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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
GEESE ARE CLEANLY.
If They Have Plenty of Water They
Are Never Seen Except When
Fit for Dress Parade.

IA goose is the cleanest fowl alive"
says Sol Renaker, owner of farm in
Kentucky on which he keeps more than
$4,000 geese. Il have been in the poul-
try business since 1881, have handled all
kinds of domestic fowl, and have
studied their habits closely and have
never seen anything which equals the
goose in cleanliness. They are con-
stantly at work keeping their feathers
clean. and if they have plenty of water
they are never seen except when fit for
dress parade. They are equally careful
regarding their food. On one occasion
we bought lot of corn which had
musted, and the geese would not eat
dough made from it, nor will they eat
dough after it has soured. On this ac-
count we have to be very careful to mix
up no more dough than the geese will
eat up in day. Another peculiar thing
about geese is that they eat great deal
more some days than they do on others.
For instance, it frequently requires so
or 40 buckets of dough day to given
pen of geese. Then for few days they
will not eat more than a dozen buckets.
When they have plenty of water and
wholesome food geese fatten rapidly
and have no disease, but unless they
have an opportunity to keep clean and
have pure food they die rapidly"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

counter of the grocer by means of the
glass on one side that allows the snow
white comb to be seen without allow
ing the flies to light upon it, or the
fingers of meddlesome urchins to be
punched into it.
Two kinds of shipping cases are
shown in the illustration. The upper
one holds IL of the so-called one-pound
sections, two sections being seen
through the glass. The lower case con-
tains "A sections, four of them being in
sight. Cases for 4S sections have also
been made. but these are little used. The
tendency seems to be rather toward the
dissection case. A 12-section case that
is compromise in appearance between
the two cases in the picture is very pop
ular. In it three sections are in sight,
there being four rows of three sections
each. This last style of case will cost
you somewhere from eight to ten cents
each, depending on the number bought.
At this price you get material ready to
nail together, everything complete, in
Guiding nails and glass.-National
Stockman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
CHARM OF FARM LIFE.
The Rural HabitatiOn Is the Place
Where Home Ties Are Strong
est and Purest.

No one pretends that farmers are
making money rapidly; they have their
vexations and discouragements as do
others, but they have several things to
he very thankful for. They have good
homes in nearly every case, plenty OF
wholesome food and decent clothes.
They are not under the eye of the task
master, nor working under great nerv-
Gus strain, with every minute lost from
work counted against them when pay
day comes. They need not, in the Ian
guage of the shops, "be afraid of their
jobs;" they are working for themselves
and are sure of their pay even if it is
not as large as they might wish it to be.
The man who looks upon his farm as
machine from which dollars only are to
be made, and does not value any others
of the numberless blessings it gives
him, will never cease to talk about hard
times. 1t is not alone for the money it
will produce that the farm should be
priced. 1t should be valued because it
brings men and women near to ma
lures heart and their children grow up
strong and stalwart, ready to meet the
trials of life with bodies strong enough
to perform every task. The farm is
prominently the stronghold of the
home; it is the place where home ties
are strongest and where life is at it's
best.
The average farmer and his family
live better in every way, have better
food, better clothes and better social
surroundings than does the family of
the man who lives in city on salary
of ST 900 year. The progressive farm
er of to-day lives in a style that is not
equaled by the city man who earns 3d.
600 year. The farmer of to-day has
frequent mails, an abundance of litera-
ture, good facilities for travel, and is
able to enjoy more of the comforts of
life than the man in any other calling
in life. If he looks at his farm from
this point of view he will value his farm
at it's true worth, and be contented, and
contentment is better than great riches.
If farmers would remember that they
see but the outside show and glitter of
city life and could see the darker side,
very few of them would be willing to
exchange with the city man. The edu-
Gated farmer of to-day is the social peer
of any man, while money is almost the
sole criterion of social worth in the
city. AS between the two the farmer
holds every vantage point.-Farmers'
Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Keep down all surplus stock; market
all that is not needed.
Removing to warm, dry quarters will
prevent the biggest half of any dis
case.
From this time on through the win
ter early feeding will give the best re-
suits.
Lime water is a cure for bowel dis
eases and is also a remedy for soft
shelled eggs.
Boiling the milk that is fed to fowls
will increase it's value and lessen the
risk of its producing disease.
Chickens intended for breeding stock
should not be pushed too fast or be
overfed. A steady development is best.
Too few roosters or old, inferior stock
on the male side. want of moisture dur
ing incubation are well-known causes
of infertility of eggs.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
m@IP(]lOlOD.' ..A<VaeA
QEEM>,,,rrr:d! :}sSllllRDl5S
lie H..N
NEAT SHIPPING CASES.
II You Put Up Your Honey i'm Attrac-
tive Packages 1t Can BE Sold
Readily.

