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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
To tax insurance companies per

10 TAX luSurdUcc companies EtT
cent of gross earnings.
To provide for payment of interest
on state training school bonds.
Amending laws relating to highways
and bridges in villages.
In the house Gears travelling library
bill was defeated. Bills were intro
duced to provide for taxation of express
companies, and one to provide against
the adulteration of cider. The follow
ing were passed:
To appropriate $1,000 for the pre-
servation of the grounds of the battle
site of Fort Ridgely.
To repeal law relating to the county
commissioners of Winona county.
To establish a system of free text
books.
ST. Paul, March 19-In the senate the
Thorpe bill granting additional powers
to the state board of equalization was
recommended to pass. The following
bills were introduced:
Relating to ownerships of real es-
tate by corporations, making limit OF
5000 acres. except in case of railroads
To provide for taking testimony in
certain cases.
Providing for highway commissioner
Making legitimate the children of
marriages proving to be illegal. but
entered into in good faith.
For relief of Henry Villery.
In the house the following bills were
introduced:
To provide for the abatement of taxes
when property has deprecated in value
SO per cent.
To prevent the sale of cigars,
cigarets and tobacco to minors attend
ing public schools.
To amend liquor license laws, provid
ing that half of the fee shall be paid
into the county treasurer by the cities
and villages.
To amend the grain and warehouse
law, providing for system of bonds to.
be given by elevator companies and
grain warehouse men.
To enforce payment of taxes which
became delinquent before the first
Monday of January, 1897, and provides
for a system of extension under GER
tain cases; taxes and tax laws.
To require county attorneys to
examine titles and records of certain
real estate without the payment of
taxes and assessments thereon.
St. Paul. March 2O.-In the senate
yesterday. the following bills were
introduced:
Amending section 9, chapter 10, laws
of 1887, relating to railroad commits
sioners.
Repeating an act to perpetuate GER
tain section corners of government sur
vey.
Amending corrupt practices act; Sec
ond reading and placed on general or
ders.
(Bv request)-Appealing laws Great
ing st. Paul police pension fund
| Repeating police pension fund.
Legalizing villages heretofore organ
| lied.
Amending laws of 1898 relating to
| actions against state insane hospital
| board.
tory Is detached for village organiza
ton; passed under suspension of the
rules.
Providing certain officers with di-
gest of the Minnesota supreme court
reports.
Relating to general elections.
The house spent the entire day in
consideration of the Reeves bill taxing
ore outputs. Jacobson's amendment
placing the tax at cents per ton was
adopted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
Was Much Married.

Mrs. Henrietta Schneider was con-
victed. in the district court of St. Paul,
of assault upon the person Of Lizzie
Schneider, her stepdaughter. While
on the stand the defendant testified
that she had been an inmate of tho
states prison for polygamy, having
been married to at least seven men,
She served Is months at hard labor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
Neal Dow Honored.

Boston, March 19.-The ninety-third
anniversary of the birth of Hon. Neal
Dow, of Maine, the famous temperance
apostle, which occurs next Saturday,
was celebrated in fremont temple
Thursday evening by the Massachu
sets prohibitionists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
A Lucky Guess.

Barney Johnson, lad who works in
a Minneapolis grocery store, gets $500
for lucky and shrewd guess During
the recent political campaign he picked
card from package of spice, on
which was an offer of prize for guess
ing the name of the next president and
nearest to the vote he would receive
Barney guessed William Mckinley"
and placed his total vote at Z, 1874, 60S-
He now receives notice that his guess
wins the prize, and asking whether he
will accept draft on New York, or
whether he wants the pure gold. The
offer was for gold, but then there was
some idea that gold would be above
par after the election. Barney says he
will take the draft. and is the happiest
boy in the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-03-24
One Taken. the Other Left.

Bath, N. T., March 16.-A buggy in
which was seated Sanford Gardiner
and Mrs. Charles Fenton, was struck by
a train on the Erie railroad while cross
ing the tracks of that road in this viii
lage. Mrs. Fenton was killed. Mr..
Gardiner escaped unhurt.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
The nindoo and the Letter.

