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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-03

their credit while the Tower boys
could only show 2. Cramer opened
the funny part of this inning by put.
ting hot grounder over 3D. base.
Cox stopped to gather it in but the
elusive sphere had slipped through
between his legs and was gaily spin
ming on. McQuade tapped one to
center Heenan hit to "a and Cra-
mer scored on wild throw to Sd.
McMasters famed and Symonds went
out from pitcher to 1st, McQuade in
the meantime coming home Heen-
an scored on rotten throw from
catcher to Sd. The Ely boys had lost
their heads and gone all to pieces.
TO add to the confusion, the grand
stand and bleachers broke loose with
deafening yells and began to crowd
remarkably close to the diamond,
in fact SO close that the first baseman
in fielding a foul fell over gang from
the bleachers and missed the easy
pop-up. Kinney lined a long one to
left and captured three bags. Will
liams followed suit with a two-bag-
ger in the same direction scoring Kin
ney and Opel put another in the
same place scoring Williams. Here
Lynch was put in the box. Dooley
took his base on balls. Cramer hit
to center scoring McQuade and Dool-
ey McMasters made 1st Oh a hit to
left and Heenan famed thus ending
the game with score of 8 to II.
The umpiring was done by Jas.
Nettel who holds the position for the
Tower club, in a neat straightfor-
ward manner. Certainly there were
few bad decisions but they were
evened up on both sides and neither
was favored. The ''rOoters'' who in
fest the bleachers, know more about
umpiring than they do about refrain
ing from insulting remarks while at
the game.
The score by innings is as follows:
Ely .....1 3 0 0 O l 0 Oil
Tower 20 0 l 0 1 O. = 8
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-03
THE GUN CLUB AT TOWER.
The Ely Gun Club Were Not as Successful
as the Ball Club.

The Ely Gun Club Were Not IS Successful
as the Ball Club.
In the match shoot Ss.iss..ay between
nine men of the Tower and nine Of
the Ely club, the Tower boys won by
a score of 100 to al out of a possible
225 birds. The boys shot fairly well
although no remarkable scores were
made. 1t must be remembered that
Ely had a strong club to shoot with
as the Towers last season were fgur-
ed in with the best in the state.
The match was very much enjoyed by
tho clubs as it is a well known fact
that members of gun clubs are royal
entertainers. The next match shoot
will probably take place on the home
grounds in a few weeks, probably Sun
day after next when it is expected
the ball club will be here and the gun
club also. The scores Sunday were
as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-03
Land Decisions.

Acting Commissioner Best has de-
cided the case of JOHN Engen VS..
Chas. Lower, involving the set of Sec
tion 80, 6S-1S Engen is the timber
and stone claimant, and Lower the
presumption. Lowers notice of final
proof failed to be published in Bede's
Budget, but through no fault of his.
Engen gave notice of final proof but
the local Office rejected his proof and
held his filing for cancellation. The
general office affirms this.
A decision has also been given in
the case of John ID. Rodgers, pre-emp-
tion claimant VS.. Wesley Stow, tim
Der and stone claimant, involving
lands in section Il, COLO. The local
officers decided in favor of Stow and
the general Office affirms this.
Prof. Scott made visit to Virginia
Friday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-03
ELY
TOWER.
The Inquest.

The coroners inquest held at Tower
last week over the remains of Engin-
eer Weaver and Fireman MoultOn by
Deputy Coroner Sheppard and jury
composed of A. G.. Kingston, T. HI.
Winchester, j. D. Murphy, G. c. OPP
pei, n. j. Benson and N. f. Marion.
after hearing a number of witnesses
brought in the following verdict:
We the jury, find that G. d. Weav-
er and Wallace G. Moulton came to
their death by collision at mile
100 on the d. & l. r. between work
train No. IS south bound and empty
ore train No. SO, north bound, the
collision being caused by the neglect
of Conductor McConfber and En-
gineer G.. d. Weaver of train No. So,
to take proper precautions to flag
approaching trains as prescribed by
the rules and regulations of the rail
road company. We also find from the
evidence that the deceased G.. d.
Weaver is the most responsible party,
inaSmuch as he was on the engine
and knew at all times and places
where the flagman should be sent
ahead, the evidence not showing that
fiagmen should precede the train the
whole distance, because part of the
way the track can be seen mile or
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Use the best and finest manure III the
garden.
It is not easy to make the soil too rich
for gardening.
Parsnips are considered the better for
a little freezing.
Never take large limbs from a tree
when 1t can be avoided.
Unbleached wood ashes are one of the
best fertilizers for grapes. @
A mound of earth around the base ef
a tree will protect it from mice.
Trim the raspberries by cutting out
all dead wood and unthrifty canes.
A part of the food of plants comes
from the atmosphere; the rest from the
soil.
Save all Of the wood ashes. They are
valuable to use as top dressing in the
garden.
IL trees or plants are neglected the
results will hardly prove satisfactory,
but with good manag cement fruit grow
ing may readily be made profitable.
In nearly all cases it will be better
economy to grub out trees that are
stunted and sickly than try to restore
them to vigor. ST. Louis Republic.
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NEWS NOTES FROM EUROPE.

