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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
ANOTHER GUESS COMING.
He Lived Next Door, But Not to Any
of the Four Points of the
Compass.

An old lawyer tells. in the BROOKLYN
Eagle, this story of one of his expert
ences. years ago in cross-examination.
Tie witness seemed to be disposed to
dodge his questions.
Sir" said the lawyer, sternly, you
need not state your impressions. We
want the facts. We are competent to
form our own impressions. Now, sir, an
swer me categorically."
From that time on he could get little
mere than yes" and mo- out of the wit
ness Presently the lawyer said:
you say you live next door to the de-
feEdant?" 49,.
Yes"
'"ro the north of him?" "
"No."
,"Lo the SOUTH"
mo"
WEI, to the west, them"
mo"
"Ah,'' said the lawyer, sarcasticaIly,
Eve are likely at last to get down to the
one real fact. You live to the east of him,
90 you?"
No"
'How is that, sir?" the astonished at.
torney asked. you say you live next
door to him. Yet he lives neither to tbs
north, south, east nor west of you. What
do you mean by that, sir?"
81 thought perhaps you were competent
to form the impression that we live in a
fat" said the witness, calmly; "but l see
l must inform you that he lives next door
above me-" a.- 49,.
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with eagerness. The enterprise proved
a great success, but before the pioneer
could repeat it he and his vessel were
lost at sea. ......
Presently another adventurer took
the matter in hand, one Capt. Baker
from Boston. The banana trade was
begun. AS the Times correspondent
says: Presently the West Indies were
toiling on the abandoned estates,
planting bananas; later on one schoon-
er became ten schooners, ten schoon-
ers became a dozen steamers. A great
fruit company sprang up, with Baker
at it's head. The British islands still
flew the union jack, but the circula-
ton was of American capital, and the
natives forgot pounds, shillings and
pence, and calculated in dollars, bits
and cents. This is the queer situation
to-day in the West Indies. With
American money the islands pay
tribute to Britain"
Though there is big money in
bananas, the cultivators and those that
transport the fruit have troubles o!
their own. 1t is no easy matter to ge'
this cargo safe and sound to it's north
ern destination. The fruit is expected
to ripen on the way, greatest care
must be taken that it experience
neither undue heat nor cold. The first
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any consideration Chat is for any con-
sideration that usually prompts people
to the cleaning of windows).
1t is the home of number of friends
of mine, and whole world of hopes
and hates and fears and ambitions and
passions and tragedies goes on among
them all day long They are only little
brown spiders; but anyone who watched
them closely and did not discern that
they were very much like human be-
ings must be dull-eyed and slow of
mind The window is barred on the
inner side with iron rods lido not jump
at the conclusion that l am in Jail,
please, which the spiders probably as
sumo were placed there to serve as sup
flies, gnats and tiny unclassified winged
things throng to the sunlit window, ap-
parently perfectly unconscious of the
nets and SHARES that await them.
Some of the spiders are so tiny that
they look like notes hanging on their
almost invisible webs; but they are all
evidently of the same species, and these
/ take to be the babies of the commu-
nifty. From the size of the head of
pin they range to that of large pea.
Each one has his own separate web,
the smallest no bigger in circumference
than silver dollar, and with threads so
fine that eyes grown dull by staring Vim
dictively at columns of figures can
scarcely see them. Although they are
so close to each other that when one
is touched by gnat it shakes the three
or four adjoining ones, only the spider
whose net has actually made the cap
ture ever pays any attention to it..
They appear to respect each others
boundaries absolutely, even the very
smallest making his capture and en-
joying it unmolested by his neigh
Dor, who may be much bigger than HIM
self.
The webs of the very little spiders
are too weak to hold prey as strong
as fly, so these very little fellows con-
tent themselves with minute gnats. and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
THE HABITUAL EXPRESSION.
Questions Which Many Persons in
Exalted Business Positions
Should Ask Themselves.

