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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30

ture ranging from lightning to tenn
pestuous seas. The American Bible
society alone employs four or five hun
dred white men in savage or remote
lands, literally from China to Peru.
These in turn employ great numbers
of native colporteurs who travel in
land upon waterways, over mountains,
and through forests, with their packs
on their backs or with strange cara
vans of laden men or beasts.
Brave All Dangers.
The experiences of the Revs. Bear
and Turner in the Philippines would
alone fill a volume of varied adven-
ture. Night and day on one tour they
travelled through almost impossible
swamps in clumsy OK carts, and bare
ly escaped drowning more than once
while descending swift rapids on a
rudely built raft.
In South America, from the Equator
to Cape Horn, the Bible carriers are
on the march, and the political revo-
buttons, wars, stormsi poisonous rep
tiles, and a thousand other obstacles
only increase their enthusiasm. The
Bible is carried into the camel-hair
tents of the wandering Bedouin Arabs
of Syria, and if these men are not able
to read classical Arabic then they
have Bibles in their own dialect for
which they pay-coined money being
unknown to them-in butter, eggs,
milk, horns, and brass ornaments.
Steamship and train are but the
first step in transportation. Then
come little sailing vessels among the
coral islands of the Pacific; canoes
and households for Indo-China and the
west coast of Africa; bullocks and OK
carts in South Africa; dogs and
sledges with fur-clothed drivers above
the arctic circle; patient asses; long
necked supercilious camels; smartly
stepping llamas for rough mountain
passes; pack horses, hard-headed ne
gro pOrterS, and hundred other
methods of transport, according to the
region.
The work of colporteur is one Of
terrible risk to life and limb. His BIZ
ble-laden boat may be man-hauled
through the rapids and gorges of the
giant Yang-tse, only to come to grief
on the rocks; whereupon he must un-
load and camp upon the desolate
bank, getting what shelter he may
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30
Shoots Bear From Auto.

Duluth.-Victor Huot and Edward
Filetrault, two business men of Duluth,
went bear hunting in an automobile
to the blueberry patches on the Miller
Trunk road, near the Whiteface and
Paleface rivers. They got one bear
near the Paleface river.
They were moving slowly along the
road in their machine, when a large
bear was seen approaching, some dis
lance from them. Mr.. Huot was
handling the machine. He footed the
horn when the bear was sighted and
the animal, with start of surprise,
reared upon it's hind legs in the road
The machine, at the same moment,
came to stop.
Without getting out of his seat, Mr..
Filetrault raised his rife and shot
the bear. The distance was about fifty
yards.
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mote markets; in "wats" or temples,
where the silver bells tinkle from on
high; in opium dens and gambling
houses, too, and remote villages,
whose inhabitants live in pile-built
houses, or in trees in case of attack
by hostile tribes.
Turning for a moment to the far
stretching Philippine group, we find
the Rev. Mr.. Milloy almost hewing his
way through impossible tropical
growths, haranguing amazed crowds
in fluent Tagalog at fiestas and cock
fights, and selling them the Scriptures
in their own tongue.
In the interior of Cuba travels Senior
Torres, an old and tried Bible porter
whose adventures would fill another
book. Once, on coming back from Mo-
ron after having visited 6S towns, vii
lagos, and hamlets, Senior Torres sail
boat was capsized, and flashing him.
self to the mast for four days he and
his little crew oscillated between life
and death. Another agent, reporting
from the interior of Bolivia, where
there are no roads at all and wheeled
conveyances are impossible, carried
his Bibles 1000 miles on muleback,
while another covered $4,000 miles in
fourteen months, selling S.573 books
for $2,353.
Paying for Bible in Eggs.
One of the most interesting work
ers is Mr.. Archibald Forder, who from
his headquarters in Jerusalem, car
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30
NEWS NOTES.

