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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

we found a place where they crate
horseradish and bottle it for the mar
ket, and I ordered two Yashtubs full
OF horse radish grated nicely, and sent
to the tent, but I made the man bill
it as ground turnips.
The boy and 1 played all the fore
noon, and when the man started with
the ground horseradish for the tent,
we went along, and / introduced the
man to pa, and pa o. KID the bill, and
sent him to the treasurer after the
money. was going to get on a back
seat and watch the animals eat, but
pa said: Here, you boys, get out
those pans and portion out the tur-
nips and pass 'em around just as the
crowd comes in, cause after the ami
mails have had a mess of cut feed
they are better natured, and show of
better.
1 was pretty leary about feeding
the animals horse radish, and would
have preferred to have some one
else do it, who did not care to
live any longer, but I said: eyes,
SIR" just like that, and touched my
hat to pa, and he said to the boss
canvasman: There's bog you can
swear by"
The boss canvasman said: "You are
right, old man, but if he was mine,
would kill him so quick 1t would make
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
news OF minnesota.
Prize for Farmers.

Duluth.-The Great Northern road is
making a special effort to interest the
farmers Of Northern Minnesota in the
farm contest prizes that are offered
by J. j. Hill. The conditions under
which the awards are to be made will
depend on how well titled and man
aged the farms are. Those that are
highest in these respects will get the
prizes. which run from $500 down to
SIS in cash. These three prizes will
apply to seven sections of Minnesota,
and the farmers of North and South
Dakota are also offered premiums in
like amounts. The total offered by
Mr.. Hill is about $4,000.
Farmers are to make entries in
April, and the Judging will be done
in June, July and August by Prof.
Thos. Shaw and competent assistants.
1t is expected that the farmers of the
territory Immediately tributary to Du-
luth will take an interest in the COM
petition and strive to win prizes.
The competition plan that Mr.. Hill
has inaugurated will draw much
favorable attention to the countries in
which are located the prize winning
farms
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Carnegis's Gift.

Hamline.-The announcement that
Andrew Carnegie has selected Hamline
university as the object of one of his
library donations will cause general
qualification, in spite of the fact that
his offer of $4,000 is, as is usual with
his gifts, conditioned on the raising
Of an equal amount. In this case the
$4,000 to be raised is to form an en-
dowment fund to insure the proper
maintenance Of the building. This
gift and the condition attached to it
have both local and a general bear
ing. 1t should appeal to the people
of st. Paul and Of the whole North
west
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Loans by State.

Loans aggregating sS4,75O were made
by the state investment board out Of
the state school and university funds.
The city of Warren gets $4,000 for use
in municipal buildings. Independent
School District No. 1 of Fairmont,
Martin county, gets $4,000 for a new
school building, and District No. % of
Walnut Grove, Redwood county, gets
$4,000. District SO Of Swift county
gets $3.50, District 228 of Otter Tail
gets $500, and District 269 of Otter Tail
gets 5000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