In selling honey much depends on APP
pearance. Extracted honey put up in a
neat package is more likely to meet
with ready sale than if put up in any
sort of style without any label. Es-
pecially does the matter of looks make
a difference in the sale of comb honey
Remember that good part of the diff
ference in price between comb honey
and extracted is paid for the nicer looks
of the former, and if you pack your
comb honey in any sort of box that
happens TO be at hand it may make a
difference of two, three or four cents a
pound
Shipping cases for honey are made
that are especially adapted to the pur-
pose. Not only are they convenient in
shape and size for packing and ship
ping, but they show off the honey to
good advantage when placed on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

enough so that the top of elevator will
be on level with the floor. The ele-
vator is made similar to a car on noun
tain railway, higher at one end than at
the other in order to keep a level floor
on steep grade. To raise this elevator,
two pulleys are used and a rope. With
this heavy barrels or boxes can be
moved with ease. 1t can be made any
size, but should be wide enough to run
on rails placed on the side of steps,
Willis w. Shear, in Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
THE ETERNITY OF NATURE.

The coming and the going OF the light
The pure stars shining. wheeling through
the night,
The rousng and the onset Of the storm.
Loves happy voices when the days are
warm,
The call OF flocks, the humming of the bee.
The lay and LEAKAGE of the greenwood
tree,
The long melodious sorrowing of the hill.
The fall of dream when all the world is
still
What charm these ever had. they have 1t
now;
Nature. eternal youth Is on her brow.
Beauty Is hers, forever round her way,
Not hers but ours, the roses of day.
John V. Cheney. in N. Y. Outlook.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Family with Big Feet.

A Greensburg (Ky.) storekeeper has
on exhibition what he says is the
largest shoe ever made for woman 1t
is the exact size of 16 pairs that were
made for mother and five daughters,
natives of Tennessee. 1t measures 1917
inches in height, 10 inches in length.
and five inches across the widest part OF
the sole.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
CELLAR ELEVATOR.
With Its Aid Heavy Barrels and Boxes
Can BE Moved with Ease and
Rapfdity.

The object of this kind of elevator is
that it requires no extra opening. as a
vertical elevator would, it being placed
in the outdoor cellarway. 1t is made to
roll up the two by tours which are used
for rails, on wheels such as old straw
carrier wheels which have f1ange. A
pit is dug in the cellar bottom deep
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Can You Solve This Puzzle Verses

IA simple gO-betWeen am I,
Without a thought of pride;
/ part the gathered thoughts of men,
And literally divide.
1 set the soul of Shakespeare free.
To Millions thoughts give liberty,
Bid Sidney speak with freer speech.
Let Spenser sing and Taylor preach.
Though through all learning swift glide,
No wisdom doth with me abide"
If you can solve the foregoing, and send
the correct answer to George H. Heafford,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway, Old Colony Build
ing, Chicago, together with a two-cent
stamp, he will send you what it calls for.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
Townsend. Ft. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

Dry lime is too caustic to be given
alone. A better plan is to keep vessel
of lime water convenient.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

