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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
SALT FOR STOCK.
A Supply of 1t Should Be Kept In
Every Field Accessible to All
Kinds of Animals

Some experiments made in France
showed that stock having a regular sup
ply of salt were more thrifty and made
better use of the feed they ate than
those deprived of salt for a consider
able time.
Salt is one of the necessities of animal
existence and even wild animals travel
long distances to seek salt in the shape
of salt springs of brackish water. Salt
is the great cleanser of the blood and
performs an important mission in ami
NAL economy, and as it is very cheap it
should be supplied to all live stock in
liberal quantities.
A supply of salt should be kept in
every pasture field and accessible to the
animals at all times. The common Gus
tom of sailing stock once week is
very poor way to supply the needs of
the stock. The strongest ones will get
enough, possibly, but the weaker ones,
and these are the ones that need it most,
will be kept back and never get full
supply. One of the best ways to supply
live stock with salt is to buy rock salt
and place slabs of it in places conven-
lent for the stock to get at it. The
weather has but little effect on it and
stock can get all they need by simply
sucking the salt slab.
To feed it to horses put piece in the
feed box where they can get it at any
time. This does not interfere with feed
ing the horses and at the same time
little of the salt gets on all the grain
given them. Even pigs will lick block
of rock salt, although a good many
people never think of sailing the pigs
Farmers Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
when Horses Catch Cold.

1t has been noticed that horses that
have been out on pasture for some time
will frequently seem to take cold or
develop a case of nasal catarrh when
taken up and kept in the stable. If the
stable is very close and warm and no
protection is given to the horse to pre-
vent him from taking cold when
brought out, he is liable to be affected
by the change during very cold weather.
Sometimes, also, the stable is too open
and he has to stand in a draft when
brought in warm from work. In such
cases cold may frequently follow the
neglect. In many cases, however, the
catarrh or cold may be prevented by
seeing that the stable is free from filth
and impure air.-Farmers' Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
SHAPE OF AN ANAESTHETIC.
list Who Had Used One In
an Operation.

1t is a Bath physician who tells the follow
ing:
"Some time ago / happened to spend the
night in a country town not far from Bath
and it happened that there was stopping
at the same hotel an itinerant eye special
list.
"We drifted into a conversation, and
during the course of the evening he told
me some of the marvellous operations he
had performed on the eye. One case in
particular he spoke of that caused me
considerable establishment, for | didn't
know, l confess, that the operation had
been successfully performed. He said he
had recently taken out a patients eye,
scraped the back of it, and returned it to
its proper place. The patient, he said, was
never troubled by bad eyesight afterward.
That was difficult operation, doctor?'
said l.
Eyes said he, 1T was
1 suppose you found it necessary to
employ an anaesthetic?'
Yes, | did, he admitted.
"What anaesthetic did you use, doc.
tor? | persisted.
ooh, well, unless you are familiar with
such operations you probably wouldn't
understand if | were to tell you But
well, it was shaped something like spoon,
explained the eminent specialist. Lewis
ton (Me.) Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
A MAN OF PRUDENCE.
He Thought a Cyclone Cellar Might
Come in Handy When He
Was Married.

Speaking of wives and their dispositions
and tendencies" said Mr.. Bskum to the
evening crowd in front of his crossroads
store, there was John Brunt, that lived
for ten years in the cyclone belt in Kansas,
trying to raise corn and mortgages and
things like that, until he was able to bor
row money enough to get back to Mary
land again without walking more than half
way. John come right TO me, and let him
have job on my farm at $40 a month,
for he was hard worker and thrifty. At
the end of the first year he had got the
Widow Aliens promise to marry him in
October, and he rented nice little farm
to do business again on his own hook.
John was widower himself, and being a
practical sort of man, he went to work
right away putting the farm and the house
into shape. One day | happened over his
way, and found him digging hole in the
back yard.
"'What's that for?' says I, walking
around and looking over things.
That's cyclone cellar, Mr.. Bskum,'
says he.
ga cyclone CELLAR? says I, considerably
astonished. What do you want a cyclone
cellar for? This amt Kansas
Il know it amt says he; but you
know, Mr.. Riskum,' and he got very con-
fdential, I'm going to git married, and a
cyclone cellar may come in mighty handy oc-
caslonally. Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
SILKWORMS IN IOWA.
The Experiments of an Italian at Des
MOines Have Proved Success
full So Far.

