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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
Points on Horse Feeding.

Writing in Drovers' Journal, C. P.
Reynolds says: The horses stomach
is built for more highly concentrated
feed than the OK. He cannot take the
same kind simply because he has not
the capacity to digest it in sufficient
quantities to supply his system with
the needed nourishment. The result
is when too much hay is fed the horse
becomes badly pot-bellied and is un-
able to secure the required nourish-
ment to work at the best advantage.
A working horse should have plenty of
grain, which furnishes his nourish-
ment in the most highly concentrated
form that is practicable to feed. 1t re-
quires also certain amount of hay,
but the hay is not to supply it with the
main portion of it's nourishment. The
most experienced teamsters are rely
ing on grain for the main portion of
the feed, not only because experience
has demonstrated that it is the most
economical, but that it is also best for
the horse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
SENSIBLE HORSE TALK.

Don't throw time and money away
on lunkhead.
Neighborhoods must pull together
in these times.
The man who has not an Unborn
fondness for horses should raise the
steer.
Don't raise colts from a cross
grained, ill-tempered mare. She must
be bright and intelligent, with a fine
bloodlike head.
A western man who makes a spe-
cialty of coach horses has handled
over 600 high-class horses since the
beginning of the year.
Buyers know where to go to find
the horses they want. Any neighbor-
hood can bring the buyers to their
doors by simply raising the stock.
1t costs no more per pound to raise
Q colt than steer, and the colt will
sell for four times as much as the
steer if the colt is of the right kind.
The business of buying and match
ing carriage horses and fitting them
for the wholesale market is a new
and important branch of the horse
business.
A half dozen farmers in a communi-
ty who appreciate good horse and
know how to raise colt could, by
patronizinz or purchasing high-class
sire, bring the buyers in and make a
nice profit.
A hired man who persists in swear
ing at or speaking to the teams in a
loud, harsh manner should not be
tolerated. All farm animals, should
be treated with kindness. It never
pays to have timid, nervous animals.
Farm journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
I'M S'I 4 . ! !, Tkllss
2
IN SEPTEM Der.


Two and by two fly the doves through the
timber,
Past the red sunsets far lines;
Past the tall, sentinel pines;
Dip the long willow-tips, yellow and
timber,
Down where the dark water shines.
Glowing in hollows, where floats the bent
sickle,
Scimitar-like of the moon:
Where the round sand-eddies Groom;
Down where the SinuouS brook-currents
trickle,
Dripping through rock-niches hewn.
Two and by two go the reapers together,
Figures in dusky relief;
Bearing the scythe and the sheaf;
Where the keen tang Of the Autumny
weather
Perfumes each blossom and leaf.
Two and by two stoop the doves to the
willows,
Where the winds whisperings pass
Through the wet reeds and the grass,
Down where the river it's still bosom
pillows,
Gray and transparent as glass.
Two and by two drift the bronze upland
plover,
Bird-shapes thro' mist-spaces blown,
Over the meadows new mown;
And 1 and the night, like lass and her
lover,
Meet in the twilight alone.
Earnest McGaffey, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
A BRITISH SPY'S BONES.
The Hanging of Lieut.. Daniel Taylor
in the Revolutionary War Re-
called by Late Find.