With rub or two lumbago is often cured
By st. Jacobs Oil. Small cost, big profits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

We have noticed that when girls form
spinsters' club, not one of them is more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

He who wants a mule without fault must
walk on foot.-Spanish Proverb
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

A hypocrite makes more trouble in the
world than a fool.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Asthma

which DR.. Hayes cured by the use of con-
stitutional alternatives and tonics. and Mr.
Randolph has stayed cured for six years.
The idea that Asthma is incurable because
physicians generally can do no more than
give temporary relief, is most deplorable
error. The use Of symptom drugs is so
universal, and their failure so inevitable
that people are slow to believe that the dis
ease can be cured at all. But Dr.. P. Harold
Hayes of Buffalo, N. T.. quotes hundreds
and even thousands of cases from his prac-
tice similar 10 the above.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

For everyone who is robbed on the road
100 are in the inn.-Spanish Proverb.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20

pier by London bridge. AS she went
her, stumbled heavily forward, and
would have rolled to the bottom had
not her hand outstretched in an instant
caught and steadied him till he regained
his balance. He laughed while he
thanked her, saying: "You were in the
right place then. nurse" She passed
on down to the boat and found lonely
seat in the bows. The tide was out;
helpless boats keeled over in the slopes
of black mud on the Surrey side and
the laden barges in mid-stream were
deserted. The sultry air hung heavily,
and for the moment she would have
given anything to escape the monotony
Of her life, to secure some pleasure and
fine clothes. She left the boat at Char
ing Cross and went into the gardens for
a little time, though even here the sur
roundings gained upon her. A band
that went smartly through some popu-
lar airs, the brillliancy of the scarlet
geraniums that the gardeners were bed
ding out, some children that played
near her seat-irritated her strangely.
She got up, therefore, and went towards
the old water gate on the chance of be-
ing able to get into the Strand that way.
Some one had told her the meaning of
the motto above the gate: 1.-The Cross is
the tombstone of Faith.''
Nothing but faith, nothing but
crosses for me!' she murmured, per-
versely. 20, how wish! wish!"
She passed up Buckingham street,
and climbed on to the top of an omni-
bus in the Strand. AS she sat there
nothing in the busy life they passed
came into her thoughts; she, was only
conscious of restlessness and stir. Pres
emily her eyes caught sight of a white
butterfly that flew above a barrow of
flowers, which was being slowly pushed
along the pavement's edge, with gay
carelessness strange enough in that
crowded place. Once this, white bit of
life fluttered upward high and higher,
as though to reach the gray filaments of
cloud that streaked the blue sky be-
tween the. roof tops; then in some
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20

do not understand it. I thought it business
like. BY your manner this afternoon In the
ward you seemed appalled, that should
write to you. What and who are you, that
T should hesitate to address you? can
not but rejoice that you have given so
good testimony of my capabilities. 1t is
gratifying to my feelings, too, that you
have not perjured yourself in giving it.
What is the strong point in my character
that some people might like? Do you like
it? Why not add it to the testimonial?
don't like any light to be hid under
bushel." So,
Nurse" called the house surgeon the
afternoon after he had received it, and
again, "Nurse Ruth" he called after
her in the corridor outside the door of
the ward he was about to enter. She
stopped.
"Nurse-did you write this letter to
me?" drawing one from his pocket as
he spoke.
Eyes, sir, did," she replied, glancing
at him swiftly.
"Why?"
II don't know"
"Has it ever struck you that you are
most outrageously cheeky woman to
write like this to me?"
A deeper tide of red rushed over her
face. "Well," she considered, per
haps-"
He laughed, glanced quickly up and
down the empty corridor, seized her
hands in one of his-with the other he
held the handle of the door before which
they stood-and, bending, kissed her.
Just as quickly he turned away,
Io irfN
the ward. The sister in charge advanced
to meet him. They went round the beds
together, and as he listened gravely
she told him the history of each case
since he had seen it last.
Nurse Ruth was going off duty for
the afternoon when the house surgeon
called her. While she put on. her black
bonnet and the long cloak that almost
hid her gown of lilac-sprigged print,
she looked at herself and stopped tying
her bonnet to think. After frowning
at her reflection for a moment she
laughed. Then her changing mood
grew critical of herself. She sighed and
thought really seriously a. H.
"What an idiot am to care two pins
about him! When he talks as he did
to me to-day, I hate him! O, why is he
50 nice? What little fool I've been to
write to him! wonder he speaks to
me! I must have been mad when did
it. I'll go away. I will! O! but" she
sighed, II love hi1u:'
She went out In a chastened~ mood,
and made her way quickly through the
crowded streets towards the river,
where the steps lead to the steamboat
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20
HELD AN ACCIDENT POLICY.
A Cyclists Disgust Mt Not Being Hurt
in a Collision,

