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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-31

Inquire of the first person you meet how
our shoes wear. That person will be our
customer all right Everybody is,
FACTORY SHOE STORE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
FIG. /.

grass borders, the sidewalks and the
driveway. 1t is sometimes necessary
to open new streets in village, and very
often the old ones can be somewhat re-
modelled in the matter of the four ele-
ments referred to. 1t is worth while,
therefore, to consider some of the re-
lations which these elements may prob
ably bear to one another.
With this design in view the cross
sections of village streets are given
herewith. The first shows upon the left
the lawn limit of abutting property,
which may be fence or plain turf. A
street without side fences is much SUI
perior in appearance to one having en-
closed lawns and front yards" A vii
lage improvement society can frequent
ly do much to secure the Punishment of
these fences, if it goes about the matter
tactfully. Referring again to the cut,
the concrete walk is shown upon the
edge OF the street with a sloping stretch
of green grass down to the edge of the
roadway, the edge being a well-made
gutter. In the middle of the stretch of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
Monarchs Meet and Shake.

When the late shah of Persia was in
Paris in 1889 he visited the Wild West
Show. and there met the famous Indian
chief, Red Shirt. The latter was in his
tent and was presented to the Persian
monarch. To the shah's establishment
Red Shirt held out his hand as though
to an equal. The shah hesitated. but
when the interpreter whispered: HE
Is king" he took the Indians hand
and shook It. He was evidently inn
mensely amused apd interested by the
dignified old warrior, with his featherv
and primitive surroundings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
FIG 3.

tanned in any other way. A smooth con-
crete sidewalk, uniform throughout the
streets extent, is prominent factor
in increasing the attractiveness of a
street, as is also the maintaining of
smooth strips of green grass by
the roadside. It would certainly pay
the inhabitants of village in the
Increased value of their property
10 raise among themselves small
sum annually, to be expended outside
the yearly highway expenditures of the
town or village corporation in what
might be termed aesthetic repairs-the
care of the trees, the greensward and
the keeping of smooth edges in the
driveway, turf and sidewalks. These
may be considered by some as small
things, but they are wonderfully eff
fective in increasing the beauty of
village streets.-Webb Donnell, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
PLAGUED WITH BACILLl.
French Town Which Has Come Into .
Heritage Of Consumption.

French Town Which Has Come Into .
Heritage Of Consumption.
It has long been cause of con-
troversy among physicians as to wheth-
er consumption is contagious or not,
and one of the strongest arguments,
says the New York Journal, that it is
that has yet been produced is the story
of the fate of the villagers of Mentone.
Forty years ago this place was one Of
the healthiest villages in France, whose
inhabitants were of superb physical de-
velopment. It was discovered about
this time that the climate of Mentone
was remarkably beneficial in cases Of
lung diseases. and people afflicted in
this way focked thither from all parts
of Europe. The natural result was
that the people who had hitherto been,
engaged in farming one and all betook
themselves to ministering in various
ways to the throngs of invalids. The
strong and healthy women of Mentone
became laundresses and washed, with
out taking the least precautions, the
consumptives' clothes. The place is
now described as being bacillus pest
hole" The very soil and air are said to
be contaminated
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
FIG. 2.

green grass is a row of trees, this side
of the street being duplicated upon the
other side. The driveway is gently
rounded from side to side.
The second cut shows the same ar
rangement except that there is a row
of trees between the sidewalk and the
lawn limit-a most pleasing addition.
and one that can readily be secured for
any village street. With such an ave-
nue. of trees in full leaf the beauty OF
the street is very greatly enhanced.
The third cut shows cross section
which calls for wide street with row
of trees through the center, f1anked BY
strip of green grass, with driveway
on either side. This calls for wide
street, as 1 said, but this is readily 90
tanned when a new street is to be laid
out, while there are already in exist
ence many village streets that are SUI
ficiently wide to admit the planting CT
this middle row of trees.
A street thus laid out is wonderfully
attractive and gives an air of distinction
and elegance that could hardly be oh
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
Seedlings from Grated Trees.

