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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

The next annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company will be held at the office OF the
company in Chicago on Wednesday,
September 20, 1900, at noon. For the
purpose of this meeting the Stock Trans
fer books will be closed from the close
of business hours on September 18th to
the morning of September 9th.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

The Democrats will open the
campaign in the State with speak
ing in every county next Monday.
The welkin will ring with Demo-
cratic doctrine from the Big Sandy
to Mills Point.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

The records show that during
Gov. Bradley's term of office he
granted pardons to 800 persons
who had taken human life, and it
is stated that over 800 homicides
occurred in Kentucky during that
period.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

1t is now reported that the local
option town of Benton has what
ia commonly known as a female
"bootlegger." In other words she
has government license and is
peldling liquor to those only who
are known TO be "true." The fact
has just leaked ont and it is likely
that she will be under arrest within
the next few days.-Paducah Wis
itor.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

Gov. Beckham's message to the
legislature is a timely, conserva-
tive paper, and his statement of
the situation is covers the matter
exactly.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

Now let us have an absolutely
fair and non-partisan election law,
and it might be added that a little
more of these qualities in the vo-
ter would help the thing along,
too.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

Come out and hear Ward Head
ley Monday. Ward is warm
member when it comes to cam
paign work.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

No more than one person will be carried
free and respect to any one holding of
stock as registered on the books of the
company.
BY order Of the Board OF Directors.
A. G.. HACKSTAFF,
Secretary.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30

Now let the Louisville Dispatch
repeat its editorials of two years
ago on the Goebel bill and explain
while the legislature is in session.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-30
NOTICE..
To THE TAXPAYERS OF CRITTEN-
DEN COUNTY:

| have my tax books for 1900,
will take pleasure in receipting
you for same. You that owe me
for 1898 and 1899, | have waited
on You for long time; will send
a man to see each of you for the
tax, if not paid will levy; so get
ready and save cost. l must col
lect so rs to meet claims that are
against me.
2t John ~. Pickens. :. G.. G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
EXPENSE OF HAULING.
In New jersey 1t Has Been Reduced
to a Minimum by the Building
of Stone Roads.

Regarding the making of stone roads
the question is frequently asked wheth-
er the increased taxation does not
amount to more than the advantages
gained. State Commissioner Budd, of
New Jersey, reports that before the
construction of good roads the expense
of carting few pounds of produce to
market was so great that farmers,
where possible, found it much cheaper
to send by car or boat. But now they
are purchasing broad tread wagons,
which carry from 100 to 225 flve-eighths
bushel baskets of vegetables and fruits.
while before they only carried from so
to so baskets, and are returning with
from three to five-ton loads of manure.
On the ferry leading to the Philadel-
phia markets this year the passage of
2,44O teams per day was counted car
rying from three to five tons on each
load. Stone roads place the farmers
almost at the door of the consumer,
saving many intermediates, all of whom
are forced to have profit. His in
creased loads, the savingin transporta-
ton, the dispensing with the commis-
sion man, and the delivering of the
produce to the grocer or consumers
doors have resulted in saving to the in
dividual farmer sums ranging from ten
to twenty dollars on each load.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
For Shooters and Fishermen.

The new. 1900 edition Of shooting and
Fishing Along the Line of the Great North
ern Railway" is without an equal amongst
books of this class. 1t is handsomely bound
in colored covers, of new and attractive
design. 1t is printed on fine plate paper.
in two colors, is beautifully illustrated
with photographs reproduced in half-tone,
and is in all respects magnificent speci-
men of the printers art.
Complete information is given about all
sorts and conditions of sport, from lion and
grizzly bear to ''cotton-tails," and includ-
ing every fish that swims in the many lakes
and rivers of the wide Northwestern states.
All the little details of lakes, boats, bait,
distances, etc., have been carefully COM
piled by practical sportsmen, and will be
found great convenience to anyone plan
ming trip. A new map Of Minnesota in
three colors is bound into each book
The hunter or fisherman who is the for
tunate possesser of this encyclopedia of
sport in the Northwest needs no further
guide to tell him where to go a-fishing or
shooting. By mail for two cents from F. 1.
Whitney, General Passenger Agent, st.
Paul Mimi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
How to Economics Labor.

