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The Worcester spy., 1899-08-02
A HELPFUL SYMPATHY

for woman. such as Is rarely extended
by one woman to another. It's singular
but 1t Is true that women in general
make light of the sufferings Of other
members Of their own sex, and are apt
to be critical and cynical over their
pains. And perhaps for that reason
women, prefer to conffde In a physician
who, like DR.. Pierce, can give the prnc-
tical sympathy of help. In a practice Of
oyer thirty years as chief consulting
physician Of the Inyalids' Hotel and sur,
The Worcester spy., 1899-08-02

Teachers and Schools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
sirage for Fattening stock.

At the Ontario agricultural college
they fed three lots of two steers each
as follows: Lot 1 had 81 pounds of
ensilage each, lot 2, 81 pounds of sill
age and 9 pounds of hay, lot 3, 43
pounds of roots and IL pounds of
hay. Each had about 12 pounds day
of grain, consisting of ground peas,
barley and oats. Lot / weighed arse
pounds at the beginning, and in 146
days gained 555 pounds, or 10 pounds
each per day. Lot 2 weighed 2,735
pounds at first and gained in same
time 44S pounds, or 1.53 pounds each
per day. Lot 3 weighed 2,672 pounds,
and in the time gained 537 pounds, or
1.S4 pounds day. The gain by feed
ing only ensilage and grain was not
much larger than that on roots and
hay with grain, but all estimates in
dictate that the silage is much more
easily and cheaply produced, the 81
pounds requiring less land and less
labor than the 43 pounds of roots,
to say nothing of cost of the hay.
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MANAGEMENT OF cows.
Kentucky Dairy Woman ExplniAs
Her Simple System, Which Has
Been quito Successful.

I tame my heifer calves by handling
them and petting them, and when
they are fresh can milk them as II
they were old cows. / am kind to my
cows, yet if one does not do what L
wish her to do, 1 compel her to do 1T.
Then l am as kind to her as ever.
If cow kicks l strike her on the shin
as quickly as she kicks. She will not
kick many times under this treat
ment. Whenever / milk 1 give the
COW little slop or salt, and, knowing
that this favor is coming, the cows are
always at the entrance of the pasture,
in summer, to meet me. / have one
cow that 1 always milk first, and the
others are MIXED in regular order.
They know when their time comes,
and as / rise from the side of the first
COW, the second takes her place and
so on through the whole herd. L
The calves are taken away when they
are two days old and taught to drink.
The result is that my cows never hold
up their milk. My milk vessels are
washed in cold water, because if hot
water is turned into a vessel that con-
tains milk the vessel will become sour.
After thoroughly washing with cold
water ] scald the vessel and hang it
in the sun. Buttermilk is never per-
mitted to stand in the sweet milk YES
sells. Sweet milk is never strained
into sour milk, as the mixture may
whey, and but very little butter can
be made. Churn cream as soon as it
turns. When cream foams, put a lit
tie hot water in it. / never wash my
butter, as it keeps better and sweeter
without washing. / salt it and put it
into the cellar. When it is cold 1
work the buttermilk out of it and my
butter does not sour.-Mrs. W. w.
Hester, in Agricultural Epitomist.
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LEARNING TO MILK.
Boys Should Get Their First Lesson
Upon Cows That Will Naturally
Dry on Soon.

When a stranger begins to milk
cow it usually results in some de-
crease of milk production though he
may be a good mixer, says the Bos-
ton Cultivator. The better the cow
the more likely she is to be of a nerv-
Gus temperament and the more she is
apt to be affected by a change in
handling, milking or surroundings.
If the new mixer lacks experience,
it usually results in the permanent
shrinkage of the milk yield and early
drying off of the COW. But it is nee
essary that the boys should learn to
milk if they are to remain on the
farm, and therefore they should be set
to learn upon such cows as will nat
urally dry off soon. Do not give them
heifers with their first calf, as the
heifer should be kept in milk as long
as possible to get her in the habit of
giving milk ten or eleven months in
the year. Do not give them hard
mixers or kickers, or the uneasy
ones, which never stand still. That Is
too much like giving them dull hoes
and scythes or other tools to work
with, that no man would consider fit
to use for days work. 1t is calcu-
lated to disgust them with the bust
ness and drive them to seek other
occupations as soon as they are at
liberty to leave home. When it is not
practicable to give them such COW,
allow them to partly milk her and
then let some experienced mixer
finish the job, who will be sure to OBJ
tain the last drop.
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When the Worm Turned.