An Indian servant was once sent by
his master TO friends house some dis
lance away. lie had to carry with him
four loaves of bread and letter. Be
ing hungry. the Indian ate one OF the
ioaves. When he reached his .destlnas
ton and handed in the letter. with only
three loaves. his theft was, OF course.
instantly discovered, and. the circum,
stances being reported 10 his master.
he was logged.
Some time after he was sent again
with loaves and a note. Rightly guess
ing that the mysterious paper had told
OF his misconduct the last time. the In
dian on this Journey carefully hid the
letter under n large stone SO that It
could not see him. Then he once more
ate loaf, chuckllng to think how he
was cheating the tell-tnle paper. Judge
OF his amazement when he WAS found
out again. all through the wonderful
letter. He confessed his theft. and told
how he had tried To cheat the paper.
but II was too clever for him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
THE PROFITABLE COW.

Size-Anywhere between 60 and
1000 pounds. An average COW OF any
breed will answer, other things being
equal.
Conformatjon-Large barrel and
great capacity, as shown by the deep
middle and ribs well sprung. Neck,
shoulders and thigh thin. Wide over
hips and loins, and above all else thin
in flesh and lacking beef form when
we'll fed. She should show good health
by having good heart girth, good APP
petite, and hair as smooth as silk.
Food-All she will habitually eat up
clean and digest of q well balanced
ration.
Production - Her annual butter pro-
duct should never fall below 900
pounds and with butter at fifteen cents
net there is little profit at $50 pounds.
To get such cows use only registered
bulls of your favorite breed. Do not
use bull whose dam rs a two year
old will not produce $50 pounds or as
a mature COW 800 pounds of butter
fat. The best bull obtainable is none
too good. Do not begrudge the $50
or 300 it will take to hpy such bull.
American Agricultural
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
cAl:E on A poL1suEp r1oon.

Excessive soap and water are bad.
Soap or soda should not touch the
floor. Cold tea leaves ere good for
vanished surfaces. and little house
hold ammonia in the water Is cleans
ing. A diney waxed floor may be re-
waxed and polished-and bad spot
can be built u again with varnish or
wax from the bare vo d. Stains are
sometimes caused by water acting on
the fannie acid of the wood through u
worn spot in the varnish. Apply hot
oxalic acid, diluted to the strength of
good cider vinegar. and leave on for
three hours. Remove carefully with
clean water. coat thinly with shellac
varnish. sandpsper, clean off and put
on good elastic varnit b or wax. Oxalic
acid is better and safer than muriatio
acid and vinegar.
Floors, unless very bad. may be
treated with q mixture OF raw linseed
oil and turpentine, equal parts, rubbed
on with n chamois or soft WOODEN rag.
An oil finish is the most durable, most
economical and most easily kept clean.
The Housewife.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
SUNLIGHT FoR APPLE rRgrs.

In order to produce such q
crop OF apples as trees sometimes do
they must do a large amount Of work
IN collecting the crude materials re-
CURED and in manufacturing them
into such refined products as Craven.
stems, Greetings and Baldwins. Sun.
light, Ivy its action upon it's foliage,
furnishes largely the power that runs
the machinery Of nm apple tee. The
amount OF this power that tree can
use In measure determines how much
fruit the tree can bear.
The natural habit of the apple tree
IS to form n rounded top, with the
branches bending low, TO catch as
much sunlight 40 possible 1t il n too
common practice TO cut these limbs
Oh, which may in the case OF "A well.
grown tree represent from 400 to 500
square feet OF the normal bearing sur
face of the top, and in this way to
permanently iDjure the tree. IL is as
important for nm apple tree that is
to do its best work TO have it's top al.
justed TO use the light as u is for q
sailing vessel to he trimmed to catch
the wind
Save the Lower limPs, that increase
tho surface area OF the top, for these.
when tie roots are we'll cared for. en-.
large The bearing capacity OF the tree
but thin out and when necessary short.
en- IN the limbs, that the light NAV
shine brighter on those that are left -
American Farmer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
SarSaparilla
hooa 5 fMS pills, cure headache. &c.
Growing the bermuda Lily.

