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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
PASSING OF PoRRIDGE.
Makes Way for the Better Food Of q
Better Day.

"Porridge is no longer used for
breakfast in my home" writes loyal
Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This
was an admission of no small signif-
canoe to one brought up" on the time
honored standby.
zone month ago." she continues, 81
bought a package of Grape-Nuts food
for my husband, who had been an in
valid for over year. He had passed
through a severe attack of pneumonia
and la grippe combined, and was left
in a very bad condition when they
passed away.
81 tried everything for his benefit,
but nothing seemed to do him any
good. Month followed month and he
still remained as weak as ever. I was
almost discouraged about him when
l got the Grape-Nuts, but the result
has compensated me for my anxiety.
'In the one month that he has eaten
Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pounds
in weight, his strength is rapidly re-
turning to him, and he feels like a
new man. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts
food, and are the better for it. Our
little 5-year-old boy, who used to suffer
from pains in the stomach after eating
the old-fashioned porridge, has no
more trouble since he began to use
Grape-Nuts, and have no more doc
tors bills to pay for him.
1--WE use Grape-Nuts with only sweet
cream, and find it the most tasty dish
in our bill of fare.
Last Monday l ate teaspoonfuls
of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast,
nothing else, then set to work and got
my mornings work done by o'clock,
and felt less tired, much stronger than
If. had made my breakfast on meat,
potatoes, etc., as used to. I wouldn't
be without Grape-Nuts in the house
for any money" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's a reason.
Read the little book, t'1he Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

hanging there. Just then the boss
canvasman came along, and he said:
Hello, old man, what you doing up
there" and pa said some Of the pi-
rates in the show had kidnapped him,
and seemed to be holding him up
for a ransom, and he said he would
give ten dollars If some one would let
him down.
The boss canvasman said he could fixit
for ten, all right, and he blew whistle,
and the gang came back, and the boss
said: Bring a blanket and help this
gentleman down." so they brought a
big piece of canvas, with handles all
around it, and about a dozen fellows
held it, and the rope man let pa down
on the canvas, and unhitched the ring,
and when pa was in the canvas ne
laughed and said: Thanks, gentle
men, guess am not much OF a
horseback rider" and then the fellows
pulled on the handles of the canvas,
and by gosh, pa shot up into the air
halfway to the top of the tent, and
when he came down they caught him
in the canvas and tossed him up
whole lot of times, until pa said: 20,
let up, and make it $40" Just
then the proprietor who had intro
duced pa to the men came in and saw
what was going on, and he said:
Here, you heather, you quit this naz-
ing right here" and they let pa down
- thu RING and he P0t
up and pulled his pants down, that had
got up above his knees, and shook
himself, and took out his roll, and
peeled off a 500 bill and gave it to the
canvasman, and he shook hands with
them all, and said he liked a joke as
we'll as anybody, and for them to
spend the money to have good time
and they all laughed, and patted pa
on the back, and said he was a dead
game sport, and would be an honor to
the profession, and that now that ne
had taken the first degree as circus
man, he could call on them TO- any
sacrifice, or any work, and he would
find that they would be Johnny on
the spot.
Then we went out to the dining
tent and took dinner with the crowd,
and had jolly time. There was a
woman trapeze performer on one side
of pa at dinner, and she began to
kick at once about the meals, and
when the waiter brought a piece OF
meat to us ala great big piece, that
looked like corned beef, she said:
For heavens sake, amt that elephant
that died all been eaten up yet" and
then she told pa that they had been
fed on that deceased elephant, until
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS.

