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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12

- HERE are two snuff takers in the
] United States senate, Mr. Over
man of North Carolina and Mr.. Carter
of Montana For the benefit of these
two men the senate still maintains the
official snuff boxes, which are kept
carefully with fresh material for pro-
ducing sneezes.
These boxes are little lacquered af-
fairs about four inches long, two and
a half inches wide and an inch deep,
and are fastened by screws to the
top of the projecting ledge, one on
each side of the vice-president's dais.
The snuff is purchased by the SER
geant-at-arms in four eight pound jars,
at cost of rs cents a pound, and it
takes an average OF about five pounds
year to replenish the boxes twice a
week during the sessions. The work
of refilling the boxes was for Jears
one of the duties tremendously per-
formed by the late Capt. Bassett, the
venerable assistant doorkeeper of the
senate and inveterate user of the pow
dered weed; but since his death, five
years ago, the task has fallen to the
lot of one of the pages, who, naturally,
does not bestow upon it the loving
care of his aged predecessor.
Capt. Bassett when he died had
completed nearly sixty years of con-
tinuous service in the senate, and was
almost the sole relic of the days when
the use of snuff was general in that
body. For many years before his
death his dignified, almost ceremoni-
Gus, manner of indulging in the habit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Queer Piece of Red Tape Is Found

and mailed in Beebe Plain, Canada,
goes 294 miles, 81 of them in Canada
and the remainder in the United
States, just exactly as the other letter
does, for the reason that that is the
way that mail is routed, and, of
course, it has to follow that string of
red tape, whereas If the fellow who
has letter to mail to some one in
Beebe Plain, VT, but lives in Canada,
simply walks across from one side of
the post Office to the other and sticks
his letter in the Vermont post office,
the Vermont man will probably get
it within q couple of hours.
The remarkable thing about it is
that there are separate entrances to
these two post Offices, they have the
same lobby, and there is not sign
of partition to mark the division be-
tween the domain of Uncle Sam and
the possessions of King Edward, and
yet some railroad company is carrying
the letters of these two places, if ad-
dressed to the other, 294 miles, when
they need not be carried at all except
in the carriers bags.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12

of the United States, inquired into the
facts of the case, and as result OF
the investigation, issued proclama-
ton on the 9th day of January, 1908,
as follows:
Whereas, an extensive growth Of
redwood trees (Sequoia Sempervirens)
embraced in said land is of extraor.
binary interest and Importance be-
cause of the primeval character of the
forest in which 1t is located, and Of
the character, age and size of the
trees, l, Theodore Roosevelt, presi-
dent of the United States of America,
by virtue of the power and authority
in me vested by section 2 of said act
of congress, do hereby declare and
proclaim that said grove and all of
the land hereinbefore described and
fully delineated on the diagram here
to attached and made a part hereof,
are hereby reserved from appropria-
ton and use of all kinds under all the
public land laws of the United States.
and set apart as a national monument,
to be known and recognized as the
Muir Woods National Monument.
warning is hereby expressly given
to all unauthorized persons not to
appropriate, cut, injure, destroy or
take away any trees on said land, and
not to locate or settle upon any of
said land"
So what had before been known as
Sequoia canyon was named after the
great California geologist, John
Muir.
That is the story of how the giant
redwood trees came to be preserved
through all the long years, although
they were within a stones throw of
a metropolis that would greedily COB
BILE them up. And such trees! Great
perpendicular trunks rearing their
tops to a height of 200 to 300 feet.
Mammoth specimens of the Douglas
fir, scented groves of bay and Cali
fornia laurel, madronos and many
other varieties of trees, are to be
found in their primeval state.
The floor of the canyon is richly
carpeted with fallen leaves, the banks
are masses of ferns, and the air is
ullSu Will IuO PCiluAAC VI IhO Ao1 OoI
The loan of ages rests on the
ground and forms a carpet or floor
for the canyon soft as down. 1t is all
very wild, beautiful and inspiring.
The trees, as shown by the exposed
rings of those which have fallen, are
thousands of years old. One NAM
moth tree known as 1.-THE Cathedral
is hollow at the base and thirty or
more persons can stand within with
perfect ease.
This is the prize that San Francis.
so stands to draw when it finally
reaches out and annexes it's neighbors
and brings them all into one great
err city. 1t will be the only incor-
porated city in the country that can
,ay claim to possessing within its
borders a national park.
FREDERICK F. RUNYON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12