What kind of an expression do You
wear habitually? asks Orison SWEET Nav
den, in Success Magazine. Is it sour,
morose, repellent? Is it mean, stingy,
contemplate, uncharitable, intolerant ex-
preston? Do you wear the expression
of a bulldog, grasping, greedy, hungry
expression. which indicates an avaricious
nature? Do you go about among en-
pioyes with a thundercloud expression.
with melancholy, Respondent, hopeless
sunshine expression which radiates good
cheer and hope, which indicates feel
ing of good will and of helpfulness? Do
people smile and look happier when you
approach them, or do they shrink from
you, and feel chilly goose-fesh sensa-
ton come over them as they see you ap-
ploach?
1t makes all the difference in the world
TO you and to those whom you influence
what kind of an expression you wear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
ODE TO "RooTERs..

Now bark We. merry rooters. for the rattle
of the fray
All hail the joyous season that began on
yesterday
The training in the Southland is matter
of the past,
Behold the last years pennant proudly
floating from its mast.
Behold the long and crowding line; reluc-
family it waits,
Its progress all too snail-like as it surges
through the gates.
Bring forth your trusty megaphone, your
score card and your pass.
When the grass is on the diamond and the
shortstops on the grass.
In far off Cincinnati, in the palace Of the
fans,
A mighty din betokens the arrival Of the
clans.
Chicago in ST. Louis, and Boston in New
York,
And everywhere horde of fans with hearts
as light as cork.
And everywhere a panic with the umpire's
strident call,
And everywhere the ecstasy that greets the
cry play BALL"
Say, is it not picture no great artist can
surpass,
When the grass is on the diamond and the
shortstop's on the grass?
The same old demonstration as the warm
ing up begins,
The same old laughter when foul bounds
off the catcher's shins.
The same old trusty pitcher with his SLOW
one" and his speed
And other tricks pitcher turns in order
to succeed
The infield all a-quiver, the outfie!d calmly
tense.
The long hard drive that caroms off the
farthest bit of fence.
And many a merchant shrieks with joy,
and many a dainty lass,
When the grass is on the diamond and the
shortstop's on the grass.
w. +. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Many women long for child to bless
their homes, but because of some de-
bility or displacement of the female
organs they are barren.
Preparation for healthy maternity is
accomplished by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound more successfully
than by any other medicine, because it
gives tone and strength to the entire
female organism, curing all displace-
ments, liberation and Inflammation.
F.: A woman who is in good physical
condition transmits to her children the
blessings of a good constitution. Is
not that an incentive to prepare for a
healthy maternity?
If expectant mothers would fortify
themselves with Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which for thirty
years has sustained thousands of
women in this condition, there would
be a great decrease in miscarriages, in
suffering. and in disappointments at
birth.
The following letters to Mrs. Pink
ham demonstrate the power of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in
such cases.
Mrs. L. G. Glover, President of
milwaukee, DuSlncSS "Oudu hSSoCld-
ton, of GA Grove Street, Milwaukee,
Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 was married for several years and no
children blessed our home The doctor said
l had complication of female troubles and
could not have any children unless could
be cured. For months took his medicines
trying in vain for a cure, but at last my hus-
band became disguised and suggested that ]
MANY Wcmeu Nave Reen ReueflfeH h,
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cargo brought to this country arrived
half rotten; now large part of the
import comes in excellent condition.
The temperature is taken frequently of
that part of the ship where the precious
fruit is stored, and after Cape Hat
teras is reached the matches, which
have been left open to allow of free
passage of air about the ripening
bananas, are closed down. The cold
chills the fruit, retards its ripening
and gives it an unpleasant taste. From
the Bahamas to within 100 miles Of
Cape Hatteras (Which some of us may
have forgotten is off North Carolina)
all goes well; after that, utmost care
must be used to keep the fruit prop
erly conditioned.
KATHERINE POPE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