got to going 1t looked like kaleido-
scope. and the six zebras looked like
a million. Pa said: 81 never saw
such sight since l used to drink.
but have either got the jim-jams,
or something awful has happened to
this menagerie."
The educated hog got a double dose,
and he squealed and couldn't pick out
the right card, and then the llamas
got busy on their portion of horse
radish, and they cried in Spanish, and
stood on their hind legs and shed
tears. Pa got so ratified he looked ten
years older than he did when the
afternoon performance opened. The
manager of the big show. came in to
know why the elephants had not been
sent into the dressipg-room, to be got
ready for the grand entree. Just then
the elephants began to eat their horse
radish, and when they were driven
into the big tent they were complain
ing about something being wrong in
side of them, and as they came BIZ ths
lemonade stand they seemed 10 be
yelling Fire" Then they all stopped
at the stand and began to drink the
lemonade out of the barrels, which
seemed to put out the fire.
The animals quieted down little, and
pa went into the big tent to consult
the manager, and l thought it was a
shame that the lions and hyenas and
tigers couldn't have any fun, so l
went to the table where the meat was
laid out ready to feed them, and cut a
hole in each piece of meat and put in
double handful of horseradish, and
just then the feeder came along and
began to. throw the meat in the cages.
Gee, but those carnivorous ami
mails are bad enough, even il you
give them nice boiled sirloin steak, and
they fight enough over it, at any time,
but when they began to chew and tear
the meat, and get horseradish hot from
the griddle, they didn't do thing.
The audience thought the animals
would kill everybody. The big lion
got his meat down, but it didn't set
we'll, and he turned a somersault,
and snarled, and pulled the bars of the
cage, while the grizzly bear rolled up
in ball and rolled over in his cage
till the men had to hold on to the
wheels to keep the shebang from go
ing over. The hyenas, who are al
ways mad, went on a tear that could
be heard in all the tents.
Pa and the managers came back into
the menagerie tent with the animal
keeper, who had been sent for, and
they began to try to find out what
allied the animals, and the animal
keeper asked what pa had been feed
ing them, and pa said he had given
them their ground turnips.
''Turnips, indeed" said the keeper.
as he took up some of the turnip and
tasted of it, and he handed hand
full to pa. Pa tasted of it, and pa
had hot box, and the managers tasted
of it, and they said: mo wonder.
Then they asked pa where he got it,
and then they all said: THAT set
ties it,
thought would go way and jump
in the river, but pa said: "Hennery,
come here, my angel and he spit on
his hands and picked up barrel stave.
| went right up to pa, as innocent as
could be, just as any dutiful son
should, and right there before the ami
mails and freaks pa-well, that's the
reason l am not sitting down very
much these days. So long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Quail Distributed.

st. Paula second lot Of quail was
received by Sam Fullerton, agent of the
state game and fish commission.
Forty-e eight birds were received last
week and divided between st. Peter
and Norwood. Fifty-two were received
in the last lot.
Some of them will be sent to Man
kato, and the rest to points north
along the 500 line. The board ordered
twelve dozen of the birds from Ala
bama and there are about four dozen
more coming.
Since the first consignment of birds
was received a week ago, Mr.. Fuller
ton has been receiving dozens Of letters
asking for birds for distribution.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Terrific rains have caused many
Iowa rivers to overflow

Iowa rivers to overflow.
Robbers entered the Bank of Mag
ara, N. D., demolished the safe and
secured 81 $50 in cash.
Russia plans loan of 100000 to
relieve landlords who suffered in the
recent agrarian disorders.
The insurance scandals are said to
lapse in former Senator David B. Hill.
American members of the interna-
tional commission urge quick joint ac-
ton with Canada in order to save Nj
agara falls.
Eighty-fve lives were lost and 81
ships were wrecked along the coast OF
New England and the maritime prov
inces during the past winter.
Fire originating in Frank Thornton's
dry goods store, consumed IL stores in
the heart of Fayetteville, N. c., and
caused loss of about $250,000.
Earl and Cecil Larson, brothers, of
New Hartford, Ia, were thrown from a
buggy by runaway horse into a
Four cases of poisoning. apparently
due to impure candy, are being in
vestigated by the authorities in north
ern Vermont. Three deaths have oc-
Cured.
Three persons sustained severe in
juries and thousands of dollars worth
of property was destroyed in tornado
that struck the neighborhood south of
Billings, Okla.
John Hasberry, a negro, was shot
and instantly killed in Cincinnati, O.,
by Policeman Jacob Sterley, after he
had seriously wounded his wife and
slightly injured the policeman.
The storm which has prevailed over
California during the past few days
was phenomenal in character. Much
damage mas been done. The rainfall,
however, has assured bountiful har-
vest.
Norval E. Foard, for nearly 40 years
associated with the Baltimore (Md.)
Sun, and for many years holding a
leading editorial position on that pa
per, died from pneumonia, aged 60
years.
Because it was not shown that the
beer sold was lager beer" verdict
Of ST. 500 against three Chicago saloon
keepers and in favor of drunkard's
children was set aside and new trial
ordered.
Former Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge
died at his home in Philadelphia, Pa,
from a complication of diseases. He
was 81 years of age. Mr.. Ashbridge
had been in the service of the city for
% years.
The Ohio house went on record as
punishment when it voted 20 to "a to
indefinitely postpone the bill making
life Imprisonment the extreme punish
ment for murder.
The body of William Mariner, son
Of Ephriam Mariner, one of the city's
richest men, was found dead in his
room at his home in Milwaukee,, Wis,
with a bullet hole in TIE head. 1t is
supposed that he committed suicide.
DIR. Jessie M. McGregor,, noted
Scotch physician, died at her home in
Denver, Col, after five days illness
of cerebro-spinal meningitis. DR.. Nc
Gregor was possessed of the highest
degree ever attained by woman ply
stefan.
Joseph Cassidy, shortstop Of the
Washington American League baseball
club, died at his home in Chester, Pa.
He had been Ill for seven weeks with
a peculiar disease, which his doctor
termed purpuro hemorrhagia, the blood
turning to water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

