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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
of the City Council.

Ely, Mimi, Sept. 5th. 1905.
The regular meeting of the city
council was called to order at O'Clock
p. M. by Acting Mayor Knutson,
Mayor Vail being absent.
Roll-call: Present, Alderman Kan
delin, Coad, and Agnich. Absent,
Aldermen Ellefsen and Porthan.
Moved by Alderman Coad, support.
ed by Alderman Kandelin that the
council adjourn to September 9Th, at
s o'clock P. M. Carried.
l.. j. White, City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8. 1873.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office. Duluth.

OSSu 0tdIeS LduU OAACSs Duiutns
June 5, 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions OF the act
OF Congress OF June 8. 1878. entitled
An act for the sale Of timber lands in
the states of California. Oregon. Neva-
da and Washington Territory. as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by
act OF August 4. 1892.
William Nisbett. of Grand Rapids. county
OF ltasca State of Mimi, has this day filed
Ia this office his sworn statement No. 1921.
for the purchase of the SWA SWA Sec. 5
ana NWA NWk OF Section No. In township
No. % N, Range No. II west OF 4th prin mer.
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes. and to establish his claim to
said land before the Register and Re-
ceiver OF this office at Duluth. Mime
nesota on Monday the 18th day Of Sept 1906.
he names as witnesses: John Reilis. An
drew b. Clair. Charles Sprague and George
Dewey, all of Grand Rapids, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims In this Of
fee on or before said 18th day of Sept 1905.
WILLIAM E. CULKIN.
Register.
7-A9-15
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-15

STATE OF ~ s District Court
Grant McMahan, Plaintiff, District.
vs..
Adolph Burgow. Defendant.
TEE STArEzoF MfRNEsoTA TO THE ABOVE
NAMED DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the plaintiff In the
above entitled action, which Is filed In the
ofice of the Clerk of the District Court OF
the. Eleventh judicial District. In and
for the County of st. Louis and State of
Minnesota. and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint on the sub
scriber at his Office In the City OF Ely.
in said County, within twenty C20) days
after the service OF this summons upon you,
exclusive OF the day of such service. and il
you fail to answer the said complaint with
In the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this
action will take Judgment against you for
the sum of Fifty-four and S3-l00 dollars
with interest at the rate of 6 per cent from
October IL, 1908, together with the costs and
of this action.
Dated August 31St, 1905.
9-6 1918 A. j. THOMAS,
Plaintiffs Attorney, Ely, Minnesota.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
The seven sIeepers of Ephesus.

The seven sleepers Of Ephesus were
Constantine, Dionyslus, John, Max
imlan, Malchus, Martinlan and sera-
pion, seven young men, converts to
Christianity, who during the persecu-
tion Of Christians under the Emperor
Declus, A. ID. $50, refused to bow be-
fore an idol set up by the emperor at
Ephesus. The story goes that they
fed to a cave In Mount Celion and that
Decius, In his rage, ordered all caves
In that mountain to be sealed up.
Nothing was heard OF them fer $50
years when they were discovered by
some workmen who were digging foun-
dations. Awaklng from their long
sleep. they offered coins Of such an
tiqulty that the attention Of the au-
thorties was attracted. They did not
long survive and their bodies were
taken for burial in large stone coffin
to st. YIctor's church, Marsellles.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
strength Of treasury Note,

A single treasury note measures
three and one-elghth inches in width
by seven and one-foprth inches In
length. Il will sustain, without break.
ing, lengthwise. a weight of forty
one pounds; crosswlse, n weight Of
ninety-one pounds. The notes run four
to a sheet, sheet being eight and
one-fourth inches wide by thirteen and
one-half inches long One of these
sheets lengthwlse will suspend los
pounds and crosswise III pounds. 1t
will be noted that single note is
capable Of sustaining, crosswlse, a
weight Of ninety-one pounds, which Is
twice the amount by nine pounds Of
the weight the note can sustain length
wise, while, in the case OF the sheet.
the crosswise sheet lacks thirty-nlnc
pounds Of double the sustaining power
OF the lengthwise sheet.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
A Bird In the Hand.

