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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
Pretty Picture of Congeniality Be-
tween Animal Instinct and
Human Reason.

Broadway was very interesting to
the tenderfoot from the west, but she
hadn't expected to find such a demon
strative new friend there as she ran
across recently. On one of the busiest
corners, where the crossing is as dam
gerous and as difficult as any noun
tain pass was in the old days, she
was walking into the jaws of death
with the fearlessness and confidence Of
ignorance. She was snatohed almost
impatiently from the passing dangers
by a mounted policeman, who, by the
way, wasn't mounted at the time. His
horse, a fine, spirited specimen of the
equine race, was patiently standing at
the corner by the curb, watching the
passing throng and his master. Said
master hurriedly thrust the dazed ten
derfoot to the sidewalk out of harms
way She bumped into the horse.
Both were surprised, and both begged
pardon in their own ways. The girl
said, rapturously:
ooh, you beauty"
The horse whinnied softly, as If she
were an old and beloved friend, rub
bling his nose against her sleeve. Then
the girl started across the street oncs
more. When she was half way over
she felt a light touch on her shoulder
and at the same time heard several
men laughing. In surprise, she looked
to see what could be happening. There
stood the policeman's beautiful steed,
looking pleadingly at her. The next
instant she had that horses heat In
her arms and her face against his
glossy head, tears of pleasure in he,
eyes. Around this odd pair flowes the
stream of traffic, for this was busy
center, but many people stopped to
see the strange sight. The next in
slant the gruff officer had brusquely
called to the horse, and when the
horse failed to come to his call he
quite rudely grasped the rein and
took the horse away from the tableau,
which Immediately dissolved as the
girl went her way with moist eyes, a
happy smile and longing in her
heart for her beloved home in the
far west and the horse she loved 80
well.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22

common soldier attacked a fellow
soldier with a razor. A general mix
up resulted and a lieutenant ran to
the scene. Fortunately he was armed
with a pistol. He drew it and fired
at the malcontent, but, as it happened,
missed him altogether and killed an
innocent bugler who was looking on.
This only made the affair livelier, and
at last one strong fellow pinioned the
ruffian. Thereupon sentinel, who had
caught on from his post, fired away,
and hit in the breast the brave man
who had the ugly one down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
Authorities Feel They Must Have Recourse to Strenuous
Action to Restrain Betsy Simms.
YOUNG, FEARLESS, AND IDOL OF OUTLAWS
In Prison for Dealing Whisky That Had Paid No Revenue She
Severely Cuts Jaler in Attempt to Escape-Three
Indictments Now Against Her.

Much as has been written of the
OF North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives Of the inhabit-
ants OF that romantic region cannot
but feei that the half has not been
told
Loyal to degree that holds life
worth nothing If friend can be
served, an enemy punished or traitor
put to death, the mountaineer is typi-
cal of a state of existence the world
has long outgrown.
The average man of more Sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the avenging of his wrongs to courts
of law and the judgment of his fell
lows, but in the mountains each man
is a court of law unto himself, and is
not satisfied with the slow methods of
justice with which other communi-
ties are conversant.
1t has been found a matter of mon
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people that there is wrong in the
making of "moonshine" whisky. To
Tic VI lie Iucy
grow is theirs, whether it is converted
into the staff of life or the delectable
liquid of the worm and still. The eff
forts of the "Revnooers" to put stop
to the distilling of the juice of the
corn necessarily, therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers of the law are fire.
quent Just now the federal officials
have a complication to deal with
which is more than usually knotty.
"Queen" New in Jail.
''The best looking gal in the noun
tains!" Betsy Sims, Queen of the
Moonshfners," is languishing in the big
and lonesome Jail at Columbus, the
high-up little mountain town which
is the county seat of Polk, one of the
smallest and most isolated of the
North Carolina counties. What to do
with her is the problem puzzling the
authorities.
Betsy, though only %, is as daring
and well versed a woman, both in the
ways Of making whisky and of SELL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22

