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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
FOUNDATION STOCK.
Subject That should BE Studied by
Every Progressive Breeder.


Every Progressive Breeder.
AS foundation principle, says Prof.
Morrow, we want to use for the sire and
dam hogs that have those characteris-
tics we desire and have those fixed by
good breeding 1t is in accordance with
the best practice and with the best
theory that, given reasonable purity of
breeding, it is more important to have
an additional merit in the sire and dam
than in the more remote ancestry. and
so, in descending scale. as we go back.
If we will bear in mind that in going
back only ten generations, we are each
of us carrying the blood of l,024 men and
women in our veins, if there have been
no intermarriage of relations, we will
see we need not worry about what our
tenth parental ancestor was. So when a
man tells me the good points of GER
tain breed of hogs way back in 1900 it
don't carry much weight. As a rule,
| we had better look to the individual
| merit. He thinks we make mistake
in breeding when we insist upon get
ting coarseness, perhaps length of body,
in the dam and look for compact and
possibly slightly effeminate male.
Among hogs the male, as a rule, is
coarser than the female.
There may wisely be a distinction
made in the practice of the professional
breeder and the common breeder who is
| raising hogs, not for breeding purposes,
but to be sold in the market. Let the
first, as far as possible, breed from ma
ture stock. Let him see that his hogs
get good deal of exercise. Prof. Nor
row has no faith whatever in the wis
| dom of the practice of combining any
animal designed for breeding purposes
without exercise, summer or winter.
On the other hand he would not have
the farmer who breeds hogs for the
general market be overly careful. 1t
will not do to say that it is wise for him
to breed only from mature animals. He
will not do it, and as a rule he would
make less money if he did. If he will
renew his stock from the skillful pro
fessional breeder he will make more
money by breeding from comparatively
young animals, and as soon as may be
turning off the dams for pork, than he
will by following the practice so impor-
tant to the professional breeder. twill
be wise for the producer of the pig that
he wants to sell for pork, to feed iber-
ally and well at as early an age as
observation-disclosures Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
MANGER FOR HORSES.
Exceedingly Convenient Whenever Stable
Room Is Limited.

Wherever the room for the horse
stable is small, as it is where the stalls
are arranged across one end of the barn
in IL or II foot space. where the horses
are to face the barn floor, this manager
will be found exceedingly convenient.
In place of the usual wide and deep
manager, construct trough (a) not over
ono foot wide or deep. Place rods
OBJ the full width of the manager, just
far enough apart so that the horse can
get his nose between them to eat his
hay or fodder, which is placed upon the
slant support (m). This is hinged at the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
PROFIT IN BEEkEEPlNG.
Experience of an Ohio Apiarist of Twenty
Years Standing.

Experience of an Ohio Apiarist of Twenty
Years Standing.
On April 2, '95, we removed so stands
of Italian bees from our cellar to their
summer stands, and found that there
had been no loss except in the weaken
ing of some colonies and the loss of
three queens. We Immediately gave the
bees that had lost their queens to the
weakest colonies, leaving us AZ stands.
To these we added five more by pur-
chase at $3.50 each. Having rs pounds
of poor grade of honey, and as all were
getting scarce of honey, we invented a
feeder of our own. and during the scar
city of honey between apple bloom
end white clover, we placed feeder
over each colony and fed them some
of this poor honey every evening, which
brought them up good and strong in
bees until the commencement of the
white clover crop. This feeding pre-
vented the cessation of egg laying by
the queen, and consequently our hives
were full of brood, larvae and eggs, and
the new honey from clover was placed
in the extracting combs, which were
now put in readiness for the expected
honey flow.
Perhaps a description of our feeder
would be of benefit to some brother
beekeeper. 1t is made of two-inch
pine, cut 7x14 inches. In the center,
lengthwise. a slot three-eighths of an
inch in width is cut through and to
within an inch of each end. Then u
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
The Sheep and the Ticks.

AT the Wisconsin experiment station
they have this winter dipped sheep
when the temperature was down to
zero and below. Their reason for dip
ping was that the sheep had been col
lected from many points and some of
them were found to be infested with
ticks. They did not consider it of
any use 10 try to feed while the animals
were thus covered with parasites. All
of our farmers that have sheep will do
well to take the hint, and give their
foeks the benefit of an inspection, and,
if the need exist. of dipping in any
reliable sheep dip. 1t is not desirable
to feed lot of sheep, that the latter
may in turn feed lot of ticks. The
time spent in Kidding them of the ver-
min will be well paid for in the added
thrift of the animals.-Farmers Re-
view.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
a Hairy Boy.

