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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
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and other cunningly devised arrange.
ments which the public cannot detect.
The lions quarters are a case in
point. First of all m the public
footpath. Immediately in front of this
is a narrow strip of garden full OF
semi-tropical shrubs and plants. Look.
ing e these you get an uninterrupt-
ed view of lions and tigers only 80
feet away. But the animals cannot
get loose, a deep ditch, half full of
water, being concealed between the
narrow ~garden-strip and their den.
Visitors ask so many questions about
this ditch, which is hidden from their
view by the plants and shrubs, that
the proprietor has now erected a turn
stile, and for a small fee one can pass
right to its edge at n corner Of the
den. The inclosure is a very spacious
one, measuring 60 feet long by As feet
broad. AS one gazes at the big cats
one can almost imagine it is an In
dian jungle scene, so natural are the
surroundings.
Above the lion-house Mr.. Hagenbeck
is now placing a number of the larger
birds, such as vultures, eagles and
owls. They have each little rock
shelters in which they can retire, and
are kept in captivity by long, thin
steel chains attached to their legs.
Slightly to the left of the Enclosure
for hoofed animals and lions are the
quarters of a number of Arctic ami.
mails Tn q 1oroo hacin aro coo1c 500.
lions, penguins, gulls, etc. Just above
them are some fine polar bears. They
appear to spend their time in clam
bering over pieces of ice. The bears
are separated from the seals by a
broad and deep ditch which the pub
lie cannot detect. To the bears inn
mediate left may be seen reindeer and
other animals from the Arctic regions.
The whole structure Is so designed
that it can be assembled on one side
by means of a winding stairway and
descended or the other by a toboggan-
ing side. From the summit n gets a
magnificent view of the gardens and
the distant port of Hamburg.
1t is in this portion of the grounds
that we find the observation-disclosures,
admittedly the finest ever erected in
any public geological gardens. The
two main dining-rooms can seat at one
time 700 persons, and the walls are
decorated with a collection of horns,
heads, and antlers valued at over
$4,000. There are also a number of
private dining-room suites for parties,
many of them very deliberately fur
nished. The restaurant faces the ami
mails.
All this section of the park was laid
out and erected in the record time of
three years!
HAROLD J. SHEPSTONE.
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and less painful bambooing, a bride
will induce the whipper to hold the
bamboo stiff, causing much less pain
than if allowed to bend and spring.
The captain of a British barque lying
off Canton described the execution of
20 pirates who had attacked a tug
manned by coolies and slaughtered the
greater part of them. AS all execu-
lions are free to the public there was
a general request by the crew of the
barque for a holiday, and permission
being granted by the captain, there
was a general exodus to the shore.
1t appeared that only those of the
criminals who could not purchase ran
som were executed. Those who had
$50, or friends that could supply that
sum, were liberated on payment of the
same to the mandarin of the district.
The luckless 20 had apparently Meth
err friends nor money. So they were
strong guard of soldiers; and, like the
prisoners in our Sing Sing who are al
lowed for their last meal the best that
the prison cuisine affords, these male
factors were furnished any mode Of
conveyance at the disposal of the AL.
thorities to convey them to the place
of execution.
The condemned were marshaled in
line, and required to kneel on "all
fours'' before the mandarin and his
suite. All knew the procedure, and
there was no confusion. The heads.
man, armed with a keen, broad-bladed
sword, stepped out. If this gentleman
should fail to sever the head of his
victim in three blows, his own would
De forfeit. But in this instance he did
his work with both certainty and &C.
lerity. Approaching the first in line,
he gave a swift, swinging blow on the
back of the neck and a decapitated
head rolled onto the sword.
This dreadful system of bribery and
Squeezing is the canker at the heart
everyone else; even the children Are
not to be trusted. A Chinese woman
sends her child to a chow shop, and
weighs the food when it is brought
home to see that her own child is not
Squeezing her.
In making change, the smallest boy, as
salesman, will keep back two or three
cash" Should you say: How fash
ion you steal my cash? You blong
alice same as t'ief," he will indignant
ly answer: "My no blong t'ief; my
ketchie you watch, then b'long t'ief,
but my just make little squeeze"
1t would seem as if all the horrible
punishments so publicly administered
would effectually prevent even the
most reckless and hardened from
committing crime, but it doesn't seem
to do so, and the courts go on flourish
ing on the brides extorted and the
money paid by innocent people to
keep out Of court, for it is openly
averred that a Chinese court of jus.
tice, among other delinquencies, is not
even above blackmail.
1t is not surprising that among the
people are such sayings as Tigers and
snakes are kinder than judges or run
ners," or In life, beware of courts; IN
death, beware of hell"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
THE MYSTERY OF THE
LAWS in CHINA
The Funny Things One Sees
Smiling Round the World
By
MARSHALL p. WILDER


