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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Old General Got No Aid from His Aide

and higher grew the mound or enc
mics slain by his sword. More and
more numerous became the bullets
thrusts and slashes sustained by him
self. At the end he always appealed
to the grizzled aid; and in silence
the aid nodded confirmation.
THE general one night gave large
dinner party. The wine was no less
abundant than superb, and at dessert
the old warrior let himself out upon
the charge as he had never heretofore
done. Four horses were killed under
him. Three lances passed through his
right arm, five through his left, Nine
sabres crashed down upon his
head simultaneously. The bodies Of
his slain formed wall wellnigh i'm
passable about him. And it seemed
that there was hardly muscle in his
person wherein a bullet failed to i'm.
bed itself.
"'You remember all this, don't you.
De Courcey?' he said, in conclusion.
1.-THE silent and long suffering aid
at last spoke up.
"'No, general he shouted, in loud,
indignant voice. No, of course don't
remember it. How can you expect me
to? You know as well as I do that
the cannon ball that killed your fourth
horse struck the breastplate of a
cuirassier behind us and then bounded
back and took my head OFF,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
W. 9lll(lE I Z ZEE RlzHT
%A6A|Et 13 y BN!|ll3Z>Sx
Poster House Clerk About Ancestors

adding machines all at once when q
STRAIGHTFORWARD, straight-nosed, white
mustached, white-haired and extreme
ly dignified old gentleman marched in
to the committee room. He was look
ing for his member and as the mem
Der wasn't on hand, had turned around
to so out again, when he caught sight
of Mr.. Courts.
There was a moment of tenseness
and of pause-a hiatus in other words.
And then the old gentleman advanced
and cast himself-a perfertly dignified
cast--on Mr. Courts bosom, clutched
Mr.. Courts hand, patted Mr.. Courts
shoulder and gazed into Mr.. Courts
eyes. And as dozen or so members
of the appropriations committee gath.
cred around the old gentleman ex.
ploded his bomb.
Captain" he said to Mr.. Courts.
Il am noah than happy to meet you
again. l consider this the happiest
day of my life, my dear comrade In
arms. Well 1 remember the days
when, side by side, knee to knee, we
followed the fortunes of that flower OF
chivalry, that most dashing of cav.
airy leaders, our idolized chieftain,
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart"
Of course it was case Of mistaken
identity. Sir John says so himself.
But nevertheless it was embarrassing.
And he's going to ask for couple OF
more assistants, for, with this Clean
Drinking Manor story and the Setting
Moon button and the Confederate cav.
airy yarn, he's just fairly pestered to
death and hasn't time to do his reg.
ular work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

w ASHINGTON.-Si John Courts,
w Bart, K. c. M. G., K. o. c., c. B.,
who, as plain James c. Courts serves
the United States government in the
responsible position of clerk of the
House committee on appropriations,
has his troubles just like other folks.
People are all the time Fostering him
to death to know if it was his grand
father or his great-grandfather or his
grsat-great-g who used to
own about 10000 acres in Maryland
and who presided over the feudal glo-
ries of Clean Drinking Manor. And
every time he gets through with one
of these historic bugs and settles
down to work delegation of home
folks from Tennessee drops in on him
and demands to know why he accept
ed from the Emperor of Korea-be-
fore that eminent parsonage was sat
upon by the Japanese-the military
order of the Setting Moon, third class
and wears the undress button that
goes with it all the time.
But even these annoying things pale
into insignificance beside an incident
that happened just the other day. Mr..
Courts has his nose in chaotic appro-
priation bill and was debating to four
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
A Perfect Stradivarius.