red skin and orange-colored pulp, good
only after it was cooked, either boiled:
baked or fried.
But to live up to our title and tell
something of the story of the banana.
Years ago we got what bananas we used
from Florida, but now the West Indies
furnish us with big part of this de-
sirable fruit. And very glad are the
West Indies that Uncle Sam has shown
such fondness for the product that
grows so well in their confines, very
glad that now big fruit steamers are
needed to carry away the export.
When England, so years ago, plunged
it's British colonies into the sugar
crisis" by means o. an act equalizing
the sugar duties on British and foreign
productions, the West Indian colonies
went to pieces. AL the available land
was in sugar cane, and when the act
worked changes numbers of the es-
tates had to be abandoned, the once
prosperous land became place with
a past, but no present, and little hope
of future. One day along came a
Yankee trading schooner, the skipper
casting his eye about for what he might
devour. That eye lighted on bananas,
and though at this time it was food
the West Indians fed to the pigs, he de-
cided to take cargo of it home, re-
marking that he needed ballast anyway
He offered the people something like
five cents bunch for cutting the fruit
and bringing it aboard, and the power
ty-stricken residents accepted the offer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Were Good for Both.

Paulding, Miss, May l5th.-(Special)
In this neighborhood men and women
alike are telling of the great benefit they
have received from the use of Dodd's
beT f be ana of ebprPs
both sexes in the same family. Take the
case of Mr. and Mrs. f. Erby. The latter
voices the sentiment of both when she
says:
My lips cannot express too much
with sBackache and Female weakness for
four OF five years and feel that have
been wonderfully helped by Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. My husband too was suf-
ferer for five years from weak bladder
and they also cured him."
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neys. Healthy Kidneys mean pure blood
and good health all over the body. No
woman with healthy kidneys ever had fe-
male weakness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound; this did, and improved steadily in
health, and in less than two years a beautiful
child came to bless our home. Now we have
something to live for, and all the credit is
due to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound"
Mrs. Mae P. Wharry, Secretary of
the North Shore Oratorical Society,
The Norman, Milwaukee, Wis, writes.
"I was married for five years and gave
birth to two premature children. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recon-
mended to me, and am SO glad 1 took it, for
it changed me from a weak, nervous woman
to strong happy gS;+s and healthy one within within
little girl was born, which is the pride and
Joy of our household. Every day. bless
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
the light, health and happiness it brought to
our nome"
If any woman thinks she is sterile,
or has doubts about her ability to carry
a child to mature birth let her write
to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, whose
advice is free to all eXpectant or
would-be mothers. She has helped
thousands of women through this anx-
ious period.
Women suffering with irregular or
painful menStruatlOn, Ieucorrhea, DIS
placement, liberation or Inflammation
of the womb, that bearing down feel
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ing or nervous prostration, should re-
member that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures
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tute.
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were very irregular, dark colored and
full of sediment. The Pills cleared it
all up and I have not had an ache in
my back since taking the last dose.
My health generally is improved
great deal"
FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price so
cents per box.
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10
I am told that in rural districts they
are not yet in daily use-doubtless ow-
ing to the fact that when ripe they are
a very perishable fruit. But in cities
and towns they are perhaps the most
common of the fruits, and have crowded
the apple into the background.
Sometimes late in the day they sell
for a. penny apiece; and the investment
of a penny in this amount of food is a
wise investment, from the standpoint
of nourishment; one gets a great deal
for his money. l heard the banana
spoken of in tropic land as the per-
feet food, and was told on good author
ity that there is an island down in the
South seas where the banana is the
only food, and that the natives SUBJ
sisting on it are fair physical specimens.
To be sure their banana is not quite
the same as the ones We are used to
in this country; it is larger, fieshier,
more starchy sort; but still a near rela-
ton.
Speaking of the change that has taken
place in the popularity of this fruit, we
quote from an interesting article in the
New York Times: Fifty years ago
bananas in New York were as much of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
PheW!

Young Lady Ito perfumer)-I don't
think you forwarded the scent l
meant; it doesn't seem the same as
what | ordered.
Punning Shopman-I am sure,
madam, what you meant l sent; the
scent l sent was the scent you imeant;
therefore we are both of one sent
mentally Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
How He Extricated Himself.

