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The Ely miner., 1900-02-02

Well, I gotvup an felt my way along,
an purity soon reached out an what
do you s'pose took holt of there in the
pitch dark? A plate with about a
dozen biscuits on it.. Now, amt no
crook an never broke into house to
steal anything, but I'll leave this to
you. If you hadn't had anything to
eat for Is hours an should happen to
crawl into a barn at night an reach out
into the dark an find dozen light bis
cults, would you eat 'em or throw 'em
iaway?"
I'D prob'ly eat 'em," was the re-
Ply.
That's what done, except what
give TO jeff. He found match in his
cloze an struck it, an we saw in front
of us awooden shelf covered with pies
an cakes, an all kinds o. cooked stuff.
The match only burned for a minute,
but we made out that much. JEFF
found a plate o. butter, an we ct the
biscuit with butter, an. / amt tasted
anything like it since ran away from
home in Lowell 80 years ago. Then
jeff broke cake in two an give me
half of it. 1t wuz kind o. dry eatin',
but we put lots ofsbutter on it. !
s'pose ought to have stopped an re-
membered that all this provender. be-
longed to somebody, but I was so
blamed hungry didn't wait to think
of nothin'. An / must say never
seen anybody eat the way that coon.
did. I didn't exactly see him eat,
neither, but could hear him all right.
After he ct all the cakes an pies an
biscuits he. could lay his hands on he
went back to watermelon, an / could
hear him sloshin' an gulpin' there in
the dark. 1 started to feel around for
a soft place to lay down, an what
do you guess? I run into lot of bed
close strung on lines"
''Say, what kind of a pipe is this?"
asked the listener, with a sidewisc
turn in his chair, indicating skepti-
cism.
cts the truth, every word of it.
There must a. been a dozen quilts.
pulled 'em down an me an jeff rolled
ourselves up in 'em an went to sleep.
We'd ct lot an it wuz cold night.
an under them warm covers we slept
like a couple o. logs. Well, the next
thing l remember somebody was shak
in me good an hard, an 1 looked up
at fellow that had tin star on his
coat an a broomstick in his hand. 4
kim o. remembered what had happened
an looked around. 1t wuz broad day
light. We laid there in the infernalest
mess of eatables you ever, see. Peo-
ple wuz pilin' through the doors to get
a look at us. I don't s'pose you've fig
ured out what we'd done, so I'll tell
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
ORCHARD MANAGEMENT.
That VIII Pay a PROFIT ON the
# Expense Incurred.

When the character and lay of: the
land will admit, a very good plan OF
management is to keep in cultivation
during the first four or five yearssaft-
er setting out and then, after the trees
begin to bear well and are reasonably
well established, to seed down to
clover. On account of the benefit to
the soil in various ways, it will pay to
use clover in seeding down in prefer
ence to grass.
But before seeding down good
drainage should be provided, as trees
cannot be kept healthy if water is al
lowed to stand around the roots.
A very good plan is to throw the
dirt to the trees, making the burrows
in the middle between the trees. Care
should be taken in running out the
burrows to avoid washing. Then1the
soil can be prepared in good tilth, har-
rowing and dragging in order to Sc
cure a smooth surface, before sowing
the seed. A little care in properly
preparing the ground before seeding
will aid materially in securing better
results.
Unless heavy applications of manure
are given the average farm soil cannot
grow other crops and crop of fruit
| at the same time, and while cultiva-
| tion is beneficial while the trees are
| growing, whenever they commence to
bear they should have the soil to them
selves. The growing of clover can be
made beneficial to the soil rather than
detrimental, hence it is good plan to
sow clover and either use hog ras-
ture or allow it to grow, mature and
| fall down and rot on the land. A good
| growth of clover will keep down the
weeds and add to the fertility of the
soil.
Early in the spring is good time to
sew clover, and if the orchard is to be
seeded down it will pay TO arrange so
as to do the work in good season.-N.
| j. Shepherd, in Farmers Voice.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Mulch the asparagus and rhubarb
plants.
Now is good time to manure rasp-
berries. 4
A difference in soil makes a differ.
ence in the fruit.
Fine, rich compost makes the best
fertilizer for flowers. Z
If mildew appears on the rose bushes
dust them with sulphur.
All root trees transplant much pet-
ter when small than large.
Trim and clean up the orchard, gath
er up the brush and burn it.
Poultry for the plum trees and swine
for the apple orchard is good COM
bination. .
Plant life cannot be sustained with.
out proper food any more than ami
NAL life can.
One of the best ways Of getting rid
of ants is to dust their hills freely and
frequently with lime or wood ashes.
In pruning avoid the extremes Of
too compact or too open heads. Let
the top shade the trunk, yet IsT in air
ond light.
In setting out trees or plants, II is
rarely BEST to shorten the roots. Slrfil
ply cut OF any that may in any way
be injured.
Walnut, hickory, pecan and other
nutbearing trees make excellent
shade trees along the roadsides and in
the pastures.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
CHEAP LAND LEVEL.


