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The Ely miner., 1912-03-08
Unusual Circumstance.

A very unusual circumstance is 70
corded in the case Of two Rockiand
ladies', one of whom lately died In her
SEVENTEEN year. The surviving lady.
who Is 81, made the baby clothes for
the other and In due time also her
wedding clothes. and at the lsxt made
the funeral shroud and with her own
hands dressed the younger woman in
ft.-Kennebec Journal
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A Beautiful Decline.

Ollie James, the gigantic and genial
congressman and senator-elect from
Kentucky, was in conversation the
other day with Washingtonian when
the latter made certain inquiries with
reference to mutual friend from he
had not seen for number of years.
"And how does Colonel Prescott
spend his declining years?" he asked.
Beautifully, sir; beautifully" an
swered James. "He has fine farm.
sir. A string of trotters, sir. And a
barrel of whisky 16 years old-and a
wife of the same age, sir!"
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Cold Comfort.

Douglas Jerrold's wit made 1t dim.
cult for him to be the 'ministering an.
gel" that a man of less humor might
have been to friends in trouble. The
writer. George Hoddle. went to Jer-
rold one day to tell him of Difficult
ties into which he had fallen q
want you to help me-" he said -The
Morning Gazette has dismissed me.
You don't say, my dear George.
they've had a CLEAN of intelligence at
last" Don't joke. returned Hoddie
Il really want your advice I'm think
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that might very easily be dislodged.
tempt. and. first glancing about. per-
ceived man creeping toward him. 1t
proved to be Bristoe.
Fixed the greaser all right. cap.
and reckon he'll be quiet for an hour
or two. Look whar he slashed me;
struck pack O. playin' keerds. er Id
a got my ticket" The front of his
blouse was cut wide open, and Keith
thought he perceived a stain Of blood.
"Pricked you as it was, didn't hep
Opened the skin. Thought the cuss
had given up. an got careless. What's
round to the west?"
Keith's lips closed, his hand shut.
ting hard on the knife.
Five, and another out IN front;
that leaves the eighth man inside.
Bring our fellows up closer, and post
them where they can cover those fell
lows asleep, while make an effort at
breaking in here"
Bristoe crawled back like a snail,
and confident the others would do their
into the narrow crack and began prob
ing after the latch. In spite of all eau
tion this effort caused a slight noise.
and suddenly he started back at the
sound of a woman's voice:
What do you want? | am armed.
and will fire through the door if you
do not go away!"
Keith put his lips close to the crack.
Hope" he exclaimed as loudly as
he dared. This is Keith; open the
door,"
He could hear lsttle smothered cry
break from her lips, and then the
sound of a bar being hastily removed.
An instant. and the door opened si-
lently, just wide enough to permit her
slender figure to slip through. She
grasped him with her hands, turning
his face to the light of the stars, and
he could feel her form tremble.
'Oh, | knew you would come! |
knew you would comet" she sobbed,
the words barely audible.
The mans lips set firmly, yet he
held her close to him. begging her
not to break down now
N''It's all right, little girl" he said
pleadingly. we've got you safe, but
there is a fight tc be attended to.
Come with me; must ask yga a aues-
ton or two"
He drew her back into the fringe of
bushes. placing her safely behiud the
stack of saddles. She was not crying
any more, just clinging to him, as
though she could never again bear to
let him go.
"Oh. Jack. 1t is so good just to feel
you near again."
"Yes, DEAR" soothingly, land II is
good to hear you say Jack. but tell
me one thing-is any one else in the
cabin? Is Hawley here?"
mo. no! He left US early the first
morning. haven't either seen or
heard of him since. The men have
left me alone since we got here; have
had the cabin all to myself until to-
night l have not suffered. only
mentally-from dread OF what they
intended doing with me-until to-
night Three men rode in here lust
before sundown-two Mexicans and an
Indian. One OF them was an awful
looking old man. with a scar on his
cheek, and face that made me shud.
der. He didn't see me. but saw him
through the window. and he had such
strange eyes. All the men acted as
though they were afraid of him, and
| heard him say he didn't care what
Hawley's orders were. he was going to
sleep inside; If the girl didn't like It
she could take the other room. II
didn't know what to do--oh. was SO
afraid of him; but what he said gave
uoA an ias, and ! went into the back
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GAntier Warfare.

so you are a peace advocate?"
'I am"
Want to do away with bullets?"
81 do
"And what would you suggest az
yubstitute for bulletsT
Confetti, my SON..
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Up-to-Dats.

