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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
WelleS Family

AS a surname Welles Is taken from
the name of place; for in many
places, and in many languages, springs
or wells gave their names to places.
The same name is known in several
languages-in French as Du Puy or
Dupuis and De la Fontaine, in Dutch
as Wander der Put, and In Italian as
Pozzi The name was also Latinized
as De Fontibus. People living near a
well that had no particular name were
sometimes called Ate Welle, or De la
Well, and these names were later
shortened into Welles.
The Welles family in this country is
doubtless Of Norman origin, and in the
country whence 1t came originally 1t
was known as ode .Wellss." 1t Is said
that in the eleventh century William
the Norman Conqueror gave to one of
his knights, Richardus, the manor Of
Welles and made him Baron or Lord
Welles. In return for this favor Lord
Welles was to see that the kings
household was supplied with bread.
The family III America was estab-
lished by branch Of this noble fam
lily Of barons Of the realm. And 1t Is
a strange story that tells Of the COM
ing to the new world Of the first man
Of the name.
Thomas Welles was the owner and
proprietor of large hotel In London,
which was much freQuented by the
nobility. He also owned shipyards,
and one day at dinner he let fall some
ideas about his religious beliefs. His
shipyards were conf1scated by the
crown, and word reached him that he
was suspected of non-conformity by
the court of high commission.
This was in 1929, and Thomas and
his family realized that no time could
be lost. Aided and urged by his son,
also named Thomas, the elder Welles
put to sea In either the George Bona
venture, the Lions Whelp, or the Tai
bot, Welles thought he was safe as
soon as he boarded the vessel, but be-
fore sailing time men came to search
for him. He was quickly hidden in a
big, empty water cask, and he stayed
there until the vessel put to sea.
Thomas Welles landed at what Is
now Salem, Mass, and soon afterward
his family joined him. He had five
sons, Thomas. mentioned above, Hugh,
Nathaniel, Joseph and Edward. ALI
but the latter settled first in Rhode Is
land, and bought tract of land of
over 400 acres Of the Narragansett In
dams In the wilderness Of Wellstown.
Thomas, Hugh and John returned to
Massachusetts in 1885, and later
helped found Hartford, Connecticut.
Gideon Welles, who was secretary OF
the navy under Presidents Lincoln
and johnson, was descendant OF the
Thomas, and was fourth governor and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
BILLIARD AND POOL
TITLES CHANGE HANDS
CLINE BEATS DEMAREST AND
KEoGH DEFEATS HUEsToN
IN CUE CHAMPIONSHIP
GAMES.

Calvin Demarest, the young Chicago
an, did not hold the 1872 balkline bill
lizard championship very long. It is
about three months since Demarest
won the title and the first time he
was called upon to defend it he went
down to defeat at the hands of Harry
Cline of Philadelphia.
Cline and Demarest played in Chi
cago, the champion having only 1887
points when his rival scored the final
in the 1900 point contest. Cline's
highest run was LAT, while Demarest's
best was 1872.
About the time Demarest was losing
the billiard championship, Thomas A.
Hueston was being deprived of the
same honor in pool. In a 600 point
game in New York Hueston lost to
Jerome Keogh of Rochester, N. Y.
Hueston scored only SAG in the three
nights play. Keogh adopted the safe
ty system while Hueston was arratic
and snappy throughout. A purse of
$1,000, the diamond emblem and a
$3.50 side bet went to the winner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

1T is the custom in the senate for
j each senator to address every other
one as "Mr." Talking with persons
with whom they are not very well ac-
ouainted, 1t is probable that Senator
Warner and Senator Stone each refers
to the other as Senator"
In their committee rooms, homes
and among Missouri friends, the Mis-
souri, senators are "Bill" to each
other. II Senator Stone has something
to say of his colleague to one of his
tntimates, he will remark that he told
,Bill" Warner, or he will suggest to
the man to go and see "Bill" Warner.
Close friends of Warner have heard
him refer to "B!lp Stone. The Mis-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
HE WANTS LONGER RACES
Thomas F. Ryan, New Turf Patron.
Favors Four-MiIe Run for the
Thoroughbreds.