Mrs. Smith repeatedly reminded her
husband that the silver was hers, the
furniture was hers, and so on, until
poor Smith almost wished he had mar
ried girl without penny. The other
night Mrs. Smith awoke to hear strange
voices in the lower part of the house,
and, vigorously punching her husband
in the ribs, called: John, get up!
There are burglars down below"
"Eh?" inquired Mr.. Smith, sleepily.
Burglars = downstairs" shrieked
Mrs. Smith.
"Burglars?" said Smith, as he turned
over. 'Well, there's nothing of mine
!"-Tit Bits.
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THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
It's Proportions Are Too Great to BE
Within the Comprehension of
the Ordinary Man.

1t may not be known to every dairy
man what an enormous industry in
the aggregate his own dairy forms a
part of. 1t is estimated that the dairy
industry of the United States repre-
sents an invested capital of over ST.
000,000,000; and the census of 1890
shows that the commercial value of
the products of this industry, includ-
ing the worth of the skim milk, ag-
gregates another $1,OO0,000,00O. Such
figures are beyond our comprehension
and can only be appreciated by COM
parison. When it is stated, however,
that this sum represents over four
times the combined value of the an
nual products, in the United States,
of silver bullion, of pig iron, of wool
and of gold, then the figures begin to
mean something.
To the thoughtful man these fig
ures mean more than the mere arous-
al of curiosity and surprise. 1t shows
that the business of dairying repre-
sents more capital than any of the
great lines of manufacturing in the
United States and more than many
different lines combined.
1t means, then, that there is sharp
competition in the dairying business
as well as in the manufacturing bust
ness; that the best business methods.
must be applied in the conduct of the
dairy if the dairyman would succeed
as the manufacturer does. 1t means
sive in this age of progression if he
would not be left behind, and that he
can afford to use in his dairy only the
best and most economical apparatus.
-Up-to-Date Farming and Gardening.
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her if she were lost. Eyes, l suppose
I'm lost, but they'll find me pretty
quick, and want to be an advertise
ment while they are hustling." The
clerk laughed and called to a gentle
man who was just passing in the aisle
of the store.
"Mr. Harris, here's an applicant for
the position of window girl, and I
think she'll make a good one"
When Betty had repeated her story
and told her name, the gentleman had
her take off her jacket and hat and
lifted her carefully to the big window
seat. They'll find her quicker there
than anywhere else" he said. "Be-
sides, it will please her, and her moth
er is one of our best customers.
Il hope you'll like it, said the
child, who yielded her undesirable
place to Betty. To Betty it was any
thing but undesirable, however. She
felt that her time was short and SIM
ply set to playing with all the single
mindedness and apparently all the I'M
consciousness with which she would
have played in her own room at home.
''Well, L knew she was never shy in
her life" gasped poor Dora, divided
between joy at the recovery and
shame for Betty's shortcomings.
But / never dreamed of her dong a
thing like that! How could yo;l run
away from us, Betty" she said, re-
provingly, as the child's jacket and
hat were being restored. eve were
dreadfully frightened"
Didn't run away" was the coaxing
answer. Didn't run away at all! /
took hold of a lady's dress, and l
thought it was you, and 1 was turn
ing my head to look at the balloons.
And when l looked round, it wasn't
you, and the lady looked cross at me !;
and this was just next door. And /
couldn't see you, and L had to come
in"
Just as they were leaving the store,
accompanied to the door by several
admiring clerks, the gentleman who
had given the desired permission to
Betty came up.
''But we always pay for our adver;
tisements, my DEAR" he said. And he
handed Betty generous hox of choc-
olate peppermints and bright, new,
shiny ten-cent piece, and Betty went
home happy as q Queea.-C Christian
Register.
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audin MILK selling.

