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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
Why a Woman Usually
Kills When She
Uses Man as a Target

E, coroner's jury within few hours Of
the crime.
The case of Bertha CLAICHE, the So
called white slave" who shot and
killed Emil Gerdron, is well remem-
bered. Feeling that she had been
abused beyond endurance, she pur-
chased a revolver and killed Gerdron
with the first and only bullet she
fired from it.
Seem Never to Miss Their Aim.
There are many more, all of them
| proving conclusively that the woman
with a pistol almost never misses her
| man.
And why is it?
Why does the woman with the pis-
to so seldom miss her aim? 1t is alb
solutely one chance in thousand that
she fails to shoot true. Policemen the
country over will tell you this. TIE
frail, hysterical creature with the new
pistol which she never dared touch
before-so she will tell you-is far
more dangerous than the best target
| shot or the most dangerous thug or
highwayman that ever held up a
passer-by.
Cowboys and bad men of the west,
brought up to use Colts and Reming-
tons as playthings, men who can
shoot off the heads of rattlesnakes
from their ponies, miss their men
time and again.
But woman seems never to miss
hers, afraid of the revolver as she is.
Ever see a row in a cowboy saloon
The room is crowded with siX-shooter
experts. Somebody shoots and then
everybody shoots. When fifty or sixty
shots have been fired the guns are
empty, the smoke clears away, the
, lamps are relighted-and probably no.
body has been killed. Nearly all the
shooters could hit dime at rs yards.
Yet one angry, overweight woman,
who has never fired a pistol in her
life, brings down the man she wants
to kill every time.
Men Rarely Hit Mark.
The average American man knows
something about a revolver; but he
can rarely hit anything with it. No
body ever saw a policeman who could
shoot straight further than at three
foot range. Thugs and hold-up men
know that--time and again they get
away in a fusillade of bullets which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

gage in these rows have handled wea-
pons almost from infancy. They come
from neighborhoods where it is Gus
tomary for all the males to bear arms
and use them promptly when a Per
sonal question arises.
Shoot Straight by Instinct.
Their women are unarmed and I'M
familiar with the steel that is the
But right in New York there are al
ways pending two or three cases in
which a woman of this type has taken
a pistol in her hand for the first time
to avenge her wrongs and fired 1t
straight and true.
There is curious psychology of pis-
toll shooting, into which the condi-
ton of woman, strung to high ner-
vous tension, and her unfamiliarity
with the weapon fit perfectly. In an
instant, and by instinct, she is on n
par with the greatest marksmen OF
the age. Were she to try to repeat
her performance against the biggest
of targets at ten PAGES it would be
safe to give any odds that she could
not hit It at all.
The theory of pistol shooting is a
true point, a steady hand and the dis
charge Of the weapon at the instant
of point when the hand is steady. The
pistol expert never runs his eye along
the sight until the bright steel tip
at the barrels end covers the mark
he wishes to puncture. The best shots
among the cowboys will fire from the
hip almost as we'll as from the Shout
der. When they fire from any posi-
,tion their steady eyes are on the tar
get, not on the gun barrel.
Unerring Index Finger.
If you.-a woman, for example-will
select anything in the room, a door
knob, the head in a picture, figure
in the wall paper, and suddenly point
your index finger at it you will find
by running your eye along the finger
that you have drawn a perfect line on
the mark. II you will take paper
cutter in your hand, or a pocket knife,
or stick, and try the same expert
ment, holding the object along your in
dex finger, you will find your aim is
almost, if not quite as good.
When you come to try shooting on
the point you will not be as successful
as when you aimed the empty pistol,
because your mind Is divided between
the effort to point straight and the
speculation as to what will happen
when you pull the trigger. You will
be thinking about the jump of the
weapon, it's kick" and wondering
whether flying powder will hit you in
the eye, or how the report will affect
your ear drums. The nervous antici-
patton of the report alone is apt to
destroy the success of your instructive
point Your hand trembles, too, and
you do not shoot at the instant Of
point, but delay long enough to let
your excited nerves wabble the muz.
zle.
But if you could only forget that
the revolver would make a noise, or
kick, or that it had a bullet in it.; If
the weapon had trigger with light
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
VALUE OF FIELD
GOAL IS REDUCED
NTERCOLLEGlATE FOOTBALL
RULES COMMITTEE CUTS 1T
TO THREE POINTS.
STAR KICKER LESS A FACTOR
Rumored Changes Relating to For.
ward Pass Fail to MateriaIize-
Fake Attempt by Center to Pass
Ball Is Penalized-SeveraI other
Minor Changes Made.

