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Rut YOU will say. "Prove it to me-.
ask YOU to prove it to yourseff.
cannot prove it to you. No man can.
Won must make the experiment 1or
Yourself. You must prove it y0urseI1:
Here is a man with his eyes bandaged
tight who cries, "YOu say that the
sunshine is beautiful, the grass green.
the roses red. Prove it to me-. Wnat
will YOU do? There is no possible wa!
in which you can prove the beauty OF
the world to this man with Dandaged
ewes "Or with the bandage! you
cry. "Open your eyes and look. trust
the evidence of your own senses. Inen
Won will believe" How does opening
the eyelids alter the relation between
NV ewes and the light? why. the gior-
ious revealing light comes In, thing
it cannot do to shut eyes. HOW does
breathing in alter the relation OF my
lungs to the air? Why. it brings the
air that was before outside OF me IN
side of me, Just where I absolutely
need it for very life, that is all. The
open soul takes God in. The shut soul
keeps God out, that is all. The immu-
table. eternal laws of light and air are
not changed, they are illustrated there
by. The immutable love of God is not
changed. Its glorious working Is Illus
trated when the believing soul opens
its gates and let's the King of Glory in.
Oh, friend, you who are hungry and
thirsty and have tried in a thousand
ways to find satisfaction and have
found it not, make another expert
ment-make the supreme venture OF
faith. Try trusting in God to the ut
most. Surrender yourself to the guild
ance Of His divine will. I believe that
thus you will find strength, comfort.
satisfaction and that your faith shall
prove itself in the deep experiences or
your life. You want me to prove to
you that prayer is effective and rea-
sonable. I will not try. I ask you.
rather, to prove it to yourself. Pray.
Talk to your Father. Listen to His
voice. Then you will no longer be ask
ing for proof that prayer is effective.
You will have evidence in yourself.
There is God and He is our Father,
and He reveals Himself and His love
to men; not to q few men. but to all
men. His spirit will bear witness with
your spirit if you will open the eyes
and ears of the spirit to hear and see.
Sorrows may encompass you. temp
tations may harass you, disappoint-
ments may come to you. Still trust.
poor soul; trust as never before. Trust
in the Lord and He shall bring 1t to
pass. Cast thy burden on the Lord and
He shall sustain thee. Out Of the
depths of the souls experience were
these words uttered. They can be
proved true in the deep experience Of
the soul to which they appeal.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORN01B
NOVEM Der TWELFTH.
The Dangers Of Indulgence. Prov u
1885; lisa. 5:2225.
Some Bible Hints.

If we never look upon a temptaioi
we are in no danger from it, il 4
the man that stops to look that is IN
peril.
The wise man learns to consitg
everything with regard not to Isl
beginning, but it's ending, and ask
at the opening Of every road. Whit
err does 1t lead?"
Why Go men call il strong drh
when it leads to nothing but weaF
ness, and captures only weak men
The more worthless thing. TIE
more rapidly and easily does fire con
sumo it; one way to combat the W
of sin is to toss the chat ont Of you
nature.
Suggestions.
When we say 'Onee more-dh
this is positively the lat ilme' Il Il
not the last time. Il
When we indulge in any sl7' ~
us remember that it is not an n'~
gence of ourselves alone it is an "
diligence of Satan.
The danger of any sin is mol
the possibility of greater sin, bul
the sin itself, which MAJ fix Us
evil. IL
The indulgence of the MIND, u
sire ana brooding. is as pfrloG,,
the indulgence of the a'ei l'seN
Illustrators
The man who tried how cose
the precipice he could drive tiscqs
ed that the precipice wa unae'i"'D'
at the edge. ;,
The chains Of habit are iofGeu
the blows of time--every hoor !"
is a new hammer stroke s.|
The lower a man goes, The NOV ,,r
weighs. and the harder II IS io'
to rise.
Temperance Training
A society temperance plrats ~
be hung upon the wal, win 'ne
natures of all the members "pV ,,,:
Plan for the temperanc' nieg"" >;
long in advance. and make 'D'"
strong as possible. ro,r
Introduce into every 'eli'i. ..r.
meeting some account oi r''e" lo,rs.:
perance victories, and the pV'
of the movement. .,,e
Learn what are the TEMP .ort
laws of your own State ana e'""'
ty, and how they are KEEP ,,..s
Why should not the '.nr o-o.
committee learn. for the iil' ."r,r,,
of voters, the position as 10 ,e~ IN
ance of the candidate p"''
people for election?
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New Material for p.n.-