When too much land is cultivated tba
farmer is compelled to slight his crops
to certain extent, and what he gains
in area cultivated he loses in yield.
It will be more profitable to cultivate
only as much land as can be given care
full attention. The manure that is sur
ficient for small field, and which
would increase the yield, will give but
little benefit on large surface. Small
farms permit of greater economy Of
labor and can be made more fertile
every year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
Growing CROP. in Orchards.

The disadvantage of having grass or
growing crops in an orchard is not en-
tirely due to the chance of the crops
robbing the soil of fertility needed by
the trees. If it was it would be easily
remedied by the manure applied to the
hoed crops, of which the trees would
get their share, or by turning sheep
into the orchard to eat the grass and
the fallen wormy fruit, who would en-
rich the soil by their droppings. But
the greater trouble comes from the
summer and fall droughts when the
trees need all the moisture to perfect
their fruit. If the grass or other sur
face crop takes it there will be large
amount of fruit fall which might have
been saved if there had been moisture
enough to carry it through to matur-
ity. Where water can be supplied by
irrigation this difficulty is not as great.
American Cultivator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

At the Theater.-Hicks- "By George,
that's an artistic makeup of Claude
Melnotte's!" Wiclss-''Doesn't com
pare with the make-ups of some women
in the audience. BOSTON Transcript.
A Perfected Arrangement e-'It
is gentle woman's Office to lean" She
--"Of course; and it is mans office to
see that she has something substantial
to lean against Detroit Free Press.
"All the world loves lover" quoted
Mr.. Homeward. There is one notable
exception" objected Mr.. Williamsburg.
"Indeed!" "Yes; the girls fathers big
bulldog" Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
"How did you get up such a univer-
sally satisfying PLATFORM why, you
see, we mapped out all we thought it
could safely say, and then we knocked
out nine-tenths of that. indianapolis
Journal.
At q Low Ebb.-"I repeat, gentle
men," said the orator, ''the influence
of the press has departed-Give way
there, you fellows in front, and stop
crowding the reporters. How can they
do their work under such conditions ~
Philadelphia North American.
An Impression of Size.-'Did you
dance until the wee sma' hours? ?" asked
one young man. ''No, didn't. We
danced till the last car had gone, and
l had to walk three miles. They were
the biggest hours ever remember
having encountered" Washington
Star.
There's q man who has a good ear
for music" remarked the dyspeptic
man, who was bothered by the piano
playing of the young woman next door
"Who, Dumley? Why. he's deaf as
post" replied his friend. 81 know he
is" said the dyspeptic man.-Philadel
phia Press.
Everywhere were men with news.
papers, devouring with feverish eager.
ness the foul details of this horrible
murder. morbid curiosity" we final.
ly sneered, with indignation. "No, we
are disqualifying ourselves by it as
jurors!" they protested, and sighed
wearily.-Detroit Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
wheeImen, urge ROAD Tax.

The Michigan division of the League
of American Wheelmen is preparing a
bill for introduction in the legislature
providing for road poll tax. 1t will
provide that every able-bodied man In
the state between and inclusive of the
ages of 81 and 60 shall pay this tax,
and the receipts will be used to build
and repair roads in the county in.which
it is collected, and where the petition
ers for such roads will agree to pay
their whole road tax In cash instead
of work. The plan has received salts
factory approval.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
Locusts Altered the handsome.

