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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED.
Little Surprise Planned by BiIIiser
McSwat Not a Success.

'Lobelia," asked Mr.. McSwat, who
was rummaging in one of the closets,
have you done anything with that
old coat of mine that used to hang on
the last hook in here?'
YES" answered Mrs. McSwat. Il
gave it to the Volunteers"
You did, did your" Well, you'll
be sorry to learn, perhaps, that there
was a five-dollar bill in it which |
was going to give you if 1 found that
coat undisturbed at the beginning of
March"
90, think not, Billiger. l searched
it thoroughly before l gave it away
You're pretty smart woman,
Lobelia, but it didn't occur to you to
look inside the lining"
20, yes, it did, and l found the five
dollar bill l spent it for the rubber
plant in the front parlor that you have
admired so much and wondered how
| managed to buy out of my allowance.
You're pretty smart man, Billiger.
but there are times when you don't
look the part"
There being no further business be-
fore the house, Mr.. McSwat adjourned
without form.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
An Undesirable Article.

When Mr.. B. went to call upon some
friends the other afternoon, he was on
his way out of town and so had his
travelling bag with him. This he
placed in a corner, and when he rose
to leave he overlooked it. His hostess
happened to notice it before he had
reached the door, and called to her
little daughter:
Marie, run after Mr.. B. and tell
him he has left his grip here!"
The little one gave her mother one
swift glance of surprise, but flew duti-
fully to obey orders.
+ ooh, Mr.. b." they heard her say,
mother says you have forgotten to
take your grip with YOU" Then she
added, quickly, in tone of polite
apology: "You see, most all of us
have had it this winter, and we'd
rather not have any more!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR.
Professors Son Translated Fathers
Speech Into the VernacuIar.

A college professor, in company
with his son, was enjoying a walk in
the country, when he met an old
farmer. 1t had been very wet sea.
son, and the professor, thinking to
start the conversation in a way that
would prove interesting to the farmer,
remarked:
There has been a rather abnormal
precipitation of late"
The farmer seemed somewhat en-
barrassed, and the professors son,
who used a different vernacular,
though he was a student in the college
to which his father was attached, at
tempted to straighten out the matter.
Drawing the farmer to one side, he
said in superior way:
"The governor means that we've
been having devil of a lot of rain. "
-Harper's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

O j husband ana ner boy nau
filled her heart. Lacking
them, it was empty, and it ached with
strange perpleXed grief, confused
question as to the purpose of her life,
which now seemed to her shrunk
and withered thing.
She went to church on Easter morn.
ing because her beautiful house was
intolerable to her, rather than because
she expected to find comfort. The
masses of white flowers, with the sug.
carried her back to the funerals of the
last year. The familiar words of the
service sounded like mockery to her.
LET us keep the FEAST" Even so
in Christ shall all be made alive"
"Set your affection on things above, not
on things on earth" One by one she
caught at the phrases, only to find
each was powerless to help her.
The hymn was no better:
The strife is DER, the battle done;
The victory of life is won!
For her strife was just beginning,
and defeat instead of victory seemed
her fate. She could not lift herself
out of her personal woe far enough
to apply the words to anything but
herself
She left the church, avoiding speech
with any one, and, with her heart like
ice in her bosom, she took an electric
car toward her desolate home.
A half block before her house was
reached the car stopped with a sud-
denness which startled the passengers.
Mrs. Farnham got off, thinking that
she would walk the few remaining
steps; but she saw the motorman with
white face raising a small boy in
his arms from under the fender of the
car. The little fellow was unconscious,
and there was an ugly bruise on his
temple and deep cut on his neck Be-
fore Mrs. Farnham realized what she
was doing the child was carried into
her house, and she was enlisted with
the doctors in fight tor his life.
For a week the issue was doubtful.
Consciousness flickered and wavered,
but would not come back. Meantime
Mrs. Farnham had learned that the
boy was nobody's child. He had sold
papers since he was hardly more than
baby. He had lived wherever he
could find shelter, and had eaten
whatever he could get. The fact of
home was something he had never ex-
perienced. The grieving woman for
got her grief in her devotion to the
waif who had been cast at her door
by the strange decree of what we call
accident
The day came when the boys heavy
eyelids lifted and his childish curiosity
at his surroundings Embossed his
tongue. To open to him the doors of
new life was the most wonderful of
joys for his foster-mother. After his
long silence it was as if he had come
back from the dead. That he could
talk and laugh and eat and love
seemed like proof of the power of
life over death. Somehow Mrs. Farm
ham came to believe that it was such
a proof, and that it was sent to her
in her desolation.
Out of the boys almost fatal acct.
dent there was wrought for him the
miracle of home and love, and the op-
portunity for an educated and useful
manhood, and for the grieving woman
the springtime brought new hope as
the lonely winter passed. By Gods
way, which is not our way, Easter
spoke it's old message of new life
Youths Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
oriainated in Old Festival.