Virginia.-Two men were killed and
one injured as the result of broken
rail on the main line Of the Great
Northern near here late yesterday.
Duluth-Afton R. Chamberlain, a de-
partment manager for the Panton &
White store, fell over dead in a row.
boat on the Duluth harbor while out
in company with his seven-year-old
son, The eor rowed his dead father
to the shore.
st. Paul-State Treasurer G. c. Dine
hart received the June settlement from
the county treasurer of st. Louis coun-
ty. The amount was $192,965.0S, OF
which S190,13S.02 was the regular tax
collections and S2,S27.06 was collec-
lions of amounts due on sales of state
lands in that county.
Wanamingo-olai Haugen, a gradu-
ate of the Minnesota agricultural
school, had an accident while working
on his fathers farm here. He was
tripped from load of bundles in such
a way as to fracture his left arm.
Sank Center.-George Engals, a
wealthy farmer, while shooting
chickens with a revolver accidentally
shot himself in the leg, causing a
serious wound.
Little Falls.-William Crossfeld, a
resident of the west side, killed his
dog last night because the animal had
become infected with rabies.
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ants, organized into committees the
world over. Their work is supervised
and financed from headquarters,
where editorial subcommittee COM
posed of eminent pathological experts
meet every month. In one year such
a committee will have matters before
it in 200 different languages! In fact
the diversity of the worlds speech is
a staggering thing when one goes into
it. Last year the Scriptures were sold
in 20 different tongues in the Austrian
Empire, and so in Russia!
Our hundreds of thousands of poly
glot immigrants are met on the very
threshold of the Land of Liberty and
Bible is put into their hands in their
own tongue, whether it be Greek or
Magyar, Polish or Japanese, Gaelic or
Croat, Arabic or Chinese. There are
scores of languages into which the BIZ
Bile has been done that you never
heard of. Aside from the translations
into Cherokee and Choctaw, one runs
ones eye in bewilderment down the
list, taking in such dialects as Ruk
and Ponape, Dikele John, Samogit, Wis
ayam, Llocano, Bicol, Pangasinan, Ia
galog, ArrawacK and Sheetswa!
Forced to Change Phrases.
In a great number of cases an en-.
tire literature has to be formed and
language reduced to writing before
anything can be done at all. And
there are difficulties which you or
would never suspect. Thus when
translating the New Testament into
Eskimo the phrase Lamb of Cod,
had to be rendered Little Dog" 9TH
erwise it would have been entirely.
meaningless to the little fur-clad men
who have never seen sheep!
And of course there is no thought
of profit. Our Bible society sells we'll
made Gospel in his own tongue to a
Congo cannibal for the equivalent of
2 cents; New Testament for s, and a
complete Bible for Is cents. All kinds
of money" are taken in exchange
ranging from ivory tusks to a basket
of bread-fruit, few leopard skins, or
even baby camel.
Long before Tibet was opened by
the British, the New Testament was
being printed in Tibetan at Ghoom,
high up in the Himalayas, and carried
back and forth to Lhassa by Hindu
and Buddhist traders. Only Abyssinia
and Nepal are now closed to the Bible
army; but it is thought that the old
Emperor Menelik at least will soon.
capitulate. At all events, he recently
sent magnificent pair of elephants
tusks to the British Bible house in
London, with flowery letter in Am
haric from "The Conquering Lion of
Judah, Menelik the Second, Emperor
OF Ethiopia by the Will of God"
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After Standard Oil.