samples OF the papaya, or Mexican
pawpaw, have been sent to American
paper makers to be tested for it's
adaptability for the manufactures ~
nigh grades of paper. To Judge from
its appearance. it seems probable
mat no decorticating machinery would
oe required in its treatment, as the
nDrous material is devoid of woody
elements to all appearances.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

Soda. il c-pcr-cent. 5olUt.cn, is
recommended by Professor Es.narch,
OF Cottilgcn, as the best means of dis
injecting eating Utensils.
Flre dust mixed thoroughly with
email portion of clay has been used
successfully as fuel at the ohnstown
plant of the Cambria Steel Company.
The first Geographic longitude sta
ton il Labrador has been established
ct Chateau Bay by DR.. Otto Klotz,
Dominion astronomer, il conjunction
with Sir William MacCregor, Governor
of Newfoundland.
1t has been suggested that the excel
lent showing made by steel cars in
collision is due to the fact that the
wooden cars in the train with them
acted as cushions and lessened the
force OF shock.
At an inquest in London. a medical
expert testified: THE man had a weak
digestion, and if mushrooms are not
quite fresh when eaten they are apt
to have serious effects in the cases of
persons with weak digestions."
Walter RothschilG, NJ P, who re-
Gently spent three weeks at Cauterets.
i'll France. near the Pyrenees, brought
home to England with him nearly 1000
specimens of butterflies to add to the
million he already has.
A storing of sun heat in some of the
small salt lakes of Hungary was OBJ
served as far back as in 1901 bv
Kalecsinsky, who recorded the results
of his investigations in a paper before
the Hungarian Academy OF Sciences.
He showed the warm layer of the
Szovata salt lakes. which lies at a Ger
tain depth below the surface between
two colder layers and which is sew
eral meters in depth, to have neces
sariiy derived its heat from the sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
G0dsa WIN

You may be doing Gods will with
one hand cOnsecrated to Christ and
making your own autobiography with
the other consecrated to self.-Henry
Drummond.
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Here's a Fashion TIP

A South African tailor Is 81, ~, NJ
or of a coat which may oe VIZ ,, n
entire day without being r. he
place. The wearer starts gu, 10, ,ss
morning with a short-'3'.ea ''I hi. D
is quite in the proper 'l'o', .o's ti
the afternoon draws Oh Ne not:
need of a frock and lac15 'o aor d
skirts to the short fo9H1e o. lirrs
second change is needed ,o' os b!
but he has merely TO eaa ,,s- e,.,
skirts, and behold him III P'on ass 81
ing dress. The chanee - 'r ar. u
lacing, and herein lies 'ha ani,st!
though the change can ~ q -erIa'
effected. there is no W., SAP
the lacing from an ora .Di' ,e-a,ps'
and so long as plain h'e' Us re oe;
the additional skirts pro. ''
err with three garmcniS !" W
The Danube fov' ,I.' LAKES y
tries IL which fifty-JTo '''S
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

Soda. il c-pcr-cent. solrt.on, is
recommended by Professor Es:narch.
OF Cottilgcn, as the best means of dis
injecting eating Utensils.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

FlCe dust mixed thoroughly with
email portion of clay has been Used
successfully as fuel at the Johnstown
plant of the Cambria Steel Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09
EPW0RTH LEAGUE lFss1I}
SUNDAY. NOVEMsER :,

