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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

AI'f.N 7 S---tVcrN B1nckstUne agent
happy man. Why? He makes S. /
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power massage machine New bus
ness, new field; big profits: sells.
every home. Parker sold s first da
to-day for free particulars hir s,i
prise awaits YOU. Blackstone Mfg. I'd
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
HELP WANTED--Nlalc and Female.

MEN, womcn--Eet government Jobs.
GO to $3.50 month. Write for list Of
position available. Franklin Institute.
Don't. All r. Eochcstcr. y. Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

! Hi widow ,white) housekeeping and
domestic work. Prefer suburbs or
! country. Encumbcrcd with child
! years old. Want home as much rs
: compensation II 32S, care Times Dis
! I,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

y woman OF education and refinement
desires position to teach the public
scnooi branches. Long and success full
Ballsville, Va ''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

YOUNG married man. thoroughly com
peicnt, capable of looking after gen
tlemauS suburban or country home
desires position. Good horseman: best
references. Apply y 2l2. care Times
DiSDatch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
HARD AT WORK
Ordinary Mortal Had to Wait While
Budding Genius Secured Founda-
ton for Story.

A Brooklyn drug clerk tells Of a
man who came into his shop for the
purpose of consulting the directory.
He stood first on one foot and then on
the other, watching the young woman
who had got possession of the volume.
She was a nice, leisurely sort Of young
person, and she had a large sheet of
paper that she spread out upon the
counter beside the directory, and on
which she now and then inscribed a
name from the volume.
The man became little impatient.
He coughed significantly, and the
young woman turned to look at him.
Il beg your pardon" she said, but
do you wish to consult the directory
Now, as the young woman was pref
ty, the man shifted from one foot to
the other and said uneasily: mo
hurry; don't let me distrub you"
Whereupon she resumed tn direc-
tory. Several minutes elapsed. AT
last she closed the book with sigh
of satisfaction. THANK you," said
she, sweetly. II am afraid l have
kept you waiting. But, you ser. / am
going to write short story in prize
contest, and really didn't know how
to begin until I had picked out the
names for my characters"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
GET OUT" WELLS DEAD MAN
aegro "Corpse" Sits Up and Takes
Notice When Morsue Keeper
Gets Body.

Minneapolis.-Mo Keeper Peter
Morton, accustomed as he is to things
hat startle,, rushed for mirror to
zee If his hair had turned white when
| supposed corpse that he was about
o put in his basket yelled Justify and
ordered him to ''get out" Morton got
,ut." and that hurriedly, leaving the
situation to Deputy Coroner c. A.
Hobbs, who accompanied him.
81 certainly have great pain
said the erstwhile corpse, placing his
lands to his side. Don't bother
me-"
Dr. Hobbs made a critical examina.
ion. A talking corpse would be quite
contribution to science.
The subject had been reported dead
IN hour before. What the deputy coro.
Ter found was a case of acute pleur-
sy.
sW. E. Matthews, colored, the near
corpse" went to the home of George
Smith to visit. He stayed all night
Early Friday he groaned, and when
Smith entered the room Matthews
vas rigid, apparently dead, with eyes
closed and jaws set.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
MINIMUM WAGE LAW INVALID
Ramsey County District Judge GIVES
Two Grounds for So Holding
Question to Be Appealed.

St. Paul-Court orders have been
issued by Judge Frederick NJ Catiin
of the Ramsey county district court to
restrain State Auditor Samuel G.
Iverson and members of the minimum
wage commission from expanding fur
Their money Of the state in the work of
the commission. Judge Catlin's order
suspends the commissions order fix.
ing minimum wage for women.
Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith
announced that the decision will be
appealed to the supreme court.
Judge Catlin in his decision said
there is no necessity for the minimum
wage law to protect the safety, health
or morals of women and children
workers. "The actual working Of the
law would be apt to increase immor.
atty il morals are dependent upon
wages" he says.
The law was held to be unconstitu.
tional by Judge Catlin on the ground
that it delegated legislative power to
an appointive commission and placed
in that commission a discretion as to
whether there should be a minimum
wage.
The second constitutional ground
on which Judge Catlin based his de-
cision is the abridgnment of the right
of individuals to contract. The law
interferes with both the employee and
the employer, according to the court
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
STATE CENSUS NEXT YEAR
Minnesota Count Probably Will Come
in June by Order of Secretary
of State.

