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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24
WARTIME SCENES RECOUNTED.
A MARCHING REGIMENT.
The 18th Wis, Covered $3.50 Miles in
Twelve States During the War

In modest little book OF 800 pages, writ
ten by II. W. Rood. Superintendent of
Schools In Wisconsin, find the history OF
the marches and campaigns OF the 18th Wis,
which contains detailed account OF their
marches through the states OF Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina. North Carolina and Virginia, COW
ering the unprecedented distance OF $3.50
miles on foot during three years OF the civil
war.
Having access to nearly all the grea. libra
ries of New York City and Brooklyn, and to
the inexhaustible official records Of that war
now on file at Cooper Union Library, l can
find no parallel of this remarkable feat by
any foot regiment In the United States army.
then wrote to the Commanding Generals
Of the English, French and German armies,
all Of whom furnished me, through their Ad
jutant-Generals department, with polite re-
plies, but failed to find the record OF any Of
their foot regiments who, in the short space
OF three years, had covered such a great
number OF miles on foot, even In times OF
peace.
The records also show that the regiment
took part In the campaign at the extreme
right flank Of the entire grand army OF the
North In the early part OF the war, and after
participating In many Of the principal cam
paigns OF the central part OF that army found
themselves Mt the extreme left flank when the
war was declared ended;
SO, that after nearly one year OF studious
research aud letter-writing have no hesi-
tation in placing the 18th Wis. as the cham
pion marching regiment OF the world
The records also show that the 18th Wis.,,
together with the 10th Wis, formed the first
line OF the brigade, OF which the GOTH 30th
and 3lst ILL.,, formed the second line Of the
assaulting column OF Gen. Sherman's army
that charged and captured Leggett's Hill the
kaxF tt tl,a.t th..r rtf<ht
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24
Uses OF SaWdust.

A growing industry in this city is
the sawdust business. Forty years
ago the lumber mills were glad to
have sawdust carted away; twenty
five years ago it could be bought for
fifty cents load; now it brings SO. so
load. 1t is used in hotels, saloons
groceries, and other business houses
for the absorption of dirt when
sweeping. Plumbers use it a great
deal about pipes and walls to deaden
sound. Soda water men and packers
of glass aud email articles OF every
kind use it, as well as in the manu-
facture of dolls. = Philadelphia Re-
cord
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

lue WutermelOn grows VIII Ill over
Africa. 1t was cultivated in Egypt B.
G. $500.
DIR. Fayette Hall of New Haven,
Ct, buried his pet parrot last week
in silk lined.cofiin.
Thomas Flanagan, of Elmwood,
Ind, is the happy owner of four
legged Plymouth Rock rooster.
Among the curiosities that Cobalt
(Ct) dentist left after his death we're
all the teeth that he had ever pulled.
Many OF the inhabitants of India
believe that elephants have a religion,
and engage in acts of divine worship.
Little oak trees, an inch and half
in height, are grown by Chinese gar
deners. They take root in thimbles.
Count Tolstoi always replies to let
ters in the language in which they are
written, and he gets letters in several
languages.
A land-locked salmon was recently
captured in Lake Quinsigamond,
Worcester-th first OF its kind ever
seen in those waters.
Johann Kirchebner of Steinach, in
the, Austrian Tyrol, is a tanner. What's
more, 30 have been the male Kircheb.
ners before him for 800 years.
Chicugo's board of education an
nounces that it proposes to forbid the
teachers in its employ to smoke pipes
or cigarettes, or to chew gum.
The republic of Audora. in the Py-
renees, has population Of 5000 and
the republic of San Marino. in the
Apprentices, population of 5000.
A laborer grubbing roots recently
in Bowmanville, ILL.,, found, three feet
below the surface, and under the roots
of a tree 800 years old, fine three.
pound stone axe.
They say that Grey never got a
cent out OF his immortal elegy, though
his publisher made s5, 900 by it. Grey
held that a poet should not degrade
his art by taking money for it.
Dawson Oldham, a seventy eight
year-old resident of White Hall, KY,
never has missed sermon at the
Methodist Church in that place in the
forty years he has been member.
In the private chapel at Windsor
Castle, which is octagonal in shape,
with a lantern roof, the Queens pew
is in the gallery, in the division next
to the organ loft. The household sit
below, the women on one side and the
men on the other.
A gray African parrot owned by n
family in Providence, r, J., has vo-
cabulary of l40 words, and can imi-
tate the sound of changing bell with
astonishing clesrness. 1t is believed
to be at least sixty years old, and has
been in the possession of one owner
for twenty-seven years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24
WeYlER ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Openly Admitting What Cubans Long
Have Asserted.