Mr.. Cleaver, how do you account
for the fact that l found piece OF
rubber tire in one of the sausages |
bought here last week?"
My dear madam. that only goes to
show that the motor car is replacing
the horse everywhera"-
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting-Feels
Fine-Acts Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book in each Package. Murine is
compounded by our Oculists-not a "Patent Med
icine"-but used in successful Physicians Prac-
tice for many years. Now dedicated to the Pub
lie and sold by Druggists 25c and Soc per Bottle.
Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, 25c and SOC.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
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Ruined.

The Lady-You say you were ruined
by society?
The Tramp-Yes, mum. ! got dc
habit, and ever since den life Wit ne
has got to be just one long series et
progressive dfnnsrs-Puck
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08

He who reigns within himself and
rules passions, desires and fears Is
more than a king.-Milton
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08
Use Aliens Foot.Ease

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes for tired, tender, smarting, ach-
ing, swollen feet. 1t makes your feet feel
easy and makes walking a Delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. For free trial package,
address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08
Each Began With Nothing

ing Of going into the coal trade"
Capital" said Jerrold. you've got
the sack % begin with!"-Youth's
Companion.
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Good Advice.

81 will have my pound of flesh"
"Be vegetarian instead, and take
a peck of potatoes
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08
CHAPTER xxXV.
The Cabin Taken.

Ths Cabin Taken.
His heart beating with new happi-
ness, yet conscious of the stern duty
still confronting him, Keith joined the
others, giving them, in a whisper, a
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08

ONLY ONE "BEOMO OUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for
the signature of e: w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold In One Day. 25c.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08

A man feels as ill at ease in a dry
goods store as a woman does in to-
bacco shop
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08

Garfield Tea, taken regularly, will correct
both liver and kidney disorders.
The Ely miner., 1912-03-08

Some men don't know very much,
but they don't know it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31

managed BY the animal industry de.
partment, gave 40 average OF 1885,
pounds of butter fat the past year.
Compared with 100 pounds, which
is said to be the average amount of
butter fat given by Montana milk cows,
the results from careful mai az .ment
are striking.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 27.-Deputy
Sheriff Dennis, who went to Gevser
this morning to arrest Thomas Kaiser
upon q warrant charging him with the
theft of a horse from q rancher living
between Arlington and Raysnford,
this afternoon telephoned to the city
that he had found his man, but be wac
ill with the smallpox in the Geyser
hotel, and asked what be should do
with him. The natter was referred to
the county ply sician, who ordered
the sick prisoner loaded in q wagon
and brought to the c%ontagion hospital.
The distance ia about so miles.
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HAD ONLY ONE FAULT.
The "kindler" Horse tho Preacher
Sold to the Dealer,

| The "kindler" Horse tho Preacher
Sold to the Dealer.
Bill enjoyed a joke just as we'll If it
was on himself as ii it was on the 9th.
er fellow. For many years he was en-.
gagged in the livery business at Holton
and dealt in horses. One day he heard
that a preacher at an adjacent town
had a horse for sale. Bill went over to
make a deal. The animal was a Joe
Dandy, Just what Bill wanted. The
price was a little stiff, yet Bill was
ready to pay for it If he had to.
HAS that horse any faults"" asked
Bill.
THAT is a fine horse. and he has no
bad faults except one," replied the
preacher.
"What's that?" asked Bill.
HE is a KINDER" said the preacher.
Now, that was a new one on Bill, but
he didn't propose to show his igno-
rance Being a horse trader for twenty
years. he didn't intend to let a preacher
put one over on him.
"Kindler, eh?" replied Bill. "Well.
that isn't so bad. l am used to
kindlers. l can cure him in short or
der. l have a bottle or two of patent
medicine which is warranted to cure
that disease. Furthermore, l will put
him on an alfalfa diet. and he will
soon be all right"
The preacher made no comment ex-
cept t o say that he was glad that a
kinder could be so easily cured The
trade was made, and Bill tied the
preachers horse on behind his buggy
and drove back to Holton.
The next morning he grew conflden-
tial with some Of his friends in the
horse business and told what a good
trade he had made with the preacher
good for Bill. Then he hitched the
horse up to a buggy to show him of
to a prospective buyer. The animal
had not gone more than twenty feet
until Bill found out what a kinder
was. The horse kicked the brand new
buggy into kindling wood.
what a successful horse trader that
preacher would make" snorted Bill
as he gathered up the splinters from
the shattered buggy and led the horse
back into the stable.-Kansas City
Journal.
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Reverencinu the Rector.

