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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30

string hangs very near the surface of
the board b d. When B ID is exactly
vertical, \ C is exactly horizontal if
the angles at ID are true right
angles.
The dimensions of the triangle may
be about as follows: A C, IL feet
Ion; A B, about Z feet 3 inches; C b,
Other dimensions will do as we'll, the
essential features being the straight
board, A c, and the board B ID at
right angles to it and near enough
to one end of A c for the man car
rying that end of the triangle to see
accurately the position of the plumb
line. The board B ID should not be
less than four feet long or the plumb
line will be too short to give salts
factory results. 1t will frequently be
found convenient to have a scale of
feet marked off on A C.
In marking on the board B d the
line in which the plumb line will hang
when A c is exactly horizontal, con
siderable care is required. Two pegs
are driven into the ground as far
apart as A and c for these points to
rest on. The highest one is driven
into the ground until the plumb line
follows about the center line of the
board b ID. Having marked this po-
sltion of the plumb line, the triangle
is reversed so that the end of B rests
on the peg where before we had the
end c, and vice versa. Should the
plumb line make an angle with the
first line marked on the board, then
the correct position will be exactly
in the middle between these two
lines. This point should be perma-
nently marked on the board b d. In
using the triangle when the plumb
line passes through this point the
base of the triangle will be level.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Because you cannot raise alfalfa
East of the Missouri river that is a
noble plant for forage and soil reno
v3tion.
The farmer should keep pure bred
poultry, the best he can get and
breed pure, but he need not make any
special effort to breed true to
feather
To improve poor land at the least
expense We must first begin by rails
ing crops that do not leave the soil
poorer when matured than when
sown.
About 1900 acres of sugar beets
will be raised for the Chino (Cal.)
factory; this is 1000 acres more than
has ever before been planted for this
factory. tE
If no clover pasture is ready for the
hogs and you have no rye upon which
to turn them cut some green of some
sort as early as possible and feed to
the hogs. -
Inc IdisIHSS Vi SHldll ITulIS, poultry
and bees combine to make one of the
most profitable industries for small
investors that is offered in any line
of agricultural work.
The great need of the southern up
lands is humus, and this can be fur
nished to the soil better with
legumes in a short rotation than by
grasses in longer one.
Good cows are in constant demand
and will be for long time, and at
prices that will pay for raising by
those who will learn how to raise the
best in the best manner
In a butter dairy, besides raising
calves, there will be a surplus OF
skim milk that will enable one to
produce good deal of pork and poul-
try. Both are fairly remunerative.
When new plans and methods are
taken up on the farm it is well to
commence experimentally and not
risk all of the eggs in one basket
Merely shaping up a roadway in
red or yellow clay, by machinery or
hand, does little good, and the money
is largely thrown away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
GHOSTS IN WESTMINSTER.
Explanation of Two Instances of APP
parent Apparitions in the
English Palace.

The death of Sir Archibald Milman
inevitably revives the stories current
a few months ago of the apparition
of Lady Milman when she herself was
alleged to have met death in certain
corridor in the apartment occupied
by her in Speakers court of the pal
ace of Westminster. The origin of
those stories, writessa correspondent,
l had from Sir Archibald himself dur
ing the last few days of his life. Open
ing onto the corridor in question there
were two doors. One of them was
made partly of glass, and, with the rest
of the dark corridor behind it, it nat
urally had much the same effect as a
mirror. Anyone coming out of the
other door was reflected in this glass
door, which was placed in such re-
lation to the staircase that anyone
ascending the stairs would see the re-
Election before he saw the person re-
fected. On two or three occasions
Lady Milman was going out of her own
boudoir when some one going up the
staircase saw her reflection, and mo-
ment or two later saw Lady Milman
herself, and her approach to the glass
door naturally suggested the two fig
ures approaching each other in some
what uncanny manner, says the Lon
don Chronicle.
The second ghost story was to the
effect that Lady Milman's wrath was
seen entering the drawing-room while
Lady Milman was out. Equally re-
markable is the explanation of this
fact. Lady Milman is very tall wom-
an, and her daughters are equally tall
On one occasion a friend entered the
house just as she drove up to the door
in a carriage. AS he assembled the
staircase leading to the drawing-room
he looked up and saw a very tall woman
go quietly three or four steps down
the corridor and enter the drawing
room. Looking from below the tall
figure suggested very closely that of
Lady Milman, who herself entered the
drawing-room moment after the
visitor. He had seen Lady Milman, as
he thought, precede< him, and his sur
prise was natural when she greeted
him from behind. 1t is out of these
: two facts, and these two facts alone,
that the house of commons, and, in
deed, the whole country, was assured
that there were ghosts in Westmins-
ter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
Horses Not Ont of nnte.

