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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22
Want Model Returned.

Minneapolis After nearly three
years at Eue Claire, Wis, the full
sized model of the historic viking ship
of Gokstad is to be returned to it's
former place in the Minneapolis public
library, if an agitation started by the
Norwegian Society of America is sue
cessful.
The model is of great value, being
an exact reproduction of the viking
ship unearthed at Gokstad, Norway,
some twenty years ago. 1t was
loaned three years ago to some persons
in Eue Claire, to be used in street
parade, and has never been returned.
Resolutions condemning those respon-
sible for the loaning of the ship were
adopted by the executive board of the
Norwegian Society of America.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22

ond expedition in 1903, he selected
young Fiala, then but 33 years old.
'Northward, always northward," was
Mr.. Ziegler's injunction, as he intrusted
the young man to the command of the
America, the best ship that ever ground
her way through Arctic ice.
Fiala promised.
He sailed from New York in May with
the members of his party. The other Of
ficers with him were: r. r. Tafel, of
Philadelphia; Charles l.. Seitz, of
Evansville, Ind; William ]. Peters, of
the geological survey, second in COM
mand; Francis Long, of the weather
bureau, the meteorologist of the eXpe-
dition; DR.. G. w. Shorkley, of Camden,
Me-; j. Collin Waugh, of Forest HILL
N. j.; Charles E. Rellits, of st. Louis;
John Vedoe, of Boston; Spencer w.
Stuart, of Brooklyn, and H. H. New
court, of Milford, Mass.
When he sailed there was a little
party of women to see him off-his
mother, one or two relatives and the
girl from Nashville. She had relented
at last.
when you come back" she whis-
pered, as he started up the gangplank
of the steamer that was to take him to
Norway, 81 will marry YOU"
when l find the pole," answered
Fiala, 'I'll be back"
But nobody knew that either had
promised the other. 1t was onlysEhen
the brief dispatch came on Aughst II
that Miss Puryear told her secret-she
was to marry the intrepid young arctic
explorer when he could come back to
her. Wooed six years and his promised
sweetheart for two years more, she had
kept her secret well. For two years
lacking less than a month she had not
heard word from him. Her last let
ter was dated in September, 1908, when
the gallant little band passed out of
reach of the mails for almost II months
The expedition cost $25O,00O. The
party were taking everything possible
for the prosecution of the search for the
pole. Everything that science or COM
fort could suggest found place aboard
the sturdy ship. There were 210 Siberi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22
State Makes Loans.

The state board of investment, con-
sisting of the governor, the state audi
tor and the state treasurer, at its
monthly meeting approved loans to
the amount of $l73, $50. Most of these
were TO school districts and a few viii
lagos, counties and townships, This
makes total of nearly 500, 900 loaned
by the state during the year.
Regarding the funds available for
making the loans, State Auditor Iver-
son said that there is now on hand in
the trust fund $4,000 available for
this purpose and in seven or eight
weeks there will be $250,00o or $780,
600 more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22

glory Of being the first to set foot on
the spot that has been mems ambition
for century, or whether his bones
were not whitening on some Arctic
waste.
The first relief expedition started a
year ago. She waited for it's return,
No news. A second went out and came
back without finding trace of the man
she loved, or his ship. A third went
nortnward nearly four months ago
she waited again.
And then-the glorious news, alive
and we'll!
1t came first in the regular dispatch
es from far away Norway, and then in
another message to Fiala's brother,
Louis-"Returned, good health, love
from Anthony" A third dispatch
vent to Tennessee, but what was in it
is not on record. 1t was then that Miss
Purycar's secret became known to the
world. She admitted that she would
become the wife of this man who had
twice risked his life in search of the
frozen pole.
Up in Norway, meanwhile, the young
man was receiving the congratulations
Of men who know what it means to
brave the terrible rigors of two Arctic
winters. Though he had lost his ship
and had failed to reach the pole, or
even the farthest north, he had come
back with an honorable record-every-
body knew that. Of the 80 men, all
but one were safe and sound The
dead man did not succumb to anything
that he might not have died of in his
own home. 1t was a record far sur
passing that of the other Ziegler ex-
petition.
Fiala spoke modestly of what had
happened during these past two years,
saying nothing for himself, though it
was largely due to him that he had
brought his men back all right
Fiala didn't have much to say of
what he had been through, but others
told of it. The men were in fairly
good shape, but some were so weak
that they never could have withstood a
third winter in the Arctic.
It was the terrible winter of 1903 and
1904 that was against them, When
storms and grinding ice crushed the
stanch America like pasteboard box,
this ship that had weathered many an
Arctic winter before, Fiala did not give
up. He saved so tons of provisions
and 100 tons of coal, which he deposit
&c on the ice for further use. Then
ne led his men out on the ice fields.
The last wreckage Of their ship disap-
peared in the fearful storm of January
%, 1904. His ship gone, Fiala did not
give up his search for the pole. Par
ties went out east, west and north.
trying to force passage north. There
was impossible ice everywhere, and
much open water, which forbade other
attempts. Then the provisions began
to fail. 1t meant forced march south
or death for everybody.
1t was long, painful and terrible
journey on foot and sledge to the
southwark. Ultimately the party
reached the caches at Cape Flora.
Cape Dillon and Cape Ziegler. The
men were distributed at these three
places, and eked out the provisions
they found by catching bear and wal
rus, on which they subsisted.
Everybody was hopeful until the
autumn of 1904. when no relief shin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22
Plenty of Bears.