The difference, not merely Of degree
but Of kind, which is supposed to sep
arate the English rector from the in
ferior order Of curates is amusingly ex
emplified in a case cited in the st
James Budget.
Returning to his parish after his au'
tumn holiday, a digniied country cler
gyman, noticing a woman at her cot
tage door with a baby in her arms
asked:
HAS that baby been baptized?"
"Well, sir" replied the ~courtesyins
mother, Il shouldn't like to say al
much as that, but your young MAJ
| came and did what he could"
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Full Of Snap.

Gretchen. tne daughter of an old
German named Kruegel, had been
serving as domestic about two weeks
in the household Of the local judge
when father and employer met on the
village street.
"Vell, yoodge." said Kruegel, chow
you like dot Gretchen by dis dime al
retty"
Like herr" returned the judge in
his blunt way. why. she's just
great! We never had any n in the
house in her line that entered into
work with SO much spirit. She's full
Of snap all the time"
Kruegel turned ponderingly away
and. meeting his frau at his home
portal, he sorrowfully said: Theresa
someding must coed wrong NIT dol
Gretchen. I yoost dit meeted the
yoodge, und he saidt dot she vas full
Of schnapps all de dime"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31
Part Of the Game,

A Wall street man invited a bachelor
friend to be one of a week end party
at his home in New Jersey last sum-
mer and said, "Be SUR to bring your
bathing suit, tennis racket, fishing
tackle and golf clubs, for you may
have use for ALL" The bachelor ac-
cepted the invitation. and on his re-
turn to New York wrote a note of
thanks to his hostess, and to his host
he sent a postcard with a picture OF
the Brooklyn bridge, under which he
wrote:
When next you invite me don't make a
pretense
About racket and club, line or hook.
Just say, auction bridge-continuous per
Torrance.
But please don't forget your check
book
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Settling His Bill.

0oSSS'uS V''o 0uu.
The late Eugene Field when a resi-
dent Of Kansas City drifted into a
cafe one evening with a party Of
friends. Along came the proprietor
and asked Field If he couldn't arrange
to square up that little account of his
that had been running SO long.
"How much is it, anyhow" asked
the future author Of Little Boy
Blue"
tits about $685." said the proprietor
Couldn't you square that up now?"
Haven't got the money" declared
Field. III I had I'd pay you"
"Well, I'll settle for whatever you'v,
got" CHANGED the proprietor.
Whereupon Field went through hi
clothes and dug up from all sources
the sum of 65 cents. The proprieto
was game and settled the $38 accoun
for Fields pile.
But that wasn't all. isn't it Gus
tomary." inquired Field, "for the pre-
prietor to set EN- up when a custome
comes in and squares up a $38 az
rountY
"Well. yes, l suppose it is custom
ary." admitted the proprietor. "sur
It is. WhatTl you have"
ri don't know what the rest of th
crowd wants." says Field, but
know what ! want. I'll take a bolt
Of champagne"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31
lauoh Il OF,

When you can't make any eadway
And each day seems ike Il dead day
And the thorns be gin to LISTER till your
nerves are shattered, racked,
Stop a bit, get busy quafting
From the bottle Tabled "L%aughing''-
Get your fill and then start over. It's q
tonic. for a fact.
Are you grumpy? Are you faded?
Do you feel all worn and jaded
Every time somefresh work doth claim your
Have you lost the thing called tact?
Try a cup Of sunny chatting
Sweetened up with merry laughing.
It's the best thing on the market for q
tonic, for q fact.
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q bit
when she began
n Of her favor
lite stories. This
c e d the
burning Of their
home, on which
occasion the sons
watch, left on a
a u. W a &
found ticking ir
the ruins aftel
the house haC
been destroyed.
At the cOnclu'
sion of the story
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31

greSS1Onal fr1enQS.
The new mem
Der arrived IN
town and hunt.
ed Superintendent
Woods up imme-
diately.
II reckon I'D
like to look at
my quarters" he
said to the super
intendent.
He was taken
to the house Of
fee building and
shown to one OF
furnished office
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rooms.
This is fine.' said the new member.
But where are my other rooms?"
"Oh, you can't have another room
for several years-not until you have
become chairman of a committee" re-
piled Woods.
"What's that!" exclaimed the new
congressman in dismay. "How do
you expect me to sleep, cook, eat and
work in one room?' - New York
World.
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JOYOUS For the Bride.