The horse has not yet gone out of
date, Notwithstanding the prophecies
of "horseless age" Cable and cleo
trio cars, bicycle and automobiles,
portable engines and steam plows, are
not yet able to eliminate him from
the affairs of men. Great Britain, in
connection with the Boer war, paid one
of the largest bills for horse supplies,
it is said, ever paid in the history of
the world. The United States has late
ly carried on with foreign nations an
unprecedented trade in mules and
horses, the total export of the gov
eminent for the first eight months of
the current fiscal year amounting to
more than 100000, Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
BURNING HEAD.

Star City, Ark, May 26th.-A very
remarkable case has just occurred
here.
Mr.. w. H. Metals has been suffer-
ing severely for two years with an
ailment that puzzled the doctors and
everybody. The trouble seemed to be
all in his head, which had burning
sensation all the time.
Sometimes this burning pain in the
head would be worse than at other
times, but it never left him.
At last he tried new. remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and was
agreeably surprised to find that the
burning gradually disappeared.
An attack of La Grippe has laid
him up for the last few weeks, but
Dodd's Kidney Pills have banished
his old trouble entirely.
His son George used a few of the
Pills which his father did not need
and they have done so much good
that he says he would not take ten
centsa pill for the few he still has left.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
pITH AND POINT.

Many man who attempts to wear
the mantle of greatness is disappoint-
ed in the fit.-Chicago Daily News.
Extremes. Beautiful Sunshine!"
exclaimed the optimist. "Yes," growled
the pessinist, but so binding
lanta Constitution.
''The idea of newspaper calling
hanging work of art!" Perhaps it
just meant he was finely executed. -
Philadelphia North American.
Some people are not afraid of any
thing because they are bold and others
just because they don't know any
better.-Washingto CO., Democrat.
Lets see," said the inexperienced
salesman, "the price of that ping-pong
set is ten dollars net" "See here!"
exclaimed Mrs. Gotrox, 81 don't want
the price of the net; want the whole
OUTFIT Baltimor Herald.
A Cheerful Overland aren't you
going to give your penny for the poor
heathen?" asked the S. S. teacher, re-
provingly. "Oh, s'pose," replied lit
tie Bobbie, as he held it out reluct-
antly, "if you think they need it
wurse n I do."-Ohio State Journal.
All in the Family.-"I should think
Toonitt would start an orchestra in
his family" "Why? Are they mu-
sical?" SWELL, he can certainly blow
his own horn, his lazy son fiddles most
of his time away, and as for his wife
well she's the greatest harDer YOU
ever saw Philadelphia Bulletin.
There are too many people in the
world waiting for favorable condi-
tions. Don't do it. While you are
hesitating some one else is blowing
ahead of you. Wait for nothing; map
out a course and pursue it, rain or
shine, mud or dust, storm or lull, cold
or heat, good times or bad times. Wait
for nothing.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30

ly will kill the trees. The accom-
panying picture by Riley shows sew
eral stages of the insect. Late in
spring or early in summer the full
grown worms descend to the ground
where they make silken cocoons at,
or slightly below, the surface. Here
they remain till the following spring,
going through the several changes
until they emerge, full grown moths.
The males have well-developed wings
and small bodies The females have
large bodies but no wings, and can
only crawl about. Thus, anything
that will prevent their crawling up
into the trees (such as Bedtime or
other such substances) will protect
the trees. 1t is serious pest and
orchardists should take every pre-
caution to prevent it's getting start
in their trees.-Ohio Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
Altitude of Ducks Flight.

