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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
1 MEDICINE THAT OVERCOMES
MOST OBSTINATE KIDNEY
TROUBLES

About 1904 was bothered about two
years with severe attack of kidney
trouble. My condition was such that
was hardly able to drag around the
house and do my work. I did not
have any appetite and could not rest at
night and felt more tired in the morn
ing than ]. did on going to bed. My doc
aid that I had kidney trouble, but he
did not give me any relief By chance
one day my husband was in town and
noticed DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root on q
druggists shelf and decided to bring
some home for me to try; the first bottle
gave such relief that continued the use
Of Swamp-Root until I was restored to
good health, and I have had good health
for the last ten years. I cheerfully rec
ommend Swamp-Root to others who
have kidney troubles.
Yours truly.
MINNIE BOROUGH,
Antlers, Okla.
Personally appeared before me this
who subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the same is true in sub
stance and in fact.
ED. BROWN, Notary Public,
In and for Pushmataha County and
State of Okla.
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
| Jtores.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
State Without Taxes.

Instead of being threatened with ex-
cessive taxation as is the case in many
states, Wyoming is threatened with no
taxation at ALL and is likely to be the
first state in the Union where taxes ar.
not levied for the support of the state
government.
The income of the state derived
from fees, lands, leases, royalties and
interest on investment last year was
$808,241.02. while the amount received
from direct taxation was $56S, 497 81
There was cash balance on hand al
the beginning of the year of $718,426..
80. The actual expenses of Wyoming
were $1,305, 5SS.21. After paying all
expenses and making some invest.
ments in permanent funds, there is
carried over a cash balance of $780,
993.61. With this balance and the in.
come which will be derived this year
from oil and mining development, roy
alties on state lands, leases and fees.
the state will easily be able to get
along year at least without any d.
rect taxation.-Anaconda Standard.
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THE ELY MINER. ELY. MINI.

with patched-up conservatory on one
wing. In the front room they found
the refuses body decently disposed,
with an undertaker's assistant in
charge. From the greenhouse came
subdued Kissing.
Whats that?" asked Jones.
"Fumigating the conservatory.
There was a note found near the body
insisting on it's being done. For safe
ty,' it said, so l ordered 1t looked to.
Come and look at his papers. You
won't find much"
In the old-fashioned desk, among
heap of undecipherable matter. ap-
parently bearing upon scientific ex-
periments, were three self-addressed
envelopes bearing New York post.
marks, of dates respectively. March
IL, March II and March 90 Each
contained a date-stamped sheet of pa
per, similar to that which Mr. Curtis
Fleming had shown to Average Jones.
The one of earliest date bore two
red dots; the second, three red dots,
and the third, two. All the envelopes
were indorsed in Professor >Moseley' s
handwriting; the first with the one
word Filled" The second writing
was Held for warmer, weather." The
last was inscribed Zone in poor con-
dition."
OF these Average Jones made care
full note. The two men went to the
conservatory and gazed in upon ruin
of limp leaves and laccid petals,
killed by the powerful gases. Sudden.
ly, with an exclamation of astonish.
ment, the investigator stopped and
lifted from the floor marvel of er-
mine body and pale-green wings. The
moth. Speeding nearly foot. was
quite dead.
Here's the mate, sir" said the fu-
migating expert, handing him another
specimen, trifle smaller. The place
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

WARNING RESIDENTS OF THE
Golden Hill neighborhood are earnestly
cautioned against unguarded handling or
timber about wOodpiles or outbuildings
| until further notice. Danger!
who offered it,"
Professor Moseley. Tenant of
mine. Frame house on the next corner
with old-fashioned conservatory. Act
ed half-crazy when he brought it to
| the office, so the business manager
said. Wouldn't sign his name to the
thing. Wouldn't say anything about
it. Begged the manager to let him
have the weather reports in advance,
every day. The manager put the ad-
vertisement in type, decided not to
run it, and returned the money"
Weather reports, eh?" Average
Jones unused for a moment. How
| long was the ad to rum
Until the first hard FROST"
HAS there-er-been a-er-frost
| SINGER" drawled Average Jones',
mo"
"Who is this Moseley?"
Don't know much about him. Scien-
tific experimenter of some kind. be-
lieve. Very exclusive" added Mr.. Cur
tbs Fleming, with a grin. Never as
sociated with any of us neighbors.
Rent on the nail, though. Insane, too,
think. Writes letters to himself
with nothing in them"
"How's that?" inquired Average
| Jones.
The other took an envelope from his
pocket and handed it over. 1T got
inclosed by mistake with the copy for
the advertisement. The handwriting
on the envelope is his own. Look in
SIDE"
A glance had shown Average Jones
that the letter had been mailed in New
York on March 25. He took out
the Enclosure. 1t was a small slip
of paper. The, date was stamped on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
FEEL SPELL OF PORCELAIN
Admirers of Chinese Work Find Much
That Is Beautiful in the Products
of the Orient.

To look long upon Chinese porce-
lains is likely for numerous causes to
result in falling under their persua-
sive SPELL If you are interested in
the sculptural stage of art. susceptible
to the beauty of line, you will find it
there in dignified simplicity. In color
the eye is appealed to in seductive
infinity. In range of decorative mo
tives the celestial potter's mind is
fertile with an imagery found only in
the East. And there must not be left
out of account the interest and salts
faction awaiting the technical student
of structure that is found in sub
stance so quickly responsive to the
deft touch of the artisan.
THE fine white bowls surpass boar
frost and snow" is Chinese descrip.
ton of one of the ancient fictile fab.
RIGS. AS the aroma of delicate wine
is enriched and refined by being
served in a fragile glass, so the tea
drinkers as far back as the days of the
Tang, in the seventh and eighth cen.
turtles, appreciated their bowls accord.
ing as they enhanced the tint of the
infusion"
Wine cups of the Tang we're likened
by their poets to tilted lotus leaves
floating down a stream" There came
into porcelain the hue of rosy dawn
Does one not find here sympathetic
COMMUNION with nature in fair Ca
thay? Those so-called ginger jars
of the capriciously named hawthorn
pattern".-the most commonly known
perhaps, of all Chinese porcelains in
the Occident-were used for sending
presents of the fine tea at the Chinese
New Year anniversary. Their decora
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
"You Didn't Use That Larger Lock?"

was crowded with all kinds of pretty
ones. All gone where the good bug.
go now"
Average Jones took the pair Of
moths to the desk, measured them anG
laid them carefully away in a drawer
And now" said Average Jones tt
Mr.. Fleming, I'm going back to New
York. If any collectors come chasing
to you for luna moths, don't deal with
them. Refer them to me, please
Here is my card"
Your orders shall be obeyed," sale
the older man, his beady eyes twin
that's unheard Of, should collectors
come bothering me about luna
moths?"
Because of an. announcement tt
this effect which will appear in the
next number of the National Science
Weekly, and in coming issues of the
New York Evening Register"
He handed out rough draft of this
advertisement:
FOR SALE-TwO LARGEST KNOWN
specimens of Tropaea luna, unmounted
respectively 10 and liz inches spread
Also various other specimens from collec
ton Of late Gerald Moseley of Bridgeport
Conn. Write for particulars. Jones, Room
222. Astor Court Temple, New York.
What about further danger here?'
inquired Mr.. Fleming, as Average
Jones babe him good-by. Would We
better run that warning of poor Nose
ley's, after all?"
For reply Jones pointed out the win
dow. A late-season whirl of snow en-
veloped the Street.
II see," sa:.. the old man. 1.-The
frost. Well, Mr.. Mysterious Jones,
don't know what you're up to, but
you've given me an interesting day
Let me know what comes of it,
Collectors of lepidoptera rose in
shoals to the printed offer of luna
moths measuring ten and clever
inches across the wings. Letters
came in by every mail. All of these
he put aside, except such as bore &
New York postmark. And each day ht
compared the new names signed to the
New York letters with the directory
of occupants of the Stengel building
Less than a week after the luna motf
advertisement appeared, Average
Jones walked into Malcolm DORIS of
flee with twinkling eye.
do you know man named March,.
l.. Ross?" he asked the chemist.
Never heard of him.
Marcus L. Ross is interested, no
only in luna moths, but in the rest O
the Moseley collection. He write.
from the Delamater apartments. wher,
he lives, to tell me so. Also he ha.
an Office in this building. Likewis,
he works frequently at night. Final
ly, he is one of the confidential lobby
lists of the Paragon Pressed Meat com
pany. Do you see?"
Il begin," replied young Mr.. Dorr.
1T would be very easy for Mr.. Ross
whose Office is on the floor above, {,
stop at this door on his way down
stairs after quitting work late at nigh
wnea the elevator had stopped run
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

with a rubber stamp. There was nc
writing of any kind. Near the center
of the sheet were three dots. They
seemed to have been made with red
ink
What's your interest in all this, my
mysterious young friend?"
1.-TWO dogs in New York poisoned
in something the same way as yours.
We'll, I've got my man. He con
fessed"
"Confessed?" echoed Average Jones
Practically. I've kept the point OF
the story to the last. Professor Nose
ley cut his throat about nine o'clock
this morning" pursued the other
Dead when they found him."
do you mind not talking to me fol
minute?" said Average Jones CURLY
Told to hold my tongue in my own
house by an unlimited STRIPPING.
cackled the other. You're a singu
lar young man. Have it your own
way"
After five minutes silence the Wis
itor turned from the window and
spoke. There has been deadly dan
ger loose about here for which Pro
lessor Moseley felt himself RESPONSE
BILE. He had killed himself. Why?'
Because l was on his TRAIL" de
clared Mr.. Curtis Fleming. Afraid
to face me-"
Nonsense. | believe some human
being has been killed by this thing
whatever it may be, and that the hor
ror of it drove Moseley to suicide"
Prove it."
Give me morning paper"
His host handed him the current
issue of the Delineator
Average Jones studied the loca
page.
Where's Galvin's Alley?' he asked
presently. In the Golden Hill sec
tom"
Yes"
Read that"
Mr.. Curtis Fleming took the paper
His eyes were directed to a paragraph
telling of the death of an Italian child
living in Galvin's Alley. Cause, con
vulsions.
by jove!" said he, somewhat awed
You can reason, young man."
I've got to reason lot further, il
I'm to get anywhere in this affair."
said Average Jones with conviction
do you care to come to Galvin's AL
ley with me?"
Together they went down the hill tc
o poor little house, marked by white
crepe. The occupants were Italian:
who spoke some English. The deat
| child's father said a strange gentleman
had come that morning; a queer, benz
little gentleman, very bald and will
big eyeglasses, who was kind, ant
wept with them and gave them money
to bury the "bambino."
"Moseley, by the Lord Harry" ex
| claimed Mr.. Curtis Fleming. "Bu
what was the death agent?"
Average Jones shook his head
Too early to do more than guess
Will you take me to Professor Nose
ley's placer"
The old house stood four-square
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

ton, which has nothing to do with the
hawthorn, was made in representation
OF the blossoms of the winter-blooming
wild prunus tree lying on streams
whose ice covering was disintegrating
under the warming influences of the
approaching vernal season.-Dana H
Carroll, in Scribner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
Outline and Eittino.

Cutting and fitting go together in
dressmaking, but not necessarily in
speechmaking."
What's wrong at your club, my
dear?"
1--WE asked Mrs. Flubdub to make
some fitting remarks and she made
some cutting remarks. "-Louisvills
Courier ournal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

Now u the Time to Got Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need d
feeling ashamed Of your freckles as tbs
prescription othine-double strength
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othfne-doubis
strength-from your druggist, and apply Q
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst frecklea
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It 10 seldom
that more than one ounce 10 needed to COM
pletely clear tho skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion.
othine, as this IL sold under guarantee Of
money back II 1t fails to remove frecklea-
Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

Juvenile knowledge.
What is the plural of cent John
n.y." asked the teacher.
1.-TWO cents" was the prompt reply.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for
. laxative-three for q cathartic.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

Mr.. A. V r. E. Jones-Average
Jones. his friends called him-was
tired of spending his dead uncle's
millions in New York and doing
nothing more and craved to take
part in the dynamic activities of
life. At the suggestion of Waldo
mar. owner of an important and
decent newspaper. he opened offices
in Astor court and went in for fol-
lowing up queer advertisements in
the newspapers and tracing down
fraudulent advertisers. Business
doomed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

q silkworm is about a third of
mile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

Every man expects to make a for.
tune some day, but he keeps putting
1t of.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

The following unsolicited letter has
been received from Mn J. F. Ward Of
Donalda, Alberta. I: 1a plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
Tc-..,--;7 1T is with pleas
- ee'.ers ure drop line to
ram Le..er: you. We had Q
good year. OF of Is acres, oats and
wheat, I got over $500 bushels OF
wheat and oats. Oats went here from
80 to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat
from rs to 81 per acre. Just see mo
being here one year and have over 700
bushels of wheat. It is now over $1.00
per bushel. Oats is AZ cents, and go
ing up. You told me the truth, and
want the people of Toledo to know it.
Hogs are S% cents; cattle are high.
Canada is good enough for me. have
good horses. I sold 2 good colts, 2
COWS and Is head of hogs and killed 2.
I have hogs left. got 400 bushels
of potatoes off an acre and q good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good onions. One neighbor had over
1000 bushels of wheat, and sold over
$500 of hogs and 1000 bushels of oats.
This is great country. If you should
tell the people of Toledo of this it
would get some Of them thinking. The
soil is rich black loan, and q pleas
ure to work 1t.
1--WE have a good farm. We have q
| flowing well with soft water. It is
the best water in the country. Some
people think they got to 60 to war
when they come out here. They need
not be afraid of war. There is no war
tax on land; only school tax, $1,000
on 100 acres, and road tax Of two
days with your team. I tell you the
truth, there is no land in or around
Toledo as good as our land here in Al.
berta. If anybody wants to write US,
give them our address.
I'VE have had nice weather. We
have had it quite cold for one week,
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
| shines nearly every day, and it is hot
in the sun. Coal is 1925 per ton. The
people are very. nice and good here.
We are well enjoying the West.
The horses and cows are feeding on
the prairies all the winter. We Just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Yours truly, (Sgd.) J. F.
WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 9, 1916"
E.-.-----.-.o - 81 was born In
| " oe Wisconsin, but
| COMMENCEMENT moved with my
parents when boy to Stephen Co.,
Iowa. I was there farming for so
years. I sold my land there for over
5000 an acre. 4 moved to Saskatche-
wan, and located near Briercrest in
the spring of 1912. I bought a half
section of land. I have good neigh
bors. I feel quite at home here the
same as in Iowa. We have perfect
safety and no trouble in living up to
the laws in force. My taxes are about
$65 a year on the half section for ev-
erything. have had splendid crops.
Wheat in 1915 yielded me over SO
bushels to the acre. That is more than
I have ever had in Iowa, and yet the
land there costs four times as much
as it does here. The man who comes
here now and buys land at $50 an acre
or less gets a bargain. (Sgd.) s.
schweitzberger, February 9th, 1885,
Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31

Our idea of an innocent woman 4
one who imagines man chews cloves
because he really likes them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-31
"YOUTOLD ME- THE TRUTH
AND|WANT THEPEOPLE
TO KNOW IT.

The following unsolicited letter has
been received from Mn ]. F. Ward Of
Donalda, Alberta. Il r3a plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIX
TENTH PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES,
BORN FEBRUARY IL, 1909.

(Waterson On Lincoln.
Bora as lowly as the Son of God
in a howell; reared in penury, squa.
lor, with no CLEAN of light Cor fail
surroundings. without graces,
actual or acquired; without name
or fame or official training; it was
reserved for this strange being,
late in life, to be snatched from
obscurity, raised to supreme
command at supreme moment,
and entrusted with the destiny Of
a nation.
The great leaders of his party
the most experienced and accom-
plished public men of the day
were made to stand aside, Were
sent to. the rear, while this fantas
tic figure was led by unseer
hands to the front and given tn.
reins of power. 1t is immateria'
whether we were for him OF
against him; wholly immaterial
That. during four years. carrying
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18
LANGDON NOTES.

