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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Regularity and moderation in feed
ing are two important points to be OBJ
served in poultry raising.
Ducks are timid and should be treat
ed with gentleness, and if possible they
should have the same attendant al
ways.
Culling a flock improves it every
year, as a much higher standard will
result. By an observation of the indi-
viduals much can be learned.
Ducks will eat many weeds and other
vegetables which other poultry will
not, and they may be allowed the run
of the potato patch, when the potato
beetle makes it's appearance.
Plant a patch of sunfowers. You
will find the seed very useful next fall
and winter when you want to have the
plumage of your show birds glossy and
beautiful.
What looks nicer or points more di-
rectly to the general thrift and intelli-
gence of the farmer than a flock of
well-bred fowls, all of one color and
character?
If the occupants of the duck house
become alarmed at night from any
cause they will not cease their loud
quacking until light is brought into
the pen, when they will Immediately
settle down into quietness.-F
Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

Louisa Mays heart, and made her
forget her wounded feelings. Her
grandfather held the flag so that
its folds were falling about her,
and her eyes were shining and her
face was smiling as she began
the second stanza in voice without the
least quaver. The old man did not sing
now. He stood beside her with one
arm still around her, and nodded time
with his snowy head and gently waved
the flag above the singer.
When Louisa Mays voice died away
after the last lines, the applause was
deafening. While it was still at it's
height, her grandfather stepped,to the
edge of the platform, holding the flag
aloft. When he could be heard he
called out shrilly: .
Everybody join me in singing the
last two lines! Come, now, everybody
singh"
"And the star-spangled banner in triumph
shall wave
Ger the land of the free and the home Of the
brave"
The woods and the hills rang with
the melody; they rang again with the
shouts of the people when the lines
had been sung not only once, but three
times.
The governor himself congratulated
Louisa May, and handing her the beau
tiful little silk flag he had been holding
in his hand he said:
'Let me give you this to remember
me by"
Louisa May thought that she could
never be any happier than she was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

the wooden doors can be thrown
open, giving outdoor conditions with
protection from cold winds. When
the chicks become too large for the
brooder, they can occupy the house
as coop, roosts being provided as
soon as the chicks are large enough
to use them. AS the weather be-
comes warmer, the wooden doors can
be left open at night, the wire doors
being closed to keep out cats and
skunks. Fifty chicks Cor more, if the
wooden doors are to be left open)
can be kept in such house through
the summer and fall.
This house can only be used as
colony house for laying hens, num-
Der of such houses being scattered
about the land to be occupied; and
filed with about Is hens each. Roosts
are placed at the rear, and nest-boXes
at one end. These can be reached
from the outside by means of the lit
tie hinged door shown at one end.
Such a house is also an excellent
place to devote to setting hens, the
wire door only being closed. It al
fords ideal quarters for bunch of
cockerels that one may wish to fat
ten for market in the fall. Quite a
large number can be put into such a
house, if temporary wire enclosure
is set up before the house, that the
cockerels may not be crowded during
the day. Other uses for such house
will occur to the poultryman, while
for the fancier such quarters make
an ideal place to put pen of choice
breeders during the spring and sum-
mer.-Country Gentleman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
The Secret of Health in Old Age

Sheperd, ILL.,, June 23rd.-Sarah E.
Rowe, of this place, is now II years of
age and just at the present time is en-
Toying much better health than she has
for over 20 years. Her explanation of
this is as follows:
"For many years past have been
troubled constantly with severe Kid
ney trouble, my urine would scald and
burn when passing and I was very mis-
cradle.
81 am 72 years of age and never ex-
pected to get anything to cure me, but
I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
thought it would do me no harm to try
them
81 am very glad I did so, for they
cured me of Kidney Disease and
stopped all scalding sensations when
passing the urine.
"I.feel better now than have for
twenty years"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
CLARIFYING BEESWAX.
If the Work Is Done Properly a Prod
uct of Fine Even Appearance
Will Be Obtained.

AS it is generally clarified some
beeswax presents a very clear
yellow, while other wax when COM
pared with it has dirty look. This
is owing to the proper method en-
ployed in one case and lack of thor
ougness in another, albeit not always,
for there is such a difference even in
beeswax that it is questionable if some
could ever be made clear. If clarified
as it should be, however, the chances
are nine out of ten of its all presenting
the same fine, even appearance, says
the Country Gentleman.
The way to do it is to take the comb
one has to clarity and put it in large
iron kettle, such as is used on the
farm outdoors. filling it with water.
In this the comb should be allowed to
boil for several hours. Meanwhile, a
tub having been filled half full of wa
ter, on which is foated an old board
of some sort, the mixture at the end of
that period should be dipped out with
an old pan or dipper from the kettle,
and poured through hemp sack or
OeHNi 1hdIC1 lhdU dIlO"O W
rest on the board floating in the tub.
The result is the wax runs through the
sack into the tub, leaving considerable
residue in the sack, which can readily
be separated by squeezing or rolling
the mass with round stick or similar
means of pressure.
The wax will float on the surface of
the water in tine tub and soon cool,
and while this is taking place the ket-
tie should be cleansed and filled with
clean water; then the wax should be
put back in it and boiled up a second
time. 1t should next be strained care
fully through fine meshed cloth sew
eral times, and as the sack or cloth
used for this purpose is of no special
value afterwards it should be thrown
away.
Beeswax clarified in this manner can
be melted without water and put in
moulds ready for the market, which
otherwise might have been considered
worthless and never used at all In
deed, it pays to save all the scraps and
pieces of old comb, and at the end of the
season treat them as described, for
thus will frst-class beeswax be Oh
tanned, and that always finds good
market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