II Is impossible to trace the earliest
use OF the proverb "A bird I'm the hand
IS worth two in the BUSH" which In va
rlous forms Of expression is common
to many countries
In middle English we find phrases
which have the same purport. Thus in
Hllle's Commonplace Book" 1880 we
find, "a byrde YIN honde Us better than
three in the wode," and In Rhodes
'Babees Book" also OF early date. "A
byrd I'm hand 4" Is worth ten hye at
large"
No doubt our modern version springs
from these old saws. and It Is possible
that they may have originated in the
quaint remonstrance of one WIN Som.
ers, n Jester in the court of Henry
VIII, to whom Lord Surrey. in graft.
tude for many good turn, had given
klngfsher from his avlary. When
Surrey sought to recover It, promising
TO replace 1t another day, the saplent
Jester Is said TO have declined, saying,
II prefer one bird in the hand to two
In the bushw
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
HOW sr.llor. nura Ne.,..

Swallows and house martins build
by sticking together pellets Of pre-
pared road mud. Most OF the material
is obtained from the drying puddles ON
the high roads. If not mixed with any
thing else the tendency Of these pellets
would be to crumble when dry. But
the swallow tribe is supplied with a
mucous secretion which enables 1t to
gum the particles together. The swal-
lows nests, from which the Chinese
birds nest soup is made, are construct
ed of this mucous matter only. An H.
dian swallow, which builds little bout
shaped nests against the trunks Of
lofty trees, practically makes them Of
dried liva.-Brooxlyn Eagle.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

A loafer ON the street. whose wife
was probably at home getting out n
neighbours washing to make money to
buy the chlldren's shoes, asked busy
man the other day IL he ever saw a
baldheaded woman.
mo. I never did," replied the busy
man. "And | never saw d woman
waltzlng around town in her shirt
sleeves with a cigar in her teeth and
running into every saloon she saw.
Neither did ever see woman sitting
all day at a street clner on dry
goods box telling people how the sec.
rotary Of the treasury should run the
national finances. / have never seen a
woman 20 fishing with bottle In her
pocket sit on the bank all day and 60
home drunk at night. Nor have ! ever
seen woman yank of her coat and
say she could lick any man in town.
God bless 'em, the women are not built
that way."-Kansas City Journal
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
The Game of whist.

Whist Is thought to be OF English
origin and a development OF the game
trump, or triumph. which was played
In England In the time of Henry VIII.
Whist was not mentioned by Shake
speare or the writer's OF his day. Its
earliest record is in the poems OF ray
lor, the water poet Q82D. 1t is spoken
Of In the second edition QG8O Of Cot
toms "Compleat Gamester'' as "the
game Of whist, 80 called from the ST.
lence that Is to be observed in the
play" but as whlsk seems to have been
Its original name. according to some
authorities, this derivation Is not as
sured. The game was at first nine up.
This was changed to ten up early In
the eighteenth century. and in 1854
the experiment OF dividing the game
into half, which was first tried as early
as 1888, was generally adopted by the
clubs,
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

The most famous Of dogs is Cerberus,
who watches the entrance to Tartarus.
He has three heads, but Hercules drag
ged him to earth and Orpheus put him
to sleep with his Tyre. The original
dog cakes were given to Cerberus by
the slbyl who led Eneas through hell.
They were made Of flour and seasoned
with peoples and honey. He must
have been an opium flend, as the celes-
tial drug is made from peoples. A
sop to Cerberus" was one Of these
cakes given to the monster by Greeks
and Romans as a bride to let them In
without molestatlon.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

That man is made OF mud by spon-
tancous generation under the SUMS
heat was the deliberate opinion Of Ma
poleon, first Of the moderns. Il General
Gourgaud can be believed.
Referring to ancient civilizations In
the east, Napoleon one day said to
Gourgaud:
"Au this leads me to think that the
world is not so very old, at least, as
Inhabited by man, and within one or
two thousand years | am disposed to
accept the chronology appended to the
sacred writings. l think that man
was formed by the heat OF the sun
acting upon mud. Herodotus tells us
that in his time the slime OF the Nile
changed into rats and that they could
be seen in process Of formation"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

