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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
PUSHED THE BEAR ASIDE.
Surveyor Tells of Experience He Does
Not Care to Repeat.

To walk right up to a monster bear
and try to shove it out of the way and
then escape without so much as
scratch is an experience of lifetime.
Harry l Engelbright found it so few
days ago in Diamond canyon, above
Washington, says Nevada City cor
respondent of the Sacramento Bee.
The young man, son of Congressman
Engelbright, has just returned from
the upper country, where he has been
doing some surveying, and relates his
thrilling experience. 1t was coming
on dusk, at the close of the days work.
In the brush-lined trail he saw pro-
truding what he thought were the
hind quarters of some stray bovine.
He walked up and gave the brute
shove. 1t came to it's launches with
a snort that made his hair rise and
caused him to beat a hasty retreat.
The big brute looked around and then
shuffied off into the woods. 1t was
either asleep or else so busy eating
ants from an old log that it failed to
hear the young surveyor, whose foot
steps were deadened by the thick car
pet OF pine needles. Later it was
learned that the same bear, a monster
cinnamon, had killed dog earlier in
the day. The dog ventured too close
and with one blow of it's paw the big
beast sent it hurting yards away.
dead as a doornail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

norance or for mercenary reasons are
opposing the sale of all household
remedies, ,ohy is It not equally neces-
sary for patients to kno,0 the compo-
sition of the remedy prescribed by q
physicianf Does any sane person be-
lieve that the opium in a physicians
prescription Is less potent or less like
ly to create drug habit than the OPT
UNI in proprietary medicine? As q
matter of fact, more opium-addicts
and cocain-fe haze been made
through the criminal cGrelesSneSs of
ignorant physicians than by any other
means.
Unquestionably, there are number
of proprietary remedies on the market
the sales of which should be prohibit
ed, and no doubt they will be when
the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many
are frauds, pure and simple, and some
are decidedly harmful Of the aver
age proprietary remedy, however, It
may truthfully be said that it is dis
tinctly better than the average physi-
clans prescription; for not only is its
composition less secret, but it is pre-
pared for the proprietor by reputable
manufacturing pharmacists in magnif.
Gently equipped laboratories and I'm.
der the supervision and advice of able
chemists, competent physicians and
skillful pharmacists. 1t should not be
considered strange, therefore, that so
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
edies rather than trust those of their
own deviSing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

Port Arthur, Manchuria.-Port Ar
thur, Dalny Cor Dairen, or Tairen, as
the Japanese Unfortunately call it)
and the entire Liaotung peninsula are
a center of interest to those who
watch the struggle for supremacy be-
tween antagonistic religions that is
.one of the important phases of the
complex far eastern question. Here,
on Japans newly acquired territory,
it is to be demonstrated whether or
not her Christianity is to expand
along with the borders of the empire,
or whether the old faiths, Buddhism
and Shintoism, are to follow the sun
flag. AS this great promontory rep
resents, geographically, greater Jap
an, its strategic Importance as field
of religious conflict is apparent at
once.
An investigator of religious condi.
lions may find Japanese Christianity
here, of a specially significant type.
And he will also notice the lack of
idols, shrines and temples that con-
front one at every turn on the island
which the Japanese now call ''the
mainland" Chinese shrines remain,
but these, as in China, are compare
lively few. Of interest to the west
ern world is the fact that the only
new missionary agency that has
come in since the war is veteran
American missionary, Rev. T. C.
Winn, one of the leaders of the Pres.
byterian force in Japan.
A New City That Looks Deserted.
A creepy feeling possesses the Wis
itor upon his entrance into the edict-
made city of Dalny, upon which the
car had centered such great hopes
and lavished such vast expenditure 1t
seems like Q deserted city; yet it Ia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