Seedlings from the fruits of grated
trees do not produce the grated variety.
Usually they revert to other fruit which
is inferior to that of the tree from which
the seed was taken, but occasionally a
specimen may develop. which will pro-
duce even better fruit than its parent.
Grating simply perpetuates the variety
of the tree from which the graft is
taken. There is hardly any more IN
teresting and fascinating subject than
that of raising seedlings, but the
chances of raising anything better than
already exists are infnitesimally small.
American Agriculturist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
EFFECTS OF A SMILE: YUCATAR KILLS IT

A, N. K.-G. 1912.
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please state that you saw the advertise
ment In this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
GOOD lNsEcTIcIDE.
Directions for the Use of Tobacco Dust
for Destructive Insects.

for Destructive Insects.
A reader asks me whether tobacco
dust should be applied ic vines when
they are wet with dew or when they
are dry. This moves me to say that the
tobacco dust, or the bone meal, or the
mixture of both, is not intended as a
coating for the leaves, which would
make them poisonous or unpalatable,
but as covering for the soil, that will
make the atmosphere very uncomfort-
able for all insects and worms. l like
to have the material remain dry and
dusty as long as possible. In that case
it has more thorough effect on bugs
and beetles that have hard shells. The
wet tobacco, or tobacco tea, or even
The fumes of wet tobacco, are very
unwholesome to the soft-bodied insects,
worms, etc. I find that cucumber
beetles do not like to work in dust,
ana least of all in tobacco dust. When
put this latter inch deep Ground melon
or cucumber plants, the yellow-striped
beetle promptly takes it's departure and
will stay away as long as the tobacco
remains dusty or as long as it gives off
strong tobacco smell.
Les me repeat, too, that this same
waste material is one of our best and
cheapest general insecticides. We can
use it both under glass and in open air.
BY ali means keep good supply of it
on hand. Possibly you can get sweep
Ings from near cigar factory, or you
may buy the material by the barrel
al about $3.50 or thu zee dollars. 1t will
last you for years and help you to keep
the premises clear of the various pests
that prey upon your crops and animals.
/. you scatter tobacco dust by hand or
with bellows, over your lows of peas,
just at nightfa'l. you can kill the slugs
that are so often eating all the lower
foliage off and greatly damage the crop.
Or il you dust it in the same way over
your currant and gooseberry bushes.
when infested with worms, you will
quickly see the worms disappear. In
the same way you can quickly kill all
the Ieaf-eating worms and slugs on
your trees and bushes everywhere. The
tent caterpillar and the fal! web-worm.
and all other caterp IS on trees and
plants, give up the g. st within few
minutes after coming in contact with
tobacco dust. And besides all this, to
baccc dust is worth about what it costs
as a fertilizer. We can also control.
in measure, at least, the most un.
manageable pests of our gardens, name
ly, the flea beetle and the cabbage mag
got. But in order to make thorough
work. in Kidding the plants of these
pests, we have to be very liberal in the
use of the tobacco dust. For instance
if we throw a good, big handful into
the heart of the cabbage plant or cauli
flower plant, or on choice Seeding po-
tato, we may be quite sure that the flea
beetles will leave, for a time at least
and if we apply the same quantity tc
the stem of cabbage Or cauliflowe1
plant, we may be sure the maggots will
not flourish there for awhile.-Practi.
cal Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEAuTlFYINe STREETS.
How the Attractiveness of Villages Can
Be Enhanced Greatly.

