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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-02
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-02

ZINE farm. 100 acres: houses: near the city
Call or address MRS BUNKER, 623 Pa. ave.
mH2g-4t. en-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
BARN FOR DAIRY FARM.

into a manure cellar, root cellar, and,
in the lighter rear end, division with
cemented floor for young cattle or
sheep. Use high posts. 1t adds only a
few dollars to cost, but greatly in
creases capacity.
The interior arrangement of barn
is of the utmost Importance, since on a
proper arrangement depend the con-
venience and economy of time in do
ing the work. 1t is well, therefore,
when building barn to sit down with
paper and pencil and make interior
plans. When plan has been made go
to work and do the chores" right
there in the plan. Feed the stock, wa
ter it, care for it in every way as though
in the real barn, and you will very quick
ly find the inconvenience of the plan. It
is much easier to change a barn inte-
rior on paper than in the actual barn,
and very much less expensive.-N. Y.
Tribune
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
H00d's Sas.sapas.iIxa
WAITED FOR ONE CENT.
Embarrassme lent of an Absent-Minded
Purchaser at q Ninety-Nine
Cent Store.
Is Americas Greatest Medicine.

-.'I never felt SO cheap in all my life, said
Short, relates the Pittsburgh News, "as
did one day in a department store. I
bought a book for SO cents and while | was
waiting for it a young woman, whose good
opinion / valued, came up and we began
to talk. The book was wrapped up and
handed me by, the girl at the counter and
after short while the young woman asked:
Are you waiting for your change?"
II replied that was, but, in fact, hadn't
been thinking of it. wanted to talk to her
and made that an excuse for staying. After
the usual delay, when it had passed entirely
out of my mind, the girl at the book counter
stepped up and said:
Here's your change, SIR
"And she held bright new cent in her
open hand so that the other girl saw it.
felt chill at once and just because it ap-
peared to the young woman that l had been
waiting all that time for cent. | got a
reputation for. closefstedness that is still
sticking to me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

revolve in a circle around pin, the small
end of the pole being supported by an
old wheel, d, from cutting bar Of a
mower, an old pillow wheel, or in the
case of these not being easily procured,
wooden one cut from piece of plank,
Use a halter chain to secure animal to
ring on pole, having it of length
which will not allow animal to step
over pole with it's rear feet. This easily
constructed device will certainly be
found of much benefit to the suburban
lite who wishes to tether horse or COW
in manner to admit of it's having all
the range of feed possible. and so as to
be perfectly secure and require no at
tention.-J. G. Allshouse, in Farm and
Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
ReEularffy I'm Milking.

Regularity is important in any kint
of work. In handling cows it is
doubly important. They ought to be
MIXED at a certain hour morning.
and evenings; regularity in this re
gard influences the habits of the ami
mails, induces the maximum milk flow
at the regular milking hour ant
otherwise conduces to the profit o.
handling mich cows. It is just as i'm
portant, too, to feed the cows at &
certain hour. The most successful
way we know to diminish the mill
flow and ultimately to dry up" the
cow is to milk her irregularly anc
haphazardly. Milking should be done
thoroughly, promptly, quietly and
above all regularly, and it is best fol-
one person always to do the work
Farmers Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
Horse Exports Increasing.

Official figures from Washington
show marvellous growth in the ex-
ports of horses. The value of exports
OF horses in January, 1899, was $780,
900, and in January, 1900, it reached
the enormous figures of $634,000. Ten
years ago, there was no export trade
worth mentioning. The export trade
in mules has also increased enormous
ly, 53S head, valued at $43, 1889, having
been exported in January, 1900, val
ued at $537,034. Much of the mule
buying has been on English account
for the Transvaal war, and may never
again reach present proportions, yet
there is no predicting what may be
the effect on the foreign demand for
the good qualities of the American
mule. But the export of American
horses is sure to increase unless the
surplus becomes exhausted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
New Condensins Process.