full of people. A sense of perversion
haunts one; for here is a big, sub
stantial European city, with rows of
attractive brick houses, and all the
outward tokens of prosperous west
ern community; and yet there are
less than a dozen white men in all
Dalny. One may live here for days
without seeing Caucasian face.
White hands built these houses and
streets and white brain designed it
all. But now the squat Chinese town
off toward the hills is no more orien-
tai than the population of Dalny, al
though externally the city appears to
be the antipodes of any Japanese set
tlement.
The signs of ruin and defeat on
every hand are depressing. Some of
the finer buildings were burned by
the Russian forces before they evacu-
ated, and no attempt has been made
to tear down or reconstruct these.
Others are in sad disrepair, simply
because the Japanese, who are camp
ing in them, do not know the use Of
the buildings, which are so unlike
their own. The windows are curtain
less and shutterless. Bricks are fall
ing and decomposing. The very
metal storks that stand guard on the
caves of the houses are tumbling I'M
needed to the ground. The dwellings
are going to ruin and their occupants
are uncomfortable; thus nobody is
satisfied. So numerous, however, is
the Japanese population that it is i'm
possible to rent a house; the Ameri-
can consul asked to be transferred be-
cause he could not get home for
his family.
Good order is preserved in this
strange city. The Japanese are en-
tirely masters of the situation. There
are no Russians, and more Chinese
than japanese. The former are the
coolies, the jinrickisha men, the
drivers of the low Russian carriages,
or droskas, and the workmen gener-
ally. While it is plain that the Japa-
nese are in command, there is none
of the overbearing attitude, brow
beating and oppression that are so ap-
parent in Korea. Toward the coun-
try which it has really conquered
Japan is gentler than toward its
friendly neighbor, Korea.
Soon after the war was over-in-
deed, before the Portsmouth treaty
had been signed-the Japanese Chris
tians in Dalny began to get together.
Their leader was the man in charge
81 the entire com aissary department
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

of the army. The same energy and
efficiency displayed in keeping the
widely-separated host of soldiers fed
has always characterized this mans
religious activities. When he had or
ganized the Christians, who were
mostly army officers, into a church,
the question Of securing a pastor
arose.
Thereupon unique distinction was
conferred upon one of the veteran
missionaries of Japan, Rev. T. c.
Winn, Presbyterian of Osaka. Mr..
Winn had always been engaged in
pioneer work. Before going to Osaka
he had been the first missionary at
Kanazawa, on the east coast, and
many times he had been mobbed.
Once he found a mob, armed with
knives, stones and sharpened bamboo
poles (Which make the wickedest of
spears) waiting outside his meeting.
and even tearing down the walls to
get at him. He calmly went out.
faced them for moment, and then
walked through them, and way
opened for him. But they followed
with increased imprecations. Once
they closed around him, and again he
turned and faced them.
A little further on, as the crowd
grew more and more vehement, and
the clamorings for his life became
more insistent, he darted suddenly
up dark alley, although he knew
that should he begin to run his fate
would be quickly sealed when caught.
Strangely enough, he was not fol-
lowed. 1t was many years before he
learned why. On one occasion he
was introduced to big Japanese,
then become Christian, as the man
who had once saved his life. 1t ap-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

peared that the man was a ring
leader of the mob; Mr.. Winn's atti-
tude had led him to change his mind,
alley he stepped in and barred pur-
suit. He had to knock down a num-
Der of men, and throw two into the
river, but the pursuit was discour-
aged.
In sharp contrast to those stirring
days, Mr.. Winn, than whom no eau
casian is more popular with the
Christians of the island empire, was
called unanimously to become pastor
of the new Dalny and Port Arthur
church. When the attitude of the
Japanese churches toward the mis-
sionaries is remembered, and it is
recalled that in all Japan there is
not another white pastor of a native
congregation, this peculiar honor
conferred upon Mr.. Winn becomes the
more marked. The man himself is
quiet, retiring and soft-spoken, with
out any signs of self-assertiveness.
The Church In a Cathedral.
Still other extraordinary honors
were conferred upon the Winns-for
Mrs. Winn is as popular as her hus-
band with the Japanese, and herself a
resourceful, tireless missionary. While
the American consul was utterly un-
able to secure home, one was pro-
vided, rent free, for the Wins by the
government. Even more noteworthy
was the fact that the Russian cathed-
raj was turned over to this infant
Japanese church for it's meetings.
The Japanese Christians talked in
the newspapers so much about this
remarkable concession that the au-
thorities were, after time, obliged
to withdraw it; but not until it had
been found by the congregation that
in location and construction the
cathedral was unsuited to their pur-
poses. A new building was furnished
by the government and this is now in
use, pending the erection of church.
In this building two Sunday serv-
ices are held. The congregations
vary because of the shifting nature of
the population. The army men who
were responsible for the establish
ment of the church have all gone.
and the new organization might have
lapsed had it not been for the pres
ence of the Wins. Some of the
leading men of Dalny were present
the Sunday morning 1 attended serv-
ice and in the evening there were
upwards of hundred men. In the
afternoon Mr.. Winn had a Bible class
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
Magnifying Choir Leaders Voice.