Another fraud in milk selling has
been discovered in England and we
may expect that in due time it will
get to this country. The authorities
find that in some of the English coast
towns what is called milk extract is
being sold to dairymen. This is a
chemical. possibly, but the reports are
not definite enough to indicate the
composition of the so-called milk ex-
tract. 1t is used by>dairymen to in
crease say 400 gallons of milk to 500
gallons, hot water being added. Or
dinarily the adding of hot water or
any other kind of water can be easily
detected. but by the use of this pow
der the milk and water incorporate
so thoroughly that the addition is
hard to detect.-Farmers' Review.
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CS%SS S~2o-
FOR WINTER FEEDING.
Missouri Farmer Describes Rack
Which He Has Used with Sue
cess for Years.

A Missourian sends to the Breeders
Gazette sketch of rack in which he
feeds corn fodder and all) and hay to
cat tie, and he has the following to say
about his system of feeding:
The rack is set in blue grass pasture
where cattle are being fed. / do not full
feed in winter, SO in the fall l bring my
racks in and line them up on the south
east side of sheds, grove, etc. then set
posts all around them about two and
one-half or three feet apart. l use fence
rails, as they are cheap and abundant
and answer every purpose. The posts
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MISSOURI FEEDING RACK.

ought not to extend more than one and
one-half or two feet above the top of the
trough on the side where feed is put
in from sled or low wheeled wagon.
Ny method of feeding cattle is to buy
light, well-bred young animals in the
fall and winter them strong. About
May 1, or when the grass is good, move
these same troughs back to the sum-
mer feeding grounds and give one feed
per day of broken snapped corn.
The object of this plan of winter
feeding is to keep the cattle themselves
from soiling the feed by tramping, and
especially to keep the hogs off it. 1
have tried penning the hogs, also
changing the cattle to another lot, but
cut all my corn in shocks 16 hills
square, also make as much clover hay
as 1 can, all of which is fed during win
ter, as above stated. Most of the fodder
is fed, corn and all, right from the
field.
BY feeding this way all the time in
one place l soon have great bed of
stalks and refuse, which keeps down
all mud and makes fairly comfortable
bed for the steers. This also makes
big manure pile, which even in this
country is good thing to have, espe-
cially if put on the stubble clover with
a spreader, as 1 did last fall, lightly
manuring from this one source alone
fully 25 acres.
This rack is light (three by twelve
feet), is easily moved, and thus is in use
nearly all the time, winter and summer
My steers wintered this way and did
we'll last winter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
AN IDEAL CORN CRIB.