The Dangers Of lndul,e,..
%. 1855; lisa. 3. 1926. remna, w.
ance Meetinp
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water, is testimony enough for him that
somewhere there must exist water to
satisfy his thirst, so the thirst of tb.
human soul for God. this mighty CRY
That goes up from every human soul.
is 1nexpllcable except upon the ground
that God is and that somehow His
spirit can bear witness with our spirits
that we are children of God. When
YOU nave convinced me that the love Of
man for woman. of mother for child ia
without meaning or purpose then I
VIII believe that this longing of the I'm,
man soul for God is not to be trusted.
until that time I know that have ev-
1dence in myself that God is and that
l am related to Him. MAY we not trust
this deepest and divinest instinct of
human nature? If not. what can we
trust? We
You tell me that you will trust vour
eyesight. But why? If the Thought or
GOD Is delusion. why may not the
whole visible universe be q delusion2
II my instructive outreaching after thar
which Is holy is a lie. why NAV not
Wnat l seem to see be another li,.s
You say that you will trust your rea-
son! May not that also be another de-
fusion: Two times two are four
you say. always have been, alwavs
Will be-" But how do Won know
Have you any right from your own
petty experience to assume t..at some
thing was true million years ago and
VIII De true million years hence: But
you 10 assume that. You must trust
your reason. Then why not trust This
deeper instinct of the human sonI
which cries out for God and can no sat-
istled with nothing less? RELIGION :.
It's own evidence. The man who trnsts
ana surrenders himself to God dos
nor need to have it proven to him that
God is. His spirit beareth witness
WIN our spirit that we are children OF
NVu. -.za-..i-. ~ =. .s:.:sAe. =. :.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

The Danube foT5 '.,sres
tries IL which fifty-J"o
dialects arc spoken.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

.TOD" ELKUM'S
AUTOMOBILE TRAP.
a q q q q q q q q q
nv Howard p. Garis.

Thanksgiving there was a
o consultation among the i'll
l. mates of the MOrrisville
~roc bald TN,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24
Operations of Munroe Brothers. the "Laun-
dry" Brokers in Wall Street.
BEGAN ON CAPITAL OF Sl,6OO.O0
Before Many Months the Two Young Men Were
Dealing in Millions and Hobnobbing With
Gothan's Most Influential Men
Their Dreams of Wealth
Rudely Shattered.

had sold goods to the National City bank.
With that reference there seemed to be
no doubt that the firm was financially
good" The furniture concern sent up
$500 worth of goods, together with a
bill. Munroe & Munroe made a few
more purchases in the course of week,
raising the bill to $3.50.
The bill wasn't paid in October. Still
the furniture man didn't think it worth
while to press such excellent Gus
toners. In November a short and very
polite reminder was sent. No answer.
And still McHugh & Co. were not wor-
ried until, on December 2, along came a
collector for another firm to whom they
were also indebted, who had heard that
McHugh had trusted MunrOe & MunrOe;
also that things didn't look quite right.
He dropped in to give a friendly little
business tip.
Joseph Ntzhugh, decided to brook the
possible wrath of the National City
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The NEIGHBORS ALL
USE THEM NOW.
Quick Cure of Rheum afism by Dodd's
Kidney Pflls-HOw They Saved
the Shop of q Kansas Black
smith Cure Was Per-
manent Too.

Goodland, Kan, Feb. 2Oth.-(SpeciaD
SO quick and complete was the cure of
N. E. Albertson, local blacksmith, tnat
it almost seems like miracle. lie had
Rheumatism so bad he feared he would
have to give up his shop. One box of
Dodd's Kidney Pills drove away all the
pains and they have never returned.
Speaking of his cure, Mr.. Albertson says:
IL had Rheumatism in my shoulders
and arms for years. Part of the time it
was so bad 1 could not sleep at night
My arm hurt so that it seemed ] would
have to give up my blacksmith shop. l
box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and tool;
them. I have not had the Rheumatism
since. A great many of the neighbors
are using Dodd's Kidney Pills since they
saw how they cured me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24

New York.-"Failure in Wall Street"
This is headline that is often seen in
Gotham dailies, but it seldom creates
much comment. 1t only records the
fact that another firm has been caught
on the wrong side of the market and
forced to suspend.
But the bankruptcy proceedings re-
Gently instituted against the Munroe
brothers reveal a remarkable story of
the operations of two young men whose
only business experience before their
advent among bulls and bears had con-
sisted in the selling of collars and neck
ties in a distant and virtually foreign
city, who came to New York with prac-
tically no capital and in the course of
a few months were dealing in millions
and negotiating with some of the most
influential fnanciers of the street"
until the inevitable crash came.
They hobnobbed with millionaires
and some of the best men of the metrop
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24
I M11MowKoehne
Nervous exhaustion invites disease.

nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and You break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face Pushes, and YOU grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any,
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building up
at once To build up womans nerv-
Gus system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Here is an
illustration. Mrs. Mary L. Koehne. 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"1haveused Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for years in my family and it
never disappoints so when I felt that was
nearing the change of life commenced treat
ment with it. l took in all about six bottles
and it did me great deal Of good. 1t
stopped my dizzy spells, pains in my back
and the headaches with which / had suffered
for months before taking the Compound. 1
feel that if it had not been for this great med
icine for women that l should not have been
alive to-day. 1t is splendid for women, old or
young, and will surely cure all female disCr-
ders."
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
is at their service. free of cost.
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oils and saw visions of wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice for themselves,
but. as a shrewd veteran of Wall street
said, the game grew too big for them"
Plan of the Brokers.
James Stillman, president of the Ma
tional City bank. describes the transac-
tons by which Munroe & Munroe, the
laundry" brokers. obtained from the
bank daily loan of 100000 for eight
days on an unindorsed and unsecured de-
mand notes for the purpose of washing
hundreds of thousands of shares of Mon
real & Boston Consolidated mining
stock in the curb market, as the act of
junior officer of that institution
That junior officer was Archibald G.
Loomis, second vice president Of the
bank and the leading member of the
Montreal and Boston underwriting syn
dictate. Of course there had to be some
body upon whom the responsibility could
be placed by the public for the unusual
transactions, and the-curiosity of men
on the street was satisfied when Mr.
Loomis resigned.
1t should be said, however, that in the
transactions the bank was in no way dis
credited. The $4,000 borrowed were
paid back by Munroe & Munroe before
the close of banking hours each day, so
that the bank lost nothing.
An interesting phase of the negotia-
lions was that the Munroes, unknown
and untried youths, became close per-
sonal friends of LOOMS.
Began on Capital of 81, $780,
The worldly capital of the Munroes
when they quit the genteel occupation of
gents furnishers in Montreal to take up
even a more genteel occupation in New
York, was about 1000.
The furniture in the Office would have
cost more than that-if it had been paid
for, and reflected great credit upon the
good taste of the gentlemen. The desks
were of the finest and most expensive
make and the furnishings lavish. There
was a grill of chastely ornamental iron
work which confined the cashier, and
probably kept him from absconding
with the firms heavily bonded debt.
The furniture included a set of big
easy leather-lined chairs and an impos-
ing sofa. Taere were other tasteful
touches about the place, and everything
suggested to the uninitiated that untold
wealth was at their command.
But it was these same furnishings
that first brought the trouble that result
ed in BANKRUPTCY proceedings.
Bankruptcy Proceedings Instituted.
About October /, Munroe & Munroe
approached McHugh & Co. They want
ed bill of goods sent up to their Broad
street offices.
They mentioned as reference the Ma
tional City bank, the institution which
afterward lent them 100000 daily on
their unsecured notes. McHugh & Co.
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The Beginning.

Until about four years ago, George
and Alexander Munroe kept a little
haberdashery shop in ST. GATHERINGS
street, Montreal. They were quite young
men and apparently devoted to thelr
business.
1t was generally understood that they
received financial backing from }. N.
Greenshields, a prominent Canadian
broker of that city. George Munroe
married a sister of Greenshields and
through his influence the brothers were
introduced in good circles. There mad
always been speculation as to whether
or not the haberdashery store prospered
but one day it was announced that the
Munroes had sold the store. AT this
time the mining craze was sprlnglng up
over the country, and the brothers went
down to the financial center OF Montreal
opened up an office and put out a sign
''Munroe & Munroe, Mining Brokers'
Move to New York.
Although they dealt in few stocks on
commission, it was generally conceaed
that their chief business was the hand
ling of mining stocks in which Green
shields was interested. Even in the
mining business, however, they failed
to attract any attention in Montreal, and
not long afterward they came to New
York and established themselves on
Broad street. in the very heart of the
financial district
While in Montreal they had become
connected with the Marconi Wireless
Telegraphy company, of Canada, and, as
it was understood that the stock was
valuable, they began to advertise it ex,
tensively on their arrival here, and
worked UP a wonderful trade among the
Italians, who were attracted in part, nc
doubt, because of their kinship of ma
tionality with the inventor.
Meantime the Munroes had also be.
come interested in the Montreal
Boston Consolidated Copper company
which is at the bottom of the presen,
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POINTS ON APPENDICITIS.
Jersey School Superintendent Turns
Loose on Vermiform Mis-
information.

