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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

As was predicted, the black and
white stripe is first favorite among
dress goods, especially when it bears
smooth surface, the black being
broken by the white, the white clear.
One of the prettiest models in this
has a killed skirt with bands of the
stripe cut horizontally, together with
a short coat having the wide sleeves
and turned-down collar of embroid
cry tied with silk tie.
The wide sleeves are the distin-
gushing feature of the season, either
cut in one with the coat, or put in
separately, they appear on every jack
ct, and, besides these, l would note as
a most prominent fancy, tassels.
These, small and long, depend from
tunics and sleeves, and hoods and cor
ners of capes. Another fancy is the
glace coat made in black and worn
with checked skirt, and again have
noticed tendency to/adopt coat and
skirt of different shades of one color,
light grey and dark grey, light biscuit
and brown being perhaps the most
successful of such combinations.
There is no diminution to the favor
being accorded to the blouse and skirt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Gives Advice and Tells of Simple
Home Mixture.

At this time Of year, says we'll
known authority, the Kidneys become
weak, clogged and inactive, failing to
filter out the poisons and acids, which
sour the blood, causing not only facial
and bodily eruptions, but the worst
forms of Rheumatism, Nervous and
Stomach troubles, Backache and pain
full, annoying Urinary Affections.
1t is worth anyone's time now to get
from some good prescription pharmacy
the following ingredients: Fluid Elk
tract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com
pound Kargon, one ounce; Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix
by shaking well in bottle and take
in teaspoonful doses after your meals
and at bedtime.
This simple homemade mixture will
force the Kidneys to normal, healthy
action, so they will filter and strain all
uric acid and poisonous waste matter
from the blood, and expel this in the
urine, at the same time restoring the
full blood count" that is, 90 per cent.
red blood corpuscles-which is abso-
lutely indispensable to perfect health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

tives, and sundry other forms of mer.
chandise. But the church members, as
church members, who put up the
money, proflted not at all by this.
Apparently, the missionaries them
selves, of whom America maintains
3,776 in Japan, China, Korea the Phil
ippines, Burma, Siam, India, Thibet,
Persia, Turkey, Egypt and the South
American countries, do not get rich
out of this vast sum. According to the
Official figures, which l gathered be-
fore leaving the United States, the
missionary's salary ranges from moth
ing to $500 year. The last-named
figure is paid to veterans of the Bap-
fist denomination, who are married
and have families; the former repre-
sents the salary promised to the mis-
sionaries of the China Inland Mission,
the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
and a few other undenominationa
bodies.
What 1t Pays to Be Missionary.
The unmarried colfege-bred man
who goes to the foreign field gets
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
HOW CLASSIC WAS WRITTEN.
Bret Harte's Great Poem Result of an
Inspiration.

The war correspondent, Frederic
Villiers, has recorded a talk with
Bret Harte apropos Of the poem,
Dickens in Camp" "We all felt his
loss most keenly in the States" said
Harte:
"On hearing of his death Q) sat
down about three in the afternoon to
write an editorial on the great au-
thor l wrote one and then tore it
up. Then another, after much pains.
was written. This did not please me.
SO tore 1t up. 1 wrote yet another
and threw it into the waste paper
basket; 1t would not do. 1t was get
ting late, and l was now keeping the
paper waiting for press. was drum
ming on my desk, absolutely without
another thought in my head; l had
run dry. Suddenly mechanically
began to write and the result was the
thing you seem to like so much. Well,
Mr.. Villiers, you are not far out.
like it. too"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

sionaries, and hope you will rip them
up the back" she began, breezily
I'VE who travel and live out here
know that they are bad lot" Yet
she could not, when urged become
more definite; and, although long a
resident of Manila, and an Episco-
palian, she confessed that she had
never heard or met Bishop Brent, the
brilliant head of the Philippine mis-
sions of her church.
Good Morals But Bad Manners.
Already / have a dim suspicion that
one reason for the antipathy which
many travellers have to missionaries
is to be found in the latter's attitude
toward life aboard ship and in port
cities. The missionary is, infer, often
narrow and intolerant, and DESTROYS Of
imposing his standards upon every
body. He is prone to make unman-
nerly remarks about the amount of
drinking that goes on, seven days a
week, aboard ship. The incessant
gambling, also, of the smoking room
and ship saloons gets on his puritan
ical nerves. He cannot see-and he is
entirely too blunt and inconsiderate,
believe, in expressing this opinioIs~-
why practices should be counted good
form aboard ship that are contrary to
the law OF the land when ashore. That
is the way lie justifies his tactlessly-
aired opinions.
Tourists do not like to have the
narrow standards of the missionaries
thus flung at their heads consciously:
and they are not likely to form an en-
tirely favorable estimate of their crit
les. TOO many young missionaries, %
said a famous veteran missionary to
me a few minutes ago, think that
they must start out by trying to con.
vert the whole ship. They do not try
to mingle socially and congenially
with their fellow passengers. They
acquire an identity as missionaries,
rather than as men and women"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

