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another class who must work regardless
of the occasion. All Christmas day they
will remain on the job watching happier
mortals go their ways. All day long the
conductor will collect fares, punch trans
fers. jerk the bell rope. call the streets.
in just the way that he has done the very
same thing before every day i'm the year:
and the motorman will twir the brakes
and clang the gong in endless monotony
while he thinks of the folks at home. He
and the conductor will eat their cold
lunches. as an excuse for dinner. out a
the car barns, or seated inside their car
while waiting for the starter at some ter
minal point to give them the signal which
Will send them on their weary way again.
But their day will come to an end at last,
and they will go home to share i'm what
remains of the Christmas dinner and the
Christmas spirit.
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gives him time to slip for a few mo-
ments into some nearby lunchroom.
where he will down a big mug Of cof-
fee and roll or two. This will be all
his Christmas dinner until he reaches
home, where, If he is in luck, he may
find a platter Of cold turkey awaiting
him.
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Il ROW
AWDHLS NMzzI

like roses. but they of wood ana bark
in the outlines of a flower. The petals
similar to those of half-blown rose
and their insdes are curved with lines
which appear to be carved. Some of the
blossoms are twelve inches wide | have
bought some of these flowers and am TAX
ing them home as curio. They have no
sap and no odor and the bloom seems TO
be bark Or wood
The Indians call these flowers the roses
of HE'LL and they say that if they are
soaked I'm tea they will yield poison
which is sure to bring death They hold
the flower in terror and have a tradition
that when the volcano once overlooked
and buried a city under it nothing was
left except these trees.
Mixed with the belief of these Indians
are many superstitions which have come
down from their ancestors. The Toltecs
had religion of their own and there is
in the public library at Chichi Castenango
what is said to be the only copy extant
of the Toltec Bible. This deals with the
origin of man and the creation. 1t speaks
of three gods one of whom was an m
dian whose name was The Roaring
Creator" and a third. The Plumed
Serpent These three gods made
everything. including man. They Gre
ated the heavens and the earth and
the waters under the earth and all that
is in them. l am told that this book de-
scribes the deluge and that it has story
much like the confusion Of tongues at the
Tower OF Babel.
1t relates that after this time man began
to travel and that the best of mankind
came to Mexico and built cities.
have not seen the manuscript, but the re-
port comes from a missionary and is
doubtless correct.
The Indians are peaceable and not at
all dangerous to travellers. They are very
ignorant and their chief vice is drunken
ness. l have seen men Keeling along the
roadway and lying drunk by the sides of
the road almost everywhere during my
travels through the interior. At every
mile there is a rude drinking place and
near the cities such saloons may be found
at every few hundred yards. The Indians
on the roadway almost invariably have
bottles of brandy with them. This is OF
the sort known as white Eye" 1t is
made Of sugar and is deadly.
The labor of Guatemala, as have said
is almost altogether Indian. and in many
cases it il a little better than slavery
Peonage is nominally abolished i'm that
man cannot inherit a debt from his
out debts contracted before he comes of
age. On the other hand he can go into
debt himself and if he does so he is forced
to stay on the plantation where the debt
is contracted until he works IL out. |
have before me contract between a
planter and one Of his Indian laborers.
This provides that he must work out PER
sonally and by daily wage any debt which
he contracts. He must do this after the