The Illuminating of the churches on
Easter eve is doubtless a relic of the
old festival of Beltein, when fires were
built in honor of the god Bel, or
Baal Often the Easter candles light,
ed on Easter eve have been marvels
of the candle-maker's skill, some
weighing as much as 800 pounds. In
the records of some churches of an
cient date there is ample proof that
bonfires as well as candles were
lighted. In the parish records of st.
Mary-at-HilL, in London, there is this
entry: For a quarter of Coles for We
hallued Fire on Easter Even, 3d."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Many have been puzzled to know
how to tell on what day of the month
Easter will fall The rule was laid
down at council held in the year
ia that Easter day should be always
the first Sunday after the full moon,
which happens upon or next after the
2tst of March. If the full moon hap
pen on a Sunday, Easter day is the
Sunday after.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
pates of cominu casters.

In very early times Easter was
always spoken of as the great day"
and such it surely is, the very great
est day in the years calendar--a day
that brings with it eternal hope to the
sorrowful, blessed peace to all man.
kind and crowns the glad springtime
with the promise of life everlasting.
Perhaps some readers will be glad
to preserve the table given below,
showing the date Easter will come on
for the next three years. Caicula-
tons for Easter bonnets may thus
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Custom Not Christian Alone.

The giving of eggs at Easter is de-
rived from the old nature worship, and
is not confined to the Christian ma
lions. The Parsees of Persia and In
dia distribute eggs at the opening o.
spring, and in many other nations the
giving of eggs at the commencement
of spring is as common as New Years
gifts with us. In Hungary the boys
sprinkle the girls with rose water and
receive eggs in return.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reacl
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood consti
tuonal disease and in order cure It you must TAX
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally and acts directly on the blood and mucou
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not Quack medi
cine. 1t prescribed by of the best physician
IN this country for years and is Irregular prescription
1t is composed of the best tonics known, combines
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly tn
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of tn
two ingredients is what produces such wonderful re
suits in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
FIJI. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo,
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills Cor constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

try, among the low-lying
@9 valleys, with the white
capped, blue vastness Of
RNNa the mountains in the back
SSPY ground, and all the end
less variety of sunshine
and shadow! Divine, indeed, with the
divinity of spring. The very smallest
and sweetest of the early wild flowers
bloomed in the sheltered places, and
the quail nesting on the hillside, called
melodiously across the valleys.
1t was day to revive old loves and
longings, and to arouse the fires of old
passions-to let slip from you dis
content and all uncharitableness. And
over all the quiet of the morning the
bells pealed their Christ is risen,'
and the tremor of their echoes thrilled
you to your finger tips.
Mrs. Chester dressed herself slowly
and with much deliberation, that Eas-
ter morning. The gauzy spring gown
lay, in all it's dainty fluffiness of laces
and ruffies and tucks, upon her bed.
Beside it lay the dainty hat and gloves
and the creamy parasol which was to
cast just the right tinge of white over
the piquant face of the pretty little
woman who was to carry it.
The bells again rang out their
Christ is risen" as she stepped from
the door. She paused moment, then,
turning, walked rapidly around the
house, beyond the pepper trees, across
"a ri 70 NH in, {of al
row, the great white Easter lilies lift
ed their heads to drink in the beauty
of the morning. A little terrace led
up to them, and upon this she stepped
daintily, one hand grasping the little
niceties of her toilet-the white gloves
the bit of lace, the pocketbook where.
in were the pieces of gold to be
dropped, with musical Jingle, from
tiny fingers into the contribution has
ket; the dainty skirts and the furled
parasol. With the other hand she
broke off the long-stemmed lilies,
raised them caressingly to her cheek,
whitfield their fragrance, and stepped
back. Her foot slipped and turned on
the forgotten terrace, there was lit
Tie cry, DIS she l0ll, VIII ill Tie SQOWE
ness of her garments about her, and
the violets and the Easter lilies upon
her breast.
She lay quietly a moment, dazed
and sickened by the suddenness and
pain of the fall. She tried to move,
but warning pains shot up in the foot
doubled under her. Then she called
and waited, and called again; but no.
body answered. Again she waited,
then she became drowsy and a faint
ness stole upon her. The bells rang
out: 81 am the resurrection and the
life" over and over again. Then all
was STILL Faint sounds began to force
themselves upon her dull ears-the
drip, drip, drip of the hydrant into a
stone basin, the ripping note or two
Of meadow lark, the fainter song of
a mocker, as he gave the gossip of the
bird world from the topmost tip of a
eucalyptus tree; and always the hum
of the bees, so persistent that drowsi-
ness came with it. Also she saw the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

