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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
ENLARGED JOINTS
FROM RHEUMATISM.
Such q Condition Indicates q ChaIky
Deposit and is Seldom Cured
There In Hope i'm Some Cases,
however, from an enrich
Ing of the blood.
From the Record and Union, Rochester,

From the Record and Union, Rochester,
MINI.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, wife of Mr.. John
Pratt, one of the oldest settlers In Olmstead
County, Minnesota, for many years has
been painfully afflicted with rheumatism In
Its most aggrayating and ineonvenlent form.
Mr. Pratt is well known IN the vicinity OF
Viola, having during one administration
held the responsible position of postmistress-
She tells the tale of her afilietion and subse-
quent restoration to health, which is printed
In order that others similarly suffering may
read and adopt the same remedy she did.
Viola 0lmstead CO., Mimi, Aug. q, 1896.
"a little over ten years ago / discovered
that the joints of my fingers were enlarging,
and very sore. | consulted many physicians,
with some slight relief at times from pain,
but the joints grew larger and larger, and
my neck, shoulders and limbs were so stiff
that ] could not move them without great
pain. My toes too were swollen out of all
shape, and my fingers were so drawn, and
the muscles so contracted that | could not
use them had given up all hope of cure,
when my attention was called about three
years ago to the wonderful cures effected by
the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and procured supply.
II was not long after began taking them
before experienced considerable relief, and
/ continued using them according to direc-
tons until | have taken altogether about
three dozen boxes. My fingers are now
straight and flexible, and the joints reduced
to their normal size, the rheumatic pains are
almost gone, and now, though L always keep
Pink Pills by me, never use them unless [
catch cold, or get wet through. am will
ing that this testimonial should be published.
IN order that the extraordinary curative
powers of Dr. Williams medicine may be
known to rheumatic sufferers.
lSigned) MRS. E. A. PRATT"
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills contain, In con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also
specific for troubles peculiar tc females, such
as suppressions, Irregularities and all forms
of weakness They build up the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks In men they effect a radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excuses of whatever nature Pink
Pills are sold in boxes fnever IN loose bulk
at 50 cents a box OF six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, Ny.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
She Missed Him.

A poor woman who kept shop in north
ern village, and who was troubled with a
credit TO the family, one day found herself
widow through the sudden demise of her
spouse. A lady, who frequently made
small purchases at the shop, called to see her
and 70 offer her sympathy, though knowing
that the mans death must in certain sense
come as relief, as the wife had often suf-
tered from his violence. She was not, how
ever, quite prepared for the stoical way In
which the wife took her bereavement
Sand the lady:
i am sure, Mrs. C., you must miss
your husband"
Well, mum, it do seem queer to go into
the shop and ind something In the till.'-
Tit-Bits.
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HER LIFELIkE STATUE.
Signalized Her Departure from the
World of Artists.

Before her marriage she had been a IA
nous sculptress. She had made several por-
traits of wellknown men, and everyone pre-
dieted for her still more brilliant future,
when she suddenly set all predictions at
naught by marrying wealthy man who dis
approved of her keeping up her professional
work. She was very quiet under this re-
striction, but was supposed TO rebel inward
ly. Therefore when, at dinner party one
evening, she asked her old friend, Gen
Bashar, to come and see her on the follow
ing evening and inspect her last piece of
work, which she thought the best and most
Efelike she had ever executed, he sup
posed he was TO use his influence to prevail
upon the husband TO permit her to resume
her place among the working fraternity of
artists.
Il am sure you viii like it, general she
said, with winning smile. 1T fairly lives
and breathes. confess ! am IN love with
It myself."
On the appointed evening the general,
with some misgivlngs over the delicacy of
the task intrusted to him, presented him.
self. Instead of inviting him to the studio,
his hostess, to his surprise, offered to bring
her last bit to him.
.1Oh, it's statuette, is it ?" he asked.
well, yes, you might call 1t so, she an
swered, as she went out OF the room. In a
few minutes she returned, bearing IN her
arms-a babyi-Chicago Times-Herald.
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