A report came from Troy, Berrien
county, Mich, that millions of locusts
alighted in that section on a recent
Sunday and devastated the land ofall
vegetation. The insects were yellow
and green, with long legs and big heads,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. The in
sects pelted everything they came in
contact with. Animals in the field
stood with lowered heads taking the
storm upon their backs and tanks. In
two minutes the insects had so pep
pered a vast area that it's color and
character were entirely altered. In an
incredibly short time the insects had
eaten up every green thing, and after
the gr:Ss and leaves were devoured in
their hunger they ate the bark and
shrubs and trees. When they arose
from the soil or from any clump OF
trees the place they quilted had bar
rem and wintry aspect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
HOMEMADE HAY RACK.

bent in form of half circle, or two
strips cut with an elongated circle and
bolted to the one by four inch strips
and covered with short pieces of thin
boards, keep hay or grain from coming
in contact with wheels. The front
guard or standard should be fastened
to side stills by means of full length
rod and just back of front arm and at
tached SO as to be raised up or down.
The stakes at rear end fastened in same
manner. This renders it more con-
venient to store away under some low
shed when not in user. Logan, in
Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
MASCOT OF THE OREGON.
Bull Terrier with a Naval Record
Now q Peaceful Chi
cagOan.

A bull terrier with romantic history
and possessing rare intelligence is "U.
s. Mike" now belonging to a Chicago
man who has offices in the Great North
ern building Mike was of importance
on the battleship Oregon several years
ago. hence the letters ~. ST. branded
pink and deep in his shining white side.
He was the mascot on the ship when
the famous journey was made from
San Francisco around the Horn, says
Chicago paper.
Greatness did not bring happiness
to Mike, however, for another dog with
less of pedigree, but with eight pounds
more of flesh and muscle, was also a
pet on the Oregon. 1t was the dream
of both dogs to go ashore; they looked
forward to such an occasion with more
eagerness than they displayed in 60
ing after bone.
One day when the big dog returned
from trip ashore and proudly strut
ted about the deck Mike made a rush
at him and thrilling fight ensued. 1t
was regular occurrence after that.
A fight followed each dogs journey
ashore. The sailors were delighted
with the fights and arranged many ex-
tras. A British captain who visited
the ship was touched with pity for
game little Mike, who was clicked
every day. but was ready to fight again
the next. After much negotiating the
Englishman succeeded in buying Mike
and carried him off to his own ship.
There, alas, Mike met fresh troubles.
A goat was the mascot on this British
ship. The goat became jealous of Mike.
One day when unsuspecting Mike sat
looking out over the water the goat
galloped up behind him and-splash!
Mike was overheard. Just once; for
the next time the trick was attempted
the goat skunk into dark corner, and
Mike, hanging by the teeth to his flank,
went with him.
Mike was finally transferred through
several owners to Lieut.. Mark, of the
marine corps, who gave him into the
keeping of his present master in Chi
cago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Rich.
mond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes the fol-
lowing letter to DR.. Hartman regarding
Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only those who have
suffered as have, can know what blessing
it is to be able to find relief in Pe-ru-na.
This has been my experience. A friend in
need is friend indeed, and every bottle of
Pe-ru-na / ever bought proved good friend
to me. Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North SUI
perior St., Racine City, Wis, writes: II
feel SO well and good and happy now that
pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is every
thing to me. have taken several bottles
of Pe.ru-na for female complaint. am in
the change of life and it does me good"
Pe-ru-na has no equal in all of the irregu-
larities and emergencies peculiar to women
caused By pelvic catarrh.
Address DIR. Hartman, Columbus, o., for
free book for women only.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
A Lad in Homespun
tFrom The National Magazine, BY Permission,
By E. Crayton Mccants.


THE summer sun poured relentless
ly down on field and pasture. The
cattle stood with dropping heads in
the shadow of the untrimmed hedge
rows; the heat waves rose and SHIN
mered above the brown burrows; and
the faint breeze scarcely rustled the
green blades of the lush young corn.
A crow sitting on panel of the rot
ting rail fence cawed derisively at the
gray mule slowly drawing the pillow.
The lad who followed watched me-
chemically the upturning of the mel
low soil, while his long-drawn "Haw,
Wo-haw!" had hstless cadence that
bespoke force of habit, rather than any
need of directing the old and under
standing animal, which plodded on ex-
actly as before.
sHaw, Wo-haw!" They rounded the
bend in the row and approached lit
tie knoll near the center of the field.
The crow hushed his raucous cry and
flew lazily away; the boy bent lower
over the pillow handles and the corn
leaves ceased to rustic. The gray mule
went slower and slower.
'sHaw, Wo-haw!" They were just
at the top of the knoll; the voice sound
ed far-off, faint and weary; the mule
stopped; tentatively, at first, and then
resting one foot on its toe settled into
an easier position. The boy said moth
ing, but leaning against the plow,
pushed his old SLOUGH hat back from
his hot forehead, wiped the sweat from
his face with the sleeve of his ragged
shirt and looked off across the fields.
He was thin, and stopped by toll; there
was weary look in his eyes and the
stains of dust and sweat were upon
his homespun clothing. Thepartridges
were calling in the wheatfield across
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
His Honor's Joke.

