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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-07-08

honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Easton. OF
Havana, ILL.,; cards were played and re.
freshmerts served. Those present we're,
Messers and Mesdames Easton, G. Il.
Boggs, Bell, Davis, Pierce. Druse, Dill
worth; Misses Caffyn, Boggs, Druse
Boggs, Caldwell. Mr.. James Bell.
A club composed of Mesdames Har-
greaves, Thompson, Wright, Green, Bee.
son, Tilton, Irvine. Wilson, BuckstaG.
Funke, Leonard, and CoGroth, meet
ing on Wednesday afternoon has adopt.
ed the cOgnomen "The Bohemians"
and will hencefOrth he known by that
alluring title.
Mrs. George Risdon gave a trolley
party Thursday evening for her neice
M ISIS Eunice de Stelger. The evening
was aglorious one for ride and the
young people enjoyed it exceedingly
and not lese the hours spent at Mrs,
Risdon's pretty home after the ride, and
the refreshments served by the hostess
and Mrs. George Woods. Those pres.
ent were Misses Raymond. Fawell,
Burnham, Hargreaves. Robbins, Baker,
Holmes, Harwood, Prentiss, Bennett
Wilson, Cox, Rodgers, Messrs Brock
Brown, Culbertson, Muir, Fawell, Tow.
son. Hargreaves, mcfarland, Quick,
Hurtz, Alcott, Rodgers, Kimball.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Rewick gave siY
o'clock dinner Saturday evening for the
following guests. Ex-Governor and Mrs.
s. A. Holcomb, DR.. and Mrs. Hindman,
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Clark, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elias Baker and Mrs. Witter.
DR.. w. w. Hastings left yesterday for
for Los Angeles, California where he will
read a paper before the National Educa-
tional Association. Mrs. Hastings and
their son accompanied her husband as
far as Colorado Springs.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Burr entertained informally, Messrs.
and Mesdames Marshall, Risdon. and
Harrison Of st. Joseph. A Dutch lunch
was served at nine o'clock.
A picnic at the park followed by an
evening at the theatre was enjoyed Sat.
urday by Mesprs and Mesdames Hayes,
Stonebraker, Lee, Ansley, Rudd. Chas.
Keefer and Miss Ashton.
Hugh Hallett and Will King left Mon
day for Chicago; they will go to Detroit
to attend the Christian Convention and
60 to Cleveland, Buffalo, and Syracuse,
NY.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. McMurtry gave
charming little porch party on the
Fourth. Their guests were: Messrs.
and Mesdames Hall, Kirby, Strobe, Mre.
Putnam and Miss Saunders.
DR.. A. r. Mitchell returned this week
from Colorado. He says that people
we're snow ballipg in Georgetown last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison of st. Joseph,
who hive been the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Risdon, returned to their home on
Tuesday.
Uneeda cool quiet place to eat; Don
Cameron's Lunch Counter is the place.
Tables up stairs. 1l4-1s South 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ager and family have
returned from vacation Of three weeks
spent on the shores OF Wisconsin lake.
Captain and Mrs. j. w. Rudy Of
Loup City have been the guests this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
CHRONIC WEATHER KICKERS.
The Lunchroom Philosopher Gives
His Views on Mankind In
General.

."D'je ever notice." said the lunchroom
philosopher, what never-contented lot O.
pinheads we are? Now, it seems no time
at al. since | was a-rarin' around and kickin'
like blayes because the leaves and crocuses
didn't appear on schedule time l believe |
blamed my wife for it. | was SO dead sick
and tired of chilly blasts and my olive green
top-coat that L sort O. held her personally
responsible for the backwardness of the
lilacs and daisies and panses. | told her
that | wanted red-hot, sizzling weather, and
lots Of it-that for all | cared ding the sun
could go on sizzling forever. Now | find
that I'm sick of the summer | find myself
longing to hear the leaves swirling in the
bitches and to have the fiye lighted in the
latrobe. l find that l want to take brisk
walks in the sharp, chilly air. l find that
I'm hungry for buckwheat cakes and sau-
sage. Pm tired o. beer. Pm weary of car
riding out in the country. Durn it ALL
want snow three feet high, billiards of it,
and want the theaters and the hot Scotches!
And along toward the end of next February
III be chewing the rag, in the same old way,
about moving to some tropical country,
where L can get warmed up and be famed
by balmy zephyrs, and all that kind O. bleat.
We don't know what we want: We even
get sick of seasons that we long for, much
as kids get sick of their painted Noah's
arks or tin soldiers. Washington Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
NEBRASKA HOPPER DozER.

