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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

1t is pleasant to hear of the bravery
and unselfishness of American sailors
even in time of peace, when they are
supposed to have little to do outside of
routine duty. Rear Admiral Evans,
commander of the battleship fleet, re-
ports to the naval authorities at Wash
ington the highly commendable con-
duct of four seamen while at Punta
Arenas, Chile. This consisted of en-
tering, at great personal risk, boat
that was leaking badly and proceed
ing to the rescue of two midshipmen
who had been thrown into the water
by the capsizing of dirgy and were
in imminent danger of drowning But
the Yankee sailor is always cool
headed, resourceful and dependable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15


The progress of the enormous new
system OF water works of New York
city has made necessary the creation
OF large new aqueduct police force.
for the patrol and protection of the
watershed The chief of the force is a
popular college graduate and society
man. The news of his appointment
brought applications to take the civil
service examinations from 800 college
men, who are attracted by what they
regard as vacation in the beautiful
scenery of the Catskills, with 500 a
month as gratuity. The physical ex-
aminer of the civil service commission
pronounced the candidates the finest
body of men, physically, he had ever
examined, and the young men came
away from the mental tests grinning,
and declaring that they were easy"
The aqueduct force ought to be able
to rob the city police of it's title of
''the finest"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
/" Doctor" Till

Dozens of people are daily leaving
the range towns for Somerset,
Wis, to treat with the famous Doctor
Till. Not only do the range towns
furnish large numbers of visitors, but
1t seems they come in the same ratio
from everywhere.
A gentleman from this city who
was at Somerset. about a week ago
told us that at that time there were
over fifteen hundred people waiting
for treatment.
Many stories of wonderful cures
affected by Till are told, and one won
ders whether there is any real merit
in his treatment or whether he has
the peculiar gift of fooling nearly all
of the people all Of the time. His
method of treatment consists in the
application of plasters for all ills, and
while some claim that there is Pc
culiar merit in these plasterS which
cures all diseases, others say that the
plasters are simply the we'll known
Canthardes, and that there is no
special merit in them. Be this as it
may, lie is certainly doing land office
business and raking the coin by the
shovelfull. Till is not physician,
and he has been arrested several times
for practicing medicine without a
diploma, but the result has been only
small fines and has failed to stop him
from practicing. 1t would seem to
the average layman that he is doing
no harm, if no good, and while he
may be fake he will undoubtedly be
allowed to continue his practice so
long as he is able to fake with profit.
He makes no stated charges for his
work. and those receiving treat
ment from him are allowed to pay
what they wish, though if one offers
him less than dollar he returns it to
them. 1t is said that he has received
many checks of large denominations
from rich people whom he has success
fully treated, but there is no vertical
tion Of these reports.
Till's story of his own life is that he
is son of poor people in Bohemia.
While a small boy he was run down
by the carriage of one of the nobility
Of that country and badly injured.
The nobleman sent famous physi-
clan to treat him, and after lie had
recovered the physician took him to
his home, where lie studied medicine
and assisted the doctor in his prac-
tice. On the death of the doctor he
left Till the secret of the famous
plasters which lie uses.
|. Till came to this country about two
years ago, going to visit his sister who
lives on farm near Somerset. While
he was there a neighbor visited the
house and told that his wife was suf-
fering with lockiaw, and said that
the doctors could do nothing to help
her and that lie feared Sue was going
to die. Till asked to see the woman
aud accompanied the man to his
home. where he succeeded in curing
the woman and where he has remain
ed ever since, using the farm house as
an office and treating hundreds OF
people every day.
There are no accommodations what
ever for visitors at Somerset nor near
the farmhouse where Till holds forth,
and the people undergo all sorts OF In
convenience and even hardship in
order to get to him for treatment. II
| it's graft, It's . strong one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15
Notice for Bids

The undersigned hereby gives notice
that the School Board Of District No
II will receive sealed bids for Coal fol
the use of the schools of District No
II, for the coming year in the follow.
ing amounts:
$50 Tons more or less of Soft Goa
(Screened) or same amount Pocahon
tas. (GiYe price for both)
so Tons. more or less, of Nut Coal
All coal to be furnished at intervals
as needed by the Board.
Address all bids to Henry Chinn
Clerk, Ely. Mimi, marked "Bids fol
Coal"
Bids to be submitted on or before
May 26, 1908.
HENRY CHM, Clerk.
Ely Miner, May Is, %, '0S.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