The Bermuda Lily should be pla nj
ed In deep potts." writes Eben K. Rex
ford in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Put in a shallow layer of soil over the
drainage material when you pot the
bulbs of this plant, and on this place
the bulb, which should be covered
lightly. Leave II Ike this until the stalk
starts Then All In, as this stalk
reaches up, until the pot Is full OF com
post. 1 would not advise the use OF
any fertilizer after bringing u plant to
the hight II the compost In which 1t was
planted contained an ordinary amount
OF nutriment. Development is quite
likely 10 be sufficiently rapid in ordiu-
arlly rich soil. and the application Of a
stimulant will so hasten it that the
plant will be forced beyond healthy
limits. watch the plants when In tho
cellar, and give n ltele water now and
then II needed. Aim to keep the soil
moist-never wet. When yeu bring
them up do not place them ut once in
very warm room. A room adjoining
one In which there is fire Is better for
them, II 1t Is frostproof, than one in
which the heat is likely to run up to a
high degree. When they come into
bloom be sure to keep them as cool as
possible II you want the flowers to
Last"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
a Cheerful ProsDcct.

nervous young minister was filling
the pulpit for country charge that was
without regular pastor. a part OF his
experience l. touchingly related 10y the
local paper. The very pious old lady at
whose house he stayed, in showing him
his room, said:
1t aln't everybody I'd put in this
room. This here room is full Of sacred
associations to me-" she went on. My
first husband died in that bed with his
head on three pillows. and poor MIR.
jerks died sitting in that corner. Some
times when / come into the room in the
dark think | see him sitting there
still. Ny own father died lyln right on
that lounge right under the window
there. Poor pa he was n splritualist,
and he allus said he'd appear In this
room after he died, and sometimes l am
foolish enough TO look for him. II you
should see anything OF him tonight
you'd better not tell me. It'd he sign
to me that there was something in spir-
itualism. and I'd hate To think that
My son by my first man fell dead OF
heart disease right where you stand
He was a doctor and there's two whole
skeletons IN that closet there belonging
to him,and half n dozen skulls In that
lower drawer. If you are up early and
want something to amuse yourself be
fore breakfast just open that cupboard
there and you will find n lot of dead
mems bones. My poor boy thought Il
lot of them. Well goodnight. and
pleasant dreams. "-Pittsburg Chroni
cle-Telegraph.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12

ened, and the general contour length
ened, squared up. smoothed and
finished DO that they have become
established as the equal OF any known
breed for carrying flesh in the
superior parts, as backs, loins, hams,
sides and shoulders.
The Poland China is good feeder
and good digester of food is quiet,
sufficiently strong of limb, we'll haired,
and healthy, fattens easily, at say,
eleven months, into heavy profitable
hog, and is eagerly sought after by
the packers at the Union stock yards
at Chicago. The flesh is sweet aud
we'll marbled with fat. When of full
age, a weight equal to any of the
superior breeds is attained. Nor is
the popularity of this famous Ameri-
can breed-for it is as distinctively
American as the trotting horse con-
fined to the United States. They have
been exported as breeders to many
foreign countries.
The Poland China has good length
OF body, small head, ears thin and
falling forward and well pointed, legs
short and OF fine bone, tail OF medium
length, small and with white brush.
They can be made to weigh two hun.
dred and fifty to three hundred at
eight to twelve months. They have
broad, straight backs, deep sides with
tanks we'll let down, hams aud should
ers square, chest deep. and with full
necks high and crested. The head is
short and the chops full. The muzzle
is fine and the loins and hams are not
surpassed by any breed.
There has been no a1mixturc OF for
eign blood for fifty years, but. on the
contrary, constant refinement OF
breeding, carefully and systematically
carried out by the most reputable
breeders, and as an all around profta.
BILE breed it has not, | thiuS, n SUI
perior in the Indian corn region of the
West. New England Homestead
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
CLOSING aours An London.