to center, taking care to have tight
fit. Now have the timer solder an
ether elbow OBJ on other end of pipe.
Procure two glass chimneys for inean-
descent gas lamps, such as can be pur-
chased at any hardware store in most
towns. These chimneys are not quite
2 inches in diameter, and inches long.
Cement one of these for glass tubes
ID, d. into each of the elbows (B, b..
The level is now complete, and needs
only to be adjusted on tripod. For
this, if the farmer does not care to
make it himself, use an ordinary tripod
(E) for o Photographic camera, which
can be bought at Photographic supply
store, and will cost about SLIPS or $1.50.
Fasten level on the tripod when in use
by screwing the small screw instripod-
head into the wood block (C) holding
level. The whole device will not cost
more than So or $3.50.
To use the level, fill tube with wa
ter until the water rises in glass tubes
to a height of 8 or inches. By look
ing through the glasses, over the wa
ter surface, the operator can signal to
his assistant to raise or lower the tar
get on foot stick the same as done
in practical surveying, and thus es-
tablish horizontal. Now by deduct
ing the height of water level above
ground from height of target, he can
ascertain the difference in height be-
tween the place where level stands and
where assistant has planted the foot
stick.-Ohio Farmer.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
I'M S1eoRY, / ! ! !, Tkllfs
). &:.zl 8
OPEN THE DOOR.

Open the door, let in the air;
The winds are sweet and the flowers are
fair.
Joy is abroad in the world to-day;
II our door is wide it may come this way
Open the door!
Open the door. let in the sun:
He hath a smile for every one;
He hath made of the raindrops gold and
gems.
He may change our tears to diadems-
Open the door!
Open the door of the soul. let in
Strong, pure thoughts which shall Danish
sin;
They will grow and bloom with a grace
divine, @
And their fruit shall be sweeter than that
of the vine
Open the door!
Open the door of the heart, let in
sympathy sweet for stranger and kin;
1t will make the halls of the heart so fair
That angels maysenter unaware
Open the door!
British Weekly. %
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02

you. This place we'd got into wuz
what fhey call floral hall at the county
fair. All the stuff we'd been eatiH' wuz
the exhibitions of the best biscuits, the
best watermelons, the best cake, the
best butter, an so on, of the whole
county. You know the quilt had
around rne. 1t wuz made out OF about
million little pieces o. silk Ths
woman THAT made it put in Is years
on it, am ft wuz supposed to be worth
5000. That all come out at the frial.1
'tWeIy, there must a. been SORE
crowd q gramgers around there, sug-
gested the listener, after he had leaned
back and laughed joyfuIIy.
Honest, it's a wonder they didn't'
kill us. We cume mighty near bustiu'
up the whole Show by eatin' them es--
hibitions. WEen they Led sus out o,
the grounds am took us I'M town to the
Jail there wuz: II big eroxd followed ms;
an hollered: eLyrDeh 'en1r' String.
'em up!' am few more remarks like
that. That wux the one thine j wuz.
in a hurry to be i'm .isiI. do you know
what they made of 10 when 1T came tw
trial? Burglagyr AM do You know
what jeff done'2 He got mp am swore'
that I'd hypnotd7nd hTm- He testified
that he didn't want to, go into this
buildin' at ALL. Burt I made him by
threatenin' to cast spell over him
You never heard such lynn in your
life. They sent hf1n back to jail for
three months am put me over the road
for a year. They bleached me just
about, right. ainr they2 That's alS
right. Look here" g
He put his hand into a raveled side
pocket and brought out copy Os
Henry Georges Progress and Pow
erty." He made deeper reach and
found brass 1.knucks" with bluns
head and three staring fnger-holds.
"Im savin' that for the coon,' be
said.-Chicago Daily Record.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
CHINESE THRIFT.
They Live Gheaply, Work Industrt-
ousIy mnd Make It n Rule to
Save Something.

