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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
A Leap Year
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"0H, PEGGY, have you heard Capt.
~ Neely's offer?" was screeched
by a bevy of veranda beauties as Mar
garet Randall joined them.
"Offer of what?"
'Oh, gracious, girls, tell her!"
"Why, the captain has offered"
began one of the damsels.
''You mistake, my dear young lady,"
interrupted the captain, 81 offer moth
ing. But have signified my willing
ness to consider any or all offers made
me. You see, Miss Peggy" said he,
turning toward the late arrival, who,
although far from being beautiful,
ruled them by right of her brightness,
her wit and her ineXhaustible re-
sources as an entertainer. 81 am dis
gusted with the way you young ladies
are neglecting your leap year advan-
tages, and 1 will wager that not one
of you has made an offer of marriage
this year. Have you, now?"
Nothing but the awful dread of be-
ing refused has deferred us, captain"
answered Miss Randall. ''Think of
our feelings, when, after laying our
hearts and fortunes at your feet you
refuse to listen"
That's just the contingency have
been providing for. The very point we
were discussing when you Joined US
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
STORING OF CABBAGE.
1t Must BE So Placed That the Air
Can PercOlate Quite Freely Be-
tween the Heads.

The conditions requisite for sorting
cabbage successfully are dry, cool,
we'll ventilated place. If the outdoor
cellar can be well ventilated and kept
cool, and yet above the freezing point,
there is no reason why it cannot be
used for storing cabbage. Cabbage,
however, must not be stored in large
bins or in large masses, but must be
so placed that the air can percolate
through between the cabbage heads.
To secure these conditions vertical
bins should be constructed in the eel
lar, so that the cabbages may be piled
up in bins not more than two or three
feet in width. Between the bins pas
sageway of perhaps Is inches should be
left for air circulation. Were the cab
bages to be piled in the cellar in large
bins, as potatoes are usually stored,
they would probably decay, but if they
can be put into vertical narrow bins a
above described, there is no reason
why the outdoor cellar should not fur
nish ideal conditions. If they are
stored in this way it must not be expect
ed that they will keep until late spring,
but they must be disposed of during
the winter. Where cabbages are to
be kept in small way for family use
they may be placed on the ground,
heads down, and covered over with
straw or stalks. The covering will keep
them from freezing and they can be
removed at any time during the win
ter. Cabbage should not be covered
over with earth and should not, under
any conditions, be put where free VEN
tilation cannot be secured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
Saved the Little poftle..

siderate of my interests" said prominent
physician, lately. "a few weeks ago he had
malaria, and prescribed quinine for him,
giving him four-grain capsules, so that he
might take the drug without discomfort.
He came out of his attack, and few
days later called to see me at my Office.
Judge of my surprise when he exhibited
the empty capsules and said: Doctor, I
thought you might like the little bottles, so
| saved them and brought them back. He
had emptied each four-grain dose of the
bitter powder, and then essayed the rather
hopeless task of washing it down with wa
ter. couldn't do otherwise than to take
the little bottles from him without word,
and next time I'll give him quinine in an
other form PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
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SCIENCE OF BUDDING.
Clip This Article and Study 1t Care
fully as Often as You Get
the Time.

Budding is the operation of setting
4 single bud, bearing little or no
wood, upon the surface of the stock.
It is the method most commonly en-
ployed in propagating fruit trees.
There is no general rule of when to
bud, but it can be done at any time
when the buds of the new growth
are sufficiently formed for. setting
and the bark on the stock will peel
Or slip easily. Early summer or June
budding is practiced to a consider
able extent by nurserymen on peach
and plum trees. where they wish to
obtain a growth from the bud the
same season. New and valuable va
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pIantinr spinach in FalI,