One hears frequent talk of Stradi
varius violins, particularly at auctions.
but, as a matter of fact, there is only
one perfect "Strad" violin in the world,
and that is owned by gentleman o!
Edinburgh. For it he cheerfully paiA
$4,000, and, should it ever again be
offered for sale it will doubtless com.
mand a much higher figure.
AS long ago as 1872 Charles Reade,
who knew almost as much about vio-
Inns as he did about literature, valued
the instrument at 5000, putting the
worth of the varnish alone at E565
sterling. At that time it was owned
by Villaume of Paris, the greatest vic.
lin expert of the age, and he kept It
until his death in 1875. M. Alard, a
wonderful violinist, was the next own
er, he paying $1,000 for It. It was
at his death that MIR. Crawford, the
present owner, purchased it for e..
900.
There is reason for this high valua-
ton, as this is the only instrument
that has come down from Stradivari.
us's own hands in state of perfect
preservation. The ruddy, glowing
varnish is as fresh as though put Oh
but few weel-s ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
GOOD WORK is LOVED WORK
And Therein One Should Find the
Contentment That Is Chief
Part of Life.

If a man doesn't love his work, he
had better get something else to do
But the trouble is that such people
will hardly love any kind of work
The trouble is in them. They lack
intelligence. If they knew enough
to know good work, they would soon
learn to love it. The manual-train
ing scheme has this in view-to sur
round the job man is doing with
such intelligence and taste as will
make it attractive to him.
"The man who is in love with his
job gets more contentment out of life
than any other" says Brander Mat
thews; and he gets great part of his
contentment in doing his work right
No man can love his work who shirks
No man can be contented who is dis
honest about his work. This is shirk
ing or doing it negligently. So these
things always go together-honest
work, contentment and love of the job
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
China, a Land of Ducks.

Ducks are reared in immense mum.
bers, particularly in the low-lying dis
tricts around Hankow. There are
many persons who have what may be
appropriately called duck ranches.
The eggs are Matched artifically, and
the ducklings are so fed and handled
as to become extremely tame. They
are driven to their feeding grounds
in the marshes and herded like fiocks
of sheep, one man looking after sew
eral hundred. At night they are driv.
en- back to Enclosures. There are lit
orally millions of ducks In the district
about Hankow, and they produce en-
ormous quantities of eggs throughout
the entire year. They are fnexpen.
sive to keep, because they find most
of their food on the feeding grounds.
When they are brought home at night
they are fed little salt fish, and this
imparts to the eggs a peculiar flavor
which is much priced by the Chinese.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

nR. WILLIAM c. WOODWARD,
u health officer of the District of
Columbia, is in favor of abolishing the
only form of athletics INDUCED in by
members and graduates of the Chau-
tauqua literature and reading circle.
He says that the Chautauqua salute is
a menace to health.
The salute, as all Chautauquans
know, is a waving of the handkerchief
when friends make hit on the lee
ture platform or san away for distant
lands. Everybody waves and every
body is happy provided that one does
not overtax his or her energy.
''The custom of waving a handker-
chief vigorously in the air." says DR..
Woodward, lis dangerous. Nearly ev-
cry contagious disease can be COM
municated in this manner, If the hand
kerchief is slightly soiled. If the lin
en- square has just been purchased, or
has come straight from the laundry,
there is not the slightest danger, but
the waving of handkerchief that has
been used even once is harmful.
when handkerchief is waved the
wind blows the germs from it. Ty-
phoid fever, scarlet fever, tuberculos-
is. smallpox and chickenpox. measles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

pine and weeds. Plans for reforesta-
ton were at once made, and about
1865 acres have already been plant
ed. About half of this is planted in
acacias, the balance in pine, larch,
walnut, oak. ash. naples and alders.
So successful has this planting been
that the point has already been
reached where the sale of timber can
be made. Small branches are sold
for firewood and some Of the timber
is used for mining purposes. The
sale and expectation of acacia is ex-
pected to become considerable
source Of revenue during the next few
years.
1t is particularly remarkable that
this work should have been so sue
cessful in view of the difficulties to
which the plantation was subjected.
The rainfall is light and lack of mois-
ture considerably retarded the devel-
opment of the trees. By far the
worst enemies. however, were in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

sects. Various species OF caterpil-
lars and other insects have been so
destructive that thousands of Chi
nese boys and women are now en-
gagged annually to destroy them. Va
rious measures of prevention have
been tried, such as placing girdles
of glue on the trees, but these have
not been effective and it was found
necessary to resort to a systematic
destruction of the insects by hand.
During 1908 over 100000 caterpil-
lars were gathered by hand. smashed,
covered with lime and afterwards
used as fertilizer. This method has
been successful In protecting the
greater part of the plantations. but
on the mountains on the border of the
territory the trees are eaten bare AGA
cias apparently withstand the attacks
of the insects better than any other
species and the SUBMITS of the
mountains are now being planted
with these trees in an effort to check
future destruction. In addition to
these enemies, Chinese thieves are
another source of difficulty, and on
one occasion a band of SO thieves was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
ACCOUNTING ITCHING.
Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin Hospital-ln Despair
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

