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The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25

his business. But had we come, not as
amateurs, but guides. as scouts, as
pioneers, as horsemen for flying raids.
with our own leaders and organization,
our own methods, tools and weapons we
might have done much to bring the war
to a swifter, more decisive, more merci-
full ending.
But it was the Beers who served as
frontiersmen, with the leaders and or
ganization the methods. tools and
weapons of frontier warfare, and they
proved the value in the field of such an
organization as we are starting"
Pocock returned to England and took
to writing books, but all the while the
idea of the Legion of Frontiersmen was
simmering In his mind
ION Christmas eve, 1904" he said, "l
was sitting in the Savage Club, bored
with myself and with everybody else. and
I concluded that it was high time to
began the listing of the legion that
never was listed. To start a new army
l had twenty-three good English SOW
ereigns and some good American cheek"
Obviously the first thing to be done was
to inoculate others with the same idea
and set them to work, to boom it.. Mr..
Pocock found that many men Of
weight and influence the lessons of the
South African war had produced the
same impression as on him. Among the
first to promise their help were Morley
Roberts, able seaman and novelist; Troop
er Percy Burton; Cutliffe Hyne. deep sea
fireman and novelist; Edgar Wallace. pri-
vate soldier and war correspondent; H.
A Gwynne. war correspondent and editor
of the Standard.
The Earl of Lonsdale was chosen as
leader Probably If he hadn't been a
great peer he would not have been Sc
lected, but he has qualifications that
eminently fit him for the post apart from
his title. He is one of the explorers who
crossed Arctic America and one of the
few Arctic explorers who never needed
rescue expedition. He is also an old
wyoming hunter and Is accounted the
best horse master tracker In England.
Sir Henry Seton-Karr, another old
Wyoming hunter, was made chairman of
the executive council. Among others who
gave their hearty support to the move
ment and Joined the General Council were
Admiral Prince Louis Of Battenberg. most
democratic of princes and efficient of
sailors; Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the man
with the guns at Ladysmith: General Sir
John French. the English Sheridan of
cavalry leaders, Brabant of Brabant's
Horse, mike" Rimington. the great Irish
scout leader, and most of the other gen.
erals Of the South African war; Sir Regi-
nald Hart, who won the Victoria Cross In
the Afghan campaign Of '7s; Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, Captain Harry de Windt,
the explorer; and host of more or less
famous men, representative of the tribe
which has paved the sea with its bones
and made the distant lands of the empire
fertile with Its blood.
To the actual working. fighting
frontiersmen out in the wilderness was
left the creation OF the plans by which
they were to be leagued together in the
service of the empire. Seventy thousand
copies of a rough draft scheme were sent
out to them for correction and amend
ment and the revising was kept up so
Ion< M practicable suggestions came in.
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
Future King Leads cadets.

BUCHAREST, Roumanias March "a
Prince Charles, u Hears old. the elder
son Of the Crown Prince, is the colon el
OF a regiment OF twelve companies COM
posed wholly of boys under Is. At
tsched to Il is a band, also composed
Of boys, whose leader is 13. Mounted
on his pony, Colonel Prince Charles will
put his Juvenile troops through all the
evolutions Of regulars at the annual
parade May 10 in celebration OF the
coronation Of King Charles fifteen years
ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
would Divorce Fashion King.

PARIS, March 24.-Mme. Lebargy, the
great actress, is contemplating divorce,
ii is said. Her husband is famous not
only as an actor, but as the Beau Brum-
mel of the Comedie Franchise He sets
the extreme of fashion for the boule-
vardiers. Madame, it Is said, is greatly
admired by the son of a former Presi-
dent of France. who would gladly mar
ry her II she were free from her matri-
moniai bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
Praised by Dowarer Queen.

ROME, March 24-Mme Norma Ro-
mano Of Flint, Mich, sang this week
before Dowager Queen Margherita, who
highly complimented her upon her sing
ing of Italian music.
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
GREAT FORCE OF ROUGH RIDERS WILL BE ORGANIZED
AS A NEW BRANCH OF THE BRITISH ARMY SERVICE
ITS MEMBERS SCATTERED OVER ENTIRE WORLD

Fronting from the lessons taught
by the Beers the British War Sec
Rotary has given his sanction to the
formation OF a new branch OF the
army to be known as the Legion of
Frontfersmen. This organization
will be composed of Englishmen In
all parts of the world, who, an ad-
venturers, scouts, guides, pioneers
or rough riders have demonstrated
their worthiness. The FrOntiersmen
are to be self-governing I'm time OF
peace, but I'm war are to place
themselves under the army com
manders.
1t Is intended that they should
supply the element I'm the service,
the absence of which proved 50 dis
astrous In south Africa. Roger
POcock is the founder OF this new
branch of the military branch
without parallel In the lighting or
ganizations of the wOrId-and the
Earl OF LonsdnIe has been chosen
leader. The new force VIII number
about 10000 men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Now What do You Think?