A widower belonging to a country
village lately led to the altar a fourth
bride. After the honeymoon the happy
couple settled down in his home, and
rs the surrounding country was new
to the lady she was anxious to visit
all the places Of interest in the locality
Among the spots visited was the vii,
lage churchyard, and there the husband
and wife paused before a very elab'
crate tombstone, the property Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31
A DANGEROUS Story

A Yale undergraduate had been hav-
ing a fairly lively time Of it during
his summer vacation, and his allow
ance had not been keeping schedule
time with his expenditures.
He was invited out to dinner with
his mother, and he was seen to get
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31

the college boy LEFT THE ROOM.
jumped up abruptly and left the room
with his handkerchief over his face,
as if suddenly seized with nose bleed.
He did not return for several minutes,
by which time the conversation had
drifted.
After dinner the "undergrad's"
chum asked the significance Of the
move.
I'm tell you. but nobody else," said
he. when mother told that story l
was afraid she was going to ask me
to show the watch."-ChicagO Post.
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bridegroom. The bride, being a little
s~hortsighted, asked him to read the
inscription. In solemn tones he read:
SACRED to the memory Of Sarah
-, beloved wife Of John -: also
Jane -, beloved wife Of John -;
also Mary -, beloved wife Of John
-"
He stopped abruptly.
"What are the words beneath"'
innocently asked the lady, and hel
horror a be imagined when ht
read
"'Be ye also ready"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31
U DANGERS.

The defense OF these cOmDlna-
tons that are sitting competition
is that they serve to effect econ
omy of production and cheaper
prices. If economy is to be Sc
cured through the sacrifice Of the
independent business man it is
too great a price to pay. If cheap
ness Of products is secured at
such a price it would be better
that the great inventions of Watt,
Morse and Edison had withered
in their brains. We boast of our
enormous resources. If we ire
not careful those resources will
be our undoing. The mines will
be our slave pits; the railroads
will be the bonds of u slavery;
the whirl and clang Of the mills
will be the noise of the lash and
clanking Of OUT chains.-United
States District Attorney James
II. Wilkerson.
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- The -
Scrap Book
e~~..s:.c roo M,u~h-

Expecting Too Much.
Elliott Woods. superintendent Of the
capitol, tells a story about a new
member Of the house whose frugality
he is always commencing to his con-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-01-31

islature. Member and president
state senate. Secretary state
board of education for twelve
years and as such virtually
founded public school system of
America. Visited continental
Europe and introduced his adj
vanced educational ideas there.
Started first normal school in
America and led for coeduca-
ton of the sexes. Succeeded
John Quincy Adams in congress
in 184S and entered the fight
against slavery. From 1852 to
his death in 1850 was president
Of Antioch college, Ohio. Per-
haps no single man had more in
f1uence on the great educational
movements Of the nineteenth
century than Horace Mann.
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"oSo., "oJ
4, 1876; died
Y e O W
Springs, O.,
Aug. 2, 1859.
GRADUATED
Brown uni
versity. Ad-
mitted tOthe
bar. Men,
Der MaSSa-
ohrcof%c 1n~
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THE HALL OF FAME.

HORACE Naturalization
al reformer. Born Franklin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28

Bring your job work to the Prospector office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28

Noodles, Noodles, NoodIesi Genuine Chinese noodles and Chop Suey at the Valdez Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28

mere incident of his work, and is due to the fact that good many diseases are prevalent among them.
 "Wc have discovered that without any additional lcgisla- ton il will be possible 10 enforce a quarantine, ,lther inland or on the sea coast, and Dr. Krulish will appoint assistant surgeons in the various towns of Alaska, who will receive compensation whenever they perform any ser vice."
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28
DR. KRUL|SH HAS
 A WIDE POWER
Is In Reality a Commissioner of Public Health For the whole
 Of Alaska
An erroneous impress