Do not let ducklings battle until well
feathered.
Do not set hens In the laying part of
the poultry house.
In order to have poultry tender and
juicy fatten it quickly.
Weight and size are important fea-
lures In market fowls.
To maintain health keep the drinking
and feeding places clean.
Better results N whitewashing viii
be secured If it is applied hot.
Hens not kept with roosters viii lay
longer and sit less than others.
If well fed and watered a good hen
viii hatch out ten good broods of chick
ems.
Lime is needed by all fowls for the
growth of bones and for egg-sheu ma
teria.
Sell all the early-hatched ducks as
soon as ready, and keep the later Matched
for breeders and layers.-St. Louis Re-
public.
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Some Interesting Facts Regarding
the Output of Crescent Bicycles.

This article Is intended to convey con-
ception of the enormous amount of raw ma
Ierial consumed during a season In supply
ing the demand for one of the most popular
bicycles made. The Western Wheel Works,
Chicago, makers of the Crescent wheel, have
the largest, and without doubt the most
complete, bicycle factory In the world, and
can turn out, when running to fullest Ca
pacity, rs finished Crescents IN twelve
hours. or complete up to date" bicycle
per minute.
They used during 1896 $50 miles of tub
ing. or enough to nearly reach from Chi
cage 10 st. Paul If placed In straight line.
The spokes were made IN their own fac
tory. and required $50 miles of wire, or
enough to reach from Chicago to Lincoln,
Neb.; so miles of brass rod was required
fcF spoke nipples. If the spokes, spoke nip
pies and tubing were placed in a straight
line they would reach from Chicago to the
Rocky Mountains at Denver. The cranks,
If placed end to end, would cover distance
OF - miles. They used 35 miles of steel for
crank axles, wheel axles and pedal axles,
and l9 miles of steel for seat posts. If the
rims that were used In the manufacture of
Crescents IN 90 were placed one upon the
other they would make pile 1880 feet
high, 5000 feet higher than Pixies Peak
and about the height of Mount Elias In
Alaska, whose summit has never vet been
reached by man. 1t required g, 0S4 square
feet of sheet steel to make the Crescent
hollow tooth sprockets, and 2, $40 square
feet for the steel stampings of the head and
seat post clamps, or IN all enough fat steel
TO cover an area of II acres. There were
used 10 miles of cork grips, 10s miles of
finished hubs. and g miles of steel wire to
pin frames together before brazing The
finished chains, end to end. would reach
20 miles, and the different pieces of which
they are composed would reach 2374 miles,
or II all 3071 miles, the distance from Chi
oago to Cincinnati. The bearings of 1896
Crescents required 1897 800 steel balls,
which, if placed In a straight hne, side by
side, would reach a distance of 452 miles.
To lace the chain and dress guards on the
ladies' Crescents manufactured In 1896 re-
quired 49,, l50 yards of cord, or 246s miles,
enough to allow a small boy to stand on
the top of the Auditorium tower in Chicago
and fy his kite where the people in Des
MONIES, Iowa, could see it. To supply
Crescents sold In 1896 required Loo, 742
bolts. and l,4SS,075 nuts, having an agrre-
gate weight of q tons. The total weight
of the complete bicycles was 2,3S2 842
pounds, or l.l9l tons To crate these BIZ
cycles required l,235, 740 square feet of lum-
Der made up IN pieces; 72,7l8,66S separate
and distinct pieces entered into the con-
struetion of 90 Creseents, and if all Were
placed in a straight line, end to end, they
would reach from New York to some dis
lance IN the Pacific ocean west of San Fran
cTsco-Crescent Bulletin, July !, 1897.
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Informatlon.