An editor i'm the southern part of
the state recently received the follow
from an irate subscriber:
Dear Editor hereby offer my re-
signashun as subscriber to your
papier, it being pamphlet of such
small kons quence as not to benefit
my family by takin it. What you
need In your shete is branes & some
one to russell up news and rite editor
ials on live topics. No menshun has
been in you shete of me bucherin
pollen china hog wayen 500 pounds or
the gapes in the chickens out this
way. You ignor the fact that bot
bran new bob sled and that traded
my bline mule say nothing about
Hi Simpkins Jersey calf brakin his 2
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
"Coffin Wood" N. G.

The recent complaint of a Duluth
logger that, because of the supersti-
tion of the lumberjack he is unable
to keep full crew of men at one
camp in the construction Of which a
number of poplar logs were used, is
easily explained. In the old days,
when numbering was at its zenith in
eastern Canada, poplar balm-of-gilead
was despised timber. About the only
use found for it. because Of its cheap
ness, was the manufacture Of coff1nS
for paupers or the homeless lumber
jacks who might meet their end in
camp. So whenever the men found,
their camp partly built of this "coffin
wood" they regard it as sort of
burial-alive place and would not stay.
This is the real reason why the Du-
luth logger has hard time to keep
his crew at this particular camp, but
the superstition should not prevail in
this time of scarce timber, for the
despised wood is worth $12 a thousand
in the log now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

stony to permit of cultivation,
more valuable for forestry than for
settlement. If there is. then re-
claim TO forestry the lands of those
counties directly tributary to ST.
Paul where the jack pine used to
flourish and where the potato
starch factory taken the place of
the saw mill.
AS for Duluth, it would rather
see contended settler and his
happy family on every quarter Sec
ton Of northeastern Minnesota,
chan lot of st. Paul consump-
tives hunting deer and killing men.
News Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of resolution of the Village
Council of the Village of Fall Lake,
st. Louis county, Mimi. there is
called special election of the electors
Of said village to be held on the Bird,
day of April, 1906, at the Village Hall
in said Village, to vote upon the ques-
tion of relinquishing the charter
rights Of the village under the laws
under which it is organized, and for
re-incOrpOraton Of the same under the
revised laws of Minnesota for the
year 1905.
The polls will be open at ten O'Clock
I'm the forenoon and closed at four
o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
CHAS. G. NILSSON,
Village Recorder.
Dated March 22nd. 1906.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

THERE are strong prospects that
the atmosphere about the Repub-
lican state central committee
meeting at st. Paul next Tuesday
will be charged with much heap
big talk. It is claimed that sew
eral will appear before the COM
mittee and propose that the basis
of representation to the state con-
vention be the vote cast for Robt.
Dunn for governor at the last
election and this request will prob
ably precipitate burst of orator
ical fireworks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

ALL indications are that julius
Fl. Block for governor, P. G. Koer-
ner for treasurer and Julius
Schmahl for secretary OF state,
have a good running start of the
other candidates for the respective
positions. The sentiment through
out the state is in their favor by
somewhat of a large measure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

AN eminent and highly respected
financier who pumped the contents
of creek into industrial stocks and
sold them as gilt-edged security is
waxing fat while the southern Min
nesota merchant who put coioring
matter into oleo and sold it for
butter is spending ninety days in
jail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land office, Duluth MINI.

united SKATES Lana Office, Duuth, Mimi.
March Is, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act of Congress
of June 3, 1878, entitled IAN act for the
sale of timber lands in the states of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory" as extended to all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892.
George c. O'Brien, of West Duluth. county
of st. Louis, State of Minnesota. has this
day filed in this Office his sworn statement
No. l0588. for the purchase of the Lots 8. IL.
i3 and IA, of Section 1S in Township 50 N,
Range II w. 4th z. M.
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for it's TIM
Der and stone than for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver
Of this office at Duluth. Minnesota, on
Monday. the 9th day of July. 1905.
He names as witnesses: Joseph Gauthier.
Joseph Lavergue. Albert Rose and John St.
Jacques all OF Duluth, Mimi.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly the above described lands are re-
auested to file their claims in this
office on or before said 9th day of July 1906.
j. c.. HERMAN ENGEL,
$50 clio Register.
II, l.. Shepherd, Attorney
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

