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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
Down in CoralVilie.

Old Neptune had just purchased a
handsome automobile of coral and
pearl.
"Graciousi" exclaimed the inquisi-
tive mermaid. "What kind of a wagon
do you call that?"
''Why, water wagon, of course"
laughed Neptune, as he tried to run
down a sea horse.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
The calmness of Despair.

Soubrette = Good heavensl We
can't stay over night in this hotel!
omedian-What is the matter with
it?
Soubrette-The bellboy SAYS it's
haunted.
Comedian-That settles it. We
stay. 1t is our only chance this sea.
son of ever seeing the ghost walk
Baltimore American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
Scientifically Explained.

Student-Doctor, why is the itch so
much longer in running its course than
are other diseases?
Doctor-Well, because it is so handi-
capped. You see, no matter how
much of an advantage other diseases
are given, itch always has to start
from the scratch.-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
His One Grievance

visitor-Do they treat you well
here?
Prisoner Generally they does, only
they hurts my feelin's by their lack
of confidence. They won't let me have
a latch-key.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
Hard Word to Spell. Too.

Senior Partner-That new lady
shorthand clerk who types your let
tiers spells ridiculously.
Junior Partner-Does she? Well, IL
she does, it's about the only word she
can spell, so far as my observation
goes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
IN THE SEWING ROOM.

you are pushing Sort" said the
Scissors to the Thinlble.
"Yes," replied the latter, "but I'd
like your life better. It's just ripping.
And your" to the Needle.
WELL" replied the latter. my life
Is just sew-sew. But then though not
blunt individual, generally come to
the point
"Oh, you have an eye to things" in
terposed the Pin, "but generally con-
troll matters by my, head work"
L am sorry" remarked the Spool,
that l can't be serious, for I'm in
continuous round"
But here the seamstress appeared,
and soon all felt themselves in pref
ty much of box.-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
What He Could.

Young Wife-Jack, dear, wish you
would break Brother George of the
poker-playing habit.
Young Husband-Why, I did break.
him only last night-Chicago Daily
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
A Narrow Escape,

Fuzzy Fred-I come purity near goin'
t. work Yesterday.
Drowsy Dave-Why didn't yGss?
- Fuzzy Fred-Just afore l got de
Job I woked up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
What We Are Comma To.

"Why won't the children play with
you, little girl?"
"They say my fatner works for
trust
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
ADVANTAGES of Beina Twins.

ITO be twins said the man, must be
great,
And kind dispensation of fate,
When together indeed
No mirror. you'll need
To see if your kat is on straight"
Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07

Gwendolyn-Tell me, dear, did Chol.
ly kiss you very hard?
Geraldine-Not exactly. He hard.
ly kissed me.-Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
Rubbing IL In.

Rubbing It IN.
81 hear your firm discharged you"
Eyes, but 1 wouldn't mind that so
much if they hadn't added insult to
injury"
"How?"
"They advertised for boy to ill
my place"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
MINING NEWS.

Victoria, B. CA number of Hin
dus engaged as miners at Comox have
struck for higher wages. A Nanaimo
dispatch says number of Hindu wom-
en- are among them masquerading as
men and doing mems work. One Hin
du woman gave birth to child at
Comox. 1t was said by immigration
officials that there was no woman
among the arrivals.
AS recently as 1888, says the Cop
per Handbook, the 1906 edition Of
which has just been issued by Horace
j. Stevens of Houghton, Mich, the
value of the copper produced in the
United States was only $33,833,954.
and for ASU4, only two years ago, was
but $1O5, 1928, S45, the year 1904 being
the second in the history of the coun-
try in which the value of the copper
output exceeded 100000 00 yet. at
the present moment, the copper mines
of the United States are producing
copper to the value of 5000 DOC. 900
yearly, and the Lake Superior copper
mines alone are making copper worth
S15O,OOO for every day in the year, or
at the rate of more than $1,000. 900
weekly. So great has been the
growth Of the industry and so rapid
the increase in price of the metal,
that the production of three counties
OF the single state of Michigan is as
great in value as the entire copper
production of the United States as
recently as 1897-only nine years ago
and double the value of the entire
copper output of the United States
IN a year as comparatively recent as
1889.
A strike at the Bryant mine is re-
ported which as described eclipses
anything that has occurred in the
Occur d'Alene district during the past
two years. The Bryant mine is Just
east of the Silver Cable on the Mon
tana-Idaho divide.
Poplar creek, the rich free gold
camp on the Lardo river a short dis
lance up that stream from the north
end of Kootenay lake, B. c., shows
some signs OF bringing its riches to
the light of day.
1t is reported that the vein on the
Trop group which is an extension of
the Banner, near Mullan, Idaho. has
widened out from about three inches
to three feet.
While William Cuddihy was inspect
ing a huge crane at the Washoe
smelter at Anaconda he fell to the
door below and received injuries from
which he died.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
scHUMANN-HEINk.

