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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
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General Demand

of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for it's remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
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EIGHTH SEASON OF THE
THREE | LEAGUE OPENED
Hard to Determine Relative Strength
of Teams at Present-Letter to
Club Owners.

The eighth annual season of the
Three-I league opened few days ago
with ceremonies at Bloomington, De-
catur, Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. At
the latter city Charles A. Comiskey
and White Sox rooters from Chicago
were the feature of the opening. Com
iskey pitched the first ball and Presi-
dent Lotus was behind the bat to re-
ceive it. There was the usual parade,
headed by the White Sox rooters and
their band, followed by the ball teams
and city and county officials.
1t is difficult at present to determine
the relative playing strength of the
various teams, but the consensus of
opinion among the unbiased critics
around the circuit Is that Decatur,
Springfield and Peoria will be the
strongest contenders for the pennant,
as was the case last year.
Nearly all the teams have lost
strong players by draft or sale, but
just how the loss of these men will
affect the playing strength cannot be
positively told until the season is
we'll advanced.
Bloomington appears to be much
stronger than last year, and this is
also true of Dubuque. Cedar Rapids,
Rock Island and Clinton are uncertain,
due to extensive changes.
Clinton has new manager, Charles
Beulow, and it is believed by the
patrons there that he will be able to
get results this year better than those
of last season.
Rock Island has lost Hines, O'Leary,
Vandine and Wanner, four of the best
men in the league. The management
there believes, however, that the team
will make creditable showing.
President Lotus has issued the fol-
lowing letter to the presidents of the
various clubs of the league:
81 want the presidents of all clubs
to assist me in giving the public good
clean baseball. If you do the success
of the league is assured, as the Amer
lean people are clamoring for good and
clean amusements, so start your or
ganization on a good foundation. I in
sist on you instructing your managers
and captains to give the umpire a
square deal, and when he makes a
decision to consider it final, as he is
the sole judge of the play, and when
he makes a decision no argument can
make him change it. The successful
men in business adhere to clean meth
DDS. Why not in the great national
game?
IF the umpire gives decision
against your club do not imagine he
wants to rob you; he gives the de-
cision as he sees it. Do not wake me
up at midnight with telegram stating
that the umpire is rotten. He will
keep until morning. Write me let
ter the next day, after the heat of the
battle, and let me know if you think
he is incompetent. The mail is fast
enough for me to hear bad news. l
have been connected with baseball
for over 80 years and have never met
a dishonest umpire, but have seen
awful bad ones. Instruct your cap
tains to make your clubs more lively
on the bah field, as the patrons of the
game like quick action"
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know what his neighbor held. This
mode of procedure provoked hearty
laughter and much curiosity as to the
ultimate fate of the gifts, each one be-
ing securely wrapped until the event
full day should appear.
The oath of December dawned-not,
as we should say in America, clear
and cold-but "muggy" and hot.
Clothing, even of the thinnest sort,
seemed superfiuous; exertion, even
the mildest, sent little streams of
moisture trickling down towards ones
shirt collar. But, never mind. It was
Christmas-dear old Christmas eve,
and if we were 5000 miles-more or
less-away from home, we were not
going to have any less pleasure and
happiness out of the occasion. So we
donned our brayest attire and, sum-
moned by the bugle, made our way
with the rest of the passengers, also
in full dress, to the dining saloon.
Here scene of marvellous beauty
burst upon our eyes; but don't ask me
to describe that table. Running the
whole length of the gorgeous saloon
it was decorated and twined and bla-
zoned with potted plants and vines,
garlands and flags, the whole being
set off by most ingenious and beau
tiful arrangement of electric lights,
that peeped out from every leaf and
fold and dish as though some fairy
wand had touched them into glittering
wonder LittleSwiss chalets, set amid
SHOWS of cotton and spangled ice
fields, cleaned with lights in every
tiny window; cascades ran down
through little ice-gorges, lit up with
FREELY CLEANS; the hearts of Christmas
roses sent out flashes Of beauty, while
at the head of the table was a snow
man of life-like size and proportion,
whose smile was as broad as his am
pie form. Truly wonderful sight.
And the dinner-well, l have eaten
many dinners, and many Christmas
dinners, but this was absolutely
unique. The cuisine of the German
steamers is world-famed, and justly
so. The celebrated p. & o. line
starves you to death in the most
highly genteel manner. The insular
exclusiveness of this ancient institu-
ton, like that of the much overrated
Cunard, has wrung the stomach and
bled the pocket of the wayfarer for
nearly half century, while the chilly
hauteur of it's officers has sent many
a passenger to his berth with a frigid
heart. Rudyard Kipling says that if
you want favor of one of these mag
mates you must stand on your head
before the chief officer and wave your
feet supplicatingly in the air.
The serving of the Christmas din.
ner was truly gorgeous. The process.
sion of walters reached from the din.
ing table to the kitchen, and each
course was brought in with as much
pomp as though it were a banquet to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

