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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

neighborhood of Browns island, and
Woodman announced that he would be
lost to the world for the next two
weeks.
His scheme was mapped out, in strict
confidence, as follows: He and his
companions would GO down to Wilder's
and there take tent-raft and canoe
and float down the Kankakee, taking
the birds as they went. When they got
into a flock they would stay till they
got them, and then go on at their leis-
ure. In about ten days or so they
would reach the confines of civilization
at Shelby, laden with the spoils of the
final days shooting, and would leave
the raft and boat and take a train for
home. For companions he would have
only Lon Hayman and AL Marks, the
former noted sportsman and the lat
ter a native, very child of the marsh.
couple of days with old Sandy, a noted
tub-setter, and young Sandy, who had
graduated into his fathers profession
as pusher. Woodman had no great lik-
ing for tubs, however. They were too
combining, and, moreover, were against
the game law. He could always get
Birds enough without using tubs,
mud and ice to have a couple of men
drive the ducks up to his gun he'd join
the Pot-Hunters' union and cease to be
sportsman.
The Kankakee, as it finds it's way
through the nearly level marsh from
English lake to the Des PLANES river in
Will county, ILL.,, is a remarka BILE
stream. 1t seems to follow path along
the watershed between the Laurentian
and Ohio systems and is in constant
doubt which way it shall go. The re-
suit is that every mile presents a sue
cession of Interrogation points. 1t
twists and turns and doubles upon it.
self in a most eXtravagant fashion, SO
that mile across lots is usually ten
miles by river. But again, the curious
part of it is that there are no cross lots.
There are no paths through the Kanka.
kee swamp. Except in the river it is
neither land nor water, just swamp.
but the fringe of ragged birch, maple
and white-limbed sycamore, and
patches of Doggy prairie. No roads,
houses, docks, bridges OR other evil
dences of civilization are to be seen,
1t is as much wilderness as when La
Sale foated down the CONSTRUCTED
stream two centuries ago.
While the boys were toasting them.
selves at the radiators in the stuffy of.
fee, or fighting sleetstorms to and from
the cars, the fortunate Woodman was
lazily floating down the Kankakee,
with his commissariat and kitchen in
his tent on the raft, and swift skiff
or canoe in which to steal quietly after
the birds, his trusty gun ever in his
hand and wicked-looking knife in his
belt. The knife, by the way, was ex'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

ing out for assistance. The cry should
be needed in time. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound was pre-
pared to meet the needs of woman's
system at this trying period of her life.
1t builds up the weakened nervous
system, and enables a woman to pass
that grand change triumphantly.
II was very sick woman, caused
by Change of Life. l suffered with hot
fushes, and fainting spells. l was
afraid to go on the street, my head
and back troubled me so. was en-
tirely cured by Lydia E. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound. y Mrs. JENNIE
NOBLE, SOLO Keyser St., Germantown,
Pa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
THE ANIMAL MANURES.
A Source of Income Whose ImpOr.
lance Is Underestimated by
Many Western Farmers.

Andrew II. Ward, writing very intel
ligently of conditions in a Boston pa
per, incidentally makes reference to a
fact concerning western methods of
agriculture which ought to arouse the
farmers in this section to the loss they
suffer through treating as negligible
factor the animal manures produced on
their farms. He quotes from the re-
port of the Massachusetts state board
of agriculture the statement that:
''The encouraging feature of the dairy
business is the fact that the fertilizers
necessary to keep up the fertility of the
soil are furnished as waste product.
Experiments of chemists show that the
excrements of well-fed cow in II
months contain nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash, worth at the market
price of those articles more than $45.
This sum is no mean addition to the
value Of the milk and butter product
of the COW. These elements are abso-
lutely necessary to replace what our
crops take from the soil, and should be
counted as part of the income from the
business" Mr.. Ward follows this with
this statement:
cat the west they do not count this
income from the COW, which gives the
east a great advantage over the west.
It will be somewhat reduced as the
market prices of nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash in fertilizers are low
cred by the fertilizer trust now being
formed"
This is true Of too many of our west
ern farmers who, blessed with soil Of
wonderful richness, have treated it as
though it were bank which could
honor all drafts Indefinitely without
any deposits being made against them.
We are glad to say that this is not true
to-day to the extent it was but few
years ago; yet it too correctly describes
conditions on majority of western
farms. The reform should come before
it is too late; before we of the west are
compelled, as were the farmers of the
east, to recognize natures mode of re-
storing and maintaining soil fertility.
For if we wait until that time, we shall
have to pay for fertilizers from the
products of poor, worn-out farms-a
task but one remove from involuntary
bondage. Let us learn from the experi-
ence of the east and put into practice
now the methods which that section
has demonstrated will insure the con-
tinued productivity of the land.-Farm-
ers' Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
A Word About Fertilizers.

Cheap fertilizers are the best for
some crops. 1t is possible that the
land may be well supplied with nitro
gen from the growing on the soil of
clover or cow peas. The farmer will
then need only potash and phosphoric
acid, which can be purchased for
about five cents per pound. AS nitro
gen sells for about Is cents per pound,
it's cost is three times as much as the
other substances. The cheap fertiliz-
ers are therefore the most efficient ac-
cording to circumstances
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

tremely useful in cutting bacon. So
Woodman was lost to the world for a
space of IA uneventful days, and the of.
flee boy drew pictures of Robinson
Crusoe on the blotters.
The Saturday before his vacation wa.
up the boys spent much time and ar.
tistic labor in decorating his corner
Ducks, as large as life and twice as
natural, were cut out of wrapping pa.
per by an advanced class of kinder
garten scholars and pinned up on the
wall and on the window shade. One
fine flock was shown flying across the
file cabinet, the top one just falling
from a shot from the victorious hunter.
Monday morning came, and with it
the hunter, somewhat the worse for
wear. Despite labored effort at
jauntiness, his joints were evidently
stiff, and his face had the color and
texture of Texas beef.
'Ah;" he exclaimed, as he saw the
display. 'Ducks!" And the shade OF
sadness on his brow gave place to an
expression of joy and satisfaction. as
if he had found something that filled
long-felt want.
"How many did you get?"
eve didn't count them"
Now, when a hunter says he didn't
count them his name is Ananias and
the truth is not in him.
''We got few" he went on, ''but the
marsh was dry and there weren't many
there. We got enough, and I'm no hog
for game, anyway"
"How was the weather?'
''Fine-for ducks. Rain, principally,
and some snow. And a good deal OF
wind. The fact is, the marsh is played
;out. They have drained it to DEATH
and the birds don't stop there any
more. They have through tickets to
the Red river, with no stopover al.
lowed"
That afternoon one of the porch.
climbers came in with a picturesque
tale of 1863. And Woodman said that all
men are liars.
But the worst jar was when the light
of the stenographers spoke up, in the
honeyed voice she usually reserved for
the telephone, and asked him if he had
that mallard's wing he promised her
He was never the same man after that
Chicago Daily Record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
There Is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the gro.
Gerry stores a new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but few
can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost over
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and 25 cts. PER pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
The New Cun. Defender.

