growth in the member
ship of fraternal organizations was Ger
tainly more than three times as great
as the rate of increase in the popula-
ton of the United States. 1t was gain
we'll distributed. The increase in the
numerical strength of some of the
great fraternal socielles was approx
imately as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
RIGHTS OF THE INVENTOR.
Is Entitled to Ownership Of Patents
Over Any Claim Made by
Employer.

lie right of an employe to the own
ership of patents he may be granted
upon inventions he may have devised
while in the service of another has
been reaffirmed in a recent case tried
before the United States circuit court
OF appeals, third circuit In the par
tlcular case in question the inventor
LAD been employed by large manu-
featuring concern to take charge of
head to look after the improvement
oil the company's product. Suisse
quently he left the employ of this par
tlcular company, which then sought to
force him to assign to them sundry
patents he had taken out and applied
for while he was in their employ on
improvements in thier products. The
court took cognizance of three points
of issue:
!. Was there any express contract to
transfer such patents as the inventor
might make?
2. Did the fact of the case warrant
the presumption that such a contract
3. Whether a contract to transfer
patents granted under such circum.
stances is to be implied in law from
the relation between the parties.
After dismissing the first two points
as being inapplicable and untenable
the court decided, after reviewing al
length previous decisions, that an EN-.
ploye performing all the duties as.
signed to him in his department ol
service may exercise his inventive fac.
ulties in any direction he chooses, with
the assurance that whatever invention
ne may thus conceive and perfect is
his individual property. The only way
in which this right may be abrogated
Is by express written contract be-
tween the employer and employee. The
decision is one of great interest at the
present time, when so many manufac-
turing concerns are taking out inven-
tions through their employees for work
upon which the latter have been en-
gagged The conclusion is that if man
is engaged t. make or improve inven-
lions he should be placed under con-
tract to assign all his patents for such
work to his employer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
AWFUL NEURALGIA
Mr.. Porter Thought He Should Go Mad
But Or. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Him.

eft seems like miracle that DIR.
Williams Pink Pills should have cured
my neuralgia, said Mr.. Porter. They
are certainly a marvellous medicine and
I am always glad to recommend them.
'tFor two years." he continued, 81 had
suffered almost uncomfortable pains in my
head. They would start over my eyes
and shoot upward most frequently, but
they often spread over my face, and at
times every part of my head and face
would be full of agony. Sometimes the
pains were so intense that I actually
feared they would drive me mad.
"My eyes ached constantly and there
was alwaysa burning sensation over my
forehead, but the other pains varied,
sometimes they were acute, and again
they were dull and lingering. I could
not sleep. My temper was irritable and
got no pleasure out of life.
st tried remedy after remedy, but
finding no help in any of them, be-
came a despairing man. Even when I
began to take DR.. Williams Pink Pills
had no great hope of cure.
"That was in December of 1908. To
my surprise, change in my condition
took place right away. The pains grew
less intense and the acute attacks were
further apart, as I kept on using DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills. The improvement be-
gan with the first box, and when had
used six boxes I stopped. My cure was
complete and has lasted ever since"
Mr.. Charles H. Porter lives at Ray
mond, N. II. He is one Of many grateful
people who have found that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills will cure diseases of the nerves
that have stubbornly resisted every other
remedy tried. Not only neuralgia, but
sciatica, partial paralysis and locomotor
ataxia yield to them. They are sold by
all druggists, or may be obtained directly
from the DIR Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