which is shown. This is made of stove
pipe iron, by turning the sides and
ends. This leaves long, fiat pan
about four inches deep. This is mount
ed on wooden runners as shown in the
picture. A piece of cloth is stretched
on a frame at the back of the pan.
When ready for business, this pan is
partly filed with water, and guam
tity of kerosene oil poured on top of
that. On level ground, no cross pieces
are necessary. On sloping ground the
contents should be divided as shown in
the picture, as otherwise the water
would run to one end. These hopper
dozers are made of any desired length
up to IS feet. They are hauled along
over the ground scooping up the grass
hoppers, which fly and strike the cloth,
and fall back into the pans, where the
kerosene quickly kills them. With
one of these hopper-dozers, it is easy to
collect several bushels of grasshoppers
in day.-Rural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
A Fable in Stocks.

Once upon time an operator in stocks
was sold short, and ruin stared him in the
face unless the market should break. In his
desperation he remembered having heard
that honesty is the best policy He tried to
dismiss the foolish thought, but in vain
Finally, like the drowning man catching at
the straw, he resolved to try being honest
The very next day he put his design into ex-
ecution, and he hadn't been honest more
than 10 minutes when II of the leading bulls
fell dead, they were so surprised at him.
Hereupon the market naturally broke, and
the operator could get all the stocks he
wanted at his own figure. 1t is claimed that
some, if not all, of these bulls had taken
radishes and ham for breakfast, but that, it
is submitted, does not destroy the moral of
this fable.-Detroit journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
SHALLOW CORN CULTURE.
Show the Success of the Compar-
atively New Method.

A revolution in corn culture in Ne
braska is promised. For some years
the advocates of shallow cultivation
have been endeavoring to prove the
value of their plan, but have made lit
tie Roadway. AT the request of num-
Der of farmers the experimental sta
ton has been making thorough tests,
and bulletin announcing results is
being prepared for publication.
Four acres of land was divided into
tracts of one acre each, and each tract
was cultivated by different cultivator.
The result showed that the acre under
deep cultivation yielded SO bushels,
while one under shallow yielded 6s and
the other two go bushels each. The
land receiving shallow cultivation was
stirred to depth of three inches, that
receiving deep cultivation to depth
of six inches.
The director of the experimental sta
ton says that the advantage of shallow
cultivation lies in the fact that the air
does not penetrate so deeply, and there
fore does not dry out the roots in a
year where the rainfall is below nor
NAL. A study of the roots of the corn
plant shows that many of them would
naturally grow within three or four
inches of the surface, but when the
upper layer is dry, their source of
nourishment is shut off. Deep cultiva-
ton has the disadvantage, too, of tear
ing the roots, thereby hindering them
from securing the proper amount of
nourishment. The one thing insisted
upon in shallow cultivation is frequent
stirring to prevent hard crust from
forming for any time on the surface.
Wherever tried, the shallow cult
waited corn this year has proved the
more vigorous, although SO well timed
have been the rains that the yield is
certain to be enormous. The prospects
are such that the millions of bushels
held by spectators in cribs are being
marketed as fast as possible, although
the market has sagged some within the
month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
Curing Of Cow Pea Hay.

The curing of cow pea hay SO as TO
properly preserve it is difficult unless
the conditions are favorable. The
crop should be cut when the seed pods
are about four inches long. If allowed
to become too dry the leaves will crum-
BILE, and if too damp the hay may De
noldy in the NOW. They are said to
keep best when stored with timothy
hay, as the hay absorbs any dampness
existing in the pea vines. Leaving
aside the curing of cow peas for hay
they will be found very serviceable
when fed green to cattle, and as renova-
tors of the soil and adding to the store
Of nitrogen they are unsurpassed, even
by clover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
VALUE OF cow PEA.
As a Forage, Feed and FertiIfzing
Crop, Says This Writer, 1t
Has No Equal.

