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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Flax I. AN Exhaustive Crop.

Some western farm journals are won
dering why fax is not more grown
than it is. The reason is that it is very
exhaustive crop and can only be grown
proftaIbly where fertility is little re-
garded or where there is good market
for both fiber and seed. 1t is good
sign for western farmers that fax
growing as it was practiced few years
ago is going out of their farm rota-
ton. The stalk and fibre were always
thrown away. Only the seed was mar
keted, and this sold so low that the
raw seed, or, better still, fiaxseed meal.
was one of the cheapest fertilizers that
can be used. Not until we have mills
for making linen cloth and con-
veniences for separating the fiber from
the stalk will fax growing be profitab BILE
in this country. When both seed and
fiber can be sold the crop will pay for
the heavy manuring it requires to keep
the land fertile.-American Cultivator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
The Canopied Ceiling.

The canopied ceiling has been marred by
vandal hands and its stars are eclipsed by
whitewash. The time was when the cell
ng seemed like a summer night, blending
of starlight and the light of other days. A
merchant prince in the days which old New
Workers know so well had built the house.
His bedroom was finished with this won
derful ceiling, which arched up and dropped
at the corners like the great sheet which
the apostle saw. An Italian artist came
over the sea especially to paint this won
drous ceiling. He mixed his colors while
his minds eye saw night upon the YES
uvian bay. The color was of the blue of a
summers day washed with darkness. The
stars shone from out the field of blue like
glittering clasps of the trailing garments of
the night Beneath such sky man might
find repose;. Then the evil day came to the
house of the canopied ceiling. The neigh
borhood became no longer fashionable and
the house became the home of tenement
jewellers. The new tenants splashed the
canopied ceiling with whitewash and blotted
out the stars forever-N. Y telegram
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
MILK CAN TROUGH.

This affords room for eight cans II
inches in diameter and 16 inches deep.
The trough is sunk in the ground in
front of the pump curb, in such po-
sition that all waste water is dis
charged into it and out through an
opposite end, which aids in keeping
the water cool during the day. The
trough is emptied and reflled night
and morning. A neatly-ftting lid OF
the same material fits to the top and
on extra hot days several pieces of old
carpet are thrown over the lid. TIC
make it water tight two rods are
fastened through each end and the nuts
drawn up moderately tight. Before
joining the edges together they should
be daubed with white lead to more
closely close up all the crevices.-Farm
and Home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Creameries and Good Roads.

The Mankato (Minn.) Free Press says
that the establishment of creameries
is becoming potent argument for good
roads. The daily trip to them with the
milk must be made regardless of mud
and wet or if the mud be ankle deep
for milk is a perishable product. Then,
even when the road is dry, the milk, of
course, is injured by the churning re-
ceived on the journey over the rough
roads. The farmer is, therefore, begin
ming to perceive the direct money value
of road improvement The Free Press
adds that the creamery is becoming the
focus at which better roads center.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
"FROSTED HIS PIPES"
The Troubles of a Culprit in Justice
Shop.


Shop.
He was sorry-looking specimen as he
climbed YEARLY up to the witness chair in
Justice Severson's court. His eyes were
discolored and his features awry. He raised
tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, "swelpimgod." His voice was
one of the oueerest in the world. 1t was
pitched in squeaky, high falsetto and
seemed doubly comical coming from such a
husky-looking specimen
'Speak up" shouted his honor; whats
the matter with your voice.!
Me pipes is frosted, judge, your honor,
squeaked the prisoner.
III frost your pipes for you, remarked
the court. 'sWhat was it all about"
''Well, We see, judge, your honor, went
home to play wit my kid. Dye see now
Me mother-in-law she kicks. Dye see now
l says, here, now, I'm goin' to play wit the
kid. Me an her we got to chewin' about
the kid an she gives out boiler. A copper
comes chasin' in an when goes to explain
he grabs me pipes and twists 'em. Say,
Judge, can't talk no louder than this if
was to hang for it.
How about this, oficer?" said the judge.
''The two of 'em was fghtin', judge, and
separated EN- replied the guardian of the
peace.
Where is your mother-in-law?" said the
court.
That lady stepped forward calm and with
out a mark on her face.
James," said the court, addressing the
gentleman with the frosted pipes, you seem
to have gotten the worst of that mix-up.
Don't let it occur again. Call the next case.
Discharged. Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

