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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03

Amid the phrioka OF the dead aud
dying. the midnight oxpreaa
plunged through the open draw.
crashing upon the arid canyon floor
white the uoiay waters closed esi
lontly over Il. An was dosthlike
atillneaa. save for the thunderoua
roar OF the topping bridge, us mas.
alve steel beams aplintering one by
one IA a simultaneous symphony Of
diacord The ragtng elements had
administered tender nlap upon
the puny face OF man Ia all his mai
eaty. ana ehortled with guilcleaa
glce In sad contemplation Of their
terrible work
within the well ordered interior
Of the Limited all was indoacrih.
able confusion The cmaciated Tat
man. who but a momont before had
boon intontly picking cohweba out
81 his highballa Ia an ahaont
minded manner, suddenly found
himself earnestly examining the
richly embossed exterior Of the
modest linen closet on the inside.
standing upright In a reclining po.
sitlun
lie was gently aslonlahod at hay
ing found the right berth without
looklng. and rrmarklng silently 60
himself Ia audible tones that some
thcushtlosa person had carefully
lett the faucet running. he licaurciy
donnod his macintosh IA haste aud
eawlod into the hammock to
sleep
The falr haired brunette IN up.
per ten. familiarity known 90 all
strangers al Stella king. OF the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03
Furnaces for SOS

Alto II. Woodhouae Co ii2 Uni
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= have called. said the up.to
date aud progressive sutton TO MT
Goldie, TO ask for your daughteru
hand IN marriage
do YOU love my daughter ven
turod Mr. Goldie
That. SIR. replied the progress
aive Bultor. 'ia absolutely unnocaa
anry alb $50 nte.iyl but must
have the assurance that will be
supported IN a style befltting Ia
one of my high aoc'al standing. And
/ might here add mat I must b. as
aured of reserve fund that VIII
cover all divorce proceedings or
aiimoBy domauda that are liable IA
arise in the future az the result OF
an undertaking OF THIS nature ALSO,
YOU will be expected 20 contribute
a. the grass widowor'H fund
Anything moroY Enaped the as
tonished banker
Nothing sore. nir. unless we In
aert the matherinlaw clause" re
piled the young man
"You will now kindly attach your
signature 60 the documents end the
deal will be contaminated
A. o WELSH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03
GROCERY SALE Will BE CONTINUED WEDNESDAY, "NUFF SAID"
LOndOn'S
Useful Presents

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Mems Combination suspcndcr Sets.
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Finest Line az SILK Mufncrs In town
500 patterns TO choose from.
priced from ..... soc 60 $500
Mems sin Finished Coli Gloves.
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we carry the BEST "Donta' al
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LINEN HandkoFchlefs. n fancy
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Turkish baths. under Grand thea
r.
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"DIC" AND DOC"

Tire parp tries 10 break the mes.
1enrer boy Of the ycllow back liter
hahif htt snrHa Hn 3 treasure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03
Nautical Term.

You can drive an automobile %
the country. but you cant always
make q come back
Andy Carnegie warmly embraced
The head % the Central American
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03

ants. The best way Gen. ~ 20
smear warm tar Ia the corners OF
the pantry and then drive the ants
into Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03

0NffAt htaANNa
fun SAY she keeps boardeFBf
AN she can
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STAR DUST
BY JOSH

peace conference AZ Washington
Now u the head OF that conference
had been Taftiah
Won Out.
was she n success as n nurse
Best over She married her
frat patient"
Oeneyieve writes IN TO Ioah Wise
90 ask how % rid the naptry Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

The American woman fortunately
is Independent enough to choose her
costumes for constant wear with a
thought for comfort, and any fashion
which does not so contribute to her
happiness has small chance of sue
cess. By costumes for constant wear,
day gowns and walking and carriage
costume are referred to. Evening
gowns are different matter, for ap-
pearance rather than comfort is
sought in such robes, and what is
comfort compared with a striking
toilette that need be endured for a
few hours only at time. There will,
of course, be many short coats, even
Etons, shown in winter costumes, and
the pony cut, so effective on certain
figures in the coat, not the so-called
jacket model, will be seen in winter
walking and carriage costumes, but
the long coats will be the favored
model Last winter a few French
models showed long coats and this
winter the fashion will be general. At
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