The Spanish Generals recently called to
Havana. Cuba. for council, met at the Pal
ace and the difficulties of campaigning dur
ing the rainy season were discussed.
Surgeon-General Losade urged that mill
tary operations be limited to defensive move
ments for the present. and this was finally
agreed upon.
Reports come from Remedies, Santa Clara
Province, that many natives, driven from
farms to villages and towns, have yellow
fever
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24

A watch which is in good running
order in one years time ticks l57, $780,.
900 ticks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

--'I understand you stood for whole
hour in the doorway last night talk
ing to the policeman, Katie?" "Shure,
you wouldn't have me sthand there for
an hour an say nothin', ma'am ?'-
Yonkers Statesmen.
The sweet girl graduate came
across unique" in her essay and pro-
nounced it "un-i-kwee," to the astonish-
ment of the attentive populace. But,
gracious! her dress did set beautifully.
Lewiston Journal.
Darling" he cried, throwing aside
all reserve, do you not know me?" The
girl flung herself upon his bosom. "Your
face is familiar" she sobbed. 'although
can't quite recall your name."-De-
troit Tribune.
A gentleman in England whose
premises were often invaded by tres
passers, put up the following on his
gatehouse: "a Observation-Disclosures
menoi kept here" A friend asked him
what terrifying thing that was. "Oh,'
he replied, cit is just three big Greek
words put all together; but it serves
the purpose well. The unknown is
always dreadful" Youths Companion
The delegate was approached by a
newspaper representative. He was a
brawny, enthusiastic delegate, one who
seemed to be fairly bubbling over with
good material for an interview. "What
do you think of the situation % the re-
porter asked. "What do think? Young
man, you utterly mistake the nature
of my employment. I'm not here to
think. I'm here to holler."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Sheep kept in thrifty condition
grow the most wool.
To very considerable extent people
make for themselves the conditions of
life.
Even with the most carefully pre-
pared food the greater portion digested
goes to supply heat and energy.
Because poor sheep have light feeces
is not proof that fat sheep have heavy
ones.
Good stock, crops, fertility and in
dustry are essential items in good
farming.
Confining any farm animal in dark
quarters is injurious to it and, there
fore, more or less damaging to the
owner.
One of the reasons why many fail to
make farming as profitable as they
might is because of lack of attention
to details.
In nearly all cases it is unwise to
discard all of the old sows at one time
and supply their places with young
untried ones.
The cow which will profitably con-
vert the largest amount of food into
rich milk or crelm is the most profit
able to keep.-Farmers' Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
Injudicious Feeding of Horses.

The effectiveness Of working horses,
and especially on farms, is often inn
paired by injudicious feeding. The
subject is better understood than it
used to be, but there are yet far too
many instances of horses being put to
work with stomachs overloaded, and
yet not providing the nutriment needed
to give the muscular strength which
hard work always requires. Hence the
horse is always slow in his gait and
soon tires out. This overlooking the
stomach with unnutritious food is
mainly due to the average farmers
dependence on hay as the staple and
cheapest food for horses. Really, so
far as effectiveness goes, grain, and es-
pecially oats, are always cheaper than
hay. Liverymen and those in cities who
keep horses soon discover this fact.
They have to buy all that their horses
eat, and learn to discriminate. When
they feed hay exclusively they find that
the horse is incapacitated for fast or
long driving on the road.-Rural World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
INTELLIGENT EFFORT.
Upon 1t Depends the Success of Every
Farmer In America.

Upon 1t Depends the Success of Every
Farmer In America.
A farmers success surely depends
upon effort, but in reckoning the value
of his effort, the quality is of greater
Importance than the other amount
A little intelligent effort goes much
farther than great deal of misdirected
effort. There are here and there rugged
sons of toll who, having wrested wealth
from the forest and field by the might
of their brawny arms, are inclined to
belittle other methods than those which
they employed, and to pooh-pooh at
what they call "new-fangled notions"
but times and conditions change, and
we must change with them. The law
yer, the doctor, the preacher, the me-
chanic in every line, if he would
achieve the greatest success, studies
constantly and never fails to adopt
every good new thing he finds; would
the farmer belittle his vocation by say
ing it is SO purely the work of drudgery
that there can be no improvement
Certainly not; in hardly any other oc-
cupation of man is there such broad
field for the application of scientific
knowledge, such great opportunities
for constant and important improve
ments, and it is upon his ability to
make these Improvements his own.
that the farmers success depends
Farm News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
Keep the straw on the Farm.