for when the judge took his seat on
the morning of the fourth day Betsy
failed to show up. The judge issued a
bench warrant for her, and she was
found at the home of a moonshiner not
far from the little town, brought back
and tried, and the judge decided to
make, an example of the bold young
creature by sending her to Jail at Co
lumbus for four months.
Astonished the Mconshiners.
The moonshiners were simply par
alyZed by the sentence, for some of
them thought that Betsy bore "A
charmed life, so to speak, and one OF
them, in an outburst of admiration,
had said on the third day that she
would come clar," and that mo jedge
an no jury can tech her, in my min
But Betsy had not quite reached the
limit of her resources The Jail at
Columbus is an old-fashioned barn of
a structure, three stories high and of
brick, and is generally SHINY tenant
ed. 1t happened that when Betsy
first entered it's walls man was there
on his way to the penitentiary to serve
IL months for the practice of the gen.
tie art of manslaughter, he having in
some kind of mix-up slain a fellow
mountaineer with knife, and "gittin'
off light" as the other side of the
case put it. Betsy was put on the
second floor of the Jail, this prisoner
whose name is Chalmers, being on the
floor above. A rather rude flight of
steps leads from the second to the
third floors, through well-locked
trap-door of wood.
How She Broke Jail.
The weather was cool, and there was
fire in Betsy's room. She did not
feel equal to the task of getting out
of jail unaided, so she sought the COM
partnership of Chalmers. They talked
to each other, commonplace while the
jailer was anywhere within hearing,
but business when he was out of the
way, the business being the best means
of getting out. Betsy was the more
resourceful of the two, and so, taking
chunk of fire." she went up the
oIoll way dhI oCI AIO W Lie i,
Chalmers descended. He and Betsy,
after passing the compliments of the
day, for they were acquainted, decided
on the mode of action, and then Chal-
mers fell to work to make a hole
through the side of the Jail, while
Betsy made a rope out of blankets and
bedding, and arranged such goods and
chattels as she had with her in shape
for quick removal. Chalmers, with
true ga,lantry, decided that it was best
for him to go through the hole first,
thus testing the latter, and, incident
ally, the rope below. Out he got and
fitted away.
Nearly Vanquishes Jailer.
Betsy was going, too, but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into the
room. This aroused her fighting instinct
to the limit. and like a lioness she
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
Great Inkslinper.

James B. Reynolds, of Boston, has
been assistant secretary of the United
States treasury for Is months and in
all that time has signed his name
somewhere close to 100000 times. His
signature is rather fanciful charac-
ter and consequently he uses ink by
the gallon. AS a rule, he uses up
three fountain pens in day. During
a hot spell of weather at one time 49,
600 Indian warrants came In. They
had to be signed. The other assistant
secretaries were on their vacations
and Jimmie signed them, the whole
21,0o0. He lost II pounds and soured
his disposition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
Deputies Made Terms.

ocpoIleS Ihdue IeTIuS.
The deputies thought it wise to
temporize, and decided to take the
cash, which the moonshiners CALAMITY
put up, and Betsy retired with them,
looking back archly at the officers,
her charming eyes sparkling with de-
flance and the roses in her cheeks
deepening until they were like Pc
onies. Her face was framed in a pink
sunbonnet of the type which is worn
on week days by all the mountain
girls.
Betty did not let her daring and
her adventures end with her capture,
but the very next day her moonshine
friends showed up with $3.50, they
having sold a horse for that sum.
There was big meetin'" not far
away, and it was thought it would
be a good time to. buy an extra lot Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22

Poor Marksmen in Mexico.
A recent unfortunate occurrence in
army circles in Mexico indicates that
craftsmanship may be still further de-
veloped to advantage. 1t seems that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-06-22
Nearly Vanquishes Jailer.
BETSY was going foo hut &c @

Betsy was going, too, but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into the
room. This aroused her fighting instinct
to the limit, and like a lioness she
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
The School Teacher.