This is the story of a somewhat unusual
accident. It happened on the Conduit road
one evening early in the fall, and the man
who told me about it was an eyewitness.
It is singularly appropriate, by the way,
an .oculist by profession. A man on bi.
cycle was scorching cheerily along on the way
to town, when suddenly there doomed up
out Of the darkness in front of him heavy
wagon and team headed straight for him.
There was no time to turn out. The wheel
crashed into the wagon pole, and the rider
was thrown completely over the horses, fall.
ing between them and the wagon. The ocu-
list ran to the rescue, expecting to see a
limp. mass of bleeding and unconscious hui.
manity. Instead, he saw a kicking and
swearing person who was apparently unin:
jured. The bicycle was Chinese puzzle of
twisted wire.
care you hurt?" asked the oculist.
The swearing person picked himself up
and stopped swearing. He, gazed at what
had once been fair young bicycle.
Hurt" he said in a tone of deepest dis.
gust. "Hurt? Me? OF course ain It hurt
I've got an accident policy. "-Washington
Post.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20
nAE s1 I sE!I X,TEllkk;
PURE GOLD FROM EARTH.

Within this chrysalis in silence lies
A homely, haggard, but acute surprise,
For though it's tenant once could only creep
And crawl herein to hibernate and sleep,
He carries in his shell Of crinkled rings
An angels raiment and an angels wings.
How oft it happens that we fail to read
This lesson among men when they have
need
OF helpful faith in crude. unlovely youth,
When naught is visible except the truth
THAT underneath eXteriors rough may moe
THE souls furled wings sometime 10 open
wide.
The lessons of all time by men ignored
The fact forgotten that truth can aHord
TO keep it's SHE'LL its genius roughly mo,
Till time and circumstance ope wide the
lid.
And let the radiant tenant grandly rise.
I:agle or angel, to the upper skies.
Within yon urchin's pauper rags may lie
THE soul whose songs may touch the stars
on high.
T7e statesman who may mold TINS "or1u
anew.
The priest or prophet of unhampered
view,
The author who may shape million minds
The scientist to unroi natures blinds,
Revealing secrets of all depths and kinds.
Regard the homely chrysalis with awe,
Contemplate with barred brow Gods mighty
law,
Which from stern Pharaoh's slaves His
leaders drew,
From Nazareth the Christ who made anew
"A lost worlds hope. salvation precious,
priced.
a3eaven's kings were those by earth and
l. EDGAR JONES.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20
Making Tn Her Mind.

"Why, Ethel, what are you doing with
that big medical work in your lap"
'''Well, Arabella, you'd never guess, am
quite sure.'-
'You are not going to make physician
of yourself, are you:"
"Not at all. 1 am trying to find out which
of my two suitors 1 love enough to marry.
What do you think of that?'
GLOW can a cyclopaedia of medicine help
you?"
: "Well, it's this way Mr.. Spondulicks
is 81 years of age. He is worth 100000 and
has consumption r.Dukkats is IS years
old. He is worth s500,0O0 and has incipient
Bright's disease. I thought perhaps this
medical book would help me to make up my
mind. I have about decided, that / love
Mr.. Dukkats the better. Which would you
love?"-N. Y. World. 49,. -r - *.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20
A WISE PeDDLeR,
He Knew Very Well How to Dispose
~ of His Goods.