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custom of the plantation, and must stay
on the plantation until il is paid without
his employer gives him written permis-
sion to leave.
Another provision Is that il he runs
away he must pay all the expenses neces
sary to get him back and must subject
himself to all the laws relating to labor
ers. Debts are usually supposed to he pad
not only by the man himself. but 10y his
family as well. all 81 whom are expected
to work.
According to law man need not work
but eleven months of the year, and he
has the right to celebrate the church and
national holidays. and he may have a day
off when there Is "A baptism a birth or
death in his family. He has the right
also to rest on his saints day. and this
means the day of the saint after whom
he is named
The pay of the Indians is only few
cents a day. They are given fixed wages
in the currency of the country. and the
common wage is So or 81. hut 81 Guate-
malan are equal to L. cents American.
and So to Is cents. Many men are en-
ployed at 10 cents and - cents day. and
of the IL cents part often goes to the
official who makes the contract to fur
nish the Indian
| am told that the mayors OF the towns
and other officials can force the Indians
TO give a certain amount Oh tDelf WpTh
to whomsoever they please. A German
planter who needs labor has only TO
grease the palm of the mayor and the
Indian is told that if he does not do the
work he will be drafted into the army.
The Indians densely ignorant and
they have no idea of what their rights
are. They have been i'm their present
condition worse ever since the Span
iaPds conquered the country. and there
seems to be no present prospect of their
getting out of il. The rule of Spain
lasted three centuries. and during ii the
natives We're the slaves Of the Spaniards.
If they rebelled they were killed without
mercy and the inquisition aided the gov
eminent
In addition to the descendants OF the
ancient Mayans there are other Indians
in Central America. The Indians of Pan
anna have their own peculiar customs and
ways, and there Is tribe in Guate
mala which is said to be like no other on
the continent. l have not seen them. for
their home Isl in the backwoods jungle
of the tropical coast lands. The people
are almost black and are somewhat like
the Papuans They have small calves.
but powerfully developed chests and
arms They go almost naked and the
children entirely SO. They dwell i'm vii
lagos built in the tree tops. They take
three or four cocoa palms and make n
platform in them about thirty feet from
the ground. roofing il with thatch. The
floor Is reached by climbing, which men.
women and children do with agility. 1t
is said that the toes of these people are
abnormally developed by climbing They
almost walk UP the cocoanut trees.
These Indians are genuine savages.
They use bows and arrows and are shy.
treacherous and afraid of foreigners.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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copyright. 1912. by Frank c.. CarpenterD
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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Stationery is another acceptable gift
for a girl: it may be given in any guam
tity. i'm as expensive a receptacle as is
desired and with or without her mono
gram, or the monogram Of her club OF
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Another queer superstition is as to the
roses OF hell" or certain flowers which
grow on tree on the slopes Of the VOL
cano de Aqua. These flowers look not un-
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"On the routes where two deliveries
are ordinarily made each day." says
the postmaster the men will have
only time on Christmas to make one
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The men wear shirts. coats and trou-
sers. Those on the road have queer over
coats with loose sleeves. The coats are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09
CENTURY OF PEACE.