THE United States post-office de.
i partment has had brought before
it just recently queer piece of red
tape. Way up on the Canadian border
at Beebe Plain is post office. Right
in the same building with it is an
other post Office. Beebe Plain is in
Vermont and Beebe Plain is also in
Canada.
Two offices are under the same roof,
within ten feet of each other. In case
a resident of Beebe Plain, VT, wants
to send letter to somebody who
lives in Beebe Plain, Canada, if he
mails his letter in this post office it
makes a trip of 294 miles to reach
Beebe Plain, Canada, and likewise a
letter addressed to Beebe Plain, VT,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
FINE and money are being expended

TIME and money are being expended
j every day by the government in
efforts to locate claimants against
the United States. For months the
post Office department has been direct
ing a search for George w. Weart,
one time postmaster at Deal Beach,
N. j., to whom is due $40.
On June Is, 1905, registered pack
age was mailed by Mrs. Estelle Ro-
sett to Mrs. E. d. Ledgerman of Deal
Beach. The package was reported
lost and the valuation, $40, was paid
oy Postmaster Weart. Subsequently
post office inspectors discovered that
the package had been delivered to the
addressee and the records mislaid.
When the facts were disclosed
every effort was made by the de
partment to return the amount to
Postmaster Weart. He had moved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Every Man for Himself.

Col. Riordan, who runs the Toronto
Mail and Empire, was going home one
night when he ran across friend
leaning against fence, thinking
deeply.
"Is that you, Riordan?" the friend
asked.
ct is; and what are you doing here
at this hour of the night?"
Thinking, Riordan - thinking on
the great human problems of the day.
Do you know, Riordan, there is only
one way we can all be happy, only
one way"
whats that?" asked Riordan.
"Roardan," said the friend, 1--WE
shall never be entirely and completely
happy until every man can print his
own money! Saturday Evening Post
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
1--WE are now exactly 1000 feet
above the level of the sea-"
What sea-"
THE guide-book doesn't say"
ANOTHER IMPORTANT VICTORY
FOR THE CARTER MEDICINE
COMPANY IN THE UNITED
STATES COURT.

The United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New York
sitting in New York City-has just
awarded to the Carter Medicine Com
pany a decree which again sustains
the company's exclusive right to use
the red package for liver pills.
By the terms of the decree, it is,
among other things:
Adjudged that the Carter Medicine
Company is the owner of the sole and
exclusive right to the use of red col
ored wrappers and labels upon said
small, round packages of liver pills of
the style described in the bill of com.
plant; said right having been &C
Quired by the prior adoption of said
style and color of package for liver
pills by the complainant predecessors
more than thirty years ago, and es.
tablished by the continuous and ex.
elusive use Of the same in constantly
increasing quantities by said prede-
cessors and by the complainant, the
Carter Medicine Company, itself, from
the time of their said adoption until
the present day.
The decision just announced Is per.
haps the most important and far-reach.
ing of all, by reason of the character
of the tribunal which rendered it. No
Court in the country stands higher.
National Druggist, St. Louis, Mo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12

