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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-07

Senator Peterson's bill providing for
the holding of a constitutional conven-
tion has passed the senate. A similar
bill has been agreed to by the house.
and one of the other will doubtless be-
come law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-07
Omnibus Bill.

Saturday last Chairman Roberts, Of the
house appropriations committee, intro
duced the regular omnibus appropriation
BILL and as might have been expected,
it carried much smaller amounts than
had been honed for by the various inter-
ests Interested. The condition of the
state treasury is urged as the reason for
keeping down the appropriations. Any
marked enlargement would necessitate AN
increase in the tax levy Among the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-04-07

Another important bill passed by the
| senate was the Somerville inheritance
| tax bill. 1t differs from the house meas
ure in that it imposes twice as high a
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
PHILIPPINES IN TRUST.
The Islands Will Be Held Indef-
initely, Declares Secre-
tary Taft.


Secretary Taft is one of the ablest
men in President Roosevelt's cabinet
and one proof of his ability Is that he
Is not a Bourbon, but learns something
from time to time and exhibits prog
ress. Certainly he has received new
light during the last six months in the
Philippines, says the Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
There was a time when he thought
our hold on the archipelago was fail
ing. He described the existing govern.
ment as government by Americans
aided by Filipinos and the prospective
government by Filipinos aided by
Americans.
The secretary's new view OF the sub
ject is contained in letter which he
wrote recently to John N. Blair, of
New York, who had informed him that
capital was shy of the Philippines be-
cause 1t was supposed the government
intended ultimately to abandon them.
In reply to this letter Secretary Taft
assured Mr.. Blair that the policy of
the government was "the indefinite re-
tention of the Philippine islands" and
that 1t would be violation of trust
for the United States to abandon the
islands, at least for generations to
come.
That sounds much better than the
talk in which Mr.. Taft formerly in
dulged but 1t would have sounded still
better for the secretary to say that the
ITntt ia
islands as long as water ran and grass
grew, for that Is the naked truth No
nation ever surrenders territory. unless
it is on its last legs and is compelled
to do so.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

crnpty tomato cans! You ought to be
In. the history books. Your dad said
bravery runs In the family"
"Oh, get out. Did dad tell you about
that bear story" said the bad boy. az
ne sharpened his knife on his boot.
We'll. you'd dide right there, II you
c.Juld have seen dad. He Is one OF
these men that is brave sort of inter-
mittent, like folks have fever. Half
the time he Is a darn coward, but
when you don't expect II. for instance
when the pancakes are burned. or the
steak is raw. and his dyspepsia seems
20 work just right, he will flare up and
sass the cook. and l don't know OF
anything drawer than that; but ordi-
narily he is meek as a lam. think
the stomach has good deal to DO with
mans bravery. You take a soldier
In battle. and II he is hungry he is full
Of fight, but you all him up with baked
beans and things and he Is willing to
postpone a fight, and he don't care
whether there is any fight at all or
not. / think the trip through Yellow
stone park took the tar out Of dad.
Those geysers throwing up hot water.
apparently right out Of the hot place
the preachers tell about, seemed to
set him to thinking that may be he
had got nearer HI. on railroad pass.
than he had ever expected to get. He
tod me, one day, when we stood be-
side old Faithful geyser, and the hot
water belched up into the air hun
dred feet, that all 1t wanted was for
the lid to be taken off, and hi
would be yawning right there, and he
was going to try to lead different
life, and II he ever got out of that
park alive he should go home, and
join every church in town, and he
should advise ministers to get the sim
ners to take trip to the park. IL they
wanted to work religion into them.
well, there is one hotel where lot
Of bears come out of the woods in the
evening, to eat the garbage that is
thrown out from the hotel. They are
wild bears, all right, but they have
got so tame that they come right near
folks. and don't do anything but eat
garbage and growl. and fight each
other. The cook told me about it. and
said there was no danger, cause you
could take. club and scare them away.
I'VE got to- the hotel in the after
neon. and dad went to our room to say
his prayers, and take nap, and had his
supper taken to the room, and he was
so scared at the awful surroundings
in the park that he asked blessing on
tie supper, though 1t was the bum
NEST supper ever struck. After dark
I told dad we better go out and take
walk and inspect the scenery, cause 1t
was all in the bill, and If you got a
bum supper and didn't get the scenery
you were losing money on the deal. l
saw the man emptying the garbage and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
MADEMOISELLE
MISCHIEF
By LIEUT.. MURRAY