A little more than three years
hence there will have been century
Of peace between the Anglo-Saxon
races. The war of 1912 was the last
conflict, and the treaty of Client was
ratified by the United States and
Great Britain on February IL, 1915.
1t is suggested that there be some
commemoration of the hundred
years of peace between English
speaking nations. The idea is laud-
able. Numerous difficulties and con-
troversies have occurred during the
century, but all have been disposed
of without resort to arms, giving as
surance that any which may here
after arise will be peacefully settled,
and furnishing an example of Anglo
Saxon love of peace that should be
of inestimable value. The one-hun-
dredth anniversary of peace among
the English-speaking people should
be commemorated fittingly. 1t would
be the greatest conceivable influence
for the promotion of world peace :
lesson to the nations that all would
heed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09
BRAZIL CALLED MELTING POT
Emigrants From Every Country Of the
World Are Now Finding Their
Way There.

The somewhat too familiar desig-
nation of "the melting pot of na-
lions" applied to the United States
will not be in the near future inap-
propriate to Brazil. The encourage
ment held out by that republic to
European immigrants and the in-
ducements offered to agriculturists
are much better than this country
ever extended. Numerous German
colonies have been established in
Brazil; in more recent years colon
lists have come in great numbers
from Italy, France and Portugal,
and today many are coming from
Spain.
The cultivation of rice, says
LEtoile du Sud of Rio Janeiro, is
now being entered upon in an ex-
tensive way, companies with large
capital having been formed to ex-
plot its cultivation. Gone COM
pany," says this paper, ''has ac-
quired the grand Facende Mombaca,
near Pindamonhangaba, where it
will begin its plantations. At De
Lorena, in the state Of Saint Paul,
a Belgian engineer is constructing
a factory to manufacture 'textilose,'
the roots of a water plant, of which
there is no limit to the supply, into
sacking for coffee and other uses.
The factory will employ 500 work.
ing people"
All this goes to show that while
Brazil has heretofore devoted her.
self almost entirely to the develop
ment of earth products, she is no
longer to be mere buyer of manu-
featured products.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09

ORDER LIMITING TIME TO. FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEA RING THEREON.
County CT st. Louis. S. In Probate Court
In the Matter OF the Estate of Nels K.
Nyhus, Decedent.
Letters of Administration having been
granted to Lena Nyhus.
1t is Ordered, That the time within which
all creditors OF the above named decedent
may present claims against his estate in
this Court. be, and the same hereby is, linn
tied to three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday the 9Th day OF
May. 1912, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the
Probat Court Room. at the Court House at
Duluth In said County. be and the same
hereby is, fixed and appointed as the time
and place for hearing upon the examination,
adjustment and allowance of such claims as
shall be presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publica-
tion Of this order In The Ely Miner as pro-
vided by law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, February 9th, 1912.
(seaD s. w. GILPIN,
A. j. THOMAS, Judge of Probate.
Attorney for Executrix.
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ApplicationforLiqu
License

State Of Minnesota, GO
County of st. Louis
Notice is hereby given that appli-
cation has been made in writing to
the city council of the City of Ely and
filed in the Office of the city clerk
praying for license to sell intoy-
icating liquors in the lower front
room of the building situated on lot /,
block 4. Cranes Re-arrangement ac-
cording to such Encouragement Of the
plat Of the City Of Ely, and to the
following named person, to-wit:
CLYDE MCDONALD,
for the term of one year, beginning
Mch. 4th, 1912, and ending Mich. 3rd,
1918.
Said application will be heard and
determined by said city council at the
council chambers in the city hall in
said city, county and state on Feb.
Goth, 1912.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said city this 9Th day of Feb. 1912.
(seaD 1. visited, JR., City Clerk.
2-9 2-16
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09
WRONG BUILDING.

A young lady of Oak Park has
been spending the summer in Petos-
key, Mich. Before she went there
she had q most devoted admirer.
Now he has transferred his affec-
tons and refused to speak to her any
more.
The trouble IL that she was lone
some at Petoskey, and one day she
bought post card showing one. OF
the public buildings up there and
sent it to her beau, writing on it:
II wish you were here"
But she did not notice that 1t was
the picture Of the Emmett county
jail.-Chicago Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

department of the Interior.
united STATES land office at Duluth. Mimi,
Jan. 30th 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that Matti Ruuska
made Homestead Entry, No. 2o310. serial No.
OJ6l3, for SEA of Sec. 5. To. SO N. X. 8 w.
4th p. M has filed notice of intention to
make Final Proof. to establish claim to the
land above described. before the REGISTER
and Receiver of the U. 5. Land Office. at
Duluth. Minn., on the 18th day of March,
1872
Claimant names as witnesses: Victor
Madison. William Pulkkinen. Karl Ahiback
and Herman North, all of Finland. MINI.
Charles =. Hartman
- 81 - Register.
V. II. Gran, Atty.
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SHARK Best. Twelve Men.