st. Paul.-Minnesota will count
noses next June. Early in the COM
ing session of the legislature a bill
will be introduced providing for TAX
ing state census, according to the
custom of counting the states popula-
ton midway between the federal CEN
suses. Every 10 years since 1866 the
state census has been taken and it is
practically certain that an act author
izing the 1915 census will be passed
According to custom it probably will
be placed in the hands of the secre.
tary of state, Julius A. Schmahl.
The 1905 state census cost $65, 900.
It was handled by Peter E. Hanson,
secretary of state; George F. Wright
of Princeton having direct charge of
the bureau. The enumeration started
June /, 1905. and was finished in one
month, but the compilation took some
three months longer. No account was
taken Of anything but population, sex,
age, color. nativity, occupation, par
entage and period of residence in the
state and district. The census show
ed a population of 1,979,912, which
was an increase Of 22S,518 in the five
years following the federal census of
1900, or 13 per cent. The federal
census of 1910 showed a population of
2,O75,7OS, an increase of 1896 in the
five years following the state census.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
COUPLE MARRIED rs YEARS
BaIaton Man and Wife at 106 and go
Eat Turkey and Mince Pie and
GaiIy Dance QuadriIIes.

Balaton.-Heads of a family of five
generations, but as young in spirit
and as happy as the smallest member,
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Shequin, LOG
and So years old respectively, Lyon
county pioneers. celebrated their di-
amond wedding here.
They celebrated it much as they did
their marriage back in New England.
They ate turkey, mince and pumpkin
pie, danced the "Old Dan Tucker"
and then romped with those of the AZ
great-grandchildren who were pres
ent and with the two great-great-
grandchildren.
Mr. SheQuin helped feed the horses
on the morning of the celebration, and
Mrs. SeQuin was close to the kitchen
stove, giving an occasional fine-art
hint to the others who were basting
the turkey and browning the crust of
the mince pie. The hints were fol-
lowed, too, according to the husband,
for only by doing so could they have
produced such delicious crust on the
pie and such flavor to the turkey.
Able to remember the war of 1912,
too old to be accepted as volunteer
in the civil war and still willing to
shoulder arms in the Spanish-Ameri-
can struggle, John Shequin considers
that his life has been successful.
II haven't done much, but then
there are some things / could have
done and didn't that makes me a lit
tie bit proud today" he said. mo,
stree, I'm no good-.-goody," he said
to a friend who called to find out how
man could live so long. you know
what they say about those who die
young Well, 1 have just been sort of
ordinary"
II really didn't think was so old
that anyone would ask me how it hap
pened," he said.
His advice is:
Marry young.
Stay young.
Stay away from the cities.
Work and enjoy working.
Never think of things going to
the dogs.
Take mince pie or doughnuts if
one must have a stimulant.
The man who had eaten the same
woman's cooking for rs years and
said he had never travelled much for
fear he wouldn't be so well fed, look
ed at her while a photographer was
preparing to take the wedding picture
and said:
"You look about the same as you
did in the first picture, let's not both
er him by taking another one"
$50 do you, John, but hush up and
look pleasant, so as not to spoil this
one"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Owner Properly Dealt With.

About this time little more that a
hundred years ago in the history Of
boat building at Pittsburgh and down
river there was much complaint of I'M
scrupulous work, which brought great
loss to owners on account of the sink
ing of vessels and ruin of cargoes.
An interesting case was tried before
Justice Richardson of Pittsburgh,
whose decision was rendered Novem-
Der z, 1907. A boat owned by Mr.
Winchester struck on a rock few
miles below Pittsburgh, was stove, and
sunk. The owner brought suit against
the master, claiming the disaster was
due to his carelessness. The master
produced a rotten plank that had been
broken by the impact, and claimed
that had 1t not been for this the ac-
cident would not have happened. The
master was discharged by the justice,
and Winchester had to lose his boat
and several thousand dollars worth Of
merchandise. This and other similar
occurrences led to the appointment Of
inspectors, but not until 1872
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
KASs0N BEAUTIFIEs STREETS
Free Entertainment Provided by
Commercial Club to "Show Off"
New Lights.