The wild duck, the hawk and the sea
gull while in fight over long distances
usually remain at an altitude of from
600 to 1,4e0 feet. If they pass below
the level of the highest flying kite of
"a tandem line the fact is easily dis
cerned by allowing for perspective.
The kite measurements are relatively
accurate, because during the pro-
longed fight of thousands of wild
ducks the kite string can be hauled
in and paid out until the altitude of
the ducks is exactly measured by the
altitude of the kiteS Mature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
CARRIED THE BACCHANTE.
And That Was Enough to Bring Re.
prOach Upon Him in the City
Of "Cultchah."

you say" said the sympathetic house.
wife, looking down from the elevation of
the doorstep upon the latest applicant for
suburban charity, relates the New York
Tribune, chat you have honestly done your
best to find employment
II do, madame"
Have you trade or regular vocation?'
Il was formerly an expressman."
''In what city,"
''In Boston,"
But surely, at this time of the year, in a
big city like Boston, you ought to be able
to find work enough as an expressman!o
Madame, you do not know Boston. You
have heard, years ago, of The Bacchante?
Yes? Then it is only necessary to tell you
that am one of the expressmen who car
ried her to the station"
But do not see."
''The fact became generally known,
madame. From that moment ceased to be
respectable. There is no one in Boston
who will employ me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30

B4EsslMS

Health will with all its who and
the which and the while
ar conditions TO needs is all that the
which benefca pleasantly laxative
the California
With the fact that physical transient
the heart and one would the strain congestion attendant
ped condition
pains the colds and headaches and the depression due inactivity of the bowels
remember that the will
combination and also from the method which that perfect purity and
from the use laxative needed and
beneficial
known value but this all other azatves gently
the full
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
Di.po.ing of .pecayed stun.

Do not try to dispose of the partial
ly decayed vegetables in the cellar by
feeding them to the cows. 1t is poor
economy. They are sure to impart a
faint TO the milk and to injure the
butter. And there is another place
where they should not go, and that
IS to the manure heap, unless it is to
he so composted that the vegetab les
themselves will decay and the fungus
or mold that forms during the decay
will have been entirely destroyed, but
the use of them for feeding milk cows
is the most common method of dispos-
ing of them, and the very worst meth
cd. too,--Los Angeles Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
J. UE5G@ J
/ A.Rfla.Gl=lA'RD|!EN.
81. ,SIE4l. A.. y: : q VIZ
;fV IS $50 -
A LEVELING TRIANGLE.
Valuable Instrument for Farmers
DESTROYS of Conducting Modest
Irrigation Operations,

The use of a leveling triangle was
suggested to small irrigators in Cali
fornia many years ago by a promi-
nent irrigation engineer. It is con-
structed in this way:
The three pieces, A B, C and A,
are made fast to each other at A, B
and c. The board, B d, is fastened
to the triangle at right angles to
A c. An ordinary carpenters square
used in the construction of the ap,
paratus will. insure sufficient ac-
curacy in the position of b ID. Near
Il, on the board b ID, a plumb line is
made fast. The plumb bob, like a
mason's plumb bob, hangs in hole,
SO that when b ID is vertical tho
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
TOLD OF THE STAGE FOLK.

Ethel Knight Mollison, who is to be-
come Richard Mansfeld's leading lady
next season, was member of a Phil
adedphia stock company two years ago,
playing minor roles.
There is an apparent lack of mutual
admiration between some of the people
who have written successful historical
novels and some of the critics who
would if they could.
Mrs. Langtry has signed contract
with Charles Frohman to appear in
this country next season. She will
probably be seen in Paul Kester's
"Mademoiselle Mars"
What is believed to be the largest
book that has ever been made was fin
ished a few days ago at Los Angeles.
Cal. 1t is a register for the chamber
of commerce of that city, and will con-
tain, when filled, more than $4,000
names. 1t weighs 324 pounds and COM
prises 4,sOO pages.
Some unfeeling newspapers are polk
ing at Andrew Carnegie the remark re-
Gently made by President Eliot, of Har.
ward: ga library that will go on shell
five feet long is enough to give an in
tellectual training to any human being
that ever came into the world.
The library erected at Hawarden by
national subscriptions to perpetuate
Mr.. Gladstone's memory is rapidly APP
preaching completion. The site is to
be one chosen by Mr.. Gladstone him.
self for the temporary library in use
before his last illness. 1t stands near
the church. on an eminence overlook
ing the Dee estuary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30
SPRING CANKER WORM.
Orchardfsts Should Take Every Pre-
caution to Prevent This Pest from
Getting a Fair Start.

