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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
State Capital Letter
Doin8s at ST. Paul as Reported by Our Special
Correspondent
Correspondent.

situations for insane, have only been
permitted in the women's wards. 1t is
claimed, however, that nursing and
gentleness is more the natural element
and characteristic of woman than
man, and that the difference is more
than appreciated by the insane.
The writer has a report of one in
stance said to be typical. A violently
insane man was brought to the st.
Peter Institution in charge of three
men, who had been compelled to
handcuff him, and strap his legs.
When the patient was brought in the
institution, the order was at once Civ
en- to release the patient from his
bonds. The three men who brought
him gave warning of danger as soon
as the patient secured use of his arms
and legs. The order was carried out,
however, and young women nurse
was called to take the patient in
charge. Taking him lightly by the
arm and without any fear the girl
asked the patient to come with her.
Without any hesitation, the man did
so, making no attempt to resist or in
jure his frail keeper.
Millions for Life Insurance.
Minnesota is yearly contributing in
creasing millions of dollars to the cof-
fers of great life insurance COM
panies-most of them located in the
cast. 1t seems hardly credible, yet
conservative estimate is to the eff
feet that during 1909, the IA months
just concluded, Minnesotans have paid
old line life companies nearly $780,
600. The largest aggregate amount
collected during the year by any one
company, is $1,500,OOO.
Good Grain for Seeding.
The public generally is appreciative
of the fact that Minnesota possesses
a state agricultural college at which
various experiments are constantly be-
ing made with new varieties of seed
and crops with view to increasing
and lettering the yields of all grains
and agricultural products grown with
in the state. Yet few seem aware
that the results of years of study and
experimenting at the agricultural
school are to be had by any citizen
for the asking, and that grain seed
of the highest quality, which will yield
larger and better crops, may be pur-
chased from the state by one and all
interested enough to do so.
True, this seed is sold in very limit
ed quantities, because the supply Of
this product of years of work and eX-
perimenting is very limited. But
those who buy seed from the state
school to test its qualities above aver
age seed grain, may secure from the
same source names and addresses Of
farmers in their part of the state who
have previously tested this special
seed and who have large quantities on
hand for sale to farmers desiring it
for seed purposes at slightly above
market price.
Inquiries for this special state grain
should be sent to Prof. Andrew Boss,
State Experimental Station, st. An
thony Park, Mimi. The kinds of seed
the state has on hand of superior
quality in every way, the number of
years tested, it's average yield, the
largest amount allowed any one GUS
toner, and the price, are designated
in the following schedule:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
COMISKEY ORIGINATOR
OF THE TERM "FAN'
OWNER OF THE WHITE sox FIRST
TO USE THE WORD WHILE
WITH THE BROWNS.

Ted Sullivan says that many, many
years ago when Charles Comiskey was
playing in st. Louis and managing the
Browns there was man who In these
days would be known as bug.
He was pest At one time he had
been ball player. He assumed that
this gave him great license. So in the
evening he would come to the spot Wis
tied by the baseball enthusiasts and
would tell them just how the game OF
the afternoon had been lost. and how
1t could have been won if this and the
other had been tried.
You know how welcome man is aft
er his eighth or tenth attempt to tell
you how to conduct your business, and
the bunch got sore. One evening after
his departure one of the enthusiasts
turned to Comiskey and asked:
What would you call that fellow"
WELL" was Commy's comeback, If
l had lost the game and was feeling
sore I'd call him a darned pest. But
If | had won and was telling at peace
with the world | guess I'd call him
fanatic"
Evening after evening when they
saw the man coming they would say:
Here comes the fanatic"
After awhile he became fan"
That's the origin of the term" says
Ted.
This same Sullivan declares that he
knows the origin of the term "can."
You see, if Mordecai Brown lost his
cunning and became of no use to the
Cubs he would be canned"
He would be discharged. Well, that
term isn't confined to baseball, as many
men can testify. But Ted claims he
has its origin just the same. He says
that years and years ago he was man.
aging the Kansas City club. He had a
brother battery by the name of Dugan.
One was pitcher and the other a
catcher. One day they were playing a
double-header in Baltimore. In the
first game with the score tie and
| two out the catcher had passed ball
and lost the game.
In the second the same condition
came to pass and he had a second
passed ball and lost a second game.
81 quit" he said to Sullivan after
the game.
why so?" queried Ted. 81 haven't
said anything that you could take Of
tense at"
mot at ALL But when a man loses
two ball games in one afternoon it's
time for him to get out of the game.
quit"
And he did But before he departed
he telegraphed his wife in Brooklyn,
where he lived. This is the telegram
be sent:
"Shine up the tin can; I'm going back
to my old trade"
He was a plumber and carried his
lunch in the "tin can"
For years every time that a ball
player was discharged they said he
was going to the tin can" said Sui
Ivan. Finally it came to be known
as just being canned"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Increased Price of Elk Teeth.