Things would be much different if,
when piece of road is to be made, the
ioO was entrusted to expert and compe-
tent hands. Every roadmaster should
be required to have knowledge of
bridge construction, with tools and the
proper handling of the same In nearly
every state suitable material for the
construction of good roads may be
found, and if, in consequence of the
great amount of labor, wages should
rise, it would be far from misfortune;
the money would remain in the coun-
try, and every tax payer would have an
opportunity to earn his money back
again. 1t would not be long before the
money invested in the construction Of
the roads, after going through numer-
Gus channels of trade, would find it's
way back to the pockets of those from
whom it had been taken for a good pur-
pose.
There should be permanently en-
ployed a few men with pick and shovel,
to make necessary repairs, drain the
roads after heavy rains, etc. This
would save considerable money to every
town, and our roads would by rational
work always be in good condition. Now,
as mentioned before, great deal could
be done to improve our roads; but such
statements as we often hear-that ''the
roads are in worse condition than they
were so years ago." is surely over
drawn. This is comparatively a new
country and cannot compare with Euro
pean countries. During the past As
years, in our own town, we have cleared
the land from heavy timber, stones and
stumps, drained mud holes and swamps,
built substantial barns and houses,
raised blooded stock of all kinds, and
kept the roads in as good condition as
we know how. But laws that were all
right in colonial times should be abol
ished, that re may keep up with the
progress of the times.-A. Selle, in
Rural World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
An Expensive Bovine Habit.

fund children who passed through Washing
ton a few days ago, bound for the cool hill
country of Virginia, there was one little
fellow who found the very best quarters in
hospitable farmhouse at Front Royal.
When the cows came up in the evening to
be MIXED, so friend down there writes me,
the little Baltimore boy went down to the
The cows were standing about placidly. and.
as is their custom at that time of the day,
were contentedly chewing the cud The boy
watched the milkmaids at work, and his
eyes dwelt with growing wonder on the
ceaseless grind of the cows jaws. At length
he turned to his host and said:
"And do you have to buy gum for all
them ws?"-Washingto Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
DEAREST WAS THIRD.
A wheelman Gets Some TaHy Not In
tended for Him.

@AAAAAs
There is one amusing feature about wheel
riding that all old riders, and good many
new ones, must have noticed. That is the
way a moderately proficient rider will carry
on a conversation with some one behind him
without really knowing who that some one
may be. A moderately proficient rider
isn't clever enough to turn his head to look
backward, and so he talks right on in the
dark.
The other day a wheelman was coming
up the Dodge street hill. There isn't much
of hill on Dodge street, but slight as it is
it bothers the new riders just ahead of
the wheelman in question, who was riding
at leisurely rate, was stout lady, mounted
on a new bike. Halfway up the incline
the wheelman was astonished to hear her
call out:
Coming, dear?"
The wheelman didn't answer He felt
sure the inquiry couldn't be to him, and he
kept silence.
"All out of breath, dear?" she called
again.
And again the wheelman made no reply.
shouted. You'll get there by and by, dear
est"
The wheelman thought so too, but he
made no mention of the fact.
docs it tire DOR little armies so muchee?"
continued the stout lady.
That was too much for the wheelman. He
put on steam and passed the lady. As he
whirled by she caught sight of his smiling
countenance.
''Oh, beg your pardon" she cried, and
narrowly averted tumble.
When the wheelman had gone a little
further he looked back over his shoulder
and saw lank young fellow, with fuzzy
little side whiskers, toiling YEARLY up the
hill
And he feels pretty sure that was "dear.
est. "-Cleveland Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
New Brunswick Goldfish.

