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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
RESOLVED TO SNUB EVE.
Mrs. InthesWim Intended to Draw So.
ciaI Line in Heaven.

The minister had dropped in to tea,
and the conversation had drifted
through various channels to the ques-
ton of whether or not we should know
each other in heaven. Presenting that
our physical beings would be perpetu-
ated, and that recognition would be as
sured, the minister had asked various
ones at the table among whom the Bib
lical characters they would be most
interested in recognizing.
Some mentioned one prophet and
some another, but one lady, noted for
her social exclusiveness, had not
spoken. Turning to her the minister
said: And who would you like to meet
in heaven, Mrs. Intheswim?"
Mrs. Intheswim pursed her lips. 81
really don't know" she said, ''but there
is one thing l do know, and that is
that l shouldn't care to meet Eve. In
fact, don't know that would speak
to her if did"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

by Mr.. Kennedy Sunday morning
coming out of Kennedy Brothers
dairy l resolved never to try fate
again.
But on Tuesday morning I found
that temptation was too strong for
met was impossible to resistant
accordingly l stole a lot of picked
tongues from the Haas meathouse."
When asked as to why he did not
give bond and obtain his liberty, even
if only temporarily, Schuelle said:
Il don't want to give bond and get
out of Jail. l would rather go to the
county Jail and stay there until my
trial comes off. I think it is better for
me to be punished by staying in jail
Anyway, l can't face the friends who
trusted me and whom l robbed The
value of all / stole would not amount
to $500. 1 could have bought what l
took, but l could not fight success
fully against the temptation"
Whisky also was blamed by Schuelle
for his downfall.
Schuelle has heretofore been SO re-
spected and trusted In Alton that
some of the wealthiest men in the city
have backed him in his contracts.
When, some weeks ago, he was de-
tected carrying ham out of Julius
Haas smokehouse he was SO promi
nent that the man who caught him re-
fused to report him. A few days later
he was caught coming out of the Ken
nedy dairy. The person who saw him
told Kennedy, without mentioning
Schuelle's name, and advised Kennedy
to watch himself for the thief, stating
that Kennedy would not otherwise be-
lieve who the man was. Kennedy &C.
cordingly watched and finally caught
Schuelle. The dairy proprietor, how
ever, also refused to prosecute. Then
the police were notified and they ar.
rested Schuelle when he was making
off with the picked tongues.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
WINTER WHEAT rs TO 80 BUSH.
ELS TO THE ACRE IN SOUTH
ERN ALBERTA.

Warner, Alta, Canada, Jan. 9, 1908.
Dear Sir: This is the first year Of
farming in this settlement. Mr.. A. L..
Warner raised twenty-five hundred
and fifteen bushels of fine winter
wheat on one hundred acres of break
ing and Tenny brothers had sixty
acres that went thirty bushels per
acre. The winter wheat that is in
this year looks fl ne.
Spring wheat here went thirty bush.
els per acre, oats fifty to eighty, bar
ley fifty, and fax ten to fifteen on
sod.
The settlers here are all well
pleased with the country. The stock
have not required any feed except
the grass up to this date and are all
fat. Yours truly,
F. S. LEFFINGWELL.
Information as to how to reach
these districts, rates, etc., can be
secured from any agent of the Canadi-
an government, whose advertisement
appears elsewhere.-Ed.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
Billion Dollar Grass,

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousing crops annually.
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold 3d.
10000 worth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. 1t is immense. Do try it.
For 10c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, to pay postage, etc., ana
they will mail you the only original seed
catalog published in America with sam
Piles Of Billion Dollar Grass, Macaroni
Wheat, the sly miller mixer, Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape, the zoe
a ton green food producer, Silver King
Barley yielding 173 blu. per acre, ETC., ETC.,
etc.
And if you send l4c we will add a pack.
age of new farm seed never before seen
by YOU John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. K. & w.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
EXCELLENT FOR COLDS.

