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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-30
PROFITABLE VISITING.
Every Farmer Can Learn Something
from His NeighbOrs If He Keeps
His Eyes Open.

A few years ago the writer hereof
fell in with a party of skilled work
men whose employers had formed
trust. The workmen from each fac
tory were being sent to all other
factories in the combination In or.
der to study the methods OF their
former competitors, and according
to their accounts they were being
much benefited by this opportunity
for observation and inquiry. AS the
factories were widely scattered the
cost of all this must have been con-
siderable-but evidently the employ
ers thought it the right way for the
men to learn. And it is the right
way. More can be learned by OBJ.
servation than by any other way
short of experience. Try to tell
somebody about the characteristics
of the different breeds of cattle, for
instance, and then take him to
state fair and show him. Both par
ties will have higher appreciation
of the value of observation after such
an experience. Every man can learn
something from other skilled men
if he will. This includes farmers, and
they whose work is so largely visible
can learn great deal by observation.
There are farmers whose methods
have been very successful. Their
places should be visited whenever an
opportunity occurs and their meth
DDS studied. The experiment farms
have lessons also for their visitors
who want to learn them. We have
known progressive young farmers to
spend a great deal of time and money
inspecting the farms of noted farm
ers and breeders and have yet to
hear of one regretting it. They got
more than their moneys worth but
they went for a purpose and in the
right spirit. They didn't say of every
new thing: "Well, that won't do for
us, though it may be all right here"
or ''It can't be done by the ordinary
farmer" etc. Go visiting, go with a
purpose, and leave all prejudices at
home.-National Stockman.
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GOVERNMENTAL AID.
Extracts from Address Delivered by
Col. j. b. KilIebrew Before Ten
nessee Road Convention.

The general government of the
United States should aid in building
the great highways, as was contem-
plated by the founders of the govern
ment. In fact, the power given in the
constitution to establish post offices
and post roads might justly be con-
strued so as to include all roads needed
for postal service. Rural mail deliv-
cry will necessitate thousands of such
roads through the country districts.
Why should not the general govern
ment aid in building them? How could
the government eXpend money that
would do so much good to the people
of this nation? Good roads would
make the country more attractive, and
would tend to relieve the congestion of
population in the cities. The greatest
drawback to country life is the inabil-
ity to move with ease from point to
point, owing to the bad condition of
the highways. Why cannot the gov
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and set each with one end on TWO
horses four feet high, A in sketch,
spread out at the bottom and strongly
braced. The timbers are placed in the
stream with the long pieces up stream,
and the horses are set the required
distance apart to constitute the spans.
These are made by putting two or
three stringers on each span from one
of these horses to the other.
Plank and cover the long timbers,
driving one end of the planks into the
bottom of the stream, as at x in
sketch, and fastening the other to the
horses. Note, particularly that these
planks, b in sketch, are laid lengthwise
and not crosswise in the stream. Dur
ing the construction it may be neces-
sary to weight down the long pieces,
but as soon as the water flows upon
the long slope it will hold the dam
securely in place. If the water is shall
low, few common grain sacks filled
with dirt and laid along the foot of the
planlks will seal the bottom and keep
the water from rushing out under the
dam.-C. j. Blanchard, in Farm and
Home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-30
HUMOROUS.

"Do you like him?' 'Lilze him!
There's nothing would please me more
than to take balloon voyage with him
as ballast. "-Philadelphia Times.
"A missing Michigan girl is thought
to be the victim of love or somnam-
bulism.' swell, in either case she'll
wake up Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She--"No, 1 can never marry you.
All our family is opposed to you"
He-"But if you are not" She-"I
said all our family Philadelphia
Press.
Bildeck-"I saw the doctors car.
riage at your house yesterday. Any
thing serious?" Gasser-''I should
say so! He wanted to collect his bill"
Town and Country.
Hoax-"I had rather close call
last evening" Joax-''That sop
Hoax-"Yes; called on jenkins in his
fiat, and there were two other people
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Mrs. Nuwed-"Harold, mamma is
going home this morning; would you
mind helping her get started?" Hus-
bandit will be an unspeakable
pleasure, dear."-Ohio State Journal.
The teacher was telling about the
sick man who, upon being made whole,
took up his bed and walked. One of
the pupils artlessly remarked: $50
he was still unable to leave his bed,
teacher. boston Transcript
Johnny, here you are at breakfast
with your face unwashed!" 81 know
it. mamma. 1 saw the little things
that live in water through papa's mi
croscope last evening, and I'm not 60
ing to have them crawlin' all over my
face with their funny little legs!"-
Modern Society
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SUNSHINE AND MIST.