You can learn something new and
interesting every day in a circus, and
boy, particularly, can store his mind
with useful knowledge, that will be
valuable to him in after years.
Gee, but have learned some things
that could never have learned in COL
lege, cause at college you only learn
things that have to be verified by
actual experience in business. Pa says
one year in the circus will be better
for me than ten years in q reform
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Unusual Compliment.

Minnesota Iake.-The village Of
Minnesota Lake, Mimi, elected Peter
Kremer president of the council for
the twenty-third consecutive term by
a majority so large as to be almost
unanimous. There are perhaps few
parallel cases in the United States.
Minnesota Lake is a fiourishing little
village, and under Mr.. Kremer's regime
it has grown from a few tumble down
shacks to substantial brick blocks, with
stocks of merchandise of every kind
rivaling towns many times it's size.
1t has nicely graveled and graded
streets, cement cutters, miles of CO.
ment walks, fine system of water
works, excellent sewage system and
not cent of Indebtedness, bonded or
otherwise
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Law Opposes Small Eggs.

Des Moines, Ia, March 27.-After a
heated discussion the lower house Of
the legislature has passed law re-
lating to weights and measures, fixing
the standard weight of one dozen eggs
at "a ounces. If the bill finally be-
comes law any purchaser may de-
mand "a ounces for one dozen eggs,
regardless of the number in the scales.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Ditch Petition Granted.

st. Cloud.-The county board has
granted a petition for drainage ditch
in the town of st. Augusta, which is
to be FIVE miles in length, and is ex-
pected to reclaim about 1000 acres Of
land. Several months ago the farm
ers of st. Augusta petitioned for a
ditch similar to the present project,
but of greater length. Some of the
property owners along the proposed
route objected, however, alleging that
the benefits to be assessed were ex-
cessive. An appeal was taken from
the order Of the county board and all
proceedings under this project were
ended. Now it Is proposed to con-
struct a shorter drain and have a re-
assessment of benefits, which is hoped
to overcome the difficulties that de-
layed the construction of the first
drain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Eeuar Enidemic Closes Schools

GAINESVILLE, Wis, March 26.-The
public schools at Edgerton, Wis, were
closed by the state board of health ow-
ing to an epidemic of scarlet fever.
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At the Top.

Knicker-There's plenty of room at
the top.
Bocker-Yes, I know, that's where
! always buy my stock.-N. Y. Sun.
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rs "
PECK'S BAD
BOY WITH
THE CIRCUS
By HON. GEORGE w. PECK
Author of "Peck' $ Bad Boy Abroad" Etc.
IA 81
Author of"Peck's Bad Boy Abroad. Etc.
Copyright by J. b. Bowiss.)

~ (Copyright by J. b. BowieS)
The Bad Boy Goes After Mess Of
White Turnips for the Menagerie
He Feeds the Animals Horse
radish, But Gets the Worst Of the
Deal.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
Marion Hariand.

The celebrated authoress, so highly
esteemed by the women of America,
says on pages 103 and 445 of her
book, Ewes Daughters; or, Common
Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother:
For the aching back-should it be
slow in recovering its normal strength
an Allcock's Plaster is an excellent
comforter, combining the sensation of
the sustained pressure of strong
warm hand with certain tonic quail
ties developed in the wearing. 1t
should be kept over the seat of un-
easiness for several days-in OBJ
stinate cases, for perhaps fortnight"
For pain In the back wear an All.
cocks Plaster constantly. renewing
as II wears of. This is an invaluable
support when the weight on the small
Of the back becomes heavy and the
aching incessant"
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
Attendance at Llep.Ic Fair.