She-Would you have me believe |
am the first girl you eveS proposed
to?'
He-Goodness, no! l suppose I've
asked Dozen
''And they all refused your
'tOf course Every one of them
knew l was head over heels in love
with YOU"
you dear boy!"-Boston Tran
script.
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Multiplication is veXation,
Division is as bad,

uHIll 1 udlS INC "a AE
ures.
Multiplication is veXation,
Division is as bad,
The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
And Practice drives me mad.
says the poet You may laugh if you
choose, but it was a poet that said it;
for if it is true it is beautiful, and if it
is beautiful it is poetry; for poetry IL
both beauty and truth; and l testify
that it is true; so there you are.
Close beside my table there is win
dow through which the southern sun
streams from two o'clock until four, and
through my window l look out on a
vista of empty freight cars, coal cinders
and long stretches of iron rails gleam-
ing in the hot sun or glistening in the
rain. But it is not of the vista that l
am going to write; nor of the multiple
cation table. 1t is of the window. 1t
is the dingiest window you ever saw,
and yet l wouldn't have it cleaned for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Boston Idea of Indelicacy.

Boston Mother-Now, Emersonia, the
doctor has issued positive orders that you
must not wear your glasses on the street.
Miss Backbay-Oh, but, mother, it
seems so indicate to appear in public
without them.-Pittsburg Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
How's Your AppetiteP

If it isn't just right or you have any
trouble with your Stomach or Liver, take
Pusheck' s-Kuro. 1t is the best tonic on
earth At druggists $l.OO, or from DR..
c. Pusheck, Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Not Necessary.

Indignant Sister-See here, Lottie;
thought mother told you not to en-
courage that young man.
Lottie-So she did; but that young
man doesn't need any encouragement.
Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. 4 certain cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac-
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

"Doan's Kidney
Pills proved a
very efficient
remedy in my
case. / used
them for disor-
dered kidneys
and backache,
from which /
had experienced
a great deal of
trou Bile a IL d
pain. The kid
new secretions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Write to S. c. Warner, G. TT. A.,
Kansas City Southern Ry., Kanses City,
Mo, for information concerning free
Government Homesteads, New Colony
Locations, Improved farms, Mineral lands,
Rice lands, and Timber lands and for
copy of Current Events" Business OPP
portunities, Rice book, X. C. S. Fruit
book. Cheap round trip homeseekers'
tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of
each month. The short line to the Land
Of Fulfllment."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

at doesn't pay to poke fun at girl"
says the cynical bachelor. "The first
thing you know she'll get even with you
by marrying you" -Philadelphia Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

The path to the poorhouse is paved with
gold bricks and strewn with bargains
n. o. Picayune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

A woman thinks her husband is a
splendid business man when he can
Strengthen out her bank balance for her
by going to see the cashier and making
up the overdraft.-N. Y. Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

1t may not seem quite so romantic to
the man who fell in love with voice IN
a photograph and, hunting up the owner,
married her, when he hears the same voice
asking for more money.-Chicago Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

OST Of us can remember
when banans were much
more of a rarity than at
present, when they form the
basis of every picnic party,
appear on everybody's bill
Tbot iS generally cpook;po.
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QUICK RESULTS.

.. w. j. Hill, of Concord,
- n. c., Justice of the
W9N Peace. saws !:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

I SIT all day long multiplying, sub
tracing, dividing and adding up
columns until l hate the sight of fig
ures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Many Women have Been Benefited by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-19

Irs. Pinkham's Advice and Medicine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-14

CLEVELAND. Aug IS.-That Mrs. cas-
sic /. chadwick made will is the gos-
sip among those who have known OF the
woman's affairs since her trouble began,
and before. The VIII. it is said. was
dawn by one Of the best attorneys in
cleveland raore than three years ago and
vas al exceedingly elaborate affair. dis
posing Of between 81 .000, 900 and 5000, 900.
The st9ry is TO the effect that Attorney
Nathan L0eser. who was receiver and
lustee ard who had much TO do with the
wemans bankruptcy proceedings. knows
all about the document. Asked abeut il
to-aav ne declined 10 discuss It.
Those who ale in a position TO know
ella m that hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars WeRc bequeathed by the will TO rela-
tives and friends ana 10 many benevolent
and ether Institutions. The homestead
on Euclid avenue was beQueathed 10 her
husband. Mary Ann Bigeley. her mother.
was 10 have received 5000 cash and Slo)o
z year during life. One-third Of the es
tate was left to her husband. another
one-third 10 her son, who is known as
Emil Hoover, TO be distributed az various
times in tho young mans life, starting
with 5000 at IS years Of age, s25.Oe1 at p
Snd the rest AT 80 The remaining one
third Of the estate was TO have gone 10
Mary Chadwick, TO be paid al the rate
Of $4,000 a year until she was 30 years
old. when the balance was TO have been
zfveu to her Should these trust funds
be more than sufficient to pay the
amounts named IN the will the trustees
were directed to pay one-half TO the
Western Reserve University and the re-
nnainder to the local Women's College.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-14
BERKELEY PASTOR
SCORES GRAFTERS
Rev. G. W. Stone Says They
Are Greatest Foe to
Public Welfare.