Mix two ounces Of glycerine with
half pint of good whiskey and add one
half ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine.
The bottle is to be we'll shaken each time
and used in doses of teaspoonful to
a tablespoonful every four hours. The
true Concentrated Oil of Pine comes
put up for medicinal uses only in half
ounce walls sealed in alright cases
and is product of the laboratories of
the Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Dayton,
o. The ingredients all can be gotten
at any drug store.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
WINTER WHEAT CROP
HE REALIZED $3s PER ACRE. HIS
OATS $s7 PER ACRE IN SOUTH
ERN ALBERTA, WESTERN
CANADA.
Coaldale, Alta, Can, Nov. 10, 1907.

Coaldale, Alta, Can, Nov. 10, 1907.
Sir: beg to say that this year we
had a49 acres of grain, consisting of
1877 acres of spring wheat and 152
acres of oats. The average yield CT
wheat was SO bushels per acre and
oats "a bushels. We were offered
s1.OO per bushel for wheat and so
cents for oats, making the acre val
ues fer the two crops $500 and $1,000
respectively
We also had so tons of hay worth
$500 per ton, and 500 bushels of po-
tatoes, worth 60 cents per bushel, the
latter off 21s acres of ground.
Our best yields this year were 107
,cres of wheat, making Al bushels per
acre at 81. 90 per bushel, would be
S41.OO per acre; AZ acres of oats, yield,
ing 95 bushels per acre were sold for
so cents per bushel. Proceeds, $47.0e
per acre.
might add that so acres of our oats
were stumbled in
During the spring of 1906, we hired
about 300 acres broken by steam. We
put in and harvested SIS acres of grain
last year, did the remainder of our
breaking, worked up the ground and
seeded this years entire crop, put in
seven acres of alfalfa and five acres
of garden potatoes, trees, etc., all
with one four-horse team. During har-
vest we hired other teams, but, aside
from this, and part of the breaking,
the one team did the work of raising
practically 10000 bushels of grain,
worth $4,000.
Yours truly
n
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
As a Substitute.

Mrs. Parkway-It must be lonesome
when your husband has to make one
of his long canvassing trips and be
away from home for week or more.
Mrs. Nexblok-Yes; but Harry is
real thoughtful. He has taught the
parrot to use just the kind of Ian
guage he uses when he's about the
house himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
A Settler.

He-I only ask you to put my love
to the test. Give me something to do
for your sake.
Sne-Certainly. Go and marry some
other girl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
Unhappily Alike.

"He has no ear for music" said
Bulger, pityingly. Its actually a
fact that he couldn't distinguish be-
tween the air of America and that
of God Save the King"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
Chance for Some One.

A New York man had forgotten all
about $4,000 deposit he made in the
Knickerbocker Trust company back in
1884. Perhaps you have a forgotten
deposit somewhere. Think-think
hard!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
In Pinch. Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Adj
dress A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
Living Hiqh.

Mrs. Frost-What do you think of
roof-gardens, doctor?
DR.. Snow-That theyr re great placea
for over-eating.-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

The best acting at an amateur per-
Torrance is always done by the people
who sit down in front and act as
though they enjoyed it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

The end and object of our existence
should be work, or the legitimate en-
ployment of all our faculties.-H. r.
Haweis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

No man realizes how silly it is posi-
BILE for him to be until his love letters
are read in a reach-of-promise suit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
His First BANQUET.

Friend Tin whisper) toastmas.
ter wants you to get off good joke.
The Bashful Man-Beg pardon-er
Il didn't know I was on it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

We Pay High Prices for Furs
and hides, or tan them for robes, rugs OF
coats. n w Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

Hides and Furs Tanned for Robes,
Coats or Rugs Send for Price List to
Taubert Tannery, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

Some silence may be golden, but
much of it is ironical
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

Young: None think the great I'M
happy but the great.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
8 TO Il days or money refunded. DOC.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

1t is possible to smile and smile and
be hypocrite still
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng sOftens the gums, reduces IN
fammation alays pan cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

Why do people who pick quarrels
always select such ugly ones?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
quent cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE removes cause. E.W Grove on box 25c
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
More Than One There.