At the Leipsic fall fair OF 1906, the
number Of firms represented as buyers
was 1856. as against 9.1O5 in 1905 and
1884 In 1903; an increase Of over 81
per cent during the last three years.
The United States and Canada were
represented by ia buyers. while Latin
America. Asia and Europe were also
well represented. The official list OF
sellers this year shows that 3.275 firms
had exhibits, as against 3.l01 in 1905.
The countries represented. and the
number of firms from each. were as
follows: German empire. 1861; Aus.
tria-Hungary, 22S; France, 40; Great
Britain, l3; Netherlands. 13; Switzer
land, G; Italy. s; Belgium, 4; Den
mark. 2: Sweden, 2. and the United
States. 1.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
Meat Inspection In Paris.

There are in Paris three principal
abattoirs. the largest OF which. La
Vilette,' is in the northern quarter OF
the city; "Vaugirard," which was
opened in 1898. and replaced the old
siaughterhouse of Grenelle; and "Vil.
leJuif, where horses are slain for
food Any butcher may slaughter ami.
mails at these abattoirs on payment of
tax of 2 francs (4o cents) hundred
Kilograms GEO pounds) on the meat
SO prepared. Butchers of the more
important class and specially licensed
are permitted to sell the meat which
they have thus provided directly to
the smaller dealers who keep retail
meat stores throughout the city. In
spectors are in constant attendance
and any meat found infected with dis
ease or otherwise unfit for food Is sat
urated with petroleum and condemned
Prior TO the year 1910 the butchers OF
Paris slaughtered animals in the
streets and public squares. but at that
time municipal slaughter houses
"abattoirs'-were established where
animals intended for human food are
inspected and the whole process oi
slaughtering and disposal of the meat
and offal are kept under official sur
veillance.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
FIGHTING FAMILIES
EVEN TO THE THIRD AND FOURT44
GENERATION IN THE ARN1YAN NAVY:

Nearly all the people Of the army
ana navy have history back of them
Their own sons are representatives
Of their distinguished sires passing
through adolescence to the same rank
and equal or higher honors. Some
times, In fact most times. they miss
It, But enough of them attain rank
and place to hold their families in
distinctive position, and we have pre-
sented to our social life two phases
OF persistently recruited aristocracy-
the army and the navy.
1t is quite reasonable that admirals
should beget captains and that gener-
ais should be the stem upon which
colonels and majors grow; but in our
American service they bud perenni-
ally. Not infrequently they give new
luster to. the family tree, more often
they do not, and like limbs OF a
great oak whose stock is established
they are only branches whose source
of existence is the splendid trunk that
holds them up.
The civil war broke up many lines
that had been previously maintained
among them the Perrys. who gave two
distinguished admirals. from Rhode
Island-Oliver Hazard Perry and his
brother, William C. Perry, who
carried our flag with honor to Japan.
Each had sons who followed their dis
tiLguished sires into the navy. But
the family drifted into Georgia and
the civil war broke up the line, only
to be renewed again at a later period
when two more of that name appear
again on the navy list-Thomas Perry,
a captain. and another descendant,
Newman X. Perry. junior ieuten-
ant with more assured rights as des-
cendant of Oliver Hazard Perry, Of
Lake Erie.
Historic Lee Family.
The Lees, of Virginia. were even
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
CHURCH PEW HIS sep.
Tramp Finds Resi- for His Weary
Bones In House Of Worship.

The janitor OF one Of Portsmouth's q
largest churches was given q big sur
prise Sunday morning as he stepped
Into the auditorium after opening the
big front doors to allow OF the usual
airing out. He came face to face with
q strange and tough-looking man. At
FIRST the janitor feared a touch Of the
chilis, but he finally brought himself
together and inquired of the man what
he had been doing.
The fellow said that he had been en-.
joying a nights rest on the cushions
OF pew away down front. Saturday
night he was attracted to the church
by the singing of the choir during re-
hearsal. He found the door open.
walked In and sat down.
The music had that soothing effect
and the wanderer fell asleep. He knew
nothing more until daylight, when he
awoke wondering where he was at He
said that in all his lie he had never
found a more comfor. bed.
The janitor looked about, saw that
nothing was disturbed and then al
lowed the stranger to go.-Portsmouth.
N. H., Times.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
Mrs. III. WriQhf