The greatest curiosity of western
France is modern Esau, in the person
of Leon Fernerod. the nine-year-old
SON of well-to-do parents living in the
little village of Vindieq. The boy was
born in May, 1856, and from the day of
his birth has been covered with heavy
growth of curly, straw-colored hair.
Several attempts have been made TO
remove this queer hirsute growth. but
so far all such attempts have been In
vain. The boy dislikes very much 10
be called "the hairy boy" and even his
parents are said to be very sensitive
on the subject.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08
"Trip IT."
a Trivial Pastine Popular Among Ian.
cashfre Gambler

A Trivial Pastime Popular Among Ian.
cashIre Gamblers.
Among the strange sports of Lanca-
shire is a game known variously as
''coddam" or Tip il"
As the Lancashire man of sporting
tendency must have wager on every
thing that engages his attention, q lot
of money changes hands on this game,
generally in small way. but quite fire.
quently in substantial sums. Indeed,
says London Answers, there is a recog-
nized champion player of Tip it," who
is open to back himself for 6 25 to "lick
creation"
And this is how it is played: The
rival players take a button, or some
small article, and sit on opposite sides
of a table The beginner puts his
hands under the table, and, taking the
button in one of them, raises his closed
fists into view. and the business of the
other is to say in which hand the button
is held. The button changes sides as it
is found, and the game goes on until the
points are reached.
1t is often played with two or four a
side, and the champion viii meet a
dozen at a time, and discover the hand
holding the button by sort of instinct
The position of the thumbs decides
whether the game is .'coddam" or Tip
it." On this trivial pastime hundreds
of pounds change hands every year in
some parts of Lancashire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

There are lepers in Iceland-about
2co in all. Now an enthusiastic priest
has determined to follow heroic Father
Damien's cxample-to devote himself
wholly to the care of the unfortunates.
Already he has raised 10000 francs and
is promised enough more to assure
the early erection of comfortable
hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

Or what use are forms. seeing at times
they are empty! or the same use as bar
rels, which are at times empty, too.-Hare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

TIE Bible tells the singeard to go to the
ant, but in these days most of item go to
the father-in-law Atlanta Constitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

COULD not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures.-MRs E.
C. MoULroN, Needham, Mass, Oct. p, '94
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-04-08

The quality of the eggs depends large
~ upon the food given to the hens.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
OFFERED TO FORMAN
INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
SHIP PROBABLY DISPOSED OF.
Interview Between the President and
the Illinois Gold Democratic
Candidate for Governor.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Ex-Congress-
man Forman. of Illinois. who was the gold
Democratic nominee for Governor of Illi-
nois at the late election, arrived here to-
day in response to summons from the
President. He saw Mr.. Cleveland at the
White House to-day and was formally ten
dered the position of Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue. which Joseph s. Miller re-
signed on Wednesday to accept the vice
presidency of the American Trust and
Bonding Company, of Baltimore. Mr.. For
man asked for time 10 consider the offer
and now has the question of accepting it
under advisement, although personally he
is disposed to accept. Some of his political
friends in Illinois have advised him to de-
cline.
Proposed Currency Commission.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1s.-During the
asst session of Congress Representative
Heatwole, of Minnesota, introduced res
olution providing for a nonpartisan cur
rency commission. BY It's terms the Pres
dent should appoint nine citizens, emf
nent in trade political economy and bank
ing. to act with the Controller Of the Cur
rency," as q commission Of experts to Of
fer recommendations for needed changes
in our present inadequate banking ana
currency system" and TO report its recon-
nenda to Congress. This resolution, 1t
is said, may be pressed during the coming
session Of Congress, especially in view of
the fact that considerable discussion has
been engendered as to currency legislation
in the next Congress. 1t Is known that
the banking and currency committee OF the
House. to which the Heatwole resolution
was referred, was not favorably impressed
with ii because the committee believed it
self competent to evolve a satisfactory cur
rency scheme. AS nothing was accomplished d
In the last session It Is now possible that
currency commission may be looked on
with favor, especially as the prospect of
definite financial legislation is somewhat
remote.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
WRECKED BY ROBBERS.
Train Thrown Down nm Emban K nm mt
and Three People Hurt.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 13.-The 2oO
train from Louisville this morning on the
Louisville & Nashville road, bound for New
Orleans, was wrecked four miles from this
place in a very wild country by train rob-
bers. The engineer saw an obstruction on
the track, but too late to stop the train
which went crashing down steep embank-
ment. A rail had been torn up and nailed
down again three or four inches out of
line, the train. comprising two mail
coaches, baggage car and two first-class
coaches. was wrecked. The track was torn
up for fully 200 yards. Three persons were
seriously injured. Mr.. John Thwatt, of At
lanta bound for Dallas. Tex. and w. G.
McGovey,, of Monroe, being the most
pinned under the smoking car. and only
after an hours hard, work We're they eX-
tricated. Their names could not be ascer-
tanned. but both came from Louisville
Bloodhounds have been set on the trail of
the wreckers by railroad detectives, but as
yet no clew has been obtained Suspicion.
however, rests on the track walker, who
was captured near the place. He claims to
have been posted there to watch for train
wreckerS by the company. ft
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
JUDGING PEOPLE.
The Last Woman Had an Opinion That
SiIenced the Crowd.
New York Evening Sun.