The people of ST. Johns, New Bruins
wick, are lamenting the fall in price of
their great staple, Goldfish, which now
brings less money than for many years
before. The fish caught by the French
has become successful rival of the
New Brunswick cod and is driving the
latter from the foreign markets.
Whereas 139,535 quintals were export
ed, for instance, to Spain in 1887, last
year only 25,546 quintals were sent to
that country.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Webster's Last Words.

Webster's last words were: 81 still live"
A teacher in one of the East side schools
had been reading anecdotes of the great
photographer to her pupils, and the next
day, catechising them on what she had read,
she asked:
ssWhat were Webster's last words?"
There was deep silence, and she repeated
the question. Finally little fellow with a
squint in his left eye held up his hand.
"Well, Mulvaney," said the teacher, kind
ly, do you knows'
"Yessum," said Mulvaney, confidently.
HE said L amt dead yet IN. Y. World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
The Bluen.

This is a synonym for that gloomy, har.
assed condition of the mind which has it's
origin in dyspepsia. All the ugly spirits that,
under the name of the blues" ''blue dew
u.s. '3megrims" and "mulligrubs' torment
the dyspeptic almost ceaselessly, vanish
when attacked with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, that, moreover, annihilates bilious
ness, constipation, chills and fever, kidney
complaints and nervousness
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Beginning Early.

Teacher-Now, children, can any of you
define the word sarcasm? No? Well, it
means saying one thing and meaning the re-
verse of it. Can anybody give me an ex-
ample of that?
Little Willie-Yeth, I kin.
well, Willie, you give me an example of
sarcasm, then, showing you mean just the
opposite of what you say"
"Dod bless teacher."-N Y World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Using a Word.

My child, what made your face so
dirty"
"That Billy Bludkins an had a fight, an
he throwed more dirt in my face than |
could digest, mamma Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
In the whfte Mountain..

Landlord-Did they discover the identity
of that petrifed body which was found in
the valley yesterday?
New-Yorker-I don't know; but I think
it was man from whom one of your walters
refused to take tip.-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctors bills. F. Hardy,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

Clerk-"You say you will take this ham.
mock, miss" She-"Yes, but / want two
of them" Clerk-''Very well, madam
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
MILK CAN TROUGH.
A Convenience in Handling the Daily
Dairy Product.

Where no better plan can be put to
use, good method of keeping milk
is to build milk can trough, as por-
trayed herewith. The trough is shown
on its side with the lid open and down.
tits ftwo inch hemlock plank, eightfeet
long, two feet deep and IS inches wide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

When a man is always prepared to prove
statements need it-Washington Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
They Usually Arc,

''Was the count embarrassed when he
proposed to you?"
Certainly fnancially."- Y. journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

We often wonder why so many people
tell the same story SO many times.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29
Star Plug Combines All Good Quail.


All the desirable qualities you want in
tobacco are found in Star plug to special
| degree. Its constant use produces no evil
effects
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

It is doubtful honor to be fondled by
curs.-Rams Horn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-29

| To Cure a Cold in One Day
| Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
| druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03

1t is said that the only man Peter
Maher and Tom Sharkey could agree
to for referee for their coming big
contest in New York is Jim Corbett.
This looks queer on it's face yet, as
has been noted here before, there is
no telling what fighter is going to
do. Coibett should make good ref
cree; no Intention is had to question
his honesty But the three of them
have passed the 'roast" about so
strongly occasionally that-well, the
public might almost look for trian-
gular scrap with Sharkey, Maher
and Corbett in the same ring. Chic
ago News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
SEEING AND BELIEVING.
some of the Tricks the Eyes Play OF
the Understandings

some of the Tricks the Eyes Play on
the Understandings.
Ii is an old and wise SAYING that ..sec.
ing is believing" yet everybody knows
that very often what YOU see. and there
fore believe. proves to be not really true
at all. As we grow older, says a writer
in St Nicholas, finding that our eyes
have so frequently deceived us, we are
often not satisfied until we have verified
Il by touch or smell or hearing or taste.
or by looking AZ some doubtful thing
from different points of view, or under
Il different Lighting.
We are not willing TO believe that a
eonJurer actually draws rabbits from
mans ear or coin from the tin of his
rose just because our eyes tell us such
tales. Sometimes our deceptions are
so lasting that things must be made
wrong in order to look right, which
seems rather contradictory. If we look
at the letter S or the figure as care
fully as we can the upper and lower
halves seem to be almost exactly the
same size. If we turn them upside down.
The difference in the size Of the looms is
quite astonishing, and we wonder how
we could have been so mistaken: vet
perhaps the truth is that the looms are
neither so different nor so much alike
as they seem to be, as we see when we
look at them turned upon their sides.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
DISTRICT COURT.