Kasson.-Kasson has just celebrat-
ed the completion of it's new white
way" lighting system. There are eight
posts to the block and each has five
lights except on side streets where
the posts are of the three-light type.
The celebration was the result of a
general invitation by the Kasson Com
mercial club extended to surrounding
towns and country. Everything was
free; the Commercial club footed the
bill
Motion picture shows were con-
Quoted in the opera house and free
supper was served in the club rooms.
When the lights flashed on the en-
thusiasm ran high. Church bells, fire
alarms, automobile horns and whistles
united to increase the noise.
Miss Francis Brown, daughter of
the mayor, pressed the button in the
lighting plant which gave Kasson its
new system.
The town has completed sewer
system at cost of about $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Guyana Ore Shipping Ends.

Brainerd.- Shipping has ceased on
the Guyana range. The underground
mines stockpiling are the Armour No.
2 at Crosby and the Kennedy at Guy.
una. The Armour No. 2 is hosting
about 10000 tons month and the
Kennedy about 10000 tons a month.
The Adams, an underground mine at
Oreland, has closed for the winter
The Cuyuna-Mille Lac and the Guyana.
Duluth mines of the American Man
ganese Manufacturing company have
closed down temporarily. The Penn.
ington pit mine has closed for the
winter. The Rowe pit mine has a
shovel stripping and it is said a ST..
100000 concentration plant is contemp.
lated if the Little Rabbit lake can be
damned for the purpose. The Thomp-
son pit mine at Crosby is stripping.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
SANATORIUM FOR CHILDREN
Protestant Women Buy lakewood Inn
for Treating TubercuIous
Young.

st. Paul.-OakwOod Inn, at Bass
lake, soon will be turned into a mod
ern sanatorium for the prevention of
tuberculosis in children. All arrange
ments for the transfer of the property
to the League of Protestant Women
have been made and plans for remod-
cling the structure are under consid-
Grafton.
E. p. Davis and J. A. Lagerman con.
Quoted the negotiations for the prop
erty for the league
The league recently raised $4,000
in st. Paul and $1,000 from outside
sources and purchased the lakewood
Inn with this money.
Physicians agree that lakewood Inn
furnishes one of the best locations in
this section of the country for a sana.
forum of the character planned 1t is
on the lake shore and eleven acres Of
land are included in the deal.
d.. Longstreet Taylor will be in
charge of the sanatorium.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Serves Time With Customer.

Minneapolis. = Emil Peterson, the
court house barber, was held prisoner
in the city Jail for nearly two hours
even though there was no charge
placed against him and his name was
not on the Jail register. He went to
the Jail at p. m. to shave a prisoner.
Jailor Gerrish locked him in the cell
with his customer. Prisoners at that
time were yelling and banging their
cells in their efforts to be amused and
in the confusion Peterson was forgot
ten. AS result it was nearly O'Clock
before he was Remembered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
pamaae of So. 500 Awarded.

Faribault.-District court is in SEES
sion and civil cases are being tried.
The jury in the case of Edward
Grimes versus the Dan Patch Rail-
way company returned verdict for
damages to the amount of $4,000. Suit
was brought against the company for
failure to erect a station on the plant
ifs land which the company agreed
to co if given right of way. Another
suit brought against the same COM
pany by c. H. Carpenter of Mortified
for $4,000 damages, for being put off
a train, was also tried. The jury re-
turned a verdict for 1 cent in favor
of the plaintiff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Alleged Herein Agent Held.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that may re-
veal an international heroin traffic
with the Twin Cities as the distribut-
ing point was obtained from Charles T.
Clark, a news agent on the 500 line,
who said, following his arrest on a
petty larceny charge, that a man had
given him package of heroin to be
delivered to stranger in Emerson,
Mimi, on the Canadian border. A
package of heroin was found in Clark's
possession and he was sent to the
workhouse for 80 days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
WANTED TO SEE THEM GROW
Three-Year-Old Miss Gave Potatoes
Fair Warning as to Doings in
Her Absence.