Spinach is crop that is usually
planted in the fall. 1t is hardy and
endures several winters. The seed may
be broadcasted or sown in drills, but
the drill system should be preferred.
Another winter vegetable which re-
mains in the ground until spring is
satisfy, which, however, is seeded in
May. Turnips, if left in the ground,
will produce early greens in spring,
and so will the stalks of cabbage, if
they are left with their roots in the
ground. The most popular plant for
affording early green's in winter. how.
ever, is spinach.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
A TRIBUTE TO TREES.
Few of Gods Many Gifts to Man Serve
Him So Diversity, Faithfully
and WE'LL

They house him, warm him, shell
ter from the storms of winter and
protect him from the torrid heat of
summer.
Their fruits supply him with food,
and their bodies with the material
for ships, vehicles, buildings, uten-
sils, etc.
They adorn his grounds and afford
him models for architecture and
artistic forms.
They are the benediction of heav-
en-, clothing and ornamenting the
rough and waste places, healing man
inflicted scars upon the earth's sur.
face, modifying the climatic rigors,
inviting the summers showers and
retaining the warm blood of the
rain to fatten and ripen the harvest.
They afford shade for mans labor,
temples for his worship and are the
apotheosis of his dreams of relaxa-
ton and ease.
Where trees abound there is evil
dence of life, declaration of energy,
sign of thrift, proof of aesthetic
taste.
A treeless country may be likened
unto lawless people. Where there
are no trees we have come to think
that there are no laws.
A leahess tree in the bleak days of
winter is more beautiful to the eye
of the tree-lover than a luxuriant
linden in the height of it's glory to
the eye of the man blind to the
beauty of natures noblest works.
Remember, you jewellers in the land
of trees, those stately oaks that
stood near the old log school house!
Picture those great rough trunks and
those eloquent limbs and branches
swaying in the sweet breezes from
over the fern-covered hills!
If you have not trees on your
place, whether it be a mere town lot
or large farm, don't defer planting
some-do it next springer this fall
if the conditions seem favorable. A
treeless yard is uninviting enough
to drive away even the army of book
agents.
Blessed be the glorious trees and
honor to the man who plants and
successfully nurtures them.-Farm-
erS' Voice.
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IN THE BEAUTIFUL MORNING.


The storm and the darkness-the desolate
night!
But the ship saileth sure, and the harbor's
in sight;
And a melody swells
From the chime o. the bells:
"Home in the beautiful morning.
o, long was the sea-way, with pillows to
breast;
But we dreamed on those pillows of Ravens
of Rest;
Ger the oceans sad knells
Still the chime o. the bells
"Home in the beautiful morning!"
Mid the wrecks that were tossed Of the
storm and the strife
We had drifted so far from the Love that
is Life!
But the bells Ger the foam!
Ever singing of Home
"Home in the beautiful morning"
O. storm! and black billows!-not hopeless
We roam,
For Love guides the ship to the white
shores of Home!
And the melody swells
From the jubilant bells:
'Home in the beautiful morningw
Atlanta Constitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

rieties are usually worked in this
way.
Among northern nurserymen AMI
fruit growers, budding is commonly
practiced in July and August. Or
chardists are taking up this system
of propagation and using it in place
of or in connection with top graft
ing. If the buds fail to live the
branches can be grated the follow
Ing spring. The operation is more
easily and quickly done than graft
ing.
The illustrations show clearly the
different steps in the operation. A
branch of the new growth with well
developed buds is selected (a), the
leaves cut off, leaving part of the
leaf stem a half-inch Or more in
length. This serves as handle in
setting the bud. A sharp budding
knife is used, having a rounded point
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
The Ideal Farm Laborer.