One Of the fads of ITO was the
wearing of two watches.
The drum is said to have been the
first musical instrument of the human
race.
Four shillings per annum was the
rent of five-roomed house in Henry
Wills time.
Records of Firfax county, Virginia,
show that George Washington owned
at the age of q $4,000 acres of land,
and in 1890 the Washington family had
killed $50 hogs for their use.
New York was first called Gotham by
Washington Irving and j. X. Paulding
IN their humorous work "Salmagundi,"
in sarcastic allusion to the singular
wisdom of its inhabitants. There is a
Gotham in England, seven miles from
Nottingham, the people of which are
usually styled 1.-The wise men of Goth
am" because for hundreds Of years
they have been credited with saying
and doing the most foolish things.
Automatic cooking boxes were in
general use among the Hebrews nearly
1000 years ago. The Greek and Ro-
man writer's frequently refer to them.
IL his edition of "Juvenal," for exam
PIE, Friedlander cites a commentator
who refers to "the Jews who, day be-
fore the Sabbath, put their viands hot
into the cooking boxes, the pots being
covered with napkins and wrapped
about with hay, so that they may have
warm faod on the Sabbath"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

full Of fun, and he went off to attend
to some business and left pa with the
gang. They were practicing riding
bare-backed horses around the ring,
with rope hitched in belt around
the waist of the rider, and an arm
swinging around from the center pole,
SO If they fell off the horse the rope
would prevent the rider from falling
to the ground, a practice that the
best riders adopt early in the season.
the same as new beginners, cause they
are all stiffened up by being out of
practice. One man rode around a
few times, and pa got up close to the
ring, and was making some comments,
such as: why, any condemned fool
could ride horse that way" when the
circus gang as quick as you could say
scat, fastened a belt around pas stom-
ach, that had ring in it, and before
he knew it they had hitched snap
in the ring, and pa was hauled up as
high as the horse, and his feet rested
on the horses back, and the horse
started on gallop.
Well, say, pa was never so surprised
in his life, but he dug his heels into
the horses back, and tried to look
pleasant, and the horse went half way
around the ring, and just as pa was
getting confidence, some one hit the
horse on the ham with a piece of
board, and the horse went out from
under pa and he began to fall over
backwards, and l thought his circus
career would end right there, when
the man who had hold of the rope
pulled up, and pa was suspended in
the air by the ring in the belt, back
up, and stomach hanging down like
pillow, his watch dangling about a
foot down towards the ring, and the
horse came around the ring again and
as he went under pa, pa tried to get
his feet on the horses back, but he
couldn't make it work, and pa. said,
as cross as could be: "Lookahere, you
fellers, you let me down, or will dis
charge every mothers son of you"
But they didn't seem to be scared
for one man caught the horse and let it
out Of the ring, and the man who
handled the rope tied 1t to the center
pole by half hitch, and the fellows
all went into the dressing-room to
l play cineh on the trunks. leaving pa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

| they all felt like they had trunks
growing out of their heads, and pa
poked the meat with his fork, and
thought it was elephant, and he lost
his appetite, and everybody laughed.
eat some of it, and if it was ele-
plant, it was all right.
Well, when dinner was about over,
all filled their glasses to drink to the
health Of pa, the old stakeholder and
new manager, and pa got up and
bowed, and made little speech, and
when he sat down one of the circus
girls was in his chair, and he sat in
her lap, and the crowd all yelled, ex-
cept a Spanish bull-fghter, who
seemed to be the husband of the wom-
blood, but the old circus manager took
him away to save pa from trouble,
and he glared back at pa, and 1 think
he will stab pa with dirk knife
We got out of the dining tent, and
went to the barn, where the animals
are kept all winter, and pa wanted me
to become familiar with the habits of
the beasts, cause they were to be in pa
charge, with the keepers of the diff
ferent kinds of animals to report to
pa. Nobody need tell me that ami
mails have no human instincts, and do
not know how to take joke. We
are apt to think that wild animals in
captivity are worrying over being
confined in cages, and gazed at and
commented on by curious visitors, and
that they dream of the free life they
lived in the jungles, and sigh to go
back where they were captured, and
prowl around for food, but you can't
fool me. Animals that formerly had
to go around in the woods, hungry
half the time, and occasionally gorg-
ing themselves on dead animal, and
sleeping out in the rain in all kinds
Of weather, know when they have
struck a good thing in a menagerie.
with clean straw to sleep in, and when
they are hungry all they have to do
is to sound their bugle and they have
pre-digested beefsteak and breakfast
food brought to them on silver plat
ter, and If the food is not to their lik-
ing, they set up kick like a star
boarder at a boarding house. Their
condition in the show, in its changed
condition from that Of their native
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Convincing Evidence.