Harry Godfrey has a granddaughter
in the three-year-old class. She has
ideas all her own about things out OF
doors. A short time ago granddad
planted patch Of potatoes In his gar
den. Miss Three-Year-Old observed
the proceedings with interest. Pres
emily darkness came on and she was
missing from the family hearth. A
search Immediately was instituted,
and, to the surprise of all, they found
her sitting beside row of potatoes.
why, what are you doing here"
granddaddy inquired bit peevishly.
Waiting for the potatoes to come
up" was the reply.
We'll, you come on into the house.
You've scared us all half to death"
Unwillingly she took granddad's
hand and started toward the house.
Suddenly she broke away and ran
back to the potato row. Pointing her
finger at 1t as If in command, she said:
Potatoes, don't you dare come up
till / get back"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
FIGHT
NARROWs TO TWO
G. 3. BJORNSON WiTHDRAWs
FROM RACE AND ISSUES A
STATEMENT TELLING WHY.
SEEKS TO PRESERVE UNITY
Principal Reason for Withdrawal
However, Is Because He Is Chair
man of Republican State Gen.
trial Committee.

St Faul.-G. B. Bjornson, of Mime
| ota, chairman of the Republican state
| central committee, declines to be q
candidate for the speakership of the
| next house. AS a result the fight will
likely be narrowed down to a contest
between H. II. Flowers and Sam Y
Gordon.
Statement. Of Mr.. Bjornson.
In refusing to permit his name tc
be considered, Mr.. Bjornson explained
his position as follows:
| my name has been mentioned in
connection with the speakership OF
the next house and 1 have been urged
| to become a candidate for the position
| Il appreciate the honor and the con-
| ddence implied in this, but after CIV
ing the matter careful consideration
have concluded not to become a can
/ lidate.
"The principal reason for this con-
| clusion on my part is that I am chair
| man OF the Republican State Central
| Committee and feel that L owe it to
the party and the organization l rep,
what may become factional fight for
the speakership.
There are. many men among the
members elect to the next house whose
| experience and ability qualities them
Tor the position of speaker. L am con-
ident that the members will choose
well and wisely and that the speaker
selected will do justice to the body
| 1e is chosen to preside over and to the
best interests of the people of the
state.
AmpIification OF Position.
| I'm application of the position !
| take, as far as l am concerned per-
sonally, 1 will say that 1 feel under
| obligations to the Republicans of the
| state to do my utmost during the COM
| ng two years to reunite the party
and to help, and as far as 1 may be
able, guide all honorable efforts to
| mite the various factions of the party
when 1 accepted the chairmanshiI
Of the Republican State Central Com
nittee. last. June l also accepted the
! implied obligation of putting forth my
| pest efforts in behalf of the party and
is success. The. fact that we have
| net with defeat in so far as we were
| zee for governor at the last election
| 1oes not change the obligation 1 feel
| ! am under to the party to render
| service in it's behalf On the contrary
| makes me feel that that obligation
tests as a still weightier duty
| night result in defeating the very ends
] .or which desire TO work.
Seeks Party Cohesion.
with a presidential campaign COM
ng on, / feel that every effort should
| De made to secure unity of action that
| here may be restored to the party the
standing and success that is its right
Believing this to be my political
| mission and a duty that l owe to my
party, l have concluded not to become
/ candidate for the speakership or to
,nlist in any factional strife within the
&C r. RJORNSON'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Hill City Dimes on Moose.

Hill City. = The second annual
moose banquet of the Hill City Com.
mercial club fully demonstrated tae
progressiveness of the Hill lake coun-
try. Fred D. Sherman, immigration
commissioner, and D. C. Willard, of
the Northern Pacific railway, were the
principal speakers. They compliment
ed the club on its publicity campaign,
urging that it be kept up the coming
year. Both promised to assist In de-
veloping this country in every way
they could.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
War Snatches.

Simeon Ford, the humorist, said the
other day:
I'VE are nation of humorists. We
extract humor even out of war. AS
walked down Broadway the other
morning, / overheard scraps of talk
like these,
1.-The missionaries have been look
ing for heather in the wrong coun.
tries
Whats the matter with late Rud
yard Kipling resurrecting himself and
giving up new war song"
Carnegie's peace palace? The
kaiser has turned it into q fort -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Impossible for Enqlish.

