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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
"PRANks" PLAYED IN YOUTH.
Children of Other Days Were Not as
Good as Supposed.

Don't do as l do; do as I say to
DO" is the advice which nearly all
parents could give to their children
for, verify, the pranks of father and
mother in the telling sound very much
worse than anything of which the. mod
ern child is capable.
Here are few stories which Ger.
tain well-known doctor tells to his
very dignified little daughter-who, by
the way, listens in establishment, dis
approves entirely, but recounts to her
friends with disappearing pride, II
such thing is possible, in the whole
affair.
1--WE certainly must have been rath.
er bad children, my sister and l."
prefaced the gentleman the other day
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Think City Deer Killed.

McKinley-The deer that made Nc
Kinley famous has disappeared and
it is believed that it has been killed.
1t was a doe, captured in the woods
in the spring, together with its twin
sister, and was the property Of Aid
Joseph Ahlim. The deer had great in
telligence and extraordinary pugnacity,
having attacked and bested the prize
bulldog of the town. A boy twisted
its tail, was knocked down and his
face cut by the deer's hoofs. Although
the animal has often remained out for
a day or two, it now has been gone
for ten days, and is believed to have
encountered some poacher who took
advantage of the animals tameness.
A liberal reward will be paid by the
citizens of Mckinley for information
that will lead to the arrest and punish
ment of the guilty person.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Shock May Restore Reason.

Her present condition in nowise re-
sembles her former unfortunate state.
Then she was violent and noisy. Now
her mind is simply blank. And DIR.
Goss, superintendent of the asylum,
who has been studying her case, be-
lfeves that unless her brain receives
some terrible shock her memory will
never be restored. Her recollections
Of what happened between the time
she took her children under the shell
ter of her cloak and reason resumed
It's sway in ward of the asylum will
be aroused only by a shock as great
as the one which robbed her of rea.
son.
And what shock was that?
This is the question which is baf.
fling physicians, detectives and rela.
tives of the unhappy family.
Did Mrs. Ball accidentally set her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
CHANCE FOR GUARDSMEN.
President Roosevelt will Recruit the
Regulars from Militia.

Washington, Feb. 1s.-President
Roosevelt has decided to admit mem
bers of the organized militia to COM
petition to the grade of second lieu
tenants in the army.
Candidates for the examination
must be unmarried, must not be less
than twenty-one or more than twen-
seven years of age and must have
been member of militia of the state
from which he was designated con-
tinuously for not less than two years
prior to being named for the exami-
nation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
BRIEF NOTES.

Collegeville-The class of '08 gave a
polyglot entertainment and musical
in honor of the Rev. Placidus Win
gerter on the occasion of his silver
jubilee of priestly life.
Morris-The city of Morris will re-
fuse to pay the tax of per cent on all
moneys received from liquor licenses,
as provided by chapter 288, Laws of
1907, for the purpose of securing funds
for a state inebriate farm.
Biwabik - Without making an
nouncement of a find, G. A. st. Clair is
making preparations to sink a shaft on
the four forties on which he has a
lease directly west and south of the
Hector mine, near Biwabik.
Bemidji-Thief River Falls and Be-
midi are to have companies in the
national guard. Both towns have good
organizations and have provided arm
DRY accommodations.
Campbell-A mass convention of the
Prohibitionists, held here, placed A.
H. Merrill of Wolverton in nomination
for the legislature
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21

house on fire, and then, in spasm Of
terror, race away with her children
And If so, at what psychological
moment was her reason destroyed
at sight of the flames, or when she
found herself alone in the woods with
her children?
Or did she feel the approaching re-
turn of the dreaded malady, and, fear
ing for the future of her children with.
out her care and oversight, spirit them
away? And, if so, where did she
leave them?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
A Small Check.

Sparta-O. H. Haehnke, justice Of
the peace, has just received from the
Oliver Iron Mining company, the oper-
ating company of the steel corporation,
a check for cents. While the Oliver
was using scrip for real money Mr..
Haehnke handled garnishee case
against an employee. The script was
in even dollars and the obligation was
all paid but the cents. Now the
company RENTS the balance. So far
as known on the range this is the
smallest check ever given out by the
great steel corporation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Medical Advice.

