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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02

S. +. WHITE, Atty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02

H. L. SHEPHERD, Attorney.
Gil 11-6
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE B, 1878.
Notice for Publication.

S L White. Atty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
THE COCA PLANT.
It's Leaves Used as an lnvisorant In
South America.

It's Leaves Used as an lnvigorant In
South America.
Coca is the South American invig-
GRANT. The shrub from which the coca
leaves are obtained grows under ia
vorable conditions to II height of about
four meters. 1t is cultivated In Peru
and Bolivia.
At the time the crop is gathered the
seeds are sown in beds, when they
gcrminate and grow, and in two
months the growing plants reach q
height of about foot. The leaves,
grown in the proper sunlight and
shade, are yellowish. small and thick.
This is the kind of leaf that is pre-
ferred for chewing by persons using
the leaf as Il stimulnnt. fortifier and
preventive of sleep and fatigue In the
performance Of arduous work, mas
much as they prevent rheumatism,
from which miners suffer when work
ing in mines that contain much water.
Indians who masticate the leaves of
this plant can work twenty-four hours
without eating or sleeping.
Coca leaves are used by the natives
when engaged in long aud fatiguing
journeys and by soldiers when subject
TO hardships and priyations. They may
be used with all kinds of food and are
said to cure dyspepsia, either taken as
an infusion in the shape Of ten or by
masticating the leaves. The life of the
plant when perfect Is eighty years.
Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
AUSTRALIAN RAIN.
When It Doee Fall II pours Down In a
Perfect Flood.

When II Doee Fall It Pours Down, In a
Perfect Flood.
How different things are In the old
world from what they are IN the far.
away tropics!
"They had 10 rain here for IL fort
night, and they called 1t drought.
wrote an Australian from Scotland l..
scornfully superior tone calculated
to induce the belief that 1t never rain
In Australia and that drougits last i!
hundred years. Not so. Australia 4
the land of contrasts. A drought Iii,
lasted for seven years. But what 1
there even In Scotland to compare witt
the persistency of Australian rain
when II does see TT to fail?
For eleven weeks without stoppin.
did the rain continue to moisten TIL,
dry places of Sydney some years ago
washing out most cruelty the brief
bright season of winter. when the Aus
'trallan looks for living Instead Of eA
istence aud peace instead of pressure.
And what rain! 1t shot from the loud
like arrows. and the whole world was
battlefield during that July AS the
arrows darted into the earth the earth
rose and dashed into the air. and rain
and mud met and grappled with each
other day after day. night after night.
week after week. And the battle was;
neither to the rain nor TO the mud. \
strange ana horrid situation arrived
Sydney ran clean ont of galochcs.
For two weeks not galochc wa. I ],
be had in the rain drenched city for
love or money. Then Il fresh shipl0ntl
arrived from somewhere or other. And
thcn-the rain stopped!-London Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
W sars T iaIlE[ Jun,
Garland Would Have Swallowed .at Il
). Il Had Killed Him.

Garland Would Have Swallowed .9t Il
: Il Had Killed Him.
Augustus n. Garland, who was at
torney general under President Cleve-
land. vas very fond of practical Jokes
and during his term of service In the
senate frequently turned the laugh on
his colleagues. Senators Voorhees, and
Vest; with whom he was very friendly,
finally determined to. turn the tables.
Mr.. Garland. hal habit. like voor-
hoes. nf mnncliing candy. and Vest and
Voorhees, nade Ii up between them to
take advantage of his fondness for
sweets to play their trick. They had
some tempting looking chocolate cara
eaels prepared. with the interior filled
with brown soap. These they took to
the senate chamber. and Voorhees,
placed them nn his desk. The lid being
off. when Mr.. Garland sauntered down
the aisle lie noticed them at once.
What have. you there, Damp he In
Quired!.
Voorhees, looked up .carelessly from
his writing and responded: "Caramels.
Help yourself"
Garland needed no second Invitation
and. picking UP two or three. placed
one iii his mouth. Steadily he chewed
away. his face betraying no sign of the
conflict within him. This alarmed
Voorhees,. who went to Vests desk and
said
Hes eating them. Vest! What shall
we do? The stuff will kill him sure!'
Scnntor Vest replied that 1t could do
no more thnn' make him sick. Garland
swallowed the STUFF. although he was
foaming at the mouth from the soap,
suds. He rclatcd the incident after.
ward with great gusto and said he
would have swallowed 1t If 1t had
killed him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
KNOWN sy aIokNAMEs.
Places Where . Genuine Surname
Never Even Heard.