NCopyrlgnt, py Joseph %. 6oWleSl
Canton, in spite of it's dirt, in spite
of it's myriad and insistent smells, is
fascinating. Beside the ordinary
sights of street life that are like a
kaleidoscope for change and color,
there is a tall and stately pagoda to
be seen, the "fow-ly' pagoda, your
guide will tell you. Another, known
as the five-story pagoda, built in the
year 400, stands at the point of the
citadel, the eliminating point of the
city wall, the ramparts of which are
decorated with grotesque little cannon
of a bygone age, resting in worm
eaten and rotting wooden gun car
riages.
Another sight of Canton is Examina.
ton hail. an institution peculiarly Chi
nese. here are $500 cells in rows, the
fronts open to the air. They are only
four feet by three, and their only fur
niture couple of boards, laid cross
ways, one for seat and the other for
writing desk.
Here the civil service examinations
take place for the whole province.
Students who wish to compete enter a
cell, where they remain for three days
and nights, absolutely alone, and
guarded by soldiers to see that they
have no communication with each
other, or with anyone outside.
The examination lasts nine days al
together, in groups of three, with in
tervals of three days in between,
when the students may go outside. 1t
is exceedingly arduous, for there is
not room for comfortable sleep, and
the tests are very severe.
1t is, however, the ambition of every
man to pass this examination if he
can. Some old students have been
known to go there every three years
for 80 years without passing. Out OF
perhaps 5000 or 1000 never more
than 800 pass, generally much less.
A man who passes is then eligible
for any magisterial office in the pro-
vincial government, and if he is still
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

cred ball must be called a strike. An
unfairly delivered ball is a ball that is
delivered to the plate which does not
come over the plate and the umpire
must call it a ball.
Manager Jones declared that any
ball delivered while the pitcher is
standing on the rubber is. either ball
or a strike, and that the catcher has
no right to run up on the batter
and prevent him taking a swing. Ac.
cording to the ruling made by
OLoughlin the squeeze play is practi-
cally killed, because the runner might
start before the pitcher winds up, al
though he is on the rubber ready to
deliver the ball.
"The only way pitcher can prevent
a man stealing from third to home
after he is on the rubber ready to
pitch is for him to step back off the
rubber and throw to the plate,' said
Jones. after pitcher is on the rub
Der and delivers the ball to the plate
it is either ball or strike, and the
rules explicitly state that. When a
right-handed batter is on the plate he
would have his back turned to third
baSe and he would be unable to see
that the runner was coming in, and
if he swung on the ball he would be
out for interference with the ball
according to the ruling made by
O'Loughlin. The batter would be un
-
er intended to pitch or throw the bal
to the catcher to prevent the runner
stealing"
O'Loughlin declares the play has
been ruled on by President Johnson
II Siever had started to wind up fol
his delivery before Pat started, the
play would have been all right.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

ner which we ate-each smallest COM
ponent part thereof, from soup to cof-
fee-was laid in at Bremen before the
steamer sailed. The splendid tree, a
big green fir, had been cut in Japan
and lay strapped to the lower deck,
lest some sudden cataclysm of the ele-
ments might roll it overheard and
cheat us of what proved to be the
most enjoyable part of our Christmas
feast.
1t was understood before leaving
Hong-Kong that the most important
part of the festivities, /. e. the pres
ents, must be purchased there; so a
pool was formed and the presents
having been selected and purchased
by a member detailed for the purpose
were handed up the ships side in
packages on the end OF sticks, or
dangling from strings, or in small but
terfy nets, so that the lottery effect
was maintained and no one could
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
The Precious Stones.

