davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
BURIED YOUTH Is STILL ALIVE
Wheeling Boy Supposed to Be Dead
Returns Home.

Columbus, o., Oct. ia telegram
to the Dispatch from Wheeling, w.
Va, says: Harry Bishop, a Wheeling
boy, who was supposed to have been
murdered on the wharf week ago,
returned home Friday, and his father
tainted away when he appeared.
A body supposed to have been Bish-
ops was found in the water, and
buried in the family tomb after the
coroner had returned a verdict of
murder, and after the insurance COM
pany had paid the insurance on Bish-
ops life. Bishop says he was at
Kittaning, Pa, when the supposed
murder occurred. The identity of the
dead has not been established.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
Free Beds for Cats.

In an animal hospital in Philadel-
phia there is a free bed for cats,
endowed by a servant, Ruth Darling.
who died in that city some years ago.
She had always liked animals, and
left her savings to provide free treat
ment of ailing pets in the Maher ami
NAL hospital, where it takes the form
of a commodious iron cage with the
inscription "The Ruth Darling Bed"
on it in gold letters. This bed has
always long list of cats waiting
to be treated During one year as
many as Sc were cared for.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
SAM JONES DIES IN SLEEPER
Noted Evangelist Expires on Train
Near Little Rock.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct, 16.-Samue1
Jones, the noted evangelist, dropped
dead Monday in an Oklahoma, Choc-
taw & Gulf train near Little Rock.
Mr.. Jones home was at Gainesville,
Ca, so miles from Atlanta.
Mr.. Jones was travelling from a
point west of Little Rock, and his
destination was Memphis. The body
was found in his berth in the sleeping
car and was taken off the train at
Little Rock 1t is believed Mr.. Jones
died about 4 a. m.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
State Fair Finances,

Hamline-The board of managers OF
the state fair held q meeting at the
fair grounds. The meeting was to
talk over the outlook for the next
fair and needed improvements to be
suggested to the coming legislature.
1t was decided that the course of the
board cannot well be mapped out until
it is known whether the legislature in
tends to arrange for the talked-of
Minnesota semi-centennial exposition
in 1908.
The board authorized the making at
once Of some minor improvements,
roofing of machinery sheds A and B,
resurfacing of the main avenue thru
the grounds, betterments in the st.
Paul fire department building, and the
erection of a new speed barn.
A partial, report of the finances of
the association was presented as fol-
lows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
MINERS KILLED
Explosion in English coIIiery Entombs
200 Workmen.

Durham, Eng, Oct. 16.-As result
of an explosion in the Wingate col
liery near here at about midnight
Sunday night, % miners were killed
and 200 are temporarily entombed.
1t is fortunate that only a small
portion of the thousand men employ
ed in the mine were down when the
explosion took place.
The cause is supposed to have been
firedamp. The explosion was one Of
terrific force, and in Wingate town
many windows were broken
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
In a VOLTS Den.

st. Joseph-After being lost for two
days, during which time the entire
countryside turned out to join in a
hunt for her. four-year-old Margaret
Schweitzer, daughter Of a well-to-do
farmer of Brockway township was
found uGharmed in a VOLTS den in the
forest near here.
The child was well and apparently
contented, but scolded her rescuers Cor
having driven away the mice little
doggies" with which she had been
playing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
Mining Congress Will Open.

Denver, Col, Oct. 16.-The Amer
lean mining congress convenes Tues
day. Many prominent men will be
among the 1,500 delegates. Presi-
dent J. H. Richards, of Boise, Idaho,
says the sessions will be the most
of any meeting. National
legislation to aid the mining industry
will be discussed and probably de-
manded of the congress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19

course in life, separate and distinct
from that of her divorced husband.
Before Rhoda Holmes married she
was known as now as a water-color
painter of much merit. Her pictures
were sought by dealers and connois-
seurs, who paid good prices for them.
Being an artist, she naturally be-
came well known in the New York
artist colony around Fifty-seventh
street and Eighth avenue. She was
pretty and popular and good
Miss Holmes was not only a painter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19

priceless value in his future work.
The wife watched his work with
the greatest solicitude and pride. She
encouraged him and gave him loving
and unstinted praise. She put her
own brush by to watch his. To her
his work afforded period of self-ab-
negation in which all her being was
wrapped up in his.
Eventually the great painting was
finished. With the utmost care they
packed it and sent it off to the Paris
Salon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
FIND HAPPINESS
IN COOPERATION.