The people of st. Louis county
paw more than one-third of the
total gross earnings tax collected
in the state. If this was distrib-
uteds back to the county that
paid it the state would have to
raise about $2,750,OOO by direct
taxation in lieu of it. Of this st.
Louis county would pay about 1918,
600, leaving a balance in it's favor
of $725, 900. That would build quite
mileage of good roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Subscription $2per Year.
Entered at the post office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The Pioneer Press insists upon
posing as the inveterate enemy of
of northern Minnesota. 1t kindly
excerpts the Red River Valley from
its list of waste lands, but in this
northeastern section it can see
nothing but lack pine"
The present management of that
paper may not remember that in
this state agriculture has for
generation been slowly forcing
north the pine forestry limits, 1t
may not know of the fertility of
the lands east of the Mississippi
and Crow Wing rivers and north
of Isanti county where great pine
forests once stood and where are
now some of the states most pro-
sperous farming communities.
In a dozen counties included in
this territory were vast bodies of
land that were considered utterly
valueless. Today they are under
the pillow and selling at $50 to $50
per acre. The fact is, and it has
been proven until further proof
would seem supererogation, that
the pine lands of Minnesota are eX-
ceptionally fertile.
They are we'll watered and the
lakes and streams often even the
meadows, are fed largely by
springs. They produce rank
growths of the richest grasses and
clover. It is conceded that Mime
sota's pre-eminence as creamery
is due to the purity of its water
and the succulence of it's grasses.
The fact then is that there is no
such thing as lack pine country
in all the state. The land the
Pioneer Press now SCOTS at and
from which it would keep settlers,
is the same that it will find within
a hundred miles of it's own city,
supplying its markets.
Nor is any land, save what is toe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

NEXT Tuesday is election day
and voters will have an opportun-
ity to select a set of officers to
serve them for the ensuing year.
The polls will be open from seven
o'clock in the morning to six
o'clock in the evening. These
hours for opening and closing the
polls are set by the laws for cities
of over four thousand inhabitants.
1t is expected that over 500 votes
will be cast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

If the coal operators concede to
the demand of the miners the price
of coal will advance $1.21 per ton,
we are informed by the operators.
The News-Tri5une of Duluth sar-
castically remarks, why not make
it so as the dear public will have
to pay it anyway"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

The wood used was divided among
the various processes as follows: Sui
phite, 1,53S,OOO cords; soda, 100000
cords; ground wood, 1,068,000 cords.
The total pulp production by all pro-
cesses by the firms reporting was L.
$4,000 tons. According to the CEN
sus of 1900, the consumption Of pulp
wood was then 1885, cords, so that
there has been an increase of over SO
per cent in the last six years. This
demonstrates. in striking manner,
the drain upon the forests caused by
the pulp industry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE ;, 1878.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office. Duluth.
Mimi.

March II. 1906.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 3. 1878. entitled
AN act for the sale of timber lands in
the states of California, Oregon, Neva-
da and Washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by
act of August 4. 1892.
Ida st. Jacques. of West Duluth county of
ST. Louis. State of Minnesota has this day
filed in this Office her sworn statement No.
1851. for the purchase of the NE14 Of Section
o. in Township SO N, Range II, w, 4th p. M.
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes. and to establish her claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver at
Duluth, Minnesota ON Monday. the 10Th day
of July, 1906.
She names as witnesses: Julius A. Barnes.
AlphonSe LaFlamme, Joseph Layergne and
Charles e. Pelchsr all of w. Duluth, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this Of
fee on or before said 10Th day of July, 1906.
JIG. HERMAN ENGEL.
$50 6-1-1O Register.
II. L. shepherd, Attorney.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

THAT fellow, Crowley, is evidently
not making much from the CHS
holm bribery case now on trial.
People in glass houses ETC.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

PUT the convicted masters of
finance in the pen for a few years.
Fines, no matter how large will be
squeezed from the consumer of the
beef, oil, iron, coal or other trusts
products.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

front legs fallin down IL well. 2 i'm
portant shiverees have been utterly
ignored by your shete s. Il 3 COLON
obitchury notice writ by me on the
death OF Grandpa Henery was left out
Of your shete to say nothing OF the
alfabetical poem beginning "a is in
And also for Ark" writ by me darter.
This Is the reason your papler Is SO
unpopular here. LII you don't want
editorial from this place and Amt
going to put no news in your shete we
don't want said shete.
Up. 5. If you print obitchury in
your next l may sine again fur your
SlIete.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

The MINER is now one of the Of
fetal papers of ST. Louis county
and the proceedings of the county
board will be regularly found
therein.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

Rev. j. M. Swauder left Wednesday
morning for Los Angeles, California,
where he has accepted the charge OF
one OF the Presbyterian churches OF
that city. Mr.. Swander left with the
well wishes of all who enjoyed his &C
quaintance. The Presby Lerian church
was crowded Sunday evening when he
delivered his farewell sermon and a
special musical program was given.
Mrs. f. l.. Cowen and Miss Clark rem
dered duet to an accompaniment
played by Mr.. Cowen The financial
report of the fiscal church year was
read by Mr.. Miller showing that dur
ing the time of Rev. Swander's in
cumbency, the church debt has been
completely wiped out. With the
good old hymn, God be With You
It'll We Meet Again" the congre-
CATION bid farewell to their honored
| pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
Pulpwood for 1905.