The pearl is nothing but carbonate
of lime, and vinegar or any other acid
will eat away the polished surface in a
few moments. AS for the opal, hot
water is fatal to it, destroying its fire,
and sometimes causing it to crack.
Soap is deadly enemy to the tur-
quoise. If turquoise ring is kept on
the hand while washing, in a short
time the blue stones will turn To- a
dingy green.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
How'S ThiSr

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
Ease Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last is years and believe him perfectly hon.
erabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his frm.
WALDING. KINNAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents PEI
bottle. Sold by ali Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
The Objects of Her Feelings.

Patrick" gushed the amorous Wild
ow O'Leary, "Oi've long wanted t con-
fiss t. We tn state iv me feelin's toward
ye, an now Oh must tell We thot Oh
love ivvry hair Nv y'r head"
Thin, If We do" replied the adaman
tine Patrick, who has just come from
the BARRIERS, "Oi'll tell We, Mrs
O'Leary, thot were We in Casey's bar
Der shop around tn corner, ye'd foind
Casey sweepin' tn objects iv y'r feel
ms into his dustpan at tn prisint mo
ment!"-Illustrated Sunday Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
Four New First Basemen.

Four new first sackers make their
bow to American association baseball
fans this season. They are Lister of
Toledo, Rowan of st. Paul, Freeman of
Minneapolis and Brown of Milwau-
kee. The veterans are Kihm. Carr,
Sullivan and Beckley. The indications
are that the newcomers will be forced
to travel mighty fast pace to keor
their heads above water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
In the Free Vaccination Ward.

In the Free Vaccination Ward.
A Lithuanian woman was getting
her fifth baby vaccinated the other
day.
II am glad" said the young surgeon,
that you recognize the Importance OF
vaccination"
"Oh, yes" she said, 81 often won
der" she added pensively, what it's
done for, though It's to show you're
a free citizen, the same as naturaliza
ton papers, amt it?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
De Orqan's Busted.

In little church in Maryland, not
far from Washington, the motive pow
er for the organ comes from the strong
arm of an Industrious Irishman.
During recent service there the
choir got into trouble and, to cap the
climax. during the confusion that en-
sued, the organ suddenly stopped.
The situation was not greatly re-
lieved when there came floating out
into the auditorium a hoarse whisper:
"Sing. all youse! Sing like the divil!
De organs busted.-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
And the Moon Man Lauohed.

They were jogging along the old
road and cupid was so busy that the
young man dropped the lines either
side of the runabout. 1t was then
that the wise old nag turned lazily
around.
What are you looking att" Queried
the owl by the roadside.
81 am reading between the lines"
laughed the old nag as she gave
horse laugh and showed her long yell
low teeth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
If an Advertisement Convinces You,
Stay Convinced

When you read in this newspaper
the advertisement CT manufacturer
who has paid for the space used to
convince you that it is to your interest
to buy his goods, and you go to a
dealer where such articles are usually
handled for sale, do not let the dealer
or any one of his clerks sell you some
thing else which he claims is "just as
good" If an advertisement convinced
you, it was because of the element Of
truth which it contained.
INSIST ON GETTING WHAT YOU
ASK FOR.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
His Double Grief.

Il was sentence day in the city
court. A man in the prisoners pen.
who had been sentenced to two years
for larceny, began to cry softly. Tho
big man next him, who was going to
serve seven years for bigamy, said:
"Aw, wotcher sniffiin' about?"
-th-thinkin' about leav.
in (sob) my-my-family. Lea-leavin'
my wife"
Jaw, cut 1t out! Look at me- / ain't
cryin', am I? An I'm leavin' two Of
'em."-"Jack" Cremer in Everybody's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
How Is Julia on Splitting Wood I

Miss Julia Chapman won a set Of
silver knives, forks and spoons in a
board-sawing contest given by medi
cine show in Steiwer hall Wednesday
evening. She went through her board
before any of her competitors had got
well started. Fossil lOre.) Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

If, in replying to a toast at the po-
litical banquet, you lost your head,
don't be unhappy, for, if you only stay
late enough, you'll be sure to get 1t
back again all right in the morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
HOUSE
WORK

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
1t is to these faithful women that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Garfield Tea is of particular benefit to
those subject to rheumatism and govt! 1t
purifes the blood, cleanses the system and
eradicates disease. Drink before retiring
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
Only Iona Sleeves Now.