BY the sleeve you can gauge the fash
ion of ones dress pretty correctly,
though the skillful woman is able to re-
model last years apparel very success
fully by change in some few details,
most important Of all the sleeve. A
smart, long cuff, close-ftting, is the fea-
ture of the present fashion, and if the
old sleeve is wanting in material the cuff
may be made of lace or some contrasting
goods; wash-stuffs are best liked, as this
is primarily day Of daintiness.
The cape sleeve is not exactly new,
but the one shown in the sketch has the
virtue of being in good style and Of be-
ing fashioned of two materials. A neat
sleeve is the one giving the outline Of
the arm, but notice it is by no means
what would be called tight-fitting. Per-
haps the most desirable model pre-
scented is the one with the long cuff and
double puffs; this one helping to bring
out the points now considered to make
up the good figure, breadth of shoulder
and a tapering waist. The one-puff
sleeve is pattern that is to be very
popular, and mayhap the puff shorter
than that illustrated will obtain with
the most careful dressers, those that
study advance styles. The mutton-leg
will be in evidence this winter, perhaps
a trifie smaller than last year. Care
should be taken with this sleeve that
the under part does not bag or draw the
whole down into shapeless bag, as, un-
fortunately, was the case with the NUT
ton-leg of season back.
Coming to sleeves for evening wear,
we select the very prettiest and most
becoming among the endless variety
on display. We are partial to the short
sleeve that is really short, stopping
above the elbow. To some arms this may
be trying-the very angular and the too
large-but the addition of band and
bow of black velvet ribbon should make
it less difficult. There is no better
friend than black velvet, anyway, the
one sure thing that can be worn, less
ening defects rather than accentuating
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

them. And again we call attention to
the touch Of black which is to be a fea-
ture of the winter styles, either velvet
or satin employed to give the bit of con-
trast. o..
The finish approved for the ordinary
sleeve is some simple turned-over cuff
of wash stuff, lace or batiste. Frills are
not the best style save for dressy af-
fairs, when the deep ruff1es affected the
last two years may still be worn. The
fashionable bracelet looks well with the
neat back-turned cuff. can be seen to
more advantage than If yelled in long
ruffles. An authority says the Fall
woman will wear anywhere from one
to half a dozen bracelets, so we may
linger a moment to speak of these pop
ular ornaments. The old-fashioned are
the ones eagerly sought for, and those
after old-fashioned models come high
est.
Speaking Of color and fall days, we
would mention a beautiful wrap exhib-
tied in an exclusive little shop, a shop
that enjoys 1.-THE very best trade" 1t
was voluminous long wrap of rich
est, deepest wine-red broadcloth. A
broad band of velvet of the same shade
bordered the bottom and the fronts, CIV
ing richness and depth to the satin
sheen of the cloth. The only other
trimming was heavy loops of cord. II
here were not elegant simplicity, SIM
pie sumptuousness, we have never
seen it.
Another late wrap on display was a
separate coat of graceful Empire style.
1t was of tan broadcloth, the collar Of
black satin. Worn with dusky black
beaver this would be very fashionable
costume, avoiding the too-apparent pic
turesqueness of being combined with a
large black velvet hat.
For the wine-red cloak we would sug-
gest beaver hat adorned with plumes
of the same shade. 1t seems too rich
and wonderful color to tighten with
white CT any contrast. Furs might be
worn with it, but do not add lace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
LENGTH OF NILE FOUND.
It Has Been Estimated by Surveyors
That the Great River Extends
3,975 Miles.

The length of the Nile is usually
given as 1856 statute miles to the cen.
ter of Lake Victoria, or 3,72S miles fol-
the continuous waterway from the
source of the Kagera to the sea; the
area of it's basin is given as 1,119,7 1877
square miles. These measurements
have hitherto been made on small-scale
maps, but since considerable part of
upper Nile has been recently surveyed
on 1,250,000 or a larger, scale and nu-
merous points in it's course have been
fixed astronomically and by trangula-
ton it is now possible to measure it's
length sufficiently accurate to furnish
a value which Capt. H. G. Lyons, in a
paper published in the Geographical
Journal, says later surveys probably
will not materially alter.
According to the data obtained from
measurements made with the curvi-
meter and the mean of four concordant
readings Capt. Lyons finds that the to-
tai length of the Nile from Ripon falls
to the Rosetta mouth is 3,473 miles,
and the length of the Kagera river, a
tributary to the Nine to Ripon falls Is,
according to the latest charts, 500
miles. This makes the Nile, from it's
source to it's discharge in the Mediter-
ranean, 1875 miles in length.
The area of the Nile basin will vary
according to the distance to which it,
limits are considered to extend on the
west of the Nile northward of Khar-
toum. 1t has here been taken as far as
the cliff of the desert plateau, or the
first marked rise of the desert, where
the cliff is absent, probably, on the
average two to two and half miles
from the edge of cultivation. The
latest computation establishes t1eJ area
at 1,107,22 square miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
I, GOT TO FACE MOTHER TO-DAY.