.. - -. OF HIS Goods.
He carried a big load of brooms, and as he
zgzaged along the sidewalk with his burden
on his back he cast his pale, gooseberry eyes
over the houses to see probable customer.
Then he assembled. a flight of steps and was
hailed by the woman next door.
"You can't sell any brooms there. The
woman in that house never buys at the
door,"
He rang the bell and waited. Sure enough
the woman Of the house opened the door, and
when she saw the broom vender she was
about to close it again.
II don't want anything" she said.
Il know it" said the man. "The woman
next door said you wouldn't buy anything"
She did, did she? Perhaps I'm as able to
buy things as she is. How much did you
say your brooms were?"
She said I couldn't sell you any-that you
never bought anything at the door,
Dear me, wonder how she knew? Give
me that broom with the covered handle and
the one striped red and blue. And I'll take
two of those small whisk brooms. So? I
never buy anything at the door! The ideal"
Then he called on the first woman who had
talked with him and sold out the rest of his
brooms at a! big. advance over his original
prices. He had been in neighborhoods be-
fore.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20

Rheumatism
Is permanently cured
By Hoods Sarsaparilla
Which neutralizes the
Lactic acid in the blood.
Thousands who were
Sufferers write that they
Have felt no symptoms
Of Rheumatism since
Taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-01-20

vague, sad way she associated herself
with it. for She knew il must soon be
crushed beneath thousands of hurrying
feet, and she longed to take it out of
Fleet street and to give it freedom in
some fresh-mown country field.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-09
Parallel With Cuuba's Case.

The Central American republics
are constantly at war. Assassina-
ton and oppression never case with
in then Tyrant rises up to crush
yrant. Forever the people suffer.
ls it right that this great and civilized
nation of ours should stand idly By
while this state IF affairs exist in the
same hemisphere and not far to the
South. This nation of ours is civil
lized power is its drty to see
that civilization is preserved and ex-
tended in other lands The continu-
ance of anacby IN Central America is
disgrace and cause of shame to the
United States. The United States
has commercial relations with the
Central American states which are
doubtless suffering from the unsettled
and turbulent conditions 1t is tie
duty of the United States to interfere
at once. W.rships should be sent i'm
mediately, the army should be in
creased and the Central Americans
should be thrashed until trey are
willing to keep the peace and behave
prettiIy. Certainly, Uncle. Sam
being responsible for what is
done in Cuba, is also responsible for
General America. Later the doctrine
can be enlarged to take in Brazil.
Argentina aud Patagonia. On the
American continent everybody must
be good or submit to chastisement
from Uncle Sam .-Greenville News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-09
ON A PINNACLE oFIPRIDE
Fatal Fall for the Foolish in
Case of War.

Madrid. Mssch 3-Tbs queen re-
gent has signed the decree reducing
the duties on wheat and Aoar.
The pubIic is much exercised over
the report of tie presence of squad
ron of United States varsbips at Hong
Kong, IS il is presumed the vessels in-
tend to thre.ten Manila. the capitsl Of
the Philippine lsland', in the event Of
war between the Uoited States aod
Spain.
The Impartial. IL az article headed
ITO Manila, to New York" quoted an
unnamed high parsonage who scouts
the idea Of an imminent rupture, aud
Gays: ..Tbe presence Of the warships
at Hong Kong is only Washiogton's
policy. with a view of consenting the
jiDgoes I" The .'higb persoaage" is
said to have added But America has
not so many varships as to warrant
such bold action If the Yankees GO
TO the Philippines. the Spaniards will
90 to New York
The Globe remarks "The govera-
ment 10 alive to the critical situation.
aed is silently preparing for the worst.
Bu, it is too diplomatic to disclose the
procedure by which it is preparing for
emergencies