Sam Bedford relates good joke that oc-
Cured at Calhoon this week in Judge Owens
court. A case was on trial, and the Judge
was being worried by young man who
kept moving about in the rear of the court
room, lifting chairs and looking under
benches.
"Young man." Judge Owen called, ''you
are making great deal of unnecessary noise.
What are you about?"
"Your honor" replied the man, IT have
lost my overcoat and am trying to find it."
'Well," said the Judge, "people often lose
whole suits in here without making all that
disturbance. "-Owensboro Inquirer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
THE ROADS BOTTOM

make draft lighter and travel more
rapid and at the. same time maintain
a uniform evenness and smoothness of
the roads surface. which at once
marks them as public benefactors.
Note in the accompanying illustration
the narrow tires hunting the bottom
Of the EARTH" forming ruts that will
make travel rough and dtsagreeable
for weeks and weeks. Wide tires should
come into general use on country roads
and no heavy farm wagon without
them should be driven upon any thor
oughfare when the grounds saturated
with water, or after heavy rains
Farmers Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22

the hedge, and just beyond in the shad-
ows of the pines the wild strawberries,
cool and ripe, sprinkled the ground like
scarlet stars in an emerald sky. How
hot and tired he was, and how good
it would be to lie there just little
while and rest and dream. For he did
dream--this poor, bent, toil-scourged
clod. From the elevated spot where he
stood he could see field after field of
corn and cotton and following grain,
spread broad and fair in the June sun
shine. Back there in the dilapidated
gray house a wealth of old books lay
hidden away in hooks and corners.
Many of these he had read, spelling
them out in the slow painful fashion
taught in the village school. And
among them he found, now and then,
old papers between whose faded lines
he could read how his forefathers had
wrought in the old days, how all these
broad lands, as far as the eye could
reach, had once been theirs, how they
had lived, and how in troublous times
they had ridden forth to battle from
the open doors of the old mansion,
whose battered columns, long. since
bereft of plaster, looked out like rain
bleached skeletons upon the one field
left of all it's broad domain. AS for
the rest, the gray gravestones beneath
the cedars told it all.
He had read the Inscriptions hun
dred times, and to-day they mirrored
themselves before him upon the back
ground of the hazy, heated air. Sol
diers of the revolution and of 1912
were there. His grandfather, brought
dead from the field of Churubusco, was
there. And in another place a stone,
small and mean when compared with
the others, marked his fathers grave.
How well he remembered that tall, SOL
dierly figure, marked by long scar
across the face from saber cut at
Gettysburg, and limping because rifle
brllet-a relic of the Wilderness, was
still in his leg.
There were other gravestones-of
lawyers and lawmakers, whose names
are written high in the old-time annals
Of the state, but these did not appeal
to him, save to intensity the realiza-
ton that "Ichabod'' was written on
tie pillars of his house-that glory had
departed his name and his race. His
learning was small and he could do
nothing in such pursuits. He knew
ttis-and then it seemed a little thing
to, fight with words, and to march and
ccuntermarch with the quips and
bubbles of the law. The old books in
the garnet said little of such things
but pages were filed with stories and
pictures of Light Horse Harry Lee and
his dragons, of Green, Marion, Sum-
ter, Putnam and Wayne. A great, full
page illustration showed Washington
standing erect in his boat, crossing the
ice-filied river to Trenton and victory
Further on there was jackson at New
Orleans" and "Scott at Lundy's Lane
and Mexico" "Old Rough and Ready
was pictured Neutrality-suspicious.
on his. horse while the smoke of Buena
Vista rose anil eddyed Ground his head
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
SIMPLE Hay RACK.
1t Can BE Built at Small Expense and
II II Easily Stored Away When
Not In Use.