During the last five years the value
of elk teeth has more than trebIed. :"
said western traveller at the Fred.
eric, according to the st. Paul Dis
patch. I'm 1904 you could get any num-
Der of fine specimens in Idaho, Mon
tana, Washington and bordering states
for $3.50 apiece. Now you will pay
from $3.50 to $40, and they are hard
to get for even that. The Apache,
Sioux, Comanche and Chippewa Indi-
ans used to have dozens of them in
their possession and traded them for
trinkets. But the redskin got wise to
their value, and you can buy them
from a regular dealer cheaper now
than from the indian. The passing
of the elk and the great demand made
by the members Of the Elk lodge for
teeth for emblems have boosted the
price,"
The traveller recited an incident of
an Oklahoman who bought robe COW
cred with elk teeth from a Wichita
Indian for 500. He cut off the teeth
and cleaned up $4,000 on the deal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Woman Would Be Legislator.

Miss Gina Krog, of Christiania. has
been nominated by the radical party
of Norway for deputy in the parlia-
mentary elections now pending, Miss
Krog visited the United States last
spring on her way to the Interaa-
tional Council of Women in Toronto.
She delivered several lectures to suf-
frage societies in New York and spoke
to the Norwegian women in Brooklyn.
She is said to have had more to do
with obtaining the ballot for the wom-
en- of Norway than any other individ-
ual, man or woman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Lamphere Dies In Prison.

La Porte, Ind.-Ray Lamphere, SO
years old, slayer of Mrs. Belle Guinness
and her children, died in the Michigan
City penitentiary, where he was serv-
ing an indeterminate term for arson
Lamphere on April %, 1908, set fire 20
the Gupnness home near La Porte and
incinerated the family. He had form
erly been employed by Mrs. Guinness
as a workman on her farm. Follow
ing the fire, the bodies of several per.
sons who had been murdered by Mrs.
Guinness were unearthed in the farm
yard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
New Chair in Rome University.

A chair in Christian archaeology has
been established in the University of
Rome by direction of the minister Of
education, and Prof. Marucci has been
appointed as its first occupant. Mar
ucci, whose entry isto the faculty has
created much excitement in church
circles, is known as the best informed
archaeologist of the Vatican says
Figaro, land the only surviving pupil
of Rossi, who made the catacombs .
life Study'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Bows Lucky Find.

A remarkable book find by q poor
Jewish youth in Whitechapel, London,
England, is reported. which argues an
gence of high order. He bought for
a cent from a barrow in Mile End
Road copy of Goethe's poems, en-
riched with Thackeray's signature and
crest and number of his thumb-nail
sketches scattered throughout the
book. The covers were in bad condi-
ton, but the pages were clean. The
youth had the shrewdness to make
the most of his find himself, and after
many negotiations he has now sold
the volume for about $780,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Dead, I Dying From Gas.

Belle Fourche, South Dakota.-Word
has been brought here of the death
by asphyxiation at his ranch near
Reva of Ed Mireault, an early day set
tier of Harding county. Mireault, who
was known as French Ed" and a
companion named William Black,
went to the cellar with pail of Goals
to keep some vegetables from freez-
ing, and after stopping up all ventila-
ton to keep out the cold, spent the
night there. They were found the
next day overcome Black is near
death. Mireault died the next day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
open-Air BARRIERS In Spain.

Fingers that smell of garlic, soap
that gives no lather. razor that may
have been used for cutting a raw
ham, and flourish that reminds one
of an executioner rather than of a
barber-such are the qualifications of
the itinerant Spanish hairdresser, de-
clares a writer in the Wide World.
The. victim-we use the term advised
ly-must be a patient. long-suffering
man, neither the slave Of time nor of
any petty feelings such as delicacy
and sensitiveness, as otherwise he will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
100000 FOR 200 PERSONS.
Chicago Man Remembers Former EN-.
pIoyes in Will.