Winthrop, CAL, Nov. Goth (SpeciaD.-
A plain and straight forward story is
always the most convincing. And that is
what has impressed us most in reading
the testimonials in regard to Dodd's
Davis Lewis, of this place, bears the ring
and stamp of truth upon it. He. says
81 was troubled for six months with
dull, heavy pains in the small of my back,
sometimes it passed into my stomach, at
other times up between my shoulders.
When it was in my stomach l was
doubled up, and hardly knew what to do
for the pain. I was advised to, take all
out getting any relief. Then some one
told me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. l
got a box and began taking them. The
first few doses gave me relief; by the
time had finished them all the pain was
gone and have been well ever since"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
GRATEFUL TO cUTlcURA.
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of
Raw and Scaly Humor, Itching
Day and Night for Many
Months.

'T do wish you would publish this let
ter so that others suffering as l have may
see it and be helped. For many months
awful sores covered my face and neck,
scabs forming, which would swell and
itch terribly day and night, and then
break OPEN, running blood and matter.
l had tried many remedies, but was
growing worse, when started with Cuti.
cura. The first application gave me in,
slant relief, and when l had used two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes
of Cuticura Ointment, I was completely
cured (Signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Wiele, Lakeside, N. Y"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

for ten weeks. After being given up,
1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills. In
a couple of months regained my old
health, and now weigh 1873 pounds
Twelve boxes did it, and have been
well two years."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Japanese Moderation.

Instead of using swords or knouts on
the populace of Toxic, the authorities
let them assemble in mass geeting and
give voice to their feelings on the
peace negotiated at Portsmouth. There
is nothing that relieves the excitement
Of mob quicker than few whereases
followed by some stirring resolves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Sure to Get the Verdict.

But" said the lawyer, ''your case
seems hopeless. l don't see what | can
do for you. You admit that you beat
your wife,"
''Yes," replied the defendant, "but my
wife's testimony will discount that
Shed never admit that she was beaten"
Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Not a Lightweight.

You've made a mistake in your pa
per" said the indignant man, entering
the editorial sanctum. 81 was one of
the competitors at that athletic match
yesterday, and you have called me the
well.known lightweight champion.
. Melii aren't tE your! sad aid the editor.
ccnfoundedly awkward, because, you
see. I'm a coal merchant" STRAY
Stories
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
1nte11irent Snidar

A superstitious subscriber who found
. spider in his paper wants to know if it
is bad omen. Nothing of the kind.
The spider was merely looking over the
paper to see who was not advertising, so
it could spin its web across the store door,
ard thus be free from observation-disclosures
(Kan.) Signal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24


quarters OK the show, in little town,
on farm just outside, where the tent
is put up and the animals are being cared
for in barns, and the performers are
limbering up their joints, wearing
overcoats to turn fiip-faps, and every
body has a cold, and looks blue. and
all are anxious for warm weather.
Pa created a sensation when we ar
rived by his stunning clothes, his jet
black chin whiskers, and his watch
chain over his checkered vest, and
when the proprietors introduced pa to
the performers and hands, as an old
stakeholder in the show, who would
season, and pa smiled on them with
a frown on his forehead, and said he
hoped his relations with them would
be pleasant, one of the old canvasmen
remarked to girl who rides two
horses at once, with the horses
strapped together, so they can't get
too far apart and cause her to break
in two, said that old goat with the
silk hat would last just about four
weeks, and that he reminded the can
vasman of big dog which barked
at people as though he would eat
them, and at the same time wagged
his tail, so people would not think he
was so COMPOUNDED dangerous.
The principal proprietor of the cir
Gus told pa to make himself at home
around the tent, and not be offended
at any pleasantly on the part of the
attaches of the show, for they were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

fifteen years L had
kidney troubles, and
though I doctored
faithfully, could not
find a cure. I had
heavy b a elk a h e s,
dizzy headaches and
terrible urinary dis
orders. One day I
collapsed, fell in
sensible on the side
W ak, a n d TIL e n
wasted away in bed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Ton Much So.