Places Where . Genuine Surname 10
Never Even Heard.
In many places in Great Britain, and
especially in some Of the fishing vii.
lagos Of Cornwall and of certain parts
Of Scotland. such n thing as a genuine
surname is never even heard. Every
man In the place is known by nick.
name.
In most of these villages this has
been brought about originally by the
fact that all the inhabitants have only
had very few surnames among them.
One or two prevailing families have
represented the population and have
married and intermarried till trying to
distinguish man by his surname has
only created confusion. And even
some of the nicknames have begun to
act in the same way. At village not
very far from Wick the writer knows
Of some fishermen who had originally
been nicknamed Dummy" and had
left so many descendants that Other
specific nicknames had been necessary
to distinguished which of the DUN.
pys" was meant on given occasions.
At another village not far from thii
one several nicknames have In the
same way become the only known fam
lily names. The writer was once in
the general shop here when small
boy came in and asked for some ar
ticlc, stating that 1t was for Blower
"Blower!" said the shopkceper.
(which Blower? There are scores of
Blowcrs?"
The child answered Mt once:
cts for 'Bowleggit' Blower. Red
Lugged' cared Blowers laddie."-
London Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
FLY Foes IN INDIA.
A Plague That at Times Makes Life
Unbearshle In Calcutta.

A Plague That at Times Makes Life
Unbearsble In Calcutta.
One Of the evils of Calcutta Is the
plague Of green files, from which the
whole city suffers at certain times in
the year. The happy hunting time Of
these minute insects Is during the late
autumn and early winter. They are a
serious nuisance both in and out Of
doors. They wing their way through
NIL the open doors into the houses and
into every room. making life unbear-
able.
Like most insects. the little green
flies have great affection for the
flame. On occasion the Inhabitants
have found 1t necessary to put out all
the gasllghts. even at public dinner.
and to take their meals practically in
deep gloom, Illuminated only by flick
ering candles
Naturally 1t Is not Mt all pleasant to
go on eating with dense. clouds Of In
sects swarming overhead or, roasted
to death. falling about one in patterIng
showers.
They seem to spring into existence
from nowhere. Perhaps 1t is almost
dusk when the lights of the street
lamps are becoming visible. Then
suddenly the air. which a moment be-
fore was quite clear, Is full of myriads
of green flies. drifting in misty patches
and obscuring the street lamps.
Often the number of insects which
have been scorchcd to death is so great
that little heaps of them collect inside
the lamps, while bucket loads have to
be swept up from the roads next morn
ing-London Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
PUBLIC PUNISHMENT.
rhs Days of the Whipping Post
Stocks and BRANDING Irons.

the DAYS OF the Whipping Post
Stocks and Branding Irons.
Up until the end of the war and Il
little while after the whipping post and
stocks stood not fur from the north.
west corner Of the courthouse and be-
tween that building and the present
postoffice, and there the last whipping
N0ok place, though us 1t began it was
Ought to be stopped by federal Off
Ger. The sheriff was, however, simply
carrying out the mandate of the old
court of pleas and quarter sessions.
In those days the; stocks and the
whipping post, too. were special attrac-
tions. notably to boys. The latter were
allowed to ridieule people who sat in
the stocks, which held their hands and
feet, but not to throw anything at
J them.
or course this deprived the boys of
some degree of pleasure. yet they con-
trived to get a good deal of fun out of
the thing anyway. 1t seems odd now
even TO think of such scenes as these
must have been. Figure to yourself
passing by the courthouse green at
Charlotte or Raleigh md seeing gen
tleman held by the Ankles and wrists
by wooden bars. sitting there in thu
sunshine for NIL the world to- look ut.
Those were the days of the branding
Iron too. a set of gives of iron. In use
for holding the ankles or wrists, are on
exhibition here. but of branding iroas
there are none. These. were used here
In January, 1865. for the last time
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30