An hour ago-but one short hour
The landscape lay all clear and bright
The hills, in majesty and power,
Stood forth all bathed in radiant light;
The woods near blythe grand old trees
That hid the shadows at their feet,
Stood crowned with sunlight, as at ease
And glad once more the sun to greet.
One hour ago, all nature seemed
Rejecting back the smile of God,
The glory of His sunlight streamed
On all anear and far abroad
1t seemed as though to earth again
Had come the beauty and the joy
OF that so brief Edenic reign,
Ere sin its beauty did destroy.
A single hour, and what change
Has come, so sudden and complete.
The eye, no longer has a range
Beyond q few and nearby feet!
A dense gray mist has come between,
And blotted every charm from sight;
The outlook. which so bright had been,
Lies shrouded in the gray of night.
And comes there not in all our lives
Just some such darkened hour as this,
When gloomy fear the soul deprives
OF all that makes for rest and bliss?
When God seems far, and all the hills
Whence comes our strength are hid
from sight,
When gloomy fear usurping fills
Our souls with darkness of the night?
But mists cannot endure for aye,
They soon dissolve in drops of rain;
The sunshine through them finds it's way,
The hills of God stand out again,
The smile of God illumines all!
How foolish now our fancies seem,
AS fades away the gloomy pail,
Like some dissolving nighttime dream!
William G. Haeselbarth. in Christian
Work.
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AN ADJUSTABLE DAM.
Temporary Structure That Can Be
Quickly Put in Place and Re-
moved as Quickly.

In the irrigated sections of the west,
where bitches are supplied with water
from mountain streams and near their
sources, it is very frequently neces-
sary to build dams which can be quick
ly put in place and as quickly removed.
In the spring the melting SHOWS con-
vert the tiniest brooks into torrents
which no dam of aught save the most
solid masonry can withstand. Under
the tremendous pressure which these
torrents exert, the temporary struc-
lures would stand the strain long
enough to back up the water in the
stream for distance, and then go out
with a rush. The water loosed from
restraint rushes down, carrying out
headgates and filling bitches with rock,
sand and refuse, and frequently caus-
ing such damage as to prevent any irri-
cation for that season.
In sections where these conditions
prevail, the following suggestion for
temporary dam will be of value: Take
pieces of timber about eight feet long
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-30
Senility in Youth.

The house of commons needs to
have behind it some driving power in
the country, and the present home.
owing it's existence to a passing
phase of warlike enthusiasm, is con-
scious of no mandate and no positive
duty in regard to legislation. 1t is
old before it is young, and it's minis
tiers show signs of exhaustion after a
too continuous spell OF ofice.-West-
Minister Gazette.
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The Farmers Savings Bank.

Potato tops have more than the
average manurial value possessed by
the tops of many other succulent
plants. They should be gathered and.
mixed in compost heap with ma
nure, mulch and other fertilizing ma
terial, and when well rotted will be
very useful on dryish clay soil, or
they may be scattered and plowed
under without composing. All such
waste vegetable material should be
gathered up and put into the COM
post heap, with all dead animals and
animal refuse on the place. Bones,
old leather, leaves, soapsuds, night
soil-everything of the kind, enriches
the compost heap, which should be
looked upon as the farmers savings
bank.-Agricultural Epitomist.
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Streakx on Neptune.

