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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
Jack Farley's Flying Switch
Copyright, by Cy Warman.)
By Cy Warman

Jack Farley was one of the old
timers. 1t was through my old friend
Dick Hayes that 1 met him and it
was Dick who told me of his reputa-
ton.
He's an awful lusher," said he.
Nobody knows why, and nobodyll
ask why, but the old man thinks more
of Farley than he thinks of any man
on the mountains. If it came to pullin'
the pin on Jack or that brass-bound
kid O. his that's on passenger he'd let
the kid go and give Farley the punch.
He's just wrapped up in Farley. Train
masters fired him twice an the old
mans put him back
The ''old man" was, of course, the
superintendent. He was what mana
gers call hustler, and he liked Far
ley because Farley could hustle and
get over the road without "scrapping'
with the engineers.
It was as a result of one of his
usual sprees which came within an
ace of wrecking string of cars and
killing the entire train crew that Far
ley was discharged. The sprees end
ed in a case of delirium tremens,
which sent Farley to the hospital,
where he remained for several weeks.
When he came out he was nervous
and pale. The first time he went
down in the yards he entered his old
way car, opened little private cup
hoard that the carpenterS had made
for him, and took out jug. A few
minutes later Jack entered the Of
fee of the old man. Anybody but
Jack would have asked an audience,
but Farley filed past the astonished
clerks and entered the superinten-
dents private Office. "Mr. Highway"
said Farley, heres a jug of bully
good whisky. 1 want to make you a
present of it."
The superintendent was amazed at
the mans audacity. He knew that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Farley drank whiskey, but he had
kept him because he knew more rail-
road drunk than most men knew
sober, and because at that time there
was no one to take his place.
Where did you get that?"
"Out of my caboose-or, rather the
caboose that used to be mine"
You know then that you are dis
charged?"
mo, haven't heard so, but should
think so. It's about time"
"Yes," assented the superintendent.
I'm sorry" said Jack.
"So'm l."
I'D rather begin at the bottom
again here" said Farley, looking
down towards the roundhouse, where
a half-dozen black locomotives stood
waiting to take Fl out, than take a
train on another road"
well, if you begin where you are
you'll begin at the bottom, for you are
about as near the bottom as the car
pet is to the floor"
May begin, them"
Eyes, in just hundred years from
to-day"
But you understand I've quit, don't
you?"
"Quit what?"
"Rambooze."
Huh" and the superintendent
wrote rapidly, pretending to forget
Jack and his jug, and all else but the
pay roll that he was signing.
"Goodby, Mr.. Highway" said Far
ley, moving towards the door.
"Goodby, Jack-here! you're forget
ting something"
NO." said Jack, 1--WE quit" and he
passed out, looking very pale and sad.
Long before the end of the one hun
dred years Farley was braking on
the hill again.
Three years from the day he gave
the old man the jug he was running
the old mans car
For the first time (and the only
time, so far as 1 know the superin.
tendent had taken his two little girls
out with him. He was worker, and
used his private car for the company
and never for himself, but, being a
kind, affectionate father, though a ter
ror to trainmen generally, he had con.
cluded to give the children a little
excursion at the other end of the
line.
AS they acme down the hill that
day they met and passed a freight
train on siding. The rear engine
had been cut off and set in on the
opposite side, SO as to clear the main
line, but the men on the head end
did not know this. In going in on
the siding the pusher had injured her
pilot, so now she could not push. She
would have to change places with
the head engine.
The conductor signaled the head
engines; they each blew three short
blasts, the pusher answered, and the
train began to back away. The
moment the head engines be-
gan to back out the conductor
realized that he had made a mistake
that the men ahead did not know
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
According to Taste.

According to Taste.
Discussing missionary work, Nine.
Helene Vincente, the well-known Con-
go missionary, said at dinner in
Cleveland:
"a Chinese heaven strikes you as
ludicrous. Yet here in your own coun-
try you are careful to fit heaven and
the-er-other place to your peoples
dislikes.
THUS, on my recent southern trip,
/ heard a Georgia negro divine de-
scribe hades as ice cold, place
where the wicked SILVER and freeze
through all eternity. / asked the di-
vine why he altered in that radical
manner the usual description OF
hades, and he replied:
"'Ah dom darst tell NAH people nuf-
fin else, marin. Why, if All sed hades
wuz wahm, some O. desc ole rheumat-
ic breddern an sistern o. mine would
be wantin' ter staht right down dab
come fust FROST"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
No Need of interference.