An erroneous impression seems to prevail in regard to the duties of pr. Emil KruIish," said Governor Clark recently, (Which l would like to see corrected. pr. krulish is really the commission CT of public health for Alaska. While he does not have the title, his duties are the same as those of commissioner of public health in the states. While he does a good deal of work among the Indians in connection with the the school service, this is a
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28

New York, May 2l.--Whcn the stock market was inactive some Of the room traders in Wall St. made betting pool on the pres ldential nominations, the consen- sus of bcttors being as follows: 2 to i that Taft will not ba next president.
 5 to 4 that Roosevelt will not get nomination.
 The R;,
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28
spooIai Rate for Fourth of July.

The Alaska Steamship Com pany will sell round trip tickets from Valdez to Seward and from Valdez to Cordova and return for S7 for the round trip. Parties wishing to take advantage of special rate will leave here for Seward and Cordova on the steam CT Alameda, sailing from here about the first of July, returning on the steamer Mariposa about the 7th of July. For further in- formation please apply at the of- tfoe of the company.
 . ALASKA STEAMSHIP ,G0.,
 Valdez Dock Company, Agents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28
Moose Dance

The Order of Alaskan Moose will give their regular weekly dance Saturday night at their hall to which all friends of the organ lZatiOn are invited. Tickets can be had of members. Good music. k28
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28
MYSTERIOUS ALASKAN
 HAD MANY WIVES
Continued from page f.

Cartwright referred io in the story is unknown hcrc." The following is the story which appeared in the Seattle Times:
 "ThaL J. Franklin Hammers, who was crushed to death in a snow slide in the Copper River country, Alaska, last month, leaving a fortune of more than $G00,000, was Napoleon w. Pow CTS, one of the first men to in wade the icy fastncsses in search of gold, is the belief of Mrs. Pow CTS, who reides at the Bcrqucst Apartments, at f32i Borcn ave nue.
 Nap Powers, as he was known to the pioneers of the northland, was first supposed to have gone down to his death with the ill-fated steamship Islander, near Skagway, in September, 1901. Two years later Mrs. Pow CTS, then residing in Colorado, received a letter from him writ ten in such a way as to indicate the writer's mind had been af- fected.
 That mental aphasia, perhaps caused by an accident or by his experiences on the wrecked steam ship, caused Powers to change his name, is believed by the wife who has sought for him through the years.
 'Thc peculiar attributes of the man known as hammers causes Mrs. Powers to think that the man was her husband. Lammrrs never disclosed his past or any thing regarding himself io the men with whom he came in con- tact, and this. according io Mrs. Powers. was d characlrriSiic of her husband.
 "PnWcrS was on inc Islander and his name Was included among
 
 after the vessel went down Mrs. Powers received a letter from her husband. In luis letter hr en- rln<rH and called attention lu a clipping in which she had sought information through the news papers of his WhrrrahnuLS. The letter was haZily constructed. and the writer slated that the clip ping was lhr first thing that had made him remember things for long time.
 "Prc\iuuS to the wreck of ihc Islander Mrs. Powers had not heard from her husband for about two years. though she knew where he was. That hr was not q good correspondent. though very kind tn her. was stated hy Mrs. Pow CTS. Al the lime of h" wreck of !lI" Islander J. ]. cavrndrr. aI United SIalrs deputy narShaI. told uf seeing Powers al Skagway and of his statement that he was coming to Seattle on the boat. The nrXl boat was the Islander. Then his name appeared on inc list of those lost. Even then Mrs. Powers refused iu believe that he was drowned, as he was a rrSour- crful man and was capable of meeting emergencies SuccrS fully where others failed. SD she ad- vrrliScd for him.
 "Sinc" hammers body was found on May - last. by a party of proSprclnrS. where il had been tossed aside by In" great white mass, efforts have been made tn his past. which il ap- pears was lost with his life. "T. M. Cartwright, who was a friend of Hammers, arrived in Seattle this morning seeking in formation regarding the dead 1 man. He has b"pn in Tacoma for several days, where If was thought | Lanlncri had relatives, as he had | been heard to state that he had | relatives there.
 Hammers went to his doom in the snow slide with James Mc- another prospector, with l whom he started out early in MaXI to visit a group of claims south | of Kcnnccott, in the Copper Riv-