| during the rest of that day, but she felt
much the same way three days later
when, on coming home from the straw
berry patch, she found Grandpa Hat
field waiting for her in the hall. He
flung open Ne parlor door behind him
as he kissed her, and Louisa saw in a
corner of the room a beautiful shin
ing new piano.
"Why, grandpa" she exclaimed, and
flung her arms around his neck, half
laughing and half-crying. His dim eyes
had strange light in them, and his
voice was not very steady as he said:
81 tell We, LOUSY, don't know when
L have heard anything that took such
hold of me as the way you sung that
grand old Star -Spangled Banner
want it to be the first song you sing
on your new piano. I'll play it and We'll
sing it together
A few moments later a passer-by
|reined up his horse in front of the house
to listen to the fresh young voice and
the old and quavering one singing to-
gether:
''And the star-spangled banner in triumph
shall wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of the
brave
Youths Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

ODDS AND ENDS.

Spruce grows nearer the arctic re-
gions than any other tree.
No fewer than two British peers
answer to the name of Lord Grey.
Fowls are supposed to have been
first domesticated in China 400 B. c..
the open air at distance of 15,4S0
feet.
The foundation of the Bank of
England strong-room is &c feet be-
low street level.
Owing to plague of rats and mice,
cats sell at $25 piece in North
Yukon Territory.
OF all money transactions in Eng
land 81 per cent. are transacted by
checks, only three per cent. by notes
and gold.
The finest example of weaving in
the world is said to be the Panama
hats manufactured in Jipijapa (pro-
nounced Hippi-happD, in the prov
ince of Montecristi, Ecuador.
An Omar Khayyam" restaurant
has been opened at New York nearly
opposite the Waldorf-Astoria. The
cooking consists of all sorts of dishes
that may be concocted with hot,
spicy sauces and ingredients of rice
and curry.
Representative Babcock, of Wiscon-
sin, shaved off his, luxuriant black
beard the other morning, and the door
keepers refused to admit him to the
floor of the house until he had been
identified Mr.. Babcock had not been
shaued hefnre in L. Years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

She had a very clear and strong voice,
and she said to her mother as they
drove toward the grove: 81 don't feel
a bit nervous or afraid now"
She did, however, feel little nerv-
Gus when her turn to sing came, and
she found herself on the platform be-
fore the audience that filled every part
of the grove. The chairman of the
day stepped forward and said:
eve will now listen to solo, The
Star-Spangled Banner by Miss Louisa
May Hatfield"
At this some of the grand army men
set up shout, and Louisa May walked
to the front of the platform with the
large silk flag she was to hold while
she sang.
The applause died away, and the or
ganist had just begun to play the pre-
lude, when boy shouted shrilly:
"Red head! Red head! Better look
out or the fireworks will catch!"
Louisa Mays pink cheeks grew pal
lid. She opened her lips, but no sound
came from them. She was trembling
from head to foot. The flag fell from
her hand down over the edge of the
platform. Then in an agony of embar-
rassment she put both hands over her
face and began to cry.
The boy who had called out cred
head" suddenly felt a hand grip the
back of his collar, and he was jerked
from his seat by an irate little old
man.
"I'll let we know how We call my
granddaughter red head We little sass
box! You take that" and he smartly
boxed the bowling boys ears. Then
he hurried toward the platform and up
the steps. A queer-looking little old
man he was, with long white hair and
beard. He had on stif1y starched
linen "duster" and bright blue jean
trousers. Hurrying to Louisa Mays
side, he put his arm around her waist
and said, soothingly: q
"There, there, LOUSY May! Don't
you mind that impudent little sass
box! You sing your song now. Come,
grandpa will start ye off on it,"
The old man picked up the flag which
she had let fall to the platform, and
holding its staff in one hand while his
other arm was round Louisa Mays
waist, he began to sing in thin, way
ering, but not unmusical voice:
ooh say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twi-
'tgh-s last cleaning
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight
Ger the ramparts we watched, were so
CALAMITY streaming"
He stopped at the end of these lines
and said gently to Louisa May:
"Come, now, honey, you sing, too"
She had taken her hands from her
face, and as she looked into the SYM
pathetic faces of the people before
her, she felt her courage rise. When
the old man began to sing the next
lines Louisa Mays voice, clear and
steady and sweet, rose high above his
own:
Sand the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner vet
wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of
the brave?"
Something of the lofty spirit of
the grand old song suddenly filed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