How the Attractiveness of villages Can
Be Enhanced Greatly.
In city the individual usually has
no voice, except indirectly through his
ballot, in the identifying of the streets
or parks; but in a village it is far other
wise. There he may do much by his own
individual efforts; he may exert great
influence by friendly discussion, plan
ming and doing in association with his
immediate neighbors, or he may have a
much greater influence by working
through a village improvement society.
The main point is to have the enthusi-
asm and the staying qualities that will
result in continued rather than spas
modic efforts.
One of the first things to be considered
in attempting to make village more at
tractive is the Improvement in the looks
of the streets. There are at least four
elements that enter into the makeup
of a handsome street.-the trees, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
ARSENATE OF LEAD.
A New Insecticide Used with Great Sue.
cess In Massachusetts.

cess In Massachusetts,.
This new :nsecticide has been quite
generally used by the Massachusetts
gypsy moth commission for the ex.
termination of the gypsy moth, but ex.
periments on various trees, shrubs and
plants as well as insects have been made
incidentally in connection with the
work of the gypsy moth commission
At the recent meeting of the Massachu.
sets fruit growers association, Mr.
Meyer, CT the gypsy moth commission
expressed the opinion that arsenate OF
lead will soon take the place of paris
green, as the lead mixture does not burn
foliage. Mr.. Meyer reported having
sprayed nearly every shrub native tc
Massachusetts and with no injurious re-
suits. No evil effects have been observed
by thoroughly spraying the peach,
whose foliage is so tender paris green
often has serious burning effect. In all
cases the arsenate of lead mixture has
proven destructive to insect life. Being
mixed with glucose, it adneres to foliage
so that one spraying is usually sufficient
for season. If buds are sprayed before
the fruit forms, fruit will be uninjured.
To prepare the mixture, put II ounces
acetate OF lead and ounces arsenate
of soda il hogshead containing 15O
gallons of water. These substances
quickly dissolve and form arsenate of
lead, a fine white powder which remains
in suspension in the water. Ry adding
glucose or molasses. 2quarts TO each $50
gallons OF water, the insecticide adheres
throughout the season to the foliage.
even through quite heavy rains. Ar
senate of soda sells at wholesale at 8
cents per pound and acetate Of lead at
Ii cents in 25 pound quantities. These
two chemicals are strong poison, as is
paris green.-Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08
Care in Cultivating Orchards.

The cultivating and manuring Of
orchards require good deal of thought
and temperance. Too much of either
may be bad and too little of either is
certainly bad. Too much manure and
cultivation may cause such rapid de-
velopment of the tree that it will yield
more readily to adverse circumstances.
Too late cultivation in the fall may start
a new growth of wood that will not have
time to ripen before growth ceases
Farmers Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08

"Good roads and bad roads, their adj
vantages and disadvantages" should be
much discussed subject at farmers in
etitutAs this winter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
FIGURE IN A BIG
SCHEME.

Another gigantic scheme is on foot at
Columbus which if carried out will delib-
erately filch from the pockets of the tax
payers of Ohio several thousand dollars.
1t is pro, osed to unload the plates and
publishing plant of Whitelaw Reid's
book "Ohio in the War" under the pre-
tense of serving the old soldier. An in.
vestigation is now going on before the
Senate committee and thus far Senators
Laning and Clark, Secretary of State
Taylor, the deposed State Librarian Joe
Smith, the Republican candidate for
Secretary of State; Henry Apthorp, ex-
member Of the Board of Penitentiary
Managers and Mark Hanna have been
implicated in it. If the scheme carries
it will be the crowning outrage of the
year. The whole thing was given away
the other day by ex-Secretary Of State
Daniel J. Ryan while on the stand be.
fore the Senate committee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
BILL THAT SHOULD BE DE
FEATED.

A bill has been introduced into the
Ohio Legislature requiring the consent
of a majority of persons in the territory
affected before it can be annexed to a
corporation. This bill should be defeat.
ed. 1t is bill against progress. If it
passes the cities in Ohio will cease to in,
crease in population except what may
come from the natural increase. People
would build up on the outskirts of cities
and have practically all the advantages
of a city and avoid city taxation. They
would use the paved streets perhaps
more than the town people and pay
nothing for them. They could never be
annexed for there is no case on record
where they have been known to consent
to annexation. Ten years ago when the
city of Canton endeavored to enlarge
her area they were enjoined by the sub
urban residents. The court finally dis
solved the injunction and from eight to
ten thousand inhabitants were added to
our population. Such law would inn
pair the growth of cities very mate
rally and would in course of time cul-
inmate in having more of town on the
outskirts than within the city limits.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
THEIR WAGES INcREAsEu.