The coming of Schumann-Heink to
the Spokane theater in Spokane on
January Is Is attracting the most I'M
usual interest. clumann-Heink is
apart from all other singers inasmuch
as she has two distinct qualities of
voice; a. deep toned contralto and
powerful ringing mezzo soprano, both
of unsurpassed quality and sweetness.
The superb voice and genial, whole
some personality of the artist are
known everywhere, and little that is
new remains to be said of one of the
foremost singers of the world Her
Spokane program will delight all low
ers of song. 1t will consist of brilliant
operate numbers from the Italian,
English and German composers, a
group Of Hungarian Gypsie songs by
Brahms, three numbers by Schubert,
and others by List, Schumann and
Rossi. Miss Helen Schaul, dis
tinguished pianist of wide reputation
in England and on the continent, will
he heard in three solo numbers. There
ca be no doubt of the royal welcome
to be given Nine. Schumann-Heink in
Spokane. The vocabulary of the
critics has almost been exhausted in
praise of this wonderful songstress.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
CHAPTER XIV.

The sun was up, very red and bold, as
we passed through Zurich; and where 1t
touched the great lake, the waters shone
scarlet as blood under the slanting rays
Before us the Alps were heaving upward
growing mightier every hour, with the
pinnacles of their strange frost kingdoms
blushing in the early sunshine. BY eleven
o'clock we had left the open country,
passing into labyrinth of valleys
crowned with pines, waiting black and
silent on their snow carpets, scored with
torrents and patched with frozen tarns.
Coire was reached by half-past one, and
the narrow gauge of the Thusis line car
ried us through meadows and brushwood
morasses until we crossed the upper
Rhine and drew into the station which
Is set under the cliff bastions, outworks
of the Alp citadels beyond.
1t was then three of the clock. There
were still forty miles left of our journey
IA ten hours drive over the passes to
the distant Engadine.
A carriage with three horses was wait
ing TO our order without the station.
We entered ii at once, and the driver
swung his team into the Tiefenkastell
road. Fifty francs from Graden had inn
pressed him with the necessity for haste.
Yet our progress was insufferably tedi-
Gus. Once across the bridge, we dropped
into a walk, while our straining team
tugged heavily up the pass of Schyn.
To our left the ridge barred the view; but
on the right, narrow valleys sliced deep
into the glittering heights above gave us
sight of the stately peaks that senti-
nelled the eastern sky. In an hour we
had entered the forest Of Versasca-for
such, l have learned, Is its name-and
80 climbed on through the dismal ave
nues Of pines till we passed through gal
leries and tunnels, hewn deep in the cliff
side, out into the barren snow fields once
again.
The sun was setting as we ratified over
the pavement Of the hill village of lief
enkastell, that crouched in the shadows
of the Albula Gorge. The dying rays
struck fiercely on the distant peaks, I'M
til those pale ice maidens found rosy
bushes for such reckless gallantry. 1t
was a spectacle of infinite grandeur, and.
despite my Impotence, l leaned from
the window watching the light fade and
whiten into the opals of the after-glow.
1--WE can thank our luck that there's a
moon," said my cousin, as drew back
into my corner. These drivers know
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
IDAHO NEWS.