Up to this time not a cloud had
marred their domestic sky. They were
happy. with the careless happiness of
children. Their art was a joy-a play
to them.
And so they played together until
the paintings were finished. In order
to insure separate consideration they
were packed and shipped in separate
boxes to the Paris Salon, where sit
the worlds arbiters in art.
In due time Mrs. Rhoda Holmes and
Mr.. Burr Nichols received their re-
spective verdicts.
For Mrs. Rhoda Holmes it was:
Painting accepted and given honor
able mention"
For Mr.. Burr Nichols it was: Paint
ing judged unworthy; hereby re-
turned"
Here fell the shadow, if we are to
believe those who sympathize with
Mrs. Nichols. Here entered the note
of discord. Here was the parting of
the ways whereby two souls became
estranged, through the life of earth
and the eternity of heaven.
With the wife's joy was a feeling of
sincere sorrow for her husband. He
had worked so hard. He had hoped
for so much. Why could not both of
them have won?
Although the shadow was in his
heart, the husband spoke bravely of
the future. LET us try it again, he
said; 1--WE may both win next time"
And so they went to work for a Sec
ond trial. Side by side they painted
as before. But now there stood a
ghost between them-the impalpable
shadow of jealousy and discomfort.
The wife, perceiving this, grieved
much over it. The husband, imagining
things that were not, grew gloomy
and taciturn.
In due time the two pictures were
packed in separate crates and shipped
to Paris and in due time the answers
came back.
His answer was a box with his pic
ture, returned with a due acknogl-
edgment; hers an acceptance Nth
honorable mention.
Then, say Mrs. Nichols friends, the
mans nature seemed to change en-
tirely. He became grumpy and cross.
Nothing seemed to please him. The
iron had entered his soul. The wife
had outdone the husband in his chosen
sphere of life. Oh, strange phase of a
mans nature which makes such a
thing unforgivable!
Some old philosopher has called
love 1.-The egotism of two" The ego
tism of Burr Nichols had received a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
Average Man Must Be the
Bread Winner and the
King or the Domestic
Structure Is in Danger of
Collapse The Case of
Burr Nichols and His
Gifted Wife.
Shattered Romance of Two
Artists Seems to Prove
That a Woman Must
Beware of Becomin g
More Famous Than Her
Husband, in His Chosen
Line of Work.

Jealousy, discussions, misery and d.
yorce. Are these the inevitable conse-
Quences when a wife is engaged in the
same life occupation as her husband,
when their lives move on parallel
lines and with parallel ambitions, and
when it is possible that the work of
the wife exceeds in merit that of the
husband?
So it would seem from the unhappy
marital history of Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, history in which art and
jealousy crept in at the door while
love flew out through the window.
Her divorce has just been recorded
in the New York supreme court.
1t is not an altogether unusual thing
nowadays for wife to Guido her hus-
band at his chosen occupation. In al
most every instance where this &C.
ours misery is the consequence.
Men do not like to have wives
smarter than themselves, or more ar
tistic, or wiser in a business way, or
who win praise for doing things for
which praise is usually accorded a
LudL, uSCldIC0 "lllCI III TIC NC"
York World.
Let woman bake fine pie, or do
a fine bit of embroidery, or hem or
stitch, or sew or keep a neat house,
and the husband will listen to the
worlds praise of her with complacent
satisfaction.
But let her keep to the kitchen, if
you please, or play the piano in the
parlor, or mother the children in the
nursery, or do anything but step over
the line of demarkation where he is
boss.
He is the bread-winner and the king
Those in his kingdom must be weaker
than himself and dependent upon him,
or the whole domestic structure falls
and there is no more happiness in the
world.
ARTISTIC JEALOUSY
CAUSES SEPARATION.
So it was with Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, who now has her own studio,
her own children, and her own lonely
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
MUTUAL HAPPINESS
IN CHILDREN'S LOVE.