A young man fresh from college
who decides to become a school
teacher has many things to consider.
The profession, If it can be called a
profession, is still unorganized. No
standard of excellence, no diploma
certifying ability, is required. Meth
DDS of teaching in public schools In
New York State are very different
from those in Colorado, and those in
Utica are different from those In
Buffalo. There are private schools
Of all kinds. There are almost as
many methods Of teaching arithmetic
as there of teaching vocal music. To
obtain his first position he ordinarily
joins an agency. He takes to the
agency his record at college, supple
mented by as many recommends
tons from his professors as possible,
Pays his yearly fee and promises the
agency a certain percentage - five
per cent. usually-of his first years
salary. Occasionally his college will
find a place for him in one OF the
schools that prepare directly for it.
At any rate, he will find without
great difficulty a position that will
support him. Perhaps 1t will be In a
little UNCONVENTIONAL boarding
school, where he will teach thirteen
different subjects during his first
year, as one man know did. 1t he
survives his first year successfully
and with some measure Of content
in the work he is likely to be a
teacher for the rest of his life.-Les-
lies Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
REMARKS FROM THE PUP.

She's taught me that mustn't bark
Az little noises after dark,
But Just refrain from any fuss
Until I'm sure they're dangerous.
This would be easier, I've felt,
il noises could be seen or smelt.
She's very wise, I have no doubt,
And plans ahead what she's about,
Yet after eating, every day
She throws her incest bones away.
If she were really less obtuse
Shed bury them for future use.
But that which makes me doubt the
most
Those higher powers that humans
boast,
Is not SO much n fault like that,
Nor yet her fondess for the cat,
But on our pleasant country strolls
Her dull Indifference to holes!
o if I once had time to spend
To reach a holes EXTREMIST end,
I'd grab 1t fast, without a doubt,
And promptly pull 1t inside out;
Then drag 1t home with all my
power
To chew on it in a leisure hour.
.speN
or all the mistresses there are, r,
Mine is the lovliest ny far ~
Fain would | wag myself apart
If / could thus reveal my heart.
tut on some things, must con-
clude,
Mine is the saner attitude.
Burgess Johnson, lin Harper's Mag
aZine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Pc RU- Ma STRENGTHENS
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

Mr.. ChAs. L. Sauer, Grand Scribe, Grand
Dncampment I, O., o. F. Of Texas, and
Assistant City Auditor, writes from the
CITY Hall, Ban Antonio, Tex:
Nearly two years ago l accepted q po-
Gtien as secretary and treasurer with one
Of the leading dry goods establishments Of
Galveston, Tex.
'Srhe sudden change from a high and
dry altitude to sea level proved too much
for me and became afflicted with catarrh
and cold in the head, and general debility
tate me for attending to my duties.
III SOGS Induced 20 try Pe-rW-nG,
Gad after tGktmJ several bottles IN
gRtGlt doses am lLeGsed TO say that
NUds eSstfTeLy restored 10 M " normal
con dHtOn and have eV0r since rec
NSe1Ided the use Of PeT'unG to my
T4-ieNds."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
CATS AND MIRRORS.
Is It True That the Animals See Re-
Elections

1--WE half a mind to write to pa
per in the New Hampshire village
where | was born and reared" said
a lover Of animals the other day,
"and ask the editor If a story read
in his last weeks edition is a true
story.
Its about a wonderful cat that
sits on the edge of the sidewalk with
his back to the gutter and looks into
a store window as IL he didn't care
for anything or anybody. When he
sees by means OF that window that
the English sparrows are pecking
close behind him, he turns as cats
can turn, like the Nhiff Of a flash
light, and nails bird or two.
Now, I've messed with cats and
dogs, and all kinds of living critters
ever since / could walk; studied their
ways and habits, and / never could
make any of them pay the slightest
| attention to themselves in a mirror.
I've held them up to the glass, think.
ing they might spit or growl or fight,
and they weren't so much as interest
ed. The joke was always on me.
"And you can't fool them on dunn
mics, toys made in their own image
and made perfectly-runabout rats
and mice and limitations of that kind
They won't even paw over them and
examine them. Accordingly, l am
rather doubtful about that very clever
New Hampshire cat."-Providence
| Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Business Hours in the