A singular sight was Witnessed II
the harbor of Panama, one morning.
Of a man In a small boat making
cruise with shark for motive power.
Boat after boat went to his assistance,
until string of seven. manned by IL
men, was In the procession; but the
sharks movements increased with the
increased weight. and. after rushing
around the harbor for two hours. sue
cseded In throwing out the harpoon
and effecting his escape.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-09
Order of Hearing on Petition for
Administration

Administration
STATE OF II M y nss In Probate Court,
In the Matter of the Estate of John j. Lind
beck. Decedent.
The Petition of Wilhelmina Lindbeck having
been filed in this Court, representing, among
others things, that John ]. Lindbeck then
being resident of the County of St. Louis,
State of Minnesota died intestate. in the County
of st. Louis, State of Minnesota, on the Path
day of January 1912; leaving estate in the County
of st. Louis. State of Minnesota and that said
petitioner is the surviving spouse of said
decedent and praying that Letters of Admin
istraton of the estate of said decedent be granted
to Wilhelmina I.indbeck.
1t is Ordered. That said petition be heard be-
fore this Court at the Probate Court Rooms in the
Court House. in Duluth in said County on Mon
A. M. and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to show cause. if
any there be, why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further. That this order be served by
publication in The Ely Miner according to law.
aud that a copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of St. Louis County not less
than ten days prior to said day of hearing,
Dated at Duluth, Mimi. January 3Oth. 1912.
By the Court.
[seall S. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
A. J. THOMAS, Attorney for Petitioner.
Ely. Minnesota, 2-9 2-23
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every month.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
]. S, Land Office at Duluth Mimi.

Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mimi.
Dec. IS, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that John ]. Kocourek.
whose post-office address is Hopkins Mimi, did,
on the 14th day of November 1910 file in this Office
Sworn Statement and Application. No. osS6O, to
purchase the E1z-SWA & SK-NWH, Sec. IL, TIP.
SO ~, K. IL w.. 4th P. NJ, and the timber there
under the provisions of the act of June g. 1873
and acts amendatory, known as the Timber and
Stone Law" at such value as might be fixed by
appraisement, and that, pursuant to such APP
plication, the land and timber thereon have been
estimated and valued by the applicant as 200
thousand board feet at 500 per M, and the
land nothing; that said applicant will offer
final proof in support of his application and
sworn statement on the Sth day of March,
1912. before the Register and Receiver of the
U. S, Land Office, at Duluth. Mimi
Any person is at liberty to protest this purchase
before entry, or initiate contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a corroborated af-
fdavit in this office, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
Claimant names witnesses: William Hartig,
of Hopkins, MINI. and Samuel A. Barsh, of Du-
luth. Mimi
let Charles +. Hartman. Register
p. II. Seymour. Atty. is 81
Duluth. Mimi.
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THE ErER-L FEM-E.

Her Spouse-Why do you choose
to lunch 80 often at your club?
Mrs. Leeder-You don't know
how much enjoyment there is in boss
ing and hectoring q man cookl
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'Did you say that Jack told you
he wanted to marry me and settle
down? ?"
Willie-I think he said it was to
settle up.
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Houis +. buW w., ouppilcS...-..--- low
Carnegie Fuel Co., Coal ............. 9l1.16
Total $3I9I 81
Respectfully submitted,
ID. L. CHILDERs,
A. TOMS.
j. A. HARRI.
Committee.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
report be accepted and that the city
clerk be instructed to draw orders
on the city treasurer for the various
amounts. Carried.
Moved be Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
matter of additional fire alarm boxes
to be placed around the city be re-
ferred to the Fire Department COM
mittee and report at the next regular
meeting. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Harri sup
ported by Alderman Childers that the
council adjourn. Carried.
l. visited, JR.,
City Clerk.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-02
WATCHMAN IS HORRIBLY
Gut BY A DARING BURGLAR
CONTINUED from page oneJ