The finding at Hurley, N. Y, of what
is believed to be part of the skeleton
of Lieut.. Daniel Taylor, who was
hanged as British spy at that place
in 1777, recalls an intere sting incident
of the revolution. 1t was first record
ed by Losing in his "Field Book of the
Revolution" as it was related to him
by Maj. Bartlett at Little Britain, in
this county, in 1850. The major was
a survivor of the revolution and then
nearly 90, says the New York Sun.
1t. happened in October, 1777, when
Gov. George Clinton's command was
encamped at Little Britain, and the
British Gen. Clinton was endeavoring
to make junction with Burgoyne and
relieve that officers desperate straits.
On the night of October 10, 1777, as the
story is, Lieut.. Brown, of the Amer
lean army, captured within the lines
a suspicious person, who proved to be
Lieut.. Daniel Taylor, of the enemy's
forces. Taylor was taken before Gov.
Clinton, whose name had deceived him
into thinking he was in the hands of
friends. When he discovered his mis-
take he quiekly removed some object
from his pocket, placed it in his mouth
and swallowed it.
This aroused the suspicion of Gov.
Clinton, who ordered powerful emet-
ic to be forced into the British officers
stomach, the effect of which was the
temperance of the swallowed object.
1t was found to be silver globe, evil
IDENTIFY hollow. The removal of a screw
permitted it to separate into two
parts, within which a piece of paper,
folded up into small compass, was dis
covered. This paper was message of
Importance from Gen. Clinton to Gen.
Burgoyne.
Lieut.. Taylor was tried by court
martial and condemned to be hanged
as spy. The order came to Gov. Gin
ton just at that time to move against
the British, who were at Kingston.
and this movement postponed the
hanging of the British lieutenant.
When Clinton's command arrived at
Kingston, October 16, 1777, the British
had burned that place and retreated
to Rondout, where they embarked in
their ships on the Hudson. The Amer
lean forces went into camp al Hurley,
and there, on October IS, the con-
demned spy was hanged.
For many years after the revolution
and until date within the memory of
many still living thereab bout, the tree
upon which Lieut.. Taylor was hanged
stood at Hurley, and was known as the
Spy Tree, although few knew why.
That the unfortunate officer was
buried beneath the tree in which he
was hanged had been entirely for
gotten until the finding of the bones
the other day by laborers excavating
on the Ellenvilie & Kingston railroad
at Hurley. Then the tradition was re-
vived by a Kingston antiquarian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
HORSES FOR THE FARM.
They Need Weight as Well as
Strength or They Will Break
Down Very Quickly.

Farm horses need weight. Without
weight they are not draft animals,
but better suited for driving pur-
poses. By weight is meant enough
pounds of avoirdupois to draw the
heavy loads of grain, ETC., on the farm
and to pull without UNDUE fatigue
plows and harrows and other imple-
ments utilized in farming according
to modern methods.
We are told by the advocates of
small draft horses that they are
quicker than the larger animals and
will do more work in day. It may
be said that under certain conditions
light draft horses have the advantage
of the giants" but in the main the
very heavy horses are of greater use
fulness.
A draft horse weighing 1880 pounds
and having good bone and constitu-
ton will acquit himself creditably un-
der nearly all conditions if properly
trained and handled. But big horse
that is tricky and mean is worse than
small horse having the same unde-
sirable traits.
The farmer wants a team upon
which he may safely depend when
hauling grain, coal or wood or when
blowing stiff soil or narrowing mel
low loan. 1t is claimed that heavy
horses shave too much to carry" and
therefore cannot endure as much ex-
ercise as smaller horses. Is it not a
fact that these larger animals have
stronger legs and better muscular de-
velopment than the small horses?
Certainly. Then why should they not
be able to get along just as well?
We believe if we were going into the
business we should buy mares. The
horse breeding business promises to
be even more profitable than it now
is, and if the farmer will buy two or
more good mares and breed them to
draft stations of established merit he
not only can do his farm work with
| them, but raise colts that will more
than pay for the mares each year. LII
will pay to get first-class mares-pay
good prices for them.
The number of horses to be kept on
the farm will depend upon the kind
of farming done and the size of the
farm. These things also will largely
determine the kind of horses
whether all draft or few drafts and
a carriage team.-National Rural.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
Is Lumpy Jaw Decreasings

A representative of the Farmers
Review was recently talking with a
business man who is brought into
close relations with cattle raisers and
who has abundant opportunity for OBJ
serving the frequency or infrequency
of cases of lumpy jaw. He expressed
the opinion that the disease is less
prevalent than in former years and
that it seems to have been decreasing
for the last five years. The gentleman
in question says that there is less than
usual this year at least in the states
most affected by drought. This condi-
ton of the weather he thinks favor
able to a decrease of the disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
HUMOROUS.

