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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
DESTROYING CLODS.
1t Is a Hard job, But Perseverance,
and Good Common Sense Ac-
cOmplish Wonders.

If YOU have piece of hard land to
break, which is so baked as to come
up in clods, we would suggest that you
run over it with a disk or cutaway
harrow ahead of plows, and break with
very small scOoters, says a southern
farmer. Do not try TO turn such land.
If you still have clods do not wait for
them to harden, but run heavy roller
or drag over and follow with some
pulverizing harrow the same day.
An hour or so will do this for each
days blowing. Thus you will pulver-
ize most of them quite easily. Run
roller ahead of harrow so as to crush
as many as possible, and fasten the
others SO that they cannot dodge the
harrows. 1t will pay to take time to
do this, your crop can be cultivated
SO much cheaper afterwards; and the
yield will be so much greater. Every
time you go over with harrow and
crushers you will increase the yield
of the crop.
We once selected one acre in "a
20-acre field, average spot, and
plowed and narrowed this acre IA
times right along before we quit.
We then planted and cultivated this
acre just as we did the rest of the field
running the rows right along through
it. The yield was much more than
double any other acre. This has con-
tinued to be true for five years, in all
kinds of crops. All through the grow
ing season this acre can be distin-
guished as far as you can see the field.
All crops grow off quicker and yield
heavier. Culture is manure" is true.
But after all the old proverbs IAN
ounce of prevention is worth pound
of cure" holds good here also. If the
hard pan is broken up and the water
permitted to go on down, SO as not
to saturate the soil and remain in it
too long, the baking will be prevented.
If the baking or running together is
prevented the clods will not form This
is as true of bottom land as of upland.
Stop the soaking and you will prevent
the clodding. One other point is worth
considering here. Do not burn any
vegetable matter in your farm. Plow
it into the soil. This will enrich the
soil and prevent the baking and clod-
ding.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
I'm S1 ~ y! .Thlak$S,
COIN BACK.

I've packed my traps and I'm goin' back
where the fields are green and broad.
And the colts, with their legs all doubled
up, are rollin' on the sod;
They'll smile, l s'pose, when they see me
come, and they'll, some of EN-, likely
They thought I'd forsaken the farm fol
good the day that went away
But let EN- smile-I'm goin' back-l'm SICK
of the noise and fuss,
Where a couple of dollars count for more
than the life of common cuss;
They'll nobody notice I've went away-if
you told 'em they wouldn't care,
But somebody's facell be full of JOY when
she greets her boy back there.
I'm goin' back, for I've had my fill-Pve
saw what there is to see;
The city may still be the place for you, but
it's lost it's charm for me;
And won't l be lonesome there, you say.
with the people so far apart?
Well mebby they're few and far between,
but each of EMS got heart;
There amt no hundreds of thousands there
TO push you around, know,
Not carin' cent where you're comm from
or where you're tryin to go
For the one that's jostled day after day
with never a friend to greet,
There amt a lonesomer place on earth
than the city's crowded street.
I'm goin' back where the dogs asleep on
the step by the kitchen door,
With his nose pushed down between his
paws-Im sick of the smoke and roar;
There's money to make where the croW0s
are thick and they're tryin' to rip
things loose -
There's money to get if you've got the grit,
but, dang it all! what's the use?
They hustle for dollars all through the
day and dream of dollars in bed,
And forgive the pOugfn' fellow may GO
as long as he gets ahead
They hustle and hustle and coop them
selves in dark little holes and fret
And honor a person accordin' to the money
he's managed to get.
Tn goin' back where the poplars stand in
tall rows down the lane,
Where the bobsleds settin beside the barn,
defyin the sun and rain;
Where the birds are stngln away as
though they were hired to fill the air
With a sweetness that nobody ever can
know who was never boy out there;
I'm goin' back where they'll not expect me
to sit in the kitchen when
I'm courtin' the girl l love because I'm
workin' for other men
Where the richest among emil shake my
hand, instead of lettin' me see
That they think the money they've got
must make them blamed sight bet
ter than me.
I'm goin' back, and you'll stay here and
rush, in the same CID way,
Coin to work and then goin home-the
same thing day by day
And you'll think you're havin' high old
time and I'll pity you, lookin back
From where l whistle across the fields) at
you in the same old track
I'm goin' back. but the crowds won't know,
and they'll still keep rushin' on;
They'll never notice that some ones face
is missin when l am gone
No, they'll never notice that some ones
gone-if they did they wouldn't care
But every tree'll be noddin' to me when
turn up the lane back there.
IS. Z. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
SOME CLOVER FACTS.
There Are Several Varieties Which
Give Fair Yields and Are VaIu-
able in Many Ways