Thursday, May 27.-In the case
of Charles Mathews VS.. Dortbe.
Mathews, an action for divorce
The defendant, residing now at
Salina, Utah, by afidayits filed.
represented herself as poor and un-
able to present her defense unless
granted funds. Alleged the plant
iff to be worth $40, 900 in real and
personal property. Plaintiff showed
that he had little property and was
dependent on his own labor for sup
port. that he was upwards of 10
years of age and that defendant had
as much means as he. No order for
alimony was entered and the case
was set for trial on Saturday next.
On Friday and Saturday nothing
was done but to pass on some de-
murrers and fix dates for trial of
several cases.
Monday and Tuesday of this week
were occupied ia the suit of O. G..
Snow VS.. o. G. Brown. This was
an action brought for the RECESSION
OF contract of sale to half inter-
est IN the Eisenmann ranch in Pah-
ranagat, by Snow to Brown, on ac-
count of fraud and failure of con
sideration In the transaction
Brown decided several pieces of
property in Salt Lake to Snow at a
valuation of $4,000 on a part of
which mortgages existed to the
amount of 1880. Brown was to
care for the mortgages but no par
ticular time was mentioned. This
was the gist of the case, and the de-
cision was that defen dant should
have reasonable time in which to
take up the mortgages, failing to do
which the contract would be re-
scinded.
In the case of j. w. Palmer VS..
Eliza Culverwell, tried at the last
sitting of court, new trial was de-
MED.
In Benz. Sanders VS.. w. L. Scott,
tried at the last sitting of court,
judgment was entered for $110 in
favor of the plaintiff with costs.
This was a case brought on a note
given plaintiff for several collections
held by him for clients. Defend
ant sought to offset by pleading
personal claims against plaintiff.
These were denied and defendant
took time in which to provide for an
appeal.
Yesterday morning the case of
James Nesbitt VS.. W. NJ. Davidson,
involving the right to a fraction of
mining ground in Ferguson district,
lying between the Monitor and
Lookout mines, came on for trial
for which Davidson has applied for
patent. The case is on trial as we
go to press and promises to occupy
all the day
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03

The magnetic eye has long been recog
nlzed by lovers, but only recently has
It's existence been admitted by scien-
lists. According TO DIR. Waller, the Full
lerlan professor Of physiology to the
Royal institute, the currents in such
eyes will not disturb the emotions al
all; they are, in fact, so slight that
nothing but the most sensitive gal
vanometer would reveal their presence.
The magnetic currents of the retina
are not very powerful things; but lest
anyone should still be inclined to at
tach too much Importance 10 the mag
netic powers OF the human eye it may
be added that speck of dust would
probably set up a more powerful cur
rent in it than the sublimest efforts of
the human will. N. Y World
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
Debs' Scheme.

Eugene V. Debs has devised what
he terms q socialistic cooperative
colony scheme. He proposes to raise
an army of 100000 unemployed men
and march across the country to
some Western or Southern state,
where new commonwealth is to be
founded.
His idea is to enlist membership
that will insure the payment of $780,
900 per month for the support of the
movement, and in the course of a
year or two the colony will be strong
enough, not only in members, but
financially, to elect legislature,
state officers, call a constitutional
convention, and if disposed change
the organic law of the state in which
the colony is located. d.-Silvel
State.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
Disgusting Exhibition