NSOPyil6hlb Wy oOSCPA Z. oOWlGS.l
Shanghai has IL precinct police sta
tons and one court, known as the
Mixed Court" because some repre-
sentative of the several ~consulates
sits each day with the Chinese magis-
trate.
l was introduced to the magistrate
by DIR. Barchet, and found him very
gracious, and possessing a fair supply
of English. He was dressed in full
mandarin dress, brown satin coat,
beautifully embroidered, and a black
velvet hat turned up about the edge,
and decorated with the button, the
horse-tail and the peacock's feathers
that indicate a mandarin's rank.
We went into the courtroom,
everyone quickly took their places and
the hearings began. All prisoners
when brought before the magistrate
must kneel during the entire proceed
ing.
Though all the prisoners were Chi
nese, and the cases were conducted in
that language, 1 could follow most of
them, as the English sergeants pre-
ferred their charges to DR.. Burchet,
who is a proficient Chinese scholar,
and he in turn translated them to the
magistrate.
When a policeman brings a man be-
fore the court he drives him by his
cue, and when he takes him
away, he pulls him by it, OF if there
r several prisoners, he knots their
cues together and pulls them
along in a bunch. With such persua-
sion, a prisoner is not apt to hesitate
long.
For thieving, prisoners are sen
fenced to a certain number of strokes
with the bamboo, or the cangue for
so many hours a day-sometimes both
together.
The cangue is a large square board
that fits about their necks, and be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
BORAX IN THE DAIRY
a Matter Of Profitable Interest to
the Farmer and Dairyman

The problem Of keeping sweet all
the utensils used in connection with
milk and cream selling, and butter
making, has been a serious one with
the farmer.
He has come to realize fully that
tho slightest faint or hint Of staleness
left in a can, tin or churn may ruin
a whole output; that the faint which
is left is in the form of bacteria
which grow and multiply in milk or
butter, producing disastrous results.
The farmer has learned that hot
water won't rinse away the greasy
residue in dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves q
residue Of its own which is, If any
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue, and it is little wonder that
that there has been a constant clamor
for a dairy cleanser and sweetener
that will meet modern requirements.
A few of the largest creamery es-
adjustments have called experts into
consultation on this problem and have
with this scientific aid hit upon a prod
uct of nature which exactly fills the
bill-borax.
Scientists have long known borax as
a cleanser, a sweetener and an anti
septic destroyer of bacteria and germ
growths. Destroys all that is harm
full and promotes and preserves fresh
ness, sweetness and purity, relieving
the dairyman and dairy housewife OF
drudgery and of needless work and
worry.
Its cheapness and value should give
1t first place in the necessities of
every dairy.
The cows udder is kept in a clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing it with borax and water, a
tablespoonful of borax to two quarts
of water.
This prevents roughness and sore
ness or cracking teats, which make
milking time a dread to the cow and q
worry to the mixer.
TO MOTHERS.-A dainty book in col
ors, called "JingIe Book" sent free to
any Mother sending name and address
Of her baby, and tops from n pound
carton of "2o Mule Team" Package
Borax, with &c in stamps.
Address Pacific Coast Borax Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
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cry. However, when he entered the
Kitchen the pies were not yet done.
He feared to wait until they were
baked. A wheelbarrow was outside.
Taking the stove up in his arms,
Keishock carried it to the wheelbar-
row and started away.
Mrs. Pull saw the man leaving the
place and saw the wreck in the
kitchen. The police were called and
Constable Jones started in pursuit.
A good fire burned in the stove and
when Keishock started running the
draft caused by his speed made the
blaze a hot one. The chase led
through Doud's alley, a rough thor
oughfare. Keishock would not leave
the stove and pies ever when cap
ture with them was certain.
When Constable Jones clapped Q
hand on Keishock's shoulder he
stopped, set the barrow down and
said: Wait until l see if the pies
are done" They were and Mr.. Pull
allowed the alleged thief to eat them,
although he insisted upon the arrest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