Clovers are among our most valuable
forage plants, but they will not with
stand the extremes of drought and
heat that prevail over large sections of
the west every year and in other sec
lions of the same region some years.
Being soil renovators they can be
grown in rotation with other crops to
advantage. On account of the large
amount of protein they contain they
have high feeding value. There are
several varieties of clovers grown in
this country, among which are the fol-
lowing:
Red clover (Trifoliumi pratepse).-
This is the most common variety, and
is grown successfully in the north
wherever the supply of moisture is
sufficient. In dry sections it becomes
uncertain. Some call it a perennial,
but it is scarcely more than biennial,
it's perennial character being often as
sumed by new plants springing up
from seeds dropped by the plants each
year. 1t makes good hay, but is UNI
suited for permanent pasture. When
it is desired to use it for pasture, as
single plant, it is necessary to ro-
tate, keeping the clover pasture in one
place for not more than two years.
Mammoth clover (trifolium medium)
resembles red clover, but has no spots
on the leaves. 1t is adapted to more
moist land than is red clover, and I'M
der favorable conditions will give a
larger yield.
Alsike clover is a perennial clover
whose appearance suggests a hybrid
between red and white clover, but it
is not hybrid. 1t will thrive on soil
too wet for red clover, but on ordinary
soil is probably not to be SO highly
recommended. A writer says that it
should be sown with grasses to get the
best results.
White clover (trifo!ium repens) is a
low-growing perennial, spreading by
creeping stems. The flowers are white,
the older ones more or less purplish
tinged. 1t is of little value for hay
owing to it's small growth, but is very
useful for identifying lawns, and has
some value as a pasture plant. Some
farmers SOW white clover seed with
bluegrass and consider it an assist
ant to the bluegrass pasture. 1t stands
drought fairly well, and will grow on
soil too poor to give good yields OF
some other pasture plants. In Ireland
it is called the shamrock.
Crimson clover (trifolium incarna-
tum) is an erect annual foot or two
high. 1t bears scarlet flowers in oD-
long heads. 1t was highly spoken OF
some years ago as soil renovator, but
of recent years has been quite gener.
ally ignored in the north. In the south
it is proving valuable in some local
itics.-Farmers' Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
VERDICT MEANT DEATH.

Aldrich, Mo-, May 27.-Four of the
best doctors in the vicinity have been
in attendance on Mrs. Mollie Moore, of
this place, who has been suffering with
a very severe case of Nervousness and
Kidney Disease. Each of them told her
that she would die.
Hearing of Dodd's Kidney Pills, she
began to use them, and instantly no.
ticed change for the better. Her i'm
provement has been continuous since
then. She says that the disease first
manifested itself by the appearance
of dark spots floating before her eyes.
Her nerves were so bad that many
times they would collapse completely,
and she would fall down as if shot.
The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills
saved her after four doctors had given
her up, has caused no end of talk in this
neighborhood, and all are loud in their
praises of this new remedy-Dodd' S
Kidney Pills-which is curing so many
hitherto incurable cases, in this state
and elsewhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
Grading and Packing Honey.

Every beekeeper should strive to
make reputation as an honorable
shipper, ano after it has once been
made he will not have much trouble
in finding market for his honey.
1t may be needless to say that this
will require eternal vigilance in grad
ing and packing. Dark honey must
not be packed with light, and partly
filled sections must not find their
way into the middle of a case, but
these should be set aside and the
honey extracted from them. Grade
your honey uniformly and try to
have the middle of the case as good
as the facing. Then provide yourself
with a rubber stamp with your name
and address upon it, and stamp all
your goods. This will advertise your
business, and buyers will gain con-
fidence in you and will deal with you
in preference to some one else who
does not stand behind his goods; for,
if you really have good article, con-
sumers will continue to ask for your
honey.-Farm Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