st. Paul-Within a few days the
State of Minnesota will institute pro-
oeedings against the Standard Oil
company In an attempt to GUST the
company from the state because of
alleged violations of the Hinton anti
discrimination law passed last winter.
Attorney General E. T. Young Is
authority for the statement that the
suit will be instituted in a few days
In the district court of Ramsey or
Hennepin county.
Since the filing of the complaint
with Secretary of State Seminal in May
an investigation has been made quiet
~ of the evidence which could be pro-
duced in the event of the suit being
brought. The investigation included
analyses of the grade of oil sold at
various points in which it is alleged
there was discrimination in prices,
and of the other evidence which could
be produced to prove the sale of the
oil at each of the places at the various
prices alleged in the complaint.
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ries Bibles to the Arab tribes east of
the Jordan, and in the Arabian des-
ert They pay for the book in eggs.
From Bangkok, in Siam, we hear from
the Rev. John Darlington, who works
the whole of this remote empire. 1t
must have been awkward when one of
his buffaloes, hitched to cart con-
tanning Testaments in Siamese and
Laos, suddenly bolted and scattered
boxes and beds along the swampy
track for half a mile.
Or, again, we find Mr.. Darlington
using tiger skins for the binding of
his Bibles, and holding weird auction
sales of his books under the tamarind
trees of Samoa island, 800 miles down
the west coast of the Gulf of Siam,
says a writer in the New York Times.
1 can but briefly touch on the adven-
lures of William Laughton in his boat
on the Yang-tse, which he rented for
$50 taels and then loaded up with BIZ
bles, only to run on some rocks and
become a total wreck. Indeed, were
ers and towers" in handling the bam-
boo pumps it is possible that Mr..
Laughton would have lost his Bibles,
if not his life.
In many instances the book is
thought to possess magical attributes.
Among the Mbundu people, in Central
Africa, an old man bought Bible and
said: would it be safe for me to keep
this book in the house, or must build
a place for it out-doors?"
Nor are dark tragedies unknown
among the Bible pioneers. The Rev.
H. ]. Johnson once dropped down the
great Yang-tse in houseboat laden
with Testaments. He was accompani-
ed only by trusted Chinese colpor-
teur. For nineteen years nothing more
was heard of either. Then the tragic
story came to light. Johnson and his
man had landed at an inland town to
sell their Bibles. But the first night
a fire broke out and burned down
many houser with much loss of life.
Next day native mischief-makers at
tributed the disaster to the evil in
fiuence of the Foreign Devil" And
before tho white man and his assist
ant could get back to their houseboat
they were set upon by mob and MUIR
dered with every circumstance of cru
city.
Turning to bleak Siberia, we find
an uncbtrusive hero and his wife sail
ing on an open raft with half a ton of
Scriptures down the great Lena river.
Great vigilance was necessary" he
says, "for many murders had been
committed by the wild tribes. I would
sleep from II p. m. to a. M, while
my wife watched. Then as soon as it
was dawn she lay down and slept"
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Adrian-A hailstorm one mile wide

Adrian-A hailstorm one mile wide
and eight miles long passed over the
west end of the county. Hail the size
of an egg fell and corn was badly cut
and late oats almost entirely ruined.
st. Paul-Frank A. Day left for
Grand Marais, where he will set as
commissioner under authority Of Gov
ernor Johnson to take testimony upon
the charges against c. H. Carhart,
sheriff of Cook county.
Plainview-The two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Holzer
found some strychnine tablets and,
putting them in her mouth, took
enough of the poison to cause her
death in a few hours.
Mankato-Fire early this morning
destroyed three barns located in the
north part of the city, two belonging
to August Bulan and one to John
Schmicek. The fire was evidently of
incendiary origin, as a cup that had
contained kerosene was found In the
alley.
Washington.-Bessie Edmond has
been appointed postmistress at Clare
mont, Dodge county, vice James Ed
mond, resigned; ]. J. Wolfram, post
master at Hart, Winona county, vice
E. F. Wolfram, resigned, and Harvey
Drake, at Mission, Crow Wing county,
vice A. F. Lively, resigned.
Ranier-The Duluth, Rainy Lake &
Winnipeg has reached this place. Hun
dreds of people from International
Falls came up on special train that
was the first to run into this place
after the rails were laid. The ballast
ing trains have reached Ericsburg and
two weeks more will see the road in
shape to run passenger trains the en-
tire length of its road
New Ulm-A branch Office of the
state grain inspection and weighing
department will be opened here about
Sept. 1. j. H. Edwards will be trans
ferred from the Duluth inspection
force to take charge.
Duluth-Henry Peterson, twenty
eight years old, was drowned while
working on a derrick scow at the
Superior entry government develop
rlent works.
Center City-John Elmquist, of Chi
sage Lake, was adjudged insane and
committed to the hospital at Roches-
ter.
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THEN all is said it is the
!: :: !: :: ): :
AyASH Bible that is the worlds
kSNN best selling book"-and
EASA{ that by a tremendous mar
Y ~ gin. 1t takes a tremen-
- dously successful novel to
sell 10000 or $4,000 copies
in year, whereas this record
is easily beaten by the Bible in
a single day the world over! Last
year 100000 copies, translated in
to vast babel of nearly 500 tongues,
were scattered broadcast over the
earth.
The American and British Bible So
cieties led the way with nearly 9,OOO,-
900 between them. 1t is hard to realize
the magnitude of vast a work.
John Williams was 20 long years
among the savages of Tahiti in the Pa
cific before he could produce even the
New Testament in the islanders own
tongue. And old Bishop Schereschew-
sky spent one-third of his long life do
ing the Bible into the Easy Wen-li,"
a dialect of Chinese, that opened up
Christian truths to 100000 Of the
Celestial people.
Then there was the romance of Hi
ram Bingham. This man went out to
the Gilbert group in mid-Pacific, and
cast himself among South Sea canni-
balls as a Bible translator, with no
written language at all, and no one to
teach him. Day by day, this pioneer
gathered words of common usage from
the natives lips and spent years COM
pairing and verifying his written notes.
TransIating for CannibaIs.
At last he was able to put the Lords
Prayer and a simple Psalm into the
Gilbert tongue. Later on came the Cos
pels, and so on. But the first edition
of such a Bible is necessarily full of
errors. More than $4,000 was recent
ly spent in correcting the Lifu Bible
for the Loyalty islands, and it was
found necessary to make the enor-
nous number of $3.50 corrections.
But, after all, perhaps the most stir
ring tales of all are those recording
the adventures of the vast army of
pioneers that distribute the Bibles aft
er they are translated and shipped to
the local depots, in all the continents
of the world. Bible cargoes go crash
ing on elephants through the jungles
of Africa and Siam; or on queer little
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from few tarpaulins, until help ar
rives from Ichang or some other con-
siderable town.
Robbery is Frequent.
In Asiatic Turkey the patient Bible
man with his pack on his back is oft
en- attacked by Kurdish brigands, or
robbed in overcrowded khans, where
he has perhaps stayed night or two,
delayed by the terrible roads and brok-
en- bridges. In Siam and the Laos
states at this moment the Rev. John
Darlington is travelling on elephants
and through devious waterways by
boat, circulating the Sc, sptures in re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30