Newly arrived immigrants viii receive at
any Dominion Lands Office in Manitoba, the
Northwest Territories or British Columbia
information as TO lands open for entry, and
from the officers in charge, free of expense,
advice and assistance In securing lands to
suit them: and full information respecting
the land. timber, coal, and mineral laws,
and copies of these regulations, as well as,
those respecting Dominion Lands in the
Railway Belt in British Columbia may be
obtained upon application to the Secretary
of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa;
the Commissioner of Dominion Lands, Win
nipeg, Manitoba, or to any of the Dominion
Lands Agents fl Manitoba or the North
west Territories. For pamphlets, etc, adj
dress Mr.. Ben Davis, Emigration Agent, Do
minion of Canada, 154 East Third Street. ST.
Paul, Mimi: or, W. Richie. Grafton, n. D.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
YARDS AND PARKS.


Description of an Econ 0mical SUM
mer Rum for Poultry.
Where fowls are kept in confinement
it win be found best to proyide outdoor
runs or yards for them during the SUM-
mer months. Give chem free access to
these yards whenever the weather viii
permit. The most economical form,
everything considered, for poultry
yard is one much longer than wide.
Two rods wide and eight rods long Is
sufficient for 50 fowls. Whenever a
poultry plant of considera bic size Is
to be established, it will be found most
economical to arrange the yards side
by side, with one end al the poultry
house. The fences which inclose these
yards may be made of poultry netting
or pickets, and should be at least seven
feet high. In either case II is best to
have a board at the bottom, for some
times it will be desirable 10 give quite
young chickens the run of these yards
If the poultry yards are constructed as
described, there is sufficient room for
a row of fruit trees down the center
OF the yard, and still leave ample room
for horse cultivation on either side,
either with one or two horses.
These yards are 10 be kept thorough
ly cultivated. If thought best, grain
may be sown before cultivation to fur
nish part of the green food for the
fowls. Of all fruit trees, probably there
are none that are more suitable for the
poultry yard than the plum. The drop
pings of the fowls viii manure the
trees, and the fowls as insect destroyers
perform a great Office in protecting
plums from the curculio. After the
trees are once well established, crop
of plums should be secured nearly every
year. These, too, viii require no extra
cultivation. The plum trees perform a
valuable service in providing shade for
the fowls. Where trees are not avail
able, sunhowers may be used for this
purpose with a considerable degree of
satisfaction. However, some protec-
ton must be given the plants until they
are well established, and even then
many plants viii be destroyed unless
the fowls have an abundance of green
food all the time.-Rural World
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NEW ROTATION THEORY.
Its Adoption Might Improve the Con-
ditfon of Western Farmers.

ditiOn of Western Farmers.
When the farmers of the west see
their way clear to abandon the idea of
deyoting the land to corn as the prin-
cipal crop and substitute clover, sheep
and the sugar beet as the trinity neces-
sary to the redemption of the producers
from the depression resulting from low
prices for farm products progress viii
be made towards better conditions
Clover and sheep produce good mutton
while enriching the land. Sugar beets
are good for sheep and produce the best
Of sugar at good profit. Let every farm
er who can and who has not already
done so make a start IN this trium-
virate theory of rotation which is GER
tain of success If properly conducted.
in restoring the prosperity which is SO
much wished for. There is an increas-
ing demand for good mutton, an arti-
Gle which but few farmers know how to
produce to perfection. The large profit
is only possible where the best is pro-
dueed for market. Give the people good
and desirable food products and con-
sumers viii pay literally for the same.
Mutton, if properly grown, Is the most
nutritious and wholesome of the meat
diets. The mutton breeds of sheep are
the most desirable and satisfactory OF
the domestic animals for the farm and
can be cared for with the least labor.
The profits in sheep are also the most
assuring for the future of any of the
other domestic animals Devote less
lands to the cereals and prosper
Farmers Union.
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The avidity with which laying hens
will eat crushed eggshells shows how
necessary they are in the hens econ
omy for egg production. There is no
better way TO supply the lime required
for eggshells than this. The shells in
the gizzard also act as grit, enabling it
to digest food. The only care in feed
ing is to crush the shell thoroughly, so
that its likeness to the egg may not be
seen. Where eggshells are thrown out
without being crushed the fowls soon
learn the habit of picking at the shells
on eggs, and from this they quickly be-
come egg eaters, a habit which once
formed is never forgotten.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
ABOUT kAFFIR CORN.