in red-headed Sunday school teachers
what wears kids in de right hand little
finger, but dey all yells, an one of 'em
we knows dey are de real ting an not
bank robbers.
GAIL dis time de peppers is printin'
stories about John Rawlins Glimmer
Traced to Chicago dey said. 1T Is
Knowed Dat de Newton Bank Wrecker
Cum to Dis City, Offer of Reward Is
Doubled,' Ten Thousand Dollars fur
His Arrest, and Detectives Are Hot on
de Trail
'De n:ght dat piece cum out in de
pepper deere was telegraph cum from
New York to de bigges' fly copper in
town. 1t cum in about midnight an
it read like dis:
OCTOPUS, Glimmer, tentacles, Chi
cago, seven, tempus, catamaran.
Eye
"'Deliver dis message by special
messenger immediately it said.
Spare no pains. Most important
''De fly copper de telegraph was fer
lives six miles out in de rubarbs, an
de manager calls in me and 1927 an
tells us to go over an git buggy at de
libery stable an make hurry-up trip.
We goes over an 1 stops at de hash
foundry to cop some sinkers an Gigs
fer lunch on de way. 327 goes ahead
to get de horse hitched up.
"When l Gums up TO de stable 327
ducks out an leads me into de alley.
"'Say,' he says, shiverin' all over,
'dere's guy in dere wild red hair, an
his mustache is jes' shaved off. He's
wearin' mitts, an de collar of his coat
is turned up to hide de back of his
neck
"'An' I'll bet,' says 327, dat he's de
guy we're after. We as good as got
him pinched now,' says 327. What you
goin' to do wild yer SCOOP he says.
'Glimmer's in dere tryin' to hire rig
to drive him downtown, an the hbery
stable guy says he'll have to wait a
minute till he gifts a driver in; dat all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
LAYING A TILE DRAIN.

string stretched over the center of the
ditch is very efficient help in getting
both line and grade.
The line of the tile should be as
straight as the circumstances will
permit and the tile laid to a true grade,
which may be ascertained by measur-
ing down from the string. A sag in the
tile is sure to be filled with silt sooner
or later, destroying it's usefulness.
would not use smaller than four
inch tile. If there are springs, they
must be provided for. When the bot
tom of the ditch is very truly and care
fully brought to grade, the tile may
be laid end to end along the bottom,
the joints covered with an inverted
sod to keep loose dirt out and the
ditch filed up.--Rural New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

sician. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician is
at a constant disadvantage. This is
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con-
fding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham,
and whose advice has brought happi-
ness and health to countless women in
the United States.
Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, ILL.,,
whose portrait we publish, advises all
suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink
hams advice and use Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, as they
cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
and womb; she, therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience ought
to give others confidence. Mrs. Pink
hams address is Lynn, Mass, and her
advice is absolutely free.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Didn't Get the Reward
THE Reformed Messenger Boy took
oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCC

THE Reformed Messenger Boy took
dirty and time-worn paper from
the inside pocket of his vest. He I'M
folded it and spread it out on the table,
It showed the face of a middle-age
man, with a brief description below
st. Above the face, in big black let
tiers, was the single line: $4,000 Re-
ward"
"Dere,' said the boy, sis de mug of
de guy what me an 327 got pinched.
If it hadn't been fer us de fly cops
I'D a-been lookin' fer him yet. We gifts
wise to his nobs, an gives de tip to de
flies, an den dey makes de pinch, cops
de coin, an gives me an 327 de double
cross.
His name was John Rawlins Glim-
mer, an he made a quick sneak out-a
New York five years ago, after pinch
in $25O,0OO from de Newton national
bank. De peppers was full of how
smood guy he was. He was de book.
keeper, an kept de bank dope books,
an he'd been pinchin' an maxim de
books lie about it fer ten years. Every
day it was pinch an carry one wild
him, an in de afternoon he'd go down
an put a few dollars on de ponies,
'spectin' all de time to win out an put
himself back on de square.
''Me an 327 was readin' all about it,
an wishin' dat we could git chance
to do little flynn, an win de dough
de bank offers fer catchin' de guy.
Den my fren', de lutte over to Central,
gimme dis bill of de play, wild de guys
mug on it an tellin' all about him.
Me an 327 learns it all by heart.
John Rawlins Glimmer,' it SAYS,
AS years old, red hair and mustach.
mixed wild gray. Little finger on right
hand is missing. Has big scar on back
of neck. When excited is apt to slut
ter badly. Has taught class in Sunday
school, an may be found takin' part
in revival meetin's. $4,000 reward fer
his errest an detention. Left New
York June II, an is supposed to have
come to Chicago
'327,' | says, after him an me has
got de descript down fine, me an you
mus cop dat dough. We mus keep
our lamps lit fer Mr.. Glimmer, an
when we sees guy wild his right mitt
Shy one finger We'll t'row him down
an look fer de scar on de back of his
neck. You'll have to go to Sunday
school, 327,' says, AN rubber fer guy
wild red hair and ,nustaches.'
1927 goesede mex Sunday, an dere's
big gazaboy dere wild de right color
roof on his nut and a red mustache
but he has gray kid gloves on his
mitts, an 327 can't tell whedder he's
shy little finger er not. 327 says dat
kid gloves are suspicious, anyhow, Sc
he waits till de guy gets out on de
street. Den he sneaks up an gives
him a pinch on the little finger on, dc
right glove, t'inkin' if it was stuffed
wild sawdust de guy couldn't know it
But de guy lets out yell, and so 321
knows dat he is on dead 'un. De mex
tree Sundays me an 327 puts in pinch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
How to Grow Broom Corn