Walter Chambers, wanted in Orc
fno on the charge of assault with in
tent to commit murder, was arrested
recestly in Lewiston. The warrant
was swsrn to by Louis Jahnke. II was
issued last March, since when Cham
bers has eluded arrest
d. E. Thomas and H. w. Bidelf, en-
ployes Of the Spokane International
railway, attempted to cross the Pend
d'Oreille river, near Wrencoe, Christ
mas eve. Their boat was found over
turned in the river. The river was
dragged and the bodies recovered.
A burglary was committed at the
wholesale house Of the Falk Mercan-
tile company at Boise recently, which
was probably the work of profession
ais. They gained entrance into the
wareroom and cut into the vault
through heavy wall, working from
a toilet room. One hundred and
eighty dollars in cash was secured
and about $1,000 in checks.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04

ne journey very well. But this neces-
sity for giving false name annoyed
him extremely. 1t was the first time in
his life that he had done so, he said, and
l had some difficulty in persuading him
not to confess the hole circumstances
to the manager on tho day after our ar
rival.
1t was on the fourth day of our visit,
about five in the evening. that we re-
ceiyed a telegram from London. 1t read:
I'VE are coming at once.-Graden."
As can be imagined, we were very
puzzled about it. We had sent no mes
sage, and we could not think what was
the reason for their sudden determine
ton. Reski behaved in a most curious
fashion when l told him. 1t might have
been the news of some great good for
tune that had reached him.
1T is very well, very WELL" he kept
on repeating in German language
which, fortunately, l can speak, though
not very correctly.
What do you mean?" l asked him.
ZACH, Frauleln! if the two English
men are coming, does it not mean that
Marnac is bereT'
l suppose l turned rather pale, for the
fear of that dreadful man was always
in my heart, though, indeed, pretend
ed to father that L had forgotten he ex-
listed. But the next instant Reski had
dropped down on one knee, taking my
hand and kissing it.
Il am dog, Fraulein" he said sim
ply. Il did not think of what l spoke.
But it is the thing for which l forget
all else-to meet this man who killed
my son. For your father and yourself,
have no fear. 1t is l that will ever
watch. You trust me, Frauleinf'
Indeed, Reski, do" l answered him;
and so we parted.
Go be continued-)
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
MISTAKES OF RUSSIAN POLICE.
Cars Law Officers Declared tc BE
Extremely Stupih.

extremely stupid.
The Cars whole bureaucracy has for
years been so thoroughly detested by
all classes of Russians that now 1t is
mainly filed by the least intelligent Of
the population. And of these the police
are the worst, says Ernest Poole in the
World To-Day. l myself was arrested
several times, as so many correspond
ents are, and l found the police in ev-
cry instance the most dense of mortals.
From my newspaper friends l heard
scores Of stories about this stupidity.
These two are typical:
Some time ago a man threw a bomb
at a governor, killed him and escaped,
The government sent all over the en-
pire a placard and two photographs Of
the assassin, his front view and his
profile. And three weeks later Do
liceman in western Siberia telegraphed /:
Have captured both criminals an6
am bringing them to Petersburg"
At midnight in Petersburg an inno-
cent peace-loving professor stood on a
bridge staring into the sluggish waters
of the Neva. He was thinking Of a rival
professor who had new theory about
gravitation.
THAT man." said the professor aloud,
"is the dullest idiot in Russia"
Instantly a big policeman bounced
upon him out of the darkness and with
out n word began dragging him off. The
poor old professor shook with terror.
"Why am 1 arrested?' he cried.
what is my crime?"
High treason" growled the police.
man.
But why? Why?"
"Oh, don't try to fool mel You called
his imperial majesty an idiotl'
"Heavensl" cried the Mortified pro-
fessor, the spectacles falling from his
nose. "Why should you think 1 was
speaking of the Czar?"
The big policeman stopped and looked
down, puzzled
1.-The dullest idiot in Russia" he said
slowly, searching his memory. "Who
else could you have meant?"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
Al Horses Hnte Camels.