Now being built, is confidently expected
to be the fastest sailing vessel ever built. Its
construction is being kept secret, but it is
whispered that it will easily hold the cup.
America is rapidly coming to the front. A
household remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which has defended health for half a
century past. 1t holds the record for the
cure of dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation,
nervousness, biliousness and la grippe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
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WOODMAN'S TRIP !
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WooDIMAN ,. had been waiting
since the duck season opened for some
water to get into the marsh, so he could
go and get some mallards. 1t was a
very simple proposition, as he stated it
to the office. The maysh was now all
dried out and the birds wouldn't linger.
There was nothing there but a few
yaller-legs and redheads. 1t was I'M
derstood that Woodman was in tele-
graphic communication with the marsh
daily, and as soon as the water began
to come in he would be off, and great
would be the slaughter of the birds.
Herbert said he thought the game
law ought to be amended SO a man
couldn't kill more than dozen birds a
day, just as it is in the matter of TAX
ing perch and pickerel, bass or wall
eyed pike; but Woodman said that
hunters wouldn't mind the law, any
way.
Nearly every day disreputable-look
ing characters would come into the
office to talk to Woodman, and the
manager regarded them with evident
suspicion. They generally resembled
thugs, and one was quite evidently a
porch-climber. Sometimes they had
dogs with them that acted as if they
were away from home and fearful of
bad treatment.
At length it rained and sleeted for a
couple of days. The Office shivered and
Rugged the radiators, but Woodman
sat in his shirt sleeves with his window
open two or three inches and his face
wreathed in smiles. Bromley said
something about rheumatism, and also
made remarks about some people get
ting out on the roof, but Woodman
needed him not. He whistled tuneful
bird calls as he read letters from the
agents. All the others had taken their
vacations in July and August, but
Woodman had his coming.
One morning Woodman came down
with his gun in canvas case. He took
it out and put it together, and the girl
stenographers ran into the back room.
He expatiated on the barrels, which
were indeed of CLASSY smoothness, and
looked quite regular and straight. He
said they were double-and-twist and
made of welded horseshoe nails. Brom-
ley said they were probably made in
Germany of welded fiddlesticks, but
Bromley was promptly silenced. Wood
man exhibited the action and the but
ternut stock, which was the finest ever
put on pair of barrels. The air-cush-
ion was explained, and the weight and
composition of the cartridges was dwelt
upon at great length.
Woodman also divulged, a secret,
known only to a chosen few, of so
splitting or manipulating cartridge,
by cutting it open and contracting the
air chamber by the insertion of bit
of chewing gum or something of that
sort, that the shot would carry a ire
mendous distance without scattering,
to the inevitable and complete annihi-
lation of any unfortunate bird that got
in the way.
Bromley made notes of this to send
to the game warden and to illustrate
his next lecture before the Audubon
society.
Then came the anxiously looked-for
wire that the water was in the marsh
and some ducks had been seen in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
MOTHERS GRIDDLE CAKES.

When mother puts the griddle on
And rings the breakfast bell,
The way we boys our jackets don
And tumble down pell NELL,
And get around the table quick
And ready to commence,
Just beats the biggest circus trick
You ever saw in tents.
At first we bow each little pate
While father says the grace;
Then mother sets heaping plate
Of cakes at fathers place.
Because he has his work to meet
We wait till he is through.
But it is hard to watch him eat
When we are hungry, too.
AT last he's done, and says: "Good-by'
To mother with kiss,
And then she makes the batter fly
And that hot griddle hiss,
And then we boys, who had to wait
For father, feast galore
But fast as mother fills plate
It's clean with yells for more.
tell you what, those cakes are fine
With 'lasses on the top
And buttered over till they shine
We don't know how to stop.
We stuff till mother cries: Land sakes!
To fill such appetites with cakes
Is more than I can do
Don't take the griddle off, cries Ned.
81 want some more" cries VIII.
1--WE only had nineteen" says Fred.
I'm hungry yet" says Phil.
And so we keep our mother sweet
A trying might and main
To bake as fast as we can eat
And she just tries in vain.
At last she brings a heaping plate
With: Boys This must be all;
AS long as l can stand and bake
For some and more you'll call.
I don't suppose you think that
Am tired and hungry, too
The batter bowl is nearly dry
And-well, l want few
That's just like ma. She never takes
A bit of breakfast till
Her boys, who love her griddled cakes,
Have had their royal fill,
And 1 don't blame her either. for
Not wanting cakes each day
And standing hungry on the floor
While we just stuff away.
The only trouble eating cakes
Is waiting for enough,
Because one person never bakes
AS fast as four can stuff.
. I'd have four persons bake for one,
And that one would be me,
And then no starving would be done
Between the plates, you see.
H. c. Dodge, in Chicago Daily Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
THE CHANGE OF LIFE

Is the most important period in a wo.
mans existence. Owing to modern
methods of living, not one woman in
thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
train of very annoying and some
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
chills, as if the heart were going to
stop for good, are symptoms of dam
gerous, nervous trouble. Those hot
flashes are just SO many calls from
nature for help. The nerves are cry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
PROTECTING. TRoUGHS.
Suggestion for a Simple Device by
Which Water for Stock Can
Be Kept Clean.