The work of the Forest Service in
gathering statistics of forest products
for the past year has furnished the
basis for provisional statement Of
the wood consumed in the manufac-
ture of paper pulp. AS the accom-
panying table shows, the returns from
l59 firms controlling 232 pulp mills,
1900. 900 cords as he total amount Of
mood mad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

Martin Peterson, man OF about 80
years OF age, died in j. Lamps saloon
yesterday morning of abscess OF the
right lung. Nothing can be learned
Of the man more tnan that he came
mere few days ago to work in the
woods but has since been too i'll TO be-
gin his labOrs. He is at Gleason's
morgue and the county will probably
be called upon for the burial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30

hereby announce myself as candidate
for the position of Assessor and solicit your
support. promise. if elected. to fulfill the
duties of the Office to the best Of my ability.
Yours Respectfully.
FRANK HODGE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-30
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-09
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness if caused by an inhamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining Of the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube IS infiafned
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catar1h,
which is nothing but an inAaned COZ
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We will give One Hundred Dollars io-
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-09
Where Slavery FIourishes.

Slavery exists quite openly
throughout Bihe in the three forms
of family slavery among the natives
themselves, domestic slavery to the
Portuguese traders, and slavery on
the plantations. The purchase of
slaves is rendered easier by certain
native customs, especially by the
peculiar law which gives the pos
session of the children to the wife 5
brother, even during the lifetime
of both parents. The law has many
advantages in a polygamous coun-
try. and the parents can redeem
their children and make them their
own property by various payments,
but, unless the children are re-
deemed, the wife's brother. can
claim them for the payment of his
own debts, or the debts OF his VII
lage. 1 think this is chiefly done in
the payment of family debts for
witchcraft, and l have seen a case
in which, for a debt of that kind,
a mother has been driven to pawn
her own child herself. Her brother
had murdered her eldest boy, and,
going into the interior to trade,
had died there. OF course his wives
and other relations charged her
with witchcraft through her muir
dered boys spirit, and she was
condemned to pay afine. She had
nothing to pay but her two re-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-09

naming children, and as the girl
was married and with child, she
was Unwilling to take her. So she
pawned her little boy to a native
for the sum required, though she
knew he would almost certainly be
sold[as slave to the Portuguese
long before she could redeem him
and she would have no chance of
redress.
In that particular case, which
happened not long ago, a mission
airy, who knew the boy advanced
an OK in his place; but the mis-
sionary's intervention was, Of
course, entirely accidental, and the
facts are only typical of tbs kind
of thing that is repeatedly happen
ing in places where there IS no one
to help or TO know.
In village in the northwest of
Bihe l have seen a mantle head
man of the place-who has been
gradually tempted on by a Por-
tuguese trader till he has sold all
his children and all the other rel
atoms in his power for rum. One
morning he told his wife to smarter
herself up and come with him to
the traders house. She appears to
have been a particularly excellent
woman, of whom he was very fond,
yet when they arrived at the store
he received a keg of rum and went
home with it, leaving his wife as
the traders property.
To show how low the price of
human beings will run I may men
ton a case that happened in jan
uary, 1905. on the Cuanza, just
over the northeast frontier of Bihe.
l think noticed in ali earlier let
ter that there was much famine
there last winter, and so it came
about that a woman was sold for
forty yards OF cloth and pig
(cloth being worth about four
pence a yard)> and was brought
into Bihe by the triumphant pur-
chaser.-Harper'S Weekly.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-09
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Get rid of them.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure bad
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Cure lame, weak and aching
backs;
Cure every form OF kidney ills.
Lots of local endorsement to
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Carmen Zamora, janitor at DR..
Wilcox Bldg, 1907 Iturbride ST.,
Laredo Tex, says: I was trou-
bled with backache and other
symptoms of kidney ailment for
several years. whenever I caught
cold or did a little extra work the
symptoms appeared at their worst
The pain in my back would get so
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secretions from the kidneys were
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Doan's Kidney Pills cured this
difficulty and it is now some tine
since my back has given me any
annoyance. l can certainly recon-
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similarly afflicted"
Plenty more proof like this from
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Putegnat & Bros drug store and
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