MANY years ago, In a cottage near
IvI Paris, there lived a widower with
four children. The locality was In
beautifully wooded district, since swal-
lowed up in the grand improvements OF
the Bots de Boulogne. The occupant OF
the cottage was an artist, and very
humble one in point of ability. who
struggled industriously to obtain food
for those four young mouths. like pa
rent bird presiding over nest of fiedg-
lings.
The oldest of these children was sent
to school at the time we refer to. proving
an exceedingly intelligent pupil, but
with such an irresistible propensity for
mischief Of all sorts that she absolutely
came to be called Mademoiselle Mis-
chief.
She was a good-hearted child, but yet
a perfect little imp. whose roguery got
her constantly into difficulty.
One very reprehensible trick Of the
young girl was the propensity. which
seemed perfectly natural to her, for
drawing caricatures of the schoolmis-
tress and others, especially of all her
young companions. which, being done
with admirable likenesses, possessed
just enough merit to make the satire
very keen and sometimes bitterly felt.
Miss Mischief was also wonderfully
expert with the scissors, cutting out pic
lures from black paper, and was also
very skillful in carving wood with her
penknife. Another trick to which she
was addicted was that of producing
from bread crumbs absurd likenesses OF
her teacher and such professors as Wis
tied the school where she belonged.
The roguish little creature gave her
schoolmistress an infinite amount of
trouble. and there is no use in Disgusting
the fact that she was almost daily laid
across the mistress. lap and soundly
punished. Still it was impossible TO
break her exuberant spirit, and she went
on with her caricatures, mingled with
pictures of animals and trees.
At last 1t seemed as though the good
schoolmistress was in despair. She
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

knew the bears would be getting in
their work pretty soon, so ! took dad
and we walked away of, and he talked
about how God had prepared that park
as a warning to sinners Of what was
tic come, and l knew his system was
sort of running down, and | knew he
needed excitement, shock, or some
thing, to make a reaction, so / steered
him around by the garbage pile.
Say, before he knew 1t we were
light in the midst of about nine bears.
grizzlies, cinnamon bears, black bears,
and all of them raised up and said,
"whoof!" and they growled. and, by
gosh, Just as quick as could run this
knife into your liver. missed dad. He
Just yelled: "Hennery, this is the lin
1t, and here is,where your poor old dad
sprints for tall timber" and he made
for a tree, and vel ed: Hurry up,
dad!v and he said: II amt walking,
am II" and you ought to. have seen
Lis short legs carry him to the tree.
and help him skin up 1t. have seen
SQUIRRELS climb trees, when dog was
after them, but they were slow COM
pared to dad. When he got up to a
limb he yelled to me to come on up, as
he wanted to give me few last in
structions about settling his estate. but
I told him l was going to play ! was
Daniel in the lions den, SO | studied
the bears for a while and let dad yell
for the police, and then picked up an
armful of tomato cans and made a
rush for the bears. and yelled and
threw cans at them, and pretty soon
every bear went of into the woods.
growing and scrapping with each
other. and I told dad to come down
and would save him at the risk OF
my life. Dad came Down as quick as
ne went up. and I took his arm and
led him to the hotel, and when we got
to the room he would have collapsed,
only gave him big drink Of whisky.
end then he braced up and said:
"Hennery. when It comes to big game,
you and I are the wonders Of the
wcrld. You are brave. and am dis
Greet, and we make team hard to
beat" told dad he covered himself
with glory, but that he left most OF his
psnts on the tree" but he said he
didn't care for few pants when he had
boy that was the bravest that ever
came down the pike"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
Effects Of Prosperity.