Mr.. Albert Larking. assistant secre-
airy OF the Early Closing Association.
writes that traders TO whom legislad<l
u this matter Is distasteful are mainly.
,esponslble for the Introduction OF any
iii to reduce the long hours OF shop
assistants generally, through their IN
willingness TO fall in with the volun-
ary proposals made TO than from time
% time. Mr. Iarking gives number
" examples Of this kind OF opposition.
md adds: "Ope would have thought
O'Clock closing on four nights or the
week perfectly reasonable, but In all
PARTS OF London our efforts TO secure
.yen this reasonable hour In place OF
ESQ aud 10 o'clock have failed. That
,ur legislative policy Is generally APP
proved Is evidenced by the steady In
.rease year after year OF our Income
rom employers and assistants. the In
,rease for the first seven months OF this
rear alone being no less than ESQ.
While waiting for legislation, however,
which we are certain will come, we
awe pot abs ndoned our voluntary
work. and II Is hoped that when we
open our antumn and winter campaign
Do the return OF our secretary Cfrom
ais enforced absence through III HEALTHY
re may receive n more ready coop
grafton from the London traders 10 Sc
cure come reasonable Improvement in
he present late hour Of closing. one
ot the sad sights OF London ut the pres.
ant time Is to see shops OF every thor
oughfare crowded with well-dressed
women, who ought to know better, as
late as o'clock at night. and who
could. with little sclf-sacrifice. shop
earlier, and thus help to make the lives
Of the overworked shop assistants n
little brighter and happier We despair,
however. OF thoughtleSs women ever
giving up their cruel and bad habit OF
late shopping until compelled TO do so
by finding the shop doors closed against
them at o'clock. london Telegraph.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

IlentY OF exercise IS better Stlmu-
Innt for egg production than drugs.
Poultry manure is excellent feriil-
izor. Gather it on rainy days and
store in dry place.
You cannot grow eggs and lice with
tie same fowl The latter will soon
kill the chances OF the former.
As a precaution against the striped
cucumber bugs next year rake off and
burn all the rubbish on the patch.
The secret of feeding is to avoid
getting the laying hens fat. Always
keep them Mt work; a lazy hen is
never good layer.
Deep cultivation hastens the matur.
ity OF cabbage plants. Mulohing tends
to increase the size OF the heads. The
largest heads usually come from large
seeds.
The essential requisites OF a poultry
house Mt this season are dryness,
warmth and light. Never mind about
ventiation-that will take care OF it
SELF during cold weather.
Those roses which are to be left in
lection. A light covering of leaves,
held in place by evergreen boughs, is
probably as good as anything
Dry picked fowls bring little more
per pound than those tina. are scalded.
To dry pick to the best advantage tho
work should be done as soon as posi- =
BILE after the fowls are killed. If al.
lowed to become cold, the task is not
only tedious but often proves unsatis.
factory.
There are some advantages in propa-
eating your own plants. You can CON
tinue the varieties that do best in your
particular locality and soil. You can
transplant them as soon as your ground
is properly prepared You can use
more care in transplanting and FIJI in
the missing hills at leisure.
To manage strawberry field we'll,
divide it into thirds. One bed will be
new, upon which to rely for the main
crop; one old, from which to get what
one can; the other set to new berries.
As soon as the old bed has got through
bearing, pillow it up and set it to cab
bago or some other crop which must
be closely cultivated.
Seeds of ANNALS, like the POPPY and
petunia, may tie sown in November,
and be ready to come up early in
spring. Any annual which self-sows
may be sown nov with good pros.
poet OF succ g.. There is long list
of these, including the phlox, verbeun,
calliopsis, portulaca, snow-on.the-
mountain, antirrhinum, and others.
In laying plants down (the rows
running north and south). commence
at the north end, remove the dirt from
the north side Of the hill about four
inches deep; gather the branches in
close form with a wide fork, raisIng it
toward the top of the bush and press
gently to the north, at the same time
plac ne the foot firmly on the base OF
tue hill, pressing hard toward the
north.
Bulbs need well-drained, mellow
spot in rather sunny place. Only
we'll rotted manure should I've used in
enrichiug it. They should not DO
pressed down into the earth, as is 80
natural when one plants any thing OF
the kind, but should be placed in holes
three or four inches deep anu the soil
flied in around them The November
planted bulbs will bo benefited even
more than those which were planted
earlier by q covering Of rotlel manure
over the bed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
Not AItoKothor Raw.