Pottstown, Pa, March 26.-The Ellis
q Lessig Steel and Iron Company has
notified its employees of raise of wages
in every department of 10 per cent. The
change will 90 into effect on April / and
will benefit over 500 men.--Cleveland
World.
Nearly every day the "World" prints
specials about an increase in wages
which has been occurring in all parts of
the United States ever since the Wilson
bill has been in operation, while editor
tally it speaks of the dire calamity
brought about by the passage of the
Wilson bill. 1t wants to return to the
old high tariff laws. It's candidate for
President is Mckinley. Its platform is
the Mckinley BILL Can the World point
to single industry which raised
wages under the Mckinley tariff? Was
there ever time that strikes and lock
outs were more prevalent than under
the operation of the Mckinley bill. In
less than two years after the passage of
the Mckinley bill there were over 400
strikes in the protected industries and
the majority of them were against re-
duction Of wages. Look at the fearful OBJ
ject lessons in the summer of 1892 when
we had three of the greatest strikes in
history. The Homestead strike wrote its
record in blood. The strike of the coal
miners in Tennessee also crimsoned its
history in bloodshed and sacrifice of life
In the same year. The strike of the
building trades about the same time,
which was started by the New England
stone cutters, involved $4,000 workmen
and lasted for weeks and the loss to em.
ployers and labor scored up into the
millions. All these occurred under the
Mckinley bill. The new tariff law is all
right and but for the fact that Repub-
lican United States Supreme Cour, de.
clared the income tax unconstitutional
there would now oe ample revenues to
support the government. But fair
trial of the Wilson bill will yet demon.
strate that revenues derived therefrom
will be sufficient for the needs of the
government and the common people
have been saved millions of dollars in
decreased prices Of all the necessities
of life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
MCKINLEY CAN'T WIN.

Chauncey NJ. Depew, whose views on
any political question are always regard.
ed as pretty nearly correct, in an inter
view at Los Angeles, Cal, says that Nc
Kinley cannot win. He says that it is
generally concluded that on the first
ballot at the Republican national con-
vention, he will receive more votes than
any other candidate. This singles him
out as the one man dangerous to all 9TH
ers, and as often happens in national
conventions numerous combinations will
doubtless be made in order to counter
act the influence of his candidacy upon
wavering delegations. This is where the
real work comes in, to divert attention
from one who is ahead, to others whose
chances at first are secondary. He also
says that he is confident Mckinley will
not have the votes necessary to win at
that stage, and that he will be forced in
the end to abandon the field.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
JOHN II. THOMAS IGNORED.

Governor Bushnell yesterday sent
three nominations to the Senate, one Of
which was that of William II. Ruehr
vein, of Cincinnati, for Commissioner of
Labor Statistics. The people here, ir-
respective of party, had hoped that Hon.
John II. Thomas, of Navarro, would re-
ceiye the appointment. Mr., Thomas
was eminently equipped for the place,
being a laboring man himself and a
great student Of labor questions. In
fact, no appointment could be made
that would have been so highly salts.
factory to both of the great political
parties, as that of Mr.. Thomas. He is a
Republican in politics and a friend of
labor, bat there is not the least trace
of the demagogue or an agitator about
him. He does not belong to that class
of noisy yawpers that make the back
woods echo with their awkward and
empty oratory, but he is a friend of
labor because he recognizes this one i'm.
portant fact that labor and capital
must work hand in hand, and neither of
them can afford to antagonize the other
Mr.. Thomas has devoted much of his
life and services to the cause of Republi-
canism, and Governor Bushnell has no
doubt thrust this honor upon one much
less deserving, but then Mr.. Thomas is
great friend Of Mckinley, and Gov
ernor Bushnell is not going around just
now, scattering loaves and fishes among
the McKinleyites, and let his flock of
Office seekers go hungry. He is not
built that way. He don't propose to
build up political machine to benefit
Mckinley which sometime or other
might possibly be turned against him,
and he wants it distinctly understood
that this is strictly Bushnell. Foraker
administration, The Mckinley Repub-
Leans would have Jared just as well as
they do now, had Campbell been elected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02