In the six years of the country's
greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1908.
average prices of breadstuffs advanced
60 per cent, meats 23.1 per cent, dairy.
and garden products SOL per cent. and
clothing 24.1. All these were products
of the farmer and stockman who
proflted more than any other class OF
the community by these advances.
The miner benefited 421 per cent. by
that advance in the average price OF
metals. The only decrease In the
average prices of commodities in that
period was in railway freight rates,
which decreased from .79S per ton-mile
in 1897 to 1853 in 1903. a loss OF a.
per cent. The report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission shows that the
average increase in the pay OF rail-
road employees in that period was a
trife above 8.5 per cent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
A 48o ACRE FARM YIELDS rs
PER CENT. PROFIT A
YEAR.
What Mercer County (ohio) Farmer
Received from Ono Years
Crop.

Extracts from an interesting letter
from p. ii. Rynhard, OF Starbuck, Man
itoba, Canada. gives an excellent idea
OF the prosperity of those who have
gone from the United States to Can
ada. He says:
II bought. August. 1908, 4s0 acres
of land. paying $4,000 for 1t. We
threshed 2,973 bushels Of wheat and
between 1900 and 1900 bushels OF
oats and barley from 200 acres. But
part OF the wheat went down before
filling, and was not harvested except
for hay. The crop was worth at
threshing time $4,000. Besides 100
acres laying idle, except timothy
meadow, which is not included In this
estimate. Counting the value Of the
product and the increase of value Of
land will pay me more than rs per
cent. on the investment. Two broth
ers In the same neighborhood bought
160 acres each six years ago. They
have not done single thing to this
land except to fence 1t and break and
cultivate about one-half of II, Har-
vested last year 20 bushels wheat per
acre. This year ~ bushels per acre.
They can get any day SIS per acre.
These are only few of many hun
dreds of such chances. 1t looks like
boasting. but truth is justifiable, and
the world ought to know 1t, especially
the home-seeker. l know OF quito
few farmers that have made fortunes
in from 10 to 20 years, retired with
from 100000 to 100000.
Writing concerning another district
in the Canadian West, s. l.. Short says,
Dear Sir:--f have to inform you
that l have just returned from the
Carrot River Country in Saskatche-
wan, where located land of the very
finest black vegetable loan, which I
am proud of, and will move In the
spring. Farmers are still blowing
there. A mild climate and beautiful
country to behold. Cattle are fat and
running outside. Wood and water
good. Saw oats weighing AZ pounds
to bushel. Potatoes large and well
ripened; also wheat that brought there
SO cents. The country exceeded my
expectations. Saw oats In stock.
thicker on the ground than appears In
many of the illustrations sent out In
descriptive pamphlets. I have been
in many western states. but the soil
excels any ever saw"
The Canadian Government Agents at
different points report that the in
quiries for literature and railroad
rates. ETC., to Western Canada are the
greatest in the history of their work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
Tine Last of. the Redconts.

The permanent withdrawal, of the
British garrisons from the fortresses
at Halifax and Esquimalt has been
accomplished 81 quietly that North
America. as a whole. has been scarcely
conscious of the fact. 1t means, how
ever. that for the first time In GEN.
turtles the British soldier has left our
continent entirely to it's own military
devices, and this has historical sig
nificance which does not escape the
attention of those who have in mind
the part the British soldier has played
in America. II You have the right
kind OF an imagination. II cannot fail
to respond to the stimulus of this in
teresting. IL conspicuous. event; you
think OF Braddock and Woke and
Burgoyne and Brock and the columns
of red-coats that forever will march
through the pages Of our school his
tories.-Springield Republican,.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

Facts Which Prove That the Repub-
lican Tariff Has Helped the
Wooden Trade.