Here Is q story OF a raw recruit who
proved a rather dangerous one to Joke
with. An officer approached and asked
for his ride.
Let me see your rifle"
The raw recruit handed over his rife
and a pleased smile stole over his face
As the ofiicer received the weapon lac
said in tone OF deep disgust:
You're a Hne soldier You've given
up your rife, and now what are you
going to dor"
Tho young fellow turned pale, and
putting his hand In his pocket drew out
a big knife, and preparing for business
said In a voice that could not be mis-
understood:
"Gi' me that rife, or I'll bore hole
through you in n minute"
The officer instantly decided not to
play any further with the raw recruit,
and the rife was promptly surrendered.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
GOOD FAKNIINI.

I have gardened and farmed for sew
enteen years, and have grown 35, 900
cabbnges this season; they will average
ten pounds per head, writes David w.
Fox, OF Westmoreland County, Penn
sylvGnia. Some weigh twenty-five
pounds. / can produce club root at
every plart. il so desire, and can
avoid it entirely by exercising care.
Too much decomposed vegetable mat
Ter will produce it, especially that OF
cabbage, but the worst OF it can be
riahted by good application OF un-
slaked lime. l had ten acres of corn,
producing 2l50 bushels of ear corn.
This corn has been crossed for seven.
teen years, always selecting the best
for seed. l have grown fifty bushels
of Martins Amber wheat per acre, and
really believe it TO be the best wheat
in the market to-day.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
Whittier's Large Fortune.

earlier poems he received nothlpS
Lowell, on the other hand, published
his frs. poems at his own expense, and
to the end his income from them was
small; ana 1t was only in the closing ten
OF Gfteca years OF mis- life that Brown
Ing. who had similar experience with
mis- first volume, received anything from
his poems.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
r0rtLAHfrY " POLAND curv.s.

There is no single breed OF swine
that within the last twenty years has
grown into such general favor ia The
coru-producing region OF Ohio, In.
diana, Illinois, lows, Missouri, East.
'rn Nebraska md Eonsag, ns the
famous Poland China. Ten years ago
these hogs compared witt the Berk.
thires and had ,clipsed al O her
breeds, md they have siuco held their
own in Wisconsin. VI aursota, the
Dakotas and Michigan. About this
time they were spotted or notified.
They IRE row bel, like The Berkshire,
black with white point, though not
with TIE whit strip in the face. Their
zone has been refined, The odal light
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
FATrBSISG PIGS.

From tho feeding experiments,
which extended over three years, on
the fsttening of over 100 swine upon
grain, the following general conclu-
sions ARE reached by the Canadian Ex-
pertinent Station
/. On the average 4.36 pounds OF
grain BARLEY, rye, peas. wheat, frosted
wheat, and wheat bran) was the guam
tity consumed per pound Of increase
in the live weight.
2. In the feeding OF grain, consid-
ering quantity OF feed consumed and
the general health OF the animals, il is
profitable to feed the grain ground
and soaked in water for an average oil
about thirty hours.
3. Is is profitable to add about three
or five pounds OF skim milk or butter.
milk per head per day to the grain fed
to fattening swine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
EXPERIMENTS IN PIG FEEDING.

The Illinois Experiment Station has
published the results OF sixteen expert
ments made in feeding corn alone to
FiSs. These experiments were made
III nine different months OF the year,
and show excellent work. The average
of the sixteen lots showed la pounds
live weight made from tity-six pounds
of corn; with corn worth thirty. We
cents per bushel this would make pork
cost trifie over three cents per pound.
The poorest results were obtained
from work done in January, which
showed 6.93 pounds from one bushel
OF corn fed to pigs weighing 10S
pounds each. The next poorest re-
suits were obtained in June, July and
August, and showed S.2S pounds per
bushel OF corn fed TO pigs weighing
2OS pounds each. The third poorest
result was in July, and showed S.68
pounds per bushel Eel to pigs OF 223
pounds weight. The best work was
done in December. and showed 1851
pounds from enc bushel OF corn. -
American Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-01-12
ID Starce AnnihilateJ.

Mr.. NJ Kildischewsky, an electrician
OF Odessa, claims to have discovered
au improvement in the telephone by
the use OF which distance has no effect
upon the hearing. In an experiment
between Moscow and RostoR, n dis.
tauce Of $50 miles, talking, music and
sinking were heard with perfect dis.
tiDctncss For the purpose Of this
experiment an ordinary telegraph wire
was used. Mr.. Kildiscbewsky will go
10 London to experiment his improve.
ment on the Atlantic cable between
London aud New York.