the Armstrong committee such luck
in its investigation of insurance mat
tiers. The boards open wide up, and
then deluge one with information upon
his approach. In fact, the considera-
ton which, more than any other, tends
to predispose me, as an investigator
toward the missionary people is the
heartiness and frankness with which
they seem to welcome an investiga-
ton. Without hesitation they have
afforded me every facility for looking
into their work at home and in for
eign lands. They say: Find out the
worst and tell the public, including US.
We want to- see the thing with the
eyes of disinterested observer"
A New Side of College Life.
Picked up in the forest of facts amid
which found myself, is the news that
Yale university has established mis-
sionary lectureship, with Prof. Harlan
P. Beach, an ex-missionary, as incum-
bent; and that Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton and the University of Pennsyl-
vania all now have foreign mission en-
terprises of their own, manned by
graduates and supported by alumni
and students.
On the foreign field-to make big
jump-there are now 400 translations
of the Bible. Of native converts the
American missionaries claim half a
million, while the total native Chris
tian population of so-called heather"
lands is million and half.
Hard Knocks for the Missionaries.
Quite different are the stories
hear in other quarters. One of the
higher officers of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company assured me, as
one who knows, that "the mission
aries are lot of grafters. But" he
added, with the characteristic COM
mercial spirit of the day, L do not
want to see their graft stopped, for it
pays us to carry them
A Hong-Kong merchant aboard ship
declared that "the missionaries are
pack of scoundrels. They are over.
bearing, lazy, pestifeI0uS fellows, re-
cruited only from the very lowest
ranks of society in America and Great
Britain" That last was a little more
than l could swallow, for it went con.
trary to my personal knowledge in
numerous instances. The missionary
may prove to be a bad egg when he
reaches foreign shores; but every col
lege man in the land knows the stock
from which he springs. I recalled
while leaning over the rail conversing
with Mr.. Hong-Kong merchant.
that few weeks before had read an
enthusiastic autograph letter from
President Roosevelt to Rev. DR.. Ar
thur H. Smith Gather of the project
of bringing Chinese students to Amer
lean universities) concerning the lat
ter's books on China. A few days
previously DR.. Smith had been the
presidents guest at luncheon.
AS matter of candor l may say
that thus far l am having some diff
Guilty in running down to particulars
the countless charges against the mis-
sionaries. hope to have better for
tune in foreign lands. AS an illustra-
tion of my troubles, there is the in.
stance Of fellow passenger on the
Trans-Pacific steamer, the wife of a
Philippine official. She had learned
the nature of my quest. Il am glad
you are going to get after the mis-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
WEIGHT AND HEALTH
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
THE TONIC TREATMENT.
This Woman Took Or. Williams PINK
Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds and
Has Been Well Ever Since.

How many wonderland men too
are suffering from general decline in
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to check! How many husc
bands see their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, and
are powerless to helpi Consumption
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unequal to the task OF
fighting off the infection of these diseases
to which most of US are almost daily ex-
posed.
The symptoms Indicating the decline
which may have results so fatal could
scarcely be better described than in the
statement of Mrs. William Marley, of
80 Court street, Utica, N. Y. Her case
is typical one. She says:
"For six months after the birth of my
baby, suffered from sick, dizzy head
aches, which seemed like rush of
blood to my forehead, just back of my
eyes. Some days they twitched so I
could hardly see and black spots foated
before them. The least exertion broughs
on this sickness. My appetite was poor
and was often sick to my stomach.
"If I tried to work my feet soon be-
came swollen, paining me terribly. I
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. Twas so thin that weighed
only 50 pounds.
''One day when at the drug store to
get headache powders decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills instead. I
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me q
hearty appetite and I now weigh over
100 pounds. believe the pills to be the
best tonic and builder woman can take,
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously i'll since"
The great value of DR.. Williams PinE
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
! make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of tho
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do it's work.
If you are ill and the treatment you
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof of what DR.. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt Of
price, 30 cents per box, six boxes for
| $50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co..
| Schenectady, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