No race of men can, surpass the Chi
nese in habits of industry and thrift.
With the Introduction of western civ
ilization the vast resources of the coun-
try will be developed. the products of
the soil and manufacture will indefi-
nitely increase, and domestic and in
ternational trade will he multiplied in
it's proportians. Now in all this ma
terial regeneration of China, the China
man will be in evidenea- Not dollar
will be gathered from the soil, from
trade, from mines, from manufactories,
without his securing q. due proportion
as reward for his part in the enter
prise. He will patiently and faithfully
work for al master for half a genrata-
ton, and im the second half he will
appear as bis own master, at the head
of thriving business Thus, in the
industries.of the future, wherever there
is work to, be done, there will be found
Chinese ready TO .ssen strength" as
working for hire is called in China;;;;
and they will sell more strength ION
| the monay than wilk men of any OF her
nation. Again, dallar in the hands
iof Chinaman Represents far greater
purchasing power than it does in the
hands of a European. In china a dol
lar will purchase A5o0 pieces Of cash,
composed of copper and zinc. These
cash, with hole in the center and
strung on cord, weigh seven pounds
A servant or common laborer In Peking
| is glad to give ten days of labor, and a
carpenter or mason six dayssto secure
| this amount of cash. his money
would give comfortable support to an
kaverage family. Three dollars amonth
or $36 a year, would coSer the living
| income of a Chinese family The mean
ling Of this is that the Chinaman VIII
survive and prosper under conditions
of life which would discourage, and
finally overwhelm, the European.-n
z. Sheffield, in Atlantic.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Nitrogen for Greenhouses.

The nitrogen Of cotton seed meal.
linseed meal, castor pomace, fish, tank
age and horn meal is not so quick in
its action as that of blood, for which
reason it Is not well adapted to exclu-
sive use in supplying nitrogen in green
house work. For tobacco, or wherever
crops enjoy. a long period of growth,
and in seeding land to grass, these ma
terials are particularly applicable, pro-
vided they can be had at reasonable
price. Unless the price is very low,
top~dressing with nitrate Of potash is
Improbable.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Potash md Peach Trees.

Peaches, like all other products Oh
the soil, need feeding. Potash and
phosphoric acid are the principal con.
stituents required in making the fruit
An excess of nitrogen will produce
rank growth at the expense of the frui,
buds. Take, for instance, the peach
tree near the kitchen door which gets
plenty of soapy water, which contains
a large amount of lye (potash). 1t al.
ways has full crop. A few pounds OF
potash and phosphate around each tree
during the later winter and you will
be more than repaid for the trouble and
expense. BG
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
It PAYS to Have variety.

In order to have apples from early
summer until late spring large va
iriety Of trees should be planted. A few
trees of every variety suited to the
section of the country should be set,
provided, of course, the orchard is to
be at all extensive. And this does not
apply to apples only, but to all kinds
of fruit which farmers should have
fresh during the entire year in their scar
SON. This arrangement is for the com
venience and special advantage of the
family, and does not hinder the plant
ing of the commercial varieties as the
predominating fruits.-Farmers Voice.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
kss 1sss.9.
1H0R1AeeDIEII'UPE
CHEAP LAND LEVEL.
VIII Answer All the Ordinary
Farm Purposes.

A land level costs about $25, which
makes the possession of one by the
average farmer a matter of too great
an expense, although he often has use
for it in accurately fixing the fail of
drains, the slope of irrigated fields, lev
cling the foundation and floor of a st a.
BILE, etc. The illustration. shows a
homemade level, which answers the
purposes mentioned very well. First
have made a water-tight tin tube "a,
Az about 31a to 4 feet long and inches
inside diameter, with an elbow (B) on
one end. Take a wood block (C) about
3 inches square; bore hole through it
size of pipe or tube. and slip on pipe
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Mary Knew.

A few days ago boy was~ missing
from schooiroom in one of the up
town public school buildings The
teacher looked around and fRilsai to- see
the familiar face. e
docs any pupil know why Tommy
lMcGregor ISN'T in school tp-day9'' she
inquired.
There was no reply.
The teacher repeated tfe'query.
Then little girl slowly lifted her
hand. so as
S'Please, na'am," she said, Il know.
"And why does he stay away, Mary p
"Please, ma'am, it's cause he's got
measles inside"
Mary had read the contagious disease
card that was tackled on front of tht
house.-Cgeveland Plain Dealer.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Fruit Tree. fo~r shade Trees.

On small farEms> in, order to secure a
good supply of frnits very good plan
of managementistoseti in places where
crops cannot be cultivated to an advan-
tage. Trees forshade are always desir-
able, and there. is no good reason why
these should. not be good fruit trees as
well as shade. trees only. The cherry
especially canbe planted along the road
or about the yard where there is more
or less tramping. Pears, apples and
peaches may be grown in places where
crop could not, and by utilizing space
of this kind to a good advantage plenty
of fruit could be grown.-Farmers
Voice
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Top PREVENT CLOGGING.

Immediately in front Of the opening to
act as a. silt basin. Less trouble will
be experienced in removing sand from
this basin than in keeping the or
dinary channel clear; the water will
flow over the basin leaving its deposit
in the bottom. Of course, stock must
not be allowed access to the place
since they might be injured by falling
into the basin.-M. G. Kains, in Farm
and Home.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Her Mistake.

The conductor said there was room
for few more inside.
AT the Elephant and Castle, when the
train turned west, the customary con-
tingent of shoppers got In, and there
was an uncomfortable jam.
But the little man kept his eyes on his
paper. He also kept his seat.
"Pardon me, madam said a polite
man hanging on to a strap to lady
standing beside him with an armful OF
paper parcels, you are standing on my
foot" di>"+V' -
"I'm so sorry" said she. "I thought
1t belonged to the man sitting down."
And then the little mans eyes were
lifted from his paper, and she got the
seat.-Pearson's.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
'sTaps.o

A young recruit, having returnad
to his native town from camp at Nom
tauk, was being entertained by some
friends. He was very willing to tell
all he knew. ''What do you mean by
.taps?''' asked one of group of girls.
s.They play taps every night ON the
bugle. 1t means lights out. They
play it over the bodies Of dead sol
diers." The girl was puzzled. At last
she asked: swell, what do they dc
if they haven't anysdead soldier 2n
Youths Companion.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
THE DRAIN OUTLET.
ing a Sewer Pipe to Act as a
Silt BRsin.

If the drain outlet opens upon the
surface of a stream or in such way
.na. mere = ;nsumclens 81. plllehi1sd .Shi1sd by
49,, sssss sssss, Vitrifed sewer pipe
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02

Peach trees growing near the house
where ilisnwater and washwater are
thrown out are long-lived and free
from worms and disease.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Ely miner., 1900-02-02
Quick Trolley Trip

The trip by motor car from Cairo to
the Pyramids is made in IA minutes
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LEFT ALONE.

It's the ionesomest house ever .aw,
Tn. big gray house where stay
Il don't call Il Twin at all, at ALI ~ 81
y Since my mother went away.
-Four e. long weeks aso. an Y seems : year;;
Gone home, " 10 the preacher said.
An ache in my breast with wantin' her,
An. my eyes are always red.
I stay out-o6- doors TIT I'm almost froxs.
Cause every corner an room
An Allied to the doors with gloom.
hate them to cali me In to my meals.
4 Scmetinles I think can't bear 81
: To swallow alneathfui, Of anythin'
4 An her not sittin's up there
A-ponrin' the tea. an, passin' the things.
An langhin' 10 Sea me take
Two big lumps of sugar instead OF one. IS
y An more than my snare OF cake. 10 vi.
There's no one TO 90 to when things 90 wrong;
se She was always ~ safe an sure.
\ Why, not trouble could tackle 1 boy
That she couldn't up an, cure. <
1 I'm too big 70 be kissed, = used 10 ray,
E But somehow don't feel right, 81 1
Crewlin' into bed as stun as q mouse
Nobody sayin' good night,
An tuckins the Clothes IN under my chin.
An pushin my hair hack. no:
Tnlngn ! boy makes fun OF before his chums
n0S tnings that no likes. you know.
& 4 can't make out for the lits Of me
f Why she shonld have 70 20 IS
A-nesdin an wansin' her %. &
rssss IL lc.. q women. Il seems i: ~. 81 I.
Women whose boys ar1 about an grown Up,
|s AZ solAl maid aNntiess an such.
~ sS ~ si IL ~ .Sss .h'ns
- 10Y q ten Whcae heart q broke
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AIDING OUR COMPOSITIONS.
Inventions RuiBdinE Up
Foreign AwriCuItnre