Smoking clay pipe, the circus actor
sat in the winter training quarters.
Under his supervision a thin boy was
learning to ride erect on a quiet horse
with a broad, fat back.
I'm some towns they won't let us
SHOW" said the man, unless we have
no camels with us. Camels are a seri-
GUS drawback to shows. Horses are so
much afraid of them that lots of towns
won't let a camel enter their gates.
"A horse won't go near a piece Of
ground camel has stood on. The very
smell of camel in the air will make
horse tremble and sweat. And this
fear isn't only found occasionally in a
horse here and there. 1t is found IN
every horse all over the world. Queer,
isn't 1t? l often wonder why it is.
Cattle hate dogs in the same way, and
cats hate dogs so, too. Here, though,
we can account for the hatred. Dogs in
primitive times fed on cattle, no doubt,
and even to-day, here and there, they
kill and feed ON kittens.
Horses love dogs. I'm sure I don't
know why. Dogs fear no animals but
pumas and leopards. You can take 4
dog up to lions or.a tigers cage and
he will show no fear, but take him I'D
to the cage of puma or a leopard and
he will tremble and moan and stink
away out of sight.
All very puzzling, isn't itT'-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
A NATIONAL POLICY.
CON BARTHOLDT FAYORS 1T
FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Makes an Address to Prominent Busl-
ness Men Favoring the Policy of
Issuing Bonds-WouId Spend Five
Hundred Million Dollars to Improve
Our Great Waterways.

Congressman Richard Bartholdt of
st. Louis declared recently in an adj
dress before business men, bankers
and large shippers of st. Louis for a
national policy of issuing bonds for
international improvements, especial
ly waterways.
"Since the civil war;" he said,
every great question which has di-
vided political parties has been bust
ness question. We have a right to
conclude that the party is most likely
to succeed which is most willing to
champion the cause of general well
fare by promoting the most important
business policy ever before the coun-
try The chairman of the committee
on appropriations, Congressman Taw-
ney, said in an interview at Chicago
the other day: international water
way improvements can not be expect
ed until our appropriations for the
army and navy are lessened or special
taxes are levied
IF our government is to enter up
on a policy favoring systematic in
ternational improvements a regular
annual budget would be necessary for
that purpose, the same as for the army
and navy. Perhaps we shall live to
see the day when that will be done
under a readjustment such as will no
longer permit our military and naval
budgets to expend two thirds of our
revenues. For some years to come,
am afraid such a readjustment will
be impracticable.
mo one will contend that it is any
thing but a question of money. We
may we'll ask whether the project to
secure navigable channels from the
lakes to the gulf from the upper Mis-
sissippi the Missouri, the Ohio and
the other rivers, shall wait until an
income tax or an inheritance tax shall
have yielded sufficient revenue to pay
for them. We would say no.
can issue of 2 of per cent bonds
to the extent of $500,000,000 to be dis
tributed over a period of say 10 years
will suffice to complete great river
projects and solve the problem of the
permanent improvement of our great
waterways. 1t is my judgment that
it cannot be done in any other way,
and if the gentlemen here think well
of it l will introduce a bill to that
effect.
mo American has dreamed of OBJ
jecting to the Panama canal, though
this is an enterprise for the whole
world Why, then, should there be
any objection to an undertaking
which is Of particular benefit to the
United States? AS matters stand the
chances for the great and important
projects are almost hopeless, and will
remain so as long as we must content
ourselves with the crumbs that fall
from the national table when the pie
is being distributed to the depart
ments."
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04

One OF the strange experiences of a
oalloonist is that of falling into "a
mole in the air" which Mr.. Rolker re-
ports as follows: $50 you continue
sailing, enjoying the present with little
thought of the startling surprises that
may be before you. Ahead of you. un-
seen, may be what the balloonist calls
a hole in the air. resembling the vor-
tex OF a maelstrom, and down this you
may literally fall at a rate which is
terrifying until, by sacrificing two or
three bagfuls of sand at once, your
pilot checks your downward fight. But
these holes are scarce, and, as a rule,
ne atmosphere is of uniform carrying
power"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
CHAPTER XXIII-lContinued.l

