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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
WON'T LET THE DUTCH LAND
Venezuelans Prevent Cruiser from
Communicating with Shore.

Willemstad, Curacao, Aug. 4.-The
Dutch cruiser Gelderland arrived here
Sunday from La Guaira, Venezuela.
Her commander declares that he sent
a boat ashore at La Guaira with an Of
ficer and was refused all means of
communication with the shore. The
authorities there, he says, declined to
accept the letter bags and an official
communication to the German minis
ter, who is in charge of Dutch inter
ests in Caracas. He reports also that
Venezuela is preparing her forts for a
defense of the country. 1t is generally
believed here that Holland will take
prompt and decisive action.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
Found Dead.

st. Peter, Mimi, Aug. 1.-Since last
Monday pedestrians on Third street in
this city have been passing within a
few feet of the body of Christ Jake,
an early resident Of st. Peter, who
hanged himself in narrow passage
way between two buildings and whose
body was not discovered until last
night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
Thrift In the Family.

A little girl was playing with girl
friend of her own age on the porch Of
her home in West Philadelphia.
An elderly gentleman, her mothers
father, and an elderly lady, her IA
theirs mother, were sitting on the
porch talking pleasantly with each
other The little girl had often wished
her grandparents were of the same
name, like other children's grand
parents.
Presently the little guest remarked:
What nice grandmother and grand
father you have"
ooh, yes" she said, with sigh, "but
they don't match"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
TWIN CITY MARKETS.

Minneapolis, Aug. 8.
Wheat-No. northern. S1.1s; No.2
northern. SLIP. Sept. $1.0356. Durum
NO. l, Gle. Oats-No. 8 white. co.:
Barley No. 4. 56c. Rye-No2 ~;
Corn-No. 8 72c. Flax-No. 1 $1.26.
!Butter-Creamery. extra 21c; firsts
100. Dairy, fancy, 19c; firsts II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
Two Die in Auto Crash.

San Francisco, Aug. 4.-The three
victims of the automobile tragedy in
the Santa Cruz mountains in which
Mrs. Frederick Marriott and Jesse
Gilbert, who was acting as chauffeur,
met death, arrived here Monday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07

bloated to twice their normal size.
Doctors did not help, and I was fast
drifting into the hopeless stages. I
used Doan's Kidney Pills at the criti-
cal moment and they really saved my
life.''
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07

disease started with
slight irregularity
and weakness and
developed into dam
gerous dropsy. I le-
came weak and lam
guild, and could do
no housework. My
back ached terribly.
I had bearing down
mains and NV limbs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
Strike Nav Involve Many.

New York, Aug. 4.-Members of the
United Brotherhood of Tailors are
again threatening general strike,
which, if called, will involve 10000
coat makers and helpers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
jumped at Him.

Miss Knox-Yes, that's Mr.. Dudley.
He's Miss Passay's second fiance.
Miss Wise-Nonsense! He's tho
first one she ever had.
Miss Knox-You misunderstood me-
! mean she accepted him in q second.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
Several Near Death in Auto.

Jefferson, Ia, Aug. 4.-Druggist C..
w. Taylor was almost killed IN an
automobile accident with several mem
bers of his family and his sister. Mrs
Tyler OF Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07

for walking tour rather than to Colo.
RADIO, the one given reason for the
eastern trip being that the inquirer
"will meet an older civilization"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
South ST. Paul. Aug. 8.

Cattle-Steers. $500 and $5.75,
COWS $3.50 and $3.75 Hogs 1925 and
$3.50. Sheep-Muttons, $40: lambs
676
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
SAVED AT THE cRIsIs.
Delay Meant Death from Kidney
Troubles.

Mrs. Herman Smith, 901 Broad
Street, Athens, Ca, says: kidney
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07

tt IIdy U6 UI IHI6I6 10 hIUW CH0
amount which has been received from
the per cent tax on liquor licenses
for the establishment of state inebri-
ate hospital. There has been received
in cash $34,562.S7, to which may De
added $13,49442, representing unpaid
auditors drafts in process of collec
ton, making total of $48,O57.29 for
the fifteen months during which the
law has been in operation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
LEAP-YEAR LAUGH.

"You look worried, old mani"
eyes. Had three proposals Iast
night and l don't know which one !
ought to accept"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-08-07
TERRIBLE FIRE IN CANADIAN
ELK RIVER VALLEY CAUSES
se,5oo,ooo LOSS.
SEVEN THOUSAND ARE
ROUTED FROM HOMES
Trains Carry Residents of Stricken
District Away as Fast as Possible
Relief Expeditions Rushed to Scene
of CONGREGATIONS.
CANADIAN FIRE HAVOC,

Towns Destroyed - Fernie,
Coal Creek, Hosmer, Michel.
Persons kilIed-180.
Persons 900.
Property Loss-$6, SOC, 900.
Origin -"Bush" fire, near
Fernie.
Days Burning-Three.
Insurance - Estimated at
100000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
A Monster Rodent,

The Brazilian capybara Is lar... stoutly built rodent. Imagine F, weighing 2e0 pounds with d huge hea {. an upper lip. a foot long and close s eyes and one has an idea of the bcas; He is the largest of tue rodent tr;',, 4il has harsh. coarse hair, more H., nristleS than fur. This. hair' is lu!yn; black and yellow. of Ginsy appearaHt, In his native haunts the canybara b;,. s huge. fat stomach which aimo4 drags! on the ground. He is a watc4 loving ahiinal and can dive and sta, under for eight or ten minutes at ; ume. The jaguar of South Amers qreys upon the capybara. and the Il dians kill him for his flesh. ,&vlric when smoked is said to be as deliciot, ls Kentucky ham, although it has :; certain husky flavor. The>eapy ba.. makes sound when alarmed some what between dogs bark and a pig grunt. He was once called the hydro choerus, or water hog, and lives on a vegetable diet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
Find the Answer.

A certain young man took his brs' girl to the theater. During the eyenin. ahe complained of not feeling we'll. sapl they left before the show was over He took her home, and when he sait good night the girl was pretty sick Next day it turned out that she haG dlphthcria. Then the young man began to wonder if lie was booked for a siege with the disease too. He called on s physician he knew to ask about it.
 The physician heard the young mans tale. Well" said he at the conclusion of 1t, "I think your chances to- catch the disease depend on how you said good night to the young lady"
 The young man was quiet a moment Then he said: Doctor, I'm much oblig cd. If that's the case I'm not in dan ger"
 The young man went out. A minute later he stuck his head in the door Say, doc" he said, "diphtheria don't 90 very hard with strong, health, young men. does it?''-Denver Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
The Joke Was on Her,


 A woman member of the bar in New York gives to our correspondent the following correspondence with the res ervation that no names shall be quoted
 'I am one of the few womcn," sh1 says, "who can see a joke even if aim cd at myself. l do not feel that in t5G, case l came off, first best" .., The first letter was from man law ger and was as follows
 Dear Miss Bank-We agree to the cor, promise as proposed fin your favor of tha date. Not bocalIse your client has a i .. right to such settlement, but from C, Tact that we do not care 10 open con test with woman lawyer
 To which this reply was sent:
 Gentlemen-I note yours agreeing to {. Iettlement although l cannot congrat1,. ate you on your galiantry in begging tA. question. Like the original Adam. yua seem inclined to hide behind a woman , petticoat.
 And the following letter closed the correspondence:
 Dear Miss Blank-If you will turn to t}r sarly pages, of Genesis you will discoyar hat Eve did not wear petticoat
 Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
School Gardens h Washirato


 The school garden movement in Washington. which started humbly & few years ago. has 80 strongly appeal ed to the children and their parents that with comparatively little assist ance from the public funds 1t has thrtved amazingly. Already a marked change Is observable not only in the Immediate surroundings of the school >uildlngs themselves. but in all parts # the town at the homes of the little nes. They have been taught plant love in terms which have in many cases never been presented to them be- fore. By their personal participation in the work of making gardens, in prepar- ing the ground. selecting and planting the seeds. caring for the sprouts and the plants and finally plucking the blooms of their own cultivation they have gained s sense of responsibility which makes for the Improvement of the whole town
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
GSaasks
THE GARDEN SCHOOL
Ff'ow Children of Newton More Taush,
 .---~3 to Beautify Home Cromn9s