the present moment the three-quarter
coats promise to be the most worn.
The coat coming to within six inches
of the edge of the skirt makes most
comfortable walking costume, and for
carriage wear trailing gown with a
very long coat deliberately trimmed is
always effective. Velvet and lace
coats with fine cloth gowns are charm
ing for carriage wear when one is go
ing to a reception or bridge party.
In sleeves the wrinkled mousque-
taire will be much in evidence, for a
time at least, on new gowns, and the
coats for cold weather will have full
length sleeves, and these will find ia
vor, as they are sensible and the only
comfortable mode when biting winds
rage.
No matter what the size of ones
muff, there is more or less exposure of
the wrists and consequent chill with
the three-quarter or half-length sleeve.
For warm weather they are ideal, cool,
and also pretty, so they will probably
come in again for next spring and
summer.
The new plum and purple shades
are to be the leading colors for some
weeks to come, but it will not be long
before they will be common. and some
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
PUTS THE "GINGER" IN.
The Kind of Food Used by Athletes.

A former college athlete, one of the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power of endurance. His expert
ence with change in food is interest
ing.
while I was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily logs be-
came a task, until after I was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals day.
After using the Food for two weeks l
felt like new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and l was full
of energy.
81 trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which require
so much endurance) and then the long
daily jogs,' which before had been
such a task, were clipped off with
ease. I won both events.
"The Grape-Nuts food put me in per-
feet condition and gave me my ginger.
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect, and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous so that I could get out
my studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts for
they have learned its value, but
think my testimony will not be amiss
and may perhaps help some one to
learn how the best results can be OBJ
tanned"
There's a reason for the effect OF
Crane Nuts food on the human body
and BRAIN The certain elements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for re-
building the brain and nerve centres.
The product is then carefully and
scientifically prepared so as to make
it easy of digestion. The physical and
mental results are so apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce
a profound impression. Read "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. There's
reason"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

peration, in which all the foreigners
within reach may perish. If so, be it
remembered that poise and self-re-
straint are qualities scarcely to be ex-
pected. of men in the throes of actual
starvation.
These furnishing Chinese are, as a
matter of observation, displaying a
respect for law which could be expect
ed of no western people similarly sit
uated. I have been amazed to see
heaps of rice and other food-stuffs
freely exposed for sale on the side
walks of streets along which daily
pass hundreds of men, in the indie
scribable grip Of the primitive passion
of hunger; yet not a grain was stolen.
At Tsin-kiang-pu, a city of about $780,
900 inhabitants, l saw tons of rice so
displayed, and all the restaurants open
to the street, while outside the city
wall were encamped 100000 famish-
ing refugees, driven from their homes
by want, and many of them dying
daily from actual starvation. Yang
chow has an encampment of $4,000 ref
ugees, of whom the Chinese governor
said that 1000 died in single night
of cold and starvation. Marking has
three camps of these miserable NOR
tails, with about 100000 people in
them, and Chinkiang has 10000. These,
moreover, are the strong who are able
to pile their meager goods on the fam
lily wheelbarrow and travel south from
the North River famine district; of the
other myriads who are perishing in
their homes, nothing can be said No
body has ever written a description
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
Oriqin of ScotIand's Motto.

it was thought by the Danes to be
cowardly to attack an enemy after
nightfall, but on one occasion when
they were waging war in Scotland,
they deviated from their usual rule.
On they crept, noiselessly and unob-
served, in their bare feet, upon the
unsuspecting Scotchman. When near
the camp one of the Danes trod upon
a thistle and in his pain cried out.
This aroused the sleeping Scotchmen,
and they gave the alarm. The'Danes
were defeated with terrible loss Of
life, and ever since that time the
thistle has been the insignia of Scot
land, with the motto: Memo me i'm
pune lacessit."-"No one provokes me
with impunity."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