In the old village of Braybrook in
Northamptonshire, England, is mon
ster trumpet, five six inches in length,
and having bell-shaped end two feet
one inch in diameter. The trumpet is
made up of ten rings, which in turn
are made up of smaller parts. The
use # this .trumpet-only four of the
kind are known to exist at the present
day-was to magnify the voice of the
leader in the choir and summon the
people to the church service. At the
present time neither the choir nor
the service is in need of this extraor-
binary musical instrument" but the
vicar of the church takes care of the
ancient relic and is fond of showing it
to all visitors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
Painfully Exact.

A New England man tells of a pros.
porous Connecticut farmer, painfully
exact in money matters, who married
a widow of Greenwich possessing in
her own right the sum of $4,000.
Shortly after the wedding a friend met
the farmer, to whom he offered con-
gratulations, at the same time observ-
ing: IT'S good thing for you,
Malachi, a marriage that means $780,
900 to YOU" ''Not quite that, Bill"
said the farmer, mot quite that"
Why" exclaimed the friend, Il under
stood there was every cent of $4,000
in it for you'll" 81 had to pay 50 for
a marriage license" said Malachi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

short lived, and that there will be
found leaders of Society with suffi-
cient taste and courage to protest
against an ugly mode just as they
protested against the meaningless
short waist which is already dying the
death.
1t is quite certain that nine women
out of ten look best when something
rich and dark is placed near the face,
not an entire black, or dark, hat nee
essarily, but one with a lining of full
tone and in a becoming tint. The
very newest and most popular idea
with regard to cloche hats is the fiat
lining of black, or dark hued, satin.
AS rule, this lining does not reach
quite to the edge of the hat, an inch
of light straw being left plain. Black
satin or taffetas is wonderfully effec.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

tive in an ivory straw s2oche or one of
Tuscan; rich bottle-green satin is
used in the same way, and also dark
Lancret blue, nut-brown and dark vio-
let, the latter color being quite
rage of the moment For example,
take an ivory straw cloche which
boasts wide, rather high, crown, and
large dropping brim, the front of
the latter being shorter than the back.
The lining was of black satin, and on
the small bandeau under the brim there
were choux of black tulle. There was a
full crown of ivory point d'Esprit and
several enormous bows of the same
across the front and right side, these
bows being invisibly wired and edged
on either side with bands of inch-wide
white satin ribbon. At the left side
there was cluster of splendid roses
- darkest crimson and salmon pink,
with several branches of brown foil
age.
And now just another word about
the new circular wells of which we
spoke in former letter. The new
blue spotted net-the blue which is
exactly like cornflower-blue busted
over. with ivory powders delight
fully fiattering to clear complexion,
when the veil is edged all round with
an inch-wide band of ribbon velvet
These wells ought to be quite long
at least three yards-and of the finest
and lightest net. They are pinned
round the cloche hat and thrown back
from the face, making the most per-
feet frame it is possible to imagine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23