q
Vodka, which being interpreted liz
Russian brandy, is now to be found on
all Partisan bills of fare.
Mr.. Asquith, late English home sec
retary, has broken with all precedents
by appearing as counsel In law case.
France has solved the problem Of APP
plying the rule for compulsory military
service to priests by assigning them to
ambulance work.
From Turin 80 brothers OF the order
OF ST. Francis de Sales and 20 sisters
were sent out in October as missionaries
TO South America
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailoyitch,
who married Czar Nicholas sister xenia
o year and half ago, has consImpt ptfon,
and has been ordered to the Caucasus
Al concession to build carriage road
from Teheran to Bagdad and also to
build electric railroads in the suburbs OF
Teheran has just been granted 10 q Ger.
man contractor.
At Berlin the academy Of arts is pre-.
pairing an exhibition Of the paintings
of Adolf Menzel, Andreas AahenbacK
and Julius Schrader, who ara all now 90
years old and still painting.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
WINTER CARE or COWS.
Feed Them Well and Give Them Plenty Of
Clean Bedding.

Feed Them Well and Give Them Plenty OF
Clean Bedding.
To get the most milk from the cows
it is essential that they be kept comforts
able. A warm stable means saving OF
nearly one-half in feed and larger guam
tity of milk than double the feed given
In an open stable.
When exposed to cold and storm ID
takes almost the entire ration to make
enough animal heat to keep them from
freezing See that all openings or
cracks in the stable or sheds are closed.
In the average farm stable there is
little occasion to provide for ventila-
tion. Enough fresh air will come In
without arranging to let lit I'll.
Supply plenty of clean dry bedding.
A filthy stall oyerbalances the CONS
forts OF a warm stable and good feed.
There is little occasion for the COWS to
take exercise during the winter, es-
pecially If in taking it they are exposed
to cold or storms. In fact, when the
watering can be done conveniently In
the stable, there is no occasion for turns
ing the cows out during the winter.
Feed them well with d good variety,
giving their feed at regular hours.
Give all the pure, fresh water they can
drink. Keep their quarters clean and
then II the ration is of amilk-produeing
kind the cows may be kept giving milk
all through the winter.
It is the cows that give a good fow Of
milk through the winter that are the
most profitable.s Louis Republic.
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hall, London, liberal prizes are offered
for goats and the classes are well
filled. At the last of these dairy shows
the number of entries in these classes
was 68, against Is the previous year.
The champion medal was awarded to
the milking goat White Queen, owned
and entered by Mr.. r. Walter, Of Ions
don. The accompanying illustration
is a spirited portrait of this very fine
goat. The first on goatlings under two
years was awarded to White Rose, g
daughter of the champion White
Queen, and the second to Heather Lass
sic, crossbred ToggeDpurg White
Rose was pronounced to be the finest
goat for size and weight that has ever
been shown. Among other exhibitors,
Baroness Bnrdett-Coutts was meas
urab1y successful, three ossher entries
being famed as highly commended
The magnitude and quality of the dis
play of goats at the great national
show, no less than the social emf
nence Of some Of the ladies and gentle-
men who exhibited, both testify to the
popularity which goat breeding has
attained in Great Britain. Our SUBJ
scribers quite frequently ask us to tell
them where to obtain goats, and quite
a little business in breeding goats may
be possible in America. American
Agriculturist.
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The Hest Feed for Cows.