a crib can be made of any size desired.
Some are not over five feet wide at the
floor. Windows can be placed under
the caves and the corn turned in
through them direct from the wagon,
but the most common plan is to have
a door at one end, and carry in the corn
in baskets. 1t is filled in solidly from
the rear to the door. A very large bin
of this sort has walk through the CEN
ter, with cribs on either side. The
posts have wide strips of tin about
them to keep mice from getting up to
the corn.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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"Yes, and she went out to the front
of the store to see those Japanese
flowers"
WAS it before then that we met the
man with the balloons, and she wanted
one?"
"Oh, dear, don't know" said Dora,
almost crying. 1--WE must go back and
look for her."
Then a happy thought occurred to
Lillian.
perhaps she went back to Lawson's
to look in the window again. Don't you
remember how she wanted us to go back
for one more look?"
SO the girls fastened to Lawson's,
finding the usual crowd before the win
dow, but no sign of Betty. Then they
went straight to a policeman and told
the whole story, and then there was
telegraphing to the central station, and
the policemen were notified to be on the
lookout for little girl, five years old,
yellow hair, blue dress and black silk
bag in her hand. 1t was Dora's first i'm
pulse to start for her mother. But
Lillian and the policeman advised her to
wait little longer, and the policeman,
sure that the little one could not have
strayed far, began n systematic walk up
one street and down the next, the girls
following and looking into all the
stores.
Somehow ] cannot help thinking
all the time of Lawson's," said Dora,
| finally. Lets 60 back there once
more, and then if we do not see her
L will go straight to mother, though
| know l shall die if L have to tell
her Betty is lost-poor, little fright
ened thing, as know she is this min
ute!"
So to Lawson's they went again, and
mingled with the crowd in front of
the window, but no Betty was there.
They were too disconsolate, to look
inside, and the crowd, which seemed
bigger and more amused than ever
hustled them along. They had almost
passed when suddenly there was a
little stir and sharp rap on the glass
made them turn their bewildered eyes
and there, with a doll in each arm, the
rocking chair from which she had ris-
en- still swaying back and forth, with
shining eyes trimming over with fun
and excitement, her yellow hair tossed
back and her cheeks aglow with de-
light, was Betty, not frightened, not
troubled, but supremacy, radiantly
happy.
Dora and Lillian stood motionless
with amazement, and if Lillian at
least felt that she would like to shake
the unrepentant cause of all their suf-
fering, perhaps she is hardly to be
blamed. But in Dora's mind the joy
of beholding again her little sister,
alive and uninjured, banished every
thing else. An attendant who was
watching from the inside then beck
oned the girls in, and they heard the
whole story. Betty had walked in all
alone, and going to a clerk, announced
unhesitatingly her desire "to be an
advertisement" He was surprised to
see so small child alone, and asked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
To Fit the Day.

Mother-For mercy's sake, what are
you children doing?
Bertha-We are playing that Dora
is fashionable beauty, and we are only
just admiring her.
Mother-But you shouldn't play
plays on Sunday.
Bertha-Not if we regard Dora as a
church belle ?-Boston Transcript.
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III II 4
shu There Was No Resemblance.

You don't seem to be able to make
such pies as my first wife made" re-
marked Snooper to his second, as he
shoveled huge pieces of the pastry
into his mouth.
''Do you look much like the first
Mrs. Snooper?" asked the second,
rather irrelevantly, by way of reply.
do look like her? That's queer
question. How can a man look like
a woman?"
81 don't know, but 1 thought per-
haps you looked like her, because-be-
cause"
because what?'
Because you remind me so much OF
her."-Harlem Life.
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Her Point of View.

He-That tall young man dancing
with Miss Dashing was originally in
tended for the church, L understand.
She-Indeed! Judging from his ap-
pearance 1 could easily imagine that
he had been cut out for the steeple.--
Chicago Daily News.
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Crushed.

SpilIins is a college graduate. The
other evening he was calling on a
young lady and they were talking over
the results of the Saturday football
games.
Were you a football player, Mr..
Spilkins?" asked the young lady.
"Oh, yes, indeed. was quite star
in my day"
sob, you were. One of those fall
ing stars, 1 suppose"
Spilkins went home early.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
The Word Won Him.

Observation-Disclosures seems to be
stuck on that new doctor of his.
Skorcha-Yes, he likes his up-to-date.
ness. When Wheeler was sick in bed
the first thing. the doctor said was:
"Oh, We'll have you on your pedals
again in few days. "-Catholic Stand.
ard and Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
EASTERN CORN CRIBS.
They Are Not Expensive and So Con-
structed to Keep the Ears
in Good Condition.

The corn crib shown in the illustra-
ton is found occasionally upon farms
in the New England states and perhaps
elsewhere. 1t is worthy of more gen.
eral use, since it is so constructed as to
keep corn perfectly. The insloping
sides keep the rain from getting at the
corn, though the sides are of open Stat
work to let the air pass through. Such
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
just the Patient for Him.

Young DR.. Fresh-Here comes that
Mrs. fowler. Positively, there isn't the
first thing that ails her.
Old DR.. Sage-Evidently you are just
the man for her case.-Boston Tran
script.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
Avn Eya.iye An,wer.

Banker-Before L accept you as a
sutton for my daughter, l should like
to know how you stand politically.
Now, 1 am for gold.
Suitor-That's what I'm after, sir!-
Town Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
Her Comforting Reminder.