that the missionary is sort of pious
buncc-man; that he is not wanted
where he works, that he is an unmiti-
gated nuisance, and that he is keenly
alert to the welfare of number one.
Contrariwise, vastly larger num-
Der of persons, in every part of the
land, firmly believe, and support their
conviction by their coin, that the mis-
sionary is saint and hero, and the
selfiess servant of thankless worlds
welfare. All criticism of him they
sweepingly resent; and are loath to
hear aught to his dispraise. The
apotheosis of the missionary is char
lcteristic of modern religious life.
On a Still Hunt for Facts.
Curiously enough, the public hears
snly these two opinions of the mis-
sionary, one of which represents him
rs a scoundrel or a fool, the other of
which exalts him as demi-god. So
Tar as l am aware, nobody has ever
set out, independently, and represent
Ing no board, society or cause, to find
put, impartially, the exact facts in the
ease. This is the mission l have I'm
dertaken. My journalistic integrity is
pledged to the duty of ascertaining,
without favor or fear. exactly what
sort of person the missionary is, how
he works and amid what conditions,
and whether the task he has imposed
upon himself is worth doing at all, and
II so, whether he is doing it well.
To that end / shall personally ex-
anime, on the ground, representative
enterprises OF all UNCONVENTIONAL and
undenominational missions. l shall at
tempt to study the workers them
selves, and hear their own side of the
story. With equal diligence I shall
consult qualified native opinion and
search out the foremost foreign critics
and ascertain their views. In word,
with no other purpose than to give the
American public a fair, frank, full
story of this controverted subject, /
have started on this journey around
the world. Whatever the conclusions
1 may report, they will at least be
honest.
The Largest American Business
Abroad.
The biggest single foreign enter
prise in which America is engaged Is
this one of foreign missions. The rest
of the world and especially the Orient,
knows the Western Continent chiefly
by its missionaries. Figured in dol
lars. the business last year cost the
American public $5,S07,165, paid in by
m organization with approximately
10000, 900 shareholders of all religious
denominations, Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Mormon (The foreign
mission work of all countries costs
s15,000,000 yearly) For all this enor.
NOUS output the tangible returns to
America were practically nothing
True, the missionary helped to create
q market for the American packers
products. and fox American locomo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
TOP TN SPRING

of the lingerie description, these hav-
ing been placed within the possibili-
ties of the multitude.
A pretty shape of coat rounds from
the front to tail at the back, and
there is much attention being paid to
the short jacket which has seam just
above the waist and kilt to reach
this.
The sacques have very modified
fulness, and a little mantle which de-
serves admiration being neither ex-
actly coat, nor yet domino, but
yet possessing virtues belonging to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

sable decorations to these, which are
however, invested, with complete in,
difference to tradition, with distinct
mainly retained by the shape of the
sleeves.
Fashion, indeed, is tale of sleeves
and the garments of yester-year may
at once be distinguished by these;
unless, of course, such garments hap
pen to have been tho property of the
fortunate few who, Icy always buying
in the most expensive markets, often
manage to forestall fashion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice of my
husband I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou-
BILE has not reappeared. This is won
derfuf, after suffering two years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion of the ear. There is only way to
cure Deafness and that s by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is fnfamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when It Is entirely cloAd Deaf
ness is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
tion hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh, which "a nothing
but an fnhamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
By Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY 8 CO., Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
M5eHOlNEE NhlESsSNlklER

away. Old materials, old colors, old
ideas may still be used, but they must
enter into calculation rather as acces-
CORES to be combination with new
suggestions than as a whole. The
spirit of change is abroad in the land,
and it makes itself felt nowhere more
potently than in dress. We may wear
last seasons clothes, but not as they
were, and to the economically inclined
this must be season of pure delight,
for the old things never lent them
selves so adaptably to refurbishing as
now, and here the popular silks are
their salvation. 1t is the exception
when gown of silk itself is not trim
med with a silk of another weave, IL
not of different color. Taffeta is
used rather for ornamental purposes
than as entire costumes, except in
black, which is as popular as ever.
The majority of silks are figured,
yet plain weayes are, strictly speak
ing, just as good. Satin duchesse,
which has been on the market for
many aeons, is heraJded as a novelty
for coat suits, and those of it's con-
struction are indeed very smart. For
this purpose, both co'ors and black are
in order.
Tuscan. shantung, sussah, rajah, and
mirage, all are popular for day and
evening costumes, for coat suits, for
formal or informal occasions, for sen.
arate coats or for entire suits. They
require but little trimming, drape
gracefully, wear well, and altogether
possess those qualities which go to
make up 2 satisfactory spring fabric.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
Little one,a PRAYER.