He-I am confirmed bachelor.
girls assisted in the confirmation?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

close friend or relative. and it is
guarded as sacredly as if it were
gift of gold or bonds. No stress would
induce a Brazilian parent to use cof-
fee which was made the birth gift of
child. As rule it is sealed with
the private seal of the owner and bears
card giving all particulars about the
variety of grain. its age on being sack
ed and the birth of the child to whom
it is given, and other details which
are very interesting when the gift is
due.
Generally the coffee is opened for
the first time when the child marries
The coffee for the reception or mar
riage feast is made from the legacy,
and. according to precedent. this must
be the first time the sack is opened.
After the coffee is made for the we'd
ding feast the sack is carefully closed
and sent to the new home of the Young
couple, and should keep them in this
staple for year at least. When both
bride and bridegroom have the birth
gift of coffee they have started life
under very hopeful conditions. so far
as one necessary is concerned. Few
people know that the older the I'M
parched grain of coffee Is the better
the flavor. Like wine it grows with
age. and that which is over twenty
years mellowing under proper con,li-
lions will bring from S1.50 to So a
pound from connoisseurs. The giving
Of pounds of green coffee Is a con
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

said to have conducted her murder mill,
while her neighbors remarked upon her
good humor and her children mingled
with others OF their age in the neigh
borhood And the end of this record
of crime and mystery is shrouded in
uncertainty. A fire which destroyed
the Guinness home also disclosed the
fact that her three children had either
been murdered before the fire or that
they had persisted in the flames.
IN some respects the methods of Mrs.
Rclle Guinness seem similar to those
Of the infamous Bender family in Kan
sas. Vet it is doubtful if the blood
thirsty Kate Bender in her palmiest
days was ever equal to the awful
crimes that are laid at the door of the
Guinness woman. The story of the La
Porte murder farm recalls the noto-
rious doings of the Bender family in
Montgomery County, Kan, about forty
years ago, and the famous case of
Henry FL. Holmes, who swindled insur-
ance companies and was held respon-
sible for the murder Of quite long list
Of persons. He was hanged in Phila-
dolphin. The Benders, husband and
wife and son and daughter, were sup
posed TO have murdered nine or ten
persons and buried the bodies in the
vicinity OF their home, robbery being
their motive The Benders mysteri-
ousIy disappeared and their fate is I'M
known. although rumors were abroad
at the time that indignant citizens put
IN end to their infamous careers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
THE UNIVERSE.

Mans Plea in This Eternity of
Space and Matter.
The solar system is but fragment
of the universe. Every star is sun
with solar system. 1t is possible that
there may be millions of planets in
habited by beings higher or lower than
ourselves. What we see going ON is
what we call the process of evolution
from broken fragments to coherent
masses and to inhabited worlds, from
chaos to cosmos, a struggle upward of
the universe from something lower
and disorganiZed to something higher
and organized
AS to how life originates on these
planets science is ignorant at present
1t is an entire mystery. I would not
have you think it will always remain a
mystery, nor would 1 have theologian
shaken in his views if science should
discover something about the nature
and origin of life. 1 want you to real
iZe that this process of evolution is
not process which negatives or ex-
IiuuCo lIlC luctt VI ulFlue ACTIVITY. IL
is, venture to say, a revelation to us
of the manner OF divine activity. 1t is
the way the Deity works.
The attempt to show that evolution
is unguided, that it is the result of alb
solute change, fails. What is pointed
to is not unguided random change, but
guided change. The other could not be
done in time.
What we have to realize in regard
to our place in the universe is that we
are intelligent, helpful and active parts
of the cosmic scheme. We are among
the agents of the Creator. One of the
most helpful ideas is cooperation
helping one another. Cooperation
this in a new and stimulating sense
cooperation with the Divinity Himself.
Sir Oliver Lodge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
THE LA PORTE MURDER FARM.
Grewsome Revelations There Read
Like a Story of the Mid-Centuries.