could get one; but I don't know that
he's able to, although he always has
been close-mouthed about his money
affairs. You'll be at the celebration?
ooh, yes; we are all going. And |
expect to hear LOUSY May beat 'em
ALL
There the conversation ended, be-
cause red-haired girl came hurried
ly into the sitting room. She blushed
furiously as she heard her name.
On the morning of the Fourth of
July Louisa May was very happy as
she stood before the small mirror in
her bedroom and gave the last touches
to her toilet. Her challis had made up
very prettily, and her mother had de-
lighted her by an unexpected gift of a
pretty pink ribbon sash. She had never
before had such beautiful hat, and
there was but one thing to detract
from her satisfaction with her appear
ance.
eff only I didn't have such a mop
of red hair!" she said to the mirror.
"If it was mouse-colored, like Amanda
Ddle >, VI d reg uldI UIiHule, Inc Lucy
I shouldn't care. But red! 1t
isn't as red as it used to be, though,
and shall wear my hat while sing
that will hide it a good deal"
There had been few holidays in
Louisa Mays life, and never one so
full of promise of pleasure as this.
She had been to the village the day
L
Hope, who was to play tie: accom-
paniment on the organ, and Miss Hope
had said that Louisa sang beautifully.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27

Hon. t. Y. Fitzpatrick, Congressman
from Kentucky, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, D. c., as fol-
lows:
cat the solicitation of a friend I used
your Peruna and can cheerfuIIy recOn,-
mend your remedy to anyone suffering
with Cafarrh or who needs a good
tonic. "---T. Y. FITZPATRICK.
A Good Tonic.
Pe-ru-na is a natural and efficient
nerve tonic. 1t strengthens and re-
stores the activity of every nerve in
the body.
= Through the use of Pe-ru-na the
weakened or overworke ID nerves resume
their natural strength and the blood
vessels begin at once to regulate the
flow of blood according to natures
laws. Congestions Immediately disap-
pear.
Catarrh Cured.
All phases of catarrh, acute or
chronic, are promptly and permanent
ly cured. 1t is through its operation
upon the nervous system that Pe-ru-na
has attained such q worldwide reputa-
ton as a sure and reliable remedy for
all phases of catarrh wherever located.
If you'do not derive prompt and sat
iSfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice free.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
SPLENDID HEN HOUSE.
1t Is Capable OF Serving Great Vari-
ETY. of Purpo~es in Up-to-Date
POuldry Keeping

The little house that is here fig
ured can be built any size desired
but eight feet in length by five III
width will be found very convenient.
Make the height 6h feet in front
and Az feet in the rear. The entire
front is made up of two wooden
doors, with a window in each, and
two inner wire netting doors. The
roof is shingled, while the walls are
made of matched boarding simply.
There is no floor.
Now for the uses to which such a
little house can be put. In early
spring brooderful of chicks can be
placed in it, thus affording the little
fellows sheltered place to run out
side the brooder. On pleasant days
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
SORGHUM Cane for Fodder.

Sorghum sugar cane for fodder may
be planted from April to July Sow one
to three bushels per acre either broad
cast or drilled thickly. 1t will yield
from 20 to 80 tons of green fodder per
acre; four to six tons of the sweetest
and best hay, every particle of which
will be greedily eaten by stock. The
thicker the seed is sown the fiNer the
feed and the shorter the. growth, eon-
sequently easier handled. Cut and
bundle as corn fodder, or leave spread
on the ground if weather Is dry. II
does not cure quickly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
LO@at the ~
CELEBRATION.
~ SN N.A.NoS0oNc X
LE. * AE AOUISY NAY is to
tRAhHI11 sing a solo at the
ce1abratiOn - Mrs
.SH A.A.NoS0ouc X

celebration" MIS-.
Hatfield was, explaining to a visitor.
"And don't know but she'll be too fine
to speak to her own folks when she's
rugged out in all her new things. Still,
don't begrudge her the things. She's
worked real faithful pickin' strawber-
ries and doing all sorts of chores to
pay for what she's to have She's a
good girl, LOUSY is"
"But has she ever sung in public be-
fore?"
"She's never sung a solo all by her
self except at one or two little Sunday
school concerts. I don't know how it
will be when she finds herself on the
platform facing the big Fourth of July
crowd"
'Oh, she'll get through it a II right. I
have heard that she sings beautifully"
swell, don't know but she does sing
about as well as you could expect a
girl of only Is to sing. It's kind of
curious; can't sing no more than a
blue jay, and when her pa tries it the
hens scatter in terror. She gets it
from her Grandfather Hatfield over in
Ware. He'll be rs come the 10th of
next month, and he'll sit down to a
little organ he's got and sing away by
the hour. He's coming clear over from
Ware to hear LOUSY May sing. He's
goin' to leave her his organ in his will
"a piano would be betteG for her"
eyes, LOUSY Mays wild to have a
piano, but we can never get her one
with five younger children to rear and
school. Her Grandpa Hatfield mebbe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
/. DEVICE FOR HEN RoosT.