 Writing In Maxwelrs ETaIis1nau O, the work of the garden school In New. ton, Mrs. H. A. Elliott says
 An object lesson to the&eitizens of Newton was the garden school, con. ducted by the ladies of the Social Sci, snce club of that town during the sum mer of l906 Assured by George II Maxwell of tue Home Crofters' guild of the Ialisman of the free services of an experienced garden director provided the club could defray the further ex pense of a garden. Il committee of five ''adb,s was appointed from the club to seo3That could be done
 First they obtained the use of 8 piece of vacant land on Jackson iroad, :wHah was then an opens grass plot Then an appeal was made by the com mittee 10 the department oEagriculture at Washington for free &eds, which were promptly sent TGsetjnmlttee sent circular letter to a&Tnt fifteen of the enterprising buslnes$ $fhen' of New ton telling them of thG Blans for the garden school and ask them if they
 
 pertinent to give 1t sd financial sup port.
 The response was ek, and at the end of week we @ the required $100, and the direct went to work One hundred and stfxsghens 0 by a5 feet were planted by hny different children from the No3a2 district and the names astas many fibre inter. ssted children a placed on the walt ing list &
 few of these children, having learn. cd how under the direction at the gar. den school, went back to the home dooryards which had for ali time previ- ously been used for dumps. cleared away the debris, spaded up the earth and planted seeds which they procured gratis from the director The reward was scarlet runner at the doorstep. row each of lettuce radlshes and beans and for garden flowers nasturtiums. sunflowers and sweet alyssum. One Of the boys carried some vegetables from his home garden Into the exhbi. ton at Horticultural hall and was awarded prize. Could these children, think you, ever again be contented to live in dump instead of flower gar den? These girls and boys learned the 1 law of cause and effect; that the soil 1 through healthful,. pleasant labor will produce food supplies sufficient to nour- lsh the body; that debris, squalor aud ! untidiness may be supplanted by clean. lness, order and beauty and many oth er lessons not the least of which were pride in oWnership and respect for oth CT people sarigllts. ! \
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
' - -t 4 Standinn Rule.

Jones had just. run over to see [ MT. and Mrs. Blank would go 10 th theater with them. Mrs Blank WE aWfully sorry=-she would so much lil.t to go-but unfortunately Blank WE, out, Probably he was at the c!u1 She would telephone. The followin. conversation ensucd:
 "213A Gerard. please. Hello. I, this the = club: Is my husban there? Hello. Not there? Sure Well, all right then. But hold on. How do you know? I haven't even told yot my name" #.
 There ain't nJbody's husband her. never" was the wise attendants re ply.-London IT. tier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
Speak We'll of Your Town.

Strangers seeking a locatio are al. ways greatly influenced in favor of any place where the citizens are en
 musiastic In it's praise. When away from home, do not neglect to give those with whom you come in contact to un
 derstand that you live in live town. populated by enterprlslng, go ahead. progressive people, and one that is ad- vanctng instead of retrograding If you can truthfully speak in common dalton of the ability of your profes- sionai men, the square dealing methods sf your merchants. the superiority Of your schools. etc. let nothing prevent you from axsrcising that privilexA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
What the Noise Did,

Of the noise Of London streets caused by the hackney coach Taylor, the o!d water poet, wrote: Tt makes such q hideous ruhibllng in the streets by many churchss' doors that peoples ears are stoppe4sYith the noise, where by they are debyRarTed of their edifying which makes faith so fruitless, good works so barred: :ahd charity as cold at midsummer as If 1t were a great frost. By this means souls are robbed and starved of their heavenly mama"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
Testino the 5lnsanA

Sir Douglas Straight told an anus Ing story at the dinner of the Journey men Hairdressers' Trade society Ht remembered, when a young barrister going into barber shop to be shaved He was little startled to see the -yo man behind the counter staring at hin' from time to time through the g,?s> door. When he got outside the shop :, policeman said, 'I am very glad to dnd you have come out" explann. that his anxietysx was due to the fa,'l Chat; the barbAE#hA Ae out of lunatit asy lum the nAspN week, and as tc h*d been actihxiquserly again his rel dyes were wondaring whether the would have to send him back to tn. asylum.-London Standard
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
\. I. ROBERTS < SON.
h. I. Roberts -Abstracter of Titles 113 Main Street.