for them by large, reputable manufac-
turing pharmacists. But even should
q patient be able to recognize the
names of the ingredients mentioned in
a formula he would only know half
the story. 1t is seldom, for instance,
that alcohol is specifically mentioned
in a prescription, for it is usually
masked in the form of tinctures and
fluid extracts, as are a great many
other substances. 1t is evident, there
fore, that the ordinary formulated pre-
scrintIon is, to the average patient, lit
tie 1ess than secret remedy or nos
trum.
On the other hand, the formulate of
nearly all the proprietary medicines
that are exploited exclusively to the
medical profession as well as those
of a large percentage of the proprie-
tary remedies that are advertised to
the public (the so-called patent medi-
cines) are published in full. Under
the Food and Drugs act, every nedi-
cinal preparation entering interstate
commerce is now required to have the
proportion or quantity of alcohol,
opium, cocain and other habit-form-
ing or harmful ingredients which 1t
may contain plainly printed on the
label. AS physicians prescriptions
seldom or never enter interstate COM
merce they are practically exempt I'M
der the law. And if 1t be necessary
for the public to know the compost
ton of proprietary remedies, as is
contended by those who through ig-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
Why They Don't Speak.

First Saleslady (disguising her
pleasure) = What do you think,
Mayme? A gentleman friend o. mine
sent my photo to that newspaper
that's running the beauty contest!
Didn't he have the nerve, though?
Second Saleslady-And the worst of
it is them practical jokers never apollo
giZe.-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
WedIock.

Marrying woman is a very useful
thing to teach you how you don't I'm.
derstand her-New York Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
Would Mean Immense SAVING.

Two hundred and fifty million COL
lars a year would be saved if electrici'
ty were to supplant steam entirely
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25

as an administrator of the affairs of
the Office and during the period of
years in which he has been employed
he has been reliable and efficient en-
pioye.
1t is safe to say that during the ad-
ministration of Mrs. Mary L. Woods
and of w. H Gostlin who succeeded her,
the Hammond postofice has made
greater progress than during the whole
preceding period of its existence,
During this time the number of car
riers has been increased from three to
twelve, including one rural free de-
livery carrier. Undoubtedly the rural
free delivery routes would be more nu-
merous If it were not for the fact that
Hammond is surrounded with cities
that have their own postofices and IN
this manner make these routes I'M
necessary.
During the past two administrations
the office force has been increased
from an assistant postmaster to two
clerks to an assistant postmaster and
nine clerks.
When the free delivery service was
installed the receipts Of the Office were
about $4,000, now they are $4,000
The money order transactions amount
ed to $4,000 a year. now they are
100000 a year.
There are now twenty-eight incom-
ing and twenty eight outgoing mails
while there were only three or four
mails day when the office was started
1t is estimated By Postmaster Gostlin
that the Office now handles in the
neighborhood of coo tons of mail
year.
Two substations have been organ
ICED, one at West Hammond and the
other at Robertsdale. Clerks are in
charge of each of these stations The
Hammond postofhce has been made
depository for seven other postoffiees
in the vicinity Of this city and recent
" Hammond was made a first class
Office one of fourteen in the state
Best Of all. the Hammond postofice
is now housed in a new home that is
one of the handsomest structures in
Northern Indiana. The equipment is
to be the best that a local postoflce
has ever known and with two extra
clerks and the Office filled with new
convenienees. the facilities for getting
out the mail viii be better than they
ever have been before This viii
mean an improved service and every
person in Hammond viii benefit by the
liberality Of your Uncle sam.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25
DOC Checked at rhsater

For the first time in history. so said
the wiseacres, a dog was checked in
the courtroom of a New York Theater
the other night 1t happened at the
Herald Square. Two women entered
the theater and went Immediately tc
the retiring room near the lobby. One
Of them had carried in a bulldog IN
Ter her opera cloak. She asked wheth.
sr she could have him checked. and
checked he was. like a cane or UNI
brella. until the end of the per.
formance.-N. Y. Times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25
STOP

and think what benft will your be to your family after
your death unless you provide for them by having your life
insured Think what suerngs they may be forced to endure
unless you do Stop spending all your income and Law aside
little each pay day and invest same in life insurance policy
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25

Final results of the ball games in
THE LAKE COUNTY TINES Sporting
Extra.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25
LOOK

what returns your family will get from the monthly invest
men Look what blessing the premium on life insurance
policy will be them time of want Even if YOU are well
situated for years to come don't fail to take out policy now
ana you WI" thank your self in Look
you ana see the unfortunate widows left destitute because the
bread winner failed to the advantage by taking
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25
AND LISTEN

what insured say regards and then act There
are many insurance companies but there only one that is the
best paying investment All Hammond knows that the MET
R0POLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, is the onIv one
that is prompt in paying premiums DEATH Ask your
neghbor who has insurance in The Metropolitan he will tell
you its advantages the Others THE METROPOLITAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY the oldest safest and hest
Start now and loved provided for Write or call
or have solicitor call.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-25
DRAWING SICK BENEFITS.