After exhausting all other topics they
finally got round to-not the sound money
triumph nor small sleeves nor even have
you-done- your ur-loCsecIeanInS-yet, but-now
a person may be judged. OF course they
one and all acknowl edged the supremacy OF
the boots, gioves anu pocket handkerchief
dictum, but after that what? one woman
said finger nails. Il don't care how beauti-
ftli and apparently elegant and everything
else she may be. If q womans finger nails
a-e-not just well kept alone. but immacu-
ion. at least Like Mrs. Zee. you know.
Did you ever see any one, in decent life.
that is 10 say, who. paid as little attention
to her finger tips? It's perfectly out
rageoCs ami there's no excuse for IL. An
other said that she always sized up people
by the way they ate their SOUP And it's
astonishing" she added, how many really
respectable individuals are ack.ng in that
way. Why. lots OF people in this very
toyn--of course I shan't tell their names
eat soup-well, like Mrs. Wy. for instance
Surely you've AL noticed her. She can't
help it. poor woman. OF course. Her
smart and ultra elegant as she regards her
Sc 4. she simply hasn't got SO far along vet
az soup eating. And Mrs. Ex. Lovely.
sweet and intelligent she is. she doesn't
know how TO eat soup. It's a
terrible giveaway. though Ian yuage
was the test applied by a third
woman. a creature whose eyeglasses
g arsi coldv and uncompromisingy as
the last wors1s OF the last speaker Isl. apon
her ef Any one. dent care who IL is
wloDY rash enough TO say 'tomaytoesA for
.tomhhtoes Is to my mind In social dark
nss| she said. "and when any one de
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
The Child of n Village.
Col. T. w. Higginson. in the Atlantic

SOi l. W. fflSBihSOi, HI the AtldHt1C.
All the scenes and atmosphere of ones
native viilage-if one is fortunate enough
to have been born in such locality-lie
around the memory like the horizon line
unreachabIe, impossible. Even a so-called
cosmopolitan man has never seemed to me
Il very happy being. and cosmopolitan child
is above all things TO be pitied. To be
identified in early memories with some
limited and therefore characteristic region
that is happiness. No child Is old enough
to be a citizen of the world. What dena-
tionalized Americans hasten TO stamp as
provincial is for the children. at least
saving grace. You do not call a nest pro-
vincial. All this is particularly true of
those marked out by temperament for a
literary career. Literature needs for its
material only men, nature. and books: and
of these, the first two are everywhere and
the last are easily transportable since you
can pile the few supreme authors of the
world in o little corner of the smallest log
cabin. The Cambridge of my boyhood af-
forded me all that human heart could ask
for its elementary training. Those who
doubt IL might, perchance: nave been the
gamers IL they had shared It. ''He despises
me- said Ben Jonson, because live in an
alley. Tell him his soul lives in an alley"
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
sEwALL INTERVIEWED.
He Thinks Free silver Won a Victory
I'm the Recent Election.