Cows fed ON straw and roots prob
ably produce not only more milk, but
that Of q better quality, if fed a well
balanced ration of good, aromatic,
easily digested foods. IF, however, q
ration Is reasonably good, and cattIs
have full supply of food, experiments
appear to prove that the per cent. OF
butter fats cannot be materially in
creased by change of food, though 1T
is believed by many intelligent dairy
men that, by taking young animals and
feeding them continuously for several
years on appropriate and nourishing
rations, the system can be SO changed,
educated and developed that the per
cent. of butter fats viii be increased.
An investigation is now ii progress at
Cornell to see if any light can be
thrown upon this phase of the ques-
ton.
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GOLD STORAGE PLANTS.
They Should Be Established In Every
Fruit-Growing Locality.

They Should BE Established In Every
Fruit-Growing Locality.
Anent the recent progress in the mat
ter of ,prolonging the season of fruits
by means of cold storage, Prof. Craig,
of the pertinent farm at Ottawa. Ont,
thinks that the time may soon come
when winter apples may not be neces-
sity, as fall apples can be kept in per-
feet condition until the next summer.
This is entirely practicable, but as win
ter apples are quite as easily grown as
summer or autnmn apples, there seems
no need of dispensing with either. At
the Columbian exposition in the New
York fruit exhibit there were shown
at the opening or the exposition and tor
some weeks after perfect specimens OF
the Sweet Bough, Sour Bough, Fall Pip
pin, Round Sweet and others, and they
kept as long after being removed from
the cold storage as they would have
kept in the summer or fall without hav-
ing been thus stored In other words,
contrary to the generally accepted idea,
the cold storage in no way impaired
their keeping qualities. It would cer-
tainly be very pleasant to be able to
have q supply of Primate, Chenango,
Strawberry, Grayenstein and Fan Pip
pin through the winter. The problem
to solve is to make central cold storage
plants in fruit-growing neighborhoods,
where business enough can be secured
to make them profitable, operated by
the ammonia process. Ice methods will
not answer To fill the modern demand
they must be able to freeze fresh meats,
fish and poultry in one room, while
keeping fruit at temperature Of 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit in another. It is done
successfully now in large cities.
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now to Grow Reliable Trees.

siIas Wilson, the well known nursery
man and tree planter Of Iowa, says:
Root grating, in my opinion, Is the
only way q reliable tree can be grown,
! don't care il the piecesof roots are no
more than two or two and a half inches
long I use good scions, and expect to
get roots from the scions. When they
are hardy kinds the tree win be hardy;
regardless OF the original root. The
agent will tell the farmer that tree
to be hardy must be grown from =
whole root; that without tap root
tree cannot be hardy. But while this
IN q very nice theory il Is not true, as in
any kind of nursery work ii IL almost
impossible to preserve the tap root. z
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
THE FARMING WORLD.
STARTING AN ORCHARD.

The Work OF Preparation and the Proper
Planting OF Trees.
The ground for an orchard should be
well and deeply cultivated, and free from
weeds, well drained, If the soil requires
II, and most soils are better for drain
ing except sandy or light gravelly soils
with light subsoil. Such land may not
require draining, but in every case it
should be well worked and pulyerized
and enriched before planting. The
work Of preparation must be done dur
ing the summer, so as to be ready for
fall or spring planting. Planting in the
spring is preferred, which viii enable
the trees to take firm hold of the earth
and to resist the frost of next winter.
but planting may be done successfully
in the autumn by protecting the trees
SO as to prevent the frost from heaying
or misplacing them.
Select young, healthy and vigorous
trees, and from reliable nurserynan,
and IL possible from soil similar to
that in which you intend to plant your
orchard. The different kinds of apples
w LII oCHSAAA youA oVl NAlo110 sb4Iel
the suitability of soil and climate.
should advise that the selection be made
from the old, tried and reliable kinds.
The distance apart should not be less
than 30 feet, SO as to allow the trees
room to spread their branches and to
form a low and spreading head Close
planting has tendency to force the
trees to run up and preventing the
fruit from obtaining It's proper color
ing from the sun, and making it more
difficult to gather the fruit. At the dis
tance of 80 feet apart it will require
90 trees to the acre. Before planting
the tree, remove all bruised and broken
roots by cutting clean with a sharp
knife. Lay out your ground in straight
lines, so that your trees will be in line
each way and at equal distances, 80 feet
apart. William Gray, in Farmers Re
view.
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TALK ABouT GOATS.
In Great Britain the Business of Breeding
rz,r..ass, In nr,i4 - I'm r.e,r.ta..x