Like a chapter from the bloody rec
ords of the nlid-centuries is the ter
rible story unfolded by the authorities
of La Porte, Ind, where wholesale muir
der was done for years without anyone
knowing or suspecting it. Criminal rec
ords contain no parallel of the grew
some story revealed in the finding of
the clearing house for murders kept by
Mrs. Belle Guinness near the Indiana
town. Just how many persons met
their fate in connection with the bloody
business carried on there will perhaps
never be known. The skeletons dis
covered on her premises and the fact
that expressmen had many times de-
livered to her boxes and trunks now
believed to contain human bodies form
the chief materials for the construction
of the strange story of her career. She
is supposed to have lured rich men to
her den by matrimonial advertisements
and then made away with them for
their money, and also to have run a
murder fence" for the benefit Of her
partners in the awful trade of human
slaughter, the latter operating in Chi
cago and sending the bodies Of their
victims to her for burial. It is the
theory of the prosecution that Mrs.
Guinness deliberately lured men to
her farm by means of an advertisement
in Chicago newspaper. in which she
represented herself as an attractive and
amiable widow looking for mate. She
alleged that she was the owner of a
valuable farm and sought a well-to-do
farmer as a husband. After visit
from such candidate she generally in
duced him, it appears, to sell his farm
and come to her with the proceeds of
the sale, at which time she would de-
liberately murder him and bury his
body en- the premises
For years this strange woman is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Practice Makes Perfect.

At the appointed time Edwin Jones
had called at his best girls home. but
somehow Miss Wrinkle was not there
to greet him.
He seated himself in the drawing
room and anxiously awaited her ar.
rival
Presently the door opened; but. alas
it YVES only her eight-year-old brother.
Hello" exclaimed Edwin. rs your
sister busy"
"She seems So" replied the young
ster. but l don't know just what she
thinks she's doing. She's standing In
front of the mirror, blushing just awful
and whispering TO 1t, "Oh, Mr.. Jones.
this is so student"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Wife Held as Susnect.

Bert Erni, proprietor of roadhouse
near Ashland, was shot through the head
on recent night, dying six hours later.
His wife, who is under arrest, claims he
shot himself. Two other women, Hattie
Ferry and Lou Conley, held as witnesses,
claim Mrs. Erni began shooting up the
house and they were driven upstairs.
When they came down they found Erni
mortally wounded. The women and a
musician named W. H. Martin have been
locked up pending investigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
/INHERITS VAST ESTATE.
Patternmaker Notified that
He Is Heir to German Estate.

Appleton Patternmaker Notified that
He Is Heir to German Estate.
Edward Witthuhn, a pattern maker in
the Valley Iron works in Appleton, has
learned that he is heir to the estate of
his grandfather in Germany, worth from
$4,000 to 100000 The owner of the
estate left all of his legal papers in a
secret cupboard between the inner wall
of his home, and shortly afterward was
killed in the Franco-Prussian war. His
wife died soon after he left for the front,
and the only child came to Appleton.
While making repairs to the German
homestead, the present occupants found
the papers ard it is declared that an old
friend of the former owner notified Wit
thuhn, whose parents died in Appleton
some time ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
The Doctor Habit.