IT was troubled with a severe itch
Ing and dry, scrufy skin on my ankles,
feet, arms and scalp. Scratching made
1t worse. Thousands of small red PIN
pies formed and these caused intense
itching. I was advised to go to the
hospital for diseases of the skin. did
SO, the chief surgeon saying: Tnever
saw such bad case Of eczema" But I
got little or no relief. Then tried many
so-called remedies, but I became so
bad that almost gave up in despair.
After suffering agonies for twelve
months, I was relieved of the almost
unbearable itching after two or three
applications of Cuticura Ointment. I
continued its use, combined with Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills, and was COM
pletely cured. Henry Searle, Little
Rock, Ark, Oct. 8 and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

FIFTEEN years ago Francis ]. Kill
i kenny arrived in this country from
Ireland. He was so green that he
mistook a Fourth of July celebration
as reception to himself. Young Kill
kenny had relatives and friends in
Milwaukee and Chicago and he made
for the middle west soon after his
landing. He had fund of native wit
and an abundance of energy and
pluck. He got job cutting grass and
soon came under the notice of Charles
G. Dawes. When Mr.. Dawes came to
Washington as controller of the cur
rency he brought Kilkenny along as
his private secretary. When Dawes
retired from the controllership his
successor found he couldn't get along
without Kilkenny. Mr.. Ridgely was
succeeded as controller by Lawrence
o. Murray and that official has re-
tanned Kilkenny who has now be-
come one of the institutions of the
treasury department.
Young Kilkenny is making remark
able Roadway with movement for
the "home-going" of Irishmen in 1910.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

zen. Luke E. Wright, told at a din
" ner in Washington a war story
from Manila.
There was once upon a time he
began, "a gallant old general. This
general, leading splendid charge in
his youth, got bullet in his chest and
two sabre cuts across the head. In
after life, relating over the nuts and
wine his many battles, 1t was this
particular charge that he always de-
cribed most flamboyantly.
THE older the general grew the
more splendid the charge became; the
more awful was the slaughter that
he visited upon the enemy; the more
horrible were the wounds that he re.
ceived. For confederation he would
always turn to grizzled veteran on
his left, his aide-de-camp. The aide
de-camp would nod his gray head in
acquiescence silently.
Taller and taller grew the gen.
erals stories of the charge. Higher
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
COUGHING BURST
BLOOD VESSEL
Says Danger Avoided and Cures
Coughs In Hours.

Says Danger Avoided and cureo
Coughs In 5 Hours.
A writer for the medical press
states that coughing is responsible
for the bursting Of blood vessels
quite frequently. A cough or cold
means Inflammation (fever) and con-
gestion, and these in turn indicate
that the body is full Of poisons and
waste matter. Simple relief, as found
In patent cough medicines, and whis-
key, often result in more harm than
good; as they cause more congestion.
tonic-laxative cough syrup will
work marvels and here follows pre-
scription which is becoming famous
for its prompt relief and thorough
cures. 1t rids the system Of the
cause, except it be consumption.
Don't wait for consumption to grasp
Its victim, but begin this treatment,
which cures some in five hours. Mix
In a bottle one-half ounce fluid wild
cherry bark, one ounce compound es-
sence cardiol and three ounces syrup
white pine compound. Take twenty
drops every half hour for four hours.
Then one-half to one teaspoonful
three or four times day. Give chill
dren less according to age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Not What She Wanted.