W. HEN, some time In the
M misty future, San Francis
NI CO accomplishes the hercu-
lean task it has set out to
] complete. and annexes all
the country within a radius of Is
miles, making a greater San Fran
cisco with a population of a million
souls, it will possess within it's limits
a national park of wondrous beauty
and inestimable value having growth
of virgin redwood trees as large as
the famous monarchs of the big basin
In Santa Cruz county and fully as
colossal.
It seems strange that there should
exist. within a stones throw of a
great, thriving city, forest such as
this, with mammoth redwood trees
untouched by the AK of the wood
man and defying for ages the ravag-
ing fires which have frequently swept
over the forests of the north.
Every growth of redwoods within
reach of the early settlers about the
northern metropolis, with the excep-
ton of the Muir Woods on the sunny
southern slope of Mount Tamalpais,
fell prey to their Unsuitable greed. 1t
is we'll for posterity that the Muir
Woods was inaccessible to the early
settlers.
It is only within the last few years
that the real value of the forest has
was the game reserve of the Tamal-
pals Sportsmen's club, an exclusive
organization, whose huntsmen almost
succeeded in exterminating the Sec
ton of deer, quail and wild game
that made their home in the sheltered
canyons nesting at the base of males
tic Mount Tamalpais.
1t was only last year that the Muir
Woods passed into the control of the
United States government Had it
not been that greedy water COM
pany had laid it's plans to secure the
Wondrous canyon for reservoir
site, to chop down the giant trees and
ruin the natural beauty of the prime
val forest, the greatest garden spot
might never nave become public prop
erty or the protecting arm of the fed
eral government been stretched forth
to shield the towering redwood trees
from the ruthless hand of the de-
stroyer.
William Kent, q man of great
wealth, lover of nature and for
mer resident of Marin county, pur-
chased the great canyon from the
land company, and when it appeared
further impossible to check the plans
of the water company, rendered the
heart of the canyon as a gift to the
government, requesting the president
to preserve it as a monument, ad-
vancing the argument that within the
confines of the forest were some of
the finest specimens of the sequoia
sempervirens that could be found in
the world and worthy of preservation.
Theodore Roosevelt, then president
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Snuff Takers of the u. S. Senate

excited the W0Ider and awe OF the
modern page.
He was very Proud of gold SNUFF
box presented to him by the senators
upon the fortieth anniversary of his
entry into their service, and he kept
it filled with a choice brand of the
powder. He carried it il a tail pocket
of the frock coat IA which he always
appeared, and the force of his habit Of
reaching for it caused laugh at his
expense.
1t was during the trorblous times at
tending the Hayes-Tildeh contest, and
it was thought best that Capt. Bassett,
as custodian of one of the boxes con-
tanning the disputed electoral votes,
should be armed. He was according
ly provided with revolver, which he
carried in the pocket of the empty
coattail.
AS the procession was about to start
on the march from senate to the
house Capt. Bassett was asked If he
had his revolver with him.
Yes he replied, here it is" and,
diving into the wrong pocket, he pro-
duced not the revolver, but his cher
ished gold snuff box
There had been threats of attack
ing the procession on the way to the
house, and the members of the party
were in rather a sober frame of mind.
but the tension was relaxed for the
moment by the laughter which was
caused by the mistake.
Perhaps the most noted of the sen.
ators who were addicted to snuff with
in the memories of the old employees
was the late Allen G. Thurman of
Ohio. Mr.. Thurman was a frequent
visitor of the official snuff box on the
Democratic side.
Vice-President Wilson, who died in
his room at the capitol, was another
noted patron of the senate snuff box,
and so was Senator Edmunds of Yer.
mont.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of "Coffee Heart

The injurious action of Coffee on the
heart of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caf-
feline. This is the drug found by chem.
lists in coffee and tea.
A woman suffered long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cof-
fee, as that was the principal cause
of the trouble. She writes:
MY heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
I would never breathe again.
1.-THE doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said l must stop it, but it seemed
could not give it up until was down
In bed with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly I
got well. Now do not have any head
aches. nor those spells with weak
heart. We know it is Postum that
helped me. The DR.. said the other day,
I never thought you would be what
you are l used to weigh 90 pounds
and now I weigh 1853.
Postum has done much for me and
would not go back to coffee again
for any money, for 1 believe it would
kill ME If l kept at it. Postum must
be we'll boiled according to directions
on pkg, then it has a rich favour
and with cream is fine"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE" found
In pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever ~end the above letter3 new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
tntere 1T.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
How Many Hours Sleep?