Neptune, the most distant known
planet of the solar system, presents
to the telescope only a small, green
ish disk on which no distinct mark
ings are visible. But during the past
year the great telescope of the naval
observatory, at Washington, has re-
vealed indica tions of the existence
of streaks on Neptune bearing re-
semblance to the belts of Jupiter. A
few years ago similar streaks were
seen on Uranus. Saturn also pos
sesses them, so that it may be said
that cloud-like belts are a feature
common to all the four great outer
planets.-Scientific American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-30

While a weak solution of copperas
will rid the cabbage plants of worms,
if sprinkled upon them, solution of
pine tar will be found preferable.
Prepare a quantity in a barrel, and
have but little care as to the proper
tons, as the water will take up just
so much of the tar, and no more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-30
WORLDS FINEST BUTTER.
Danish Product Is Superior to That
of Any Other COun-
try

The butter of Denmark is consid-
cred superior to that of all other
countries, writes William E. Curtis,
in the Chicago Record-Herald. It
brings the highest price in fancy
markets and can be found all over
the world in shops where luxuries
are sold. In South America, South
Africa, in the East and West Indies, in
India, Egypt and in tropical coun-
tries generally it is used by epicures,
who pay 81 a pound for it in tins of
one, two and three pounds weight.
No other country has been able to
produce butter that will stand the
changes of climate so well. In Hol-
land and Sweden attempts are made
to compete with the Danish dairy
men, but the butter from these coun-
tries is worth only half as much, and
does not keep half as well, while the
efforts of da1rymen in the United
States have practically failed, with
few isolated exceptions. There is one
creamery in Iowa, believe, which
produces butter that stands the trop-
ic heat comparatively well, and will
melt and solidify as it passes from a
colder to warmer and then to a
colder climate, like the butter made
in Denmark.
Refrigerator ships are now found
on nearly all the big steamship
routes, and they can carry perish
ables as long and as far as necessary,
but butter shipped by the ordinary
cargo steamer usually melts and re-
mains in liquid state as long as it
is exposed to the tropic heat. When
it passes into the temperate zone
again it hardens and the change usu-
ally spoils it for the taste, entirely
destroying the flavor and leaving it
like ordinary grease or oil. The
Danes, however, produce butter
which will endure this ordeal with
out affecting it's flavor or sweetness,
and they are the only people of
whom this may be said.
therefore it is the popular impress
sion that some secret process is used
either in the preparation or the pack
ing of their butter, and [ was diligent
in trying to ascertain the facts.
Every butter man met assured me
that the Danish butter was made in
the same manner and contained the
same ingredients that are found in
the buffers of other countries, ex-
cept that the Danish dairymen were
more patient and more careful in it's
preparation. There was no secret
process; no preservatlves were used;
no chemical change was produced be-
fore packing. Nevertheless none of
the several butter packers in Copen-
hagen would allow me to inspect
their establishments. They explained
that strangers were not admitted un-
der any circumstances, although
there was no particular reason why
they should not be; that applications
from American dairymen to witness
butter packing in Denmark were nu-
merous and frequent, and were al
ways denied. This seemed to confirm
the stories of secret processes.
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Radishes should not be allowed to
go to seed the first season and scatter
over the garden. Seed grown from
the plants the first year is not apt to
produce sound, brittle roots.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-20
The Peanut Market.
Norfolk Landmark.


From inform3tion received from best
peanut farmers in Virginia and North
Carolina, in regard to the future pros
rects of the peanut crop, good peanuts
will go higher, owing to the fact that
the crop of 1900 was very poor and poppy.
A great many farmers have reduced
their arops from 25 to 80 per cent,
planting cotton and corn instead. Ow-
ing to "a late Spring planting was late,
and the month of June is a month that
all farmers clean their peanuts cut of
the grass, but owing to continuous rains
it is impossible for them to get their
plants out of the grass, and If the rains
continue it will be impossible to raise
half a crop, which will affect the price
very materially for the remainder of
1901. and more especially 1902; and under
the most favorable weather from now on
it would be impossible to raise a full
crop. The quantity Of good peanuts of the
crop of 1900 is less today than has been
for several years. The rains up to this
date are continuous and heavy all over
this whole section. The lowlands are
submerged, rivers are all out of their
banks and the temperature is abnor-
mally low. In fact weather is not only
such as to prevent any and all work, but
also such as to seriously obstruct all
growing crops. This statement is fully
substantiated by the Government Agricul-
ttural Bureau weather reports. a
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-20