'Gradually the mementoes of the no.
BILE red man are disappearing" he ex-
claimed, with pathos. Soon there will
be no trace or memento of the Indian
left"
"Cheer up, Charley, DEAR" answered
young Mrs. Torkins. "We will always
have the state of Indiana, you know
Washington Star.
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Ethel-Yes. Did you win?
An Undesirable Remedy.

Jones-Had tilt with the wife, eh?
Well, don't feel so downhearted over
it, old man. A thunderstorm clears the
air, you know.
Brownies, that may be true, but it
don't help the man who has been struck
by the lightning.-N. Y. World.
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Gave Them Their Due.

''They say that at some of those sum-
mer resorts the rooms are so small
man can't have his valise in with him."
"That's not so; 1 got my valise in
all right; but, of course, I had to go
out in the hall to open it.''-Detroit
Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
In Training.

Yabsley-The amount of time you
have put in lodging the fellow you owe
the five is Worth more than the money.
NUDGE know it is, but have hope
that some day I will owe an amount
worth lodging for. Indianapolis Jour-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
So They Were Married.

Merritt = He was so absent-minded
that he proposed the second time to a
girl who had once refused him.
Cora-How embarrassing.
Merritt-But it turned out all right.
She happened to be absent-minded, too.
Town Topics.
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Poetic Forethought.

The poet wrote of summer heat
In verse with mad abuse replete,-
Those savage rawlings, coined to gold,
Bought wood to shield him from the cold.
Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08

A friend in need is friend indeed,
When he grabs you by the collar,
And says: 'Old boy, it gives me joy,
To let you have this dollar"
Chicago Daily News.
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Distress.

Autumn twists the human visage
In a melancholy frown
At an unexpected rainfall
With umbrellas all downtown.
Chicago Record
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In the HurIY-BurlY

But few can ever hope to have
A pedestal to stand on, 9.
And most of us are lucky if
We find our feet to land on.
Puck.
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'What! call this a blooming fare?
You're far from a gentleman, mister"
"Jusso; but I'm pretty close to a
blackguard."- Ally Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
Learning Appreciated.

Cultivated Stranger advertise
for man who can speak &c languages?
Mr.. Gotham-Yes, sir. The position.
is still open.
'May ask concerning the matter of
its duties?''
Certainly. own considerable prop
erty in New York, and 1 want man
to collect the rents."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08

Trees for windbreak should have
close growing habit and be as nearly of
perpetual foliage as possible.
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A Matter of Regret.

"Our daughters eloped with the coach
mani!
Cried she, and he answered: How sad
He should thus run away for I'm willing to
say
He's the best one we ever had"
-Elliott's Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
Alacks Alass

You may kick and you may cuff
The dudelet if you will,
But the odor of the cigarette
Clings round about him still.
Chicago Daily News.
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Flossie-Well, then, want some wax
to waxinate her. She's old enough now
to have something done to her.-Phila-
delphia Times.
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The Next Rest Thing.

Flossie-Mamma, 1 want some wa
ter to. christen my doll.
Mamma-No, dear; it's wrong, you
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
A Change in circumstance.

He-Don't you think that girl over
there is beautiful?
She (coldly criticaD-Oh, 1 don't
know. Who is she?
He-Mrs. Nuter. Just been mar
ried.
She-Yes. I think she is-quite
beautiful.-Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
Reason for His Weakness.

Mrs. Churca-Do you know my hus-
bands afraid to go into dark room
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08
George Was Slow.

Mae-You know 1 bet pound of
chocolates with George on the cleo
ton.
Ethel-Yes. Did you win?
Mae-No, 1 lost, and the stupid fool
didn't have sense enough to suggest
that pay him in kisses.-N. Y. Jour
nal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-12-08

Mrs Gotham-You don't mean it!
eyes, do; he fell over a rocking
chair in the dark e."-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Algy-Deah me! They say the Beers
have got all the diamonds!
Miss Bland-They certainly have
some of them!-Jewelers' Weekly.