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there n a
kind of dyspepsia that is caused by q
arrangement of the female Organism,
and which, while it causes n distu, b.
ance similar to ordinary indigestion.
cannot be relieved without n medicine
which not only acts as u stomach tonic.
but has n peculiar tonic effect on the fe-
male organism.
As proof of this theory we call At
tentiou to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn. N. Y, who was
completely cured by Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. She writes:
" For two years I suffered with tiyspe1xia
which so degeneratel the entire system that
was unable TO attend to my daily duties.
felt weak and nervous, and nothing that at0
tasted good and II caused disturbance in my
stomach. tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing seemed to help me- i WAS ah-
vised to give Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound n trial, and was happily surprised
to find that it acted like fine tonic. and In n
fewdnys / began to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid, and In
five weeks was n well woman. i have rec
commended it to many suffering women"
No other medicine in the world bns
received such widespread and unqIali-
fed endorsement or has such q record
of cures of female troubles, as has Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
Size Of Heads.

The average adult head has cir
cumferance of fully 22 inches. The
average adult hat is fully 6A size.
The sizes of mems hats are 6A and
6N generally. "Sevens' Eats are COM
mon In Aberdeen, and the professors
of our colleges generally wear 7b to
s sizes.
Heads wearing hats Of the sizes 6&
and smaller. or being less than Il
inches in circumference, can never be
powerful Between 10 and 20 inches
in circumference heads are invariably
weak, and. according to this authority
mo lady should think of marrying a
man with head less than 20 inches
in circumference"
People with heads under 19 inches
are mentally deficient, and with heads
under IS inches Invariably idiotic.
Young Woman.
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16
RUNNING SORES ON LlMss.
Little Giri's Obstinate Case Of Eczema
Mother Says: "cuticura Rene
dies q Household Standby"

Last year. after having my iittlo
giri treated by very prominent
physician. for an obstinate c7se OF
eczema, l resorted to the Cuticura
Remedies, and was so well pleased
with the almost instantaneous relief
Afforded that We discarded the physi-
clans prescription and relied entirely
on the Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Oint-
ment, and Cuticura Pills. When We
commenced with the Cuticura RENE
dies her feet and limbs were covered
with running sores. In about six
weeks We had her completely we'll,
and there has been no recurrence of
the trouble. We find that the Cuti-
cura Remedies are valuable house
hold standby. living as we do. twelve
miles from doctor. and where it
costs from twenty to twenty-five dol
lars to come up on the mountain.
Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas, Fair
mount. Walden's Ridge. Tenn, Oct.
Il. 1905"
The Dolores star., 1906-11-16

more firmly entrenched in the army.
Lighthouse" Harry Lee held a COM
mission in the Colonial service; the
name appears in all subsequent army
lists until the civil war, when it is
the Confederacy. After that there is
a hiatus, but we find the family again
named and distinguished in the per-
son of the late Consul General at
Cuba, Fitzhugh Lee, and in a half doz-
en- more in both services. In both
branches the name of Lee appears as
illustrating the permanency Of this
distinguished name. 1t has been
borne by members of the family by
"a officers of the army and 16 Of the
navy. The remotest relation was that
of second cousin, the highest ranks
were by two admirals and eight gen.
erals.
Since General Gates fought the bat
tie of Saratoga his name is preserved
without break by nneal descendents
in the army and navy, and SO, too.
is that of Greene and Schuyler. and
with break of generation that of
Arnold, the latter in the army.
The civil war started new families.
Ulysses 8. Grant is represented by a
son, General Frederick d. Grant, and
a grandson, Lieutenant Ulysses s.
Grant, Sd.
Great Names in Both Services.
Other generals perpetuated their
names in both services. w. L. Pit
cher entered the Naval Academy in
1858, obliged" in his third class year.
entered the army by Presidential ap-
ipointment as a second lieutenant, and
is now lieutenant colonel of the
,Twenty-eighth infantry. His father
was superintendent of West Point,
having served with Grant, and while
in that office his second son. John Pit
cher. entered as a cadet, graduated.
and is now a major in the Sixth cav
airy. In the same class at Annapolis
with w. l.. Pitcher entered John G.
Fremont, son Of the General and Path
finder. He graduated. and is now
nearly at the head Of the command
ers' list. His brother, Francis p.
Fremont, is a graduate of West Point
A.; q major in the regular army,