CHAPTER KILL Continued.)
ave shall soon have news" he said
quietly. For information that will lead
to his arrest, l have offered the police,
here and on the continent, a reward Of
five thousand pounds"
He spoke the truth. News came soon
Indeed.
We were lunching together in Graden's
chambers on the fourth day after their
departure, when the telegram arrived
My cousin opened it. AS he read, / saw
the line of his jaw set and harden. Then
he handed it across the table. This was
the message:
Fear we are in great peril. Come at
once. Weston"
The realization of those words must
have come to me slowly, for it was Ora
denis hand on my arm that woke me
from the stupor into which | had fallen.
Even then l could hardly understand.
There is a train at two-twenty," said
he. "Can you be ready in five minutes?"
But how can the man--how can
Marnac have discovered where they
arer | stammered.
''In FIVE minutes, l saidp' he barked
out. ''You have no time to waste"
We had still quarter of an hour to
spare when our cab ratified over the
cobbles of the station-yard. While my
cousin took the tickets, l stood at the
bookstall, staring at the backs of the nov
els, with that call for help twisting in a
dreary chant through my head. "In
great peril. Come at once" so it ran.
over and over again. Several passing
strangers turned and regarded me curl
ously over their shoulders.
l do not think we spoke more than
once before reaching Dover. | asked if
he had telegraphed reply He had done
30, he said at Charing Cross.
There was a brisk sea running in the
Channel, but / felt no sickness. Indeed
the passage did me good; for l behaved
quite sanely as we passed our bags
through the Calais customs.
Into the train again, and on into the
night that had fallen. l had a sleeping
berth reserved in the wagon-lit, but l did
not visit it. Sometimes fury of i'm
patience seized me, so that / paced the
corridor, peering out into the moonlit
country that went sliding by, in its never
varying sequence of plain and woodland
and steeple-crowned village; but, for the
most part, / sat huddled in my chair
thinking. Heaven help usl What tor
ture an active mind inhicts upon poor
humanity Grant a man the magma
ton of an OK, and many are the woes he
will be spared
Dawn stole out on us at Basic, and
we stood upon the platform, our faces
showing pale in the tinted curtain of the
sky that hung above the snow-clad ridges
to the westward. The air was very cold,
but not with the English bitterness in its
breath.
We had half an hour to wait. Graden
despatched a second telegram to Pontre-
sina, marking the progress of our jour
ney. ES also wired to Thusis, ordering
carriage to meet our train.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
Chinese Revolt Is Worse.

Victoria, B. C.-The insurrection
on the borders of Kiangsi is gaining
strength rapidly, according to reports
by the Teucer. Government troops
sent were defeated by the insurgents
and additional forces have been dis
patched from Wuchang. Foreigners
are all safe and have escaped to
Changsha. The rebellion is antidynas.
tic and has been plotted for about a
year.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
CHAPTER XIV.

have been asked by my dear husband
to conclude the story of which he has
placed the greater part before you.
should have preferred that he had not
tried to recall details which / know he
cannot remember without suffering; but
having once yielded to the persuasion of
his friends, am ready ID take every
share If the burden that he will yield
to me.
My father aud 1, with Reski, the man
that Sir Henry had summoned from Po-
land, arrived in the Engadine without
any incident that is worthy of descrip-
ton. We had engaged rooms in the prin-
cipal hotel under the name of Jackson, as
had bean suggested. Ny father stood
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
Are Marking the Boundary.

The work of marking the boundary
between Canada and the United States
has so far progressed in the district
adjacent to Washington and Idaho,
where operations through a wild and
rugged region have been going on for
several years. that the government is
now asking an appropriation to con-
tinue the work farther east, states a
Washington, D. c., report. The Sec
rotary of the treasury has transmitted
to congress an estimate Of $4,000 to
be inserted in the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill. 1t is proposed
to use this money to mark that part
of the boundary lying between the
headwaters of the St. Croix river and
Halls stream.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
James Bryce Accountable.

London-The formal acceptance by
the United States of James Bryce as
ambassador at Washington has been
received in a cablegram from the
american capital which reached the
foreign Office.
Mr.. Bryce's appointment was Of
hcially gazetted Monday.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
The shorter the More.

Tell me-" said the Boston matron
"do you believe in long engagements p
Really" replied the Chicago mat
ron, 81 never gave that much though.
but l can't say that | believe in lons
Observation-Disclosures Press
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-04
Doube Track the Wabash

The Wabash Railroad company has
RED mortgage in st. Louis for 5000.
ooo.OOO covering all its property. The
mortgage was given to secure money
10 double rack the svstem, extend
It's lines and improve its equipment