'Did you tip the waiter?" Zip
him? No. But if he doesn't get
around mighty soon I'll upset him
indianapolis News.
''Alex, you didn't remember that
to-day was my birthday" Pardon
me, didn't think it was possible that
you were really a year older."-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Johannesburg man, have an
ideal. Have an ideal, 1 say, and hug
it to your bosom at all times and
places" Youngdogge-"She wouldn't
allow me."-Sacred Heart Review.
First Boxer-"Every foreign devil
who's been here is now writing a
book on China" Second Boxer (shud-
dering)-"Suppose the powers SEN
tence us to read them!'- Sondags
Nisse.
A Tramp Easily Pleased.-"You
needn't ask me for any cold victuals,
for | haven't any" Weary Willie
Cali right, ma'am-a couple O. soft
boiled eggs, broiled steak and a
cup O. coffee1l do" Philadelphia
Record.
Un-American.-"She keeps strict
ly American clearinghouse, doesn't
she?" "Yes, and that makes it seem
all the more out of place that so
many of her boarders should take
French leave" -Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
An Oversight.-The visiting team
came to bat for the last time and
made tight runs, just enough to win.
"Yah!" shouted the victorious cap
tain, 81 thought you said you could
see our finish at the beginning
$50 I did," replied the other doleful-
ly, "but I couldn't see your big in
ming at the tnish!"-Philadelphia
Press.
just Like Woman.-"Them
women operators make me tired y
said the first telegraph operator, as
he opened his switch. whats the
matter now?" asked the second tele-
graph operator. Zone of 'em was
Just in here and wanted to know why
we wouldn't let her put postscript
to ten-word message, without
charging her extra. Said it wasn't
part of the message, anyway. -Baltl-
more American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
Sleep on the Tracks.

One of the Russian railways has
recently ordered its signalmen not to
sleep on the track. They had been in
the habit of doing this, it is said, re-
lying on being awakened by the vi
bration caused by the approaching
train; but several of them, failing to
awake, were killed by the cars;
therefore the order. We do things
better in this country. Our railroad
men are seldom worked to such a
pitch of fatigue-and they are by ma
ture wide-awake.-Youth's Compan-
ion
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
HANDY SCALDING DEVICE.
With It's Assistance One Man Gan
Handle the Heaviest Hog With
out Trouble.

With this device one man can handle
the heaviest hog with ease. 1 have
scalded 40 hogs with it, and know
what 1 am saying. Place the hog on
the rack Gig. y, then close it, then pro-
coed as shown in Fig 2. Lift the hog
over the trough by taking hold of the
long lever. Lower it into the trough,
so that the rack springs clear of the
bottom of the trough, then take hold
of the cross lever and work it up and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04

IMPROVED SCALDING DEVICE.
down, throwing the carcass from one
side to the other, back and forth, until
perfectly scalded. Keep trying the hair,
so as to know when the proper scald-
ing point is reached. Then swing out
on the cleaning rack and take another
hog. The figures explain themselves,
says the Ohio Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
Takes Two Much Time,

The man who is success in his
neighborhood takes so much time in
being accommodating that he isn't
success in life.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
"You'vs only come"

you've only come"
"Ill come again tomorrow
may"
'And tomorrow, and tomorrow.
And Doc will send you home after
that, and it will be goodbye"
''Fleurette."
Tommy"
81 can't give you silks and cushions
and flowers"
''And-I can't do without them
dear"
IN THE CONSULTING-ROOM.
"Hullo! Back again?" The doctor
hadn't moved from his placid position,
save in the shifting of big tome
which lay open at his elbow.
eyes. I'm restless. Give me an
opiate."
Not I. Look at this diagram of
the battle of Omdurman."
"Oh, DIN Omdurman."
'Quite SO, quite so. Have a drink
The whisky's behind you, brandy to
the left"
doc, that girls as good as they're
made"
"Quite so, quite so. They've all
said so. Never knew one that wasn't"
81 tell you, Doc -
The doctor flicked some ash off his
waistcoat. There was pleasant
flavor of cigar-atmosphere in the
room, homely and pervading.
Its serious, them
"Devilish serious"
''Well, ask her to marry you"
Tommy laughed. There was a
curious strain in his voice.
''She wouldn't, Doc"
"Have you tried?"
eyes"
SPY Jove!"
The boy buried his face in his
out.
'She's fonder of the Devil"
'No, only of silks and things
dolls and sweets"
''Did she tell you SOP"
EYES,"
y
brought out his first remark: 'My
boy, go home"
Yes, yes, I will, I will. I'll go
Monochrome"
A FAG-END OF CONVERSATION ON
THE "PHILOMEL."
"What's the run going to be to-day,
Jack?"
Jack nodded his bald, grey-fringed
head wisely.s
'Ye maun consult the second en-
gineer. He knows more about it than
l do"
''Hullo, Fabert, we're just talking
about you. Come and give us tip"
Fabert lounged up to them.
'Can't. say, that chap Grifiths-
by Jove-I never saw such chap.
Ten whiskys and it's not II o'clock
vet, and as fit as fiddle. Pity, ISM
it?"
"He's going home. Shipped out, and
I should reckon shipped back. Some
thing about girl. The best of them
isn't worth the spelling of boy like
that. I've half a mind to try and
pull him in. Stick tight and preach
the guv'nor,' and prove yourself
man. and all the rest of it,
'He's too deep in now. He'd think it
an awfully good joke, and have the
whole ship down on you, Saint Fa-
bert"
Fabert Sighed. ''I'm. sorry for the
lad.'
"Hel get over it. They all do
What will the run be? 3S4?"
Haven't the ghost of an idea"
He lounged off again, and the man
| who had accosted him lit cigarette
"Never can get anything out of that
chap. He's so close and so selfish"
V.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04