got TO face mother to-day, fer fact.
L got to face mother to-day!
And jist how I'll dare to, an how she Will
act,
Is more than mortal can say!
But L got to face herr got to! and so
Here's a. old father clean at the end of his
row!
And Pink and wade's gone to the farm fer
her now
And I'm keepin' house fer em here
Their purity. new house-and-all paid fer!
But how
Am goin' to meet her and clear
Up my actchully heppin' 'em both to
e-lope?
CCause mother wuz set-and wuz no other
hopeD
don't think it's Wade she's so biased
ag'in,
But this bizness-a railroadin' man
AT runs a switch-engine, day out ana
DAY in,
And's got to make hay while he can
It's dangersome job, I'll admit-out see
what
A fne-furnished home at he's already
got!
And Pink-w'y. the girl wuz jst pinin'
So what could her old father do
When he found her, hid-like, in a loose
load of hay,
But just to drive on clean into
The aidge of the city, where-singalar
thing!
Wade switched us away to the Squire,
jung!
Now-a-leevin' me here-they've driv off,
with a cheer,
On their weddin' trip-which is to drive
Straight home and tell mother-and toll
her back here
And surrender me. dead er alive!
So I'm waitin' here-not so blame overly
gay
AS 1 wuz-'cause L got to face mother to-
dayi
James Whitcomb Riley, in The Reader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

shirt waists; one finds many other
blouses quite decollete, especially if the
fashionable fichu is used. But it is well
with trim shirt waist to wear trim neck
dressing, tailored stocks for the tailored
waist as rule. For the lingerie blouse,
the best style is stock of self material
trimmed to match the waist.
Yesterday we saw very fetching
shirt-waist suit for young girl. TWAS
made of black and white shepherds
plaid and trimmed sparingly with a
frill of black silk alternating with one
of bright red. A long rain coat matched
the suit; the hat was a beautiful soft
gray felt absolutely untrimmed, tricorne
in shape. 1t made very attractive
girlish costume.
There is really nothing gives wom-
an more comfort than the possession of
frock strictly unitarian, one that is Of
good enough material to stand the
toughest wear, one that is of good
enough make to appear well under this
strain. We saw such one recently and
were almost tempted to instant pur-
chase, in spite of the fact that the fash
ion folk right and left are insisting this
is the day of smooth cloths, of plair
colors. The one appealing so strongly
was check of unobtrusive blua and a
warm gray-if there ever is such a
thing as warm tone of gray. There
was not a particle of nonsense about
skirt and coat; they were unashamedly
unitarian. But there was cut that
spelled "style," which is so very, very
much.
Lingerie waists follow lines approved
now for bodices, broad shoulders, a
moderately high bust, the waist blous.
ing very little. The dip in front re-
mains, though strenuous efforts are
made to do away with it, although there
are many assertions to the contrary.
There was a day when it would have
been called incongruous, the worst of
taste, tc wear with morning gown a
frilly, fluffy. transparent waist; but
now we look upon it as very good style;
indeed, we plan the attractive contrast
of wool and batiste. A few colored
batiste waists are seen, pale blue in the
highest of favor. And the fady tones
are approved in various colors when
any but the white blouse is chosen.
ELLEN OSMONDR
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Announcement is made by the Rock
IslanG-Frisco Systems of the Inaugural
ton CT daily through tourist car ST..
Louis to Los Angeles, via Frisco Line to
Medora, Kansas, thence Rock Island-El
Paso Line to California.
This provides an entirely new tourist
car route to the Golden State, and with
the installation of this car the Rock
Island has no less than ten through tour
These cars start from Chicago, st. Louis,
st. Paul and Minneapolis and run through
via either the Rock Islands Southern
Route by way of Ell Paso, or Scenic Route
by way of Colorado. This frequent and
comprehensive service is provided with a
view to adequately meeting the demand
for tourist accommodations under the
very low rates effective in September and
October.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

the unadorned waists Of flannel and
mohair, of linen and thin wool, are H. !.
to be banished. Theseason presents some
excellent models. Any of the waistings
may be employed for the design given
in our illustration, though the frills
should be omitted with the heavier
materials, they being strictly tailored.
The waist is tucked front and back.
In front there is a center box plat to
cover the closing. The cuff is straight
one, and tucks confine the fullness lust
above the cuff; there is high standing
collar and cravat. The little frills are
or lace.
Collars are high again this year for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
This was another blow.