Fuddle-You know Stocks. don't you!
Doctor-He is patient of mine.
Pretty wide-awake man, isn't he"
insomnia. STRAY Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
Two Glasses.

Great Statesman (amazed)-You
don't seem to take much interest in
politics.
Citizen-N-o. I'm earning my living
in another way.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
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Taken Up.

Authors Wife-A penny for your
thoughts, my dear.
Author-Please hold that open till ]
hear from my publishers.-Puck.
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Go East via the Nickel Plate Roa,

Lowest rates via the Nickel Plate Road
and its eastern connections to all points
in Eastern and New England States.
Three elegant through trains daily to
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston.
Meals served in Dining Cars on the Indi
vidual Club Plan, at prices ranging from
IS cents to $l.00. Also service la carte.
Luxurious Sleeping Cars on all trains. No
excess fare charged on any train on the
Nickel Plate Road, and service as good as
the best. For full information regarding
rates, connections, sleeping car reserva.
tions, etc., address J. Y. Callahan. General
Agent, ll3 Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

While the little dog is barking the
big one is likely to quietly abscond with
the bone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24

You can never make a man believe that
he can't afford to pay five times as much
for his dinner in a restaurant where every
body is looking at him as he can at home
N, Y. Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
WASTED TO A SHADOW.
But Found a Cure After Fifteen Years
of Suffering.

A. 81. Stotts, messenger at the State
Capitol, Columbus, O., says: "For
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-24
PECK'S BAD
| BOY WITH
THE CIRCUS
By HON. GEORGE W. PECK
Author Of "Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Etc.
"a 81
By HON. GEORGE W. PECK
Author Of "Peck's Bad Boy Abroad" Etc.
(Copyright by J. B. BOwles.I

The Bad Boy Visits the Circus in Win
ter Quarters-He Meets the Circus
Performers-Dad Rides a Horse
and Gets Tossed in Blanket-The
Bad Boy Goes "Kangarooing"-
Pas Clothes Cause Excitement
Among the Animals-A Monkey
Steals His Watch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21

Look at Of fancy wored at from SIS to So Ex
anime them critically fabric. suit that will
want when you try and stand in front Of the glass
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21
IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS WERE
HELD AT LINCOLN, NEBRAS.
KA, TODAY.
Every State and Territory In the Unit
ed States Was Represented BY
Delegates.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. I'll Three i'm
portant conventions opened their an
nual sessions here today; the National
Prison Association of the United
States, the National Prison Physicians
association and the National Prison
Chaplains' associations. All three or
organizations practically belong to-
gether and nave been organized for the
purpose of improving and reforming
the prison system in the United States
in regard to their general administra-
ton and management, their hygienic
conditions and their moral and relig-
ious side. Every state in the union
and every territory is represented by
delegates appointed by the respective
state AMI territorial governments and
the United States government is es-
pecially represented by the Rev. J. L.
Milligan, who for years has represent
ed the United States government at
various national and international
prison congresses in this country and
Europe. The three conventions will
continue until next Thursday. Wash
ington was represented by Rev. John
LIE Cornu Of Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21
BEEF TRUST PLOT.
Independent Packers Must Tell of Con.
tracts Made With Trust.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Subpoenas have
been issued and are being issued daily
from the office of District Attorney
Morrison for the heads of various
packing firms, who are believed to
hold contracts in which they promise
never to engage in the packing bust
ness in competition with the National
Packing company or until given per-
mission.
These contracts, which the govern
ment is straining every effort to OBJ
tain, through the subpoenas and it's
secret service agents, are believed to
be in possession of heads Of the indie
pendent packing companies.
Seven men now in Chicago have
been served with these subpoenas to
appear with all theri records, books
and papers and any sort of contract in
their possession by Nov. 1. The gov
eminent is using every means in keep
ing these subpoenas secret, but the
packers have learned of the move it is
declared, and the information has
caused considerable comment. This
testimony will be used by the govern
ment to show that the National Pack
ing company is practically a clearing
house, and that by it's organization
trade, commerce and competition were
thWarted.
The local government officials are
awaiting the decision from Judge J.
Otis Humphrey in connection with the
demurrer filed by the packers to the
indictment against the packers. Judge
has returned to Springfield
and is expected to arrive in Chicago
next Monday morning, when he will
most likely deliver his decision.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21