A Tampa, Florida, telegram says
that Sportsman S park, great resort
OF the Cuban population of Ybor
City and Tampa was the scens of a
finish between Is pound wild cat
and a Jamaica negro, known only
as Sam. The negro was promised
$500 if he succeeded in killing the
wild cat inside of 80 minutes with
his bare hands and no kicking. At
least 500 people witnessed the battle,
which was bloody from beginning
TO end. The cat had been starved
for several days and had also been
teased previous to Mondays exhib-
ltion, and also tortured to frenzy.
The negro succeeded in choking it
after frightfully brutal exhibition,
but the negro tainted afterwards
from exhaustion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
Of Interest 10 Nevadans

Senator Stewart during the past
week secured the passage through
the senate of the Piute Indian war
claim bill and the bill for the relief
of 7. S. Corbett A large number
of Nevadans and Californians are in
terested in the former bill. This
bill has passed the senate at every
session since Senator Stewart has
been in the senate, but has each
time failed in the house. Strenuous
efforts will be made to get consider
alton for the bill in the house at an
early date.-Silver Knight.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
The Deepest Well.

The deepest well in the world will
soon be completed near Pittsburg Pa
1t is now more than one mile deep,
and when finished it may reach down
two miles into the earth. 1t is being
bored in the interest of science The
object in penetrating so deeply is to
determine just what the interior of
the human footstool is like. From a
commercial point of view the well
was success long ago. At compar-
atively few feet below the surface,
both gas and oil were struck in pay
ing quantities, but the company ow-
ing the plant determined to dedi-
cate it to science and invited Prof.
Hallock of Columbia College to
carry on series of temperature in
vestigations as the hole is carried
deeper and deeper into the earth.
The results of these Investigations
are very interesting, and it is the
opinion of several well-known scien-
lists that the ultimate result of the
boring will prove to be of wide
spread economic as we'll as of scien-
tlfc value. Most significant of all the
facts SO far ascertained is that the
well grows steadily hotter as its
depth increases.
The temperature of the Pittsburg
we'll, at depth of 5000 feet, was
found to be 1909 degrees Fahren-
heit. At the bottom the temperature
is 129 degrees Fahrenheit. The well
in its present. stage is 5502 feet deep.
This gradual rise is found to exist
all over the world, although it is
more marked in some places than in
others. In a deep well near Wheel
ing, w. Va, the temperature is 81
degrees at the top and 110 degrees
at the depth of $500 feet In the
Sperenburg salt well, near Berlin,
the temperature is about AZ degrees
at the top and lis degrees at depth
of 4l70 feet. In the Schaladabach
salt we'll, near Liepsic' the surface
temperature is about 81 degrees,
while at 5740 feet it runs up to
1855 degrees. External conditions
seem in no way to effect the tempeera-
ture of the wells.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
BONES OF ST. PATRICK.
claim That Relics in Montreal Church
Are Genuine

NAoAhh Ahht heItcs IN montreal Church
Are Genuine.
Recently n statue of st. Patrick.
from the studio of a sculptor in Rome,
Italy, was placed in the chancel of st.
fatrick's church. which edifice re-
Gently celebrated its fiftieth anniyer-
sary. On the breast of the statue is a.
small box which, it is claimed. con-
tains portion OF the bones of
lreland's patron saint. The ques-
ton having been raised as to
the genuineness of this relic, docu-
mentary evidence has been produced
showing that it had for centuries been
in the possession of the monastery of
the Holy Cross in Saxo Urvo. Italy.
This institution has fully attested
record proving beyond question that
the relic is a portion of the mortal re-
mains of Lreland's saint. Great in
tcrest is manifested among the Catho-
lie community as to whether the relic
will manifest any miraculous char
acteristics. 1t was presented to the
church through Mgr. lie Clair, one of
the professors of the Canadian college
at Rome, who formerly was one of the
priests OF st. Patriek's.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
A Nevada Athlete. .

RENO, New, March 6, 1897.
have used Trib liniment year.
As rundown before or after athletic
work, want nothing better. 1t also
cures bruises and sprains effectively.
A. G. HELMoLD.
Mr. Helmold is one of the best
known athletes in Nevada. Reno
journal.