IN THE CONSULTING-ROOM.
TINT HATS a fellow to do, Doc
wv tor?'
DO? You blithering idiot. Go
home if you can't give it up
No names, Doctor dear. Shure it's
mesilf that hasn't got the passage
money"
Where's the 200 you had last
Monday?"
Tom Griffiths blew a silent but sig
nificant ejaculation out of his cigar
cite, and lay back with smile in
the doctors leathern armchair.
"She's devilish pretty he said,
after a moments silence.
That's the word," responded the
doctor, cynically.
More silence, filled up by energetic
putting.
Cant think why you bother your
head about me, Doc"
Cant think why 1 do, except
that I've seen such lot of chaps
go the same way"
A flush mounted to the lads face.
He rose and turned his back-a strong
muscular back-to his friend.
''Well, tra-la-la."
''Where are you going?"
''To the Devil, Doctor dear"
And the door closed softly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
AT THE DEVILS.


"May I smoker"
She held lighted match to his
cigarette. He pulled for moment,
then drew the hand to his lips.
"You're looking awfully fit tonight.
What's that thing you've got on. I
haven't seen it BEFORE"
f"That's the New Creation. Flam-
and's. She says I'm the only woman
here who could wear it. It's copied
from print of Louise de la Valliere."
Tommy didn't know who Louise de
la Valliere was, so he nodded wisely.
'Did you have a hard day?"
'No. Licked 'em easily. Why didn't
you Gomez"
"Who was there?"
Gall the pretty women. They'd
have looked ugly beside YOU"
She smiled. 81 am pretty, am I
not? That's why you like me, isn't
it?"
about her neck and kissed it. He was
perilously near her face, but she did
not move except for the family ac-
tolerated pulsation of her breast.
''Doc wants to send me home"
She smiled bitterly. "Out of my
way!"
"Why do you let him malign you
Fleurette?"
An undercurrent of controlled pas
sion escaped him.
"They-I-we're none of us fit to tie
your shoe-lace."
you're silly now, Tommy. DOM
idealize. I don't pretend to you. They
pay for my silks. Don't you?" The
sentences came with difficulty. Sht
let her fingers slide along her skirt
smoothing the soft folds. She laughed
into his eyes, but there was a tired
ness in hers that hurt him.
81 love lks-and-scents- and
fowers-and luxury. They're mea
and drink to me-"
Sand we pay for them-and joll.
glad to get the chance, too-to hav
the pleasure of looking at you," h
said hotly.
"And-to kiss me-sometimes."
81 dare swear" he said Indifferent
ly. ga man would be a fool not t
try"
''But- never have, Tommy.
Her voice was very low.
He flushed red. "No, dear"
And then Fleurette did funn
thing. She put her arms round tn
boys neck and kissed him on the lip'
He didn't move.
81 love you, Tommy, I love you'll"
'i believe you do, my dear" Iii
voice was husky, but he disengage
her arms and she smiled again into h
eyes.
"you have the most reason to doul
me--and you believe in me. lncred
ble!"
81 must go, Fleurette."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
The Boy and the Woman.
By A. Myers.


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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04
TO THOMAS GRIFFITHS.