SANTA CRUZ. Anug. l9.-The annual
Unitarian grove meeting, held in Isabel
Grove here to-day. was a great success.
At the morning service Rev. g. ". Stone
of Berkeley, field secretary for the Pacific
Coast, preached a strong sermon on the
evils of graft in American public and
business life. He declared the CRATER to
be the greatest foe to the public welfare
to-day. He said that this country needs
officials who will not only not steal them
selves, but will not let others steal. He
also condemned Russia as a Christian
nation waging war on pagan Japan, and
said it was doubtful which was really
the more Christian nation of the two.
At the afternoon meeting, which was
held in a beautiful grove of oak trees,
c. A Murdock of San Francisco, Rev.
G. W. Fuller OF Pomona, Dean Wilbur of
the Oakland Theological School and Sam
uel Leask of this city spoke. There was
also a beautiful musical service.
A move is on foot to enlarge the scope
of this annual meeting by having the
Chautauqua meetings here for a month
each summer Rev. Mr.. Stone inaugu-
rated the movement, which is meeting
with much favor.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-14
+OUTING SEASON MAKES
SOCIAL LETHARGY.
Fps MEN or CLOTH BUSY

Southern California and upon return
ing to San Francisco will reside at 1904
McAllister street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus ]. Meter with
Miss Janet Rosenzweig and the Misses
Stella and Gertrude Ginsberg of Sacra-
mento are visiting the fair and will ex-
tend their trip to Yellowstone Park and
British Columbia before their return
in the fall
Mrs. Solomon Runyon of Courtland,
who spent a week in town, returned to
her home last Friday.
Mrs. Charles M. Ingram and Miss
Jennie c. Lundt are at lake Tahoe
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere j. Driscoll will
sail August 90 on the Keiser Wilhelm
der Crosse for New York. They are
touring through Paris, Ostend and Lon
don, having recently left Bad Nau-
helm, where they passed a month
Miss Philomena Nj. Nolan, principal
of the Washington Evening School, is
making tour of Portland, Seattle and
Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Weller OF Pitts
burg and Miss Grace Hexter of Phila-
delphia. who are touring the West, are
at the ST. Francis.
Mrs. Adolph Cohn, with her daughter
Hazel leaves to-day for a visit to Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Carylon Purcell starts to-day for
a trip abroad and will remain until
October ].
Miss E. Salomon is at home from her
visit to the fair at Portland.
Miss Rosalind Hanales. who has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. M
Kaplan, will leave to-day for her home
in New York.
Miss Lucy Heard of Sacramento will
be guest at the Nordhoff for several
weeks
Pearl Shaen are at Riverside Hotel,
Santa Cruz, for a few weeks.
Mrs. T. NJ. Breslauer of 2f1s Bush
street is expecting a visit from her
daughter. Mrs. Harold JA Schwartz Of
Chicago.
Mrs. A. Davis of 1850 Ninth avenue
has moved to PSI Tehama street
sir. and Mrs. ". n. Mentz are leav-
ing to- day for Lake Tahoe, where they
will spend a fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Schnitt have
moved to their new home. 1915 VAL
lejo street. where they will receive.
Mrs. Schp,itt will be at home on the
first Fridays.
MIR. and Mrs r Bronson have re-
turned from an enjoyable European
trip. coming by way of Portland
Admiral O. w. Farenholt. United
States navy. who has just returned
from a months visit to the Lewis and
Clark Exposition. is gain in his apart
inents at the Cosmos Club. He will
leave to-day for Pacific Grove for
weeks outing.