red sugar-loaf hats trimmed with blue,
seat themselves on the prisoners feet
and shoulders, the latter n clutching
his cue.
Two men with little fiat bamboo
rods about a yard long squat each
side, when one begins and delivers
about 25 lashes-then rests, and the
other takes it up, counting aloud as
they beat. The prisoner bowls and
cries and begs, tears streaming from
his eyes, for though it does not break
the skin, it is extremely painful.
The men sitting on the prisoner joke
and laugh, the officers standing about
carry on animated conversations, and
as this all takes place in a courtyard,
open to the street, children run in and
out, playing and laughing, mothers
with babies in their arms look stolidly
on, the babies blinking solemnly,
while a little crowd of curious men
stand about the entrance.
The mixed court. being jointly I'M
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

In the erection of geological gardens
nowadays there are signs that certain
m~uch-desired improvements are at last
being introduced. Small ~prison-like
dens are giving way to open Enclosures,
the animals surroundings are becom-
Ing more and more congenial, and the
whole system is being conducted on a
healthier and more practical scale.
Soon it is to be hoped that the old
fashioned 200" will be a thing of the
past.
No man is a better authority on
geological gardens than Mr.. Carl
Hagenbeck of Hamburg. At his ami
NAL park at Stellingen, a pretty little
suburb of the German shipping port,
you can now inspect a zoo unlike any
thing else of it's kind in the world.
Geological experts who have visited
it declare that the zoo of the future
will be erected on this plan. Already
the enterprising Japanese are build
ing one after Mr.. Hagenbeck's design.
1t was the writer's privilege to in
spect this much-discussed zoe recent
ly. Inc SoluCLo oNSupy SoAS u NAN
of ground, and in size, therefore, are
slightly larger than those at Regents
park. London. Moreover, so popular
has the zoo become that arrangements
are now being made to add an addi-
tional 26 acres to the park. But the
garden is unique for the daring man
ner in which wild animals are pre-
-o-&ol - n,h1io uinuy Enf0rinO fhN
O by the main gates-an elaborate
structural device ornamented with
bronze figures of men and animals
one passes down a shaded walk. Just
as you begin to wonder where the ami
mails are housed, there bursts upon
YOU a spectacle of animal life the like
of which can be seer nowhere else in
the world.
Immediately in front of you is a
spacious lake on which waterfowl
congregate. Behind them, on slightly
raised ground, are cores of hoofed
animals, such as Zebras, camels,
~dromedaries, wild horses, wild asses,
yaks, alpacas, etc. At the extreme
ends of their Enclosures are artistical.
Iy COuCClNCu SoNCIlhO SuClIClo, luIO
which the animals can retire in bad
weather, or out of the heat of the sun
Behind these again, at a slightly high
er elevation, come the quarters for the
big cats, while Immediately behind
these rises a ridge of mountains on
which you observe ibex, mountain
sheep, and goats. There are nine dis
tinct peaks towering from 60 to 160
feet in height, and looking for all the
world like miniature Alps.
From this point some 600 animals
and birds can be see at one time with.
out detecting a cage or an iron bar.
Naturally, the animals seer to the
very real of this spectacle are rather
indistinct. But i~ntersecting paths al
low one to approach quite close to
them, and by following these paths
n learns, through the explanation of
the proprietor. the method that has
been adopted in laying out these won
derful gardens. In a word the ami
mails are confined to their respective
Enclosures by mea of deep bitches
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
WILDCAT, MAN AND DOG.
Furious Three-Cornered Fight Proves
an Eye-Opener.