thing in the penetrating odor of the
contents seena1 to cleave through far
mental wastes TO an intimate, though
mysterious, goal. He put it to his lips
and drank thirstily.
As the burning liquid scorched his
throat recludescence of old impulses
surscd up through the crust of more
modern usage. The Harry Sanderson
Of the new, remorseful, temperate life,
Of chastened impulses of rote and rule
and reformed habit-the rector of st.
James-had been lost on that wild
night ride. The man who had awak-
ened in the freight car was the Satan
Sanderson of four years before.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
VANITY OF coNvIcTs.
The Way Some Men Spruce Up In the
Penitentiary.


Penitentiary.
"The yainest lot Of men ever did
know are behind these walls" renurk.
ed convict In the penitentiary. "Fo.
fastldious dressing and cleanliness
have never seen anything like 1t. Those
who have been accustomed to sleeking
up on the outside grow much worse IN
here, and those who never even combed
their hair on the outside have it as
Clearly parted ms they can. know of
a hundred instances where convicts
have rlsked being padded or having
time taken away just for the sake of
shaving. They get hold of a razor or
improyisc one and keep 1t in their cells.
They all have mirrors in their cells
along with the calendars.
II know of one Instance of trusted
prisoner who begged for weeks to be
allowed to wear hat instead of the
prison cap because he thought he did
not look well In It. Whenever they get
an opportunity they press their trou-
sers. They save collars for Sundays
and appear very clean and neat and
nice In chapel. guess 1t Is all be.
cause they have time to think about
Themselves more than ever. II man
has nothing but himself to think about
he takes more pride In himself. Or
maybe they want something with which
to. pass away the time n.their cells."-
Columbus Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
FERN LEAVES.
They Arc Valuable Fer Preserving Ar.
tieles of Food,

They Arc Valuable Fer Preserving Ar
tieles of Food.
The fern plant, which grows almost
everywhere. Is an excellent preserva-
tive for packing articles of food. fruit,
etc. People who have lived in Eng
land know that the English have used
1t successfully for many years. Val
liable fruit, fresh butter, etc, are no
longer seen in the English markets
packed in grapevine leaves. but almost
always In fresh fern leaves, which
keep the articles eXcellently. This is
done where grapevine leaves nre to be
had in abundance. Every one posted
well in botany knows the high preserv-
ative power of fern leaves with refer
ence to vegetable and animal sub
stances.
On the Isle of Man fresh herrings
are packed In ferns and arrive on the
market in as fresh a condition as when
they were shipped. Potatoes packed
in ferns keep many months Longer
than others packed only In straw. Ex-
perimcnts made with both straw and
fern leaves In the same cellar showed
surprising results in favor of ferns.
While the potatoes packed in straw
mostly showed signs of rotting tn the
spring, these In ferns We're rs fresh as
If they had just been dug.
Fresh meat is also well preserved by
fern leaves. 1t would seem rs If the
highly preservative qualities of fern
leaves are due to their high percentage
of salt. No larvae. maggots. etc. APP
proach ferns. MS the strong odor keeps
them away..New York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Blankets CT Bark.

In Ecuador. one Of the South Ameri-
can republics, the bark of IL tree which
grows on the slopes of the Andes is
utilized for the making of blankets.
The blanket is over six feet long and
over five feet wide and is as soft and
pllable as though 1t We're made of fan
mel. 1t Is about the thickness of a
good flannel blanket and can he rolled
up and put in u strap without hurting
or injuring it. This tree or bark blan
ket is merely II strip .of bark cut froa,
Il section of the trunk of the Dlanke
or demajagua tree. The Indians make
Il cutting around the trunk to get II
and the. prepare 1t by soaking 1t III
water until 1t is soft. 1t il; then pound
ed so that the rough outside can be
stripped off and the inside alone left.
The inside is OF fine fibers so Joined
together by nature that 1t makes 8
beautiful blanket, warm enough to b.
used as a cover and soft enough for II
notfrnSS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
One Trouble After Another.