THE Fairfax Sentinel says all
this clatter about John A. Johnson
as Democratict candidate for presi-
dent is a wel1-timed scheme to
keep him in the limelight and is in
tended to help him out as candi.
date for third term as governor
and there are a whole lot of pro.
fessedly Republican newspapers
which are furnishing plenty Of
campaign literature for the Demo
Gratis to use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

A FELLOW recently arrested at
Emerson, Manitoba, following a
bank robbery, had sixty pieces of
dynamite concealed about his per-
son. He put up as defense that
he was a member of the Western
Federation of Miners and that at no
time since he joined the order had
he been without dynamite in his
possession. Swell bunch, that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

WE notice that the leaders of the
red-fag outfit have taken off their
best clothes and have gone to the
woods, in all probability to use
some of the dynamite in blasting
fish to fill their aching voids. The
lay-off at the mines has been hard
blow to those laid off as well as
those who agitated a living from
the working man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

cratic party wins out in the Nation
al fight this year. Pessi1nistic ca
1amity wailings do not help matters
any and little hust1ing among the
voters with a little optimism mixed
in occasionally helps to dispel the
gloom into which some have fallen.
Don't give up until you are all in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

THE Hibbing Tribune is now
also published as a serni-weekly.
The Tribune is a good paper and
the change of publication only
doubles its efficacy. The Hibbing
Tribune, the Virginian, at Virginia,
and the Eveleth News are all semi
weekly publications.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Another shout of joy comes around
from the antipodes. The big Ameri-
can battleship feet is going to visit
Auckland, and the New Zealanders
are beside themselves with delight.
And what a tale our sailors will have
to tell when they return from that un-
precedented trip about the world!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

The Merry Widow" hat craze
has the others all faded. The girls,
however, carry them neatly and
jauntily. Put one of them things
on a man and see where he will land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

1t is the same old story. North,
south, east and west the farmers are
short of help. If the men looking for
work would add to their applications
mo objection to going in the coun-
try" they would probably have choice
of any number of Jobs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

The Washington Post suggests that
as every fly carries thousands of
germs on it's feet, some way should
be devised to have The fly wipe it's
feet before coming into the house.
Wouldn't it be just as well to have it
wear galoshes?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

SOME mothers think, says the
Chicago News man, that when she
starts her only boy for school she
imagines he is headed for the
White House.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

A man of the name of Scarlet II
acting as prosecutor Of the Pennsylva-
MIA state house grafters. 1t is, per-
haps, only natural that he should
catch some of them red-handed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Malaria used to kill $4,000 persons a
year in Italy. In 1902 state quinine
was introduced, and last year the NOR
tality fell to 1885.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Imports into Canada in 1907 (esti-
mated from the United States will
amount to $165,OOO.O0O against only
$78,00O,0 from Great Britain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

II only foreign nobleman would
fall in love with an American girl who
is not an heiress, our faith in human
nature would be very much improved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Some people cling to the old-fash-
toned idea that a man must be
genius If he goes about with un-
hof
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

The race for supremacy in the i'm.
port trade of the Philippine islands
lies between the United States and
England
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Prof. Wayne Of the University of
Chicago says that Tin 1000 years
there will be no such thing as private
property In 1000 years none Of Us.
gill care,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

The paper caps used on milk bottles
are made at the rate of 100000 day,
and one man operates five machines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Bears are liable to taxation in some
Japanese villages. The origin of this
curious custom is unknown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

SOME of our near Republican
exchanges are fearful lest the Demo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

The estimated value of dairy prod
ucts for 1907 was $s0o,o00,0O0 and
that of poultry 5000, 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

Our line of Ladies' Waists is right up
to date in every respect and includes
the much sought for Ruth" line in
lace net, embroidered and plain white.
You can get any size and most any
style at from 75c to $3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-15

conbed ha
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
Concerning Yeast.

The method by which yeast makes
bread light is easily understood. In
the flour along with the starch is "a
small amount of material known as
diastase. BY the action of this dias-
tase in dough, part Of the starch is
changed to sugar. The yeast plants
feed upon the materials in the dough,
and ferment the sugar, producing the
gas carbon, dioxide and alcohol.
The bubbles Of carbon dioxide col
lects in the dough, causing it to swell
and this is the so-called raising of
bread. The heat in baking drives
out the alcohol and the carbon diox-
ide, but at the same time the heat
hardens the dough, and the spaces
formerly filled with the carbon diox-
ide are left as pores in the bread
Good Housekeeping.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
Life In Iceland.