the Claims MH0S Tor Ii.
Some enthusiasts declare that Eafir
corn is destined to supersede both wheat
and Indian corn in Kansas. but the
Kansas authorities and the department
of agriculture do not sustain this claim.
Kaffir corn, an Egyptian millet, is
sorghum, and as crop possesses these
advantages: The yield is larger by from
20 to so per cent. than Indian corn; it
viii grow and yield crop-not large
one-on very poor soil; it is injured
much less than Indian corn by drought.
and even when withered by the hot, dry
winds of the prairies, it viii recover un-
der moisture.
1t forms an excellent food for cattle
and pigs All the experiments, of which
many have been made by scientific agri-
culturists, show that it is inferior in
fatening power to either wheat or
corn. Nevertheless, as surer and
larger crop than corn, it promises most
important results for regions like Kan
sas and Nebraska, where seorching
winds frequently wither the corn and
destroy the crop.
As food for man. it is nourishing,
wholesome and palatable. But the lat
est conclusions of the national depart
ment of agriculture are that its use will
probably be somewhat like that of buck
| wheat-it viii form an occasional
rather than staple article of diet. In
nourishing power it stands at %, where
bolted cornmeal stands at 81, wheat
| -four at As and oatmeal at g.
Heretofore it has been difficult to
grind this corn fine enough for use as
human food. IT is said that this diff
Guilty has been overcome lately. If so,
there win soon be an opportunity to
test its food value on an extensive scale.
Farmers Voice
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by quarter of an inch wide. and the
device is complete.
To use it, fill the can with water, in
vert the saucer over it, then quickly in
vert both and set the device on the floor
The water viii remain in the inverted
can till used. The water keeps fresh
and the space around the can in the
saucer is so small that the little chicks
cannot get in and wet themselves or
drown. as so often happens. The water
keeps clean. This is a handy device
worth great deal to poultry raisers.-
G. w. Waters, in Journal of AgricuI-
tCre
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Two Mighty Continents,

North and South America, beside Guate-
nala, the West Indies, Australia, and even
Europe, are the fields of usefulness in which
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has demon
strated its value as an antidote to malaria,
and as a remedy fol- dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousness, nervous
ness, and loss of appetite and sleep. The
inhabitants, the medical men of these coun-
tries, have spoken IN no uncertain tones
concerning the efficacy of the great house
hold remedy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
A Deep Impression.

Pat returned from London after holiday,
and meeting his priest one day stopped to
tell his adventures.
Now, of all the sights you saw, what OBJ
ject struck you most-in fact, left the deep
est impression on you?" asked the priest.
Path, it was brick from scaffold as
struck me most and left It's deep impression
on me- said Pat, showing cut on his fore
hetd.-Spare Moments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
Not Her Won't.

Listen" he Kissed
No." she answered, and turning upon
her heel brusquely, she left him there alone
For she was a telephone girl by profession,
and it was not her wont to listen to anything
unless she was sure it was none of her bust
ness-Detroit journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

To live is to have justice, truth, reason,
devotion, probity, sincerity, common sense,
right and duty welded into the heart. To
live is to know what one is worth-what one
can do, and should do. Life is conscience
Victor Hugo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

The Same Old Waii.-Said What
a ehooser of fg-leaves you arel lis the
worst one that ever carried Said Adam
Your dresses are better by far than any
you had when We married. Harlem Lila.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
WATER FOR CHICKS.

Can and a Saucer.
A neat aud handy device for water
ing young chicks may be made of an
oyster can and common saucer. Melt
the top of the can, cut triangular
notch in the edge as shown at A in the
engraving, about one-half inch deep
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

shown in the cut Ii the seed Is famed,
it may be used for spring seeding. Or
if weedy, as poultry never void undi-
gested seed, such seeds may be profit
ably fed to the poultry by placing in
the scratch room each week = Farm
and Home
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wheel Accidents.

ssFlora had dreadful time last evening.
She didn' come In town until after dark
What was the NATTER.
t-She lost her powder-rag somewhere out
on the road, and couldn't fix up fit to be
seen Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d.
Townsend, Fl Howard, Wis, May 1, "a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

Another proof that life is eonundrum Is
that everybody eventually gives It up.-N.
I. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

Mrs. Isaacstein fengaging servant) IT
-~0h, no, mum; he's nearly 50.''- Tit Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

Untold wealth is thing well known to
the tax assessor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-06-30
SAVING GRASS SEED.

The Cut with This Article Explains
How 1t Can Be Done.
It is an easy matter to save hay seed
by Slated Manager bottom la). as
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-31
THEY LEAVE us.

Mr.. and Mrs. ii. w. Walker, who
have respectively filled the position Of
supervisor and matrOn of the South
western Insane asylum, have resigned
their positions and will leave in few,
days for Austin, where they will take
up their permanent home. For over
five years Mr.. and Mrs. Walker have
filled similar positions in the State asy-
lum at Austin, and there, as here, they
drew around them a circle of friends
and won warm place in the hearts of
not only those with whom they assO-
|ciated, but the unfortunates under
their charge. Especially will Mrs.
Walker be missed, not alone by her
friends, but by inmates Of the asylum,
who had learned to look upon her as
their protector, their friend, in every
matter that concerned their interests
and welfare. Endowed with q nature
strongly in sympathy with suffering
humanity, keenly alive to the misfor-
tunes Of the unfortunates to whose care
she devoted her time and efforts. Mrs.
Walker was essentially and pre-emin.
emily endowed for the position, she has
SO successfully filled. Hers was a Ia.
Dor of love and her retirement will be
universally marked. and mourned by
those poor unsortunates, whose minds
God has seen fit to involve In cloud and
doubt. Fortunately in deed will be the
authorities IL they succeed in securing
fitting successor to Mrs. Walker.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-31
KLONDIKE GOLD.

He had spent two or three winters
in the KlOndike country, or said he
had, and he was telling his friends
about it.
1T isn't so awfully cold up there
when one gets used TO it, is it?"
asked listener.
WELL" he hesitated, II don't really
suppose it is; anyhow, it isn't to the
one that's used to it. He don't know
a thing about it; he's been froze to
death a month by that time"
"Oh, indeed" stammered the in
quirer, who seemed to be disturbed
by the sad fate of the person accus-
toned to it.
: "Yes, and I've seen it so cold that a
bullet shot up in the air would freeze
up there and not come down till the
spring thaw. But that isn't as bad
as it was last winter BY lingo, I'm
liar if we didnr have Boston
girl up there last winter teaching
school and the weather was so cold
that the Boston girl actually set the
school house on fire by spontaneous
combustion--she was that warm by
could only ship the cold down to
this country like we can the gold
you would be playing golf on snow
shoes all summer long right here in
the City of Detroit."-The Detroit
Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-31
wATTERsoN on BRYAN.

From the Louisville Courler-Journal.
At the present moment Mr.. Bryan
occupies position most original ana
picturesque. He was created for the
movement of which he became so I'M
expectedly the embodiment. There
was everything about him to attract
nothing-not even his talents7-tO re-
pei. Until he arrived upon the scene
the play had been stale, fiat and un-
profitable. Mr.. Bland was both too
old and too chronic. His candidacy
was perfunctory. Though not of such
long standing, it seemed shop-worn.
Gov. Boies was disonant; out of place;
not very big, but good bin amongst
a bundle of counterfeits. There was
enthusiasm enough. But the dramatic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-31
FOR THE sToCKMES.

The citizens committee in charge Of
the entertainment of the delegates to
the State Stockmen's convention, jan
uary Is to 20, met in the Mahncke ho-
tel yesterday afternoon and formulat-
ed plans for the entertainment of the
delegates, about the same as have al
ready been published by the Light.
There will be band serenades on the
18th, banquet for $50 guests at Mis-
sion garden or the 18th and a ball Jan.
10Th at Beethoven hall. Committees
on ball, banquet and reception were al
so appointed.