A travelling man recently stated in our
presence that he once heard farmer
say he would as soon think of selling
the corner stone of his barn as to sell a
load of straw. The corner stone of the
barn supports the barn; the straw is
the supporter of the fertility of the
farm, from which arises the force of
comparison. In the part of the state
where the man heard this, he failed to
see straw stack. All of it had been put
into large barns and carefully pre-
served. The same farmer Justly re-
marked that a cold bed of ice was not
conducive to the happiness Of calf
Dakota Field and Farm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
TWO SWINE DISEASES.
How to Treat Animals Suffering from
Thumps or Scours.

How to Treat Animals Suffering from
Thumps or Scours.
In his address before a Wisconsin
institute, S. H. Todd gave the following
remedies and treatments for two COM
mon troubles in swine:
Thumps.-You ask what to do for it?
1 say feed your brood sow differently.
If you don't you are sure to have that
disease which has carried off SO many
thousand pigs. If you have the disease
sometimes it is good to apply coal oil on
the stomach of the pig, bathing him
thoroughly, and perhaps giving him
little; another good thing is to give the
pigs exercise, and if they won't take It
themselves, go in with little switch
and drive them out. But the best thing
is to prevent it, and very often it is
wisest to take club and give them one
more thump and get out of it in that
way. If they wear the disease out the
pigs will never amount to much. We
are justified in keeping only the kind of
pigs that will return to us the greatest
profit, according to the present market
price of pork.
ScOurS.-HOW many tunes we make 4
mistake in not feeding the mother prop
erly, and the pigs get to securing, and
they are put back for whole week or
more. We must feed her very lightly,
and if the pigs do commence to scour
give her teaspoonful of copperas; dis
solve it in her slop; that will regulate
the whole business. After the pigs are
two or three weeks old provide place
for them by themselves and begin to
feed them. Here again don't make the
mistake of having one of those v
shaped troughs unless you want your
pigs to have long noses and to wrangle
over, their food and spill swill all over
themselves. They want to be clean,
that is their nature, but you have pre-
vented them from being so. Let them
have a little trough by themselves and
have the feed as near like milk as you
can make it. We use oilmeal and corn;
had rather use middlings than any,
thing else, with a little oilmeal.
think that is the best pig food that we
can get. Make the food thin; use wa
ter, if you haven't milk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
An Ocean Post.

The island of ST. kilda is only about
100 miles from the mainland of Scot
land. Yet the latest letters from the
island only came down to March 3, and
they were but recently received. They
came by the usual mode of conveyance,
the ocean post-committing letter to
the waves when the wind is from the
west in the hope that it might reach
some part of the Hebrides or the main
land and be picked up there. The
winds do not always hold long enough
to carry the box across the sea in safety,
and when the wind is in the right direc-
ton the letter box must often be car
ried ashore at some inaccessible spot
where there is no one who can reach it.
IN. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

eight feet long, four feet in the ground.
About six inches from the end that
goes into the ground, cut two notches,
two by four inches, on opposite sides of
the post; spike into these notches two
two by four pieces, about six or seven
feet long, and let about six inches pro-
ject past on one side, the remainder on
the other side. Dig the hole four feet
deep, and long enough (parallel with
the fence) to admit of the scantling,
with the long ends of the scantings from
the fence. Get large bowlder, the
larger the better, and place on these
scantlings, fill up with dirt, and lamp
well. also put in brace parallel from
the first to the second post.
The cut will show what I mean: a
designates the scantling, b the bowlder,
c the brace, d the ratchets on the post
to hold the wires. End posts braced in
this manner cannot give the least Bit
Rural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
FORTUNE MAKING IN MEXICO.
Thrifty Americans, Once Poor, Now Enjoy
Princely Incomes