Water for stock should be kept
clean and cool. A water trough in
which ducks have been padding and
on which an August sun has been
beating for hours is not an attractive
drinking place for animals. Where
large tanks supplied from wind
wheel are needed and especially if
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
WAGON ON RUNNERS.
No Farmer Who Has a Grain of In.
genuity About Him Need Be
Without u Good Sled.

These can be easily made by taking
off the wheel and putting on runner.
Fig. a shows the hub, made of
hard wood and measured SO that it
will fit on the axle in the place of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
The Question of Dessert

Is easily and simply solved with package
of Burnham's Hasty Jellycon. 1t is only
necessary to dissolve a package of it in boil
ing water and set away to cool. The result
is delightfully."- pure jelly, and an ideal des-
sert. The havors are orange, lemon, straw
berry, raspberry, peach, wild cherry and the
unflavored "calfsfoot" for making wine and
coffee jelies All grocers sell it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

Socialistic Experiment. by Swiss.
The city of Bern, Switzerland, is
making the socialistic experiment of
building free-or practically free
workshops for artisans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 6. 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

There is only one thing which, properly
speaking, always has its face value, and tina
is a kiss-Town Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

Have you ever experienced the joyful sen,
sation of good appetite? You will if you
chew Adams Pepsin Tutt Frutti
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

complete follows inability to sleep There
confirmed invalid
ism results
recuperave power sleep wonderful Complete
after of
of energy The fatigue of body and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

We refund Zoe for every package of
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES that fails to give
satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville,
Mo. Sold by all druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

The silence of friend commonly amounts
to treachery. His not daring to say any,
thing in our behalf implies tacit censure
-HaZitt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

There is no fattery more delicate to an
unmarried man than to know pretty wom-
ans tears.-Town Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

The third day after a man has put an
cynic on riendship.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

Some people help others; Others help
hemselves.-Atchison Globe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar re
lieves whooping cough.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

The amateur camera fellow may have q
hard time of it, but he also has snap
Indianapolis News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

There is no doubt but that judicous
rumble is of great use, for many bike
S never oiled until it saueaks.-Ally Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

luluu ulSdppedTSe uClTely Willie
all the muscles are strong and
the nerves absolutely calm.
Sleep is the indication given
by Nature as a guide to human
plans to restore health. 1t
shows that there are inherent
in the wonderful human
organism powers of recupera-
ton which must have oppor-
tunity to assert themselves.
Based on this clear demon
stration, DIR. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy was
constructed by DIR. Greene to
help Nature combat the ills
that attack men and women.
What no amount of powerful
drugs could possibly accom-
plish, can be successfully and
promptly effected by healthy
blood and nerves, the kind of
blood which flows in strength
ening flood to every portion
of the body, the condition of
nerves which permits awak-
ened Nature to seize it's OPP
portunity to restore to perfect
health.
Mrs. FLORENCE TAYLOR, of 4
CORTLAND Place. Bridgeport, Conn.,,
writes:
For four years I was troubled
with nervous debility and hysteria
in most aggravated form. It caused
sleeplessness and mental depression,
and for months l was confined to INV
bed. My constitution wasted and I
totally lost my appetite. had many
doctors. but they failed to give me
any relief. / was advised to try DIR.
Greene,s Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. Twas III terrible condition
when / began its use, and almost
! Immediately there was a wonderful
change came over me. / regained
my appetite, the dizziness in my head
departed it renewed my interest in
life and made me feel. in fact, like
another person. After taking six
bottles thankfully proclaimed nv
self strong and we'll Those six
bottles did for me what hundreds of
dollars and numerous physicians
failed to do"
DR.. Gs'eesse,s Hes.-
vass'a is the Remedy
that Cures.
Full explanation of these matters
given by DR.. Greene on request, With
out charge. DIR. Oreene's address is
IS West t4th Street, New York CITY,
Consultation with him either by call
or letter Is absolutely free.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

There is no great achievement that is not
the result of patient working and waiting.
j G. Holland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
OSo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-01-11
DR.. Gs'eezse,s Mes'-
vags'a is the Remedy
that Cures.