Broom corn thrives on any kind OF
soil that produces Indian corn OF
maize. The ground should not be
worked deeply but should be fine and
smooth. Broom corn should be drilled
in rows about as far apart as corn
1t should be planted after you are
through planting corn and not until the
ground is warm. One bushel of seed
will plant Is acres, or about one-fourth
of peck per acre. 1t needs very lit
tie cultivation; so that it is kept clean
of weeds it will grow. The best time
to harvest it is when the seed is in
dough. The best way to harvest is to
break all the stalks one way and cut
the tops with corn knife.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
"w-W-WELL, I'LL G-G-GET 1T OFF.

de men are out jes' now, but he's ex-
pectin' one back in a minute.
"'Who's bossin' de libery to-night?'
says I. 'Mike?'
Yes
"'Tell him dere's guy wants to see
him out here fer minute
mike an me is old pals, an when
he comes out gifts him on to let me
put on drivers coat an go out wild
de guy me an 327 t'ink is Glimmer.
An tells 327 to git quick hustle out
with the telegraph to de fly an to
| bring de fly back wild him.
"'You call up 16 offs on de tele-
phone frum de fy's house, says, AN
I'll leave word dere fer you what's to
do an where de guy has went
so goes in, an Mike says: Here's
driver for you, sir An de guy says:
We'll, hurry up. haven't got no time
| to lose / takes piece of red chalk
1 finds in de stable an makes mark
on de back of de guys coat when he
| amt lookin'.
''De l says to him: Excuse me, sir,
y
yere coat Brush it off, he says, an
I pretended to try, but couldn't make
it come. 1T won't come, SIR says,
| AN it looks like big letter in in red
paint
'W-w-well, I'll g-g-get it off, the
guy says, an unbuttons his coat an
starts to pull it off. Then he stops
sudden an pulls it up again around
his neck an says: o, well, never
mind; I'll change my clothes in de
morning, anyhow
'By the time Mike gifts my cab
hitched up 327 is started out fer de
fly, goin' out West Thirty-frst street
| like fire engine, an it's along to-
| wards two o'clock in de mornin'.
"'Where to-, STRIP says, touchin' my
hat to de guy.
"'To de Union station in hurry
he says. Il want to catch train at
| three o'clock
81 gifts hustle over to the West
side an seen my guy safe in lower
tree in de st. Louis car. Den 1 calls
up 16 offs an puts de manager wise
to the whole show.
1927 will call you up in a few min
utes,' I says, am you tell him an de
fly to catch de train at de Englewood
station. Dey got time if dey drive
fast. De guy dey want is in lower
tree in de st. Louis car
'De fly and 327 makes a quick run
in an catches de train o. K. at Engle-
wood. De fly walks in and takes John
Rawlins Glimmer out of de berth. An
John Rawlins is rabbit an gives de
hull game away. Den fly gives 1927
dollar bill an says: Split dat wild
your pardner, my boy he says, and
dat was de nearest we ever came to dat
$4,000 ward."-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
The Beet Sugar Industry.