NEW YORK. Nov 1.-THE World this
morning has the following: Arthur
Sewail. of Maine late candidate for Vice
President on the Democratic ticket, is in
the city on his way to Florida. Mr.. Sewall
does not appear at all cast down by de-
feat and was In the best of health. ,"Of
course" said Mr.. Sewall. "I was disap-
pointed In the result of the election be-
lieved we would carry two or three Of the
central States which went against U.S."
What do you think will be the result
of the election as regards free silver?''
II regard the election as a practical VIC
tory for the cause of free silver. / think
the financial plank OF the next Democratic
national convention will be practically the
same as that of this year
What do you think or the prospects or
q business revival?'
1.-The price of wheat unquestionably will
have some effect in improving business
conditions. The basis of prosperity Is In
the price OF cereals. The high price of
wheat at present Is the direct result of
short crops in other countries. / cannot
see any reason for believing that prosper
ity will be permanent, however anxious
am that Ii should be. Ii there Is no gen.
eral Improvement free silver will sweep
the country four years from now"
What erect would four years of pros
perity under Republican administration
Should there be four years OF prosperity
i am inclined to think free silver would
not be the issue, because the improved
condition would seem to obviate the neces-
sity of change. However. i do not ex-
pect that the country will have any such
good luck
do you think the Republican admins
tration Will try to obtain an international
agreement for the free coinage of silver?''
An International agreement is all very
we'll TO talk about. but IT is practically inn
possible The creditor nations will never
voluntarily consent 10 the free coinage OF
silver"
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14

were entered I'm the contest When the
four-fu-hands were cOntesting the en-
thusiasm reached.a high pitch. The buglers,
dressed In scarlet and seated on the back
of each rig, did their work manfuily.
and Mr. Bratton drove his own. The teams
were sent at q slashing pace and several
times 1t looked very much as IL the Bratton
corners.
An incident of the day was the bad fall
of jockey English on Thomas Hitchcock S
chestnut gelding Blue Carter. In taking a
hurdle the gelding toppled over with his
rider The latter had the presence of mind
to hold fast to the horses head until a
number of groonls came to his assistance
the gelding meanwhile kicking the hurdle
to pieces. The Jockeys injuries were slight
represented in force.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14

He Has Had All the Glory He Wants
Not Patronage Broker.

CLEVELAND. Nov. Ia have had a
great deal Of glory out OF this campaign.
and am satisfied" said Hon. NJ. A Han
ma to-day, while he was busily engaged in
going through an enormous accumulation
of correspondence. The remark was called
forth by a letter which the national chair
man found in his mail. and the writer of
which. after eulogizing Mr.. Hanna as the
man for the secretaryship of the treasury.
said: IF you find the duties of the position
too arduous for you, call on me and / will,
come and help you.''
Here. continued Mr.. Hanna, lis anoth-
er man whose request i can easily grant
lie says. Don't appoint any person To this
position until you see me- Nearly every
letter i get nowadays is either a request
for an appointment or contribution OF
some sort It's absurd, though, TO make
the former requests OF me. and 1 Just told
a man that L was no patronage broker.
Concerning the national Republican head
quarters. AIR. Hanna said: THE Chicago
headquarters will be closed early next week
and Major Dick will come back here. The
New York headquarters will probably be
kept open until We decide about the per-
manent national quarters"
Where will they be located?" he was
Il am in favor OF Washington myself.
Everything will be centered there, but
Wherever they are. yOu can depeDd on il
that active work will be kept up.">
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
CHILDREN PLEASED.
Pretty Display of Shetland Ponies n,
the New York Horse show.

NEW YORK. Nov 13-A magnificent dis
play was the horse show this afternoon an6
evening. The dapper hackneys. four-in
hands. trotters. fancy steppers and hunter
exhibited would have made the day E
memorable one. but to these were addee
the ladies' saddle horses. ridden by ladies
In this ring was a fine lot OF animals. and
they. as well as their riders. won great ap-
plause. But while these pleased the older
ones. the children. and there were many
present. found all their happiness when tn,
Shetland ponies I'm harness were brought
into the arena. Nine as pretty little ones
as have been seen here Tor many a Gay
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
ROUTE TO THE NORTH POLE.
Prof. T.. l.. Dyche May Attempt the Pas
sage by Way OF Alaska.