The Exalted order of Hay Pressers
will meet on the first and third We'd
nesdays of each month for initiation
and degree work. 1t was intended to
have a public installation Of officers
next week, but the absence of Most
Worthy, Sublime, Grand and Noble
Keeper of the Inner Door Blowkey and
Sublime, Noble, Grand and Most Wor-
thy Keeper of the storm Door Spingle
will prevent. Both are at home recov-
ering from their wounds. Ordinarily
they would be out in three days, but
as they are drawing sick benefits it is
not likely that they will be out in three
weeks.
The broad ax., 1907-12-21
When the Elevator Stops.

In some Of the downtown skyscrap-
ers the elevator service is suspended
on Sunday, and the jauitors and their
families, who In many buildings are
CHARTERED on the topmost no0r. have to
descend and climb from twenty to thir-
y flights Of stairsswhenever they want
to get In touch with the. outside world.
In one building, which Il twenty-four
stories high, the ten-year-old daughter
Of the janitcr makes three round trips
each sunday-one when she goes to
church In the morning, one when she
attends Sunday school In the after
noon and another when, she goes TO
meet her playmatss after dinner. Zach
night consists Of twenty steps, making
eoo steps to q round trip. Three trips
make It 1850 steps, mountain climb
ing record-New York Tribune.
The broad ax., 1907-12-21
santos-Dumont Makes = Bet.

n Santos-Dumont has made a bet
that In eight months he viii have con-
Bructed a hydroplane capable Of trav-
cling at q speed Of sixty miles an
hour. This idea Of a gliding craft or
hydroplane is no new one. So long ago
as the year 1881 a Frenchman named
Garpon built a sort OF fat bottomed
boat for river navigation which was to
al tntents and purposes a hydroplane,
IN that 1t drew less than an inch Of
water. It's means Of propulsion, how
ever, consisted Of small, old fashioned
engines working ridiculous apparatus
1t the rear that resembled q fish's tan
ana fms combined
The broad ax., 1907-12-21
THR BRoAp Ak.

q for OaIs st re following Rsss
O4Ands:
A. r Tervalon. 1s4 W. s1st Strest
Cigar Store and News Stand
C H. Green. cigars, tobacco and
news stand. z7IS State st.
Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Nodona
and News Stand, Isl W. 61st street.
T. =. Halls CtOH store -
LaunAty once. SS1 3Sth =
". 8. Cole, S54 Thirty-nrst street,
CIGARS. tobacco and news stand
J. r. Peters Cigars, robacco ano
News stand, 3ss q. eth street.
Mrs. A. Z. Baker. Notions and News
Stand, I1s, S6th strOet
W. P. johnson, Notion store aAa
News stand S70l State gt
Tunsr William Shaving farios
and News sand, Hso3 ArnOE ava
u Daxia. dOars. tobaeess anA 60
IssttoaMy. SSS3 0ta3S -
c. c. MeLain, cigars, tobacco and
news stand, 2o06 State street
Mrs. J. ". Hailey 11e W. s1st O.
cigars, tobacco and news stand
Mrs.. Katherine r Hamlet, CieGn'
tobacco. and fancy groceries and news
stand s0zs Armour ave.
n. A. johnson, news stand. cigars
spd tobacco, ss12 state Street.
ne fnformsr News o. 1es Han
dOlpA d. Dstrui4 1nsk
The standard News CO Ia ". bsrd
It, New YoEk. CITY, N 7.
STANDARD News Company. % W.
1ssth street. Rev York City. y. 4