Duluth. Five bears, one Of them
was an old one, and two cubs were
shot and one cub was captured on the
edge of Duluth's residence section.
Mrs w. H. Sanford shot a half
grown bear that climbed telephone
pole in front of her house on East
Fourth street. C. A. Waldriff, at Du-
luth Heights shot an old bear and cub
that were investigating his pig pen.
Arnold Filter captured a cub weigh
ing thirty-fve pounds in yard on
East Fifth street
It is believed that these and other
bears that have invaded the city of
late were attracted by bee hives in a
ward on East First street.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22
How Crocodiles Are Caught.

In some parts of India the natives
dig a crocodile pit which they cover
with sticks and leaves. The pit sur
rounds a little island or mound Of
earth and is close to stream where
crocodiles abound. On this mound
they fasten a young goat, and its
bleatings through the night attract the
crocodiles who break the frail floor
of sticks with their heavy bodies and
fall into the pit prepared for them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-09-22
Alcohol Root Of MANY Diseases.

Prof. Stadelman, principal physician
of the great hospital at Friedrichshain.
suburb of Berlin, in his latest report
estimates that between one quarter
and one-third OF the diseases affecting
men in the great districts in Berlin
inhabited by workmen are caused By
the improper use of alcohol
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Indian Rcck and Tipping Rocks.

Half a mile from the DEVILS Pulpit
is a very interesting and wonderful
natural curiosity, in the shape of a
feet in circumference. The bowlder
is nicely balanced on three fiat ledge
stones, and on its south side is an
opening large enough to admit a per.
son of ordinary size. The cavity
widens on the interior into a room
eight feet long and six feet wide, the
walls of the chamber being fantastical.
ly grooved and followed.
In the neighboring village Of Goffs.
town, toward the setting sun, are three
very large powders, which are known
as the Tipping Rocks, but whether
they were placed there by his satanic
majesty for his own particular amuse-
ment is not stated by tradition. 1t is
believed, however, that he had moth
ing to do with them, as his name has
never been connected Herewith, so
far as can be ascertained; STILL there
have been persons who have imagined
that there was something devilish
dDOuI tuS iOOho, 'hiOuSh lhO ioSI IhoI'
although the powders weighed hun
dreds Of tons, they could easily be
tipped and swayed by gentle push
of one hand.
If the devil did place those rocks
there. he certainly did very good job
In the balancing line, for the pivotal
arrangement has held good longer
than the memory of man, and is still
doing excellent work. Rocking these
great powders Is novel and interest
ing experience for many persons who
visit this part of New Hampshire
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

60 a cellar; and, seizing this. she
pulled at it with all her strength
A small section of the floor lifted,
creaking on rusted hinges, and dash
ing wildly through dust and cobwebs
that rose with it. she plunged into the
shallow opening, earth-walled and
fioored, the dust filling her eyes and
nostrils, and half-choking her, as she
painted sobbingly for breath.
A few moments later she grew cold
with an agony OF apprehension, when
she heard the noise Of her pursuers'
feet upon the flooring over her head,
and their snuffling at the cracks in the
cellar door. How long it lasted she
scarcely knew, cramped as she was
in the darkness, aching, throbbing-
half-swooning, with the dreadful crea-
lures bowling and snarling above her
head: how long it was before the bay
ing OF beagles, faint at first, sounded
in her ears.
Nearer and nearer came the sound,
growing strong and clear: and then
she heard the shouting of voices.
This brought new fear-for might
not these come from those fully as
much to be feared as were the wolves ?
The island, as shs knew, was several
miles long; and she had always known
chat 1t held others besides her grand
fathers household
She listened tremblingly, new
dread encompassing her as the voices
of the beagles now broke out close to
the cabin. Then there was a rushing
sound, followed by an uproar indicat-
ing a iierce struggle. At length the
combat seemed to surge through the
cabin door. and voice which she rec
ognized as that OF black Zebo, one of
her grandfather's most trusted slaves,
shouted, Oar goes de last debbil
maxim for de woods! Shoot him. boys
shoot eb'ry hide yer can see!"
Roselle called to him, but her voice
sounded faint and unnatural to her
own ears. Then the door was lifted
and the binding light Of torch
flashed In her face.
'"Tane me out: take me home!" sne
cried, raising her arms sppealingly
while she sobbed like a terrified child
A mans voice, one she was too be
wildered TO recognize, answered her
Little Rose-my precious little island
Rose!"
"A husky. shaking voice murmuret
these words against her ear. where
she felt the pressure of warm lips.
"Ah. thank God, have thee saf'
,againt'
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

smiled upon them as they gathered
around her.
Two of them, under Lafitte's direc-
ton, made a seat of their interlocked
hands, and, bearing her between them,
set out for the house, with flaring
torches lighting the way.
The proclamation of Gov. Claiborne
resulted in inducing Count de Gaze
neau to return to his New Orleans
home earlier than usual; and Laftte's
house in the city was closed, while a
trusted negro overseer was left in
charge of the blacksmith shop, with
orders to say that his master had gone
away upon matters of business.
1t was to Grande Terre that Pierre
had gone, feeling that time was near
at hand for the joining Of issues be-
tween his confreres and the govern
ment, and wishing. as always, to share
the fortunes of his foster brother.
On the western shore of Grande
Terre, with several miles of forest
lying between 1t and De Cazeneau's
house, was the so-ealled fort" of the
Baratarians, standing upon a grassy
eminence dotted with magnificent live
oaks, and terminating at bluff not
many feet above the sea.
It consisted of fair-sized building
and several smaller ones, all Of wood,
enclosed within a stockade; and a
few cannon protected the fleet-now
consisting of two brigatines, some
| small schooners and sloops, and a
large number of smaller craft-an-
chored in the harbor at the rear of the
| island.
Outside the stockade we're many
huts, constructed of logs, and with
| thatched roofs, where we're always
domiciled a small army Of Lafitte's
retainers, while he--when at Grande
| Terre-and a few Of his sub-leaders
had their quarters inside.
Shell Island. already mentioned, up
one of the almost inaccessible bayous
was his most frequent abode. where
he kept about him only few devoted
followers; and here, amid impene
trable forests, was conducted the
building of vessels.
War between the United States and
Great Britain had been waging for
year or more; but 1t had not yet
threatened Louisiana. nor had any
preparations been made at New Or
leans to resist an attack from the
enemy.
But, in the summer of 1913, occurred
the horrible massacre at Fort Minis
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

) Called Den Of Satan

Especial Correspondence.)

There is no lack of demonology in
the traditions of New England. but it
is wholly fabric wrought by fear and
dread. The situation of the early col
onists, no less than the prevailing
tendency of the times, was favorable
to belief in the supernatural. The
deep, unexplored forests were full Of
mystery, and this mystery was invari-
ably associated with dread. The stern
religion of the Puritans frowned upon
the tales of fairyland. No merry,
laughing elves tripped in the glancing
moonlight under the great trees; no
gentle fairies hid in the flowers; in
deed, the flowers themselves were half
despised as vanities. st. Nicholas,
and over New England for two centu-
ries before he dared to descend a
chimney to hunt for the stockings OF
good little boys and girls.
The woods, like the religion Of the
Puritans, were full of dread. There
were devils in both. Every cleft in
the rocky hillsides, if of unusual size
or depth, was sure to be reckoned
DEVILS den, and there were compare
lively few towns in New England that
could not boast of one. New Hamp-
shire has many of them, and one, al
though the fact is not generally
known, is entitled to the distinction
of having inspired the gentle poetic
muse of Whittier.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

the precipitous rock beside the pulpit
large footprint. The size of the
imprint would indicate that the owner
of the foot that made it, were he now
among the living, would be obliged to
get measured for his shoes in a ten
acre lot. And here again the bark Of
consistency smashes upon rock, for
the footprint could not we'll be that of
the devil, as in the days when he was
supposed to have held a voting resi-
dence in the locality men usually went
about barefooted, while this particular
footprint might well be used as a
modern plan of well-made, fashion
able shoe. Then, too, according to the
best information obtainable, the dew
IFS feet were not constructed upon
that sort of a model.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11

The touch and the words struck
sharply through her benumbed senses;
and with a cry of alright, she strug'
gled to free herself.
what Is it?" asked Lafitte, now
speaking firmly and quickly. "Are you
hurt, child-are you injured in any
way?"
"Do not-do mott" the girl COM
manded, now uncovering her face, and
looking up at him with an angry light
sparkling in her eyes. How dare
your"
Drawing back a step, LATTE stared
at her in amazement, until suddenly
recalling what Nato had told him a
short time before, and realizing that
what he had then feared was indeed
true, he stood before her speechless,
a new agony growing in his pale face.
For a moment she met his eyes un-
finchingly. Then. dropping her own.
turned from him with a shudder, as
she said coldly, II wish to be taken
to the house, Captain"
She stopped as if checked at the
thought of uttering his name.
"In a moment, mademoiselle," he
answered with the cool courtesy he
would have shown a stranger. Your
grandpere has been alarmed on your
account. He had sent for you to come
and bid me adieu; and then, when
your absence was discovered, it was
quite late"
She said nothing, nor did he, for the
space of full minute. Then, with
his face turned to the darkness out
side, he resumed:
"If the day may ever come when
you can think of me with less con-
demnation, remember always what |
tell you now. do not, t,-nor can / ever,
blame you. And, if / can ever serve
you, you have but to comamnd me,
always and forever"
Some of the slaves, who had re-
turned from the hunt, now sent up a
joyous shout at sight Of their "lil'
Nam selle" unhurt; and, rising, she
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
Appreciated "CIarissa."

Edward Young, author OF might
Thoughts" wrote In 1749 to the Ouch
ess of Portland letter containing an
enthusiastic reference to Richardson's
"Clarissa," and this letter has just
been published among the Longleat
MSS. HAS your grace read his 'Clar-
issa'?" says Young. What beauti-
full brat of the brain is theret ! wish
your grace would stand Nqdmother
and give its name 'Clarissa' the Di-
vine.' That romance will probably do
more good than body Of Divinity.
II all printers could turn such au-
thors I would turn printer In order to
be instrumental in promoting such
benefit to mankind" The modern au-
thor may well sigh for such apprecia-
ton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
ABOUT THE AGE OF A CROW.
A Tag Would Indicate That One Lived
More Than Twenty Years.

A farmer living near Orrville, Ohio,
says a correspondent of the Toronto
Globe, has just received a much-p priced
little aluminium plate marked as fol-
lows: Return to George McCarren,
Orrville, O." with which an interest
ing story is connected.
George McCarren, Sr., father of the
man who received the little billet Of
aluminium, was an eccentric naturalist
and spent much time in the study of
birds and insects. During McCarrens
youth, about twenty years ago, he
says he remembers being told by his
father, the elder McCarren, Of a dis
pute the latter had with fellow nat
uralist at Akron, Ohio, as to the age
to be attained by common crow, and
finally, to settle the matter, McCarren
attached an aluminium tag to the crow
captured in the fields and sent the bird
forth with the plate securely fastened
to it's neck by wires. The legend on
tho plate requested the finder to re-
turn it to McCarren in case anything
should happen to the bird.
AS McCarren, Jr., remembers 1t, the
two men made bet as to whether the
plate would be returned within twen-
ty years. II the crow were killed or
died they counted on the little billet
being found and returned to the ad-
dress on the plate. II this were not
returned they believed 1t would be suf-
ficient evidence that the bird would
Je still alive. McCarren bet that the
plate would not be returned within
that time; hence he won the bet. The
crow was killed by a farmer boy
named Anglers in Holmes county last
week, and the billet returned to the
son OF the better, the elder McCarren
having died before he could realize the
proceeds and the satisfaction Of win
ming his wager. The little billet is
highly priced by the McCarrens as a
memento of the fathers eccentricity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-02-11
CHAPTER XVI.

AS she looked about her, in the tan
gled and shadowy forest, where the
night was already coming darkly. a
new terror arose within her. and she
sought TO return by the way she had
come, but this was only to find her
steps cut off by still denser masses of
forest growth. Even as she stood
hesitating. there came faint cry, like
that of child, and rush of hopeful
ness thrilled her at the thought of
something human being near in the
gloom and oppressive stiffness.
Then there fell upon her freezing
terror, as she suddenly recalled the
slaves telling recently of a panther's S
voice having been heard at night, near
the settlement; and she remembered
that they had likened 1t to the crying
of child.
Trembling with fright, she stood,
glancing about in terror, wondering
which way to turn, when another
sound came family. It was sound
she had heard before. and one no
nearer could ever forget; a short,
quick bark, followed by a prolonged
howl-the cry of the timber wolf.
Gathering her draperies closely, she
sprang forward again, all color gone
from the dainty little face, now ashen
with fear, against which the bushes
and lvw branches beat numerically.
Again and again the fiendish cry rang
out, to be succeeded by another, and
then another, as If the first call had
summoned a multitude of wolves to
the chase. But, for all her dainty fem
ininity, she had a mans heart for
courage in the face of danger; and,
as she still kept on, with clenched
hands and painting breath, a small
cabin showed in a clearing before her.
A new strength came to her at sight
of this refuge, and she rushed toward
it, to find only an untenanted ruin,
with its door fallen from the hinges.
But she saw upon the floor large
iron ring which indicated the entrance