lions, which contained sediment My
husband urged me to try Doan's Kid
ney Pills, and at last | did SO. They
did me much good, and I used in all
eight boxes which restored me to per-
feet health"
Sold by all dealers, SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17


last Spring and as !
did mot know what
was the matter ]
kept going down
and down until ]
was a physical wreck,
I had smothering
spells, flashes OF
heat over the kid.
neys and pain in pass.
ing tho kidpnv cocrp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Gladstone's Thrift.

Gladstone's liberality was
very great, and was curiously accom-
panied by his love of small economies
his determination to have the prop
er discount taken off the price of his
secondhand books, his horror of a
wasted half sheet of note paper, which
almost equaled his detestation of a
wasted minute.-Recollecti of Sir
Algernon West.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Something New to Wear.

The idea of having new frock and
hat for Easter Sunday is not alto
gether flippant. On the contrary, it is
of religious origin, an old English rite
requiring that every person should
wear three new articles on that day
and a superstition which declares it
urlucky not to do SO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
In Pinch. Use ALLEN,s EooT.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. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
"Feast of Cans. -

Good Friday is often called the
Feast of Caps" from an old-time GUS
tom which required every lady to ap-
pear in a new house cap, while Easter
Sunday was known as the "Feast At
Hats for similar reason.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

A human act once set in motion
flows on for ever to the great account.
Our deathlessness is in what we do,
not in what we are.-George Mere
dith.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Those Peekaboos,

She-Women's clothes are mys.
terry to men, aren't they?
He-Oh, l don't know. / can often
see through them.-Cornell Widow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
to those desiring laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and health-giving.
1t is made of Herbs All drug stores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
To Tell Easter SUNDAY.

be- made some time in advance: 1909,
April IL; 1910, April 27; 1911, April 16.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

The bachelor who takes unto him.
self a wife gives up the simple for the
strenuous life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

There is no interest worth consid-
GRAFTON that does not run in the direc-
ton of duty.-Grimshaw.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

The woman who marries for money
usually gets what she went after, but
it's different with a man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Perish discretion whenever it inter
feres with duty.-Mpre.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

The great doors of history have al
ways been men of faith.-Chapin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE.
Vividly Described by One Who Has
Suffered from 1t.

Mrs. H. Mutzabaugh, of Duncannon,
Pa, says: Il was sick and miserable all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
fammation, allays PAIN cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

No honestly exerted force can be
utterly lost.-Froude.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Truth, like a rose, often blossom!
upon a thorny stem.-Hafiz.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17

Spot Cash for Your Cream.
Top market prices always. MILTON
DAIRY CO., st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Pettit's Eye SaIve for 25c

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches, congested, infamed or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
hat do you mean, pap

Your mother reported him off the
hat rack at ten o'clock, and he hadn't
made the vestibule when your brother
steamed in at 12."-Modern Society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
Nautical Note.

well, my girl, that young man of
ing"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-17
A LESSON
How, by Gods Way,
Which Is Not Our Way,
Easter Spoke Its Old
Message of New
Life

T was a sad Easter for Mrs.
Farnham. Three times
since the lilies last bios
somed had death come to
her house. Her mother, her
husband and her boy had
filled her heart. Lacking
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

majority OF us to think of the Brit
ish critizens who crowded the streets
to see this American travelling show
and afterwards tumble all over one
another at the ticket Office.
The average bus driver who has to
negotiate daily the bank crossing.
could give the millionaire whip" les
sons on handling the ribbon"
Surely it passes all understanding
that the desire for little newspaper
notoriety should induce a man who
can command the latent energy of mil
lions to spend his time driving horses
between London and Brighton and
still more that it should induce many
human beings, especially Englishmen
to spend fifteen shillings to sit be-
hind him and see him do it.
What does a million sterling mean
1t is a strange battery charged with
the most tremendous energy in the
world 1t is capital" it gives to its
honor the power OF concentrating
honor, thought and will and effort on
any point. II can build railroads, har-
bors and found universities Thou
sands of men may depend upon its
wise use ana their right to earn 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31
NEWS FROM LONDON