of the death-throes of a rat in its
hole.
III this were properly symmetrical
article it would have dealt at the out
set with the summer rains and floods
which inundated this great plain of
central China, destroying the crons
and, in thousands of cases, washing
away the mud homes of the peasants
1t would likewise have exploited the
culpable inefficiency of the Chinese
government for not having inaugu-
rated a system of relief before the
people began to drop from starvation.
Also 1T would have pointed out the
many public works right at hand upon
which the famine sufferers could be
employed, thus saving their self.re-
spect as well as their lives. But for
the life of me I cannot write ANYTHING
but the haunting, narrowing, inesca-
pable facts before my eyes. If I could
for an hour shake off those thin trem-
bling hands that clutch my coat as I
pass through the famine camps or
could shut out the crying of the chill
dren whose bitterest wailing brings
them no bread, or the sight of the
mothers and widows wailing over their
dead, I might write a famine report
that would satisfy the reader with
scientific bumps on his head.
Yesterday I witnessed two trag.
edies which seemed not to command
more than a passing glance from
the highway along which they were
enacted. The first was at one corner
of an encampment of straw mats. tinv
temporary huts not big enough to
house cow, and yet containing whole
families. A child had died, and its
body had been wrapped in a piece of
straw mating, since the death rate 10
too high for the authorities to SUNNY
even the cheapest collins for anv hut
adults. The mat which enshroudod
the corpse had been it's only shelter
while living; and now the gruesomo,
bundle leaned against the family's few
possessions. Beside it, mute. with
face buried in his knees, sat a big how
Over it bent the mother, her wailines
assailing the ears of everybody within
furlong. But she wept alone. un.
needed. In few hours the soldiers
would cart away the body and she and
her son would be driven back into the
country to face slow death for them
selves.
A few hundred yards farther on l
came to newly-made grave, evidently
of son and husband. It was one of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

Using Kiang-Pu, China, Jan. 16, 1907.
1T depends upon the bumps on a
mans head what he will think of
great famine. If his scientific bump be
large he will point out, dispassionate-
ly and learnediy, that famines are one
of the agencies of benefcent nature
to keep down the surplus population,
and to insure the survival of the mt
test. They are painful like sur
geon's operation, but they are really
a wise provision for the health OF the
whole mass of mankind.
why do you carry that baby!
asked my missionary friend of an
aged, withered old woman in one OF
the famine refugee camps In central
China, pointing to a starving which
the trembling old arms held. There
Is no one else; the father and moth
er have both died" And plainly, the
infant would soon follow them within
the portals of starvation gate, through
which so many hundreds are daily
passing. The death of the parents,
and the survival of that old woman
and tiny babe, were famine para
doxes; for most of the victims at this
stage are the very old and the very
young. In still another instance, 1
saw a wrinkled, half-blind old grand
mother seated on the bare and frozen
ground, her only home in the camp,
dividing with a wee child the thin
rice cruel which she had managed to
secure at the relief kitchen. How she
ever made her way through that jam
of voracious wild creatures l cannot
tell; on the same day, at the same
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

place, saw a man so crushed by the
jam that he could not get to the
mission hospital without help. The
cruel, crowding selfishness of the Chi
nese in the scramble for daily bread,
under ordinary circumstances is more
elemental and unconcealed than any
thing known in the West; add actual
starvation as motive, and you I'M
chain all the savage beasts that Turk
In the recesses of human nature.
A few days ago a missionary at
Suchien thought to alleviate modi-
cum of the distress that surrounded
him by distributing 100 work tickets
to able-bodied men, using relief funds
for payment. When the hour of dis
tribution arrived tit was very early in
the morning) mob of 1000 men, each
determined to sieze this chance for
work, no matter who might get left,
surged around the missionary. They
crushed him and finally bore him down
all with no evil intention-and
trampled him under foot, until he was
rescued, unconscious, only with great
est difficulty, and his life barely saved.
That is the sort of thing, and worse,
which the authorities fear when they
refuse to allow individuals to go out
into the camps and disburse relief. It
is more than little trying to white
mans nerves to have starving people
clutching at his coat, or falling on the
ground before him, or holding forth
hungry children for his pity, while he
dare not ease his feelings by scatter
ing the few coppers that are jingling
in his pocket. But the rule is rigid,
and doubtless wise, that not a copper
penny or brass cash may be given
out directly.
In fact, the officials, as well as most
other observers, rather anticipate Sc
rious outbreaks as consequence of
the famine. Let nobody delude him.
self into the belief that the Chinese
are the abject serfs of an autocratic
government; the hundreds of mandar-
ms who have been beaten, dipped in
huge jars of filth, covered with mud,
stoned and otherwise ill-treated by
! mobs, know far different The Chi
nese are nearly always ripe for riot.
At any moment the big world which
+, has been so callous to the awfulness
of this famine that has swept away the
entire subsistence of 100000 people,
out of total population of 10000, 900,
dwelling in an area of 10000 square
miles, may be startled into attention.
by a great outbreak Of mad, mob des-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
DuqaId's Explanation.

Staying at an inn in Scotland q
shooting party found their sport much
interfered with by rain. Still, wet or
fine, the old-fashioned barometer that
hung in the hall persistently pointed
to "set fair" At length one of the
party drew the landlords attention to
the glass, saying: Don't you think
now, Dugald, there's something the
matter with your glass?" mo. sir"
replied DIgald, with dignity; shes
a guide glass and powerful glass, but
she's mo- moved wi trifles."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
Kismet.

Kismet is an Arabic word meaning
"fate," or cit is fated." A belief in
predestination is one of the funda-
mental principles in the Mohammedan
faith. Not only a mans fortune, but
his deeds, and consequently his future
reward or punishment are, according
to this faith, irrevocably, and thus I'M
avoidably, pre-ordained-a doctrine
which has contributed largely to the
success of Islam by inspiring it's cham
pions with the greatest contempt for
the dangers of warfare. When a Mo-
hammedan meets with any disaster or
misfortune, no matter how great, he
accepts the situation calmly, merely
saying, "Kismet"-"it is fated."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
New Method of cuttino Steel.

A new method of cutting steel Is
said to have been patented by Bel
gian engineer. The process consists
in first heating the metal by means of
an oxyhydrogen flame and then cut
ting it by a small stream of oxygen
gas, which unites with the steel and
forms a fusible oxide, which flows
freely from the cut. 1t is said that
the cut is fully as smooth as that
made by the saw, and is only HOO
inch wide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

There Is Catarrh in this section Of the country
than other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to with local treatment, pronounced it incurabe.
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney
& Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t Is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case IT fails to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice of my
husband l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou-
BILE has not reappeared. This is won.
derful, after suffering two years."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
Girl Expert Marble Cutter.

Agatha Troy, 16-year-old girl of
Sicilian extraction at Utica, N. Y, as.
sists her father in his business as
granite and marble cutter. She is a
small girl, less than five feet high,
but she can WELD a five-pound ham
mer as rapidly as any of the men A
her fathers shop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
For SAVING Life at Sea.

An apparatus for life saving at sea
has been invented by Mr.. r. Lavach-
cry, a Belgian engineer residing at
Chapultepec, Mex. 1t consists of a
rifled cannon from which projectile
is fired; to the projectile are at
tached cable, an anchor and a
rocket. The mechanism is said to be
very simple, and for humanitarian rea-
sons the inventor has not patented it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

ago, dropSy set in,
and my left side was
SO swollen the doctor
said he would have
to tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around my
heart, and I could not
raise my arm above
my head. The kid
new action was diS0r-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27

Few German Women Mat~iculate.
Only 254 women were aGlong the
1915 matriculated students at the Il
Universities of Germany last wjpter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-27
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells a Story Of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. d. johnson, of 603 West
Hickman ST., Columbia, Mo-, says:
Following an operation two years
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-09

DR.. JEKYL AhD HYDE
Arrest of an Alleged Burglar Startles
the Citizens Who Have
Known Him,

New York, Sept. 3O.-The cottagers
III New Rochelle We're startled when
DR.. Samuel Bolin, who recently pur-
chased q beautiful home III HuguenOt
park, was arrested OH charge of at
tempted burglary. The arrest was
made when the doctor reached his
home on trolley car from Mount Ver
non. AT the solicitation of Mrs. Bolin
friends hurried to the station house to
effect thetemporary release of the pris-
oner. but after talk with the police
none prOtfered the $1,000 bail bonds
required. Acquaintance of the doctor
declare that a mistake has been made
by the police.
The present charge, the police say,
Is a technical one. but it grew out Of
an attempt at burglary at Levison's
hardware store last week. The police
entered Il hill adjoining the store en-
trance. Here they We're confronted by
man who coolly inquired: whats
the matter:' One of the officers re.
piled that they We're after burglars
who We're working in the rear of the
building. '-Ah." said the man, I'M
run up and get my gun and come and
help YOU" But when he had gotten
past the policemen, instead of ascend,
ing the stairs. he made n dash for the
door. Two shots We're fired after the
fleeing figure as 1t disappeared down
the street. The police say they recog
niZed the man.