An effort Is being made to revive
long-distance horse races in America.
The principal advocate of the races
that demand speed, endurance and
courage in one of the latest patrons OF
the turf-Thomas Fortune Ryan. The
traction magnate has been consulting
some of the stewards of the Jockey
club on the subject and trying to in
ject into them some of his enthusiasm
for this particular branch of racing.
This subject of long-distance races,
the four-mile kind-heats, too, If
horsemen will see it that way-is
hobby with Mr.. Ryan. He has a
deeply rooted conviction that races
over long routes are the contests be-
fitting thoroughbreds and not the
present-day sprints of five, six and
seven furlongs.
Mr.. Ryan believes that under pres
ent conditions the struggles are SO
short that an advantage gained at the
start very often decides race. I'm
der such conditions, the very thing
sought after by breeders-extreme
speed-frequently is placed at naught
because the horses that possess that
high quality may be handicapped by
ground lost at the rise of the barrier.
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given me, and I am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. s. FORD.
2207 w. Franklin ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day Is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir-
Irregularities. periodic pains, backache.
that bearing down feeling, fatulency.
Indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If YOU would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. for it. She has guided
thousands to health Tree q
charge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
ACorner in Ancestors
EObSOn Family
By FRANCIS VILE!
Copyright by Mcclure syndicate)

For many years in England the
phrase "Hobson's Choice" has been q
by-word. In the very first part of the
seventeenth century there lived at
Cambridge man by the name of
Thomas Hobson who kept a livery
stable. His customers. when they
came to hire carriage, were always
given the horse nearest the door,
whether they liked it or not So Hob
sons choice came to signify that you
could take what you could get, or else
go without; and perhaps this habit of
making everything accomplish its
share has helped the Hobsons to get
on in the world.
There have been Hobsons and Hop
sons in England almost forever. Hob
and OBJ were once diminutives of Rob-
ert. and were probably used as regular
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210eqqeB

cestershire. England, in 1894, and died
in Hebron, Conn. He married Eliza
beth Merrill, and settled in Saybrook
and later in Hebron, Conn. He had
many descendants.
The arms which are illustrated are
those of the Welles family founded in
England by Lord Welles. They are
described In an old document as fol-
lows: "He beareth argent. chevron
voided azure between three flames of
fire, proper, by the name 'Welles.'" 1t
is supposed that these arms were
granted to the family by Richard
Occur de Lion about 1900. 1t is very
probable that the man to whom he
granted them was one Of his subjects
who accompanied him on crusade.
The "three flames" mentioned are
symbolic, in heraldry, Of the Holy
Ghost, and therefore are very suit
able emblem for a crusader. The crest
is a mailed arm, clasping drawn
scymitar. and the motto, Pro Neo ct
Uatria,"-for God and Countryside
suggests the crusader.
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Two Votes.

The first time ran for the general
assembly one of the prominent citi-
Gems of my community told me that
he was going to vote against me be-
cause when 1 was shaver l threw
rotten apple at his horse. Another
prominent citizen told me that he was
going to vote for me because when I
was shaver l put a rotten egg in
buggy cushion belonging to the wom-
an he worked for and he had never
liked the woman. Think of it! And
yet such stuff has thrown the scales
where thrones have been at stake
From speech at Norwich by former
Gov. George P. Mclean of Connecti-
emf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Belgium Has no Navy.

Belgium is, perhaps the most pros.
porous state in Europe, as we'll as the
most thickly settled. The late kings
nous advance in wealth and social re-
form. One of the country's special ad-
vantages is that it's international neu-
tralization permits it to dispense with
a navy, while the Belgian army Is
maintained on a very small and in
expensive basis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Nor on a HaIf.Dime, Either.

Simon Hardcastle believed with sim
cere faith that any wife who had, or
asked, more than a quarter a year
for her own amusement or enjoyment
was a being too horrible to contem-
plate. He came from the village store
for dinner and told what he had
heard.
Miranda, would you believe that
the Lords prayer could be engraved
in space no larger than a diner"
We'll, yes, Simon" she hazarded, eff
q dime is as large in the engraver's
eyes as it is in yours, should think
that he would have no difficulty at
all."-The Housekeeper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Missouri's "Bills' and a Bridge Bill

souri, Bills" though of opposite politi-
cal parties. are very good personal
friends.
"The senator from Missouri" said
Vice-President Sherman. Senator
Stone was on his feet in front of his
desk on the Democratic side, address,
ing the chair.
Far back on the Republican side
Senator Warner was doing the same.
1.-THE senior senator from Missouri"
said the vice-president, looking direct
ly at Warner. Again Senator Stone
addressed the chair. II am the Junior
senator from Missouri" said Warner,
IF the chair intends to recognize
me-" "Then 1t Is the junior senator
who is recognized" said Sherman, and
Warner introduced his bills.
Some time later Senator Stone was
recognized and introduced his bills.
It may have been more than a coinci.
dence that each Of the Missouri sena-
tors introduced bill extending the
time for the commencement of work
on the municipal bridge at st. Louis.
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first treasurer of Connecticut. Gideont
father and grandfather were both
named Samuel, and both fought III the
revolutionary war.
Another branch Of the family was
founded here by another Thomas
Welles, who was born in Dudley, Wor-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
How often do you eat shIs foods