An important change in the foot
ball rules was made by the intercol-
legiate football rules committee which
met in New York City recently, in the
reduction of points for goal from the
field from four to three. The object
of this change is to prevent two goals
from the field counting more than a
hard won touchdown and goal. Two
goals from the field now will count
the same as touchdown and goal.
The change will reduce the impor-
lance to teams of star field kickers,
and will make it harder for medic
ere team with good kicker beating
out better all around team without
a star kicker. There were numerous
instances last year when games were
won on account of the high value of
two goals from the field.
The only other change of impor-
lance was in relation to infection of
penalties. During the year there was
frequent confusion over their infiic-
ton when two penalties had been in
Cured by one team for the same play.
The rules now provide that in case
of two penalties being incurred the Of
Tending team will have the option Of
saying which penalty shall be i'm
posed.
The rules relating to a touchdown
provide that the side making touch
back shall have the option of kicking
out or keeping the ball for a scrim-
mage on the line. The change is de-
signed to remove some of the hard
ships of team down under it's own
goal, especially when it has been
forced there otherwise than by rush
rushes Before the kick and better
chance to hold the line after the
kick
The committee adopted rule pro-
viding that when center feints or
makes a fake attempt to pass the ball
his team shall be penalized five yards.
Another change relating to the en-
forcement of penalties provides that
no penalty can be imposed to carry
the ball over the line either for a
touchdown or safety. 1t also pro-
vides that hereafter play must stop
Immediately when the referee blows
his whistle for foul. There was
some confusion in this particular last
year due to the fact that play con-
tinued after the whistle was blown
In some cases the changes simply are
in the way of Qualification of rules
as thew have existed
There were no changes in the rules
relating to the forward pass, which
were limited at previous to the meet
ing. One feature of this rule was
clarified to provide that the ends who
are more than one foot behind the
scrimmage line shall be out of play
and ineligible to handle the ball.
Heretofore the rules confused the ref
cree when the end was more than a
foot but less than a yard behi;-d the
line, and the rule now makes the def
mite provision as to the dead zone
Heretofore the rules have contained
no diagram of the position of various
players, and this will be remedied by
it's inclusion hereafter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
REAR POULTRY FOR MARKET.
Unfortunates Confined In Penitentiar)
Find Both Diversion and Profit
in Scheme.

A novel experiment is in process
of development at the Mcneil Island
Federal penitentiary, near Tacoma,
Wash, where the convicts are rearing
Chinese pheasants and Rouen. call
ducks for the market, affording the
prisoners a diversion that relieves
their minds from the pail of prison
life and gives them a small income
which they are deyoting to the pur-
chase of books, newspapers and maya
zines and which has enriched them
also by a photograph, the vocal and
instrumental strains from which re-
sound to their delight through corri-
doris and cells. The experiment is the
result of an idea which originated
with United States Marshal C. B. Hep
kins, whose headquarters are in Seat
tie and who advanced the prisoners
the necessary fund for the purchase Of
original stock.
Pens. yards and ooope have been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