Mistress-Here is a nice dress for
you, Martha.
Maid-Thank We, ma'am; but can't
take it, really.
Mistress-You foolish girl, Of course
you can take it. / insist.
Maid-No, really, can't, ma'am.
It's got them old-fashioned short
sleeves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

A lazy man will not work himself SO
long as he can work others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Think all you speak, but speak not
all you think. Thoughts are your own !;
your words are so no more.-Delany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Stack Covers, Awnings, Tents.
Flags etc. For information and prices, write
American Tent & Awning Co., Minneapolis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Burns Good Judge of Books.
John Burns is said to have the best
working library of any member Of the
English house of parliament.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
Il Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure fo-
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price Csc. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Do your duty and let the other fe
low do the explaining.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums, reduces IN
nammation slays PAIN cures wind collie 26c bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

The theatrical manager has q poor
show If it isn't a good one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, st. Paul, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

The butcher should be careful how
he steaks his reputation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
We Want Your Cream,

Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty yecrs Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children, and see that II
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22

LYDIA E. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
comes as a boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. f. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say !:
81 was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am so well that can do as big a
days work as ever did. wish every
sick woman you'd try it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-22
CANTON CHRISTMAS|
ABOARD SHIP

The Funny Things One Sees
Smiling Round the World
By
| MARSHALL p. WILDER
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
Thr Suprfn1afy ut
Matt
By H. PEARL HUMPHREY.
that should never weaken

+ admit that some things have done better than we nave e
two subjects are specially within the womanS domain and yet IN 'her
r osnc she content be led by men, ms seems strange al
fret obt Indeed it has used proac But alter all 'el
ORC number of reasons that make quite natural state OF aa IL
m ta as Burton said in his "Anatomy of Melancholy that COOK
v "a locomc an art noble science cooks are gentlemen
wonan's knowledge of cooking is almost entirely knowledge
how 70 things will taste nice She thinks OF every dsh
an tv and she seldom considers in relation to the courses ha'
prccede and follow it. ~.
As for dress for the supremacy OF the male $50 a)
v found Men have always been the executive artists they hhe
M nts Of the ages Womens instinct has not been cultivated 10
te same extent They love pretty things but they 90 not STUDY %
~ The French woman about her appearance IMAM e
E about hers but much the French man KNOWS ABOUT
% nnroncc Of all In the external treatment OF e picture
1d woman he man has the advantage of detachment from Ills sun
% whereas a woman has hundred prullces As RUE, ~
FANS in love with frock, hat, purely on It's own '' anu ~
n il will suit her so admirably The faay that men never KNOW
how woman is dressed air bubble 1t Is true en9osA NAV
~ may, NOT know what she has but they always ho" ~" |
dr.d-wcIl or ill., too much brightly The woman i
ts tho other wears the knows whether the picture -
u or NOT It is this cultivated eye for the "'o'' ' ~
+itd raac for me whole which makes the man u" SuP 49,
~ drs and in food and will do until women MAKE W ~
time and education they have lost during se'ei"i ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
= W1171km [pNER5 JER0M

While he was using up taiio"
o,ndles IN his attacks upon Blackstone
he realized that it might be helpful 10
him II he had a short term OF school-
,np IN the rudiments. He had never
heen inside a schoolhouse, althoueli
be had received some instruction at
home and had picked up gooo piV
81 information on general topics 10
carry out his plan he went to Spring
town, and there for eight months Ne
did chores and farm work ana stuoieu
With an old German who numbered
among his pupils the children OF most
Of the aristocrats of Parker county
Entered Attorneys Office
In the eight months Littleton
learned as much as he felt was neces
CORY for the time being. he couiu w
froctions as well as any one; ne coulo
narse everything that could be parsed
ba could write as fast and as plain az
anv how in the county, and he couic
~ec;ta better than any actor who mac
auor struck Weatherford or any place
~ that mart of Texas. He knew tne
history Of the United States ike
hook and he had pretty gooo iaes
~ the history of other nations WHICH
in his youthful opinion didn't amour
to much anyhow.
Thus equipped, he entered the ono
- the district attorney OF weather
ford county as clerk and law st'
dent. AS expressed by a man WV
knew him in those days. ne larry az
the law books" He swept throus
them with lightning speed ana
1891, at the age of 10, he was aoml' .e
to the bar. He was. then one Oh III
Leading young citizens Of the eoun.
seat AS soon as he was admitted