uVW Otteu 90 you eat tnto too0y
A short time ago there appeared in
the columns Of one of the prominent
magazines an article on building brain
and muscle by the proper selection of
the foods you eat.
A good many people were surprised
to find oatmeal placed at the top of the
list of foods recommended; but If the
article had appeared in an English or
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected to see first place given to
good oatmeal.
AS matter Of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to us for tremendous
quantities Of Quaker Oats because it
represents to them perfect food, being
the richest in flavor and best in clean
Illness and purity, of all oatmeals.
Americans should eat more Quaker
Oats; the results would soon show
themselves in improved conditions OF
health and strength. 55
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

dime in his right You may give any
values to the coins other than twenty
and five, provided that one number is
odd and the other even, the even
number being given to the quarter.
And you can, of course, use any other
coins, so long as you give them odd
and even values.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

baptismal names. n King William the
Norman's Domesday Book there are
listed Hobbesunes and Obbesunes, the
progenitors of to-day's big family of
Hobsons in England and America.
In England the family has for CEN
turtles been settled in the shires of
Leicester, Lincoln and Darby, and has
spread pretty well over the whole ISL
and. Thomas Hopson of Leicester is
the first Of the name on record in that
region; he became q Freeman when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows, e. w. Post or
Battle Creek, Michigan, is not only a
maker of breakfast foods, but he is a
strong individual who believes that the
trades-unions are a menace to the lib
erty of the country.
Believing this, and being natural
born" scrapper for the right, as he
sees 1t, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in ceaseless war
fare against "The Labor Trust" as he
likes to call it.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression of his opin-
Ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages Of the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose, just as he is accustomed to
for the telling Of his Postum STORY"
and he has thus spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in denouncing
trades-unionism.
AS result of Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
'honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development OF legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their'own
membership. and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post Is hated by the trades
'unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at boycotting his products.
The latest means Of getting" Post is
the widespread publication of the story
that car which was recently wrecked
In transmission was found to be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, who. it is
said, stated it publicly, as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fitz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as deliberate
talsehood, an underhanded and coward
ly attempt to injure his business, hav-
ing not the slightest basis in fact. As
such an effort it must be regarded. It
is significant that this statement about
"the peanut shells" is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" of an eastern country paper I
find it, and the inference naturally is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Tor q man) which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force, that will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings, that will
main and kill If necessary to effect its
ends, naturally would not hesitate to
spread falsehood for the same pur-
poses.
We admire Post While we have no
enmity toward labor unions, so long as
they are conducted In an honest, Tive
and-let-live" kind Of way, we have had
enough of the tarred end of the stick
to sympathize thoroughly with what he
is trying to do. He deserves support.
A man like Post can not be killed, even
with lies. They are boomerang; every
time. Again, we knoto, for hasn't this
weapon. every weapon that could be
thought of. been used (and not simply
by labor unions) to put us out of bust
ness, too?
am going to drink too cups of
Postum every morning from this time
on, and put myself on diet of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post!-Editorial in
The American Journal Of Clinical Med
5cjne.
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Will uull pain Dc.
cause there Is In.
fammation within.
You can't be rid Of
the ache until you
cure the cause-hA
kidneys.
Doan's Kidn ey
Pills cure sick kid.
neys. G. s. Warren,
1917 No. 7th St.,
Boise, Idaho. says:
can injury to my
back years ago left
me lame. I had to
use a cane, and ii
hurt me terribly to
stoop or lift. The
k / d n e y secretions
naccod too froo,1onf-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
TRY This on Your Friend.

Ask friend to put quarter In one
pocket and dime In the opposite
pocket. Tell him that the quarter rep
resents twenty and the dime five. Now
ask him to triple the coin that Is in
his right pocket and double that
which is in his left pocket, and then
add these two products together. sim
ply telling you whether the result is
odd or even. If it be even, then the
quarter is in his right pocket and the
dime in the left; II 1t be odd, then the
quarter is in his left pocket and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
ComparIson Stunned.

you didn't cry at all at the natl
Nee."
NO." answered the reposeful girl;
81 couldn't think Of such thing"
But the young woman with you
wept copiously."
"Of course. Her lace handkerchiefs
are ever so much more elegant than
mine" Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
And So Il Is.