Venturing guess as to the probable
game at Cincinnati, a Smoky City cor
respondent presents the following COM
bination: Battery, Maddox and Glib
son; first base, Abstein; second base,
Abbaticchio; third base, Leach; short
stop, Wagner; outfielders, Clarke, Will
son and Moeller
Abstein, new first baseman for the
Pirates, is a star association football
player. When the Pilgrim eleven
comes over from England next fall the
diamond star will be one of the men
to oppose the Britishers at st. Louis.
Manager Lajoie becomes more opti-
mistic each day. He can see nothing
but Cleveland in the American league
and predicts that the Maps will jump
into the lead and never be headed.
Grant is leading off for the Phillies
and has convinced Murray that he is
the best of his team mates at getting
to first base.
Despite the optimism which comes
from the Maps training camp, the boss
of the bunch is still trying to get a
shortstop. Ball and Austin of the
Highlanders are being considered.
At rainy afternoon dopefest one OF
the Giants figured out that McGraws
team has been batting at 800 clip in
the practice games.
A big shakeup in the New York
Highlanders is threatened unless the
team batting improves.
Jack Thoney is unable to get into
condition through illness and Hooper
is likely to get his place on the Bos
ton Americans.
Brown, former Boston catcher, who
started the craze of having the appen-
dix removed to help in ball playing,
refuses to report to Toronto He says
he is sick and couldn't earn his salary
and wouldn't cheat the club.
Barney Dreyfuss told very close
friend at Hot Springs the other day
that he believed he had much strong.
err team than last year.
Ed Reulbach informs Manage
Chance he expects to get contro;
quicker this year than ever before. In
years past it has taken Ed until June
to find the plate with much consis.
tency.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

built by the prisoners. who have re-
garded the task as much more of a d.
version than labor. Under the care.
full handling the birds have received
good progress has been made, until
now the penitentiary has. goodly
array of both ducks and pheasants
ready for the market.
In the beginning a pair of Rouen
ducks was imported from France, the
native ground, and the best speci.
mems of Chinese pheasants were OBJ
tanned. The initial outlay was some
thing more than 500. Both breeds
are well adapted to the climate of Pu.
get sound, where the Chinese bird has
for years been well known. The
Rouen ducks are used as decoy birds,
as they will call in wild ducks to the
retreat where they have been placed
by the hunter.
Something fewer than 100 prisoners
are held in the Puget sound penitea-
tiary. Many ere from Alaska, there
being no federal prisons in the porth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

pull that would not drag your point
from the target, you could do some
very remarkable shooting by depend
ing solely on the instinct which d.
reefs your index finger when you
thrust it at any object.
Now, the explanation for the in
credible craftsmanship displayed by
an agitated woman lies in the instinct
to point straight. She has never fired
a pistol before, and she never thinks
of aiming it. She does not think Of
the jump or the report. She lie too
agitated, too excited, too hystericsl. to
consider any of these things. She does
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

, not even think about the Eai.t. Gt,e
points instinctively, as ys.i VIZ With
your index finger. Her mind Is ecu
centrated with terrible intensity OF
the one idea of vengeance, of putting
a bullet into the hated face or heart
before her This intensifies the point
instinct And her nervous tension is
such that her hand, thrusting out a
pistol, is as steady as the proverbia,
rock at the instant of shooting. The
same nervous tension gives her fin.
gers strength to pull the stiffes. trig.
ger at the instant she points the re.
volver.
Expert Shot for the Moment.
In short, for the fraction of a sec
ond this woman who has never fired
pistol approaches the ideal condition
| of the expert pistol shot-a sure point
a steady hand, Indifference to the
jump or the report and the sure trig
ger pull. Usually the report instantly
reduces this awful, iron-nerved figure
of vengeance to limp, sobbing, tear
lasts long enough for the firing of sew.
eral shots. If any miss it win usually
be the last one or two fred.
In any event, this same woman who
has executed such swiftly accurate
satisfaction for her injuries could lie
hit any sort of a mark with her r.stol
under anything like normal condi
lions. The chances are that she would
scream and drop the weapon when ii
was discharged, and her bullet would
be likely 30 pierce the sky or bury
itself in the. ground. In any event
the result would be an accident.
For the same reason a hold-up
man is as dangerous as a mad dog
He is usually the cheapest, most con,
temptible type of man to be found I'll
all the criminal class. He is apt to
he frail, almost weakling, his nerves
shattered with drugs and drink. He
is nervous and afraid when he stands
some stout citizen up at the point OF
his revolver. If the citizen resists, II
he starts for the hold-up man, CT
strikes at him, the thug is apt to shoot
in sheer fear, and fear of that sort,
completely dominating a creature OF
such a type. is very apt to make hin,
point on instinct and shoot deadly
straight.
But the average, normal man who
tries to shoot with a revolver has
probably fred a few times and is
painfully conscious of the fact that
he can't hit barn door. He tries to
aim. he delays too long with his point
His muzzle wabbles; the bullet may
strike anywhere. Even when pos
sessed with wrath, the average
healthy, normal man has a nervous
system strong enough to resist the
complete control of himself by the
passion which controls his actions.
He still thinks, as he shoots, what he
is doing. He has his attention partly
diverted to the weapon. And the tar
get has fair chance.
But the overweight woman who
thinks she is desperately wronged
never seems to miss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

