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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
A New Joe Jefferson story

l saw Joseph Jefferson during the
first week of his Rivals revival in
1880 at the Arch street theater. says a
writer in Worlds Work. Ten years
later, when 1 knew him personally,
found him off the stage as he was on-a
charming companion The only exam
pie of his dry humor that can now re-
call was the result of slight incident
which took place in Union square, before
store where the actor occasionally
stopped to purchase painting materials
l was at his elbow as he alighted from
his carriage, and as saluted him. said.
Buying paint for the country, Mr.. JEFF.
ferson?"
He halted. and in those shrewd ole
eyes-Celtic eyes-was just ghost of 6
twinkle.
Better paint barns than the town
young mani" and he went into the shor
for his tubes, brushes and canvas. II
was characteristic of Joseph Jefferson
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size, each of the four pieces must be
planed out of wind and true in all
respects The two side pieces are
each 81 inches long, inches wide and
three-fourths of an inch in thickness.
The two end pieces are each IL v inches
long, and of the same width and thick
ness as the sides.
The mortises in the side pieces are u
inches deep and five-sixteenthso of an inch
wide The lemons on the two end pieces
are l inch long. five-sixteenths of an
inch in thickness. In Fig. SO we have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
IN MEDICAL PRACTICE.

By means Of the leprolin serum, a
temporary cure has been effected in a
number of cases under the care of the
mission of lepers in India, and the
patients are kept in special observa-
ton wards.
Inasmuch as a soldier wounded in
battle sometimes lacks the strength
to call out for help, Dr. Matignon, a
French doctor in the Japanese Red
Cross service, has invented a whistle
which, with very slight exertion,
gives a. loud sound.
The publication of the water sup
ply of Chicago and the improvement Of
the drainage system of that city have
cut the mortality from typhoid fever
down to about one-third of the death
list from that disease when the popu-
lation was little more than half as
great as it is now.
According to DR.. T. L. Macdonald,
the prosperous and strenuous mental
life. combined with gorging, explains
the frequency of Bright's disease in
llgh official circles at Washington. He
says that overeating is the germ of
nephritis. Mental activity and physi-
afquiescence aid in it's production and
carking care and worry are also causa-
tive factors. Bright's disease is
prone to attack the intellectual and
the anxious. Alcohol, he thinks, is
not as potent a cause as is generally
believed
A rubber film glove has been de-
vised for surgeons. The gloves are
put on" by immersing the hands in a
weak solution of gutta percha in ben
zine or acetone The purpose of the
film is to seal the surfaces of the hands
with an insoluble, impervious and
practically imperceptible pellicle, which
will not admit blood, .pus or secretions.
Such protective measure for sur
geons is said to be preferable to work
ing with rubber gloves, inasmuch as
the sense of touch or pliability of the
skin is not impaired in any way.
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and screwed with five wood screws, as
shown at B in Fig. 81. A second block
of the same size is screwed but not
glued, at or near the other end of the
bar. This second block is screwed only,
so that it may be removed from place
to place on the bar to accommodate work
of differing Sizes Double wedges, such
as are shown with the completed clamp
at B, must be used so as to drive and
work parallel in all positions with the
work being clamped.
In Fig. 81 is shown the frame glued
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
THE FIRST ONE.