Lady Patient-Doctor, what do you
do when you burn your mouth with
hot coffee?
Doctor-Swear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered Ess the
Gopher State
The State Wins.

Duluth-Holding that the law speci-
flying definitely the privileges granted
n permit to cut timber from state
land must be strictly adhered to by
the courts, the supreme court yester-
day held for the state in its suit
against the Rat Portage Lumber com
pany, reversing the st. Louis county
district court. The court holds that
the argument that inconvenience
might result from strict enforcement
of the terms of the law cannot be
heard in defense when the law is
couched in definite and certain terms
This suit was brought by the state
to recover the value of 934,010 feet,
board measure, of logs removed by
the company from state land, for the
cutting and removing of which a per-
NIT had been granted to the company
by the state under the timber act
This permit had expired, however,
after the logs had been cut and some
Of them removed, those involved in
this suit remaining on the land until
after the expiration of the permit. The
company claimed that it's failure to re-
move the logs within the life of the
permit was due to the inclement
weather and the difficulty of securing
experienced woodsmen for the work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
May Have Sent Children Away.

Some few Brocktonites believe that
because the air had been full of
rumors regarding unhappiness in the
Ball home she really did arrange to
have some one come with a red auto
mobile and take her children where
they might be cared for
But such reasoning does not satisfy
the majority of those who have
worked on the case. The majority
believe that the woman, in horror at
the malady which was slowly creep
ing upon her, took her children to
some lonely spot and killed them,
then with the cunning Of the madwom-
an, hid them beyond all finding. Per-
haps the torn hands came from dig
ging in the half-frozen ground that she
might hide the silent little forms
Perhaps the scratches on her throat
came not from her own fingers, but
from the tiny hands fighting for their
lives. And who shall say at what in
slant reason was dethroned, or what
act Of her own or another swept like
a sharp knife through the tottering
brain and left it blank?
Perhaps Mrs. Ball knows to-day
where the children are, and, with
demoniac cunning, refuses to let the
father claim his own flesh and blood
Perhaps, if she would, she could lead
the searching parties to the very spot
where the silent forms are. buried
Perhaps her mind was never blank
But history, medical and otherwise,
gives her the benefit of the doubt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21

If you are looking for happiness,
why not try to look on the bright side
of things?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21

South st. Paul, Feb. 18
Cattle-Steers, $5.25 and $3.50.
and $3.50 Sheep-Muttons, $5.25;
aa.mbs S6.2o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
TWIN CITY MARKETS.
Minneapolis. Feb IL

WI1HedPOIIS, T6U 10.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, $1.O2;Ne. 2
northern, loo. May $1.0O1s. Oats
No. white, 4 G; Corn-No. 8, SIC
Barley No. A, 83c. Rye-No. 8, 75c
Flax seed-No. 1, $1.14 Butter
Creamery, extras, 32c; firsts, 2Sc.
dairy, fancy, 26c. seconds 22c;
Poultry--Turkeys, 12c, chickens 1oc;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
$4,000 Gone.

Minneapolis tin box, the contents
of which are valued at $4,000, and
personal property of Daniel G. Hop
kins, vice president of the Hopkins
Land company, has disappeared from
bis Office in the Metropolitan Life In
surance building, Minneapolis.
The Mill City police are trying to
solve the mystery and seem to be
baffled They say the case is one Of
the most difficult that the department
ever has attempted.
Mr.. Hopkins believes the bonds and
securities were stolen from his desk.
The papers were locked in safe de-
post box, which was left on Mr.. Hop
kins' desk for a moment while he
stepped into rear room. Since that
the papers have not been seen by their
owner. Mr.. Hopkins says he has alb
solutely no recollection as to whether
the box still was on the desk when he
returned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21

came from all over New England to
join in the search. The Brockton En-
terprise offered reward of 800 for
the recovery of the children, dead or
alive. Brockton citizens raised $500
more, and more detectives, profess
sional and amateur, flocked to the
scene.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Resembles Famous Stories.

nCSSIubICS dUlOuS oIOTICSs
Who does not recall Julian Haw-
thorne's great story, Archibald NAL
maison," whose hero, from brain
shock, reverted every seven years to
the mental state of seven years be-
fore, recalling in minutest detail every
thing that had happened when this pc
culiar psychological and mental par
oxysm had overtaken him? And poor
Archibald, when he was %, remem-
bered that on the night when he was
81 he had hidden his bride of an hour
in dungeon, where none of the merry
wedding guests might find her, while
he went to bring her wine and cake
from the wedding feast. And as he
went down the winding stairs the
hand of time had touched him, setting
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Woods Thoroughly Searched.

Woods Thoroughly Searched.
Every inch of the frozen woods
into which the woman and her chill
dren had disappeared was raked over.
The Avon reservoir, beyond the woods,
was dragged. Farmers all around
Brockton neglected their affairs in
their frantic efforts to unearth the
bodies of the two little ones. The po-
lice matron of Brockton was sent to
the asylum at Taunton in the hope
that talking, woman to woman, she
might obtain some clew from the de-
mented mother. But she came home
with word that her attempt had failed.
Mrs. Balls mind was a blank.
Then came a day when some chill
dren playing in the woods near the
suburb of Holbrook, five miles from
the Ball home, came upon some juve-
nile raiment-a boys blouse, two
union suits and little girls under
skirt. These were partially but not
completely identified by the distract
ed father, for man-like, he was not up
on the details of the family wardrobe.
And then, while searching parties
raked and scraped the woodland in
which these garments had been found,
the father received word that his wife
seemed to be quite rational again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-21
Mothers Memory Gone.

TuOluCI "CHIOIy
So to the Taunton asylum he hur-
ried alone. Unaccompanied by hys-
terical women or keen-eyed detectives,
he hoped that in quiet, heart-to-
heart talk with his wife he might OBJ
tain some clew to the whereabouts of
his children.
Il took my children under my cloak.
They were cold and crying. The rest
is blank"
Behind that moment of motherly in
stinct when she stretched out the pro-
lection of arms and wooden folds to
envelop her shivering children, Mrs.
Balls memory cannot go. Sometimes
she gropes wildly for facts, and says a
woman in a red automobile took the
children away. But always she real
ICES that the children are gone, that
none can find them, and that behind
the veil of her clouded mind lie the
facts which she cannot reach.
Grave physicians and alienists have
visited this woman, striving to decide
whether it is lapse of memory pure
and simple, or return of the mental
malady from which she suffered four
years ago. At that time she was con-
fined to the asylum because, on the
death of her youngest child, she had
developed curious homicidal mania,
brought on by excessive grief. But as
time cured the wound her mental
equilibrium was restored, and she re-
turned to her home, where apparently
she was devoted to the two remaining
children.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05
The Paragraph Pulpit
UNITARIAN
Is Atheism Growing9

Many are asserting today that athe-
ism is constantly increasing in modern
thought. Notes of alarm are being
sounded from many pulpits. There
seems, to be "a general impression that
mankind is drifting more and more
from God and the thought of God in
these modern days. But it is not so.
There is less faith in the form, but
more faith in the fact The God of the
ancients is fading into unbelievable
ness, but the God of today,-living,
moving, impelling, creating, revealing,
lis becoming more and more reality
In modern thought The God in a
creed may die. but the God behind a
conviction is eternal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05
the corner of Golden Gate and Van Ness

the corner of Golden Gate and Van Ness
avenues.
He was induced by Towe to enter the
buggy of the latter. who drove him to
the central emergency hospital. where
he was held until the army authorities
sent an ambulance for his removal to
the reservation.
Haynes has been confined with ILL
ness in the general hospital in the
Presidio for several weeks. Some time
Thursday night he eluded the attend
ants and made his escape while he was
being returned to his ward after having
received bath. At the time the soldier
was found by Towe he was announcing
to the passersby that he had found the
body of Biggy under wharf.
A recent French invention provides
for electro plating by brush instead
of by immersion in a, bath.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05
HAS INSANE BELIEF HE
FOUND BIGGY'S BODY
Soldier From Presidio Hospital
Found in Van Ness Avenue
Clad in Bathrobe

Believing in his dementia that he had
found the body of the late Chief of
Police William Biggy. Clarence r.
Haynes, member of Battery F, sta
toned at the Presidio.. was found hv
Fire Marshal Charles Towe early yes
terday morning. clad only in bath
robe wandering around the streets at
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05

present company. backed principally
by eastern capital, that the enormous
task Of developing the mine TO an
actual producing point was under
taken.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05
To visit San FrancI-co

~ ftHAt san n EAnclScO
without seeing the Diamond Palace
would be like visiting Europe without
seeing Paris. 1t IS the most beautiful
5eweiry store in the world. Visitors
welcome 909 Van Ness av. near Ellis.
A. Andrews, proprietor.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05
BAGGAGE MOVED SAFELY

At the right time and place. Anything moved
Anywhere. -
THE PACIFIC TRANSFER CO.,
So Ellis Street Near Market
Phone kearny 1876.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-05

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak. Weary, watery Eyes.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
BODILY AND MENTAL EXERCISE.

1t is certain that as in the body,
when no labor or natural exercise is
used, the spirits, which want their
due employment, turn against the
constitution and find work for them
selves in a destructive way /; so in q
soul or mind unexercised, and which
~languishes for want Of action and
employment, the thoughts and az
fections, being INSTRUCTED in their
due course and deprived Of their
natural energy, raise disquiet and
foment a rancorous eagerness and
tormenting irritation. The temper
from hence becomes more impotent
in passion, more incapable of real
moderation, and, like prepared fuel,
readily takes fire by the least spark.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
RISKED LIFE TO SAVE DOC
New Jersey Man Plunged Into Icy
Bath, But Brought Terrier Safe.
" to the Shore.

At the risk Of his own life, the
brave and humane George Gordon
saved a fox terrier from perishing
~miserably at Bloomfield, N. j., &C.
cording to the New York World.
The dog walked out on the ice on
the Morris canal, near the Liberty
street bridge, and fell into u big air
hole. 1t tried desperately to get
out upon the ice, but its front paws
slipped again and again, and it fell
back.
Gordon, in Liberty street, heard,
saw, acted instantly. He ran down
the embankment and crawled out on
the ice, which cracked and bent un-
der him. just rs he grabbed the
dogs collar the ice broke and man
and dog were plunged into eight feet
Of water. Gordon found himself in
the same danger the dog had been
in; a. often as he seized the edge OF
the ice it broke; but he never let 60
Of the terriers collar, and finally
reached land.
Hugging the dog, which grateful.
ly licked his hand, Gordon hurried
to bis home. To escape pneumonia
the man went to bed the dog curled
up by the kitchen range.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
At oNE FELL sWooP.

"Have you got any Of those prepa-
rstions for removing s~uperAuous
hairr asks the man who enters the
drug store with a firm tread and Q
ct countenance.
Eyes, sir" answers the druggist.
~Give me a pint. I want to use it
On my head"
"But, man, you haven't got any
superfuous hair on your head.
You's nearly bald now"
II know it. And I've got % G.
gravated and tired watching the con-
founded hair leaking of day by day,
that ! want to remove the rest of il
at one sweep and have the agony
over."--Success Magazine.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
A STATES FOREST RESERVES
Or. Rothrock Of Pennsylvania Makss
Suggestions Looking TO
R~sfsrestation.

II appears hat the state Of Penn
~sylvania holds as public reservations
over 100000 acres, valued at 49,
100000, which have been brought
under state ownership and control
for the better protection Of the river
sources in the state. These facts
appear in a report by DR.. Rothrock,
general secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania Forestry association, and
formerly forest commissioner. DIR.
Rothrock would have the water pow
er Of the reservation controlled by
the state and put to its best use. He
would also allow the people to camp
in the state reservations under prop
er regulations to insure the safety
Of the trees. He would further have
the forestry commissioner empow-
cred to furnish Seeding trees at cost
to citizens to assist individuals and
corporations in their tr~ee-planting
operations, and to lease suitable lots
on the reservation to individuals for
the erection of health colleges un-
der proper restrictions. DIR. Roth
rock further urges that the post
ponement Of all taxes on growing
trees until the crop is harvested is
essential if private land owners are
to BE- enlisted in the work Of refor-
estation.- Springfield Republican.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
sUNps FoR ARMAMENT.