Many layman has been 'stumped''
IN trying to master the intricacies of the
vermitorm appendix. But let everybody
take heart, says the New York Sun.
In an aristocratic New Jersey suburb
recently the superintendent OF public
schools was visiting a grade while lesson
IN, physiology was being demonstrated.
Inc teacher was explaining the construc-
ton of the spinal column. She compared
1t to string of beads in order to show its
formation, and drew diagram for further
illumination.
When the lesson was finished the SUPER
lntendent suggested that a most imDor-
tant feature of the spinal column had not
been explained.
1T is this curious, pointed section at
the base he said, indicating the end of
the vertebral column, which is called
the vermiform appendix. You have all
heard of appendicitis? Very good. Well.
that is the name given to a disease which
is caused by an inflammation of this APP
pendix. An operation for appendicitis
means an amputation Of this useless APP
1endix."
There is a new superintendent of public
schools in that suburban New Jersey
town.
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bank and sent a collector down to Mum
roe & Munroe why, certainly" said
that firm, obligingly, and drew at once
a check for the full amount on Mon
treal bank.
McHugh & Co. deposited the check
that afternoon - December - and
thought no more of % for a week. AT
the end of the week back came the check
marked IN. G..
A member of the McHugh firm went
down to investigate. He found a clerk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24
CUTICURA PILLS
For Cooling and Cleansing the Blood
In TOrturing, Disfiguring HumOrs
go Chocolate Pills csc.

Cuticura Resolvent Pills Chocolate
ccated) are the product of twenty-five
years practical laboratory experience in the
preparation of remedies for the treatment
CT humors of the skin, scalp and blood,
with loss of hair, and are confidently be-
lieved to be superior to all other blood
purifiers, however expensive. Complete
external and internal treatment for every
Eumor may now be had for $l00, con-
sisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the
skin, Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set is often
sufficient to cure.
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won a 81 500 automobile in a rattle wishes
to keep and maintain the machine, but
cannot, and rails about the inequalities of
fortune. He seems to be insensible to
good fortune, as there are myriads of
clerks who never win automobiles.-Phlla-
delphia Ledger.
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from the sheriff's Office in charge of the
place.
In the week between the delivery of
that check and it's return with the two
fatal letters across its face Munroe &
Munroe had quit laundering copper
stocks and gone bust and the law had
taken possession.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24

the biggest stock market coups in the
history of the curb.
A scheme was formed to have the stock
of the company underwritten with the
special provision that the work should
be done by stock exchange firms, as
Munroe & Munroe were not members OF
the exchange. The stock was of par
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24
Pas Edict.

Ma Twaddles--John. I'm interested in
this j iu jitsu' I've been reading so much
about in the papers
Pa Twaddles T., if you bring an
other of those new breakfast foods into
the house leave. Now that settles it.
Cleveland Leader
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24
Millions of vegetables.

When the Editor read 10000 plants for
Ice, he could hardly believe it, but upon
second reading finds that the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. WIS, than
whom there are no more reliable and ex-
tensive seed growers in the world. makes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24

The chief trouble with the man de-
signed by nature for the small-potato con-
tingent lies in the fact that he will per-
sist in fancying that he is in the some
pumpkin set.-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-24

IT couldn't make it at poetry" said the
author, "but I've struck it rich at last,
for I've written a cook book, with only
a rhyme here and there between the vege-
tables" -Atlanta Constitution.