Nowhere is the contrast between
man and his surroundings so glazing
as in Iceland. Buried in snow and
darkness, deprived of every comfort,
living on rancid butter and dried fish,
drinking whey and milk, dressed like
his servants, seeking in a. little boat
his food, yet a cultured mind, pos
sessing an intimate knowledge not
only of the history of his own coun-
try, but of Greece and Rome; q poet
fond of throwing off satires, intel
lectually and morally the equal of his
European guests, considering himself
your equal and refusing to be ordered
about by rich Englishman, owner of
several square miles of land and
hundreds of sheep, with pedi-
gree going further back than that of
his visitor; a jack of all trades, a
blacksmith in his smithy boat builder,
and carpenter, an artist in filigree
work, carver in wood,an eager read
or in books, he has universal educa-
ton up to the degree to which it is
useful for a man.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
A MiSunderSta ndjng.

She was a supplemented servant
girl: had recently come to indianapolis
and could not speak more than
dozen words, all told, of English.
She had found a place in a North
Side home in a German family, and
few evenings ago, after visiting
sister who lives on the South Side, in
trying TO find her way home, became
bewildered.
She finally rounded up in a street
north of Sixteenth street, two or three
blocks west of Pennsylvania street.
She wen, from door to door, making
inquiries in the language of the
fatherland, which no one could I'M
derstand.
At last she came 10 a door where
the man Of the house, an elderly per-
son of German birth, listened to her
story. She told him the family she
worked for lived somewhere in Penn
sylvania street. She did not know the
name of The family nor the number
but would know the house, sure, if
she saw it.
The kind hearted German put off
his slippers, put on his shoes, left his
comfortable fire ard went out with
Gretchen 10 find the house in Penn
sylvania street. where she was in
service.
They volSrd block after block. but
the sought--for house did not appear.
The nigi, was growing late. Finally,
by a happy inspiration she recalled
that her sister knew the name and
the number of the house. So the
kind-heaIted German went with the
servant maid to the Union Station,
and five or six squares beyond to
find the sister.
1t was then midnight. The sister
was reused from her bed, and when
she talked 10 the couple out of the
window she was in no good humor.
The old German wanted to leave her
with her sister, but the sister would
not have 1t so. She gave the
name and street number of
the girls employer and said with
much firmness that her sister must
go home, as there would be breakfast
to get in the morning.
When the old German heard the
name Of their employer he looked
greatly surprised. Did he know where
he lived?Sure. Off they started again
The regular cars had ceased running
They waited for an owl car, and at
2 o'clock in the moring the two tap-
peard at the door of the girls emHoye
whom they reused from his slum1e rs
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17

law grants, but all save a compare
lively few OF the men who served their
country and who either do not need
or do not want the money, have de-
clined to ask for it.
There is some sentimnet even in Of
fic1aidom. The pension office authori-
ties are wiling to say that
the disinclination of former soldiers
to ask for pensions the Government
Is willing to give them, is sign of
a higher kind of patriotism. There
are men now on the pension rolls, and
who draw regularly their share of
Uncle Sans money, who spend more
than their monthly allowance in ci-
gars. In other words,it is known that
many fitch men who have no earthly
use for the money are getting their
pension checks regularly. 1t is some
thing to know that there is an army
OF men, probably composed of rich
and poor together which does not
care to profit, by the fact that once it
served under the flag in the field
Washingto Correspondence of the Chi
cago Evening Post.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17

sixty-two years, regardless of facts
concerning injuries received during
their terms Of service.
1t was supposed and freely predict
ed by the pension officials that the
passage of the bill would bring thou
sands upon thousands of applications
for pensions from what they called
the great unknown army" of men
who came out of the service sound
in body and who never had asked for
money from the Government. The
lowest estimate made of the number
of men who would apply under the
new law was in the neighborhood of
100000.
The great unknown army is still
the great unknown army, for while
Uncle Sam is willing to pay $12 a
month to everyone who has reached
the age of seventy, only 5000 old SOL
diers have applied to be put on the
pension roll under the new law.
Many times this number of pension
ers already on the rolls and who were
receiving less than $12 a month have
applied for the increase which the new
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
Wool Filing for Comforts.