the whites of Redwood county, where
he soon saw and fell in love with
young white girl, Miss Ada M. Char
ter. His wife having meanwhile
sought divorce from him, which he
thought had been properly granted, he
wooed, won and married Miss Charter,
in spite Of her fathers opposition. In
his anger Mr.. Charter resorted to re-
venge. He discovered the fact of the
first marriage of Hebard and that he
had not been properly divorced. So
his arrest, conviction and imprison-
ment followed.
Thursday Hebard gained his free
dom; met Miss Charter in the execu-
tive office in st. Paul, and brought
Ter here for a second marriage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21
J. II. TIMMONS. TRANSFER

The Statesman prints today's news
COdav.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21
SIGHTLESS ELEVEN FROM KEN
lucky SCHOOL PUT UP A
SNAPPY GAME.
They Make An Excellent Showing
Against Players Superior In
Weight, Also In Vision.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 20.-Though
they played snappy game, the foot
ball team of the Kentucky Institute for
the Blind was defeated today by the
Crescent Hill football team by a score
of rs to 0. The Crescent Hill team is
composed Of strong players and out
weighs the blind boys. Notwithstand-
ing these handicaps, however, the
blind team put up a good exhibition,
the stars being Captain Elwood, Short,
who played full, and Baxter Coodert,
right guard.
Professor Gregory, VINO is athletic
instructor at the institute and devised
game of baseball for blind boys,
which is now in use in various institu
tons throughout the country, has
slightly modified the rules of football.
The game, however, is practically like
that played by seeing" boys. The
same kind of signals are used and the
ball is put into place in the same way.
Professor Gregory says that with
little more practice mis- men will i'm
prove their team work till it is as ac-
curate as it was last season, when
they defeated several strong teams
They go into the sport as enthusiasts
tically as though blessed with vision,
but will have no roughness or brutal
ity about it. They work by the sound
of their mates, aided by the shouts or
these in the crowd, who invariably
help out the blind boys.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-21
FROM PRISON TO BRIDAL.
Pardoned From Saltwater, WEEDS Be-
fore Brides Parents Object.

+ HUDSON, Wis, Oct. 21.-A re-
markable romance, full of live, hard
ships and sorrow, eliminated at the
courthouse in this city last night when
Miss Ada M. Charter and John w. He
bard were pronounced man and wife
by o. w. Arnquist, probate judge of
Minneapolis On an evening train and
drove straight to the courthouse,
where they secured a permit to marry
from County Clerk H. S. Offerdahl
and Judge Arnquist granted them right
to be welded Immediately instead of
waiting the five tedious days pre-
scribed by law. They had stolen away
from the big city and they were in ex-
IRENE haste to marry in order to out
wit the father of the bride.
Mr.. Hebard came direct from the
penitentiary at Saltwater, where he
had been confined for six months. He
was sent to the prison from Redwood
county, Minnesota convicted of having
two wives, the father of the second
having been the prosecuting witness
against him. Hebard was born in
the wilderness and grew up among
Indians. When a mere STRIPPING he
married an Indian maiden, but the
union proved unhappy. Her people
disliked him for his white skin and
taboed them both, until she grew SO
tired of her solitary life that she left
another man.
Then Hebard went to live among