Continued from page one)
hand. The negro jerked out long
knife and assailed him.
Though Read was practically help.
less from the first blow the negro
flew upon him furiously and sank :he
blade into his neck, face and body
nearly dozen times. The wound
which appeared to be the most serf.
Gus was over the right shoulder blade
and coursed downward through big
arteries. SO weak was Read when he
reached the telephone and notified
Sheriff Harris that he found 1t diff
cult to leave the store and arouse
the neighborhood. A surgeon was
called and pronounced the condition
of the Waterman not serious.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-02
MORRIS WILL Be
HANGED APRIL 80

Continued from page one)
be hanged April 80.
After sentence had been passed
Morris was taken at once to the sher-
ifs office.
Gimme a cigarette" were his
first words after he had left the
courtroom.
Morris, why is 1t that you choose
to die by hanging?" asked Deputy
Jack Corless of the convicted man,
while the party was waiting in the
sheriffs office before the return to
the penitentiary.
We'll, you see," was the reply in
quick, nervous way, my victim
died the other way and | don't want
20 go that way"
But what's the difference?"
No difference, ! guess, They both
end the same" was Morris answer
to the second question.
For few minutes he sat staring
nooully at the floor and then began
to tremble and pulled his coat collar
about his neck.
Gimme cigarette" he said turn
ing to the sheriff.
$50 Long Boys"
so long, boys he said as he left
the building. Guess | won't ever see
you again"
AS he passed down the steps at the
east side of the building he looked
around, seeming to realize that lie
had made his last trip 10 the city
and that for the following month he
would be an occupant of the cell OF
a condemned man at the penitenti-
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airy. Then seeing a photographer TAX.
ing his picture, he turned quickly
pulled his hat over his face and rails.
ed his coat collar.
Don't take my picture" he said
Please don't do it"
Carl A. Badger, attorney for Morris
says everything possible has been
done for the condemned man, and
that he is now out of the case.
The only remaining chance for Nor
ris is a pardon.
On the way to the penitentiary
Morris had the distinction of riding
with the only man who can save his
life-Governor William Spry.
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The Republicans News Story. Feb
ruary %, 1912.

Yesterday the biggest financial
deal of the year so far was put
through when the Cache Valley
Condensed Milk Company of Logan
Utah sold all of its business and eq-
uipments to the Borden Condensed
MIX Company of New York, thirty
million dollar corporation, or one OF
the biggest corporations in the world
The transfer takes place on February
26th. This deal will possibly not be
much of a surprise TO Manager Lor.
EMO Hanson's many friends who
knew that he held an option to buy
all the stock of the company, but
to those who knew nothing of the
matter 1t will no doubt come as u
great surprise.
The consideration has not been
made public and Manager Hanson
was in salt Lake yesterday, but his
representatives in this city say that
the company will be- able to pay its
stockholders par for their stock, ana
that since Incorporating, the com.
paDy has paid its stockholders S27,.
10000 in dividends, or an average OF
eight per cent per annum on stock
to date. Mr.. Hansen also expects 10
40 nearly as well on all the stock.
held by himself, after paying the pre-.
sent Indebtedness of the company,
collecting all outstanding accounts,
and paying all current bills. This,
however cannot be determined for at
least six months, as 1t will take that
length of time to collect the outstand.
ing accounts.
1t is also given out that the Borden
company intends to spend in the
neighborhood of s2O0,OOO.OO in com,
| pleting factories and building sta.
tions in the various part of the valley
Hansen.
When the Borden representatives
| were mere uuiinB tne curly part VI
the year, they said, that besides the
money that the company would spcud
in building stations and equipping
plants, it expected to help the farm.
els to the extent of thousands of dol
lars in the way of helping them 10
build barns and get cows; and stAt.
ed in general way that within five
years, everything pertaining to milk.
ing cows, building factories and
equipping them would be installed in
accordance with their plans car.
ried out in different sections through
out the country where they have
spent hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to help the farmers. 1t is also
stated that this great boom will not
be confined to Cache Valley alone,
but will extend throughout the entire
state.
Mr.. Hansen has been retained by
the Borden Company as manager
and intends to put his whole time
and energy into the building up OF
the business.