The two neighbors who were pass.
ing the little cottage heard sounds as
of a terrific conflict inside and
stopped to listen.
Presently they heard loud thump,
as if somebody had fallen to the floor
"Grogan is beating his wife again!"
they said.
Bursting the door open, they rushed
into the house.
Whats the trouble here?" they de-
handed.
Their amt no trouble, gentlemen
calmly answered Mrs. Grogan, who
had her husband down and was sit
ting on his head, "Gwani"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
A Gentle Aspersion.

Among the prisoners brought before
a Chicago police magistrate one Mon
day morning was one, a beggar, whose
face was by no means an unfamiliar
one to the Judge.
=. s.n informed that you have again
been iound begging in the public
Streets" said his honor, sternly, "and
yet sou carried in your pocket over
$40 in currency"
Eyes, your honor" proudly returned
the mendicant 81 may not be as in
dustrious as some, but sir, am no
spendthrift." -Harper's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
EXCHANGING Solemn THOUGHTS.

"Ah, says the man with the parted
whiskers, when one stands alone In
the night and contemplates the won
ders of creation, how futile, how puny
man seems! How vain, how puerile
his hopes and longings, when he is
surrounded by the eternal silence of
the universe! Has this ever occurred
to your"
You bet!" answers the man with
the big scarf pin. ''He feels just as
punk as he does when he misses the
owl car and has to stand on the cor
ner an hour for another one."-Chi
cago Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

were pains in my back and swellings
of the ankles. Often I had smother
ing spells. had to be helped about
Doans Kidney Pills cured me five
years ago and have been we'll since.
They saved my life.'
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
NOT THE BUTCHERS. FAuL..

Mrs. Customer-That lamb you
sent me, Mr.. Stintwaite, was the
largest and toughest l ever saw.
Mr. Stintwaite-Tut, tut. It's that
boy been lettering again. assure you,
when that joint left the shop it was
the sweetest little leg of lamb you
could set eyes on, and I gave him
strict orders to deliver it at once be-
cause you wanted it young.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

troubles. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure the
cause. Mrs. N. E.
Grav S, Villisca,
Iowa, says: 81 suf.
fered from kidney
trouble for years.
The secretions were
diCOrdprQd tb oro
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.

Too often the kidneys are the cause
and the sufferer is not aware of it.
Sick kidneys bring backache and side
pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi-
ness. headaches, tired feeling, urinary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
Fully Realized.

He frowned in perpleXity on hearing
she was out again.
Il wonder, Jimmy, If your sister re-
alizes," he said bitterly, that 1 have
treated her to three taxi rides and
four open-air concerts this month";"
"You bet she realizes it," said the
small boy, grinning. That's why
she's keepin' her engagement to Joe
johnson a secret"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
Famous English Detective
Tries to Catch the French
Gentleman Criminal

Arsene Lupin is bold. He announces
beforehand in the papers what his next
move is going to be. His story begins in
the August number of
Short Stories
The first instalment is mo. 5l4-
Series 49," 1t is story that will hold your
interest. The French Police finally give up
in their attempt to trap the willy Lupin
and send to England for Herlock Sholmes.
Then follows battle of wits. The clever
French rogue against the keen reasoning
English detective.
Send us S1.5O for a years subscription
to "Short Stories" and follow the fascinat-
ing, amusing Lupin. Every month, too. there
are numbers of good, crisp. short stories
printed in big, clear type. Every news
dealer can handle your subscription.
Short Stories Company, Ltd.
135 East 18th Street New York Gig
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
THAT FROZE HIM.