The Japanese government pro-
poses to spend $63,70O,O00 On it,
army in the coming year, both for
ordinary and extraordinary expendi-
.tures. The United States appropyi-
Alton for it, army in the present fs-
cal year Il e7S;500, 600, not includ-
ing ev,S0O,000 for Notifications and
the military academy. The Japa-
nee governmsnt proposes for both
psnditurss o40,400,000. The United
ordinary and extraordinary naval *
6tetSs' appropriation for IL navy
Asth4 sarl,atS A. yssr 49, IN
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
Alton Breaks Speed Agreement

Chicago, ILL.,, May 19-No
tice has been given by the AL
ton road that it will no longer
be a party TO the speed agree
ment which prevents the rail-
roads from running trains be-
tween Chicago and Kansas
City under thirteen and one.
half hours. The Alton is 90
ing TO put an entirely new
|Chicago.K Kansas City psssen.
ger train into service begin.
ming Sunday, and will run IL
on a tbirteen.hour schedule.
The installation of the new
train IL due TO the fact that
the Alton lost the Golden
State Limited train of the
Rock Island, which the latter
road used TO operate over the
Alton tracks.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
Open Meeting.

The Marshall Elks gave a
delightful reception at their
hall on the south side OF the
square Tuesday evening to
which they invited many Of
their friends. Vocal and in.
strumental music helped to
make the evening enjoyable.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22

Mrs. J f. Miller of East
st. Louis returned home Sun
day after a two weeks visit TO
her daughters, Mrs. Joe
Chaffee and MISS Jennie Mil.
Ter.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
MAY FESTIVAL
Marshall, Mo-, May 26 to 30
Given BY the Eagles.

The Lachman.Loos Hippo.
drome shows will exhibit in
Marshall for one week com.
mencing Monday, May 18th
under the auspices of Saline
Aerie No. ego F.. o. f.
This company has been
greatly enlarged, having add.
ed several new and novel at.
fractions since their last visit
here making it now one Of the
best on the road.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22

Mr.. and Mrs. w A. Fisher,
of Sedalia, formerly Of Saline,
report the arrival of u new
girl on May l4th, with moth.
err and child doing we'll.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22

soo, The Japanese government
10 reducing both classes Of eypcndi.
ture this year; while the United
States government is asking a very
material increase Of its naval ex-
penditure.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22

Frank Taylor and family
are at Bartlesville, Okla,
visiting friends. Mr.. Taylor
expects % return next week
but his family will remain .
month.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
WANT, FOR SALE, ETC.

WANTED-An ambitious. energetic
young man may secure position with
. ESQ., 900 corporation, where there is
IN opportunity TO grow into Q large
income, by addressing President,
Suite TOT Heist Bldg, Ksnsss City
Mo. Is 29)
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
a KNOCK.

ibid you ever have a bad acct
dsutr"
TAs lsdy chauffeur bit her lip.
Il mst my husband By sccidsnt,"
- sdmitesd.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22
Commencement Week at Mis-
souri, Valley College.

s0o11 valley college.
Evolutionary recital Satur.
day, %, 8 D. m.
Baccalaureats sermon, Sat.
urday, May "a, 4 p. ~.
Musical, Monday, May Is,
8 p. m.
Senior academic graduation
Tuesday, May 26. 8 p. m.
Alumni play, Wednesday,,
May "a, 8 p. N.
Commencement, Thursday.
May %, 10 a. m.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-22

HOR RENT-Tivs room rssidsacs
on West North. 81. Also pantry; ins
water, good gsrdso, suitable Tor small
famiiy. Alrs. Juais Wright-