Children have ears like the very spies
OF nature ltself-eyes that penetrate all
subterfuge and preteDse. II is good to
set before them the loftlest ideals that
have lived in human reality, but the
best ideal Of all has to be portrayed by
parents In the realities OF home life at
home. When you are not watching
and the children are-tbat is when the
lessons are learned FOR life.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
an oIa E,rrrnu. -. .n,,c.-

On April 20, 1860. Maine newspa-
per contained the following notice:
Freedom Notice.-For valuable con
slderation have this day relinqulshed
to my son. Hiram S. Maxim. his time
during his minority. l shall claim none
OF his earnings or pay debts Of his
contracting after this date. Isaac
Maxim. Witness, ID. ID. Flynt, Abbot
April 10, 1860" The lad who was
given his liberty developed into Sir
Hiram Maxim Of London, England. the
inventor OF rapid fire guns and air
ships.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

The Chequers inn at Slapstones, near
Osmotherly, must be unique among
English inns In one respect. II boasts
of a fire which for more than a cen
fury has never been allowed to go out
The place is a quaint little building, to
which many visitors resort on account
of its never extlnguished fire and the
turf cakes baked upon its hearth. 1t
has been In the occupation OF one fam
lily for over 100 years.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
shIbboIeth.

shlbboleth is q word frequently used
In politics. though It may be doubted
whether many politicians know the his
tory Of It. Curiously enough. this He
brew word really means ian ear OF
corn" as well as river" but its sig
nlhcance for moderns arises from the
fact that 1t was employed as a test to
distinguish the Ephralmltes from the
Gileadites, the former being unable to
pronounce the Ssh" sound.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

The Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker Of the
City temple, London, once had a col
lection made, to the announcement Of
which he added with deep pathos,
'Wldows and orphans VIII not be ex-
pccted to contribute" \ few Sundays
later there was another collection for
the same object. This time" said the
preacher, nobody VIII be exempt, for
no battle ever made so many widows
and orphans as the announcement
made on the previous Sunday"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
rnE INV roRK WOLF
And the De soto County News =
Year. e1.OB.

For the autumn season now at
the most valuable paper TO yol
be the New York thrice-a-week N
because It offers you more at she
than any other paper published
where in the world
This is o tiDae OF great events
are having great ). ars, and other
ges OF a startling kind are occ
both at home and abroad. The 1
a-week World comes to sou ever
err day, except Sunday, with
news fully, accurately and pro
told.
The thrice-a-week World Is
its political reports. You can :
truth from its columns wheth
are Republican or Democrat, an
is what you want.
The thrice-a-week World alwa
a serial story running, and II Is Z
a first class story by FIRST els
thor. The thrice-aweek world
fishes better fiction than any
newspaper in the United States.
ial attention is also given to ms
and there are many other valuab
lures.
The thrice-a-week Worlds Z
subscription price is only 81 pei
and this pays for l56 papers. w
this unequalled newspaper and
Soto County News together on
for 81 .65
The regular subscription price
two papers is 800.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

A celebrated physician has claimed
In one OF his lectures that the best
remedy" for nose bleed Is a vigorous
motion of the jaws as in the act Of
chewing. In the case OF a child he rec
ommends giving n waa of paper TO
chew, as the rapid working Of the jaws
stops the flow Of blood. But why not
try chewing gum instead OF paperl-
Western Medical Review.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
cnurtic Whiatier.