A patent has been issued in Ger
many covering process of condens-
ing milk by freezing Ind thawing il
in centrifugal separator when in
motion. The work is said to be rem
dered easier by first separating the
cream and condensing the skim milk
after which it is mixed with the
cream. 1t is claimed for this kind Of
condensed milk that it can be again
diluted to its original volume, and
also that it does not have the sweet
taste to which some people object in
the condensed milk we now use. How.
ever. the mere patenting Of a process
does not prove its utility, and we may
have to wait indefinitely for demon.
stration of its value.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
Cnu.e. of streaky Butter.

Dryness at the time of sailing and
insufficient working Immediately
thereafter are specific causes OF
streaky butter. If the butter is dry
when salted, worked lightly and left
several hours, streaks are almost GER
tain to result. Use a little more salt
than is necessary, work it through
the mass carefully and evenly, then
give the contents of the bowl o cold
water bath to remove surplus salt
and buttermilk, and there will be no
streaks after the final working. Util-
ize this salt rinsing water on the as
paragus bed or on cut feed or hay for
cattle.-Agricultural Epitomist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
|. Just Fun for the Bear
Uncle Jabez and the Despoiler of
His Beehives
- cAs cAa Ca
20 PEAKING of bees" said Deacon
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

20 PEAKING of BEES" said Deacon
y Todgers, reminiscently, to the
crowd at the corner grocery store,
Ibid any of you ever hear of Uncle
Jabez and his adventure with the
bear, or rather with the drunken bees
and the old bear?"
None of the boys had, so the dea-
con began: "Uncle Jabez came over
to my house spell ago, and blamed if
he wasn't more kinds of bunged-up
man than any had ever seen before.
His neck was scratched, his arm was
in sling, and all over his face and
hands were marks like bee or hornet
stings. What particular form of at
tempted suicide have you taken up for
your latest fad?' 1 inquired.
"I've been trying to catch a bear,
growls Uncle Jabez, like man out of
humor with the world.
"'And did you trap nest of hor-
nets instead? Or have you been in a
wrestling match with buzz saw?'
"Tt amt any laughing matter,
sneered Uncle Jabez. Wildcats, bears
and drunken bees are 'sponsible for
this wreck
well, 1 was mighty curious to
know how one little old man could
get mixed up with that combination,
and after awhile he opened up his
heart.
Don't tell me that a bear, espe-
cially an old Pike county bear, can't
reason out things and plan how to get
out of scrape, says Uncle Jabez,
Sorrowfully You know that old bear
which has been troubling people here
abouts for months? Well, that par
ticular animal is cut out for bank
burglar, and a good one at that. It's
my belief that mistake was made
when he was born bear. This fall,
after I had lost three valued pigs and
some honey, 1 started out to make a
business of hunting that bear. |
caught his trail one morning and
started in all the innocence of my
heart, thinking would come back at
night with the skin of the knowingest
old bear that ever lifted a pig. My
dog followed the trail all right until
we came to one of those little oil
runs, and there we lost it. The dog
nosed about for a long time, but it
was no good. I was clean puzzled.
The ground was hard, and there
wasn't hole and scarcely bush
near, and how an old bear dog like
mine could lose a plain trail was
more than I could understand. At
last we gave up and came home, a
saddened and wiser dog and man.
That evening while was bordering
over the problem, all of sudden an
idea came to me.
'''It amt the dogs fault says to
myself. That dogs been trained to
chase bears, not oil barrels. That old
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who goes around with a
chip on his shoulder is generally dis
liked.-Atchison Globe.
Saying yes is often good way to
end an Observation-Disclosures (Ia.)
Democrat.
It is better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all-better
for the jeweler, the florist, the mes
senger boy, and sometimes for the
lawyers.-Chicago Daily News.
Ye Small Boy-"What is pessimist
sire?" Ye Sire-"A pessimist, my son.
is one who is always expecting bad
luck, and who is sorely surprised when
it comes."-Ally Sloper.
Madge-"Did you have nice time
at the box party?" Marjorie = 'No.
1t was Wagner opera, and we could
MT hear ourselves talk."-Town Top
les.
go way, dirty tramp!" cried the
lesser O. grammar" replied the tramp,
with dignity, San I know, ma'am,
that, used in connection with tramp,
dirty is super1uous.' Philadelphia
North American.
Aimless Artie-"Wisht 1 wuz a ship"
Trudging Tommy-'Why, pal?' Aim
less Artie- Every time dey launches
ship dey bust a bottle O. wine on it,"
Tommy-"Yes, but it has to go into
der water right away Baltimore
American.
II suppose" said the interested Wis
itor to the elderly rustic, who was
showing him over the village church
II suppose you are the verger?" The
old man looked a trifie shocked. "Vir-
gin, sir? Oh, no, no, sir; certainly
not he answered. ''I'm the sextant,
sir, that's what am" Ally Sloper.
Officer Clancy-"Faith, we seem t.
have losht yer hawld upon tn Swell
blood's cook" Officer Grogan-"Oi
have, bad luck t. me fur a blunderin'
fool! Whin 1 got me new suit av
citizens clothes tn ather,day, Oh whit
round an let her see me in it.'-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
WHEN YOU KNOW HOW.
ers Ii Not as Hard az 1t Seems
at First Glance.