Ox-Eye was the only calf we had been
favored with for some time in the Jersey
herd that looked like straight Jersey
All the others seemed to throw back
to distant Holstein and Durham sires;
they all presented strange hybrid fea,
lures not known in the pure Jersey line
Ox-Eye was perfect pearl among
Jersey heifers-now she was dead.
swallowed my chagrin, and went on:
How are the chickens getting on
Ebenezer?"
Cali right"
Are the hens laying?"
Nope"
How is the big Brahma cockerel?"
Dead"
"What. the brahma dead! When die
he die?"
Last week"
What was the matter with him?''
Chicken hawk =.
Here was another stab. I had pur-
chased the brahma cockerel cup to the
city" for five dollars: was assured that
he was of the bluest Brahma blood; and
here he had gone back on me and died.
l bitterly thought that if had paid only
a trifle for him he would-but stop!-
here suddenly remembered that short
ly after his purchase had bought an
other brahma cockerel from widow
woman in Arcadia for so cents. The two
cockerels looked exactly alike. never
could tell the 50-cent Brahma from the
five-dollar one. Neither could Ebenezer
nor Hank. Like flash l decided on my
course.
Which Brahma died, Ebenezer" l
asked.
Il think it was the five-dollar
rooster" he replied.
''Ebenezer," said I, severely, you al
ways said you never could tell those
cocks apart. This was when they both
were alive. Now one of them is dead.
How do you compare them, may ask? ?
How can you tell which is which-or
how could you tell which was which.
when one is dead and the other alive?-
or the other is dead and the one is alive?
How can you have the gall to say now
which one of them is dead?"
Ebenezer wavered, wobbled, and
weakly stammered: 81 dunno"
"Of course you don't know" said /.
But know. That five-dollar breed Of
Brahmas is the most long-iived bird
there is. 1t was the other one that died.
Will you remember that, Ebenezer?"
Eyes, sir. You mean the four-bit
rooster is dead, don't you?"
YES" l replied, land don't you for
get it."
Then l began again.
'Ebenezer," said I, why did you
bring this trap instead of the surrey?"
Surveys gone" ..-
"Gone!" cried, gone where? Is it
stolen?"
"No-burned."
Burned? What burnt it?"
why, the fire."
What fire."
Ebenezer turned round in his seat and
stared at me. why, the fire in the
barn"
Is Tue DdTu DuTu6u UOWU
why, yass-a month ago." s.-
"Was the house burned?"
Nope"
Horses burned?"
Nope"
ANY other traps burned?"
'Nope-they got all the other wagons
out"
But you and Hank used to sleep up
stairs in the carriage-house. Was Hank
destroyed"
Nope" replied Ebenezer. gravely.
"me and Hank was saved. San Fran
cisco Argonaut
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
The Shirt Waist Girls of To-Dav

She may wear a tailored waist or she
may sport fine lingerie blouse with her
street suit. You see she is allowed con-
siderable latitude.
The winter through we probably shall
have the lingerie waist in all its thin
ness and fineness, for why else are tho
manufacturers turning out such loads
and loads of these dainty affairs? They
seem a compromise, worn in conjunc-
ton with the tailored suit, between
mannishness and feminine frivolity, and
a compromise generally accepted. But
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
SCREAMED AT NIGHT.
Baby Scratched Until Face Was Raw
and Bleeding-Eczema Cured
by Cuticura.

''For over two years my little baby girl
suffered with raw, itching and painful
eczema on her bead and face, the pain
causing her to scream day and night, and
eral doctors, but without success. Unless
we kept her hands tied she would scratch
until her face was like raw beef. One cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti-
cura Ointment completely cured her,
healing her face without mark or blem.
ish. (Signedl w. J. Morgan, Orchard
Town, New Lambton, New South Wales,
Australia +"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Theater for the insane.