I said to my friend: Tell me my
faults, and will know you are my
friend" And he told me my faults,
and spurned him, for thought him
a fool.
said to a second friend: Tell
me my faults, frankly" And he
said I had no faults, and I spurned
him. for I knew he was fool.
I said to my third friend: Tell me
all my faults" And he told me my
faults. and l thanked him. And he
spurned me. for he knew was
observation-disclosures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Make $500 In Gold.

Read the magnificent offer by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. in another
part of this paper. Get your wits to
work and capture the $4,000, and at
the same time secure supply of the
most reliable seeds on earth. The COM
pany is one of the largest in the coun.
try. and thoroughly responsible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

1IOm AIOS uioAR~
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when I began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
now life had haen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

ly. For five years since l was cured.
by Doan's Kidney Pills, have had no
return of the trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25

Harry Lord, third baseman, who
was the first of the Boston American
players to sign for this season, has
been appointed captain Of the Speed
Boys by Manager Pat Donovan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Real Rude.

Amateur Warbler-Yes, wrote this
song and can sing It all by myself.
Miss Tabasco-Er-please slug il all
to yourself.
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Her Popularity.

Ethel wonder why Pauline in
sisted upon having three diamonds in
her engagement ring from Mr.. John.
son?
Esther-She probably wanted peo-
pie to be reminded that Mr.. Johnson
was her third f1ance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
The First Spat.

Shelf I had known that you
would scold never would have mar
ried you" He-"H had known that
you would marry me would have
scolded.
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WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES cue.
PEcT THE KIDNEYS.

Backache Is kidney ache, in most
cases. The kidneys ache and throb
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
The GraxeIed Geometer.

Euclid was boasting of his abilities.
"But," cried his wife, "can you find
why our gas bills are just as big as
when they charged dollar thousand
cubic feet?"
With a moan he sped into the night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
AFTER
FOIJRYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. -"For four years
my life was misery to me. Isuffered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es-
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautified. minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfiguring rashes, itchings,
irritations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure, so
sweet, SO speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cutfcura Soap, assisted,
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment.
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston, for their free
32-page Cuticura Book telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
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Power of Example.


ut amt pretty kind world for
poor old Swede woman like me-" said
Christine But sometimes ids pretty
good world anyways. l vas at a place
yesterday we're de lady always make
as iron all afternoon und den send me
home mitout my supper. So yesterday
tolt her how kind you vas to me, und
how you tell me set down and rest till
supper get ready, und gift me money
for de street car so l don't have to
walk home ven 1 been so tired, und all
about you. So ven put away de irons
yesterday dot lady she say to be, Set
down und have something to eat pretty
soon, Christine; you not be in de way
Dots because l tell her about you,
ma am tink lots of peoples be gooder
if dey know about somebody else bein'
ood."-Newark News.
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A CAUTIOUS HUSBAND.

Mrs. Henpeck-John, what's your
honest opinion of my new hat?
Mr.. Henpeck-Don't ask me, Mary.
You know you're much bigger and
stronger than I am!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-02
81 o.; RED MOUSE
"a Mystery
Romance
"
copyrislaf. 1909, by Dodd-
Mead & Co.

This story fhro6s with the vi
frl issues of today, of the corn
b5ex life Of tks present, when q
single net may make or break a
n5rn or q woman and when all
he insidious forces that ruin
Eves were never stronger. a dis
tvicf attorney who Is tempted
~ the offer Of q hinge bride to
syade his duffy; fl1oughffess
md opeyombffious wor0n who
snfues worldly glory above hon
ssty and learns her mistake a
dissipdfsd, spsndfhriff husband
Trojan into prison for murder
because Of evil associates; a
scheming. Intriguing political
CRATER vho nses his iron grip on
q great clfy for his personal
profit these are sor7e Of the
characters portrayed in brilfionf
fashion Ard towering above
h1era, and. after oil. The strongest
force among them. IS the influ-
erce of the tender love Of a faith
ful wife who dnres to hope and
struggle through years Of bitter
est sui ering. humiliation ard
priyatioH-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-02

There was something in the catch OF
her breath, too, as she ended that
meant denial, he was certain. But he
took courage. Did she not know that
he would not ask her il he did not
hare to have It? Women never could
understand why men had to have
money. She didn't understand. When
men had to have money they had to
have 1t. And then violent. irresisti-
BILE impulse to be perfectly truthful
took hold of him. and his mind was so
warped. his need so desperate. that
he came perilously near to hurting out
the real reason why he needed the
money. For an instant he actually
thought that his wife would appreciate
the reason. as some of his male friends
doubtless would.
@I'll tell you how it is. Miriam be
had begun and then suddenly stopped.
What was he about TO do2 Was
there not something queer. something
| not exactly right. in his telling Miriam
about the other woman? And he end
ed by pleading: