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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

RUB the sprouts of the trees before
they become tough.
KEEP the soil well worked around
the peach trees to make them grow.
= PEACH and plum trees are less liable
to disease when growing in a poultry
yard.
UNLEACHED hardwood ashes are I'M
equaled as fertilizer for grass lands
and lawns.
POTATOES are often seriously injured
by being allowed to remain in the sun
too long.
THERE is no work on the farm worth
so much as that done in the garden
and orchard.
IF from any cause it is considered
best to remove large limb, cover the
wound with paint.
ANYTHING in the nature of I've will
destroy the apple tree borers before
they penetrate the bark.
A SMALL, thrifty tree with vigorous
roots, when set out, will make a good
tree sooner than large one with
mutilated roots.
A TIGHT sod around growing trees
does not give them proper chance to
develop THIS is especially the case
with peach trees. Keep the sod loose
close up around the trunk.--St. Louis
npf1 h1io
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AMONG ANTARCTIC FROST.
Expeditions by the Dutch to That Little
Known Quarter In 1616. -

Expeditions by the, Dutch to That Little.
Known Quarter In 16Ie. -
Cape Horn was rounded for the first
time in 1916 by a Dutch expedition,
which had set out from Amsterdam in
the HORNE Tor Horn) and the Een-l
dracht Tor Unity. to find a new west
ern route to the East Indies. and so to
evade the ordinance of the states gen.
eral prohibiting all Dutch ships not
engaged in the service Of the Dutch
East India company from passing by
the cape of Good Hope to the eastward,
or through the straits of Magellan to
the westward, says writer in McMil-
lan's Magazine. The Hoorne was
burned at the entrance to the straits of
Magellan, and some of her timbers
later by Sir John Marlborough, whom
Charles IL. sent to Patagonia for gold.
The other vessel pushed on, doubled
and named the Horn after the lost
ship (which had also received it's name
from the place of that name in Hol-
land, of which one of the principals in
the undertaking was a native). dis
covered and named (after the Amster-
dam merchant who conceived the ideal,
the straits of LIE Marie, and finally
reached the Pacific.
seventeen years earlier another
Dutchman, Dirck Gerritz, in vessel of
only one hundred and fifty tons bur-
den, which formed part of the East
India squadron of Simon of Cordes,
had been driven by bad weather
from the western entrance Of
the straits of Magellan as far
south as latitude 60 degrees, and dis.
covered the islands now known as the
South Shetlands. To him it was
mountainous and covered with snow.
His statement was regarded as apoc-
rhpyal until Mr.. William Blyth, in the
year 1919. rediscovered the islands
while on voyage from Montevideo to
Valparaiso. ESD
The Dutch navigator De Bonneville
was credited with having. even before
Gerritz, discovered a Terra Australis
to the south of Africa, but we know
from Pigafetta, the biographer of
Magellan, that the phrase ''Antactic
pole" was a very loose one, and was
taken to mean the southern hemi-
sphere, which is vastly different mat
ter. Moreover, De Bonneville brought
home to France with him the son of
the sovereign of his new-found land,
which is of itself sufficient to prove
that he did not penetrate far south.
But his story and the signs of his
dusky captive set the hearts of his
countrymen beating with wild hopes
for over a century and a half Boston
Globe. 49,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16
A New Feed for Horses.

A new horse feed is on the market.
1t is composed Of hay, oats and corn
ground very fine. The proportions are
two pounds of the hay. to one each OF
the oats and corn, and the feed resem-
bles bright hay in appearance While
the diminished room required will rem
der this feed valuable under some cir
cumstances, it is doubtful whether il
gives sufficient bulk to distend the
stomach properly. Another serious
objection is that chewing being made
unnecessary, the flow of saliva which
mastication induces is checked. As
saliva is generally recognized as an i'm.
portant aid to digestion, the question
arises whether the continued use Of
the new food may not seriously affect
the health of the animal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16

Good roads Should be universal in every
American state. and therefore their
construction from funds raised in part
by general taxation should not be a
hardship to any. 1t is bad plan, as a
general thing, to help those who won't
help themselves, and for this reason
not every kind of local interest and re-
sponsibility should b. abrogated in any
state road law. But state law grant
ing to each county state aid to the ex-
tent of one-third of the cost of road i'm
provement, provided that the plans
should be made and the work itself
supervised by the state engineers,
would secure the desired results with
out relieving the county of good pro-
portion of an expense made in large
part for the benefit of the residents OF
the county.
The road parliament which is to con-
vene in Atlanta cannot do better
thing than initiate movement look
ing to the adoption of the policy and
the accomplishment of the results here
ggested.-Leslie's Weekly.
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CROPS OF AMERICA.
Fruit Culture Is Still in Its Infancy In the
United States.

united states.
Green's Fruit Grower publishes the
accompanying diagram of the present
division of the lands of the United
States between unproductiveness and
certain staple crops. No. shows the
proportion of waste land; No 2, ''the
various spring crops, such as oats, bar
ley, flax, buckwheat and other crops
than those named on the map" No. 8,
wheat; No 4, corn; No. 5, cotton Cbut
the editor suspects that this may have
been drawn too large); and the black
sector between Nos. l and 3, fruit. Our
contemporary adds:
This shows at glance that fruit Gull
ture in this country is in it's infancy,
for surely in a land famous the world
over for its success in every line of
fruit culture, both north and south,
east and west, the amount of land oc-
cupied by that industry is insignifi-
cant. 1t will need no prophet to fore
tell that in the years to come a much
larger area in this country is to be de-
voted to fruit. But you ask: What are
we to do with it? My reply is, that in
the first place the population is in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16
ATTACKED BY BULLS.
A Train AssaiIed by a Herd on the Portu
guese Frontier.


A report has been received in Paris
of an extraordinary encounter between
herd of bulls and a railway train on
the Spanish and Portuguese frontier.
The incident occurred between Moravel
and Canaveral, close to the Portuguese
frontier. The train was traversing q
long plain, similar to hundreds of
others which are used as grazing land
in Spain, when the driver noticed a
number of bulls on the track some dis
tance ahead. He did not slacken speed,
but blew the whistle repeatedly, with
the result that the herd cleared out of
the way. with the exception of one,
which suddenly lowered it's head and,
with fierce below, made straight for
the engine. The result was disastrous
for the bull. The animal was COM
pletely cut to pieces, and masses
of quivering flesh chung to the
wheel and machinery, so much
SO that further progress was inn
possible, until the engine had been
cleaned. The officials had decided to
do SO, when, without moments warn
ing, the remainder of the herd, in
furiated probably by the sight of
blood, dashed down upon them. There
was precipitated rush for the nearest
compartments, and the last man had
scarcely scrambled in when the bulls
attacked the carriages and renewed the
assault again and again, to the con-
sternation of the passengers. The
gendarme in charge of the train col
lected, as opportunity offered, heap
of stones, and theoretically pelted the
bulls. besides firing number of shots.
For two hours the battle ragged, and
at last, as night came on, the bulls
seemed to have had enough of it, and
took themselves off, to the immense
relief of the passengers. But this was
not the end of their adventures. for
on arriving at Valencia de .a.lcantara
the passengers discovered that the
connecting Portuguese train had left,
and they were obliged to put up for
the night as best they could in the
little frontier town. = Westminster
Gazette
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creasing largely, and this will be ono
of the avenues of consumption; in the
second place, our people will be led to
consume much larger quantities as
prices get within their reach; in the
third place, we will adopt methods of
canning and preserving not now known
or not now practiced, by which our
fruits can be consumed in every coun-
try in the world. At present the
United States is supplied with dried
fruits, such as raisins, figs, currants,
prunes, largely from other countries.
We are also importing largely lemons,
oranges, pineapples, bananas and other
tropical fruits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16
Advice to Travellers.

In an article on the life and duties of rail-
road trainmen, published lately in a leading
magazine, we noted this: at is astonishing
what number Of people of education ana
intelligence (unless they have Travelled a
great dea) leave all their common sense at
home whenever they take railroad jour-
ney." In our own experience we have seen
the patience of conductors most sorely tried
by people whose one idea seemed to be that
the utmost vigilance was necessary against
being imposed on by railroad men. For the
information of our readers we give few
extracts from Suggestions to passengers"
issued by one of the great eastern railroads,
remarking that the same apply to almost all
roads e. i-Aa
Passengers, upon buying throughtick-
cts, should make memorandum of the eDes-
tlnation-'By what R. R. issued'-'Form
Number = Consecutive Number = and
Date They should make memorandum
also Of the Number and Destination of
their baggage checks. This will aid in the
recovery OF tickets or checks if lost or
stolen.
Personal baggage. when not exceeding
$50 pounds in weight, will be checked to
and from all stations upon presentation of
one full passage ticket; Is pounds on half
ticket. =. fg
'Local or coupon tickets not used or only
portion of such tickets having been used,
when OF any value, will be redeemed through
the General Passenger and Ticket Office, in
accordance with established rules.
Passengers purchasing tickets or mile
age books which for any reason they do not
use in their entirety, should not attempt to
dispose OF them to unauthorized dealers, as
this company will fully protect original pur-
chasers from loss in cases where for salts
factory reasons the tickets are not used
giving the full value of the unused portion
of such tickets on a proper basis.
I'm event OF any disagreement with the
n Or. Q1of1 yvat 70 tioly nfrnd lriv
ileges allowed, etc, passengers should pay
conductors claim, take his receipt, and re-
fer case for adjustment to the General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent. who will prompt
ly refund any overcharge."
Compliance with the above suggestions,
and the purchase of your ticket reading
''via Burlington Route,'' when going to Chi
cago, Peoria, st. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha
Or Denver, will be certain to insure COM
Portable journey. If your home agent can
not fix you with a ticket via the Burlington,
then write to WI. G.. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent, st. Paul. Mimi, who will promptly
inform you as to the rate of fare, and send
you time tables, etc. f4
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16

1.-THE only unhappy thought a good road like
this can awaken is that there are thousands
Of others so unlike it.
will fix the highway in the wrong
place for several generations, and may
be forever.
So, too, in one of the most beautiful
and prosperous counties in New Jersey
a large sum raised from thu sale of
bonds for road Improvement IS being
wasted at this moment Without a
man in the county board with any
knowledge of road building, it is not
wonderful that an engineer was se-
lected without any experience. Taking
good advice to begin with, this ig-
norant local board and ignorant local
engineer have abandoned every wise
counsel and now propose to pave over
hills SO steep that a horse can only
climb them laboriously in walk, and
to use in the construction native
bastard stone SO coarse in grain that it
disintegrates when in contact with the
weather. This money will be thrown
away, and in that section of New Jer-
sey the movement for good roads will
be seriously injured.
State road laws should be framed so
that, while home rule will not be in
terfered with, the ignorance of the
local pumpkins will have small chance
to wreak itself on the public highways.
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49,
Domestic Needs.

Husband-Anyt thing you want down
town to-day, my dear? Shall 1 order
some more of that self-raising -four?
Wife-We have plenty left; but
wish you would stop at an intelligence
Office and order me self-raising serv-
ant girl.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Eff I were pretty" she sighed.
"You can. easily become so, said her
best friend. ''How?" Disappear
mysteriously. Inever read of girl who
disappeared mysteriously who was not
pretty."-Chicago Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16

Small Margery had just been stung
by wasp Il wouldn't a-minded it's
walking all over my hand" she said,
between her sobs, tiff it hadn't sat
down so hard. IN. Y. Sun.
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SERVANT applying for place)-"And I
shallrequire the address of. your lastserv-
ant" Mistress Whatever for?n Serv-
ant-"Why, to get your character from her,
Of course."1Judy.
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ger'rn=life

The doctors tell us, days. that disease germs
everywhere in the air. in the water in food.
clothes money; that they get into our bodies live
Consumption is the destruction of lung tissue by
germs where the lung is too weak to conquer them.
The remedy is strength-vital force.
SCOTS Emulsion, with hypophosphites, means the
adjustment Of lung strength to ger1n-life.
1t is fighting the germ with the odds in favor.
These tiny little drops of fat-food make their way
into the system and refresh and re-invgorate it.
Whether you succeed with it or not depends on how
good the germs had and how carefully you
live The shortest way to health is the patient
The gain is often slow. stsss. taee,
50 cents and $500 SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists. New York
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-10-16

Still DIssATIsFIEp.-The man who signs
for the happy day aa
When barefoot boy he ran,
Is the same old boy who used to say:
81 wisht was a man." stt
philadelphia Record.
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Like a venomous Serpent

FI{t Like Venomous Serpent
Hidden in the grass, malaria but waits our
approach, to spring at and fasten it's fangs
upon us. There is, however, certain anti
dote to its venom which renders it powerless
acknowledged and world-famed specific, and
it is, besides this, thorough curative for
rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver complaint, con-
stipation, la grippe and nervousness. In con-
yalescence and age it is very serviceable.
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Choice Farm Lands of the Vorld-Pe,
feet Climate.

feet Climate.
October 22nd the Big Four Route in con-
nection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry.
will sell round trip excursion tickets to all
points in Virginia Except east of Gordons-
vile on Washington Division) and North
Carolina at one fare with two dollars added.
ing and good for stopover in Virginia. In
Virginia they have no droughts, no bliz-
yards, cheap lands and the best markets in
the world. Send for free descriptive
pamphlet, rates, etc. U. L. TRUITT, N. w.
P. A., 234 Clark St., Chicago 5#a
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: WOULD have man great in great things,
and elegant in little things ohnson.
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+ WE have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years lizzie FERREL,
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THERE is nothing that a man can less at
ford to leave at home than his conscience
or his good habits.-Pacl1e.
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81 WILL kill him. cried the poet, elf /
have to tie him fast and read him to death
with one of my own sonnets. "-Harper's
Bazaar
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BEECHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
and go by it. Annual sales 5000, 900 boxes.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c.
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'sIsN'T that a new ringa" "It's new to
me."-Life. rrt @
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II. Bonar.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-12-07
Joseph R. Whitaker.

Joseph r. Whitaker who died ut his home
in Dover, Del. on Monday. was cousin
OF the late George p. Whitaker of Principle
Furnace this county He was the son Of the
late Joseph Whitaker, an early Pennsylvania
iron master, who then operated the Della
ware Iron Works at New Castle. The son
assisted in the construction OF an iron fur
mace at Havre de Grace, Nd, and in the
management Of the iron works at Durham,
Bucks county, Pa, which were owned by his
father. He was interested in number of
extensive iron and other business interests
and leaves fortune OF about one million
dollars.
In the 70's he bought the farm where he
died, near Dover and subsequently acquired
number of farms in Kent county. being
probably the largest land holder in the
county.
In politics he was Il staunch Republican.
He was offered the Republican nomination
for governor in the last state campaign.
Governor Marvil, who was elected. volunteer
ing to withdraw if Mr.. Whitaker would take
the nomination, and urging him to do so.
He declined to accept. Mr. Whitaker never
married Judge Pennypacker OF Phila-
delphia is his nephew. His funeral took
place on Wednesday, his body was taken to
Philadelphia for cremation
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-12-07
ELECTION CONTESTS.
The Court PetitiOned For Recount of
Ballots Cast at the Late County
Election.

Petitions were filed in the Circuit Court on
Wednesday, by Henry NJ. Mccullough, Re-
publican candidate for States Attorney: Robt.
l.. Christie, Republican candidate for County
Treasurer, and William j. Clark, Republican
candidate for County Commissioner, long
term, praying that the ballots cast at the
late county election, November 5, be recounted
under the direction Of the court sin order
that the true result OF said election may be
aseertained and declared by the court.
The petitions charge that in the First,
Second and Fourth election districts the
Judges of election enormously counted votes
for the Democratic candidates for these
olliccs-who were declared elected-which
were not cast for them, and had these votes
not been counted the result Of the election
would be changed. 1t is further charged
that in the several election districts of the
county votes that were east for the Republi-
can candidates were not counted for them.
That at the said election on the said fifth
day of November, in the year eighteen hun
drcd and ninety-lve in the Second Election
district in Cecil county aforesaid, there were
manifest and gross Irregularities in the con-
duct Of said election by the officers conduct
ing said election and having control of the
election machinery and open bribery was
practised by the political adherents of the
cOntestees, to such an extent as to render the
election in said district void, and require the
rejection of the returns from said district in
determining the true results of said election. +"
The returns made by the election judges
showed William s. Evans. Democratic candi-
date for States Attorney, elected by 4S ma
iority; Manly Drennen, Democratic candi-
date for County Treasurer, by SO majority; j.
Polk Steele, Democratic candidate for Com
missioner, long term, by II majority, and
Dexter VI. Lee, Democratic candidate for
Commissioner, short term, elected by 4S ma
iorty.
The Democratic ma jority returned from the
Second district was abnormally large, the ma
jorities being for Evans, 211; Drennen, 255:
Steee $50; Lee, 1877. The average Democratic
majority in the Second district is about $50.
The petitioners, as is stated above, charge
that gross irregularities and bribery were
perpetrated in order to secure this vote.
John j. Williams, Republican candidate for
Commissioner, short term, through his attor-
ney II. NJ Mccullough also filed petition
asking for Il recount on the grounds as set
fo!th in the above named petitions. 1t
was lled on Thursday morning.
John E. Wilson is attorney for Messrs.
Mccullough and Christie. Mr.. Mccullough
is attorney for Mr.. Clark
y petition Tor Il recount was filed on Fri
day morning by John 7. Lynch, Republican
Candidate for Orphans Court, through his
Attorney H. NJ. Mccullough.
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A CHANGE in KENT.
For the First Time Since the War the
Republicans are Now in Power


On Tuesday, for the first time since the
war Kent county passed from Democratic
to a Republican administration of its internal
affairs The old board Of County Commiss-
toner's at ~ o'clock adjourned sine die and
the new board. Messrs. George w. Hatcher
son and Samuel Todd, Democrats, and
Daniel Hill, Republican, the four year-term
candidates, and Samuel j. Fickers and
George w. Owens, Republicans for two
years. We're formally sworn into office by
Clerk of the Circuit Court Samuel G. Fisher
T. Waters Russell, clerk to the board for
twenty years past, was retained as clerk for
one month. Mr.. Russell was given to under
stand that his place will be wanted at the
expiration of the specified time. Daniel Hill
was unanimously made president of the
board.
The newly elected members of the Orphans
Court, Messrs j. NJ. j. Byron and Samuel
Burgess Democrats, and Franklin H. Harper
Republican, were also sworn in, with Samuel
Burgess the only member Of the old court
as chief Judge. Sheriff james A. Casey. Re-
publican. moved his family into the Jail and
took formal possession. bonding in trust
company OF Baltimore.
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BAY VIEW ITEMS.
BAY VIEW, Dec. 5, lS9

BAY VIEW, Dec 5, 1895
Miss Mary Cameron spont the latter part of
last week in Philadelphia
Mr. j. L. Reed left on Monday to visit the
International and Cotton States Exposition at
Atlanta.
Mr. Harry Lynch of Wilmington. DEL.
spent few days with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. 7. Lynch.
Mrs. E. 7. Leedom and Mrs. Amy Milburn
have returned from visit to Mrs. Virginia
Plank, of Honeybrook. Pa.
Miss Sarah Gamble, of Baltimore, has re-
turned to her home after spendinga a few days
with her sister, Mrs E. J. Johnson
The revival services which we're in pro-
gress in the church here for nearly six weeks
were discontinued on Wednesday night of
this week. The meetings throughout were
interesting and well attended, and resulted in
much good.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-12-07
Mrs. Eliza Johnson.

Mrs. Eliza johnson Of this town, died at
the home of her grand daughter Mrs. Harry
George at Elk Landing on Sunday night. in
her S7th year. Mrs. Johnson was the widow
OF the late John A. Johnson during his life
leading lumber merchant Of this town. She
was native of New Castle county Delaware,
her maiden name being Stewart. Four
children survive her, Mrs. Caroline V.
Howard wife Of Jacob A. Howard Of this
town. Mrs. William Rambo, Howard John
son, of Queen Anne's county, and Wiberforce
johnson, of Chester Pa. Mrs. Johnson was
a life long member of the Presbyterian Church
and in every sense n true Christian woman i.
Her funeral took place on Wednesday, her
body being buried in the Elkton cemetery
the Rev, John McElmoyle officiating.