be as apt to shoot herself as hit the
target. Yet when she is nerved to it
she shoots straight every time.
There are frequent outbreaks in the
foreign colonies of the country's large
cities in which the hot-tempered bring
some long-standing feud to a climax
at the pistol point; The scene is
usually a crowded dance hall or dim
alley and the men are massed close.
But when the police come they usual.
ly find the dead and wounded surpris-
ingly few. considering the short range
and the number of shots fired from
so many weapons. The men who en-.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

had never used a revolver, killed Gus
tav Simon, wealthy manufacturer at
No. GAO Broadway, in November of
the preceding year. She had an argu-
ment with him over money matters
and without warning shot him through
the heart.
The case of Madeline Wassar Lang.
LOTT, who shot and killed her father
in August of the same year, is still
fresh in the memory of many. Her
father had killed her mother and was
about to attack her little sister. She
picked up revolver; she had never
fired one before. But she killed him
instantly. She was acquitted by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

are just as apt to kill somebody across
the street or in the next block as to
bring down the intended targets. The
Jesse James men with their pistols
were no match for the sturdy farmers
with their shotguns. You must be an
expert to shoot straight with a revol-
yer.
1t takes long practice and steady
nerves. You must know the entire
theory of the gun.
Why is it then, that a woman, who
is all nerves, trembling with excite
ment and resentment, hits her mark
every time? Alone and calm, were
she practising with pistol, she would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
A CURE FOR FITS.
The Treatment Is to Accomplish
What Science Has Been Strug-
Cling to Attain for Centuries.

The intense interest that has been mani
tested throughout the country by the won.
derful cures that are being accomplished
daily by epilepticide still continues. 1t is
really surprising the vast number of PEG,
pie who have already been cured of fits
and nervousness. In order that everybody
may have chance to test the medicine,
large trial bottles, valuable literature, His.
tory of Epilepsy and testimonials, will be
sent by mail absolutely free to all who
write to the DIR. May Laboratory, 54s
Pearl Street, New York City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