For eight years Rhoda Holmes Mich
OILS has never ceased to struggle. She
has earned fair competence and has
led a retired life, but gradually she is
learning to be happy again-happy in
the love of her children, which knows
no distrust or Jealousy.
The other day the curtain fell on
the last act in this strange marital
drama.
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nichols received
a decree of absolute divorce, carrying
with it the legal custody Of the chill
dren, and authority to resume her
maiden name.
Incompatibility was the cause given,
but the divorce papers are sealed.
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes is still young
and much of life is yet before her.
But it is doubtful if she will ever again
regard love as anything but mirage
of the youthful brain, an unsubstantial
dream, the flesh tints laid upon the
bones of an awful skeleton.
But the experience of Mrs. Holmes
is not singular. So long as mans ma
ture remains unchanged, just so long
will he demand the leadership of the
family, both mentally and physically.
The spiritual crown he accords to
woman without question.
Moral: Do not beat your husband
at anything he may undertake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19

bravely. She could have gone to
France or Italy, where her young artist
days were passed, but she preferred to
remain in this country and educate her
children. She took studio at East
Gloucester, Mass.
In her artistic career she won eleven
medals. She had shown pictures at the
exhibition of the Roman Water Color
society in 1888; she was hung on the
line at Turin, Milan, the Royal acade-
my at Paris in 1900, at the Chicago
and Pan-American expositions, at At
lanta, Nashville, Cleveland and the
Boston Triennial in 1896.
She is a member of many art clubs
and societies and was for nine years
vice president of the Water Color club
of New York, is a member Of the Ma
tional Arts club, the American Water
Color society, the New York Water
Color club, the Barnard club, Pen and
Brush, the Woman's Art club, the
American Society of Miniature Paint
ers and an associate member of the
Woman's Art Club of Canada.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
s194,369.49

st. Paul-The first official licking in
st. Paurs schools since the new lick
ing rule went into effect has been
pulled off, and Supt. S. L. Heeter did
the job himself. 1t is said that the
job was we'll done, and If further evil
dence is needed a certain boy in the
Jefferson school may be consulted.
The boy had a number Of black
marks checked up against him and
he continued so rebellious that c. D.
Welch, principal of the school, called
in the mother to see what could be
done. The mother wanted the boy
to be good, and a stormy scene was
in progress in Mr.. Welch's Office when
Supt. Heeter called. Now Mr.. Heeter
is something of an athlete, with a
good, strong right arm. He took in
the situation at glance, and turning
to the mother asked whether she
would prefer to have her boy disci-
plined in the old-fashioned way rather
than turned out of school. The mother
voted for discipline.
It is not necessary to go into all
the narrowing details, but it may be
said that one boy of the Jefferson
school is probably still taking his
meals off the mantel shelf. He has
decided to be a good boy in the future;
at least he doesn't want to be caught
doing anything bad while the new
superintendent Of schools is in town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
Narrow Escape.

st. Peter-Algot Lundberg, a farm
hand employed by Sven Anderson Of
New Sweden township, had miracul-
Gus escape from death. He was drawn
into the cylinder of threshing ma
chine, but the injuries he received
were comparatively slight.
When the accident occurred Lund-
berg was standing on a footboard di-
rectly over the cylinder, the board
broke under his weight and dropped
him squarely into the mass of re-
volving teeth. His fellow workmen
fully expected to see Lundberg ground
in atoms, but by the merest chance
the machine had been slowed down
for a moment, and the engineer was
able to stop in promptly.
Both Of Lundberg's shoes were
stripped from his feet, and the teeth
on the cylinder caught and crushed
one Of his heels. Had the separator
been running at the usual rate moth
ing could have prevented the man
from being torn and mangled beyond
recognition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19

with light hearts. Mrs. Nichols could
only paint between the intervals of
caring for her children, but she went
at the work with light heart, hoping
against hope for success.
The two painters wrought and Ia
bored side by side. They saw their
separate efforts grow from mute out
lines, and take form and shape accord
ing to their ideas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
RECEIPTS.
Officially Spanked.

Total receipts. ...............
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-19
ARTISTIC JEALOUSY
CAUSES SEPARATION.