llamas over the great passes of the
Andes between Bolivia and Peru; or
again on the heads of cannibal ccolies
around the base of the Mountains of
the Moon, near the source of old Faith
er Nile; on camel-back across the
burning deserts of Nubia and Arabia
the Stony; or in fiat-bottomed boats
towed by man-hauled bamboo cables,
through the stupendous gorges of the
Yang-tse.
The men who do this work are
trained explorers who often fall by the
way victims to wild beasts, disease,
hostile savages. and the forces of ma
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30
MEMS NOTES.

st. Paul-The state high school
board fixes the minimum of wages fol-
high school teachers in schools re-
ceiving state aid.
Hastings-The second woman's cot.
tage for the insane has been completed
and is being furnished in readiness for
the inmates, expected Sept. l.
nneapolis-Peter B. Smith, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
died suddenly in New York of a com.
bination of Bright's disease and heart
failure.
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Ten Killed in French Wreck.

Coutras, France, Aug. 26.-Ten per.
sons were killed and 25 injured in a
headon collision Sunday between an
express train bound from Bordeaux
for Paris and freight train. The ac-
cident was caused by a misplaced
switch. None of those killed or hurt
were Americans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30
Man AGED 90 Kills His Wife.

Tulsa, 1T, Aug. O'Clock Barnes
aged So, killed his aged wife at their
home, eight miles southeast of Tulsa
Saturday night. Three months ago
Barnes attempted to kill Richard
Lewis, who had been paying attentions
to his daughter, but was discharged
after preliminary hearing. No at
tempt has yet been made to arrest the
aged man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30

New York, Aug 26.-S. ]. Small,
president of the Commercial Teleg-
raphers' union. arrived in New York
Sunday morning from the west. He
was met at the railway station by
large delegation of the striking teleg-
rapherS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-30
SCRIPTURES READ
in EVERY TONGUE
TRANSACTIONS OF HOLY WRIT
No Labor or Peril Too Great for Those Engaged
in Sowing the Bible.

From China to Peru an Army of Trained Explorers Are
Needed to Reach the Readers of the Natons--Many a
Romance Might Be Written on the Work of Circulating
the Worlds "Bes Seller"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-14
DUBLIN.

Dublin, Ind, Feb. 13.. (SplJ.Mrs.
A. F. Ayres visited friends at Indian
apolis Tuesday.
Mrs. Clyde Hoffman has returned to
her home at Indianapolis after a Wis
it in Dublin.
The Rev. Swanders was in Rich
mond Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson of Frank
lin county, are visiting friends here.
Omer Cheeseman Of Hagerstown,
was here on business Tuesday.
Murray Taylor, who purchased the
Hines place, south of town, will move
there in the near future.
Mr. Harry Mote of Richmond, was
here on business Tuesday.
Ira Muythy has cepted position
with the Standard Manufacturing Co.
of Cambridge City.
George Brown of Milton, called on
friends here Tuesday.
Rev. Harry Boyd was in Richmond
Tuesday.
Mr.. Ira Staub gave public sale
Wednesday afternoon at the Hines
place south of town.
Mr.. Frank Huffman has large car
bunckle on the right side of his neck,
which has caused him much pain
Miss Ester Manly is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-14
MIDDLE