Mark Chiesa, an Italian, is success
fully raising silkworms at Des Moines,
la. The eggs were brought from Italy
by relative. Two years ago he made
the experiment first, but the person
who brought the eggs carried them IN
his pocket and they Matched on ship
board, so the worms had to be thrown
into the sea. This time the person to
whom the eggs were intrusted suspend
ed them on string so that they got
cool air on the ocean and on the railway
trains. Arriving here, they were put
into cold storage until the mulberry
leaves were ready for them. Then,
upon being put into a warm room, they
Matched in one day.
Of the supposed 5000 eggs from ten
silk moths about 1000 Matched, which
result, Mr. Chiesa says, is better than
the average in Italy. The greatest diff
Guilty has been to find mulberry leaves
for the worms. They eat about three
wagonloads day, and never stop eat
ing for a minute, but eat all the time,
day and night. The worms, in devour-
ing the mulberry leaves, make a noise
like rain on the roof. BY lively hunting
the food for the worms has been pro-
vided, and they are well developed and
| healthy, about three inches long, and
are just beginning to weave their CO.
coons. There seems to be no reason
why the industry should not succeed
here. Mr.. Chiesa has brought a wom-
an from Italy who has had 80 years eX-
perience with silk worms. and she says
they are doing as well as any she ever
saw.
The experiment is the first that is
known to have been made in the west,
and is certainly the first that has been
successful. 1t has attracted as much
attention as a circus in this city, and the
number of visitors is very large. The
owner is a good-natured man and he
cheerfully and proudly shows the in
dustrious 1000 to all who care to see
them.
If they turn out as well as they
promise to, Mr.. Chiesa will buy large
farm near this city, plant it to mulber-
ry trees and go into the business of rails
ing silkworms and producing silk on a
large scale. From the experience he
has had in America and Italy, where his
father is silk producer, he sees no rea-
son why the industry should not be cit
tirely successful in Iowa.-N. Y. Sun.
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AMIs..:e::- WORLD
y ->&asraEs4 AS
PLAN FOR HAY BARN.
How to Put Up a Durable and Con-
vcnient Structure to Hold
100 Tons, Loose.

In compliance with the request of
Texas correspondent, Prof. Mumford,
of the Missouri agricultural college,
gives sketch and description of a barn
estimated to hold 100 tons of loose al
falfa hay.
The storage capacity needed for 100
tons of loose alfalfa hay will depend
largely on the depth of the mows in
which the hay is placed. The deeper
the NOW the greater its capacity per
cubic foot. In mows 20 feet deep and
above it will require approximately 500
cubic feet of space to store one ton of
hay. These figures are, of course, APP
proXimations only and will vary with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
MAKING A DERRICK.
For Stacking Hay the One Here De.
scribed and illustrated Is
Highly Recommended.

The material for the derrick, as il.
Illustrated, is as follows: If the pole can
be secured in the nearby woods, only
the labor in securing it stands against
it. The base is eight feet square, built
Oh runners; frame, ten feet high. The
pole for sling use should be SO feet long;
long boom, Il feet-short end, four
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
Ladies' Can Wenr Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. At all druggists and shoe
stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
Trophies of the Chase,

'What are those queer-looking trophies
the Filipinos wear around their necks?"
asked the raw recruit
'Them's the medals for the century runs
they've made during the war;, replied the
Kansas volunteer-Philadelph North
American
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

If bees are given plenty of storage
room they are not SO apt to swarm.
Limited space often causes swarming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

The scarcity of men should never result
in making a poor one more desirable, but it
unfortunately does.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, Will
Transport, Pa, Nov. %. 1888.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

Man once ate the cream, but now the.
cremate the man.-Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

feet, long end, Is feet; short brace,
seven feet long, brace, IA feet. Top Of
frame should be five feet square. The
whole should be bolted together, so
that it can be taken to pieces and stored
in shelter when not in use. If built to
use a sling, the long end of the arm
should be 35 feet high. Lumber needed
to construct is as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

keeping at it' is a mighty good substi-
tute for real genius.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laXa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste. but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N. 2.
For sale by AL Druggists.-Price soc. per bottle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

Feet.
Fourteen pieces 2X4 inches, 10 feet. "a
RunnerS-two pieces 2XS inches, feet. 2G
Base of pole, one piece, 2x10 inch feet. II
Long arm 2x5 inches, II feet long. IA
One piece 2X6 inches, 10 feet long. ....... 10
One piece 2x4 inches, feet long.........
One piece 2x4 inches, Is feet long. ........ 10
Total ......................... lie
Here this lumber can be bought, hard
wood, first-class, for $3.50. Five dollars
could cover the cost of the whole, ready
for the pulleys.-Eural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
Beautiful Women.

Every woman should have the beauty,
stomach is the first essential to physical
beauty in either. man or woman. Nine-tenths
of the sickness of the human race comes
from weak digestion. Thousands of people,
after years of Encouragement have tried
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and regained
their health. There is nothing like it for the
cure of stomach troubles. See that pri-
vate Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the
bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19

Some fathers never see their daughters ex-
cepting on pay day.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-07-19
EDUCATIONAL.