Capt. E. A. Wilson writes from Wash
ington in part as follows: Farmers in
the north do not, as a rule, half appre-
ciate the COW pea as forage, feed and
fertilizing crop. Really, there is
nothing they can grow on the farm that
in all respects begins to equal it, and
where conditions are anything like
favorable, a good, average crop is al
most certainty. AS an upbuilder of
poor, sandy and overworked soils, it is
especially valuable. In all-round value
there is but one other legume that be-
gins to equal it, and that is the Florida
velvet bean, but for speedy growth
and early maturity of fruit the COW pea
stands at the head. 1t is wonderful
nitrogen gatherer, and it is therefore
exceedingly valuable both as a green
feed and renovator of the soil. Twelve
to twenty thousand pounds of green
forage per acre, and 20 to 80 bushels of
seed is not an uncommon yield, and
with this mass of leaf and vine turned
under as fertilizer, or cut and cured as
a dry feed, or used for silo, must neces-
odi iiy NC VI SlCdC value. l. nc IldlurS
pea is especially valuable for all stock
on the farm, as every living thing will
eat them as greedily as they would corn
or oats. Hogs do specially well on
them, and to turn them into pea field
they will fatten perfectly. To grow a
crop fit your ground nicely, drilling
seed an inch or so apart, and covering
about three inches deep. Or you can
seed with common wheat drill, which
will do just as well. When plants are
up to four or five inches run over field
with weighted harrow, paying no at
tention to rows, thus freeing your
ground of grass and weeds. If ground
is not too foul, this is all your crop will
need. Most of all the cow pea family is
quick in fruition and maturing OF
fruit, rarely taking over 60 to so days
from date of planting to maturity of
fruit and harvesting of crop. This
makes, therefore, a specially valuable
crop for the central and northern Sec
lions of our union, where seasons are
inclined to be short, and where crops
so frequently fail"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
A Hint About Hay-Sellfng.

Timothy hay usually brings a good
price in market, yet it is inferior to
clover hay. and is said to rank in feed
ing value on par with marsh grass or
salt hay. But horses like it, and it is al
WAYS in demand in the cities. Farmers
who sell their timothy and retain their
clover will get better prices, and at the
same time the manure heap will be
made more valuable by using the clio
yer on the farm. 1t is the feeding value
that the farmer should always consider.
There is an intrinsic value in farm prod
ucts as well as in metals, and all articles
can be used on the farm if necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
THE MODERN FARMER.
He Must BE q Scientific Man in Order
to Keep Pace with Progress
sive Competitors.

More skill is required to properly
manage farm than in any other occu-
patton, as farming includes many diff
ferent branches of business, and, while
some are more skillful as breeders,
others are more successful in growing
special crops. Gardening includes the
forcing process, while fruit growing
requires a knowledge of insects and
varieties. In fact, there is no limit to
the farmers usefulness. and the farmer
who becomes an expert in any partic-
ular line follows scientific methods just
as surely as he who studies and OBJ
serves in some other direction. If the
farmer succeeds by the adoption of
the surest and most profitable systems
he should be all the more willing to
theorize and endeavor to further i'm
prove his practice. Farming at the
present day is rapidly drifting to that
point at which the farmer must be a,
specialist and give his attention to
some particular line. The dairyman
who has devoted the greater portion of
his time to the improvement OF breeds
and the production of superior milk,
butter and cheese would probably not
succeed should he venture into the
forcing of vegetables in winter, while
the florist would no doubt make fail
ure with field crops. These facts dem
onstrate that there is always something
to learn and that, as the improvements
occur in mechanics, the farmer is more
or less affected by the changes in eco
nomic conditions and must adapt his
operations accordingly. He must be
scientific farmer in order to keep pace
with his competitors in the march OF
progressively IN. W Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
WHIPPED WALES.
Prince Pulled Him from His Pony,
Whereat There Was n Fight
and Wales Suffered.