~ have just found out about ill.,.
woman opposite me after two years o..
mystery and anxiety" said tie Hat
dweller :She is pretty. fat. rolly
poly woman with white complexion
who sits at her window halfsof her
time doing nothing, She las boy OF
about ten. Her life seemed SO simple
and still l didn't see how she lived
Evidently she didn't support hus-
band. but who supported her: The
thing worried me. but last night |
found how 1t was. Her husband Ii "A
violin player who plays all MI lit long-at
some concert halland sleeps tllellvelong
day. Id rather work for my living
thap keep the house quiet for hus
band who has to sleep all day. then
gets up just at the time you want to
go out for little rollicking and plays
the violin. somewhere" New York
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30

Whenever you feel that your
stomach has gone wrong, or when
You feel that it is not in good order
as is evidenced by mean headaches
nervousness, bad breath, and belch-
ing, take something at times, and
especially after your meals until re-!
lief is afforded. There is nothing
better offered the public today for
stomach troubles, dyspepia, indiges-
ton, ETC., than KODOL. This is a
scientific preparation of natural CT
gestants combined with vegetable aci
and 1t contains the same juices found
in every healthy stomach. KODoL is
guaranteed to give relief. 1t is
pleasant to take; it will make you
feel fine by digesting what you eat.
Sold by all druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
dLp TIME ZOOLOGY.
The Queer insects Lawson Discovered
In North Carolina.

Ol8G0V6S30
In North Carolina.
In the Raleigh state library Is an
interesting old volume pressa,cd by
President Madison l.: 1881. This quaint
book is the first history o. North Caro-.
lima, written In 17il by John Lawson,
Geut," surveyor general of tue lords
proprietors. The history is well worth
reading. hut perhaps the most enter.
tanning portion of its many pages is
that in which, Mr.. Lawson describes
the flora and fauna OF the new coun-
try. He is evidently the ancestor of
the railway conductor who decided
that, according to the rules OF the road.
dogs is dogs and cats is dogs, but
turtles is insects"
I'VE will next treat of BEASTS" saws
the historian. THE chief are the Buffe.
10, or Wild Beef; the Tiger: the Bever:
and the Bearmouse. The Bulfelo is q
Wild Beast of America which has a
Bunch on his Back. These monsters
are found to weigh las AM Informed
by Traveller of Credit, from 100 TO
2400 weight
"The Bat or Bearmouse is the same
as in England. have put this among
the Beasts as partaking of both the
Nature of the Bird and the Mouse.
Now shall proceed to the known In.
sects of the Place.
insects of North Carolina: Allcga-
tors. mathematics. Frogs, vipers. Tor
teis, Terebin. Rottenwood Worms (etc.).
"The Alligator is the same as the
Crocodile. After the Tail of tho Ale
gator is removed from the Body 1t will
move freely for several Days. have
named these among the Insects be,
cause they lay Eggs, and did not
know well where else to put them"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
The room s,cam before her eyes.

ride. A door opened from the room
into the Office. 1t was ajar. She step
ped close and looked in.
A group of miners lounged in the
space before the front windows-fa-
miliarly referred to by its habitues
as 1.-THE amen corner"-chatting and
watching the passersby.
Suddenly she clapped her hand to her
mouth to stife cry. A name had
been spoken the name that was in her
thought-the n:lne of Hugh Stires
She leaned forward, listening breath.
lessly.
Il wonder where the young black.
legs been" said one, peerlng through
the windows. He'd better have stayed
away for good, I'm thinking. VIVA!
does he W:!:it to cone back for, to q
place where there aren't three men
who will tat:c a drink with him?"
: Jessica looked about her an instant
wildly. guilty. She could not be mis-
taken in the name. Was Hugh here,
whittier ',y The veriest accident she
had comei!cre in this very town that
she had ga1ed down upon every day
for weeks? Was he? No. no; it could
not be. She had not heard Alright.
But she had an Overwhelming desire
to satisfy lic:sclf with her own eyes.
From where she stood she could not
see the street. She bethousht herself
of the upper balcony
Swiftly she crossed to the hail door
threw 1t open and ran hastily up the
STAIR
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
A Clock Case Made of Pennies.