have kept this past winter 10 heif
ers, coming two years old, several OF
which have already come in. l have
had the question asked several timer
by farmers if did not have good deal
of trouble in breaking them to being
MIXED. and when | have said NO"
surprise has been expressed. and the
remark made that they nearly always
have great deal of trouble-one say
ing that he usually had to wrestle long.
and have his pail kicked away from
him many times, before he 'could SUBJ
due the animal and take the kinks out
of her." AS many others may have
had similar experience. it may in
terest them to learn how such trouble
can be avoided.
In caring for my heifers. ] have had
them carded two or three times a week
and when doing so. have handled their
bags and teats carefully from either
side. so that they became familiar with
such handling; so when they came in.
they were not frightened at an attempt
to milk them. But to them the act of
would be sometimes restless. and some
would spitefully kick. In such cases.
if gentle patting and word would not
prove effective, I took chain and put it
over the back and around the body.
just in front of the bag. hitching it
somewhat tight. This always proves
effective: sometimes one trial is suffi-
Gent. or perhaps it needs to be used
several times, but it is always sure
without hurt to animal, it's disposition
or temper.
One farmer. when told how easy it
was to break cow from kicking. said
such knowledge would have saved him
many hard tussle and good mixer.
as he had to turn to beef an otherwise
valuable cow.-Charles o. Newton. in
Country Gentleman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
Looking for the Right Man.

A correspondent of the Nebraska
Farmer says he asked professor in a
school of agriculture if he knew a
young man competent to take charge
of herd of pure-bred stock. 1t was
not question of wages, but a question
of the right man. This professor had
under his eye in his classes probably
$50 young men. After considerable
hesitation he said: Eyes, I think /
could name one young man; but sever
al men are watching him, with view
to offering him higher position and
one of greater responsibility" And
yet there are plenty of young men,
graduates from schools of agriculture
and other schools, who complain that
they are not appreciated because they
are offered no more wages than COM
mon laborers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
ARMOR FOR SOLDIERS.
Individual Metallic Shields Proposed
Now to Be Used in Attack
ing Intrenchments.