The hired man who will look after
the interests of his employer, who
will feed all the stock carefully and
economically, who will be on hand
to do the chores Sunday and every
other day, can milk cows, should be
well paid for his labor. Such men
are too scarce. They soon get a
Farm sf their own and go to work
for themselves. What contrast be-
tween man of that kind and hobo
that passes along the highways look
ing after back-door handouts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

and I said that to every girl I refused
this year 1 would give Jersey cow.
I've fine drove of them, you know,
and it's no more than right that there
should be some little consolation prize
offered"
That's not so bad; but, great heav-
ems, captain!" exclaimed one of
The younger men, ''have you the
least idea of what you are liable to get
into?"
''Oh, I don't think Jim will be out so
many cows; because he is sure to snap
up the first thing that Offers" said the
handsomest man among the summer
idlers. "You don't expect to have the
refusal of all this magnificent assort-
ment, do your" and his smile mag
unanimously swept over the girls col
lected on the veranda.
ooh, don't know" the audacious
captain made answer. 81 give these
young ladies credit for the possession
of good judgment and 1 fancy there
will be great demand for me. ad-
wise you to come early to avoid the
rush, Miss Peggy" And he brought a
turkey red cushion and placed it for
her.
Thank you, Capt. Nicely, but as l
never drink milk, you see your consola-
ton prize is no object to me and you
surely cannot expect one to. risk a
broken heart without some balm"
"Oh, Peggy" protested her nearest
and dearest friend among the girls.
II think it too bad that you should
be left out of the race. Captain, can't
you make a concession in her favor ?''
The captain demurred. They all
would want concessions, but as Peggy
insisted that she would not even con-
slider the cow he finally consented to
think the thing over "just to please the
other girls" he said, for Miss Randall
was one of those rare women who are
popular with their own sex as well as
with the other.
The group on, the veranda broke up
and Peggy, together with half dozen
of the young people, went outside to
arrange for the theatricals, leaving to
the rest the discussion of the eccentric
bachelors latest.
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Willing to Go.

The procession came to halt.
"Now, SIR" said the leader of the band
of regulators to the worthless loafer whom
they had tarred and feathered and were rid
ing out of town on a rail, "you can git! II
ever we see you here again we'll hang you"
Gentlemen" plaintively replied the man
on the rail, "1'm willin' to go, but It's only
about hundred yards from here to the
township line Would you mind carryin' me
the rest O. the ay?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
A BUSHEL BOX.

nails. The box, when finished, ap-
pears as shown in the engraving.
Bushel boxes that are made of the
form here given can be stacked one
over another, as high as one can
reach, without any danger to the
contents. l have found them useful
for handling tomatoes and similar
fruit.-John G. Weber, in Farm and
Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has G. C. c..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
,TwoaId BE a Good Move.

Jiggers-I understand that there is
going to be a matrimonial end
hitched on to the patent Office.
Wiggers-What for?
$50 that the various patents of no.
bility may be registered for the bene-.
fit of American heiresses."- Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
The SluEcard.

At considerable length the superintendent
of the Sunday school had set forth the cul-
pability of the sluggard, who, he said, need
ed only the spur of worthy motive to be-
then, boys" he asked, in a more animated
manner, what is the matter with the slug
gard?" '.He's all right" yelled the boys, in
chorus.-Montreal Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
QUEEN vICToRIA,s HAIR.
Its ProfusiOn, at Her Age, Had Always
Been a Wonder.

Over so years old, Queen Victoria yet
had luxuriant hair, which was for years
g marvel. The court physician, following
Prof. Unna's discovery, treated her Maj.
esty's scalp with germ destroying prepa.
ration, which he always kept secret. It is
now known, however, that the remedy for
dandruff, the germ destroying element, is
embodied in Newbro's Herpicide the only
hair preparation on the market that does
destroy the dandruff germ. Without dan.
druff hair will grow profusely, and falling
hair will be stopped. Destroy the cause,
you remove the effect"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
HANDY BUSHEL BOX.
Very Useful for Handling Tomatoes,
Onions, Potatoes and Other
Vegetables.