The hayrack illustrated herewith is
for use on common high farm wagon.
Side stills are two pieces two by four
inches by IA feet; for low wagon two
by six inchesis better. To these attach
four strips 11s by 3 inches on bottom
edge by means of half-inch bolts run
ming through the semicircular arms
2is by 3 inches. Two pieces of one by
four are laid on both ends of arms and
bolted on so that the hind wheels can
operate between and up through them.
To make an arch "a or b. over hind
wheels. three pieces of wood or iron
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
Couch Bath.

The latest combination in furniture
is the couch bath. On the top of the
couch being removed, which can be
done very easily, regulaticn bathtub
is disclosed, with water tap at the
pillow end of the couch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
English Coal Dearer Than American

The fact that the United States has
become the worlds greatest producer
of coal and at cost of production far
below that of any other part of the
world is attracting great attention, es-
pecially from British producers and
consumers of coal. The present output
of the United States is larger than that
of the United Kingdom, and coal can
be bought in America at the pit mouth
at $1.1S a ton, as against $1.36 paid in
Great Britain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
WIDE TIRES NEEDED.
They Make Travel More Pleasant and
Do Not Destroy the Surfaces
of Roads.

We frequently have pointed out in
these columns the injury to public
roads resulting from the use upon
them of narrow-tired vehicles, particu-
larly heavy farm wagons of great bur-
den. It has been proven that wide tires
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
The Parsons Revenge.

It had been the custom of an Atchison
church, and when the preacher had talked 80
minutes the Atchison man thought it long
enough and got up and walked out. He
died recently, and the preacher took ad-
vantage of the fact that the knocker of his
sermons couldn't get away, and preached a
Funeral sermon lasting an hour and Is min
utes.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22

Good roads are necessity to any
cnterprising agricultural commu-
nifty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
A Dark Secret.

Foreigner = How are your senators
elected!
American-None of them will tell
Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
Labor Saving Dessert.

Dissolve in hot water contents of pack.
are of Burnhams Hasty Jellycon, set away
in a cool place until wanted and you will
have the most brilliant, pleasing jelly. The
flavors are: lemon, orange, strawberry, rasp-
berry, wild cherry and peach, or if
delicious wine or coffee jelly is desired, get
"calfsfoot" Jellycon. Your grocer sells it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-06-22

The sun sank low. The shadows
grew longer and longer, and YEARLY
very YEARLY, lad in faded homespun
climbed the long, red road that led
over the western hills.
"Six pounds lighter than the mini
mum recruiting weight" The words
of the surgeon kept forming them
selves in his brain. Away back yon-
der, the white tents cleaning against
a green. background of trees and
grass, lay the encampment with it's
tar-fecked banner still waving in the
evening sunlight. Struggle as he
would the tears filed his eyes as he
turned to watch it.
''Six pounds lighter than the mini
mum recruiting weight" Something
rose in his throat and checked him.
Then the sun dipped below the hori-
zon, a gun doomed sullenly across the
valley, the flag fell gracefully earth
wards, and the boy faced the sunset.
For him there remained the gray
mule and thu pillow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-15
A New System.

Washington, 'Aprll 1.-THE navy
department has been called upon to
supply technical Information for an
interesting and important set of ex-
periments now being conducted by
one of the largest manufacturing cor
porations in the country. The pur-
pose is to demonstrate the feasibility
and advantage of propelling a ship
through power driven from gas en-
gines supplied by gas generated on
the vessel itself. Thus the coal, in
stead of being consumed under the
boilers to make steam, would be
roasted in retorts aboard the ship to
drive off the gas, which would sup
ply the engines. The coke produced,
is estimated, would furnish all the
fuel needed to roast the coal. The
purpose of the experiment is to as
certain whether the weight oi
the gas-producing and gas-consum
| ing engines are so much less thar
the ordinary plant OF steam boilers
and engines and the saving Of space
sufficient to warrant the adoption o
the new system,