hinged to the wall, is also pinned up
against the wall, giving the entire
floor space unobstructed to the
fowls" On the roost pole b b, which
is two by two-inch stuff, are nailed
pieces, a a, nine inches apart, which
gives enough room for one fowl Be-
meath the roost is the dropping board,
c, and below this the nests, DOR
ange Judd Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
The, Fourth i'm boston.
Youths Companion.

Visitor-"How do you expect to cell
citrate the Fourth this year,"
Little Waldo Wendal-"Oh, beauti-
fully! I am now engaged in my lab
oratory preparing a number of lid
dyte explosives and some nitro
glycerine shells with which to CON-
memorate the glorious occasion Of
our national independence!'' -Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
An UnseIfish, Boy,

Tommy" said Mrs. Glim, 'you
should not shoot your firecrackers in
the house"
''But want you to enjoy them too,
mamma" replied the thoughtful boy.
Harlem Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
Evidence of 1t.

"Did your little friend have a good
time on the Fourth asked the kind
ly neighbor.
"Did hep" repeated the boy. "Weli,
you just bet he did! Why, you ought
to see the way he is bandaged up to-
day."-Chicago Evening Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-06-27
TO PREVENT CROWDING.
Device Here Described Is Said to In
sure Absolute Immunity from
Colds and ROup.

To prevent crowding on the roost,
the device here illustrated is simple
and practical. Mr.. Verditz says: II
ascribe the immunity from colds and
roup I have enjoyed this winter to
this contrivance. The roosts are lift
ed up on cleats in the daytime, and
the dropping board, which is
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-11
GRANVILLE.

Miss Edith Greene of Bethel has been
visiting friends in town for few days.
Miss Lou Whitney went to Roxbury
Saturday where she is to teach this fall.
Miss Bernice Simpson Of Roxbury has
been spending few days with relatives.
Miss Elgiva Pratt was the guest Of John
Kendall and family few days last week.
Miss Lillian Hubbard Of the Randolph
Normal school spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs II. c. Hubbard.
5. H. Kent and family were in Randolph
two davs last week. called there by the
serious illness of Mrs. Kent's father.
The Ladies Social circle will meet with
Mrs. II. c. Hubbard Thursday, Sept. 18th.
All members are requested TO be present.
l. 5. Winter of Wadsworth. H., is in
town looking up old acquaintances. He
went from this place 60 years agoand this
is his first visit.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-11

He was early connected with the grange
in Vermont. He was Tor sew
eral years master OF the organization ~
this state Under his administration the
order achieved its best prosperity, and was
ably, efficiently and intelligently directed
to the realization of its professed objects.
He was for six years lecturer OF the Ma
tional grange aud carried into that office
his well known energy ana capacity tor
administration and for promoting { he best
welfare OF the order, which was the best
welfare of the people az large. On re-
tiring from this Office he had devoted him.
self chiefly to his personal analrs.
Mr. Messer had been useful member OF
the board OF agriculture and was con-
nected with various associations in the
state for the advancement OF the farming
interests. being himself practical
farmer. under the conditions presented 70
the great body of Vermont farmers. He
made a speciality of maple sugar produc-
tion and was an officer of the Vermont
Maple Sugar ASSOCIATION. He had taste
for study. a habit OF intelligent ohserva-
tion. and gift of writing and speaking
which made him conspicuous and lnfu-
ential member of the grange and ot the
kindred associations in which he had a
membership. He established the Patron :
Rural a paper devoted to the interests oil
the order in Vermont. He became grange
monter when that journal began publica-
tion in 1856, and on the merging OF that
paper with the Vermont Watchman in 1885
took the place of grange editor on the New
England Farmer, to which he had been a
constant contributor.
Mr. Messer was an honest man. He had
his opinions and had always the courage
to abide by them, and the ability to de-
! fend them. His opinions were apt to bt
good opinions. and his convictions right
convictions, and he resolutely stood by
any cause which enlisted MS sympathy
and support. He was a man who stood
without hitching.n Placed az night, he
would be found abiding faithfully and
I steadfastly there in the morning, and all
I the powers OF political Establishment OF
appeal to selfish interest could not move
him.
J The state has lost a sturdy yeoman, one
of the best of its citizenship