IT suppose" he said. ingratiatingly.
"you often get spoken to by men?"
Eyes," she replied, "and by monk.
eys. But tonight there don't seem to
be any men about"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
Proved,

Mr.. Snapp-Life is full of contradic-
tons.
Mrs. Snapp-And say it isn't
Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Grade Poland China pigs of so pounds
each were used in the experiment
and the prices quoted were the cur
rent market prices at time of the ex-
pertinent.
Late cultivation in the orchard is
apt to be injurious for the reason that
it induces late growth. At all events
it can be of small utility when the
tree begins to mature and rains be-
come frequent. This season of res
pite gives the grower the opportunity
of raising a green manure, and of add
ing fertility to his land at trifling ex-
pense and with no harm to his trees.
Fall blowing may be advisable for
be discouraged in orchards. The land
in orchards should be left compact in
the fall, and it is advisable to cover
it with some close heritage.
The San Jose scale is distinguish
able from other scale by the small size
of the scales, which measure COM
monty about one-sixteenth of an inch
in diameter, though rarely specimens
are found nearly an eighth of an inch
across. The scales are circular and
somewhat elevated in the middle,
which bears a small black or yellow
ish pointed process. In badly infested
orchards they completely cover the
trees, giving the branches an un-
healthy, grayish, security appearance.
In winter the scales are to be found
only in half or nearly full grown con-
dition, and completely dormant. With
the first flow Of sap in spring they
begin to feed again, and become fully
grown in May and June, when the first
brood of larvae is produced. So far
as known, all these larvae are born
alive. They move about actively for
a few hours or even a day or more,
finally settling on tender twigs, leaves
or fruit, into which they gradually in
sert their beaks and begin to suck
Juices from the plant. From this time
on broods are produced necessarily
through the summer, and the insect
can be found in all stages until late in
October. Shortly after settling on a
spot the larvae secretes a waxy sub
stance, the beginning of the Formations
of scale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Frequent cuttings will kill off sweet
clover which becomes pest in some
places.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

A good rule in feeding all stock is
to feed only what they will eat up
clean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Surprising what difference hand
full of grain will make in the ewes and
lambs if fed daily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Sod is sometimes allowable in ap-
pie and standard pear orchards, but
never in other fruit plantations; but
even then it should be pastured close
ly with sheep or hogs. If the stock
is fed at the same time, the land will
fare better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Grade Poland China pigs of so pounds
each were used in the experiment
and the prices quoted were the cur
rent market prices at time of the ex-
pertinent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

Sod-bound orchards cannot be ex-
pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give a covering of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which your trees will display
another season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23
!AAs&!4:z1n5SSvppooh
NJ" FARM
r. NIlx;x 6A

Train the fruit trees to low heads
by proper pruning.
The roosters should have long since
been taken from the breeding pens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-23

The National Orchard congress will
hold it's second annual exposition at
Council Bluffs, Ia, November Is to 20.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-28

The whip cracked. and the horse
swerved sharply round the corner into
the Avenue du SUD. The young man.
With hushed exclamation, turned I'm
his seat lifting the dap over the little
peephole I'm the back OF tho carriage.
lie had not been mistaken. Calendar
was standing IN front OF the station.
and It was plain TO be seen from his
pose that the InGdly careering fiacre
interested HIN more than slightly. r.
resolute, perturbed, the man took q
step or two after II, changed his mind
and returnei 10 his post OF observa-
ton
Kirkwood dropped the Zap and
turned back 10 fnd the girls wide eyes
searching his face. He said nothing.
What was thatT' she asked after
patieHt moment
Your father, Miss Calendar" he re
turned Internationally.
There fell short pause; then. why,
Will you tell me. Is 1t necessary TO run
away from my father, Mr.. Kirkwoodf"
she demanded. with n moving little
break in her voice
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-28