slim" Jeffries, the big, good-natured
put "Lanky Bob" Fitzsimmons, the
mighty Australian, to sleep, is I'M
questionably entitled to the title of
| heavyweight champion of the world,
but to James Miller, the well-known
| Oaklander, who conducts extensive pot
| terry works at 1925 East Twelfth street,
belongs the proud distinction of being
the only man who ever licked" the
prince of Wales. TO be sure, it was
only a boyhood battle, but the victory
for the pottery man was none the less
| decisive, and to prove that Great Brit
| aims future ruler has never forgot
ten his conqueror and holds in high es-
TEEN this Oakland man who put him
down and out in the long ago, wales
has on more than one occasion been of
assistance to Mr.. Miller in financial
way.
SIN this day and generation" said
the veteran pottery man, everything
runs to putting people OUT 1t was
when we were both boys that the prince
and myself met in battle, and when the
smoke of the engagement had cleared
away there was no question raised as to
who had won. He was out of it.
"At that time was visiting my uncle,
who lived in old Porto Bolo, the famous
little Scottish pottery town on the
south coast, on the Firth of Forth.
One day 1 was riding out on donkey,
and the young prince was walking by
on foot when we CHANGED to meet and
| trouble followed The prince APP
preached me and, catching me by the
| leg, pulled me from the saddle. In
those days L was fighter, and before
the youngster knew just what struck
him 1 had landed some good left
| swings and he was all but out when his
tutor, who accompanied him, came to
| the rescue.
81 cannot deny that the prince got
the first fall when he pulled me from
the donkey, but all the rest of the
honors were easily mine. 1t is not of
record just what happened to me after
it was all over, but l have just hazy
recollection of a meeting with my aged
uncle that ended in disaster for me.
"That fight made the prince of Wales
my friend for life. Long after that
meeting in boyhood he happened to
learn that / was in need of financial aid,
and he lost no time in sending me a
check for princely sum. We have
met several times since then, and the
prince always buys the wine after max
ing me promise to fight fair Chicago
| Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
WATER BARREL SLED.

such as is shown in the accompanying
illustration, all lifting is avoided. The
sled is about four feet wide and the
runners about five long. The cross
pieces are of two-inch boards and should
be mortised into the runners to give
strength. To keep the barrel from
sliding off the sled when passing over
uneven ground, blocks cut from 2x4
are nailed down to the cross pieces of
the sled in such way that they will
fit snugly about the bottom of the bar
rel. The longer blocks should be hewn
out. With these blocks there is little
danger of the barrel upsetting. This
sled being small and light is useful
about the farm, where only light haul
ing not requiring more than one horse
is to be done.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25

"Promise not to betray me and I'll tell
you-it's Patchang lake!" "Patchang!"
cried Mr.. Snively, in surprise. why, 1
never heard of fish down there in my
life"
THAT'S the charm of it," she rejoined,
gleefully, land the man who told me
about it (such dear, dirty, old fisher
man he was) was fearfully afraid some
one else would find it out; so don't be-
tray me-" And she hurried away with
parting smile that made the dusty Of
flee seem duller than ever when he got
back to it and reluctantly commenced
setting up his editorial, for Mr.. Snively
constituted the whole working force of
the Monitor.
And his task, too, seemed harder than
ever after the interruption. Thoughts
of his pretty visitor kept intruding
themselves into the minds of his most
imprisoned appeals to the voters of
Meloogic.
How blue her eyes were and what be-
witching little rings of hair the wind
had blown up under the big hat.
And then the fishing.
The editor of the Monitor shook his
head. Could it be possible any man liv-
ing could have soul so lost IT, honor
as to play a joke on woman who looked
like that? 1t seemed impossible, and
yet Mr.. Snively was sure there wasn't
fish within mile of Patching.
Perhaps even then Mrs. Tracy was
sitting in that yawl vainly waiting for
the bite he felt certain she wouldn't
get if she sat there till the United States
got an honest government. And he was
actually staying at home and deliber-
ately abandoning friend to such a
fate!
AS this agonizing thought occurred to
Mr.. Snively he dropped his type and
started for the door. But once there
he paused and slowly returned to his
form, only to find it more and more I'M
possible to keep his mind on his work.
At last he gave up in despair.
Taking hasty survey of what he'd al
ready accomplished he found his col
umns tolerably full, with the exception
of perhaps a. single paragraph on the
local page. By hard work the following
morning he might hope to set up his
pages and would trust to luck for the
missing paragraph.
Like all fishermen, Mr.. Snively was a
firm believer in luck. He was also a
man of action when he chose, and with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
THE EDITOR TO THE RESCUE.