Eo.,.,~n ..rr,onI.n..
American ,nysnt,on has rsan a,roost o~
belnfnl 70 epr,c,,lt,..a "a IN n7an,,f.o4,,r.
ing enternrises. II, MS made n,aci;cabla
tbe c,,lt,vation ~ much !, reer arsas ae
land than would a,se hsve .nesn n,ssi,,a
II has increa sod the o,tnnt and aa.ra,sas
the cnst 80 food nr,s,,,nts ,rh,. ha : MOO,
the case ,esnecial,v a. ,es,ards INC '.o,aal.
and cotton Rut while orr ,oyen,ors h.,a
haen adding ~ tho nrot,ts ~ o,r farn,er.
ana s,nn,,taneons,v Giving on .nn.,,noor.
cba,nsrl food th.,, h.,,a .,,,, hso,, ,,,,,1a
mo ~ ~ othar oo,,rtr,as .,.sn.. 49,,
rati+1a,, .,,th o,,r n,haot ,ro.,ar, ! ari
can agr;o,,,t,,raI ,,ao,,,,,sr. ,.s 49,
,ast benafa ot,on =, ,,i,a,sa,s h,,roao
Argant,ne 10 staaa,,y in..aa.,n, har
exnort NJ wheat as rs.m,t IF ~.
-. cav,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-14

nights. Two of 'en, with middling HIGH
voices, chimed In, and the others kept as
mum as mice and swum round and round.
It was loor quartet, and the music was
beautiful
They sung and sung land the old one in
the center looked like he was going to
faint. His bill would drop down until Il
rested on the water and then he d bring It
back with Jerk. Just like a man sitting
before fire after hard day with tho
logs. ard nodding. He'd roll from side to
side and drop his bill, and pull II back, and
wave! his tail backward and forward,
quick or slow, in time to the r.0.ic, and
every now and then he rise almost clea.
OF the water and stretch Ms wings like
he was yawning and the music was so
good II made him lazy. Finally noticed
that when his bill went down each time
It'd stay little longer. and seemed heav-
Ter when 1t come up.
"Then, toward the last, all of the looms
Joined In the leading OF the auartette I
never heard slower or more sailsome
tune. 1t almost made me cry. because I
begin to see what this was all about.
Onct feller told me about the song OF
the dying swan. see many swans die:
/ shot many of 'em myself, but never
hear 'em sing none. Here, though was a
loon dcathbed, and this was the loon
hymn they sing when one of EN- gotter
go. The music got slower and more sad
like. and the old loon in the middle finally
couldn't get his bill up at all. Then he
gave last kind wiggle with his tail.
sorter turned to one side and gave up his
sperret. The others sing a stave or two
and then give it to me loud and gladstone
for bit, then they raise MI at once and
fly away, just as noiseless and swift as
spooks. ] counted ,m ag'in when they
left and they was just seventeen of 'em.
'''The dead one foated for minute OF
two but when I started toward him to
pick him ur and see what was the matter
with him, big musky rose under him.
with his bull head pointed straight up. I
see his jaws open, and that was the last
OF Mr.. Loon. That musky took him down
like he wern't no bigger'n half growed
teal. ! wanter say was mighty shivery.
and going home I took the boat clear out
of the water every snatch of the oars
The man ii the stern of the boat said he
did not think the bass would bite at all
that day, and Fergy said they never bit
when the water was still and the sun was
shining, unless a fellow could get piece
Of young fawn for hait-a piece weighing.
hrec and a quarter ounces for preference
Tho man in the stern filled his pipe with
plug cut. 1T 1t, looked Mt his guile and
asked Rim If he had heard any wheels
going round when in bed the night before.
Fergy said promptly that he had; that it
was the windmill used for pumping water
at the little woods hotel, and that the
windmill was five feet eight inches in d.
ametei. Then they went slowly home
ward-Fiheld (Wis) Correspondence New
York Sun.
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CANNOT ovERI.UN CHINA.
Russfa's Hands Are Full tn Develop
Ing the Vast Resources nj Siberia.

h =
Russia's Hands Are Full I'm Deyclop-
Ina the Vast Resources nj siberia.
The military strength OF Russia in
Manchuria and on the Pacific coast
cannot be estimated. but 1t is doubtful
II she could muster, at the maximum
figure, 100, 900 troops. That such force
can cope with restlessness IN China,
especially when Communication is by
road only, is Impossible. Russia has
her hands full in the development of III s
vast resources of Siberia: here mill
ions of colonists must be absorbed be-
fore anything can be attended to In
China. Meanwhile. notwithsta ndins
fierce reaction, progress must inevita-
bly, go on In China, solidifying the
masses of the people. 1t is problem
whether the national spirit of the Chi
nese will net soon be unified to- such an
extent as to be able successfully to re-
sist Russia, when she is ready 10 be gil
her characterization, g
1t is argued that because Russia has
been able to absorb ana lRussiantze''
the Semi nomadic tribes OF Central and
Northern Asia that she will be equally
successful In dealing with Chinese. Bat
the handling Of immense masses OF
population that have grand past from
which to gain Individuality. II quit rssif-
ferent from oyerawing weak ana scat-
tered tribes. National Geographical
Magazine. III