a novelty in clockmaking consists
of a timepiece whose case is made of
English pennies. The coins. of which
there are nirety-siX. all bear the date
1897 and were beaten out to almost
double their original size and then
riveted together. while the figures were
made of small strips of copper cement.
ed OH to the face. The clock stands
fourteen inches high and is eight inch.
es broad at the base. That time Is
money is an adage With which we all
more or less agree, but this is case
in which the saying might be reversed
and still remain true. The clock Is
owned by resident of Laurel Bank
Ilkley. Yorkshire, England.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Postmaster Not to 3. HURRIED

A nobleman's new land agent and
steward, who went to live ON the es-
tates about fifteen miles from Grana-
ia. sent letters to the village postofIice
every day for three weeks. but got no
replies. Thinking this very strange.
he rode over to the village and inter.
viewed the postmaster.
oh" exclaimed the postmaster.
"you are the new agent on the ducal
estates! Well. your letters are all safe.
The villagers rarely write letters, and
as have to ride on my donkey four
miles to the railway station to catch
the mail train you don't suppose fol
one moment. do you. that am going
TO undertake this pilgrimage every dn,
with your stupid letters? have Their.
all here in a broken jug. and when the
lug gets full shall take ride 10 the
station and post the whole lot at once.''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Liohtino the Nest.

There dwells in upper Burma bird
with the high sounding name Of New
courts baza. but which Is really sort
Of blackbird. 1t is conspicuously clev-
err. at least In one curious particular.
for it actually lights up its nest av.tti-
'cially. To do this 1t works up lot o.
clay into balls and sticks these balls all
over with living tirelies in such way
that. although the firefiies are held cap
live. they shine all the same. The New.
courts baza then decorates Its nest
with half IL dozen or 50 of these balls
by hanging them round The balls
last for only u few days and are then
replnced by others. and so on ali
through the nesting season.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Man and the Motor.

Yep" said Uncle Rooster rs he so
berry traced in the glass the increas
Ing whiteness of his hair and beard
and the remarkable deepening and
spreading OF his innumcrable facial
wrinkles-'yep, man is like the moto,
car, by guinea"
How so:" inquired the city nephew
Because" said Uncle Rooster. "by
the time he's got In good workin order
in all his bearin's AN paid fur hisseli
to the last installi:scnt am learnt to dc
lis daily run Will ease al certainty
an never a breakdown, why, he's an-
tiauated by that time. the moo models
Is out, an there's nothln' fur him but
the shelf.''-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
"Who's Who In the Story

SATAN" SANDERSON, tho
hero. daredevil. quixotic friend and
minister of the Gospel.
HUGH sTIREs, prodigal and
criminal.
JEssICA HoLME, the beautiful
heroine. helpless in the rush of
events and the principal sufferer in
case of mixed identity.
MRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle.
DAVID STIRES, stern. vet for
giving. and at the last made happy
BY another's unhappiness.
TEE BISHOP, the victim Of a
misunderstanding.
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
ligious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole weight of the story.
EMMETT PRENDERGAsT. tho
false friend. perjurer and thief.
THE SHERIFF, who is very
much divided between duty and in.
clination.
"BIG" DEvLIN, who turns
champion instead of prosecutor aft.
er the hero's race with DEATH
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
eath.rina .Ro....

I've gathered roses and the like In
many glad and golden Junes. but now
as down the world hike, my weary
hands are filed with prunes. I've gath
cred roses DER and DER, and some
were white and some We're red, but
when took them to the store the
grocer wanted eggs Instead. gather.
cd roses long ago. in other days, In
other scenes. and people said. you
ought to go and dig the weeds .out of
your beans" A million roses loone,.
and died: million more viii die I.
day. Tint man is wise VI iio LEI; III,
slide and gathers up the bales Of hi.
-Emporla Gazette.