Allentown, Pa.-Paul belong, resid'
ing between Siesholtzville and Red
Lion, had a thrilling adventure with
a gaunt and hungry wildcat. AS De-
Long says: Had l known the darned
critter was a wildcat / would have
let it alone good and plenty. l at
first thought it was only a blamed
big tomcat."
belong was walking through the
woods with his little b~lack-and-tan
dog, when the latter suddenly be-
came very much excited. Looking
around belong saw a big cat stretched
out on a limb about ten feet. above
the ground. He picked up a stone.
fired it and brought down the cat.
The latter was somewhat stunned, but
quickly recovered when the black-and.
tan started in to give it a shaking.
With one sweep of it's claws the cat
ripped open the odg's hide to the
bone.
belong then started in to help his
dog and vas fearfully bitten and
clawed before he stamped the life out
of the wildcat. Opinion is divided as
to whether it was a wildcat or only
a big cat gone wild.
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sides being very heavy and uncom-
Portable, is considered a great dis
grace, for it has the prisoners name
and crime pasted on it. In order to
make the punishment more severe, the
prisoner is often condemned to be
taken to the place where the crime
was committed, and made to stand
near the store or house where the ma
ture of his crime, as well as his name
are plainly to be read by every passer-
by. This is a terrible punishment for
them, for the Chinese are very sensi-
tive about being publicly shamed,
losing face" they call it.
In the afternoon l went back to the
mixed court and saw some men bam-
booed. 1t was done in q different
place from where the trials take
place, being at one side of an open
court, where a desk was placed, be-
hind which the assistant magistrate
sat.
The prisoner throws himself on a
piece of mating laid on the top step
leading to the magistrates desk, his
trousers are pushed down, exposing
his thighs, and two men in ridiculous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
RUNS AWAY WITH STOVE
while PIES ARE BAKING
THIEF IN OHIO TAKES KITCHEN
STOVE WITH HOUSEWIVES
PASTRY IN OVEN.

Youngstown, O.-For stealing a
stove in which two pies were cooking
John Keishock was arrested the
other evening after a long chase. The
pies cooked as Keishock ran and were
well done when Elias Jones, police
court constable, caught the fugitive.
Both were Drowned so that the best
chef could not have improved them.
Keishock, the police assert, was
walking past the home of Charles
Pull, on East Boardman street, when
the odor of the cooking pies assailed
his nose. They smelled good and
Keishock, who had been without en-
ployment for a long time, was hun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Rats Ate His Money.

Sterling, Il.-Talk about Hamelin
and it's rats! Sterling has the old
town, made famous in rhyme, beaten
to a ~standstill on the rodent question
At least, when it comes to the value
of the pests. There are-or rather
there were-11 rats In this town that
cost the man who harbored them, just
$97 apiece. That man is E. A. Fread'
hoff, proprietor of a saloon. He killed
the animals, and has entered the sum
of 81 ,097 on the debit side of his profit
and loss account. The rats made their
nest in a space behind the cash
drawer in Freadhoff's saloon, got into
the money drawer and chewed up a
roll of bills. Then they we're killed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
HOW TO TEST LINsEEp OIL

There Is nothing that will make
paint go wrong on the house more
quickly than poor oil. 1t is as bad in
Its way as authorizations in the white
lead. Petroleum oil cheapeners may
be detected by placing a drop of the oil
on a black painted surface. If one sees
the characteristic iridescence or play
of colors which kerosene exhibits, it
Is evidence of adulteration. Corn and
fish oil can be detected by the smell.
Adulteration in white lead can best
be discovered by the use of a blow
pipe, which National Lead Company
will send with instructions free to
anyone interested in paint. Address,
National Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building, New York.
The reward of one duty done is the
power to fulfill another.-George Eliot
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
corns Hurt, Cuts of Toes.

Lewistown, Pa.-Miss Carrie Hogle
10 years old, of this city, was operated
on by local physicians and the little
toe of each foot was amputated on
account of corns. Miss Hogle has been
troubled for some time past from
corns, and the pain finally became un.
bearable and the operation was re
sorted to. After the toes had been
amputated the doctors discovered
symptoms of gangrene, and the pa.
tient is in a precarious condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Reads and Writes in the Dark.