CONGRESSMAN COUSINS, Of Iowa, took
occasion to criticise Ambassador Bayard
for his utterances at Edinburg short
time ago in which he assailed a protect
i've tariff, has been accused of pla-
giarism. He is said to have stolen a
speech from to from the Rev. Conrad
Kaney. The Chicago Times-Herald in
vestigated the matter, and found it to be
true, and then printed Haney's speech
and Cousins side by side. Congress-
man Cousins is evidently of the opinion
that Ambassador Bayard may think, but
not talk. AS to himself, he wants to
talk but not think.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
EDITOR PHELPS PREFERS THE
OLD WAY. &.

The Alliance Post is against the pro,
posed plan Of paying county commits
sioners a salary. 1t prefers the old way,
1t says "if they be paid stated salary,
instead, the chances are that public bus
mess will not be so well attended to,
and requests for his presence in different
parts of the county to look after matters
of interest to the people will be more or
less neglected, for he would draw his
salary, just the same-so much and no
more. One commissioner might find il
necessary to pay out great deal OF
money during the year in order to at
tend meetings regularly while another
would pay out nothing, owing to his
place of residence being at the county
seat, yet each would draw the same sal
arV
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02

THE Canton News-Democrat has re-
sumed its familiar size, being now print
ed on four pages, eight columns in
width. 1t bristles with pure Democracy.
What pure Democracy is, The Indepen-
dent does not pretend to know, as our
friend, the enemy, has been in state of
uncertainty himself, for many years
However, the article set forth by the
News-Democrat has the virtue of being
interesting. H. S. Saxton has moved
down from Akron to take charge of its
advertising end, and editorially L. S.
Raft is being doomed as candidate for
delegate to the Democratic national con-
vention. -Massillon Independent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.

There is no ambiguous language about
the monetary plank Of the New York
Republican platform. 1t unqualifedly
and unequivocally favors a single gold
standard The News Democrat does not
believe in a single gold standard any
more than it believes in a protective
tariff, but we admire honesty and up.
rightness in dealing with public ques-
TONS The people of the east are just as
sincere in their gold standard ideas as
the people of the west are in the advo-
cacy of free and unlimited coinage of
silver. The New York platform on the
money question is FIR superior to that
adopted by the Republicans of Ohio, for
it means something. The Ohio platform
does not mean anything. 1t straddles
the question. 1t is a cowardly make
shift, and it is bitterly denounced by all
the metropolitan Republican papers in
the country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
DON'T RAISE SALARIES NOW.

A bill has been reported to the House
by Congressman Sperry of Connecticut,
to fix the salaries of letter carriers in
cities of more than $4,000 inhabitants at
81 200 per year and in cities of less than
$4,000 inhabitants at $1,000 per year.
AS long as there are three men to fill
every position of letter carrier as there
are now, according to the reports from
the civil service examinations we can see
no reason for the passage Of such bill,
especially while the revenues are insult
ficient to support the government. Re.
trenchment and reform is, and always
has been, the policy Of the Demo cratic
party. The Republican policy is, to col
lect large revenues from the people and
then spend it in extravagant appropria-
tions. They believe in benetitting the
few at the expense of the many. We
would suggest hewever, that a decrease
in the rates of postage is more Demo-
cratic and great deal more sensible
than an increase in the salaries of the
post office employees.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02

WHEN ex-senator Sawyer's daughters
were little girls, their father promised tc
make them handsome present when
they were able to cook him a satisfac,
tory dinner. Ten years later they re-
minded him of his promise, 'and served
dinner with which he had not the
least fault. That same day the senator
gave each one of the young women a
check for $25,000,-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Republican legislation, by putting 4
duty on lumber, enabled Senator Sawyer
to roll up few millions, so it was an
easy matter for him to give each of his
daughters $25,00O for cooking good
dinner. But how about the people who
helped pay this fortune of Sawyer's in
the way of higher prices for their lum
ber in building their homes?