Have the wool well washed and
the trash all picked out of it. Pick
all the Jumps to pieces, and, if you
can hand-card the wool, do so. If
not, pick it loose and fluffy, little
handful at a time, laying it into a
large, flat pan, evenly, and pat it
down lightly. Fill the pan, then,
turn the bat" out on a sheet of
newspaper and repeat,until three or
four pounds according to the weight
wanted) have been "batted," separat-
ing the bats with a sheet of news
paper. Put the lining of the COM
fort in the frames, stretch smooth,
and lay the wool bats on, as you
would cotton, until the lining is COW
ered,then put on the top cover, fas-
ten to the frames, and knot with wool
yarn three inches apart. These COM
forts are light and warm,and never
mat down like cotton.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17

Strange to say this house was not
in Pennsylvania street. 1t was in the
same street as that of, the kind
hearted old man. directly across the
way.
When this neighbor opened the door
and saw these two standing ON his
doorstep he opened upon the old man
with tremendous outburst OF wrath,
all the more violent because of the
mingled mixture of German and Eng
lish.
so" said this angry householder,
this is the kind of neighbor have
Amt you ashamed of yourself. don't
it, running init mine servant girl?
Veil, tell you dis, alreatty. when
you take her out again better you
pring her pack earlier, not at O'Clock
in the morning"
And the knd-hearted neghbor
whose kind offices had been so mis-
construd bowed his head and said
never word.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
GOV. WILSON WANTS
NO PRIVATE OFFICE.
Chief Executive viii be Accessi-
bic to All Callers in
Their Turn.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. n.-Gov. Will
son will inaugurate new departure
heretofore unknown to Governors of
Kentucky when the present admins
tration moves into the new Capitol
now nearing completion in this city,
but at the same time 1t will be follow
ing an example set by Gov. Hughes.
of New York, which official can be
given credit for the innovation or
precedent. 1t is the purpose of Gov.
Wilson, when the various departments
of the State Government are located
in the new Capitol. 10 abolish the pri-
vate office OF the Governor and to have
his desk in what has heretofore been
known as the general reception room,
or office of the private secretary to
the Governor.
This fact was made clear by Gov.
Wilson Friday during a visit of the
Capitol Commission, of which he is
chairman,to the new building. 1t was
while the commission was inspect
ingt he various offices in the new struc-
ture that the contractor in charge of
the supervision of the building called
attention to the Governor of the Of
flee set apart for occupancy by the
chief executive, where the business
coming before him could be transacted
in privacy, as is now the custom at
the old Capitol.
Gov. Wilson very promptly said
such arrangements as were now in
vogue would be abolished by him up
on moving into the new building, and
that his desk would be in one corner
of the big reception room, where he
could be in full view of everyone en-
tering the buildingand where every
one would have an opportunity to de-
termine for themselves whether or
not he was too busy to see them at
that particular time.
Whether this innovation will meet
with the approval of Gov. Wilson af-
ter he has given it a trial is a ques-
ton that is now agitating the minds
of those who heard him express him
self Friday, and it is generally be-
lieved that 1t will be impossible for
him to attend to the DUTIES of his Of
flee withso many people entering and
leaving the building during the course
OF day.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
Deafness Cannot be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness
is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this
tube restored TO its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-17
A Simple Diamond Test.

Although it takes many years of ac-
tual observation and experience be-
fore one can become a diamond eX-
pert, there are few simple tests, ac-
cording TO information furnished 10
the New York Sun by a diamond
dealer, which will considerably aid a
buyer Of diamonds. One test is to
prick a needle hole through card
and look at the hole through the
doubtful stone. If the latter is spur
ious two holes will be seen, but if it
is a diamond only one hole will be
visible. Every imitation stone which
resembles a diamond gives a double
reflec ion, while the diamonds refrac-
tion is single.
This is a delicate test, because it
is difficult TO : e even a sharp and
defined object through a diamond.
The single refracrion of the diamond
also allows one to determine an I'M
certain S one.
If the finger is placed behind it and
viewed / through the stone with a
watch makers glass, the grain of the
skin will be plainly seen If the stone
is diamond, but If it is a phony
stone the foil or setting will be seen.
! of experiments in wireless telegraphy
at Metz aud Strasgudg, and at the six
leading fortresses of Onigsberg, Thorn
Danzig, Posen, Cologne and Mainz.
One thousand reservists who have serv
ed as military telegraphists have been
called upon to work with those now
serving with the army.