Apropos of the English boycott up
on German music, relates the Wash
ington Star. DR.. Leopold Richter, the
wellknown. conductor, said in Mil
waukee:
1.-The English. anyhow, don't care
very much for German music. The
English are too conventional. Your
English musician, your English actor.
your English author, he must always
be a gentleman Well, gentlemen
are rather limited, rather narrow.
There are so many things gentlemen
can't do.
when my friend, DR.. Richard
Strauss, was drilling the Covent gar
den orchestra in Electra he was very
much annoyed by the tameness of the
English playing. Finally, at a wild
and savage passage he raped sharp
ly with his baton and said:
"'You are all playing like gentle
men. Don't play like gentlemen-play
like wild beasts"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
YOU NEVER TIRE OF CUTICURA

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant super-creamy emollients and
prophylactics preserve, purify and
beautify the skin. The daily use of
the Soap for all toilet pun poses and
occasional use of the Ointment tend
to prevent pimples, redness and rough.
ness, dandruff and red, rough hands.
Sample each free if you wish. Ad-
dress postcard, Cuticura, Dept. x, Bos-
ton. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Lund Gets Federal Job.

st. Paul.-Fred B. Lynch, Demo
cratic national committeeman, in
Washington, announced that Harry A.
Lund of Minneapolis will succeed
Marcus Johnson as collector of Gus.
:oms for Minnesota, the appointment
% be made early in December, after
congress convenes. Mr.. Johnson's
:erm expired in August. The matter
Of United States marshal will not be
.aken up now, Mr.. Lynch said, as w.
II. Grimshaw's term does not expire
until December, 1915.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Was Getting More Than His Share

Was Getting More Than His Share.
An ex-soldier in Little Rock, Ark,
tells of young American trooper who
was one of company that was am
pushed during the Philippine war The
boy was shot in the right shoulder
and then in the left leg. AS he was
falling he received a bullet in his
right leg. Raising himself on his good
arm he yelled toward the bushes from
which the Filipinos were shooting:
Shoot some of the others, you darned
fools. I am not the whole American
army"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Brainerd Factory Burns.

Starting from a fire used
to heat 12-barrel water kettle, flames
burned the cement factory of the Ri
tart Brothers, causing loss of So
900. Little insurance was carried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
loo Much for Him

1t was dark, and as he stumbled on
his way he called out, Are you there,
Fritz" A French soldier with a
knowledge of German shouted back,
Here."-Daily Mail.
At the critical moment his knowl-
edge of German seems to have failed
him.-Punch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
owatonna Store Robbed.

Observation-Disclosures entered the
department store of the Kelly com.
pany, gaining entrance through a
basement window. Some money was
taken, also several expensive pocket
knives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Arrested on White Slave charoe.

DasseL-W. W. Rich, deputy U. S.
marshal, arrested ]. A. Mcpherson of
Madison Wis, on a charge of violat-
ing the Mann act. Mcpherson is ac-
cused of taking Jessie Thompson to
Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Dundas Mill Burns,

Noythfield.-Fire destroyed the g.
story stone mill at Dundas. Flames
broke out in the top story and spread
rapidly. The mill was owned by the
Northwestern Milling company. No
insurance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Otter Tail Skater browns.

Fergus Falls.-The first skating ac-
cident of the season in this county oc-
Cured when Sewall Martin, a farmer
of the town of st. Olaf, broke through
the ice on Lake Sewall and was
drowned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Some Reason.

why do Indians wear feathers?'
demanded Mrs. Wombat as she viewed
a highly decorated brave.
Il dunno" responded Mr.. Wombat.
why do you wear 'em?"-Kansas
City Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
Highest Tribute.

An automobilist last summer
stopped one night at the only hotel
in back-country town After supper
he joined the usual crowd of loung-
ers on the porch.
The sole topic of discussion seemed
to be a citizen who had been buried
the day before. At last the visitor.
becoming interested, asked:
"Was the deceased POPULAR
WAS he?" echoed the chief speak.
er. WAS he! Stranger, every dogs
tail in town stopped wagging for five
minutes while the funeral passed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27
ALLEGED pa. Embezzjer Taken

Blue Earth.-Lewis Jones, alias
Potter, wanted at Scranton, Pa, for
embezzeling s120, was arrested here
and taken to Scranton by detectives.
Jones formerly lived in Mobiles coun.
ty. Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-27

Any poker player will tell you that
It Is better to be flushed with victory
than to be tour-flushed out of 1t.