He was pleading his cause earnest
ly. 81 am wealthy" he said "and
could make ample provision for you.
She nodded and checked one point
off on her fingers.
II have had experience with the
world" he continued.
She checked off another point.
II have passed the frivolous age, y
he continued, land have the stead
fastness, the caution and the wisdom
to guard and guide you we'll"
He paused for an answer.
1.-The points you make are strong
ones" she said, "but they lead unde-
viatingly to the conclusion that you
would make an excellent father for
me. You have all the necessary quail
fications, but just now l am looking
for a husband" -Tit-Bits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

II N considering the progress Of the
almost worldwide movement
for protection of forests, an In
teresting review has just been
Il made of the work in CHINA
country which is so often cited
as an example of the evil effects OF
deforestation.
In a portion of the Celestial King
dom earnest efforts are now being
made to re-establish forest cover by
planting. Consul Wilbur T. Gracey
of Tsingtau, China, reports that the
Germans in that region are making
successful attempts at reforestation.
The success of the work was practi-
cally assured at the start, for to Ger
many is given the credit for having
the highest developed system of for
estry, and 1t was natural to expect
that the long experience in forest
work in the Fatherland would lessen
preliminary experimentation and
hasten progress in China.
When Tsingtau was occupied by
the Germans about IL years ago the
hills were found tare and barren.
with only sporadic growth of scrub
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Chautauqua Salute, Menace to Health

| leprosy and diphtheria may be thus
spread"
The Chautauqua saluters criticised
the health officers remarks
"Dr Woodward does not know what
he is talking about" said young wo-
man. I'VE never carry soiled hand
kerchiefS"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
LOOKING Forward.

''Why are you looking so happy?"
my rich uncle has bought him an
aeroplane."
"But Curtis says an aeroplane is as
safe as an automobile"
land l believe it; that's why / am
SO happy"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Anti LaGrippe Remedy.

It is now claimed by several west
ern medical men that a whiskey mix
ture obtainable at any drug store is
an absolute preventative and quick
cure for bad colds and lagrippe. To
make this powerful system tonic add
one ounce of compound fluid balmwort
and two ounces of glycerine to half
pint of good whiskey. Dose, a table
spoonful three to six times day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

captured in the act of stealing wood.
In spite or these drawbacks, how
ever, the work has been so successful
that the Chinese government is now
undertaking forestry schemes in a
number of places under advice from
German experts. This work centers
about Mukden, Manchuria, where sue.
cess has already been obtained with
acacias and experiments are now be-
ing made with other trees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Slow Reeoverv-

us the editor out?" asked visitor
to the Office of the Ridgeville Banner.
Eyes, sir" answered the editors
small assistant. He's gone out to
put away jug of Ticker left by sub
scriber."
do you think it will take him long
to put it away?"
NAV. sir. it won't take him long
ter put it away, but after that he
won't be able ter do nuthin' fur a
week."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Woman's Daring Deed.

In southern Tunis lies an extensive
salt marsh desert called the Shott
Jerid, of which the Arabs stand in ter
ror, for many caravan has been lost
in the salt incrusted morass, which,
according to De Lesseps is as much
as 1900 feet deep in places. This
region has been crossed for the first
time in a small automobile by a
woman, Myriam Harry, well-known
French novelist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Tabled and Filed,

Mrs. Crawford-You must love your
husband very dearly if you save all
the letters he sends you while you're
in the country.
Mrs. Crabshaw-Tm keeping them
for comparison, my dear. I'm sure to
catch him in lie.-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

If the women are to be credited,
every married woman finally dies OF
a broken heart, and every old bach
elor has had his heart buried in a
grave for years..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Rheumatism and Neuralgia never could
get along with Hamlins Wizard Oil.
Wizard Oil always drives them away
from the premises in short order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Genius and the Hair.

why is it," asks writer in Flieg.
ende Blaetter, that when man dis.
covers that he is a genius he allows
his hair to grow long, and that when
woman becomes similarly conscious
she has her hair cut short?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17
Thrift.