READERS OF THIS PAPER
DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING
ADVERTISED IN IT'S COLUMNS
SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING
WHAT THEY ASK FOR REFUSING
ALL SUBSTITUTES OR INVITATIONS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23

The first extensive attempt ever
made ut sheep raising In the upper
peninsula has Just been begun as an
experiment by the CHS
Iron Company on its lands near Ne
gaunee. ia Marquette. The company
owns thousands OF acres OF land. most
Of which 10 not In use and probably
will not be for years. AT present IL is
not even paying taxes. After careful
deliberation the management has come
10 the conclusion that there Is money
in raising sheep. As a secondary con-
sideration it wishes 10 demonstrate
the feasibility Of sheep raising here
and Introduce a new industry TO the
farmers of this region. The first lot
Of sheep for the new ranch as just
arrived from the Chicago market
There were $40 i'm all. During the first
few years there will not be many
killed, as II is the intention TO increase
the flock 10 at least 1000. Some farm
ing will have 10 be done as an adjunct
10 the sheep raising. All the feed nee
essary to carry the sheep during the
Winter is to be raised on the ranch.
Large barns will be built for the pro-
lection Of the stock, and also for stor-
ing hay and grain.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
Washington's Influence.

As tree is known by its fruits, so
may a political policy be known from
the character of its supporters.
Shortly after the Federal Constitu-
ton had been adopted at Philadel-
phia, Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer
of the Declaration of Independence,
was at the courthouse of Westmoreland
County, Virginia, and someone asked
his opinion of it.
II do not" replied Mr.. Lee, "pre-
tend to be Judge of an organic law
of such Importance, but one fact in
clines me to support it. General
Washington is in favor of it, and John
Warden is against it,
Warden was Scotch lawyer of the
county, who had been speaking in
public against the ratification of the
new constitution.
Mr.. Lees willing submission to
Washington's judgment was initiated
all through the country. Trust il
Washington brought about the adop
ton of the new Constitution by Vir
ginia; and without the ratification b,
that State, then the largest in th'
Union, the Constitution would never
have gone into effect.
''Be assured Washington's inhuenc,
carried this Government" wrote Mon
roe to Jefferson, after the Virgins
convention had voted for the Consti
tuition. '"The country was an instru
ment with thirteen strings, and tn,
only master who could bring ont al
their harmonious thought was Wash
ington."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23

An Epic eE slow sa9sr1sg sad Patis,a
Valley Forge il . name which in
srires unspeakabls emotions in every
reader Of the Revolutionary story. ap-
pealing to the depth OF the pathetic
in as by .heir sufferings, and = ~,
sublimest sense BY their heroic fort..
tude. That winter at Valley Forge
surpasses the retreat from Moscow;
for the American heroes and thei,
great commander endured through the
long winter instead OF fleeing.
Valley Forge is . rough piece Of
ground on the banks OF the Schuyikill,
twenty-one miles from Philadelphis
and six from the nearest large town.
As mere land, it is not worth much.
But il the Pass of Thermopyla is
classic ground, Valley Forge is classic.
II there is one spot on this continent
more fit than any other for final and
sufficient monument to the man and to
the men of the American Revolution,
it is Valley Forge.
Washington chose Valley Forge, a
deep cleft in q loft hill, with a stream
at the bottom of it emptying into the
Schuylkill. There was nothing in this
valley for human use except the prim.
eval forest that densely covered it and
the streams of water that flowed by
and through it. But Washington.
himself we'll skilled in woodcraft, COM
msnded soldiers most OF whom had
built or inhabited log cabins. When
he told them that log huts could be
quickly made warm and dry, he said
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
The DAY WHEN
WASHINGTON DIED
This Year is the One Hundredth An
niversary ofthe Event.
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On that December day, nearly
century ago, when the body of General
George Washington was laid away in
the vault at Mount Vernon, "mock
funerals" were held in many towns and
cities east of the Alleghenies. Our
great grandparents were in their in
fancy in those faraway days, and
many of them saw these "mock
funerals" which were conducted, of
course, with all solemnity.
From these sights of childhood
springs the conviction in the minds
of centenarians here and there that
they were witnesses of the real funeral.
Such is the trustfulness of old age in
memories of times long agone!
Ninety-nine years of national life
have passed since then, and America
has given far more attention to ami
versary celebrations Of that happier
event-the birth of its first President
than to the yearly recurrence of the
day of the funeral.
This year, however, the centennial
of that day will take place, and the
observance at Mount Vernon will be
on December IA, the anniversary of
the day of the death, instead of on the
18th, which was the date of the
| funeral.
1t is intended, nevertheless, that
| the observance shall take the form OF
duplication of the funeral services,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
Cloth from Pine Needles.