Amos Treadgill, colored. of Marsnyiile,
stepped on the track in front of the north
bound passenger train at that place this
morning and was struck by the engine
He was cons derably bruised up and it was
thought for awhile that he was dead
Later he revived and it is now thought
that he will pull through all right He
was standing near the track and as the
train approached the engineer sounded the
whistle for him to get away Instead of
doing so he stepped on the track with the
result as above. 1t is thought he was
drinking -Monroe Journal
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Among the Railroads.

special from Newport, Tenn, says:
"The new Tennessee and North Carolina
Railway between this place and Waynes-
ville N. c.. is rapidly nearing compile
tion and the announcement was made to-
day that it is hoped to have trains run
nIng within the next three weeks. The
road is standard gauge and equipped
throughout with modern appliances and
material. The completion of the road Is
of great Importance from an Industrial
point of view as it will open up immense
bodies of mineral and timber lands that
have been hitherto untouched.
A special from Norfolk to the Atlanta
Constitution says: 'Rumors are rife
concerning forthcoming changes In the
traffic and executive departments OF the
tSeaboard Air Line effective on the hrst
of the coming month. The promotion OF
Captain V. E. McBee, general superintend-
ent of the system, which was minated
several days ago, is now, Ii seems, prac-
tically assured He will become third
vice-president Of the system. The ru-
NOR that Mr.. ]. William Middendorf, Oh
Baltimore, will be made second vice-pres-
ident of the line appears to be equally
we'll founded Mr.. Middendorff, as the
directing genius of the banking mouse Oh
Middendorff, Oliver & Co., has individually
done more than almost any other man
toward financiering the general complna-
ton of railway properties comprising the
greater Seaboard system. He has been
John SHELTON Williams right hand man.
The appointment of his friend and CO.
worker to the position indicated, It would
seem. is in line with Mr. Williams policy.
81 is announced that upon his promotion
to the position of third yice-president cap
tAin McI3ee will be succeeded by n, ID.
Maher at present superintendent OF 70
cahontas division of Norfolk and Western
railway. whose capabilities in the position
now held by Captain McBee arc Wen
known to Mr.. Barr. who was formerly
general manager of the Norfolk and Wes-
term
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Money Should be Kept at Home.

To the Editor: Referring to your edi-
torial Of the 18th inst, giving statement
Of the payments made by the life insur-
ance companies in the various parts of
tbe limited States, and especially in
these States, | beg to give my endorse
ment to all that you say in regard 10 the
beneficence of the system While lie IN
surance companies do great deal OF
good in the way OF relieving famllles
and dependent ones. they are also great
factors in the commercial and Industrial
world as from the very nature OF the
business they are obliged to have large
sums of money to pay their maturing
claims and to keep their reserves intact,
and they must invest these funds. That
the people Of the Southern States appre-
ciate the advantages of life insurance,
and that they invest their money in it
literally. is shown by the reports of
the companies to the various insurance
departments. These same reports show
also that a very small part of the
premiums which our people pay is re-
tanned within the borders of the South
ern States. and for the simple rea som
that the companies, almost without ex-
ception, have their home offices in the
North or West AS a result, our people
ray millions of dollars each year which
go away for investment. Why should we
not have life insurance companies which,
not only will pay their claims, but which
will have their home offices here, and
invest their funds here? Southern Sc
curities today are as good as any in the
world. and such a company could invest
its money both safely and profitably. thus
enabling us to develop our natural re-
sources more rapidly. 1t is true that the
South has made great progress in the
last few years in industrial and manu-
featuring lines, but we need more CAPT.
tai and we will never accumulate the
wealth to which our natural advantages
entitle us until we learn to keep at
home some part certainly, of the money
which is now sent away and invested in
other sections l hope that some of our
enterprising and wealthy business men
will give this matter consideration, as
believe such a step would be in the right
direction, and that life insurance COM
pany properly conducted and located in
the South, would be a benefit to every
legitimate business enterprise.
MANUFACTURERS.
Richmond Va, June 49, 1901.
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Valuable Hotel PlOp.rty r Sac,
(CARRoLLToN HOTEL. }