Mary always gets little piece OF
candy every day to keep her from be-
ing naughty. One day she was
naughty, and she did not get her
candy. That night when she was go
ing to bed she said her prayers as fol-
lows: "Our Father, who art in heaven,
please give me my daily candy"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

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
ney action was diSor-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

about $500 a year; it may be hun
dred dollars more, or, more likely,
hundred dollars less, according to his
denomination. A married man gen.
orally from $1,000 to $1,000, with 500
extra for each child, if he belongs to
one of four or five denominations An
unmarried woman gets $500, $500 or
even $500 a year, with no prospect of
increase. The missionary's stipend is
based not on the idea of compensation
but of simple support. A mere living
is all that it is designed to afford the
missionary. All who choose this call.
ing, say the boards, must renounce
hope of earthly gains.
Every missionary contracts to stay
seven years before receiving a fur
Tough; then his expenses home will be
paid, and he will receive one-half sal
airy while off duty. He is forbidden
to engage in outside money-making
pursuits. AS a rule, if he writes
book, its royalties must be turned
back into the treasury of his board.
So it strikes one that, even consider
ing the lower cost of living in the
Orient, the financial inducements to
a cultivated young person to become
missionary are rather meager. Wheth-
er this fact shuts out all but second
class men and women remains to be
found out.
Sending That Penny to the Heather.
Everybody has heard the charge
that for every penny which gets to the
mission field, SO cents is required to
send it. Business men, who believe in
business methods even in religious af-
fairs are the most frequent critics of
the expensiveness of the conduct of
the missionary propaganda / deter
mined to look this matter up, with
quite surprising results. Here are the
official figures, in all their dryness,- of
the cost of collection and administra-
ton of foreign mission funds last year
by leading denominations:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

Illinois Pheasant Hatchery.
Out of $500 English pheasant eggs
lately imported by the game commits.
sioner of Illinois 5000 healthy chicks
have been Matched.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

No conquest is so severe as MS VINO
labors to subdue himself. KEN
pis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

Take GarScld Tea in the Sprihg-at sil1
save you many days of headache, lassituds
and general i'll health. This natural laxa-
tive purifies the blood, cleanses the ys..
tenn and establishes normal action OF
liver, kidneys and bowels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells a Story of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. D. Johnson, of 6O3 West
Hickman ST., Columbia, Mo-, says:
Following an operation two years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

TEXAS GULF COAST LANDS.
No Billiards, no heat prostrations.
Growing crops al year. Live Agts. wanted.
THEO. T. KOCH, ST. PAUL, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

It's difficult to make light OF the
shadow of suspicion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

The mother of the king of Portu.
gal is said to have been bankrupted
through her passion for dress. The
king has virtually banished her to
Italy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-04-26

On the way to these interesting fig
ures learned that last year the aver
age American church member gave "a
cents to foreign missions, the record
being held by the United Presby-
terians, with $1.77 per member. 1t
seems that there has been a general
increase in giving, the Southern Bap-
lists having doubled their foreign mis-.
sion gifts within decade, and the
Southern Presbyterians nearly so.
Smoothing the Investigators Path.
f51nf these missionary board Of
ficials civil lot could have wished
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-21
EXCURSIONS ON THE RIVER
Many Outings on Steamers Arranged
for the Next Few Days.

The steamer Columbia will run its
usual Saturday afternoon excursion
trip to Muscatine tomorrow afternoon,
leaving here at O'Clock and returning
at 1890 i'll the evening. The NJ. b. A.
lodge Of Davenport is scheduled to run
an excursion ON the steamer w. w.
Sunday to Muscatine and return. The
boat will leave Rock Island at 10
o'clock in the morning and arrive in
Muscatine shortly after II o'clock. On
the return the boat will arrive at Rock
Island about o'clock. The w. w.
will take Moline church organization
for an outing 10 Clinton Monday morn
ing, and in the evening will take the
operators of the Union Electric Tele-
phone company of Davenport for a
moonlight excursion down the river.
Tuesday afternoon il is scheduled to
take the Young Peoples society of the
Broadway Presbyterian church for an
afternoon excursion to Muscatine. 1t
will then go north, where it is sched-
uled to run number of excursions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-21
TWO ROCK ISLAND
SINGERS SOLOlSTS
Mrs. Chopper and Miss Harriet Chopper
Take Part in the Big saenger-.
bund Opening Today.

Mrs Mary Delilah Chopper AMI
daughter, Miss Harriet NJ Chopper, are
the soloists for the big arbeiter Saen,
gerbund of the northwest which opened
in Davenport today and continues to-
morrow and Sunday. The. united sing
ing societies of the three cities will
participate in the program, which will
also include numbers by organizations
from most of the large cities of the
middle northwest. Hundreds of Wis
itOrs arrived today and it is expected
there will be 1000 or more singers and
CARNATIONS on hand by tomorrow