Full explanation of these matters
given by DR.. Greene on request. with
out charge. DIR. 0reene's address il
IS West t4th Street, New York CITY.
Consultation with him either by call
or letter Is absolutely free.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-09-12

90 afraid OF everything. Why. he
wa the biggest coward you ever saw
in your life.
She also emphaticany disolaims that
the boy ever displayed any anarchist
ic tendencies whatever. lie was an
ndmircr OF his brother, the Philppne
soldier. and liked bis country. never
showing the least sign OF discon-
tent"
Mrs. Czolgosz is an intclligentlook-
ing woman, but failed TO show any dc'
cided emotion when confronted with
the account OF Icons horrible crime.
The home is neat and clcanly, but
plain.
Paul Czolrosz. the father, moved
into Cleveland two weeks ago TO Sc
cure employment. lie has not yet
hear OF his sons crime. Two uncles
also live in Cleveland. one OF them
residing az ~ Hosmcr street.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-09-12
PRAYING FOR HIM.
THE EcunEN,cAL CONFERENCE.
Resolution of sympathy and silent
Prayer for Recovery.

London, Sept. The Ecumenical
Methodist conference gave up the
first hour Of its Saturdays session 20
prayers for. eulogics Of and resou.
tions respecting President Mckinley.
IL happened that the bishops and min
isters OF the colored Methodist
branches were in charge Of The OPEN
ing service, Bishop Arnett. Of Ohio.
presiding. Rev. i. a. Hubbard. u. D..
OF Washington, offered prayer for the
president and his wife, and Bishop
Arnett delivered an address in which
he spoke OF the high qualities OF the
president as statesman, Christian
and gentleman.
Rev. DR.. W. +. DAWSON. OF the Brit
ish Wesleyan Mcthodists, president Of
the conference, moved:
.
THAT this conference espresso, 4.
its intense indignation at the das. Z.
tardly attempt made upon the I.
. president OF the United States. .
and It's profound sympathy with Z.
the nation in its deep anxiety .
over the deed, and directs that "A .
message OF respectful sympathy .
be sent at once TO Mrs. Mckinley" .
4,
This was amended 10 send one also
10 President Mckinley.
DR.. Frank NJ. Bristol, OF Washing
ton, President McKinley's pastor.
whose emotion made speech difficult.
alluded 10 his personal relations with
Mr. and Mrs. Mckinley.
After special silent prayer for the
recovery of the president. hte resolu.
ton was adopted by standing vote.
many Of those present weeping.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-09-12
ROOSEVELT THERE.
ROOSEVELT ARRIVES.
Has Nothing TO say, and Z. Driven
Rapidly 90 the President.

Buffalo. y. N.,Sept. AT 1850 p. m.
the special train bearing Nice-prcsi-
dent Roosevelt and party arrived az
the New York Central depot, and as
soon as the cars came 90 q stand the
,ice-president rushed through the
gate TO carriage 90 waiting out
side.
To a press representative, who
managed 20 reach him, he said IN re.
Ply to a question as 10 whether he
had anything TO say for publication.
Il have nothing 70 say. Nothing 20
say. Nothing TO say at present ard
he rushed into the carriage which.
with an escort Of mounted policemen.
at once drove 20 the house where the
wounded president is lying. Another
carriage with detectives followed i'm
mcdiately. The horses were driven
al a swift run. The street hal been
cleared, and every preparation r,ade
for a speedy trip to the Milburn
house.