Growth of the beet sugar industry
in the recent past is greater than gen
orally recognized, now that it is nc
longer a novelty. A little group OF
farmers living near Denver have just
contracted to grow 800 acres of beets
for three years from January next,
to supply new factory to be built
Like progress and development are
noted in many other sections of the
west, and as far east as ~ Y. In Can
ada growers are in earnest asking the
government to pay bounty for few
years on sugar made from Canadian
grown beetS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

Minnesota has 200 less inmates in
prisons and reformatories than it had
in 1897.
Kansas has an incorporated Society
for the Abolition of Compulsory Vac
cination.
A hotel erected near the grounds of
the Buffalo exposition covers nine
acres and can serve 5000 customers
at one time in it's dining-room.
An association in Raleigh, N. c., is
making an effort to preserve the boy
hood home of President Andrew
johnson in that city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
F,our from sweet Potatoes.

The American Flour Manufacturing
company of Vineland, N. j., has just
been incorporated with an authorized
capital of $1,0OO,000, for the making
of -four from sweet potatoes. The
Vineland mill, which started up few
days ago, is said to be the first of it's
kind in the country. The -four is
bright golden yellow and has a sweet
taste that is very pleasant. The farm
ers of south Jersey are jubilant over
the organization of the company,
which proposes to erect mills through
out the sweet potato-growing belt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
WHY MRS. PINKHAM
Is Able to Help Sick Women
When Doctors Fail.

How gladly would men fly to wo-
mans aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women, and the aid man would give
is not at his command.
To treat case properly it is neces-
sary to know all about it, and full
information, many times, cannot be
given by a woman to her family ply
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
STEPLADDER FOR WAGON.

irons securely screwed to the end of
the ladder and that fit to the wagon
end board. By using a ladder of this
kind the loading is made much more
easy and very often farm produce can
be handled with far less bruising.-
E. McGill, III Farm and Home.
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HOW TO LAY TILE.
New York Farmer Explains How to
Drain a Wet Strip from Two to
Four Rods Wide,

First, see that you have good out
let for the water; second, dig narrow
ditch along the center of the wet strip
deep enough to drain the land, say
three to four feet, according to the ma
ture of the soil. If it is liable to settle
down much after the water is drawn
off, it should be deeper than it would
otherwise Trim the bottom of the
ditch carefully to true grade. A
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
Wanted Protection

"Have you in contemplation any
risk or danger?" asked the life insur-
ance man.
"I-I am going to discharge our
cook Tomorrow" faltered the unhap-
py applicant. -Baltimore American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

Corn meal, broken rice, milk and
eggs made into mush or custards by
the thrifty poultry keeper will put
the finishing touches on the young
birds now ripening for the spring
broiler trade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
Cheap Round Trip Rate Between ST P-iaH'
nIinn and the Pacific Coast.

Iinn., and the FacIHc NOt1St'
On July 9Th the Northern Pacific Railway
will place in effect low first-class round
trip rate of $500 from eastern terminals
to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Dates
of sale at eastern terminals will be frora
July 9th to July 18th inclusive, ana the
final limit for return will be Aug 3lst, lyol.
Destination must be reached not later IMAM
july 18th, stopovers being allowed IN
EITHER DIRECTION within the transit limits.
This offers an unsurpassed opportunity
for those desiring to hunt new homes ana
farms, to go into the northwest and LOOK
over the country, or for those wishing TO
visit relatives or friends or to make pleas
ure trips to do So
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
Private Mailing Card.

Private Mailing Card with colored views
of scenery on the Chicago, Milwaukee q st.
Paul Railway, sent on receipt of ten llO)
cents in stamps. Address F. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31
LOADING FARM WAGONS.
Short Stepladder Fitted to End
Board Saves Lots of Hard Work
and Annoyance.

In loading farm wagons there is Zoo
often needless lifting. The cut shows
a handy short stepladder with bent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
ern Railway has gotten out a neat booklet
descriptive of the beautiful summer resorts
at Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in Northwest
ern Iowa. Free copies will be mailed upon
application to Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant
Gen1. Pass. Agt., Cedar Rapids, La.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-31

de men are out jes' now, but he's eX-
pectin' one back in minute.
"'Who's bossin' de hbery tonight? p
says 1. Mike?
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WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS,

throughout the district.