The woman stands back
She looks at her hand. In II
is a new revolver-she has
never fired one before.
And at her feet lies a
small, crumpled-up heap OF
- humanity-the dead always
seem to grow smaller-the thing be-
fore her was once a man. And she
has killed him with one sure, straight
shot!
'Die as you deserved" she screams,
and then she looks at the thing of
steel in her hand.
For a moment she is all nerve.
Then she realizes. This, thing in her
hand is a pistol. something she has
never used before. Yet at her first
shot she has hit the bulls-eye-she
has killed a man. Once she would
have been afraid to take up a pistol;
now she has used it with deadly eff
feet. Once she couldn't have hit the
target. Now she has shot dead the
man she hates. She has killed him
with one shot! Her aim has been alb
solutely true to the mark she meant
it to reach-a mans heart!
The police records of New York for
the past two years reveal dozen
cases in which women who had never
handled firearms have shot and killed
men with unerring aim. In most
cases only one shot was fired, a
further evidence of their deadly aim.
In the cases In which more than one
shot was fired the other tullets went
wild, showing concluslve]y that a
woman's ability to shoot straight lies
in her instinct to point straight and
pull the trigger without taking aim,
says a writer in the New York World.
Their First Shot Fatal.
One of the best known cases that
illustrates this is the case of Sara
Koten, a New York hospital nurse,
who shot and killed DR.. Martin Aus
pitt last June. She is accused of hav-
ing for days before the shooting
nerved herself for the deed. She had
never handled a revolver in her life.
but when she finally made up ner
mind to kill him, according to the
charge against her, she finished him
with one shot.
With one shot Anisia Louise De
Massey, young French woman, who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
Her Womanlx Curiosity.

81 have put aside enough money"
said the bachelor of SO, ito make it
sure that I shall be decently buried
without expense to the public"
Why" asked the maiden who was
verging on 80, ''do you think you ought
to have decent burial?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
Harris Great Good Humor.

''No man ever maintained his life at
q higher level Of perpetual good
humor," writes James w. Lee of Joel
Chandler Harris in the Century. "The
day before he died, when he was al
ready beginning to pass into the dark
valley Of death, one of his sons came
into the room and inquired: How are
you this morning, father?'
"'Well,' responded Mr.. Harris, am
about the extent of tenth Of gnat's
eyebrow better"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

1t is the only cure for Swollen, Smart
ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
.gists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
New Catcher Looks Good.

Of the new Pirate catchers, Mike
Simon appears best. He is reported
to be a fine thrower and one Of tbs
hardest workers in the game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

1t is the man who can't do things
that is always telling others how to
do them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

To have more of Health and more of
Life, take Garfield Teal This Natural laxa-
tive regulates liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels, corrects constipation, purifres the
blood and eradicates disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

WE PAY Toilets. FOR cow HIDES
and high price for furs. Sell traps cheap.
N. w. Hide 81 Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

In case of accident, cuts, wounds,
burns, scalds, sprains, bruises, etc., moth
ing will so quickly take away all pain
and soreness as Hamlins Wizard Oil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

The most expensive trousseau On
record is that OF the late empress of
China. The trovsseau cost ever
$1,00J,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

The world may owe you a living,
young man, but by the time you col
lect it you will be ready to give the
undertaken a job.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

The man who separates people from
their coin will be remembered long
time after the undertaken plants him.
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Pettit's Eye SaIve for Csc

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches, congested, inhamed or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Doesn't Entertain,

did you say he was a lecturer and
entertainer
mo; merely said he was a lee
turer."
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FAIRLY WARNED.

See here, kid, IL ever catches you
cryin' like dat big BOBBY here. I'll dis
own you and cut you off without
penny. See!'
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A Domestic Eye Remedy
Compounded by Experienced Physicians
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws.
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
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SHIP VEAL POULTRY BUTTER EGGS
to G. L. Bradley, Minneapolis, Mimi.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
fammaton, alays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
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Giving means self-enrichment a.
well as self-sacrifice.-Woo
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LINGUISTIC Resources.

rs this story you are telling me of
hill-climbing, true one?"
Yes, it is on the level"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

Stealing away from bad company is
justifiable larceny.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

The man who is full, usually carries
pocket which is empty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
T last!''

T last"
The woman stands back.
She looks at her hand. In 1t
is a new revolver-she has
never fired one before.
And at her feet lies a
small, crumpled-up heap of
humanity-the dead always
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Western Canada
MORE BIG CROPS IN 1908

Another $4,000 set
tiers from the United
States. New dis
tricts opened for set
Element. 800 acres
ofland to each set.
tler,-160 free