A remarkable case of a somnambu-
list who can work and write in the
darkness is told by DR.. James Russell,
assistant physician to the Birmingham
England general hospital. The case
came under his notice in July, 1907,
when a girl, aged 81, was sent to the
hospital complaining of sleep-walking.
She was a typist, a teacher and a stu
dent of music. Both her parents were
dead. In her sleep-walking periods
she writes letters and post cards in
German, does crochet work, reads a
book and studies harmony. She does
all this in absolute darkness. If there
is a faint glimmer from the gas she
takes her work away to the farthest
corner of the room. After a few hours
she goes back to bed and beats her
head against the bedstead or with her
hands. Her eyes have been exam
ined. but the doctors have been unable
to find out why she can read and write
in the darkness, while in her normal
condition it is impossible for her to
do so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
In the Lono Auo,

Puritan Youth SUNDAY evening,
long ago)-Prithee, Priscilla, thinkest
thou it be truly goodly for married
folks to kiss on Sunday?
Puritan Maiden-I fear me not; but
thou knowest we be not married yet.
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
He Had.

The Doctor-That's a curious doc
trine. Is it philosophy or is 1t reli-
gion? Have you any ecclesiastical au-
thority for it?
The Observation-Disclosures
ceI.-Chicago Tribune.
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ThouuhtIess,

why doesn't Mrs. Flighty wear
that pink dress with her red hair?"
"She probably bought the dress be.
fore she changed from a brunette"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
AS II Should Be.

First Farmer hear you struck oil
last week.
Second Farmer-Yes.
First Farmer-How's 1t running?
Second Farmer - Smoothly.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
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500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to leafn
that there Is at least one dreaded disease that sciences
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that ID
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
being Q constitutional disease, requires Q constttup
tonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is iaken n,
terually, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength BY building up the constitution and assist
irg nature In doing its work. The proprietors have
20 much faith IN its curative powers that they Offer
Ono Hundred Dollars for any case that Il fails .
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 7sS
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
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der the Jurisdiction Of foreigners, 10
necessarily more merciful and lenient
than an unmixed Chinese court.
"A gentleman told me of witnessing
a courtroom scene in the interior of
China, where a man who refused to
confess was struck on the ankle bone
with a mallet until he tainted from
the hideous pain-the bone being
crushed to a jelly.
The most dreadful of all executions
in China is the ling chez, or hundred
cuts. where the condemned man is
given 80 cuts on different parts of the
body. contrived with such devilish
cunning that death does not come
until the last cut, reaching the heart,
puts them out of their agony.
This execution is only administered
for three crimes; attempted assassina-
ton of the emperor or empress, the
killing of father or mother or the kill
ing of a husband by a wife. The killing
of a wife by a husband is not so seri-
Gus a matter.
In China a man must sign his own
death warrant by mixing his thumb
and making the impression of it on the
D Chinese law, when once it has
a man in it's clutches, is loath to give
him up whether he be innocent or
guilty. So if he does not sign the war
rant willingly he is tortured until he
does it in sheer desperation.
Political prisoners, who are sen
fenced to Punishment, seldom reach
the place of their destination, for after
such a sentence there is almost always
an accident, either by the chair in
which he is carried being tipped while
on a bridge by one of the coolies
stumbling and thrown into the river,
where there is no hope of escape from
the clumsy, tightly-closed affair, or
else the banished one is mysteriously
attacked by highwaymen and muir.
dered.
All executions of any sort are free
for anyon man, woman or child, to
witness. And the effect of that uni
versal and deadly system of bribery is
only too apparent, a system that saps
the strength and ability of China tc
become a great country, for fran one
end of the kingdom to the other there
is no d~isinterested desire for ad
vancement; only a case of the big fish
eating up the little ones-and no man
so great that he cannot be bought.
If a prisoner condemned to be be
headed will pay the executioner a fat
bride he may expect to be sent out OF
existence with neatness and dispatch
after being heavily drugged with
opium. But if he refuses, he must suf
fer a clumsy execution that will be at
tended by torture and pain before the
end finally comes. Even in the simple
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

The delight of a first kiss too often
consists entirely in a strong magma
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

Way to Judge q Man.
There are two good ways to Judge .
manly what he doesn't pay and BY
what he doesn't say.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

The mixed court. being Jointly un.