committee was recently appoint,
ed In Sweden to find out how many
hours children of various ages should
sleep in order that they might be at
their best during school hours.
According to their reports, children
who are four years old should sleep
IL hours; children who are seven
years should sleep II hours; children
who are nine years old from nine to
ten hours, and those who are from IA
to Fl from eight to nine hours.
In their report they pointed out that
a great deal of anemia in children is
due to lack of sufficient sleep.-Home
Chat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Uncle Sam Worried Over $40 Error

from Deal Beach to Hood River, Ore.
Inquiry showed that he had died
there. An effort to locate his heirs
proved unavailing. Neither of his
two sons could be located, although
they both were traced by post office
inspectors from place to place. The
search already has cost the depart
ment several times the amount of the
original loss, but the disbursing Of
fee of the department still has the
check ready for delivery to Weart's
estate if his heirs can be located.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
New Advertising Device.

The automaticon is a new advertis-
ing device which is designed for win
dow display. The observer sees moth
ing but a gilt frame with a ground
glass and inclosed with shadow box
Extending back from this screen is a
funnel which excludes all Fight from
the back of the screen with the ex-
ception of that which comes from an
automatic. self-centering arc lamp sit
uated back of the rear opening in the
funnel. The machine is equipped with
Sc slides, showing any subjects de-
sired, and when in operation will au-
tomatically display these in success
sion upon the ground glass screen at
intervals of eight to nine seconds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Tragedy and Romance of the Dome

the novel ceremony was performed in
mid-air beneath the goddess with two
capitol policemen and sprinkling of
visitors as witnesses.
Then comes the comedy of the
dome" An eccentric fellow who had
invented a parachute made an inef
fectual effort to test his invention by
sending down from the dome several
of his parachutes with cats attached
t., them. He was evidently afraid to
risk his own precious life, so decided
to use felines. His purpose was
thwarted by the capitol police, re-en-
forced by the Washington Humane 80
ciety.
Statuary hall is one of the most in
teresting apartments in the capitol.
1t contains the stone and bronze
statues of a number of Americans,
distinguished alike in war and peace;
famous generals, statesmen, explorers
and iplomats-contribute to the gen.
eral government by the several states,
each state selecting its most illustri-
Gus sons.
Included among these statues are
those of George Washington and
Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, DAN
iel Webster and Gen. Starke of New
Hampshire, Robert Fulton, inventor OF
the steamboat, and H. H. Muhlenburg
of Pennsylvania; Ethan Allen of Yer
mont, Cass of Michigan, Gen. James
A. Garfield and Allen of Ohio, Roger
Sherman of Connecticut, John Jay Of
New York, Richard Stockton and the
dashing Gen Phil Kearney of New
Jersey, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Shields
of Missouri, jacques Marquette, the
priest explorer; Senator Kenney, West
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
sina slno 20 Be Removed.

Sing Sing prison is to be removed
across the Hudson river Is or 20
miles northward, just eight miles
south of West Point, where a large
tract of land has been purchased and
gang of several hundred convicts
has been working for two years.
The present prison was also built by
convicts in 1926, with material found
on the grounds, but, although it has
been enlarged every few years, and is
now one of the largest penitentiaries
in the world, it is not large enough.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Brought Their Relations.

Small Nettie, seeing some large in.
sects on the back porch, asked what
they were, and was told that they were
ants. The next morning she discov-
cred a number of small ants among
the large ones, and exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma, the aunts have bringed their
little nieces with them today"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
The Remarkable Trimming.