The Woman's Club met at the
Dormitory last Thursday. The
subject for the afternoon was
Dutch Art. Papers were read
by Miss Fan Sparks and Miss
Stewart.
The Langdon girls enjoyed the
moving pictures Friday evening.
They went as the guests of DIR,
Pennington.
Bertha Gentry has been con
fined to her room by illness fol
several days.
The Faculty of the Graded
School was entertained at Dime,
at the Dormitory. Saturday even
ing.
Miss Stewart was called 4
Knoxville on Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of Miss Mont
gomery's father. Miss Montgom
cry is the principal of the Laur,
Sunderland School, Concord
North Carolina.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18

Washington, Feb. I'm adver-
t.sements issued todav for bids
upon contracts for providing aerial
mail service, Postmaster General
Burleson gives manufacturers of
aeroplanes and hydroplanes OPP
portunity to meet practical tests
as regular carriers Of the United
States mails. The bids are to be
opened May IL, and October l,
next is named as the date for be-
ginning service.
The action is taken both to i'm
prove mail service and to stimu
late the development of the sci
ence of aviation in the United
States because of its close relation
to the general question of military
preparedness. In view of Philan-
thropic efforts already begun toI6
nance undertakings which involve
more general use of aeroplanes,
such as that of maintaining an
aerial patrol of the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts as an adjunct of the
Coast guard, it is believed thai
the capital will be raised to make
tests in the postal service. The
advertisements cover one mai
route across Buzzard's Bay and
Nantucket Sound, in Southern
Massachusetts,, and seven routes
| in Alaska. If such service !:
proven feasible and reliable ovel
these routes a gradual expansion
to many other routes upon which
present means of transportation
are slow and inadequate will follow
the Postmaster General announc
les. In the past ten years United
States nails have been carried BY
aeroplanes many times, but neve,
regularly over authorized mai
routes. Usually such feats have
been incidental features of fairs
and expositions, and have merel.
involved trips in good weathel
from the postofice to the fai
grounds.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18

with them such weight of re-
sponsibility as the world never
witnessed before, he filled the vast
space allotted him in the eyes and
actions of mankind, is to say that
he was inspired by God, for no.
where else could he have acauir-
ed the wisdom and the virtue.
Where did shakespeare get his
genius? Where did Mozart get
music? Whose hand smote tie
lgre Of the Scottish plowman, and
stayed the life of the German
priest! God, God, and God alone;
and as surely as these were raised
up BY God, inspired by God, was
Abraham Lincoln; and thousand
years hence DO drama. no TRACE.
dy, no epic poem will be filled
with greater wonder, or be follow
ed by mankind with deeper feel.
ing than that which tells the story
of his lite and death-(Peroration
of address before the Lincoln I'm
ion at the Chicago Auditorium
F ebruary IL, lo15.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18
Toxication.Is
Self Poisoning,
Few Realize Causes of this Form
of Ailment.

Fow realize whara great num-
Der of people, among those who
live in such cities as this, suffer
from autOintoxication. This con-
dition, which has caused so much
discussion, is nothing more nor
less than slow self poisoning of
vital organs. 1t is the very
foundation of many ailments.
When the organs become weak
ened from any couse they arc IN
able to throw off the accumula-
tons of waste matters. The pu-
trefactive germs soon begiu to
get I'D their deadly work and the
sufferer finally is a direct victim
of poisons generated right in his
own system.
Among the common results of
tqis administration are jaundice
hard cold, constipation, indiges-
ton and fermenting of food, bill
iousness, sick headaches, back
aches, diarrhea, dizziness, pains
in the kidney region and nervous.
ness.
Tanlac is designated. especially
| to combat this condition of con-
gestion brought about by auto
intoxication. Its properties as a
tonic and invigorant tends to
thi ow off the poisons and to spur
the organs back to needed efforts,
in short, to clean them and make
them normal again.
To an autoniobilist it might be
said that Tanlac acts as a spark
plug in the human mechanism :.
1t starts the vital engines and
then keeps them going at prop
erly regulated speed.
Talac may be obtained in Mt.
Vernon, at the drug store of Chas.
G. Davis, also at Central Drug.Co.
Livingston. and John Robins
drug store, Brodhead, w. M.
Owens store, Burr, KY. where its
propertie are cheerfully explain
ed to all callers.