James MacNeill Whistler is said once
to have confronted Oscar Wildcat the
height Of the aesthetic movement =
with Du Maurier. who was satlrizing
the Postlethwaites in Punch with all
his might and to have genially in
quired, (Which Of you two invented
fha othars,
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

Little Clarence Ia youthful Solomon
Papa, nobody can never tell what a
woman will do next, can they2 Father
No, my son; and II you could tell II
would not be advisable for you to do
so, for II you did she would be sure to
do something else.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

BooIEmRISers' Chances.
Layers OF odds at the race track are
prone to circulate tales Of their enor-
moub losses upon certain races. but It
is Seldom that loss on run may be
shown, for II has been figured by ex-
pert that a skillful layer makes a
boob showing a percentage OF % in
his favor, by which he is bound TO
retah at least one-fourth OF bis tax
ings Large losses happen occasion
ally when an unexpected victory
pays 40 or 90 to /. but, as. general
think unless the bookmaker deliber-
atelI gambles with chance he makes
book" so that lac viii show profit
on Zach race. A slxillful bookie can
SO Manipulate the odds that at no
point does he stand to lose on race.
and. pike bis orother OF tie gambling
hous3 his profit lies IN this percentage
in hi favor Even where gambling
gamd' arr run without recourse to
fraud the odds IN favor OF the dealer
are rlsycr less than 20 rfr ctnt
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

he lat the window)-Tt's very cheer.
full within, but awfully disngreeable
without. She Without what2
He Qnspiredl--Why, without you. dar.
fling.
And a few weeks later a furniture
installment house was called upon to
opdn a new account.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06
Cause For Pity,

We hear much about broken hearts
in his world. but the lists of broken
bra ned geniuses is greater. Almost
eveiy day we have to pity the man
whd carries his mind in a sllng-To-
ledd Blade.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

'Do you think. doctor, that Incidence
necessarily tends to obesity?"
'Um-not necessarily, perhaps, but
when people do nothing but take up
room they are quite likely to End it
difHcult-er-not TO overdo, don't you
kndW,"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

Ste-It is comforting to me to know
that woman's hand rules the world.
He Yes, but you mast not forget that
mans hand holds II much Of the time.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

The first time read an excellent
book 1t Is to me just as II had gained
a new friend; when read over book
I have pcrused before It resembles the
meeting with an old one.--oliver Gold
smith
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

what" says an inauisltlve young
lady. sis the most popular color for a
brlder
We may be a little particular in these
matters, but we should prefer 4 white
one.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

In Greenland the candlefsh Is used
as q lamp. II IS about six inches long
arI I..,rro fo4 offcur, .,,ln44fna II
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

Kill AID up Hogs into Sides Hams and Shoulders
oughy with salt bring ship Arcadia in box
We will store thirty 3o) days, which is long enough
for cent pound If you desire to leave in storage
the rate will be oneha pound for each month
thereof Get the meat to within hirtyx 800 hours Of tn
killed and it into good commercial Bacon, Ham
lbs should remain 90 days leg off above knee joint
hip bone When returned they should be wrapped in mus
thoroughly smoked with hickory wood smoke. you have n
for sewrte telephone will pay full market price n
dressed foot This industry should be profitable
Try it.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-10-06

sTIbbles-Yo sit on every joke I
submit 70 you. Editor--well, n they
had any point to them wouldn't.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04
Runs Away from Hospital.

Ten days ago Judge Hobson COM
mitted Ed Holverson of this city to
the inebriate department of the insane
hospital at Independence for three
years or until cured. Last week he
got awav from the hospital and went
to New Hampton, where he has been
enjoying himself.
1t would seem that if this inebriate
law is a farce, and it so appears. iG
ought TO be wiped from the statute
books. Whether it is the fault of the
law or of the Superintendent of the
hospital. something certainly ought
to be done toward seeing that the law
is enforced. as when Judge Hobson
or any other Judge sends man to an
inebriate asylum he probably means
it. If course it can't be possible that
the Superintendent is too busilv en-
gagged in going about the state Offering
expert" testimony and charging
therefore exhorbitant and unlawful
fees to attend to the business for
which the state pays him literally.
Possibly when the state hospital at
Knoxville is completed some one will
be in charge who will see that the law
will mean something more than an
expense to the state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04
What You Can Shoot.