LAWRENCE, Kan. Nov. 13.-Prof. L. l..
Dyche. the Arctic explorer, has returned
home after five months absence in Alaska
in search OF mammals for the Kansas Uni
versity. His trip. he says. was most sue
cessful. When asked about a north-pole
passage through the Alaskan route. Profess
sor Dyche replied that he thought IL was
perfectly feasible: that some wnalers We're
OF belief that at certain SeaSoaS Il would be
possible TO sail clear through TO the north
pole on account of the shifting of the ice.
Professor Dyche intimated that he might
In.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
DUE TO A FAITHLESS WIFE.
John FOok Becomes Insane and
Burns His House and Child.

SNOHOMIS. Wash. Nov. 13-John FoolS.
a well-to-do farmer. living at Traflon. near
here, whose mind has been wrecked by the
discovery of his wife's infidelity. burned his
house and his youngest child. The woman
took the two remaining children and fed
with her lover. Fook had been away on a
long fishing trip leaving his wife and chill
dren at home. He returned unexpectedly
a few days ago and learned that his wife
was false TO her marriage vows. He brood
ed over the discovery. and at length his
mind gave way and he became a raying
maniac. Yesterday he went to the house
and, taking an AK. chopped all the furni-
ture into pieces. Then he fired the struc-
ture and shut himself up with his young
hcrlf. The nesyhbors discovered ss~ d~e.
and I'm their efforts to extinguish the flames
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-14
STILL PERSONA GRATA
CARDINAL GIBBONS NOT IN DIS
FAVOR WITH THE VATICAN.
Cardinal SntolIi Alleged to Have
Called Archbishop Ireland the
"ApOstle of Heresy."

BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.-Cardnal Gibbons
has thus far denied himself to reporters
who have sought to interview him on the
statements that have been published re-
garding the relations of himself and Arch
bishop Ireland and Bishop Keane TO the
Vatican A gentleman conversant with all
sides of the controversy said to-day:
There is not a clergyman, priest or bishop.
regular secular, who will not regard the
statement that is proposed to discipline
Cardinal Gibbons as without basis of fact.
In the first place, everybody knows that
Cardinal Gibbons has held aloof from en-
tanglements such as are limited at in the
dispatches and that might possibly prove
troublesome. The Cardinals attitude has
always been that Of the peacemaker.
Largely through his efforts much friction
has been allayed on many occasions known
only within ecclesiastical circles, and the
Pope is credited with an excellent memory.
The allegation that 1t is proposed to force
upon the Cardinal a coadjutor of the op-
posite school is equally absurd. If one
stops to consider the matter for a moment
he must see how impossible it is and how
irreconcilabie with that other statement in
the dispatch that he will not be removed
pointing a coadjutor to the ordinary of
any diocese at variance with the policy of
the latter would in itself be virtual re-
moval. for no man of any respect could re-
main under such circumstances. Coad-
tutors are not appointed unless at the re-
quest of the bishop himself, and then the
appOintee is OF his own choice, or where he
is incapacitated, as in the case of the late
Archbishop Kenrick, of st. Louis.
By the way" continued the gentleman,
''the appointment of Father Thomas. who
is rector of the cardinal cathedral, TO the
see Of Wilmington, which has practically
been accomplished. hardly bears out the
New York dispatch that the Cardinal is
no longer persona grata at the Vatican"
An announcement made here tonight,
when taken in connection with the rumors
concerning Cardinal Gibbons, is deemed
very significant. and in the minds of many
1T Is thought to indicate that there is no
truth in them. 1t is that Archbishop Mar
tinelli, the apostolic delegate and successor
to Cardinal Satolli as the Papal represent
ative in this country, will visit Cardinal
Gibbons in few days. The occasion of the
visit Is the celebration of Patroness day
at St. Marys Seminary of ST. Sulpice In
this city, which will take place bn the 18th
of November. Archbishop Martinelli has
announced his intention to celebrate high
pontifical mass on that occasion and will
be the guest of the Cardinal, the mass be-
are we'll posted in church matters say that
this would not happen IL the Cardinal did
not stand in high favor at the Vatican.