Tourist GAS he falls down a preci.
pice and stieks)-Blow it. II only |
could give UP my room Tor tonight
Meggendorfer BlaetteS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Our idea of heaven is a place big
enough to make 1t possible for people
to be without neighbors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Heroic souls in old times had no
more opportunities than we have; but
they used them-Charles Kingsley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

WE PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

The first step toward keeping your
mouth shut is to close it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
Is the old reliable cough remedy. Found IN every
drug store and in practically every home. For sale
by all druggists, Csc, Soc and sl00 bottles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces in
fammation, says pain, cures wind collie Csc bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Drifting Ice in the North.
The movement of the drifting ice Of
the far north is about two miles q
day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-17

Better a poor man at large than a
rich man in Jail.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-22
A BUCKEYE BOY
ENL|VEhS THE TOWN
Ollie Bales Precipitates Himself Into
More Trouble.

Ollie Bales of Buckeye is in trouble
again. With his brother and a party
of friends he was in the Owl saloon
yesterday morning. Bales saw u
character by the name of Pete WA
son sitting at q table in the rear OF
the saloon, and going up to him he
struck him and began beating him.
He was pulled away by bystanders.
He had been drinking, but he was
not so drunk as to be unware that
he was likely TO have trouble over
the affair and he hurried out of the
saloon and took refuge in a corral
at Five Points. A. ;
Wilson made complaint and when
deputy sheriffs went to the saloon
they could get no information regard
ing the assault. Though everybody
about the place knew Bales, the
identity OF the man who had hit VIII
son was shrOuded in as impenetrable
a mystery as was that of the man
who struck Billy Patterson.
1t was a little later learned that
Bales was the assai.ant and Deputy
Sheriff Davis. thinking that he would
likely be on his way to Buckeye, rode
out in that direction on a wheel to
make inquiry if he had passed. He
came across brother of Bales and
two or three neighbors, who told MIN
they had seen nothing of Bales since
the night before.
After the deputy had passed them.
he had a 'hunch" that they had lied
to him and he turned around and
followed them at discreet distance.
They went directly TO Five Points.
The officer stationed himself under
the dropping branches of a tree and
saw the party disappear within a cor
raj. They came out and entered an
other corral and soon after that Bales
with his brother emerged, got inso a
wagon and started away lie officer
overlook them and arrested Bales In
the afternoon he was released on a
cash bond for his appearance before
morning.
The officers feel a not unnatural
Indignation against the saloonkeepers
who hindered their search for Bales,
and it is pointed out that if the sa-
loon men have any notion of con-
tinuing in business they were standing
in their own light. II will not be very
long until a saloon in this town will
have to show pretty clear papers if
it expects to obtain a license or to
hold one after it has got it, and any
house which interferes with the oper-
alton of the law will be constSled
by the supervisors who have the last
say to be a disorderly house
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-22
ScOTTSDALE.

Scottsdale, Arizona, May 21-H.
NJ Alexander has purchased a
new header for the Indians and they
are cutting their grain with a modern
machine now instead of with sickles
as of yore. Mr. Alexander is arrang-
ing many modern conveniences for the
Indians AMI marked Improvement is
noticed.
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Hayden went to
Glendale Wednesday to receive an
other bunch of steers. They have over
200 head of steers on pasture now.
Mr.. Brown has his binder running
full capacity cutting barley. Mr.. Mil
Ter is running the machine and is cut
ting for Mr.. Hayden at present.
Cattle Buyer Drew of Pearce was eX-
pected here Wednesday but he did not
show up.
The Indians are marketing new
wheat now and receiving the benefit
of high prices.
Glen Starkey who has been here for
about two years has accepted a posi-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-22

ton near Phoenix and left Wednesday
to take charge of his work.
Francis Frazier has taken charge Of
Mr.. Smiths place since Mr. Starkey
took another position.
Mr.. WILDER is about ready to market
twenty acres more of alfalfa hay. He
has forty acres of nice alfalfa and he
cuts it entirely, not allowing stock on
it at all He cuts half of it at a time
and then cuts the other half about two
weeks later so he markets twenty acres
of hay every two or three weeks. His
alfalfa grows so fast it keeps him busy
hauling it away thus demonstrating
that it pays to keep stock off the
field. -
Vote for all the bridges you want to,
but vote for the Tempe bridge, sure.