Special cable to the Graphic by Rich
ard Abercorn, from the Hearst news
service.
London, May 30.-The tide of public
favor seems to be turning against
Alfred Vanderbilt and his coaching
enterprise. After havigg been praised
to the skies by at least a part of the
London press he is now made the
target of sarcasm and ridicule by some
of the more serious papers.
In an editorial, dealing with Mr..
Vanderbilt's fad, prominent London
paper says the other day:
master Vanderbilt would undoubt-
eddy soon give up his latest hobby if
were not encouraged by a morbid
press. After the first day we began
to get tired of his Brighton coaching
enterprise The people Of London do
not wish to pay fifteen shillings even
for the privilege of being driven to
Brighton in a millionaires coach with
the added glory Of a guard in gold
braid, footing on tin horn.
The people of London do not care
10 know that Mr.. Vanderbilt was wear
ing a light coat with red flower in
its buttonhole and it pains the great
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31
by Ralph NJ. Whiteside.

Washington, May 30.-General kei-
fer, who for years has represented
his district in the house, is nursing a
plan of revenge upon General Sher-
wood, also of Ohio. The aged states
men had tilt on the floor of the house
and the members are still tickled with
the recollection of it
General Sherwood is a Democrat
General Keller is a Republican. The
latter was once speaker of the house,
but it was SO many years ago that
only few members remember the
time
General Sherwood is chuckling yet
over the manner in which he fayed
General Keller. Both aged statesmen
had been cycling one another for some
tme-sort of anticipating-but the
storm did not break until General
Sherwood, who was protesting that a
pension bill he was advancing did not
get the proper consideration, took UNI
bragg at several remarks made by
General Keller.
The old-timers looked at one an
other for some time, then General
Sherwood took the floor and began to
fay General Keifer He said that if
kefer would campaign his (Sher-
Wood's) district, he would pay him
500 night, because Keifer would do
the Republican cause so much dam
age that the Democrats would have no
trouble in accomplishing anything they
desired
General Keifer did not like this. He
is Republican and he did not want to
be considered as an injury to the
cause of his party He snorted with
rage.
But General Sherwood was not fin
lshed. He began to touch on the sar-
torial eccentricites of General Keifer
and his remarks convulsed the house.
"Why, said General Sherwood, "the
distinguished gentleman hasn't worn
anything this side of a dress suit for
forty years. How can he be expected
to know what the soldiers wanto A
dress suit for forty years.
General keifer was plainly netttled.
The house laughed at him and his
dignity was offended. He refrained
from making a reply at the time. but
there is little doubt that he some day
Will take the opportunity OF making
known to the Democratic congressman
from his state just what he thought
OF the reference to his devotion to the
Republican cause, and--to his dress
suit. worn for forty years.
During the conference of governors.
William Jennings Bryan was probably
the busiest man in Washington. He
had to keep an eye On his political
fences; he religiously attended the
conference: he had many conferences.
and he was busy with his reportorial
duties.
Every time a speaker Of prominence
finished speaking, Col. Bryan was at
his side Immediately afterward, ask
ing if the speech was in printed form.
Unlike the ordinary reporter, he was
not handicapped by time or lack Of
opportunity.
81 want it for my paper. The Com
moner," he would say.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31
FOR RENT BY N. T. ROBERTS &
son, 113 MAIN STREE

Two-story Sroom house, No. 81.
East Third avenue, fine location for
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

The gong established to relieve the
Speaker of the embarrassment of in
terrUpting a speaker is not much To
the liking OF statesmen, who, when
about to climax their speeches are
habbergasted by the gong.
This automatic arrangement cuts
snort the remarks of speakers after
they have had the privilege of the
floor for seventeen minutes. The gong
is set when they begin to speak and
registers the time perfectly.
When it rings after seventeen min
utes, it signals that there are three
minutes left and the speaker had bet
Ter begin to sum up. AS a rule. the
speakers pause at the end of seventeen
minutes. gaze in mute protest at the
rear OF the platform, where the pona
Is located, then continue. When the
gong rings three times, the signal 10
cease, they walk to their seats, crest
fallen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

The new Illusions in the "Palace
OF Mysteries" at Forest Park are tru
~ marvellous. The biggest ten. Eent
show Pine Bluff was ever offered.