Ste. Anne's, an asylum for the in
sane on the outskirts of Paris, has a
theater. The other evening a per-
Torrance of that old-time favorite, the
opera la File du Madame Angot."
was given. Several of the performers
were inmates, and almost the entire
chorus was composed of musical mem.
bers Of this colony of insane.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Tattoo Marks Betray.

A deserter from the British army was
identified recently by the following tat
too marks upon him: A cross on the
left forearm, with the words "In loving
memory a jockey with two flags, Buff
falo Bill, heart on the back Of his left
hand, a horseshoe with crossed whips,
cross with the figure of a soldier lean
ing on it, a pierced beart, a heart on the
right forearm, heart with clasped
hands, a soldier and girl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

experience know Doan's Kidney Pills
will cure Inflammation of the bladder,
having experienced relief the second
day of using the medicine.
(Signed) J. A. GOULDEN.
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster burn Co., Buffalo, N, Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Human Nature.

THAT fellow Spinks has excellen:
Judgment
What makes you think sop
why, er-he's always asking my
opinion about things. Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
CONGRESSMAN GOULDEN.
Finds Quick Relief from Bladder Troubles
Through Doan's Kidney Pills.
Hon. Joseph A. Goulden, member of
Congress represen ting the 18th District

of New York, also
trustee of the Sol
diers' Home at Bath,
N. Y, writes:
G n t l e m en-: A s
many of my friends
have used Doan's Kid
aney Pills and have
been cured of kidney
and bladder troubles,
I feel it my duty to
recommend the medi-
cine. From personal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Sentimental.

"She was a woman" said the poetical
boarder, whose beauty turned mems hearts
to fire."
"And their necks to rubber, I suppose
added the prosy old bachelor.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
At the Wedding.

eyes, the girl was from Boston, and the
man was from Battle Creek"
"What of it."
"Why, as a delicate tribute, instead Of
throwing rice, we threw beans and break
fast food. "-Chicago Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Germanv,s Formulation

The population of the German empire
has now exceeded the 60,0OO,000 figure
1t has doubled within u years. The So.
100000 figure was reached in 1895.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
To Wash Black Stockings.

To prevent black stockings from as.
Stunning greenish hue. wash as follows:
Dissolve liberal amount of Ivory Soap
in a gallon of water as hot as the hands
can bear. Wash through several suds
Of this preparation; rinse through two
warm waters, adding to the last table.
spoonful of vinegar. Dry and press on
the wrong side with a cool iron
ELEANOR R. PARKER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Destiny has turned many man down
while he was waiting for something to turn
up.7Success Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Make most of the simple life while you
can. The campaign will open soon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Most of the teachers in the school of expe-
rience are very attractive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Many of these gains are greater than
the total membership of the organiza
tons tan years ago.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-07-15
THE SHIPS COW BoOED.
1t Heard the Foxhorn and Mistook It
fer . Relative-Th~ Mys-
terry Explained.

The captain of an English steamer
spun yarn the other day of the
mysterious "Boo-o-o" which answered
his foghorn. He was stcaming dow,
the channel. when the thick fog caInc
on. AT such times he never leaves
the bridge, and sounds the foghorn
himself. On this occasion, after
sounding the signal. he heard fog
horn in reply right ahead. lie turned
the ships head n point to avoid col
lision. and then sounded again.
Again the reply came "Boo-o-o," right
ahead as before.
The vessels head was put back to
the same position as at first, and once
more the foghorn was sounded. Still
the reply came, as before. right
ahead, "Boo-o-o."
ut was very strange; I could not
make 1t out" said the captain, tell
ing the yarn. 81 tried again; still
the same 'Boo-o-o' right ahead. A
feeling Of superstition began to creep
over me, and was giving myself n
mental shake to pull myself together.
when the lookout man forward called
out: It's the old COO. sir And 90
in truth it was-the milk COW keep. IN
the forecastle for the use of the sin.
She. no doubt, took the 'boo-o-o-ir--
OF the signal for the cry OF COM
panion in distress, and gave a sympa-
thetic response"