So it was with Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, who now has her own studio,
her own children, and her own lonely
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
Home from the PhiIipines.
I've been thinking. since our hou .o...,

I've been thinking, since our boy returned
to us one morning,
ana IN spite of all our doubts and fears
ne stood before our view.
WHAT was written by friend of his. so
cneerily and brightly,
NOT to. ever trouble trouble It'll trouble
troubles you"
The lad returned in safety, spite Of chills
and spite Of fever,
Spite Of all the many dangers Of the land
and Of the sea,
spite OF anything we dreaded. snite of
faith evinced by neither:
Hereafter let no trouble trouble You nor
trouble me;
For when the skies are darkest and a
threatened storm surrounds us,
Shutting out the glorious sunlight from
our nearer sighted view,
Then appears the silver lining that ON
every cloud is shining;
So never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you.
That every back Is fitted for the burden
that Is given
Is q saying trite, If ancient. while lt,s
always proven true.
And II the burdens grievous. the good
Lord will arrange II
That the trouble will be gone before the
trouble troubles you.
sTis shown that both our homes and fears
are half anticipation.
For midnight terrors vanish with the
early morning dew.
And when the night Is darkest the dawn
Is just a-breaking.
Then don't ever trouble trouble I'LL from.
Die troubles you.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

Washington society. The woman's
love, however, still went out to the
poor artist and her husband, who had
been informed of the peculiar state OF
affairs, could do nothing to win his
wife's affection. All the gifts that
money could buy were showered upon
her, but to no purpose.
To his horror, one day several
months after their marriage -e found
his wife lying dead in a room in their
house, the poor girl having died of a
broken heart. Although deeply at
tached to his wife, he was struck with
admiration by her devotion to his rival,
and when she was buried in the family
lot in Rock Creek Cemetery, he com
missioned St Gaudens, the sculptor, to
make bronze statue of heroic size,
depicting her as she was found, dead
and covered with her bathrobe.
The figure of the woman is seated,
with the bathrobe drawn about her,
and the work is one of great strength.
The bronze is surrounded by marble
beautifully carved. In front of il Is a
long marble seat, where one may adj
mire the work of art. No name marks
the spot, but at each corner Of the lot
is a small marble block, about six
inches square, with the letter "A"
carved in the top. The entire lot is
by a dense growth Of pine
trees, so that one not familiar with the
spot looks in vain for the figure.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
Character of England's King.

The character of King Edward,
while Prince of Wales, appears 10
have been greatly Misunderstood.
Many scandals were laiu at his door;
many journalists and prominent writ
ers found themselves unable to resist
temptation of making him the theme
of extrayagant stories without foun-
dation, or at best based only upon
hearsay evidence.
While making no pretence to be-
ing saint, his morals were neither
better nor worse than the majority of
his countrymen and it was precisely
that fact that endeared him to them.
The great influence that no other
Prince possessed, and which was pos
sessed by him in a superlative degree,
was very largely due to his remarka-
BILE tact.
Thanks more to him than to any
other, hard drinking. CO -ousals, coarse
and profane language went out of
fashion. He would tolerate in the
houses of respectable people no men
and women who had forfeit d their
right to remain within their pale,
and no woman Of questionable ante
cedents could with his sanction con-
sort with ladies or with innocent
girls. Few people had any idea how
well read he was. 1t was generally
reported that his reading was very
limited, and yet the reverse was true.
No new book of importance, whether
In German, English or French, appear
ed that failed to receive his attention.
and r1any such were read and dis
cussed at Marlborough House before
their review appeared in print. Not
Few OF the French authors were ac-
customed to send him their first
copies.
His faults, never grave or serious
simply served to bring out in greater
prominence the many attractive
points of his character, and since his
accession to the throne even those
faults have grown less and his yir
.ues and ability become brighter and
greater.
From q Diplomats Diary.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