The experiences of the Boer war
have shown how difficult it is to carry
an intrenched position by direct as.
sault. The natural result is that the
attacking force must intrench too,
both forces then working round each
others tanks, or approaching each
others fronts by sap and trench, as
in the slow operations of a siege.
Circumstances will arise, however, in
which it is necessary to carry posi-
ton at all hazards; moreover, rapid
ity of advance will not be given up
by energetic commanders so long as
there is any hope of success. Conse-
quently the military world is contin-
ually striving to overcome, by some
protective device for the attacking
troops, the great power of the de-
Tense, says the New York Sun. ~
The method proposed of producing,
by means of smoke balls fired from
the guns just before the infantry at
tack, cloud of smoke at the enemy's
trenches to shield the attacker from
the enemy's view, will not always be
efficient. Consequently, steel shields
are now again advocated.
The Boynton shield, proposed for
the British troops, is a steel shield
which can be used singly on rife,
or several shields may be fastened to-
gether to make larger defense
Each shield is three-sixteenth inch
thick and has been found bullet-proof
at all ranges and weighs nearly 10
pounds. On the march it is carried
on the back, covering the knapsack
and in use it is hung on the rifle SC
as to protect the head and heart in
firing or advancing. A seven-pound
shield, one-eighth-inch thick, would
be sufficient up to 400 yards range.
These shields are to be used only in
supreme moments, and are therefore
not continually carried by the men,
but are transported by other means
and distributed when required.
1t has been reported recently that
the British war office has purchased
for the soldiers small steel shields,
weighing about seven pounds, for
merely covering the heart.
During the month of March cap
tain of the British service proposed
for protection a steel cylinder, six
feet long, 31s feet in diameter, weigh
ing 200 pounds, mounted on wheels,
(Which raise it about foot from the
ground), so that it can be pushed for
ward in advancing or pulled back in
retiring. Each roller is intended to
cover six men. Chrome steel of one
fifth inch thickness would be suffi-
cient up to 100 yards, and the cylin-
drical form, preventing perpendicular
impact, would probably make it bull
let proof at any range. Two hundred
of these would cover a front of half
mile.
Of course, none of these, except the
heart shield, has been adopted, but
experiments have been conducted
with the Boynton shield and with
others, and the military world is ac-
lively interested in every suggestion
on this important subject.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
LETTERING ANIMALS.
The Device Here Illustrated and De-
scribed Is Perfectly Secure and
Requires No Attention.

The plan herewith will not allow of
an animal becoming entangled as in
using rope attached to peg. Take a
pole, a, 80 feet in length, and near the
large end bore suitable sized hole,
say seven-eighths inch. through the
pole. Place an iron ring, C. on pole
large enough to slip along from end to
end. Drive an iron pin, b, about 1s to
20 inches long through hole in pole
and into ground. SO as to permit it to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

UNCLE JABEz AFTER THE FRAY.
bear just trailed along the oil run,
and after a few yards of that he
would smell like a refinery, not like
the sly, marauding, old pig-stealing
bear he really is. He may be mighty
cunning bear, but after he has eXper-
imented a couple of times with your
Uncle Jabez' intellect he'll repent of
stealing them pigs.
SO the next day I started out with
two of my well-trained dogs instead
of one. The first dog I let take up
the trail to the oil run. Then started
dog number two on the trail after it
left the run. After the dog got on to
the fact that it was a willy old bear,
to run down, he went along at fast
clip. I was actually sorry for the
bear.
Petroleum bears may fool the or
binary run of hunters says to my.
self, but this benighted bear will
soon realize Uncle Jabez is on his
track. An easy death is the best that
poor old bear can hope for.
But 1 didn't need to be wasting
sympathy on that bear. I needed it
all for myself. That bear understood
wildcat nature as well as he did the
use of oil runs. The minute Mr. Bear
realized those dogs had caught his
trail again he made tracks right for
a hole where a mother wildcat and a
couple of her kittens lived. The bear
ran right up to the mouth of the hole
and then swerved to one side. This
routed out the mother wildcat, and
when my dogs reached the hole she
was right on hand and looking fo1
trouble in big punches. A wildcat
with a litter of young ones amt the
sweetest-tempered pet in the world
My dogs were after bear, but Mrs
Wildcat thought it was her precious
kittens the dogs were looking for, and
the second the dogs got near out she
rushed. a mother wildcat is the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
THE cow IN SUMMER.
Eject of Grass ON Butter and MILK
Is More Potent Than Most
Dairymen Admit.

Since the year one, luxuriant pas
ture has been the ideal cow food ior
making fine milk and butter. Even
this, however, must be taken with a
qualification. The cow tells us that
to her taste the moderately short
grass of the pasture is better for her
uses than the long, rank grass that
grows from her droppings, for moth
ing but semi-starvation will make her
eat that rank growth. This fact sug-
gests that the best milk cannot DE
made from grass grown on ground
that has been artifcially made too
rich. The critical dairyman quickly
detects the strong, pungent odor of
milk made from cows feeding on rank
growths of red clover and some other
grasses. have had my own butter
spoiled in that way, while l have
opened tubs of butter in the store
that sent it's odor to the farthest end
of the room. The effect of fresh
grass on butter is always marked, and
sometimes radical Under the new
dispensation of no artificial color the
effect of grass is factor to be count
ed with. Even under the old order of
things, when the cows fed on red
clover, the Jersey gave such a deep
color to the butter that every one
thought it artifcially colored. How
are we to meet this difficulty? Per-
haps by heating up to so or 90 degrees
to kill the color, as is always the eff
feet in cheese-making. Fresh grass
makes a quick flavor that favors the
poor buttermaker, but the man who
knows how can make just as finely
favored butter from good ensilage.-
y. S. Hardin. in Jersey Bulletin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
New Persian Minister.