Grants Pass, Ore, promises soon TO
have a mandatory where woody
cloth will be made from pine needles.
That is, a cloth closely resembling that
made from wool will be manufactured
of the slender spines. The industry
has been carried on in Europe for
many years. and now 1t has been found
that the material in the Oregon forests
Is better than that In the old world.
Several grades Of cloth may be made
from the outer fbres Of the needles. II
Is said that the cost Of manufacture OF
those peculiar cloths is no more than
that attached to making the better
grades Of wooden goods. and ii Is as
serted that the pine needle fabric has
medicinal qualities that make 1t par
ticularly desirable for bandages and
underwear.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
Mr.. Muir,
Mr., MOfat
and Mr.. Addison.

and Mr.. Addison.
The Generals horse, with his saddle, hol-
ster, pistols, ETC., led by his two grooms,
Cyrus and Wilson, in black.
The body borne by the Free Masons and
officers.
Principal mourners, VIZ: Mrs. Stuart and
Mrs. Lear, Misses Nancy and Sallie Stuart,
Miss Fairfax and Miss Denison, Mr.. Law
and Mr.. Peter, Mr.. Lear and DR.. Craik,
Lord Fairfax and Ferdo Fairfax, Lodge
other persons preceded by Mr.. Anderson
and the overseers.
"When the body arrived at the
vault the Rev. Mr.. Davis read the
service and pronounced a short ex-
tempore speech.
'The Masons performed thei' cere-
monies, and the body was deposited in
the vault"
Interesting as is this account of the
funeral, Colonel Lear's story of the
last illness of his chief and the medi-
cal treatment he received is still more
absorbing to US of the present day, as
it shows, by contrast with modern
methods, that, had the General lived
100 years later, his life might have
been saved, scarcely beyond doubt.
The cause of his death was stated to
be ''oedematous affection of the wind
pipe" or, in layman's phrase, watery
swelling of the windpipe. The trouble
at first was ordinary quinsy sore
throat, which by the second day hai
developed into membranous Group
which, however, is rarely fatal, excep
to children.
Those were the days of cupping ant
bleeding, and Washington not onl.
placed himself in the hands of hi
doctors, but insisted, rather agains
the Judgment of his wife, that he b.
bled. Within twenty-four hours b
was bled four times, losing the frs
time only "about half pint of blood,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
YOUNG AT SIXTY.

Serene comfort and happiness in adj
vanced years are realized by compare
lively few women.
Their hard lives, their liability to Sc.
rious troubles on account of their pecu-
liar organism and their profound igno-
rance concerning themselves, all COM
bine to shorten the period of usefulness
and fill their later years with suffering.
Mrs. Pinkham has done much to make
women strong. She has given advice
TO many that has shown them how to
guard against disease and retain vigor-
Gus health in old age. From every cor
ner of the earth there is constantly COM
ing the most convincing statements
from women, showing the efficacy of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in overcoming female ills. Here
Is letter from Mrs. j. c. Orms, of go
Homer St., Johnstown, Pa, which is
earnest and straight to the point:
"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM:-I feel it nv
duty to tell all suffering women that
think your remedies are wonderful. 1
had trouble with my head, dizzy spells
ar ! hot flashes. Feet and hands were
cold, was very nervous, could not sleep
well, had kidney trouble, pain in
ovaries and congestion of the womb
Since taking your remedies am better
every way My head trouble is all
gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am
cured of womb trouble. l can eat and
sleep we'll and am gaining in flesh. l
consider your medicine the best to be
had for female troubles"
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
ence in treating female ills is unparal-
lelled, fer years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
OF the correspondence department Of
her great business, treating by letter
Is many as hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-02-23
,ccording to the statement of Colonel

according to the statement of Colonel
Lear.
In the room in which Washington
died in the second-story of the man
sion at Mount Vernon is the bed on
which he lay and nearly all the articles
which were there at the last scene.
The bedstead is six feet square, with
four big mahogany posts. 1t was
made in New York ten years before.
The only article belonging to the bed
which the Mount Vernon Association
has not recovered for preservation in
the mansion is the bed quilt or ''com-
Portable" which covered his dying
body. This is in the possession of
Mrs. Eyre, who, as told, is the owner
of the diary of Tobias Lear, her
grandfather. This quilt was made by
Mrs. Washington. In the centre is q
representation of PENIS treaty with
the Indians, and at each corner q Sec
ton of some colonial print illustrating
an incident in the life of the young
nation.