him. eyes," she said gravely; they
do look like that"
Suddenly the hreproof curtain be-
gan to move.
"Oh. thank Cod!" shrieked a fashion.
ably dressed woman, her face made
hideous by fear.
every shade of terror and ferocity.
turned towards the stage at the cry,
For an instant the tumult sank to some
thing like silence. Hope and thankful
ness arose in thousand breasts. Then
the tumult began again.
"It's stuck oh. it's stuck!"--and the
fight for life continued in all its
sickening cowardly savagery.
"Have we any chancel" asked the
Woman simply. For moment neither
answered Then again 1t was the Other
Man who spoke.
"Unless they get the curtain down
in time. noner he answered.
"There are no other exits; I know
the place we'll. 1t won't be the fire
probably, but the--smoke. In minute
or two we must move further back
from It." He spoke with admirable
restraint.
And then suddenly the Husband
stood up. They both turned towards
him. His face was gray, and his lips
trembled.
"Not this way" he murmured in a
shaking voice, ~Ah, merciful heaven,
not again this way!"
The Woman quivered as beneath a
lash. and her face became drawn.
aJohni" she said sharply, "Johni"
He started slightly. 'Yes?"
She would not let her eyes meet his
nPlease 60 away" she said In a low
voice.
He hesitated moment. what for
he asked. She stirred impatiently
AOh, I don't care. Get whisky and
soda If you know where to find It err
or perhaps you'd better leave out the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

laughed recklessly I'm few minutes
it must all be over. Haven't we a
right to make the most of them? Dc
you love me- Elizabeth" He drew her
towards him, and she did not resist
She was thinking shamefacedly of the
grayness of her husbands face as she
had last seen it. The blood of a dozen
generations of pioneers and warriors
was surging through her own veins
and she scorned impending fate
Yes" she said absently, Il believe
I do"
"Ah, say it again. he urged, "with.
out the believe"
The smoke was rapidly thickening.
She tried not to think of It, Il love my
love with B, she said fiippantly, ''be-
cause he is brave, and hate my
him with C, because he is a Coward
"a Coward"
His arms relaxed suddenly. "Ah,
dear don'ti" he cried. rs that all? Is
that the reason?"
"All?" she echoed. "Isnt it enough? %
NO" he said bitterly; I'm cad.
but not as bad as all that. Are you
blind? Don't you know what was the
mdltGT VIII MIN
He was afraid" she whispered. my
husband. afraid"
Neither of them noticed that in front
Of the blazing stage the fireproof cur.
tain had suddenly finished its arrested
descent, and that a semi-lull ensued.
ayes" he cried with revulsion of
loyalty to his friend. afraid of losing
Won. Surely you know what happened
to his father and mother? Didn't Won
even wonder what he meant by mot
again this way?"
She shook her head. wives know so
little OF their husbands bachelor ex.
perience," she reminded him with a
wan smile.
"They were burnt to death, when he
was bow" he said, "lile this. In q
theatre. He was with them. the floor
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

Someone whispered nervousIy TO 9
neignbor. One or two men lifted theiI
heads and drew quick breaths. People
glanced from side to side. and a few
feet shufied uneasily. Then a tiny
puff of smoke came from the left
wing and travelled as far as the middle
of the stage. 1t was followed by q
larger. rolling cloud. The effect was in.
Simultaneous.
"Fire!" shrieked a shrill voice, and
a woman started up frantically. "Firel
Fire!"
In an instant the huge theatre was
q seething, swaying mass; from all
sides burst screams, sobs, and oaths
For a few seconds people were pushed
in purposeless groups hither and thith.
er. Then suddenly the crowd broke
into rocking unwieldly sections, each
pushing, fighting, tearing towards the
nearest exit
In the middle Of the house, very
still, sat group Of three. The Woman
was in the middle, the Husband on her
right, the Other Man on her left. For
the first few seconds lt seemed as II
they must be swept Off their seats
Then with a quick movement the
Other Man wheeled half round on his
chair. put one hand on the back of
NE Woman's seat and the other on the
seat before her. The Husband silent
ly followed his example. They were
both big. strong men. Their hands
met in a steady grip behind and In
front Of her. Thus till the rush was
over they formed human cage for
her protection, shunting off by their
bracod rigid frames, their .crowding,
frantic neighbors.
THANK you" she said quitely, when
the middle OF the theatre was deserted |
II couldn't have borne 10 be touched |
by such-animals." She gave a hur-
ried glance at the nearest mass of hu.
mainly and then fixed her eyes whim
sically on the smoke-clouded stage IN
front. What do they remind one Off"
she asked as though thinking aloud.
1t was the Other Man who answered.
Pigs" he said CONTEMPORARY; pigs,
when the trough has Just been filled,
--crowding toward IT,"
She half turned her head towards