Jimmy" said the pretty actress to
her actor husband, won't you run
down to the milliner's and get me
the hat / ordered?"
Sure 1 won't make a mistake"
queried Jimmy, somewhat obviously.
with a caution born of an utter ig-
norance of millinery.
"Oh, you won't" laughed the spouse.
my hat is the white beaver trimmed
with orchids. You can remember
that"
Gamely he went to his doom. En-
tering the millinery shop, he asked.
valiantly: Is my wife's hat ready? l
mean the white biffer. trimmed with
oh-you-kids?"
And the French girls in the shop
made funny Partisan giggles at him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
He caught a little cold
That was all. (Puck.)

Neglect of cough or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
cold in twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a half-ounce Of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounces of pure Whisky. Take a
teaspoonful every four hours. You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in a large bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Schools Teach Agriculture.

In some of the public schools Of
Connecticut course of agriculture
has been introduced in some of the
higher grades.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Similar but Different.

Giles-So you caught him In a lie,
Ell? Did you call him liar?
Miles-Well, rot exactly. told him
! he talked like a weather forecaster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Petroleum Output of California.

CALIFORNIA; petroleum output has
been steadily increasing for several
years, in 1908 reaching the record fig.
ure of 44,S64,742 barrels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
How Kind,

Edyth-Jack says l was made to
kiss.
Mayme-A diplomatic way of refer
ring to your turned-up nose, wasn't it?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
Spanish Congress.

Spair.o congress of deputies con.
sists Of 406 unpaid members.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-12
A LITTLE COLD.

He caught q little cold
That was all.
So the neighbors sadly said.
AS they gathered round his bed,
When they heard that he was dead.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-01-15
CHRISTMAS TREES

About four million Christmas
trees we're cut down in the forests
this year; and in these days when
we begin to think of preserving the
forests the question has arisen IN
many mind whether it is right
thus to endanger the water supply
from the hills. But let US do a
little ciphering over it, or, rather,
take the figures given out by the
Forest Service at Washington. -Four
million trees-one tree for every
fourth family-is a small number In
the forest. If planted four feet apart
they could be grown on l 800 acres
that is, on two and a half square
miles, the space of a rather large
farm. This need not worry us
when we remember that the supply
of lumber requires the cutting OF
100, 900 acres every day in the year.
OF course there has been damage in
places by the cutting of Christmas
trees, particularly in the Adiron-
dacks and some parts of New Eng
land; but the damage is insigniti-
cant beside that by forest fires. In
Germany they use more Christmas
trees than anywhere else in the
world, and there they have the best
system of forest preservation. They
grow the Christmas trees, and then
cut them out to thin the forest, and
make good profit out of them. The
Christmas sentiment and the pleas
ure to children are reason enough
for using the land and cutting the
trees, even at a loss, just as it pays
to use land for a flower garden.
What we need is more intelligence
in caring for our forests, SO that the
small Christmas trees may be a sort
Of by product, filling the interspaces
while the permanent trees are grow
ing for lumber. Or, indeed, it
would be just as legitimate to cult
vate ten acres of farm for Christ
mas trees as for potatoes or grape
vines or roses. We thank the For
esty Service for setting all this plain
Our consciences need not be disturb
) cd
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-01-15
Three Sabbaths Each Week In Tanaiel

Morocco is a country of many Sab
baths. The first three days l spent in
Tangier were all Sabbaths. Arriving
on Thursday night, the next day was
Friday, the Mohammedan Sabbath,
which was followed by the Jewish
Sabbath-the Hebrew element in Tan
gier is considerable and strict In re-
ligious observance-and that In turn
by the Christian Sunday. Subsequent
comparison. however, revealed little
difference between any days Of the
week. On the Mohammedan Sabbath
black flag Is hoisted on the minarets
at the prayer Of dawn, instead Of the
white flag that announces the time of
devOtions on other days. 1t remains
up until the middle of the forenoon,
by which time everybody is supposed
to have found out what day it is
New York Post
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