Our complete set of abstract . books of Jefferson County. Ark i. (which are the only ones of their < Kind in existence) have furnished * abstracts of title to majority of * the land owners of this City . and County since 1884. All ab- !. stfacts are given our personal at !. tentlon, We have no apprentices :. It costs no more to have your ab- * stracts made from this OLD RE- * LIABLE set Of books and by Ab- !. stracters who have something to !. pack their certificates. Having :. such books as ours in the office an abstract can be drawn LID in * 2 very short While, hence saving the delay Of search of the many records of this County.
 2-29-1W
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
A Curious Fact.

'I have some very strong letters O.! introduction said the caller.
 My friend" answered Senator Sor. ghum, "I don't rely too far on com munications of that kind. A man wit! give you a letter of introduction de scr1bing you as possessed of every na. ble quality in human nature and in tho next breath refuse to indorse your note for $20."- Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
A Bad Outlook.

Mother-Dorothy. have to be scod. Ing you all the time! Dorothy-WelI all can say, mamma. is I'm sorry for the man who gets you for mother-in- law.-Smith'S Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
WOOD FOR SALE

All kinds Of wood for sale Ptomp. deliveries. Old phone 1920. E. I. Al bright, Twenty-Second and Main. =. 1-1-1m ...1 "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02
PROUD }oF HIS TOWN.
What One Man Is Doing to Improve
 Jackson. Tenn

What One Man Is Doing to Improve
 Jackson, Tenn.
 One of the most progressive town 1 officials ill the south is Samuel Lan 1 caster, city engineer of Jackson, Tenn MT. Lancaster thinks there Is no place , like Jackson, and no wants others to think so, too, and ne Is doing every thing in his power to make it one ot the prettiest towns la the country I; Is due i'll great measure to his ef forts that good roads are being built iu Madison county. But road building Is not all that has engrossed the big brain Of Sam Lancaster, says writer ip Breeders Gazette. As manager O. the WaterworkS he saw chance to do things. Jackson had no park, and near the watcrworks there was needed raised roadway. Sam Lancaster made |theff kl before any one, pt sl knew what on t@ whence came tAe eAfth for the$hllM Smaller lakes neaf by FcanaA then drives, bridges, boats. lilies (mai. yelous lllies). banks of flowers trees.
 An unsightly railway yard adJolned the waterworks The railway was ask ed for few cars of earth Presto. Sam made the yard and the park Jotn Grass, flowers, shrubs. beauty, order. seats, comfort, inspiration, hope, all came out of that old sink hole. And the manager only grinned when he saw that sam Lancaster had actually parked and fenced part of his right of way Now travellers on that railway will pass by and say Jack son, Tenn, is q beautiful place and must have people of culture within It."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02

, To Help Your Town Grow. : eke your back yards places of beau Ind not eyesores to the community nd hand when you see your fel.
 citizens trying to build up the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02

A successful cook cooks with Success Flour. 3-15-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02

A lazy man goes far, and he shuns labor labors doubly. Prcverh
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02

Uneeda biscuit made from Sue cess flour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-02

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21

the City of Augusta, had created fraud
ulent mai rity there which outweighed
the legal majorities which were given to
me in the nine country counties which I
constantly carried By the use of re-
peaters and by fraudulent registering of
voters, the city Of Augusta three times
nullifed the will of the overwhelming ma
jority Of the legal votes of the Tenth Dis
-trict. Such lesson as this was not lost
upon crafty, selfish, far-seeing politicians.
In the election of Hoke Smith, the Pop
ulists Of this State contributed at least
Is per cent. of the vote With his cleo
ton, Populism was triumphant. While
personally gratifying to him, this result
brought about a situation which he sus-
pected of being full of danger. Conse-
quently, he simply put into the Macon
platform that new rule which will allow
him to do, in State elections, what Boy
kin Wright had done in the Congressional
elections Of the Tenth District
See how dangerous this new rule isl
How long will it be before the city Of
Augusta will again disfranchise the nine
country counties Of the Tenth District
and throw Mr.. Hardwick out of Con-
gress? How long will it be before I'm
scrupu1ous ringsters in Savannah will use
the stuffed ballot box to disfranchise the
country counties of the First District?
How long will it be before the Macon man
will perpetuate himself in office in Ma
cons Congressional District? With this
new rule enforced, the Atlanta man will
always win in the Atlanta district; the
Gainesville man will always win in the
Gainesville district; the Rome man in the
Rome district; the Brunswick man in the
Brunswick district
Let me assure you, my friend, that had
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
THE JEFFERSONIAN.