Iowa-Prairie chickens or pinnated
grouse until December. squirrels until
January. wild ducks. geese. snipe and
brant until April Is.
South Dakota-Prairie chickens.
grouse of any variety. woodcock or
quail until January: plover or curlew
until May 10; beaver or otter. killed
or captured until May |.
Nebraska-Prairie chickens and
grouse until December /.
Minnesota-Turtle dove. snipe,
prairie chickens. pinnated, white
breasted or sharp tailed grouse. wood
cock. upland plover and golden plover
until November /: wild duck of any
variety, wild goose. brant or any
variety of acquatic fowl until Decem-
ber /.
North Dakota-Prairie chickens and
grouse, any variety. woodcock until
October 15; wild duck, goose. brant.
or crane until May / quail. English
or Chinese pheasant or wild swan until
October 10.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04
Put Where They Belong.

Patent medicines, composed chiefly
of distilled liquors, have been placed
by ruling of The commissioner of
internal revenue. in the same category
rs other intoxicants. Druggists and
other persons who sell them after
Dec. l will have to take out the same
kind of liquor dealers license as
saloonkeepers. Manufacturers will
have to paw the same tax upon them
to the federal government as the
makers Of oyher distilled liquors.
The manufacture and sale of so-called
drugs which are practically nothing
but liquors has been fraud. While
not paving the regular tax upon In
toxicants. they have been sold and
consumed as such in large quantities.
-Bremer County Independent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

for score of years has been fixture.
The public school has at its head
Henry Johnson. a young man OF ex-
cellent ability. Here it was that Elmer
Coffeen gained reputation that se-
cured for him one of the choice
educational positions of the state.
County Superintendent Hook is regard
ed as one of the most progressive OF
county superintendents.
But it is unsafe to begin calling
names in Decorah. for the roster
would contain Arthur Anundsen. who
made the Philistine famous in this
region. when his friend Ebert Hub
bard published the Unpublished
Letter of Lord Byron" which set
the critics all agog. Only yester-
day l met writer of stories
who had not vet learned that
this "Lord Brvon' was this same
Anundsen, a Norwegian LAWYER who
writes good things because he can't
help it. And l might mention a
dozen others. all of whom have con-
tributed to a personnel that marks De-
corah as one Of the most distinctive
of Iowa towns, a good place TO &C, and
one that the writer ALWAYS leaves
with regret.
A write-up of Decorah with the ice
cave left out would be incomplete, for
it is a fact that it is remarkable
curiosity. this cavern in which ice
forms in summer and vanishes in
winter. 1t is only little way from
the town. You can read about it in
any geography You can not know
Decorah without going there.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

1t is far easier to tear down than to
build up One lusty professional
kicker can do more harm to a
community than half dozen good
citizens can rectifv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

The Charles City Intelligencer makes
direct and forceful statement of its
position ON the railroad rate question.
Brother Sloane says:
"We believe in government sur
veillance and control Of railroads to
the extent OF preventing abuses. dis.
ordinations and extortion. and to the
end that exact Justice be meted out
to both the railroads and their patrons.
We do not believe In taking the
power Of rate making from the rail-
roads and putting Il into the hands Of
any man or commission.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

At sunset Friday evening was the
beginning of the Jewish New Year
6666. Two days. or forty-eight hours,
commencing on Friday evening and
terminating ON Sunday evening at
6unset are observed in religious
Festivities by Hebrews the world over.
Upon the advent Of q new year they
gather at the nearest synagogue for
worship. In some instances, travelling
hundreds of miles. especially in this
country where their places Of wor-
ship are l0cated only in the larger
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

Peoria has steadily gained from Chi.
cago in grain receipts and sh ipments.
Last spring 1t was urged that the
railroads were discriminating against
Chicago. But how the Interstate
Commerce Commission could settle q
case like this. even If the power to
fix rates were conferred ON it. is q
puzzling question. Many experts see
in the situation q good illustration
of the impossibility of settling trade
problems through governmental inter-
vention. II certainly affords ground
for doubling the advisability Of giving
federal board power to make rates.
as any interference in the competition
between the two trade routes might
work tremendous harm to every ship
ping center at so callsa competitive
points. '-Peoris Herald Transcript.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

The Great Western Railway re-
ooenising the disorderlv character OF
many who 20 ON cheap excursions
now provides special oars for women
and no men are permitted to enter
the special coaches unless they are
escortinR ladies.