Chicago, Jan. Former employees,
business associates, friends and per-
sonal servants-"all those who had
served him and all from whom he had
named as beneficiaries
in the will of G. w. Marks, former
millionaire shoe dealer. The document
is to be filed for probate within a few
days. About $1,OOO,OOO will be divided
among about 200 persons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07

st. Paul.-In little room in an out
of-the-way corner on the second floor
of the old capitol-an apartment
which for years gone by was used as
CLOAK room for the representatives
In the legislature-is now located the
nucleus OF the state campaign against
the Great White Plague, tuberculosis.
rms office is occupied by Christie
pher Easton, executive secretary of
the Minnesota Association for the
prevention and Relief of tuberculosis.
The start so far accomplished is small,
yet the association is encouraged by
the outlook; by the fact that their
work is public benefaction; and by
the additional fact that the public is
awakening from it's lethargy and real
1zing that educational as well as prac-
teal work must be done to reduce the
toll of thousands of lives which con-
sumption is demanding yearly of Min
nesota inhabitants.
The past holiday season brought
with it merry" Christmas indeed for
those who are behind this state cam
paign against consumption; for gener-
Gus citizens during the festival period
bought 100000 Red Cross" stamps
for a penny each, thus contributing
$11,0C0 toward this public work of re-
lief and healing. OF this money, the
local organizations to fight tubercu-
losis get forty per cent, the state or
ganization gets forty per cent, and the
national association receives twenty
per cent. In other words, the sale of
these Christmas stamps has raised
$3.50 for the direction of the battle
by the state association. This money
practically all the funds at the COM
mand of the state workers-will be
used in organizing local committees
and associations where they do not
now exist, in stimulating and stand
ardizing locals already formed, and
in keeping up general public interest
At present there are only about doz-
there is plenty of field open for the
good work.
The most prosperous locals, as
might be expected, are in the larger
towns, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth,
Winona and Mortified. In these
places ten trained nurses are en-
ployed to give all their time to the
care and direction of treatment for
those suffering from consumption who
otherwise would be unable to employ
expert and proper treatment. These
nurses have made easier the last
hours of hundreds of tuberculosis suf-
ferers, and in cases not too far adj
vanced, have placed scores of dis
couraged invalids on the road to re-
covery and ultimate victory over a
disease which few years ago was
considered incurable even in its ele-
mentary stages.
Locals are being organized as rapid
ly as possible in various towns, the
most recent acquisitions being Fergus
Falls, Cloquet, Red Wing, Faribault
and St. Cloud. In each of these places
named, it is probable a trained nurse
will soon be employed ministering to
the poor and needy.
In counties where large towns are
not to be found, the workers contem-
plate organizing county associations
with view to carrying on the good
work in the rural districts where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
KNOWLEDGE ENOUGH.

At the moment of their fall Adam
and Eve, being innocent, were used to
ner.
That is to say, they didn't Fletcher
ize.
With the result that they failed of
getting the full effect of the apple
all the proteids and carbohydrates.
However, in thier blind, laundering
way, they attained to enough knowl
odge of good and evil to MAKE them
terrible bores to themselves forever
after, and to all their descendants ike
wise unto the present generation
Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Agriculture BY Correspondence.


A few weeks will doubtless see the
Inauguration at the Minnesota agricul-
tural college of the agricultural ed
ucation by correspondence" system,
provided for in the J. M. Hackney law
enacted by the last legislature. Al
ready the experimental department is
preparing data for the first bulletins
to be sent out. Gov. Eberhart has
been consulting with the agricultural
school authorities as to the securing
of man to act as editor of the educa-
tional bulletins, and has finally Sc
lected E. C. Huntington of Window for
the place. Mr.. Huntington is well
known and experienced newspaper
man and will no doubt prove a very
satisfactory official.
J. G. MATCHITT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Interesting Information,

In an interview published in tho
Keller Neueste Nachrichten, Grossad.
miral Won Roster says many interest
ing things about his visit to New
York, among them the following: I'm
the absence of President Taft, who
was away on trip to the Mexican
frontier, the place of honor was
taken by the vice-president of the
United States, Secretary of State
Sherman of New York"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
French Taxes.

According to statistics of taxes,
in France in 1892, in 1906 there were
only 1920, whereas if the game were
holding it's own the number should
have increased as the children grew
to billiard playing age. The decadence
of the game, which has had famous
votaries, is ascribed to the success of
outdoor sports, and especially to the
intense and widespread interest now
taken in motoring.-Vogue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Golfer to Honored.
Il was agreed at a committee

It was agreed at committees meet
ing held in ST. Andrews to erect
bronze panel representing the head
and shoulders in life size of the late
Tom Morris. The panel will be placed
in the west gable of the royal and an
cient clubhouse. The balance of the
memorial fund after paying the ex-
penses for this erection will be used
to endow bed in ST. Andrews Cot
tage hospital to be known as the Tom
Norris bed and upon which golf pro-
fessionals and caddies are to have
first claim-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07

fare badly at the hands of his torturer.
For the Spanish open-air barber is a
calm man, who takes everything for
granted, and never for a moment
doubts that you are satisfied with his
attentions and will pay him accord.
ingly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Graphic Variations.