loved a girl when was young.
A girl l dared not try to kiss;
Our love was shy and found no tongue,
But eyes told tales we could not miss.
The years have, stretched lifetime now'
And have loved more girls than one;
And L have kissed with deepest vow,
And kissed before 1 knew twas done
And that first girl never met
After her Digtails coiled her head;
And l can't say my eyes were wet
When some one told that she was dead.
Yet there it is: she is the one,
The only one of women all,
Now that the list is closed and done,
Whom dreams of day and night recall.
Only last night she came to me,
Still silent came, and shy and sweet,
And then | learned what life might be
-Dream-drawn l sought my sweetheart
feet;
I laid my head upon her breast;
Within that haven reached at last,
There came no echo save of rest,
From all the lifelong weary past.
To each poor dog his day, we're told;
OF my queer luck here is the best;
1 dreamed that girl forgot of old:
Caressed my Sad against her breast.
-McClure's Magazine.
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lessor found that it was filed with a
neatly-folded fabric, good deal like
paper. All over it was written a story
that Prof. Woodhead read with alb
soIbed interest.
The contents of the strange manu-
. script found in a sardine can were as
follows:
Kingdom of the Fool-Killer,
'.Immolation Day.
II. William BigSmith, knowing that
at any moment the Fool-Killer is liable
to drop N upon me and make me the
late MI. Bigsmith, do write this with
fear and trembling, also with a pen
made of sharp stick, keeping an eye
on the rack where they are just now
saving in two a more than ordinarily
depraved spring poet.
Nearer at hand, the Ts-this-hot-
enough-for-you?' man is roasting over
slow fire, and his unreseryed yells
disturb me good deal He isn't a bit
stingy with his bowls.
If l succeed in finishing this. and
throwing it over the edge before the
Foolkiller gets to me, | hope it may
fall into the hands of some one who
will publish it as an awful warning 20
people who are smarter than the law
allows.
MY incorporate indulgence in in
Vestigation is what has brought me
here, where, cheered by the yells of
the man who on earth left open the
door, and now has his head eternaliy
shut into one, l write and await me
coming Of the Fool-Killer
Throw investigation and invention
to the dogs, adjure you, and quit seek
ing. to pry into the future. or some
day the ruler of this dread realm Will
get you by the surplus skin of your
neck and jerk you from happiness into
misery.
AS an inventor, was far from ne
ing a pretender like Keely. For a
time invented with impunity. and
nothing befeli me. Made reckless by
continued success, accomplished that
which eclipsed all my previous effocis.
| have no time to go into details. Slf-
ficient to say that fooled with forces
and conditions until l succeeded in
overcoming gravitation as Keely's
etheric force overcame mems resist
ance to humbug and made them come
down with the ducats
The invention. which, for want of a
better name, might have been called a
gravity eradicator, was packed in a va
lise. All had to do was to grasp the
handle, touch spring, and up we
would go.
The first time pressed the spring
too hard, and, before l knew it. I was
Jerked up against the ceiling with a
force that nearly cracked my intellec-
tual radiator. How l got the vaiise
under control again does not matter;
sufiice to say lived through it.
My next attempt was made out OF
doors. would sail up as far as ]
liked in the air, thought then touch
the spring softly and sail back to
earth gently and safely. I went up all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
A STRANGE
MANUSCRIPT
By TOM p. MORGAN

GONE time ago, a popular publica-
y ton placed before its readers the
story of The Strange Manuscript
Found in a Copper Cylinder
While its startling revelations were
only to be read with bated hair and
breath on end. it's disclosures must
needs get up long before day to equal
in dark-red thrill those of the strange
manuscript found in sardine can.
While strolling in his garden the
morning after the great storm, Prof.
Bolivar Woodhead discovered queerly
marked sardine can wrapped and tied
in cloth of strange hue and texture
Upon prying open the can the pro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

ing made the mortise and lemons, the
next step is to cut the rabbet for the
glass.
In the word rabbet, as here used. we
have carpenters term. meaning a
groove, or recess, cut into and near the
edge of one piece, into which another
piece is to be fitted. In the present case
it means the recess cut around the inside
of the frame on the back, in which the
mirror will be fixed 1t will be seen that
while the mirror is 10 by 20 inches, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

time, as shown at the left on c and also
at the right on B.
After cutting the rabbet the entire
length in this way, smooth out the chips
with wider chisel, and finish, as shown
on the right end of C, and also in the
greatly enlarged rail B. Now trim down
the lemons on the inside edge to 33s
inches, and the frame is ready to be
glued together.
Hot glue is the best for all purposes
for which glue is used, because 1T dries
more quickly. and also makes stronger
joint. For our present purpose any good
cold glue. such as La Pages, will answer,
but the frame must remain in the
clamps much longer-at least II hours
while hot glue would set and dry in
three to four hours.
Clamps.
For those who have not provided
themselves with two or more carpenter
clamps, such as shown at A in Fig. 81.
wooden wedge clamps must be made,
and two will be needed for gluing up this
frame. The wedge clamp consists of a
bar of wood 80 inches or more in length.
inches wide and seven-eighths inch to
IA inches in ickness-depending on
its length. On one end of this bar a
block six inches long and of the same
width and thickness as the bar. is glued
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

held on a small block of wood. Pine is
the best wood for this purpose. The
block should be inches long, 2A inches
wide, and from three-fourths to 1
inch in thickness. The face of the block
must be fiat and smooth, which is best
accomplished by laying sheet of sand
paper on the work bench, or some other
true surface, and rubbing the face of the
block over it, changing its position often
until the surface is correct. The sand
paper must never be fastened to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