the Macon platform dawned upon my
mind. I now realize that the ally with
whom [ had fought, and who had reaped
all the benefit of the alliance and whose
hands I was holding up by the editorial
to which you refer, had already prepared
the dagger which was to be driven into
my back. There had been no clamor
against the old rule of nominating by
conventions, there had been no public
agitation against the constitutional appor-
tionment of representation from the cour-
ties Not a word had Hoke Smith said
in his campaign speeches upon that sub
iect; absolutely no debate had been had
on the question.
Then why did Hoke Smith, Boykin
Wright, Lawton Miller, and other city
politicians, slip that plank into the Ma
con platform, which revo1utionizes our
political system and deprives one hun
dred and thirty-odd counties of their
constitutional rights? There must have
been purpose in it; the thing did not
happen by accident; it was the result of
design. What was that design? My de-
1iberate opinion, after the coolest rehec-
ton, is that Hoke Smith, being jealous of
me politically, and attributing to me the
ambition to go to the Senate from Geor-
gia, deliberately devised this scheme for
the purpose of preventing the country
counties from having the full weight of
their influence in elections. He knew
that my following was mainly composed
of country people, and that when he prac-
tically disfranchised the country counties,
he was putting the knife to me. There
fore, my friend, at the very time when I,
unsuspicious and generous, was writing
those lines which went into the August
number of the Jeffersonian Magazine, and
which are now being rolled under the
tongues Of the Hoke Smith Managers as
sweet morsels-my ally, suspicious and
ungenerous, had treacherously armed
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21

atlanta. Ga. Thursday. Nay 21. 1905
Co. szsSzsHzssgo
The Wefario9S Scheme of HOke
Smith s COMMITTEE TO Rob
the Country Counties.
May FL, 1908.
Mr. E. S. Fuller, Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dear Mr.. Fuller: It is convincing proof
of the distress of the Hoke Smith Man
ayers that they are endeavoring to stem
the tide of detection from him by re-
printing what I wrote Of him in the early
part of the month of August, 1907. They
might just as we'll print what said dur
ing the campaign of 1906.
At the time those words of praise were
penned I was still in the belief that Hoke
Smith had done his level best to club the
refractory Legislature into adopting those
measures which would have carried out
his pledges to the people. It was my
understanding that he was to go right on
making reform speeches, attacking in
their own territory those members of
the legislature who had voted against his
reforms, and then after public sentiment
had been focused upon these matters,
summon the legislature into extra session,
mapping out in his call for this extra ses-
sion the work which it was expected to
do. No one could have anticipated, at
that time, things which have happened
since No one could have dreamed that
Hoke Smith would reverse himself on the
question of the early primary and exoner-
ate, from all criticism the legislature
which had buried his bills.
AT that time, the plank in the Macon
platform upon which the Committee has
based the new rule about which SO much
is being said, had not attracted my atten-
ton. It was not until two weeks ago
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-27
GROOM SHOT TO DEATH
ON HIS BRIDAL TOUR
Former Suitor of Young Woman Ap-
pears on Train and Uses ReVol
yer With Fatal Result.

New Orleans. La. Oct. 23.-On her
bridal tour, which had begun scarce
1y an hour before, and seated in a
railroad coach almost between her
husband a former suitor for her
hand, Mrs. Fred Van Ingen last
night saw the flash Of the suitor's
revolver. felt the sudden grip Of her
husbands hand. as the bullet killed
him, and then turned and fought for
her life. When the girl appeared
about to become the victim Of the sec
ond bullet from the revolver, her un-
Gle, man with gray hair, but strong
and cool under the excitement; rush
ed up and thrust his thumb beneath
the hammer Of the revolver, jamming
the mechanism and rendering the
weapon harmless.
This was the story which the other
passengers on the Texas & Pacific
"Cannon Ball. told when they
reached this city today, but the prin-
cipal actors in the tragedy, most OF
whom are connected with Louisiana 5
leading families, have so far refused
to discuss the matter.