One of the tendencies of i'll health Is
to make one morbid. People who are
constantly thinking about their all
ments, worrying about their troubles
suffering pain, often develop morbid
passion for sympathy. They want to
tell everybody of their aches and pains,
10 describe their symptoms.
Have you ever known a woman who
has acquired the doctor habit, a wou-
an who loves nothing in the world
quite so well as an opportunity to tell
the doctor of her ailments, She has
poured them out to unwelcome ears. to
forced listeners, till she longs for some
one who can really appreciate it all,
who sympathizes with her in her rrou-
bles; SO she sends for the doctor or
goes to see him.
This becomes almost a mania with
some women. who have few outside ac-
tivities to divert them. Their minds
naturally revert to themselves and
they think of their unfortunate condi-
ton until they become saturated with
the poisoned thought.-Success Maya
zine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
DICKIE rs AT IT AGAIN.
Fond du Lac Boy Swallows Mercury,
Patent Medicine and Shampoo.

Richard Bradley, the '4-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Bradley of Fond du
Lac, had a narrow escape from poison
ing. He swallowed four bi-chloride of
mercury tablets and after a doctor had
given him an antidote. he ate all the
medicine the doctor had left, and became
violently i'll again. A week before the
boy swallowed a sample of some patent
medicine on the front porch and had a
narrow escape from death Two weeks
before that he swallowed some hair sham
poo and was taken violently i'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Americas Art Possibilities.

With such a broad basis to work on.
it is not impossible that the artists in
America are going to keep us pretty
well interested in their future work.
No other band of men has worked so
hard to overcome obstacles. The art
list feels his triumphs when he is
young-when mere boy, in fact
just as Funk felt them when he drew
little sketches on his mothers table
cloths. This burning desire to some
day swing some mighty thought on
canvas cannot be kept down. 1t be-
comes the embryo painters master.
and in its power he is a slave.
1 do not include here the vast army
of daubers who persist in calling them
selves artists and who ought to be sup
pressed by a kindly but firm law. 1t is
of men of ideas and ideals and origin
atty that 1 speak.
Funk is one of that new American
school that is exemplifying this indi-
viduality He shows it in the force
and originality of his Success
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
MICHIGAN WANTS SLICE.
Attorney General Says Mistake Was
Made in Wfsconsin,s boundary

Attorney General Bird of Michigan has
been in Washington, d. c.. with designs
upon a considerable slice of the State of
Wisconsin, which he suspects ought by
right to sail under the flag of Michigan.
His idea is that there was an error in the
original survey of the boundary made by
the War Department and that if it can be
Strengthened out Michigan will gain some
hundreds of square miles. Mr.. Bird call
ed at the War Department and the engi-
neers there are now engaged in trying to
find the report of Gen. Crum, who had
charge of the lake surveys at the time the
boundary in question was surveyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
COFFIN HOLDS GIFTS.

Neenah sections Marriage Presents
sent Him in Pine Box.
unique marriage ceremony was sol
enn17ed in Neenah when S. E. Kurtz of
Neenah and Miss Idella May Walters of
Gallon, Ohio. We're unexpectedly married.
1t was at one of the regular meetings of
the Social Club that the ceremony was
performed. After the ceremony, a rough
pine box was brought into the parlor and
when the bridegroom opened it he found
a fine array of wedding gifts. Mr.. Kurtz
is sexton of the cemetery. The box was
labeled Dead, but Not Forgotten"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Corn Is Away Rchind.

Secretary John VI. True of the State
board of agriculture said that the recent
rainy weather had greatly retarded the
planting of corn in the State. Usually
the entire crop of corn is planted by May
30, he said. So far, he said. not more
than 10 per cent of the crop has been
planted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
WAS 4 LIBERAL ROGUE.

Robert Rose COnfesses Robbery
After Spending with Boys.
Robert Rose, who was taken into Gus
tody in Marshfield recently, made a con
fession of being the man who was wanted
at Junction City for knocking a man
down and relieving him of large sum
of money. He spent lavishly with the
boys" and dressed neatly. When he was
in Marshfeld begging for ''hand-out,"
about $50 was found on his person and
later he directed the officers to a hiding
place where $500 more was found under
an old log. He was taken to Stevens
Point, where the case will be sifted.