Z
Princely Incomes.
You need not starve on the Mexican
TERRA caliente. Everything you need
for your table you may have without
much trouble. You can raise chickens
and have eggs ad lib, and you can grow
yams and fruit and corn, and your own
tobacco if you wish, and drink of your
own coffee, and make your own sugar
to sweeten it withal! You may not he
rich, you shall not put in fourth of
the work that is needed in cultivating
New England rock pastures, and yet
you will be fat and hearty. Corn grows
down on the isthmus like the blessing
of God, as the Spanish saying has it.
You will see it being harvested from
one field while it is two feet high in an
adjoining field, and. in another. is just
shooting up out of the ground.
Herman Cortez, the conqueror of
Mexico, was no fool when he struck
for the isthmus to locate his big es-
tates. 1t is the rich soil, and now it has
a railway from ocean to ocean, and, as
President Diaz said the other day, on
his return from that country. the 18TH
mus is fertile enough to support ma
ton. There is, says the president.
room for another S'ew York at AL
varade, on a splendid bay, and some day
believe we shall see great city there,
for it will have all that magnificent
agricultural region behind it.
One does not wish to paint every
thing rose color, and surely the life re-
mote from towns, the quiet of the
country and the society of but few of
ones own race, do not constitute an at
tractive prospect for most men; but, as
must insist, there is independence
from hard grinding conditions in trop-
ical agriculture. A few cases in point:
A friend of mine came here many years
ago, married charming Mexican girl,
has pretty family, and, after drifting
from one thing to another, hit on sugar.
and now he is in receipt of an income of
$4,000 a month. lie tells me life is very
sweet, and that he goes to Europe next
year.
Another friend was drifting about the
streets of this old City of Mexico, doing
almost nothing. He began to think OF
the hot country and what it might
offer, took the train, got down there,
explored, took up little land, and now :.
after four years, would not sell his pos
sessions at less than 100000. He is a
sugar and coffee planter.
Another man, a surgeon, with rail
way practice, threw up the saw and the
scalpel, and is now making sugar and
$4,000 year at the same time. He says
he is only beginning. and that in two
years more he shall pass his summers
yachting off the New England coast.
These are specimens. They have had
their trials and their obstacles to over
come. But they had pluck, fertility
of resource, tact in handling the native
laborers. and they are now independent
men, who need not ask of any man a
dollar.-Boston Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
Save Every Ounce of Fertility.

Do not let an ounce of fertility on the
farm go to waste. Utilize everything
that has in it any elements that will
enrich the soil, and take such care of
your manures that the best part of
them is not lost before they reach your
fields. Every farm should have COM
post heap, where all sorts of refuse
from the house, barn and yards can be
thrown. Aegood many tons of the most
valuable fertilizers can be saved in this
manner, fertilizers that now go You
know not where.-Rural World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
Observation-Disclosures
RRACINc END POSTS.
How to Do 1t So That They VIII Not
Give the Least BIT.

How to Do 1t So That They VIII Not
Give the Least Bit.
In fence building, one can very easily
spend plenty of money, and if not care
full in selecting the kind of fence, and
building it, one will be disappointed IN
a year or two, to find his fence all
sagged and out of shape. For cheap
ness, durability and neatness, there is
nothing better than either the smooth
wire fence, or woven picket. The end
posts are the secret of success. These
must be solid, as the strain all comes
on them.
I will try to illustrate my way of
bracing an end post, that holds them
perfectly solid. The plan is original
with me, and am glad to say that there
is no patent on it. The end post should
not be less than six inches square, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
IMPROVED HOG TROUGH.

Tested by his pigship, and place the
trough before him in an orderly and
becoming manner. The trough is made
like draw, and pulls out to be filled
1t can then be pushed in under the
end guides (shown in the cross-section)
with none of the unpleasant features
mentioned. These end guides hold the
trough in place, as does also the stout
button on the outside of the front of
the penn. Y. Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
IMPROVED HOG TROUGH.

A Continuance Which Robs Pig Raising.
of Its Terror.
One of the most unpleasant featu-
of hog raising is the unpleasant ope. a
ton of giving these animals their food.
They are in the trough, on top of it,
and always under the food when it is
turned in to them-tEat is when the
ordinary trough and spout are used.
The illustration. however, shows an ar
rangement whereby the feeder can
place the food in the trough unmo-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys-
tenn and break up colds, headaches and fe-
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
Of Figs. Manufactured by California Fig
Syrup Company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

| BuLsoN-"I know where you can find a
remarkably cheap piano mover" Briggs
"How did you discover him2" Billson-"I
let my piano rent get behind. "-Cleveland
Plaindealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

CLARION! have you heard about Cor
Carrota She is going to marry a ric
widower with six children" Dora-''Sh
always was greedy thing" -Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

TALK about your transformation W
have seen square man turn roundabout
ers Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
His Merited Pun,sbment.

81 cured Giddipgton of talking to me
about his smart little boy"
'How did you do it?"
81 told him all about the II summers
experience 1 have had with hay fever"
Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29
Children for Adoption.

If you desire to adopt nice child Of any
age address !. G. Home Society, 234 La
Sale St, Room POI, Chicago, Ill. Enclose
Q cent stamp for reply with circular.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

When animals are allowed to run
down there is weakening of vitality,
and especially of the digestive organs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer Free 50 trial bottle
Il treatise DR.. KLINE, 933 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

THOMAS KNEw.-Teacher-" Where is the
capital of Great Britain, Thomas?" Thomas
-"Most of it's In this country."-C Chicago
Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

The world needs not more men, but more
man.-Rev. G. w. Guillette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

| PIso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, An
tioch, ILL.,, April IL, 1894.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

SEA air roughens the skin. Use Glcnn's
Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-29

The fatter the pig, the better it likes the
mud.-Ram's Horn.