one thVy'H hc On our backs bcioro VIC
can set across the channel. Once IN
England We WIN be- comparatively
safe UNtn thcp- but I'm n hrute--l'm
tr'chtcu'u yon"
"Nou ore. dcvadfunU" she confessed
IN a trcplulOus voice,
Forgive rae. " You lock ~ tha
dark sido first, the other seems all tho
brighter. Please don't worry. Wen
pull through with dying colors or NY
nomes not Philip EivGwOod"
Il have every fUith I'm YOU" she ga.
formed him, hawlessly sincere when
l think of all you've done and cared
FOR me. ON the more suspicion that
needed your help
"Wc'd best - getting ready" nc I'm.
terruptcd hastily Here's brussels"
II wOs -. Lights. In little clusters
and long. wheeling limos. were leupng
ont az the darkness and flushing back
as tho train rumblCd through the sub
urbs OF thc little Paris ~ the north.
Already the other passengers were he
STIRRING themselves. gathering together
wraps and houd Uggugc ana preparing
Tor the journeys ends
Rising. Kirlwood took down thtfp
two satchcls from the overhead rack
and waited, IN grim abstraction piSAn.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-28

va RIEFLY the girl sat silent, star
* ing before her with sweet.
sombor eyes. Then, "In the
b. very beginning" She told him.
with n conscious laugh-"this sound
story booiiah, / know In The very
beginning s.cergc Burgoyne Calendar
an American, married bis cousin "a
dozen tines removed and an English
woman Alice BurGpyne HaH1m"
"Iinllnmw
Wait please" She sat up. bending
forward and frOwuiug down DI1u her
intcrMclng gioyod fingers iShc was
finding & difficult 10 say what aho
must NirlswoOd. watching mnHEg
the fair dropping hcnd, the Gawlc f,
profile clcu and raoiuut agoiust tho
nigAt bl1.fcncdUndow, gaw hot sia.
malls " Iuaua bhHluy ON hoT check
uud tL-aag rad f9rr. a.
i0t ncror mind" lo begun nwTi
Ea.flr
..' she told h!m W,lh decision.
...s ..t me go Uu.' san. continued.
N. 'I,. fruslpt o. h rLuuIy 90
.t.. ilo C-gs 81 l.s narrative. ",fg
ftn. l..a was #auD. Df s,ura sort
- h3 .soHs. Doc d' pgrr.l whom I
Wg % b.a. Sig m..n.r. 4lrI. was
rcar.f lu t,o homo of u5 urntuarIe.
'u,.." George bnrg.r.n of tle Iu
c0u rw r..ir.o Ng mother had
.... IiH ftar,tc Il.r" tl.r auv. +
presume tbnt was why De cared for
u' grow up iu D. BONO 81 Corn
uUt IL J.u. .ug f,.... t,.t Ga. r.. .......
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-28
CHAPTER XIV.

" lRKWOOD hesitated II was I'M
" feeling ITO tell her why, yet 1t
~ was essential that she know.
n u however painful the knouIadpo
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-28