Civilization" remarked the canni.
bal king, promotes some strange
IDEAS"
ITO whom do you especially refer?"
inquired the missionary.
Among you the ultimate con-
sumner is regarded with sympathy.
Here he is considered very lucky"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
The Novice,

Old Lawyer Ito young partner)-
Did you draw up old Moneybag's will?
Young Partner-Yes, sir; and so
tight that all the relatives in the
world cannot break it,
Old Lawyer with some disgust)-
The next time there is a will to be
drawn up, I'll do it myself!"-New
York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
A Lesson in Economy.

81 notice you always fling the driver
your purse when we take convey
ance," said the heroine of the his
torical novel.
Il do" admitted the hero of the
same.
How do you expect to support a
wife? Give him the exact legal fare
hereafter" . Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Presence of Mind.

Look, the fires under control, yet
there is a foolish man going to throw
a crayon portrait out of the window!"
why not? That's his only chance to
get rid of it."-Milwaukee Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Where Pepys Won Fame,

"Who was this fellow Pepys, and
what is his claim to fame"
Ills claim to fame is well founded,
my friend. He's the man who kept a
diary for more than a year."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07

Happiness in marriage would be
more prevalent if man would handle
his wife as tenderly and carefully as
he does an old briar pipe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Norman EIberfeId. better KNOWN

Norman EIberfeId, better known to
fans as kid" has been purchased by
the Washington team from the New
York Yankees. He will be the captain
Snext season and is expected to put
some pepper Into the Capital City
players.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
His Business,

"You see that man across the
street? Well, you can always get cut
rates from him for his work"
What is it,"
Trimming trees and hedges. BAL
timore American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
Mistakes Will Happen.

Lady Ito her sister, doctor)-
THERE cooked a meal for the first
time to-day and made mess of it.
well, dear, never mind; it's moth.
ing. I lost my first patient"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07
And Mother officiates.

Eddie-Do you have morning pray
ers at your house?
Freddie-We have some kind Of a
service when father gets in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07

Occasionally we meet people who
spend half their time telling what
they are going to do and the other half
explaining WHY they didn't do it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-07

If you see a fault in others, think
of two of your own, and do not add q
third one bv vour hasty Judgment
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-22
FARGO TOWN MEETING Is
NOW FULLY ORGANIZED
Oficers Elected and Constitution and Bylaws Adopted Al
Housing Meeting Held at High School Last Evening
Spirited Debate Feature Of Programme As.

&
The Town Meeting tclib OF Fargo
was fully organized, officers were
elected and a. constitution and bylaws
adopted last evening following a most
interesting programme, in the as
sembly hall of the high school build
| ing.
The feature of the programme con
sisted OF "a spirited debate OF the
question: is Fargo to be saved .bv the
superior wisdom and devotion of the
few or by the intelligent interest and
CO. operation of the many?> Fs
Atty. A. w Fowler upheld the view
| that 1t was through the few, giving of
their time and means freely for the
good of the whole, that the best re-
suits would be obtained. He made two
excellent points:
He stated that in English and Euro-
pean cities that the .councilmen serve
the, cities free of charge giving their
time simply because of their interest
In the welfare OF the city, while
American cities were served by paid
councilmen. He claimed that the rea-
son-so many American cities were cor
rupt was because they were run In the
interests of party politics.
{. DIR. Creegan stated that at the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century
European cities were Just as corrupt
as American cities are now He adj
mitted, that European, cities are better
governed on the whole than American
cities, stating that from, his personal
observation he had, to hang his head
in shame when he compared the adj
ministration OF the average American
city and the average European city.
He stated however that 1t was not
until the people as whole took an
intelligent interest in the government
Of European .. cities that they had
cleaned out the evil government and
the corruption. -s....
. He stated that the reason American
cities were corrupt was because there |
were no American cities UP to the be- !
ginning of the. nineteenth century and !
the rapid growth of the cities natural !
ly threw the government into the
hands Of the few. He stated that the
time was fast approaching when all |
OF the people would be interested in
their city government all the time and I
then the problem would be no longer
} problem.
Following these two, excellent argu-
nents: there was an animated discus
ZION participated in by Prof. A. D.
Weeks, F. w. Pearson, Dean Stratton,
Judge Engerud and DR.. Beard.
Phillip Meighen, winner, of the A.
;. declamatory contest, gave his win I
ing defamation, The Burgomaster's
Death. 1t Is stirring tale. and Mr. I
feighen held his audience spell bound
s.-.
In spite OF the cold and other at 4
FACTIONS there was a good attendance r
nd following the programme the Z
Meeting went into business session. =
.... - The Business Session. /
Prof. A. ID. Weeks was elected I