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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
One Peril of Dentistry.

''The greatest snag a dentist can run
up against" said one of the clan, is
the office of deceased dentist, whose
widow would like a competent man to
take his place. You see such adver
tisements all over. Beware of them.
There's double meaning to that in
sidious ad. You must not only take
his place as competent dentist, but
if the widow takes shine to you, you
must replace him also as husband.
tits terrible. Positively the only
way 1 got out of it alive in one in
stance was to do such poor dentistry
that the people wouldn't come to me
even to get their teeth pulled. At that
think if 1 had showed the slightest
willingness to learn the trade she
would have permitted me to fill the
place of second husband and dentist
combined"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
INSTRUMENTATION LINERS.
Two Ships to Be Built Will be Heavier
Than Spanish Armada.

The White Star line has officially an
nounced that the name of the second
of its two great9 liners, which are to
be built at Messrs. Harland & VOLTS
yard at Belfast, will be the Titanic.
Incidentally the tonnage of each vessel
will be about $4,000,
Although 1t has been known that
the White Star line contemplated
building two ships that would eclipse
anything afoat, the exact tonnage has
not been known before, and the
Olympic and Titanic will represent the
greatest stride ever made in naval
architecture. They will be nearly
1000 feet long and about 80 feet broad,
and while they will not be built for
great speed they will, it is expected, be
able to average 81 knots. They will
be equipped with a combination Of
turbine and reciprocating engines. The
cost of the two vessels will be about
ST.. 100000.
Great preparations have been going
On at Belfast for more than year for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
First Step to Ruin.

the construction of these giant YES
sells. Two new slips, each more than
1000 feet long and capable of bearing
a weight of $4,000 tons, have been
built and the greatest gantry in the
world has been installed. A large
number of men who have been idle
while the yard was being prepared for
these boats will now be re-employed,
and it is expected that the work on
them will do much to relieve the dis
tress threatened in Belfast during the
coming winter.
The first Cunard steamship to cross
the Atlantic was the Britannia. which
made the crossing in 1910. Her tom
mage was 1,154 and she was 207 feet
long.
Still more interesting Is the COM
parison with the first vessel of any
kind that ever crossed the Atlantic
Columbus Santa Maria-which was so
feet long and tonnage of 233. 1t
may also be mentioned that the tom
mage of either the Titanic or Olympic
will be more than the total tonnage of
the Spanish armada, which was $500,
while the tonnage of the English feet
which opposed it was less than half
that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
BOY KEPT SCRATCHING.
Eczema :as:ea z Tears-Face Was All
RaW--Skin Specialists Failed, But
Cuticura Effected Cure.

when my little boy was six weeks
old an eruption broke out on his face.
I took him to doctor, but his face
kept on getting worse until it got SO
bad that no one could look at him.
His whole face was one crust and
must have been very painful. He
scratched day and night until his face
was raw Then l took him to all the
best specialists in skin diseases but
they could not do much for him. The
eczema got on his arms and legs and
we could not get nights sleep in.
months. got a set of Cuticura Rene
dies and he felt relieved the first time
used them. I gave the Cuticura
Remedies good trial and gradually
the eczema healed all up. He is now
seven years old and L think the trou-
BILE will never return. Mrs. John G.
Klumpp, 80 Niagara St, Newark, N.
J., Oct. II and %, 1907"
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y
queen of fashion that while a man
could be quite elegant" by spending
e400 a year on himself, a woman
needed s400 month to dress
stylishly.
In the middle class, as in the arts.
tocracy, $50 years ago more things
were required by a man. He wore
night cuffs Of lace, his black suit cost
f5 (of our money!, his hats-he need
ed half a dozen-e1 each.
He had to spend several pounds q
year at the BARRIERS and wigmakers.
The middle class woman of those days
managed to dress in cheaper way,
though dress was the main expense.
Diaries and memoirs establish the
curious fact that the upbringing Of
three children cost little less than
the clothes required by their mother,
a modest woman. Men wore ribbons,
lace, embroideries and jewelry In as
large quantities as women.
AS for jewels, men formerly wore
diamonds and pearls on their clothes,
sl0es and hands, while to-day a man
Of ,efined taste is satisfied with mod
est ring, simple links. little pear! as
q sairt stud and large stone Is .
scarf pin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
/ De
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 it's 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-
.ellent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California FL. Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its 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.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
SEEMED A TRIFLE PERSONAL.
cIergyman's Particular Reason for
Omitting the Fifth Verse.

A clergyman in an interior town
married a woman from whom he re.
ceived a dowry of $4,000 and pros
pect of more. Shortly afterwards,
while occupying the pulpit, he gave
out a hymn, read the first verse and
proceeded to read the fifth, com.
mencing:
Forever let my grateful heart y
then he hesitated and exclaimed:
1.-THE choir will omit the fifth verse"
Some of the congregation read the
verse for themselves and smiled as
they read:
Forever let my grateful heart 49,.
His boundless grace adore,
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope for more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Bank Clerks Tempted.

Bank Clerks Tempted.
And. in this connection let me re-
mark that while the, bank officer is
surrounded on all sides by temptation,
and some criminally use the banks
funds, one must not for a moment
think that they are the only ones
connected with the, institution who
are subject to temptation and who,
far too often, listen to the voice of
the tempter and become defaulters.
Every clerk in the bank, whether he
handles dollar of the banks money
or not, is subject to. many, If not all,
of the temptations chat sbeset his SUI
perior officer The defalcations by
the clerical force of banks can be
traced to nearly all the causes enum-
Grated as being the cause of defalca-
tions by officers.
"But at bottom the fault is with
the officers. Many bank clerk who
has been unfaithful to his trust and
has used the funds of the institution
with which he was connected for
speculation, in the stock, grain or cot
ton market, or for games of chance at
the gambling house,tor for betting at
the race track, or for extrayagant liv.
ing, etc., has been encouraged to take
his first false step by the loose man.
ner in which the affairs of the bank
were conducted and it's accounts kept.
He saw the slip-shod way in which
things were done, by every one con-
nected with the bank, that clerical
errors in the books were not located
and corrected, and that general mis-.
management prevailed. Is it any won.
der that he used the funds of the
bank and took the chances of detec-
ton with such a condition of affairs
surrounding him? The marvel is that,
under such conditions, more do not
suecumb to temptation.
1.-THE defaulter who Is merely 1
clerk in the bank and whose misdeeds
are usually traceable to lack of prop
err supervision of his work by his
superiors is generally brought to book
for his dishonesty He is usually con-
victed, poor fellow. He. has no influ-
entail associates to use their power to
shield him. He has no money or
wealthy relatives or friends to employ
able criminal lawyers to defeat the
ends of justice. The bank officer, on
the other hand, having what his clerk
sorely lacks, too often. escapes the
just punishment which his criminal
acts demand" a
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gambling with their own When you
can go into restaurant at two o'clock
lin the morning and behold 100000
worth of women's gowns at the tables
and $4,000 worth of food in process
of consumption, something is wrong.
And when you observe half a million
dollars worth of automobiles waiting
to take this one supper crowd to their
homes-or elsewhere-you may be
sure that there is queer bookkeeping
somewhere.
All Copy New York.
1T is not only this sort of life in
New York, but in more sinister way,
the sight and example of it, which is
bringing about degradation of the
sense of common honesty throughout
the country. That fine American as
set, the New England conscience has
become an object of jest. And, as
said, New York is to blame. AS in
all other matters, theatrical, literary
and artistic, the other cities and towns
take their cue from New York. AS
New York lives so they all wish to
live. To-day in towns as small as
$4,000 population there are springing
up all-night grill rooms with Hun
garian orchestras, wherein the young
business men of these communities
must foregather if they are to be in
the social swim with their local smart
set.
"The young banker or business man
in the smaller community comes to
New York. He is taken in hand by
his business acquaintances here and
shown about the town. His hosts
spend money on scale which dazzles
him. They take him to luxurious
hotels and cafes where they and the
head walters know each other by
name and where he is introduced to
scale of living fit only for men of
millions. He wonders how his friends
manage to share in this prodigality,
and bit by bit he finds out. They tell
him funny stories of transactions
which, reduced to proper financial
analysis, are defalcations pure and
simple or, at best, plain gambling.
Everybody does it, they say; it's
part of the game And back to his
home town goes the young banker,
filled with dreams of sudden wealth
and all the gay life that goes with it.
First Step to Ruin.
'TOo often this nerson starts RI Iood
the gay life before he has got the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fer any
sase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. ]. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & 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 per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
His Epitaph.

81 have just one request" said the
dying man to his relatives.
What is it?" they asked him earn
estly. I'VE will grant you anything"
WELL" replied the man, feebly, Il
want you to have carved upon my
monument these words: Here lies a
man who worked for his living"
Realizing that he had forestalled
any attempt on the part of his rich re-
lations to brag too much about their
family connections, he sank into a
sweet sleep.
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martyr to kidney
trouble, backache,
dizzy spells, head
aches and a ter
rible bearing-down
pain. l used one
remedy after an
other without bene-
fit. Finally I used
a hoy nf nOop'c
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Public CreduiIty.

After making full allowance for the
Increased spending power of the
masses, figures prove conclusively that
Notwithstanding the wide diffusion OF
knowledge, the spread Of education
and the raising Of the standard of in
telligence among the people, the ap-
peal Of the quack and the charlatan
to the credulity of the public meets
with reader response than ever
London Hospital. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

repeats itself. He went into the mar.
ket as a lamb, and in consequence Is
thoroughly feecea:
Instances lnnumerabIe.
- But there are many, many causes"
continued Mr.. Moxey with brisk bit.
tie sigh. "A large bank In one of our
eastern cities was wrecked through
the speculations Of its president in
stocks; another one through specu.
lations of it's cashier in the
same market. Some years ago q
large bank in the middle west was
wrecked by its vice.president in an at.
tempt to corner the wheat market;
while bank in southern city was
wiped out Of existence by its presi-
dents and cashiers speculations in
the cotton market. The number OF
cases that could be cited are in
Vulnerable, and there is not a section
of the country that has escaped The
number of bank wrecks piled upon
the financial beach is a silent monu-
ment to this truth.
"But no president, vice-president.
cashier or assistant cashier of bank
can use its funds for his own profit
without the fact being known to at
least a portion of the clerks, and it is
through their silence or stupidity re-
garding what is being done in their
presence that bank officers are en-
abled and, in many cases, encour-
aged to take the banks money. II
bank clerks would do their full duty
there would be fewer cases of defalca-
ton by the officers than in these
sorry times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
A Business Secret.

'T'm sure" said the interviewer.
'the public would be interested to
know the secret of your success"
well, young man." replied the cap
tain of industry, ''the secret of my
success has been my ability to keep
it a secret"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Glitter of Speculation.

"Then, too, it often happens that
instead of becoming financially inter
ested in new projects or outside bust
ness enterprises the bank officer sue
cumbs to the. seductive influences of
speculation. He tries his hand in the
stock, grain or cotton market with the
belief that in this way he can amass
a. fortune in a short time and without
effort.
"He pursues the same method that
is followed by those who buy or sell
stocks, grain or cotton on margin.
His whole idea is to get rich quick,
and in order to accomplish this he
either buys or sells the largest
amount possible with the smallest
amount that his broker will accept as
margin. A slight adverse change in
the market price of the commodity
or security in which he is specializing
wipes out his margin, and call from
his broker for additional margin to
carry the transaction must be met.
Having exhausted his own money,
and being convinced that his ideas
as to the future course of the market
are correct, he makes the false step
of borrowing money from the bank
and using it as margin with his
broker.
1T is only question of time, vary
ing according to the size of his opera
tons and the fluctuations of the mar
ket, before he is hopelessly involved
and financially unable to return the
money of the bank which he has used.
He now speculates more wildly than
before, and upon much larger scale,
with the hope that one fortunate turn
of the market will enable him to make
enough money to square himself with
the bank. In his case history only
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

Kidney Pills and the backache ceased.
Encouraged, I kept on, and by the
time I had used three boxes not
sign of the trouble remained. My
health is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Author,s Wife Motor Enthusiast.

Mrs. ]. M. Barrie, wife of the au-
thor, is said to be one Of the most ex-
pert motorists in Great Britain. She
owns three cars, in which she takes
long tours with her husband, but she
always manages the car herself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Cost Of Royalty.

The annuities paid by the British
people to the king and queen amount
to s2,350,000 100000 is paid in an
nuities to other members of the royal
family. ~.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
To Help Cause in Pacific State

DR.. Martha Hughes Cannon, former.
ly state senator of Utah, has gone
to live in California with the intention
of helping the women of that state to
get equal suffrage. He is described a.
powerful and witty speaker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
Illts "A. olsoN !

For thirty years 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-
tien, dizziness, ornervous 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, 1908-11-13

If tbs energy that women expend in
making fools of men could be concen-
trated-but what's the use of speculat-
ing with Impossible problems?
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New York is to blame for it"
Gray-whiskered, gray-haired, gray
eyed, gray-clad, slender gentleman
of astonishing neatness and a certain
amiable precision of speech leaned
back in his office chair with his hands
behind his head and smiled alertly,
writes Frank G.. Drake, in the New
York World. Such is first impress
sion of Edward P. Moxey, whose Off
cial title Is Expert Bank Examiner
for the United States Department of
Justice" and such were his words in
speaking of the epidemic of bank de-
falcations which has been sweeping
over the country.
Whereas Mr.. Moxey's business is to
fit about the country and peer unex-
pectedly over the shoulders of the
cashiers of national banks here and
there in order to find out If their cash
balances are all right; and whereas
Mr.. Moxey had found some 80 of these
gentlemen with their cash balances all
wrong and, to their great grief and
amazement, has put them in the peni-
Tertiary; and whereas Mr.. Moxey,
fresh from sending John r. Walsh of
Chicago to join the others, has come
to New York to look into the book
keeping of Charles w. Morse and AL
fred H. Curtis, on trial for trying, it
is alleged, to buy national bank
with it's own money; therefore does
the said Edward P. Moxey speak with
some authority of bank defalcations
and their causes.
You mean the Broadway New
York;" / asked.
broadway" Blamed.
81 mean the Broadway New York."
he answered quietly. 81 mean the
gorgeous hotels and restaurants, the
bars, the gambling houses, the myriad
theaters, and palatial apartment
houses, the turning of night into day.
1 mean the flood of money in New
York upon which this life is borne
along, the craving for vast incomes
by which alone such a life can be
lived.
ITO say that even a bare majority
of the tens of thousands of men who
nightly, swell the crowd of amuse-
ment-crazed spenders, who live in
$4,000 apartments, and whose touring
cars congest the streets, are doing
this with money which is honestly
theirs is absurd. They are not earn
ing this money; they are either Jug
Cling other peoples cash or they are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

SAVE YOUR MONEY. BUY GOLD SEAL
Overshoes and Rubber Boots-Cheapest
because wear longest. Ask your dealer.
Not sold by mail order houses.
Goodyear Rubber Co., st. Paul, Makers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
n. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

Any man is in favor Of reform-if
allowed to select the starting point.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens FoOt-Ease 25c at your Druggists
Write A 8. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y, for sample.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

"When
behold
of consumption,
example of
of honesty"
to .t-+I
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

good firm to ship your cream to
MILTON DAIRY CO.. ST. PAUL.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammation allays pain, cures wind coo. 25c bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Feminine Generosity Fooled.
Jack the Giant Killer donned his in.

visible coat. q
MY wife can't find it to give away
when she is house cleaning" he ex.
planned.
Herewith other husbands were
moved to envy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

Liberality does not consist in Civ.
ing largely, but in giving wisely
Jerome.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

1t takes truthful man to tell
lie big enough to attract attention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13
Strong Winds and Sand storl

cause granulation of the eyelids.. PETTIT'S
EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, Y.
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PERFECT HEALTH.
After Years of Backache, Dizziness
and Kidney Disorders.

Mrs. R. C. Richmond, of Northwood,
Iowa, says: For years 1 was a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

When a man is short he usually has
. long face.
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FOR THE LADY OR THE AUTO.

Z Expressman-I don't know whsther
this comes here. The address is in.
distinct.
Housemaid-I guess it's all right.
it's either a new tire for the auto, or
a new hat for the missus!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-11-13

The actions of dumb man speak
louder than his words.