The state department has been m
formed that the Persian government
is about to send a minister to WASH
ington. For years this post has been
vacant. The previous incumbent de-
parted in dudgeon owing to the ridi-
Guile heaped on him by the American
Photographer on account of his queer
name-Hadji Hassan Cool Khan
Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
A COMMODIOUS BARN.
How to Get the Greatest Possible Ca
Dacity in q Structure of Ordi-
nary Size and Cost.

The plan of barn shown in the cut is
well suited for such as desire the great
est possible capacity in barn of mod
crate size. The hip roof gives much
additional room. while such a roof
makes dormer windows to light the
second floor a matter of only trifing
cost. If the barn can be built on a
slope the cellar will be of great ad-
vantage. as it can be partitioned off
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
Accommodating.

ri am British subject" he said, as he
signed the register with flourish. Gail
right" replied the hotel clerk, .'if I notice
any Beers lurking about I'll give YOU the
tip to rush to cover. Philadelphia North
American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
shock to FiIiaI Trust.

The Son-Pop, the hay in the barn
is all scattered about terribly.
The Father-It is the work OF
tramps, my son.
''Why, pop, I thought you told me
tramps never worked!"-Yonkers
Statesman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

Milk is much more sensitive In re-
ceiving and tenacious in holding i'm
purities than water, and hence care
must DO taken to keep pure from the
start
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
A Short Order.

Mr.. Dobbs-I tell you, the telephone is a
great convenience.
Mr.. Bobbs-Sure thing. Fellow down at
Beamer's restaurant gave me hot roast
over mine yesterday.-Baltimor American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

'sMy son, you should remember that you
must begin at the very bottom" "Why,
pop, as soon as the marble season is over
we'll begin at the .'-Yonkers States
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

The smarter a man is in fancy the more
he will smart in fact.-Ram's Horn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11
Cures Talk
Great Fame OF a Great Medicine
Won by Actual Merit.

The fame of Hoods Sarsaparilla has been
won by the good it has done to those who
were suffering from disease. It's cures have
excited wonder and admiration. It has
caused thousands to rejoice in the enjoy
ment of coed health, and it will do you the
same good it has done others. 1t will expel
from your blood all impurities; will give you
good appetite and make you strong and
vigorous. 1t is just the medicine to help
you. now, when your system is in need of a
tonic and invigorator
Indigestion = "After suffering six
months from indigestion, headache, ner-
vousness and impure blood, began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and when / had taken
six bottles l was WELL" Frank Nolen, Oak
land, Ills.
REMEMBER
H0nnkyS SaHSanazsEEEa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-11

The chronic kicker usually kicks himself
out of joint.-Ram's Horn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-07-19
UNION TWP.

Jockey Long traded horses last week.
pow-wow Neitz is becoming very pop
ular.
Monday at > p. m. the Thermometer
REGISTERED l03 in the shade.
II. w. Aucker is the happiest man
in town. 1t j. a little daughter.
Foster Fisher, Of salem, spent sun
day with the family of Jonathan
Spanglcr.
r. II. Vonncida, Of Selinsgrove, in
tends To spend his summer vacation on
a farm near the aVlcduct.
Harry Rinhard, q civil war veteran,
was inferred last sunday i'll 1t. John's s
cemetery. Aged Gi years.
The telephone makes things lively
through here. They can even report
canal breaks over the telephone. This
is great convenience.
The Ncisrr's :. :. had their annual
childrrn's day exercises Sunday even.
ing. They had good program and
were well prepared. Among those from
a distance who took part in it were: a.
W. Potter, Esq, wife and daughter
Kitty, of Selinsgrovc.