covering board is screwed on. This
board must lap over on the frame, or
rabbet strips, about one inch all around
and if one-fourth of an inch in thick
ness it should be screwed on with one
half or five-eighths inch No. wood
screws. AS in the case of the hat hook
strips, we would recommend that these
hall mirror frames be first made of pine,
for practice, and afterward of quartered
oak
This hall mirror may be made larger
if desired, in which case a glass 10 by
"a inches, II by 80 inches, or II by &c
inches will be of good proportions.
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block in any way, as its position must
be changed continually so as to bring
every part of the paper in contact with
the wood, which will also tend to prevent
deep scratches in the finished surface.
The sheets of sandpaper should be cut
(never torn into four pieces of equal
size, the fourth of a sheet being the
most convenient size for general use.
To remove the chisel or file marks from
bevels, curves or other parts of the work
which are inaccessible to the sandpaper
block. strip of wood similar to that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

front opening in the frame is only 91a
by 1914 inches, thus covering one
fourth of an inch of the glass all around
it's edges, and the rabbet for the glass,
at the back, must be cut three-eighths
of an inch deep and three-eighths of an
inch wide.
Set the marking gauge to three
eighths of an inch and mark both the
back side and also the inside edge of
each piece.
Then with narrow chisel and mallet
cut the rabbet down roughly. chip at q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
MIR. BAYssON PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices In Perfect Freedomfrom
Miseries of Indigestion.


Miseries of Indigestion.
Thousandso sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does not digest, but how
to getrid of the difficulty is the pnzzling
question.
Good digestion calls for strong diges-
tive organs, and strength comes from a
supply of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion.
"They have been my best DOCTOR" he
says. 81 was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains in my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion was
sallow. AS the result of using eight
boxes of DR.. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits of which I learned from
friends in France, have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure i'll eating
A very simple story, but if it had not
been for DR.. Williams Pink Pills it
might have been tragic one. When dis
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
cannot be much pleasure in living. A
final general breaking down must be
merely question of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson is a native Of
Aix-les- Bains, France, but now resides
Mt No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco,
Cal. He is one of a great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills in the treatment
of obstinate disorders of the stomach.
If you would get rid of nausea, pain Or
burning in the stomach, vertigo, ner-
vousness, insomnia, or any of the other
miseries of dyspeptic, get rid of the
weakness Of the digestive organs by the
use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills. They
are sold by druggists everywhere.
Proper diet is, Of course, great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun, and a
little book, .What to Eat and How to
Eat" may be obtained by any one who
makes a request for it by writing to tho
DIR. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady,
NY. This valuable diet book contains
an important chapter on the simplest
means for the cure of constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Not Quite Certain.

In Aberdeen can be found a court Of
fetal who is as good type of canny
Scott as one would meet anywhere. On
a recent occasion an important witnes:
failed to appear and the judge wa
furious.
why isn't he here?" demanded his
honor. "It's his duty to be here. Where
is he?''
The official, with true Scotch canni-
ness, replied: "Weel, I'll no say for
that, but he's dead"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

a working drawing on which all dimen
sions are plainly marked. At A in Fig.
so one of the side pieces is shown with
distances for mortises given, and here
again we must impress on the beginner
how necessary it is for him to stand at
the end of his work, and hold the mortise
chisel perpendicular to the edge of the
piece being mortised; otherwise the
frame will come together ''in wind, and
the joints will not be close fitting. Hav-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

shown at E in Fig. 81 is used. This
holder is fiat on one side, and rounding
like cabinetNw wood file on the other. 1t
has saw cut about 8 inches long (the
width of a sheet of sandpaper) and
into this cut the edge of the sandpaper
is inserted, and the paper is then
wound around the holder. and in this
way it can be used for polishing just as
file is used for the rougher work
The hall glass described above may be
greatly improved by beveling the cor
ners, as shown in Fig. So. The angle of
the bevel should be As degrees, and the
width of the surface of the bevel should
in all cases be the same as the remain
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and in pair of these wedge clamps.
where it must remain until the glue is
dry and hard,
After removing the clamps carefully
plane off the front and back of the frame
and sandpaper all parts smooth. after
which tits ready to be finished with two
or three coats of shellac
Sandpapering.
To prevent the sandpaper from cut
ting the surface irregular. it must be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.

How to Make a Hall Glass Frame
Good Practice in Planning, Saving
and neutrality-suspicious." for the
Glass-How to Make It-Advan-
tages of Hot Over Cold Glue-Sand-
papering Make First of Pine,
Then Oak.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

of the worst fools in his collection.
This is the day, and, although nobody
has told me- fear my turn is at hand.
"As last fearful word of warning,
don't But here he comes! I've just
time to stuff this into the sardine can
and throw it over the edge of the kiGg-
dom. He comesi He comes!
yours with hair on end,
WILLIAM BIGSMITH"
After he had finished the strange
manuscript found in sardine can,
Prof. Woodhead locked himself into his
den and pondered,, and then, after
dark, went down into the woodshed
and carefully cut up into kindling wood
his deliberately constructed machine
for making whistles out of pig tails.
He had cheated the Fool-Killer!-
Peoples Home Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
In Mizzoura.

What does this picture representa-"
That's Cousin Flo, who lives in
Missouri"
''Why, can't see anything but
blur"
well, you see, Flo had her daily
chill just as snapped the camera
Cleveland Leader
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
BY LANES RITCHEY

Instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
making, Armour Institute of Tech
nology, Chicago.)
Copyright. 1904, by Joseph E. Bowles)
(The interested reader is advised to clip
this article for reference)
AS means for further practice in
planning, saving and mortising, the
small hall glass frame shown in Fig.
So is recommended. In order that the
frame may be square and correct in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

A hotel which cost the builder S13.-
900 six years ago at Kettle Falls,
Wash, has been sold for 5000, and a
number of town lots were sold at from
five cents to $25 each. The sale was
made by the county commissioners on
foreclosure for delinquent taxes, and
marked the end of boom town
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

Eros, the little planet or asteroid,
which is the nearest known object in
the universe to the earth, except the
moon, has been photographed at the
Harvard university observatory at Are
quipa. Peru.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28

enlarged cross sections, Fig. "a. These
blocks should be about one inch in
length, and glued to the frame rabbet,
with one of the sharp angles of the tri-
angle passing down past, and binding
on, the edge of the glass. Place block
at about every three inches, and allow
the frame to remain on it's face until the
glue is dry. after which thin back or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-07-28
Bad Either Way

Penelope-It's dreadful Papa wants
me to marry man I have never seen.
Perdita-That's nothing. My father
wants me to marry a man have seen,
-Tit-Bits.
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It All Depends.

It All Depends.
He's marriage failure?
She-You can seldom tell till you'ye
seen the wedding presents.-CasselPs
Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
COTTON.

NEW YORK. July 5-I understand that
I am generally accused of having sold
my cotton, gone short, turned bear and
other like crimes. Such reports have
been current on every twenty point ad-
vance during the past fortnight. To
those who doubt. or have doubted, my
sincerity, they can make no difference.
TO those who attach any Importance to
my opinion, would say that it Ia my
confident belief that cotton will sell much
higher, and the fact that sell or buy
will not affect tho issue one iota. The
influences ut work are fundamental and
transient the operations Of any one man
or group Of men. Briefly they are de-
mand for fourteen million bales of cot
ton at current prices and a prospective
crop OF only about ten millions. The sit
uation, IN my opinion, permits q no ad;
justment except through further and
startling advance IN prices Realizing
that "one-man-market" Is always a
dangerous market, I have to-day pur-
poscly confused tho trade as to whether
7 have bought Or sold. am always at
liberty to do either. do not care to
have anyone buy hecause,I am buying,
or sell because am selling. TO those
who would operate on the facts ! would
say that In my opinion they point in ona
direction only, and that is toward much
THEODORE II, PRICE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
COTTON NfARISErs.

NpW YORK, July o. Tho otton market u,a :
again exceedingly active, sales boinx estima, ed
AZ fully million bales, and Euctua tons con
tinued very broad. a sharp advance in Tho
nlidde session was followed by an equally
severe decline during the afternoon, ana prices
at the close showed little change as compared
with Mondays finals. The opening was ir-
regular at AN advance OF l2Gl2S points, this
being hardly n response TO tho sensational
gains III the English market over the FOURTH
RealizlnE was very heavy, but altar working
off few points from tho opening figures the
market rallied on continued demand throug h
wire and commission houses. and reached
the high point of the day shortly after the
weekly crop report at noon although this
stated that the general condition Of tho crop
showed st,med somn Improvement. October
sold at 1886 and January touched 100, or net
CLANS of about 35aaa points, Al these figures
4 Was reported that leading bulls wero SELL
Ing actively both In the Southern and New
York markets, and prices lost almost all their
gain until general liquidation. Tho close was
at practically the low point OF the session,
but steady at II net advance OF 2fI4 points.
Southern SPOT markets. according to orflcia!
reports were AffiC, higher, with some pont 8
reporting fair rates. The local spot market
WAS 80 points higher, but no business was re-
ported
Recelptssof cotton ut tho ports to-day were
Il, 1853 bales against 1:,7o2 last week and 1928
last year For tho week (eslmated) 10000 bales
against 741ts last week and 10,bh last year.
To-day's receipts Mt New Orleans were ., 6a7