BY virtue Of authority conferred by
Judgment of Wake county, N. e., perloT
Court, rendered at its April, 1901. term.
in a civil action therein pending entitled
Florence Z. Tucker, plaintiff against O.
j. Carroll and others, defendants, | will ON
MONDAY. JULY list, 1901.
sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, all that lot of land at the
northeast corner OF the intersection OF
Fayetteville and East Cabarrus streets,
in the city of Raleigh, N. c., being a part
OF lot No so, in the plan (Shaffer's map
of said city, and bounded by line as
follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner OF
the intersection of Fayetteville and East
Cabarrus streets, runs thence north
along the east line of Fayetteville street
to TIE line of the lot formerly owned by
G. B. Root, thence eastwardly along the
line of said Root lot to South Whining
ton street, thence south along the west
line of South Wilmington street to East
Cabarrus street, thence west along the
North line of East Cabarrus street TO the
beginning, being the same land conveyed
by Joseph Crowder and others, and Ivy
Elizabeth G. Haywood, executrix, tow. II.
& r. S. Tucker, by two deeds registered
in the office of the Register of Deeds for
Wake county. N. c., in Book Sc. at page
142, and in. Book so. at page GIT, resDec-
lively, and being the same conveyed by
r. p. Tucker to Mary A. Carroll. known
formerly as the Hotel Florence property,
and now known as the Carrollton Hotel
property.
Said lot fronts about $50 feet on Fay
etteville street, about $50 feet on Will
mington street and about 90 feet on
Cabarrus street and upon said lot is To-
Gated the recently remodelled three-story
hotel, known as the "Carrollton Hotel"
which contains GO rooms, and is equipped
with gas, electric lights, and with water.
Upon said lot is also locatedNa one-story
cottage, fronting on Fayetteville street,
and containing four rooms; and also a
two-story residence fronting on Whining
ton street and containing seven rooms.
Time of sale - o'clock M.
Place OF sale at Carrollton Hotel, in
Raleigh, N. G.
This May IS, 1901.
ERNEST HAYWOOD,
May l9-d-t-d-s. Commissioner.
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Patronage Obtained by Mr.. Moody,
(Asheville Gazette

washington, D. c., June 1S.-Congress-
man Moody, who has been here for the
past week, leaves tonight for home. He
came here in the interest of his con-
stituents and has been remarkably sue
eessful. He secured place in the Agri-
cultural Department for Henry Benson
at 81 per day and a place as laborer at
the capital for Henry Crump, besides the
appointment of Mr.. Gettis as superintend-
ent of rural free delivery and the estab-
lishment of rural free delivery routes.
He today secured two additional letter
carriers and an extra clerk for the Ashe-
vile postoffice.
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VALUABLE HOTEL FURNITURE AND
OTHER HOTEL FURNISHINGS FOR
SALE.a
tcARRoLLToN HoTEL.l

SALE,A
(CARROLLToN H0TEL.l
BY virtue OF authority conferred by a
judgment of Wake county, N c., Superior
Court, rendered at its April, 1901, term,
in a civil action therein pending entitled
Florence p. Tucker, plaintiff, against 0.
j. Carroll and others, defendants, we will
on
MONDAY. JULY 1st, 1901,
sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, large lot of hotel fur
nishings as follows:
A lot of bedsteads, drcssers. wash
stands, cotton mattresses, hair mat
tresses, bed springs, chairs, mirrors car
pets and rugs.
A lot of bed linen, Sheets pillow cases,
bed clothing, towels, napkins, table linen.
quilts and bed covering.
A lot of china ware, crockery ware.
glass ware. silver ware, knives, forks,
spoons, table ware and cutlery.
One 12-foot oak bar counter. one IL
foot oak buffet and mirror, and other bar
furniture, fixtures and appliances.
A lot of barber-shop furniture, fixtures
and appliances.
A lot of cooking stoves, ranges and
fixtures and attachments thereto, boilers,
coffee urns, and kitchen furniture. FIX
lures and appliances.
A lot of other household. hotel and
kitchen furniture, fixtures and furnish
ings
All OF the above formerly belonging to
the Carrollton Hotel. at Raleigh, N. G.,
an itemized list Of which can be seen at
the office Of Col. John W. llinsGaIe, in
Raleigh, N. G.
Time Of sale o'clock p. IN.
Place Of sale, Carrollton Hotel, in Raj
elgh, n. c.
This May IS, 1901.
JOHN w. IIINSDALE,
E. S. PARKER,
d-t-d-s Commissioners