gage IN one If the racks aud sat down
beside her
The girl smiled 5rnvcly. And after
Brusselsr' she Inquired.
First train for the coast" he said
promptly-"Dovcr. Ostend, Boulognc,
whichever proves handieSt, no matter
which, so long a. II gets us on English
soil without undue delay"
She said Yes" ebstractedly. resting
nm elbow on the window sill and her
chip IN her palm. to stare with seri-
Gus. sweet brown eyes out into the
arc smitten night that hung beneath
the echcing roof
KirkwoOd fdgeted I'm despite OF the
cOnstraint he placed himself under 80
loo still and not disturb her needlossly.
ImpaticHce ard apprehension " mis-.
fortune obsessod his mental processes
IN equal degree The ten minutes
seemed ineerminable that elapsed ere
the grinding couplings advertised The
imminence of their start.
The guards began 20 bawi. the, doors
20 slnm- belated travellers 20 dash mad.
~ for the coaches The train gave a
preliminary lurch ere settling down to
its league long inland dash
KiIkwood, IN Il fever OF hope nud an
aguc OF fear saw a man sprint m
rlously across the Platform aud throw
himself on the forward steps OF their
coach on the very instant % the start.
Presently ho entered by tho forward
door and walked slowly through. nlr-
rDwiy inspecting the vnrioNs paesen-
gers. As be approached the seats, oc-
cupled by Kirkwood and Dorothy Cal
endar his[ eyes encountered the young
mana, and he leerod cvtlly KirkWood
met the look with one TINT was Ike a
kick. Gpd>ths fellow passed with some
haste into the car behind
"Nvho was thatr' demanded the
girl without moving her head
How did you known he asked. rs
toBished. You didn't look
Il saw your knuc6les whiten beDea tn
the skin Who WIS itT'
Hobbs" he acknowledged bitterly,
''the mato OF the Alethca.-
II know. And you thing
Yes He must have been ashore
when l WIS on board the brigantlne
no NclNdLily Nusb ~ the CuDll. LNl-
IDENTITY they hunted h!m mp or ran
across him and pressed him into serv-
leo. You see they're watching every
outlet. But well win through, never
fear"
Tho train. escaping the outskirts OF
the city, remarked the event with an
eXultaHt Shrek then settled down.
dronlnR steadily, 60 night devourInc
flight. In the corridor car the fow pas.
sengers disposed themselves 20 browse
away the coming hour-thc short
hours ride Tint, In these piping dayf
OF frnntic travelling, separates Antwerp
from The capital city OF Belgium.
a guard, slnmming gIstily I'm through
the front door. reeled unstcadNy down
the aisle. Jfirkw0od ruueinq from q
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then. aud not without a trace of mai.
ice. "Must I tell YOU again what 10
talk aboutg" she asked
Forgive me. was thinking about
II not talking to You. I've been won
deriny just why It was that you left
the Alethca at GuecnsbOsough to 10
ON by steamer
Aud Immediately he was sorry that
his tactless query had swung the con-
veCsation L. bear upon her father. the
thought Of whom could not but prove
painful 20 her. But It was too late 10
mend matters. Already her evanescent
flush Of amusement had given place TO
remembrance.
1T was on my fathers account" she
told him IN n steady voice, but with
aVcrted eyes, "lic Is a very poor sail
or, and the promise Of rough passage
terrified him. l believe there was "A
difference OF opinion about Il. he dis
putting with Mr.. Mulready and Captain
Stryker That was just after we had
left the anchorage. They both insisted
th0t Il was safer 20 continue by tho
Altthoa, but he wouldn't listen 10
them and In the end had HIS way.
Captain Stryi,er ran the brieantino
into the mouth OF the Midway aud
put ~ ashore just I'm timo To catch the
steamer"
Were you sorry for tho changer"
''TY" she ehuddered slightly Hardly!
think I hated the ship from the mo-
mcnt l set foot en- board her. II was
a dreadful place. IL was all nightmar-
ish that night. but II seemed most ter
rible ON the Alcthca with Captain
Strykcr and that abominable Mr.
Hobbs think that my unhappincss
had as much to do with my fathers
msistcnce on the change as anything
He was very thoughtful most OF tho
time"
Nirkwood shut his teeth on what no
knew OF the blackguaUf.
II don't know whyf' sho continued.
I wholly without ofrccta ton. but I was
wretched from the moment you left
me In the cab TO wait while you went
In 10 see Mrs Unllam And when We
LETT you az RCrmondscy ola Stairs.
after what you had soid 10 me, felt
| hOrdiAkpow what 90 saSs-abnndoncd
In n way"
But you were with your father, IN
his cnre.'
Il know, but. / was getting con
tuSed' Chtll then the excitement had
Kept me from thinUng. HUT YOU made
me tnillk begnn To wonder, to Quos-
ZION Int what c"uld ! dor she Sig
mfed nor hclplcSshoSS with quick
L
una dalhV movement ~ her hands
ne - my ath'r' ana I'm not yet or
age you Know
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ning and counter planning nEniust the
mnchuntions iu whose wiles they two
had become $50 prrl'vusly eutauRlcd
Primarily thorc was Hobbs 10 10
dcnlt with no easy task. FOR kirk
wood darvd not resort 20 violence nor
in nny wny invite The attention ffho
authorities. aud threats would b. nm
idlC wuftc of breath IN tho ease OF
that corrupt and malignant lltnn cock
noy, himself ns koDl no any needle.
adept iu 800 lhc nrtml resources ~ lilo
underworld whence ne had sprung,
and further pr'mcd for notion by that
master rogue, CHlcudor
Cro Dee Continued NunduyD