Middleboro, Feb. Is. tSpL MFR. and
Mrs. Ed Bockhofer of Fountain City,
visited at Isaac Titles Tuesday.
Mrs. Lora Boyd and daughter Es-
Their, spent Wednesday in Richmond.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Hat
tie Brooks entertained several ladies
Of the church at her home. Refresh
ments were served.
Monday was the birthday OF Mrs.
Jennie Addleman. and also Mrs. Alice
Addleman. They spent the day to-
gether at the formers home.
Yorke Little gave an exhibition Of
his magic lantern views on Monday
evening at the home of his grandfath-
err
Miss Lucy McEldowny and Miss
Mary Kenworthy, spent Sunday at
Chester, with Miss Kendall.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Alexander were
guests at her fathers Isaac Titles.
who is still improving slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brooks enter
tanned company Sunday.
Rev Ruley on Sunday morning, fill
ed his regular appointments at this
place
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Little entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. A j. Little and chill
dran, Sunday
Mr. J. K Thomas of Whitewater.
was here Tuesday.
Miss Edith Pyle is in Richmond
this week, visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brooks spent
Monday evening at Joseph Cox's.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-14
WILLIAMSBURG.

Williamsburg, Ind, Feb. IL. tSpl)-
The stockholders of the Williamsburg
National bank met at the /. o. 0. F.
hall Tuesday afternoon for the pur-
pose of organization The following
board of directors was elected for the
first year: Asher Pearce, VIM. Lewis,
Milo Cranor. Martin Cranor. Frank
Taylor, Frank Oler, Addison st. Mey-
er, Chas. Anderson. and Leander An
derson. The directors chose as Of
icers: VIM. Lewis. president and
Asher Pearce. vice president The
directors did not make selection of
cashier They Will have a meeting
next Thursday, at which time further
business matters will be decided.
Prof. and Mrs. Lewis Campbell. Of
Richmond, were visitors here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Paul are NOV
ing here from Hagerstown. They
viii open a restaurant and bakery as
soon as they take up their residence
here.
Mrs. Farmer OF Economy, who has
been visiting here, returned home
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Alien Rich are moving
near Fountain City.
O. G.. Davis was at Richmond on
business Monday
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-14
CHESTER.

Chester. Ind, Feb, -, (Spl) Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Cooper have been
staying the past week with Mrs.
William Cooper who IS very i'll.
Protracted meetings will commence
this week.
Parents day was very pleasantly
observed at the Fairview school Fri
day. The occasion was made an all
day affair and a fine luncheon was
served. Following was a short must
cal program by Prof. Kemp, Miss Mel
lie Hodgin and pupils. Amos HEM
ing acted as chairman and short talks
were given by Supt Jordan, trustee
Potter, George Bishop, Will Morrow
and VIII Bennett
Frank Carman was able to go back
to his work at Richmond Monday.
Mrs. Rosa Hague is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. John Carman.
Miss Eta Dunn of Richmond is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Leona Frame.
Charles Rupe and Howard Butler
dick were at Chester Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs VIII Bennett and
daughter. Miss Grace visited at the
Williams over Sunday.
Ellis Iredell and daughter. Miss Mae
visited l.. Y. Hampton Friday.
Ida Williams of Richmond has been
visiting here. She and her mother
will make their home at Chester next
summer.
Mrs. Henry Hoff is very sick with
grip.
Mrs. Ellen Davis has returned from
Indianapolis, where she has been Wis
iting her daughters, Misses Geneva
and Mary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dougan Hodgin were
visited by the stork Monday morning
and left fine baby girl.
Mrs Edwin Crawford of Richmond
was called here last week on account
of the serious illness of her mother
Mrs Michael Kendall.
Miss Nellie Morrow, who teaches
at SMYRNA found on going to her
school Tuesday morning that tramps
had made forcible entrance into
the school house, making it sleep
ing place. Every thing had been gone
through with the evident object of
theft as knives were taken belonging
to the pupils and several other things
The tramps had made their toilet in
the school room and eaten lunches
that had been left by the pupils