New Years Day.
Dear Tommy-Your letter reached
me in the middle of supper party
with your pal Timothy and the Vyner
girls. At the next table was Mrs. Pal
grave. When she was Nelly Pellet
she was grateful to me for my cast
off gowns. She cut me dead. l was
tremendously amused, and we drank
her health. Good champagne, Tommy.
Why weren't you there? We also drank
yours, and them don't know why
but mine suddenly tasted all wrong.
Best Perrier-J too! Then, in
comes the Prince. He had been to my
place, and Milly told him where we
were, so he brought up my letters.
One was yours, the other provoking
bill from Flamand, who refuses to
make my new tea-gown until her
''little account is settled. Little &C
count, indeed! ETA. I couldn't help
letting tiny tear drop on the Princes
glove, and he swore he'd wipe out the
debt with his blood. But I'd sooner
| have cash. And I lent him the fifty
| I borrowed from you the other day
to pay debt of honor, so l know
he hasn't got any. I'm sending you
by the same post 6 80 of the amount
| you lent me. How did I get it? Well
1 was lucky at the races on Saturday
and if something comes off before
next Wednesday, won't tell you
what, as it's dead secret with the
Prince-I'll hand you over the balance
next week and clear off Flamand too
Oh dear, how want money-and how
love you, Tommy dear. [ laugh ano
joke with Tim and the others, but
my heart is heavy. Jimmy calls me
He asks me to sing ''Du fragst micf
taglich" and ''Ich libe dich," and 1 si1
down to the piano; but instead my
fingers play 'Ich grolle nicht," and
find the tears getting into my voice
Heigh-ho! Are you playing the good
brother in Ireland? Taking Molly tt
the rectory to have tea with the on
and only curate, and plotting Moral
Malone through the mazes of GRO
quet? There isn't any Norah Malone
Oh, yes there is, but maybe she goe
by another name. She's small ant
| round, with innocent blue eyes ant
J pouting mouth, pink and white al
over, and sunny hair. Have you toll
! her yet that it's like wisps of gold
Jealous? Of course I'm jealous, Tom
my dear. But think you'd like oys
tiers and champagne like we had o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-10-04

IN THE CONSULTING-ROOM
HJHT HATS a fellow to do, Doc
wv tor?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-25
FOR WRIT
OF HABEAS CORPUS
Made Before Judge Archibald in Be-
half Of Frank Jansen-Hearing
Fixed for Saturday.

An application for writ of habeas
corpus was made yesterday by Attor-
ney NJ. w. Lowry to Judge
Archibald in behalf of Frank jan
sen, who on Tuesday morning set
fire to his home in South Scranton by
throwing a lighted lamp. and which
resulted in his daughter being burned
to death and his wife and sister-ln-
law seriously burned.
The petition for the writ OF habeas
corpus recites that Jansen is now
confined to Jail upon an alleged crimi-
nal charge and that his confinement
is unjust. Judge Archibald fixed Sat-
urday morning at 10 o'clock as the
time for the hearing. Jansen was
committed to the county jail yester-
day.
Mrs. Jansen's condition has some-
what improved at the Lackawanna
hospital. The doctors say that her
burns are not serious, but that she
has been suffering from nervous pros
tration brought on by the excitement
Of the fire.
Yesterday Mrs. Jansen's nerves had
Qtuetcd down. but great care has TO
be taken to keep the news of her
daughters death from her, as such
an announcement might result SER
iously.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-25
MR.. cosTELLo's OBJECTIONS.
New Company Should Run
Out West Market Street.

Select Councilman Costello. of the
Third ward. Is out with an objection
10 the ordinance granting a franchise
to the Central Rapid Transit company
and intimates that he will fight 1t un-
less the company agrees to run its
tracks out West Market street farther
than at present contemplated.
The ordinance, as it at present
stands. gives the company the right to
run its track out West Market street
as far as Yard avenue or about three
blocks from Providence square and
quite a distance this side of the Third
ward. Mr. Costello says that the peo-
pie OF the Third ward have for years
wanted street car facilities but that
these have been denied because the
Abingdon Turnpike company refused
to permit the Scranton Railway COM
pany to run it's tracks out the street.
1T would appear" said Mr.. Costello
yesterday, "as II the new company by
running its tracks out West Market
street just three blocks wanted TO cut
of any possibility OF the other COM
pany getting out to the Third ward
and at the same time not going ont
manger scheme.
There Is every reason to believe
that the Turnpike company and the
city will come to terms and that West
Market street as far as Seneca street
will be decided to the city under cer-
tain conditions. | believe that the
company should run it's tracks out as
far as that point