In Great Britain the Business of Breeding
Them Is Quite Important.
The goat receives much more atten.
ton as a donlesticated animal in Eu-
rope than in America. In many parts
of this country one might spend a life
time without seeing goat, but among
our trans-AtIantic cousins they are
kept for milk, or trained To draw chill
dren's carriages, while in many d large
stable a grave and stately "billy" is
found on terms of friendly acquaint-
ance with both horses and grooms.
The goats of England are not the
dainty white Angoras which have been
so largely bred in the United States
and in the British Cape Colony for mos
hair, but are the so-ealled native"
goats with an occasional Nubian ,Togs
genburg or other example Of foreign
breed. Goat breeding is pursued with
much spirit in England, and the Britt
ish Goat society has on the rolls of its
membership many names which are
widely known. At the annual shows
of the British Dairy Farmers assoc
citation, held in the Royal Agricultural
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
The Procession Proceeded.

1t ain'tso very often-maybe not more
than oncst year-that my friend and
fellow servant Blew seroggins breaks
out in q fresh place, but whensomever
he does turn loose he can take up some
OF the blamdest biggest fool notions of
any rale smart man have ever saw.
One daY last week Blew come by nv
house drivin four mules to big wagon,
and hit empty. Him and his wagon and
mules was raisin more dust and noise
and eonfusionment along the big road
than Q drove of wild steers on stam-
pede. wondered in my soul what in
creation was comm to pass. but Blev
he driv up and stopped to tell me the
news.
81 am goin over here in the hill
country TO move julie Nabors this
naornin, says Blew. 'I reckon no doubts
you worder how it comes to pass that
an all-wool, iron-bonnd. moss-covered
Democrat like me can hook up his mules
and go and move rantankerous Third
party idiot like julie Nabors. But yon
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18

illustration. Tt should be of hard wood,
and the edge in front should be covered
with sheet iron, after which an old
piece of crosscut saw may be fastened
beneath the edge and turned up at the
sides, as shown in the sketch. The
iron straps to which the chain is at
tached should go around the back as
well as the sides Of the scraper to give
strength. Such an implement is exceed
ingly handy on the farm for leveling off
ridges and filing depressions, and for
scraping up into heaps the manure that
becomes scattered over the barnyard.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 49, 1896

will see the pint whom I give you the
mainest facts In the case. Little Bunk
Weatherford has sold his place to
Handy Stribblin and bought the old
Turner place where julie Nabors is now
liVin. In the main time Handy Srib.
bIin sold out to the Widder Brantly,
and the widder she ranted her place out
to Tance Stringer, and so forth and SO
on. Now Tance stringer is crowdin the
widder, and the widdsr abe Is crowdin
Handy Stribblin, and Handy he is
crowdin Little Bunk Weatherford, and
little Bunk is croWdin julie Nabors.
You see julie Nabors is at the head OF
the procession and holdin down the
whole shootin match. He is the onlyest
Third party man in the line, and to a
man on the fence or uISa tree it looks
like he won't nlsye ais pegs more for
pure cussedness than anything else.
NATURALLY of course it amt my
funeral, Rufe, but by gatlins the pro-
cession must proceed. It amt fair and
it aint right for one sorry man like julie
NdpCG5 p1OOh up UA0 pA5AACo0 NJ a
settlement in that way. Little Bunk
and Handy and the widder and Tance
Stringer are all ready to move and
dead crazy to start, and whilst
I amt got nothin particlar to do with
the case am sick and tired OF so many
people fussin and foolin and fddlin
around on account of julie Nabors. From
last reports it seems as If julie has
rented land from old man Nose Tram.
mel, and the onlyest reason he can give
in now for scotchin the procession is
that he can't get no wagon and team to
move with. That is the news that come
to me last night and / am now on my
way to the hill country. When I get
there julie Nabors he will move and the
procession will proceed" And Blew he
driv on.
It was after supper that night when
Blew come thunderin by on his return
back from the hill country, but heli
him up and got the latest news.
tBy gatlins, Rufe, / moved him and
the procession can now proceed in reg
lar order," says Blew. Julie made out
like he want ready and tried his bland.
est to turn me back. He took the studs
and bneked and kicked and snorted and
cavorted. But told him 1t want no
use. had come over to move him, and
he had to move. I couldn't make that
long trip with four-mule team foI
nothin, and dadburn him, moved him.
1 know it want my funeral, and you
mought maybe say took up a blame
fool notion, but it had to be did, Rufe
it just simply had to be did,
will leave it for you to say as to
whether Blew was right or wrong in
takin the job to move julie Nabors. And
I Will say hat he was dead right about
one thing. 1t was my private opinion
that he had went and took up a blame
fool notion.
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..An underbit in the Left.,,