SuSInesS 1oufS IN the City OF Mexico.
Some Of the newspapers Of the Mex
lean capital have taken up an aglta-
ton for a reform in the business
hours. Heretofore It has boon tho
custom to close all shops and offices
absolutely between the hours of 1 and
$50 or O'Clock in the afternoon.
Some of the foreign stores have at
tempted to get away from this system,
but the small amount Of trade gained
by thus doing away with the ancient
"siesta" hour (now largely tradition
in the capitaD was not enough to pay
for the trouble.
The noon rest hour is a reasonable
one in the tropics, where it is always
q period of dulness and unusual heat,
but there Is also the other side, in
that the long hour suggests heavy
noon meal, which in the tropics, more
than anywhere else, is unreasonable,
But the principal opposition to the
noon rest hour is the consequent
lengthening of the working hours into
the evening, so that stores and Offices
never close before o'clock, and often
not before Z. This throws the even
ings recreation into the night, so that
no theatre can begin a performance
before S45 at the very earliest, and
the time Of recreation is heightened
into an "all night seance Modern
Mexico.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14

S1licate has been discovered In
Washington county. Over one thou
sand acres noar Willisburg has been
found to contain deposit Of silicate
in large quantities. Several tests
have been made by competent auth
critics and all show 1t to be first class
oxide Of Silicon. II developed thor
oughly it would make large fortune,
and land is being held at $1,000 an
acre.
There are very few silicate mines
in the United States, and this fact
lends double value to the discovery.
The existence of the deposit has been
known for three years, but the people
of the community found it out when
experts from Louisville sent a man
this spring to buy it.-Springfield Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Novel Glass Makinu.

A new invention in the glass.plate
industry is reported from Germany.
So far two methods have been en-
ployed in the manufacture of crystal
plate glass and mirror and window
glass-namely, that of casting and
blowing. In the making Of window
glass the molten substance is blown
into cylinders by glass makers pipes,
and subsequently fiattened, while In
the making of plate glass the viscid
mass is cast from the pits and rolled.
The new inventions draws the molten
substance from the pot and conducts
It between rollers lying side by side.
Seventeen pairs Of these rollers are
built up towerlike above the pot. The
LIQUID mass cools on its way between
the rows of rollers, and comes out
from them polished on both sides, In
any desired thickness (this being reg
ulated by the relative position of the
rollers), beautifully fiatened and
ready for use.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
CurIous Place For Nest.

A pheasant has butt her nest on one
Of the butts of military rife range at
Ticehurst, England. She has not been
hit yet and evidently does not expect
to be, the soldiers doing their best to
justify her confidence.
Sunlight For All the Leaves.
The telegraph plant Of India has
method of its own for catching the
sunshine, says the Telegraph Age.
Each Of its leaves is composed of
three leaflets.
The larger terminal one erects it.
self during the day and turns sharp
~ down at night, while the other
two smaller leaflets move constantly
day and night, describing complete
circles with a peculiar Jerking mo-
ton like the second hand Of watch.
OCCASIONALLY they rest for a period
and then go on again. thus bringing
every part of every leaf to the full
action of the sunlight.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14

There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con,
siders the great number of cases OF
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. PipLl m =
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which Irse.
Miss Margret Merkley, of 27!rhird
St~@>"' milwaukee, We \
Dear Mrs. Pinkham: ,,o
a LOSS of strength, extreme me- Creaa,
shooting pains through the pelviS%IsSGIilI
bearing down pains and cramps comPtsd
me to seek medical advice The doctor, after
making an examination, said had female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera,
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
TO try Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and am
once more strong, vigorous and WELL
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among women. If the month
ly periods are very painful or too fire.
quent and excessive if you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side
bearing down pains, don't neglect your
self try Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Bird in the Hand.