in five minutes of this calculation he
had locked up the editorial department
and was on his way to Patching lake.
When he reached that shallow sheet
of water a little lady in blue serge sat
in boat in the center thereof, with an
expression of virtuous indignation on
her sunburnt features.
''What luck?" called the editor from
the shore.
Luck" cried the fair sportswoman,
dolefully. 'There is not enough water
in this lake to catch cold in, much less
fish. All I've got for my trouble is a
mighty poor opinion of fishermen in
general and one dirty one in particu-
lar"
''Come over here" said Snively. 81
know pond not thousand miles away
where the fish bite like mosquitoes. If
you'll try it 1 think 1 can raise your
opinion of fishermen before I'm day
older.'
Il can't" confessed the widow, blush
ing with anger and modification. I'm
stuck-in the mud
One moment the man of letters hest
tated ON the bank, and then, with an in
ward prayer that he might at least be
spared to get out that weeks paper, he
waded boldly into the expanse of treach-
erous mud that rolled between him and
the beauty in distress.
The next morning the editor walked
into the Monitor office clad in his Sun
day clothes. With his accustomed
methodical neatness he pulled off his
coat, hung it behind the door, and care
fully drew on over his linen sleeves a
pair of black alpaca ones. Then he
lighted his pipe and took his place at
the form.
There, just as he had left it, was the
vacant space at the end of the local col
umn still yawning for the missing para
graph.
Mr.. Snively regarded it for few min
utes retlectively-then he took up his
pen, as a smile gradually spread itself
over his face until it reached his eyes.
1t still fingered there when little later
he finished and paused to gln.nce over
his work.
What he read was this:
'The editor of the Monitor, after
many years of bachelorhood, has had
the good fortune to incur the risks and
responsibilities of matrimony. He was
married this morning to Mrs. Gertrude
Tracy, of Elm cottage, and asks the
congratulations and good wishes of his
subscribers in this the happiest hour of
his life.-Chicago Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
HE GOT A PASS.
But the Seeker for Free Transportas
ton Was Not Altogether
Pleased.

The manager of one of the street rail-
way lines in this city found in his mork'
ing mail the other day a communities
ton from an individual who had been
indefatigable in his efforts to get on the
complimentary list of the company.
The man had money, stocks and bonda
and houses and lots in plenty, but they
offered him little consideration. The
canker at his heart was his inability
to get a pass book. Every time he paid
nickel for ride it left him dispirite]
for an hour. He would have lost a law
suit any day rather than have failed
ultimately to wheedle a book out of the
street railway company.
His opportunity appeared to have
come at last, for he rendered some
slight personal favor to the company.
Instanter he dictated a letter impress
ing the fact upon the general man.
ayers mind and beseeching him for
"a pass" The manager smiled grimly
when he read the request.
Twenty-four hours later the prom
inent citizen was delighted to note that
his mail contained an envelope bearing
the mark of the street railway company.
He eagerly tore it open and read a re-
ply composed something as follows:
My Dear Sir-Your inestimable serv-
ices to the company which 1 have the honor
to represent in an official capacity have
not escaped notice. In fact, we have been
embarrassed in some degree to discover
form of recognition proportionate to their
value. Your letter suggested a payment
we were glad to adopt, and 1 take great
you request. 1t is good when presented
on all our lines. We have given all our
conductors orders to accept it a all hours
of the day or night, without requiring
Identification of the bearer. Ordinarily our
transportation is nontransferable, but an
exception has been made in your case. It
is good when rendered by yourself, any
member of your family or any of your
friends or acquaintance. Again thanking
you for your unSeltish interest in our sue.
cess, 1 beg leave to remain, etc.
The prominent citizen found the
"pass" in the letter all right enough,
but it was not of the variety he was
seeking. 1t was nothing more or less
than common, ordinary, everyday
five-cent piece, somewhat worn and
sadly in need of cleaning. He has al
most decided that his chances for free
transportation are nil.-Chicago Chron-
icle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-08-25
Gra,se, for Late Pasturing.

The ordinary common millet, as well
as Hungarian grass, can be used for
pasturipg, as it grows after being
moved off or grazed. The giant Ger
man millet gives but one cutting. Late
in summer, after the grass has given
out from lack of rain, such quick grow
ing crops as Hungarian grass will pro-
vide large supply of green food until
frost, but in such cases crop for hay
must not be expected. When intended
for pasture the Hungarian grass can be
used at any stage of growth, as it is not
expected to mature.