II was hardly to be supposed that the
Boston Herald would accept everything
that william whitman stated In his re-
cent speech regarding the condition Of
the wooden industry and Of the benefits
OF. the protective tariff to the industry
and to the people all the facts we're re-
pugnant to the Herald and to those who
advocate the extreme measure OF free
trade. The Herald, says the Textile
Manufactures Journal, could not allow
the occasion to go by without editorial
comment, and It's comments are just a.
far from facts as usual. There is only
one phase OF its criticism that Is OF spe-
cial interest to US, that having relation
to the acual consumption of wool fabrics.
Satisfies are of little value as guide to
US In determining fair estimate Of
this phase of the situation, for observa-
ton and common intelligence are better
and more accurate guides. Customs
change. methods Of living change, and
with these changes come changes In tho
use and consumption OF wooden goods.
The decline, IL II may be SO called, in the
consumption of wooden goods, such an
blankets and goods of similar character,
cannot In any way be attributable to in
creased prices, to any diminution OF
wealth on the part OF the masses for
prices on blankets are not as high to-day
as they were 20 years ago; In point of
fact, wooden goods, mems wear and dress
goods may he purchased to-day at less
price than 20 or 30 years ago. This, too,
despite the fact that wool is high lin
price, and despite the fact. too, that
protective tariff is In existence. The con-
struction of our houses does not make
necessary as large consumption OF
blankets as of old Our ideas of wear
ing apparel are so changed that II Is un-
necessary for us to be clothed in the
same manner as Of old, our under gar
ments requiring less wool. So one arti-
Gle after another might be enumerated
illustrating the point in mind.
The Herald is blind when II talks
tariff, for 1t sees nothing good in pro-
tective tariff, even though an analysis
of the condition of the country would
disclose condition far in advance in
material way over that of other years.
And We have only to bark back a few
years ago when the Wilson law was in
force. Oh, the horrors of those days!
1t is true goods were selling then at low
values but what kind of goods were
they? Goods made out of punk, made
out OF everything except wool. The
country may thank itself that 1t is liv-
ing to-day under a different regime.
The Herald does itself and its readers
an injustice when 1t talks of a protective
tarff inducing reduced consumption OF
wool goods.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
The Bad Boy Tells the 0roceryman
How He Rescued His Dad from the
Bears in Yellowstone Park.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
(Ex- Governor of Wisconsin, formerly pub
Usher CT "Peck's Sum-" author OF
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
Copyright. 1904. BY Joseph b. Bow.es)
The old groceryman was down on
his knees. with a wet cloth. swabbing
up something from the floor with one
hand. while he held his nose with the
other, his back toward the door. when
suddenly the door opened with bang.
striking the old man In the back,
knocking him over and landing him
with his head In q basket OF strictly
flesh eggs, breaking at least dozen
of them, and fillins the ar with an
cdor that was unmistakable; and the
bad boy followed the door into the
grocery.
whats your notion OF taking nap,
with basket of stale eggs for pill
low" said the bad boy. as he took the
old man by the arm and raised him
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

up, and looked at him with a grin that
was tantalizing. What is 1t. sewer
gas? My, but the board Of health
won't do thing 10 you II the in
spector happens in here. Those eggs
must have been mislaid by hen that
ksd a diseased mind" and the bad boy
took a hottie of cologne out of the
show case and began to sprinkle the
floor. and squir;ed some Of 1t on the
old mans clothes.
Say, do you know I bought those
eggs OF a man dressed like farmer.
who came in here. yesterday with his
rants In his boots. and smelling as
though he had just come out Of his
COW stable?" said the old grOceryman.
as he took a piece II coffee sack and
wiped yellow egg of his whiskers.
'And yet they are old enough to at
tend caucuses. Go on now" and the old
groceryman threw the eggs out in the al
ley. and washed his whiskers at the
sink
"Oh, | guess not" said the boy, as
he sat down On a tin cracker box and
DtSdH W cat hEo Jul vi a WA. hhOW
something about the law myself. and
II you drive me away, you could be ar
rested for breach of promise, and ar
son. and you could go to the peniten-
t;ary. 1t was all | could do to make
the police believe you didn't set this
clio shebang afire to- get the insurance.
end my being here has drawn more
custom to your store than the quality
os your goods would warrant. No, sir.
I stay right here. and advise with you,
and Eeep you out Of trouble.
"Oh, sugar. no; you don't need to
CO." said the old groceryman, as he
came up to the boy. wiping the soap
suds of, and trying to smile. II was
Only joshing you, and, honestly, en-
Joy you. Life is dreary burden when
YOU are away. Somehow | nave got SO
my blood gets thick. and my appetite
fails, when you are away from town,
and when you play some low down
trick on me. while seem mad at the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