On a cabbage patch owned by a
negro in a Southern community oil
was found. Spectators offered the
negro $4,000, which was accepted
without waiting to consider another
proposition, said to be worth $40, 200.
" What is this about your cabbage
patch?" inquired a neighbor Of the
negro. II understand you have sold
it for 100000"
"Yas, that's true, boss" replied
the negro. You see, men come
picking round my place, an dey say
dar's oil heah. Dey say, We glib yo'
100000 l say All right"
81 am told II you had waited a day
or two you might have sold 1t for
100000"
"Yas, dat mebbe so, but bird in
the hans tn mobiles work of Cod"
Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
HANDS BANDAGED WEEKS.
With Bad Case OF ECzema-TrsAtment by
Doctors Made Them Worse
Cured by CuticurR.

"Three years ago this summer l had
very bad case Of eczema in my hands.
They we're SO bad 1 had to keep them
bandaged for eight weeks. / had four
different doctors. The first three made
them worse. The last one helped them for
a little while, but the next summer they
broke out worse than ever; and as l had
seen Cuticura advertised in the papers
great deal, thought would try it. l
took the complete treatment of Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills. Before had
used one box OF Ointment, my hands were
all smooth again, and now am doing all
the work OF four, and my hands are all
free from eczema, and 1 cannot say too
much in praise for Cuticura. My hair was
falling out fast, and few applications of
the Cuticura Ointment stopped it. Mrs.
Leon ]. Hoyt, Box 400, Bristol, N. H,
July 10, 1906"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
DOCTORS SHIFT
Now Gets Along without It.

A physician says: Until last fall
used to eat meat for my breakfast
and suffered with indigestion until
the meat had passed from the stom-
ech.
last fall began the use of
0rape-Nuts for breakfast and very
soon found | could do without meat,
for my body got all the nourishment
necessary from the GTape-Nuts, and
since then l have not had any indi-
gestion and am feeling better and
have increased in weight.
"Since finding the benefit l derived
from Grape.Nuts have prescribed
the food for all of my patients suf-
fering from indigestion or over-feed-
ing and also for those recovering
from disease where l want a food
easy to take and certain to digest
and which will not overtax the stom-
ach.
II always find the results 1 looE
for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
ethical reasons please omit my
name" Name given by mail by Pos.
tG.S Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
The reason for the wonderful
amount OF nutriment, and the easy
digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard
to find.
In the first place the starchy part
of the wheat and barley goes through
various processes of cooking to per.
fectly change the starch into Dex.
trose or Post Sugar, in which state II
is ready to be easily absorbed by the
blood. The parts in the wheat and
barley which Nature can make use
OF for rebuilding brain and nerve
centres are retained in this remark.
able food, and thus the human body
is supplied with the powerful strength
producers so easily noticed after one
has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for q
week or 10 days. There's a rea
son"
Get the little book, "The Road ia
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Truth Triumphant.

There was sort of COW on exhibit
ton at the circus Monday, who also
took part in the parade, whose horns
were loose and she could "wiggle"
them. Last winter this paper said
Am Shadden had cow that could
wiggle her horns, and there were
some people who scoffed at the idea.
The COW at the circus proves that a
COW can enjoy that rare accomplish
ment. -McMinnville Reporter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Jeanne d,Arc,s Dungeon.

A memorial tablet to Jeanne dare
is to be placed in the dungeon which
is said to have been the prison of that
fair captive in the tower of the Cha
teau d'Eu, France The Maid of Or
leans appears, according to local ira
dition, to have been incarcerated here
on her journey from Crotoy to Rouep,
in December, 1880. The present own
er Of the chateau, lie Comte CASTOR
d'Eu, nephew of the Emperor Pedro
of Brazil, acquired this property by
purchase from his cousin, the Duke Of
Orleans.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-14
Vast Vegetable Industry.

Vegetable raising in California has
grown to be an immense industry.
In the Santa Clara Valley there Is an
onion patch a mile square. The veg
etables are raised for seed. Another
farm contains four square miles OF
peas, carrots, lettuce, cabbages, toma,
toes, beets and parsnips. To care
for these vegetables 500 men are EN-
ployed continuously. All the planting
is done by hand. Then comes the
campaign against weeds, with the hoe
and machinery much more complicat-
ed. From one farm 100000 pounds
of seed comes in year.