Years and years and years ago-wher
we was only chunks of boys-Andy Lu
cas- had a rale nasty fight one day al
school with youngster by the name Of
Bunch Marlowe. 1t was fair fight
with nothin but the weapons which
mother nature had give them, and the
way they fit and scratched and chawed
and bit was plum sight to see. The
performance went on fast and furious
till finally at last Bunch bit plug out
of Andy's arm, and Andy he bit three.
cornered slice out of the other boys left
ear.
"Dadblame him, put clean, smooth
undefbit in his left ear" said Andy, as
we went on home that evenin, sand
henceforwards from now on that is my
mark. If ever come up to be man
and have any stock around me will
mark every blasted one of 'em with an
underbit in his left. .
Time went on and Andy waxed big
and strong and devilish accordin. By.
and-bY he married of and settled down,
and presently he got some stock around
him. It was now time for him to pick q
mark and put his stock in 1t, and he
marked everything with ian underbit
in the left. The last time I was over
to his house me and Andy went out to
the lot and down in the paster to see his
stock.
II have now got thirteen hogs and
nine sheep and twenty three goats and
four cows and three calves and one man
in my mark, Rufe." says Andy, land
every blame one of 'em wears an
underbit in the left
Curious like, amt it? I know you
think SO. Me too. But that is only one
of Andy's fool notions.
Remember now, and don't make No
mistakes in regards to fool notions and
fool people. They don't come together
by whole tremendous big lot But in
this present day and generation mighty
nigh all the people -partic1ar the
smartest and the best-most In gen.
orally always hare some few fool no.
tions. RUFUs SANDERS
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MINES AND MINING.

There are only two mica mines in
bengal, and their output Is steadily de-
creasing.
A tale or soapstone mine has been
found at Sims station, on Hazel creek,
Shasta county, Cal.
The natural soap" mine, near Elko,
New, is to be opened up, and the prod-
uet utilized commercially.
In the southwestern part of Oregon,
at Granite Pass and Medford, the placer
mines are being worked with much sue
cess.
Both soft and hard coal were discoy-
cred few days ago on a farm near
saco, Me, and the people OF that region
are expecting great Developments.
An important strike on the Red
mountain, two miles northwest of
Cripple Greek, is announced. The strike
Is in vein Of ore carrying sylvanite.
Forty acres of phosphate land, near
Fitzgerald, fernando county, Fla, have
changed hands. The purchaser in
tends to put up a plant and work the
property for hard rock.
The longtalked-of tramWay, 11aa
miles long, from Rossland to WE'LL
Landing, B. G., is at last to be built. The
tramway will come near all the princi-
pal mines of the camp and will assist
materially in their development.
a new mining camp has been discov-
cred and is being opened up in Fre-
mont's Peak district, 80 miles north
west Of Barstow, San Bernardino coun-
ty, CAL The lodges carry free-milling
gold ore, and there is water four miles
distant.
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Among the American industrie

Among the American Industries
that were to be ruined by the present
tariff law, according to republican au-
tEority, was that of cotton manufac-
turing. With remarkable perversity
the dividends of the Fall river cotton
mills show an increase of profits 1t is
a notorious fact that dozens of new cot
ton mills have sprung up in the south,
and Notwithstanding this increase of
domestic competition, and the opening
of our markets to foreign competition,
the southern mills are making twice as
much as the northern mills, and the
northern mills more than before, and
cotton goods are cheaper to the con,
sumer.Indianapolis Standard.
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b orn ( oil be-
cause he takes
up fool notions.
Me and You, my
friends and fell
low citizens, and
most rybody,
have our O W n
fool n o tt o n g..
The fact is /
have took notice
that rale smart
people are more
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-18
AN EARTH scRAPER.

This Article and Picture Tell You How 30
Make One at Home.
Iron shoyeis or scrapers for removing
earth are somewhat expensive. A good
substitute can be made at home, after
the plan shown in the accompanying