My bushel box, which is as handy
as basket, is nearly square, the end
pieces being one inch higher. than re-
quired for the measure. The cleats
at the corners are put on with clinch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

"No, sir" exclaimed the loud-voiced drum
mer in the smoker, I'm proud to say that
no house in the country has more men push
ing its line of goods than ours" "What do
you SELF" asked curious one. "Baby car
riages. Syracuse Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
No Escape,

Mrs. Oldboy-Oh, you needn't talk, John
You were bound to have me. You can't say
that ever ran after YOU
Oldboy-Very true, Mariah And the
trap never runs after the mouse, but it
gathers him in all the same.-Baltimors
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

IN the Far th.-"Hi!" yelled the wal
rus, 'look out for that pot-hunter; he's
after you'll" 81 don't give wrap" replied
the humorous seal, as he disappeared below
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, n. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or
tight shoes easy. Always use it to Break in
New Shoes. At all druggists and shoe
stores; DC.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

A Poser.-Elsie- Mamma, were you ever
a child?' Mamma dear All
human beings were once children" Elsie
Really? Well, who took care of the babies
then" -Philadelphi Press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
MISS LAURA HOWARD, CHICAGO.

knew one day how I would feel the
next. I was nervous and had no APP
petite, neither could 1 sleep soundly
nights. Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, used in con-
junction with your Sanative Wash, did
more for me than all the medicines
and the skill of the doctors. For eight
months have enjoyed perfect health.
I verify believe that most of the doc
tors are guessing and experimenting
when they try to cure a woman with
an assortment of complications, such as
mine; but you do not guess. How I
wish all suffering women could only
know of your remedy; there would be
less suffering know."-LAURA How
ARD, 113 Newberry Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
$4,000 forfeit if above testimonial is not genuine.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all wO-
men who are ill to write her for
advice. Address Lynn, Mass,
giving full particulars.
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would BE scrinturaI

Now cometh the pillow trust. Gen.
tlemen with diamond-studded swords,
says the Chicago Tribune, here is your
chance to turn them into plowshsres.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

A kind heart is fountain of gladness,
making everything in its vicinity freshen
into smiles.-Washingto Irving
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

/ do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John +. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
Is, 1900
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

The wage-worker who wants a IA Use should
invest in an alarm clock-Chicago Daily
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

A boys idea of revenge on his parents is
to refuse to get his lessons at school,
Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25
MISS LAURA HOWARD,
President South End Ladies'
Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound After the Best Doc
tors Had Failed To Help Her.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM II can thank
you for perfect health to-day. Life
looked so dark to me a year or two
ago. I had constant pains, my limbs
swelled, had dizzy spells, and never
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-25

and I said that to every girl I refused
this year would give a Jersey cow.
I've fine drove of them, you know,
and it's no more than right that there
should be some little consolation prize
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-27


 "What good does your money do you, MT. Armour" a friend once asked P. D. Armour, according to the Washing ton Star.
 '"That is question:" Mir. Armour re- Ned, 'I often ask myself. was rais- ] butcher boy. I learned to love work for works sake. 1 must get up early now, as I have done all my life, and when 0 o'clock comes, no matter what's going on at home, must get to bed. And here I am. Yes; I have large means, as you say, but can't eat as much as yonder clerk, I can't sleep as much, and I can hardly wear any more clothes than he. The only real pleasure I can get out of life that yon- der clerk with his limited means can- not get is the giving now and then to some deserving fellow without a soul knowing it $500 or $1 ,0OO, giving him a fresh start upward without making the gift hurt to him. That's the only real pleasure 1 get out of life. And as to possessions, the only thing I sometimes feel really own are my two boys and my good name. Take everything else from me, leave me them, and 1 would yet be rich. I wouldn't care a snap for the rest. We would soon together make enough to keep the wolf long way from our door,"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-27
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Political Sanction of What All
 Agreed to Be a Good Thing,

Political Sanction of What All
 Agreed to Be a Good Thing.
 One of the latest writings of the late Charles Dudley Warner was an essay for The Century, entitled "The Pursuit of Happiness"
 Perhaps the most curious and inter- estine phrase ever put into public document is ''the pursuit of happiness" ]" It is declared to be an inalienable right. It cannot be sold. It cannot he given away. It is doubtful if if could be left by will
 The right of every man to be 6 feet high and of every woman to be 5 feet 4 was regarded as self evident until wo- men asserted their rndoubted right to be 6 feet high also, when some confu- sion was introduced into this interpre- taticn of this rhetorical fragment of the eighteenth century.
 But the inalienable right to the pur- suit of happiness has never been ques- toned since it was proclaimed as a new gospel for the new world. The American people accepted it with en- thusiasm, as if it had been the discov- cry of a gold prospector, and started out in the pursuit as if the devil were after them.
 IT the proclamation had been that 1 happiness is a common right of the race, alienable or otherwise; that all men are or may be happy, history and | tradition might have interfered to raise il doubt whether even the new form of government could so change the ethical condition. But the right to make a pursuit of happiness given in a funda- mental bill of rights had quite differ ent aspect. Men had been engaged in many pursuits. most of them disas- trous, some of them highly commenda- ble. A sect in Galilee had set up the pursuit of righteousness as the only or the highest object of mans immortal powers. The rewards of it, however. were not always immediate. Here was 3 political sanction of a pursuit thai everybody acknowledged to be Of 2 good thing.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-27

w. B. Norris, the English novelist, is talking of visiting this country for the purpose of giving public readings from his books.
 Rudyard Kipling has dramatized his long story, ''The Light That Failed, ? and the play has been acquired by Charles Hawtrey, the English actor.
 Count Tolstoy has finished the drama, ''The Corpse" upon which he has been engaged for some time past. The play, which is in twelve scenes, will be pro- duced immediately after its publica- ton.
 Thackeray's daughter is writing again-a series of essays this time deal ing with charming but forgotten books. She calls them "Blackstick Papers, 9 after the good fairy in her fathers in- imitable little tale, ''The Rose and the Ring"
 Charles Scribner's Sons are publish ing a historical novel by Mollie Elliot Seawell, entitled 'The House of Egre- mont" It has illustrations by c. NJ. Relyea. The same house also presents the later poems of Julia c. R. Dorr, in a volume entitled "Afterglow," and 'Pec- cavi," by B. W. Hornung. The hero of this novel, by the author of '"The Anna teur Cracksman," is said to be a new creation and an audaciOus one.
 Yet another instance has appeared of how there's nothing new under the sum-" in book titles at least. Henry Holt & Co. have at the last moment changed the name of Miss Marion Bowers novel, "The Puppet Show" to John Thisselton," as it appears that a novel of the earlier name by Leonidas Westervelt had already been publish ed The new book is said to be rich in ncidents-seyeral of them verging on the sensational.
 'Winsome WomanhoOd' is the title of Margaret Sangster's new book, which comes from Fleming H. Revell COmpany's press. Typical phases of woman's life as chapter titles give Mrs. Sangster opportunity for many delight full familiar talks" as she calls them. Features of the volume are pictures illustrative of different chapters, posed by winsome American women, and mi tial letters to chapters, formed of re- productions of famous lace handker- chiefs.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-27
Something In a Name.

The advantages that fall to the lot of a man whose surname occurs early in an alphabetical list are we'll known. AS a candidate for office upon an Austra- Han ballot. for example. man named Abbott has far better chance than the most eminent Zweigler. But the benefit ;that comes from the possession of short name has not heretofore been generally recognized. Not long ago the promotion of one of the auditors of the treasury department at Washing ton created a vacancy to which, upon a formal recommendation to that effect, the candidate having the shortest name, being also a competent man, was ap- pointed. His chief duty is to affix his signature to accounts. and as he needs to make but six letters in signing he can do twice as much in a day as a man whose name contains 12 letters.- Youths Companion.