WORK.
knew not how to punish her so as to have
the proper effect She was tired of "cor-
recting," and finally appealed to the
child herself:
what shall do with you?"
II don't know"
II do not wish to whip YOU"
please don't" she said.
What can l do to make you behave
better?"
Lock me up" said Miss Mischief,
frightening up, as though capital idea
had struck her.
IL will try IT, said the mistress.
So the little girl was conducted to the
coal cellar, where she was duly impris-
oned. But, alas! when her mistress went
to release her she found that the incor-
rigible child had covered the walls Of
the cellar with really excellent portraits
OF a cat, in all conceivable postures,
which had happened to be her fellow
prisoner. The mistress could not find
It in her heart to be harsh on the occa-
sion, for 1t was impossible not TO recog-
nize the excellence OF the hastily exc
cuted drawings.
I It seemed to be impossible to curb her
young spirits, or to keep her within the
bounds positively required by school dis
cipline, and she was finally sent home
and told that she must not return again.
Her father, at his child's earnest re-
quest, never sent her to school again,
but, seeing upon what her heart was
bent, he set himself to teaching her
drawing. She, in the meantime, taught
herself modelling, and executed num-
Der Of clever designs of animals and hui
man figures, which she sold for whatever
,,sbe could get upon the boulevards.
I3Tke child was encouraged by even this
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
And No Wonder.

Il never before so touched the audi
ence." said well-known lecturer to a
friend. after long speech. They were
entranced. ! felt that every eye was
upon me from the first word 10 the last"
mo wonder" said the friend. Your
gloves were inside your hat when you
took II of and they remained on your
head all through the lecture. Gas
sells.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

time, It does me good. starts the cir
crlation. and when you go away L
seem q new man. and laugh. and feel
like had been OF on a vacation, fish
ing. or something. 1t was a great
mistake that did not have family
Of boys to keep me mad part of the
time, because man that never has
anything to make him mad Ia no good.
envy your dad in having you around
constantly to keep his blood in circu-
lation. suppose you are responsible
for his being. at his age. as spry as q
boy. He told me when he and you got
back from Yellowstone park last sum-
mer that the trip did him q world Of
good. and that he got SO he could
climb tree-just shin right up like .
cat, and that you were the bravest boy
he ever saw. said that you would fight
bear as quick as eat. Such boy
em proud 10 call my friend. What
was II about your lighting bears.
sInsle-handed. with no weapon but
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
FRS HUMBLE WISHES.

A vine clad cabin where Isee
That Springs rosy winner:
Some one to split the rails for me,
And also cook the dinner.
And willing hands.
or toughest toll.
To till for me
The answering soil.
The birds to play my music-free-
Some friend, of temper sunny,
To manage all the mules for me.
And rob the hives OF honey.
To pay the fiddler-
Night or day.
While I'm just dancing
Life away!
o, thus serenely let me live
In sweet simplicity.
And II there's any more to give,
Just put It down for me!
only ask.
In LIES bright beams,
The world to fan me
In my dreams!
IF. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01
willing Enough.

"will you oilige me with your auto
graph" asked bore Of busy public
man.
Certainly" replied the public man.
Gust make out check for ten guineas
payable to my order. l will indorse It
cheerfully. AMI in due time, you may
be sure, 1t viii, come back to you safely
through your bank.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-04-01

The purchaser Of bunch Of Parma
violets in London found that II had a
strange smell. partly geranium and part
ly something else. Closer examination
showed that the inside OF the flowers
was white. and that the "violets" were
white double geraniums. The enter
prising flower seller had dipped ham
carefully in violet Ink.