A great many orchards acquire a
parched and burned appearance each
summer as a result of the work of
the canker worm. This small loop
ing measuring worm" devours the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30

1t is good rule to fatten and mar.
ket all two-year-old hens as soon as
they finish laying. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-05-30

Good facilities, good management
and good markets are of more impor-
lance than the. breed of fowls.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04
Watch st. Louis.

The Greatest Worlds Fair the
world has ever seen will be held at st.
Louis in 1903. To keep i'm touch with
the work of preparation for. this great
Worlds Fair and to get all the news
of all the Earth, every reading person
should at once subscribe for the great
newspaper of st. Louis, The Globe
Democrat. 1t stands pre-eminent and
alone among American newspapers,
and acknowledges no equal or rival.
It's circulation extends to every state
and territory Of the Union, to Canada
and Mexico, and to every part of the
World where there are readers of the
English language. 1t ought to be in
your home during the coming year.
See advertisement elsewhere in this
issue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

The new year came in in a halo of
beauty and glory. Nature seemed to
conspire with the weather man to see
just how beautiful the day could be
made for the beginning of 1902.
With the coming of a new year should
begin a renewed determination on the
part of Grenada citizens to push the
town. Notwithstanding there is a
shortage of crops, especially of corn,
there are sections much worse of
than this one. So why complain and
growl about hard times? Meet the
conditions as they are and look for
ward to the time when things will be
in better shape. Too much pros
perity is not a good~thing for people.
The great lesson to Ibc learned from
these times of depression is to appfe-
ciate the value Of economy. and to
know how to enjoy the better times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04
NJ" RAILROAD DISCUSSION.

1t is an evident fact that Missis-
s'ppi is an inviting field to those who
~uald build new railroads. This
statement is prefaced by the fact that
Within "a short length of time a num-
her OF charters have been issued for
new lines of road. Two of the pro-
jectcd lines are to be 200 or more
miles in length, aud would develop an
abundantly rich section. One of
these is the Mississippi Midland,
which would pierce the counties east
OF Grenada, having for its northern
terminus Pontotoc. This is supposed
to be backed by the Frisco system.
The other is to be the Memphis and
Mobile, about which there is a long
article elsewhere in this issue. Later
publication advances the idea that the
Illinois Central is back Of the latter,
and that it is a game of bluff between
the two great systems of railroads.
That one of the lines will be built
seems reasonable, as we'll as very GER
tain. Probably both may be. AS
remarked by a well known citizen in
Grenada, the situation is somewhat
like a game of chess. Each party is
waiting for the other side to move be-
fore determining upon it's next move.
Although the publication has been
made in definite terms that contracts
have been let for the construction of
the line from Grenada to Hattiesburg,
to be completed in one year, doubt is
expressed by some, as the public is
unaware of any surveying or obtain
ing of a right of way having been
done. However, the SENTINEL does
not wish to discourage the enterprise
for a moment.
The only information to be had is
from the daily press, and all that our
people can do is to wait and see. |
something will develop The
new road would benefit Grenada, and
we trust it will be constructed. A
line to the Gulf would help the
own, as well as bring it more promi-
lently forward as a railroad center. |
Business interests would be greatly
improved.
Everyone is taking great interest in
he new railroad discussion. but moth
ng very definite can be said yet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04
A ~REFORMATORY PRISON.

Editor Of the Grenada SENTINEL
The recent conviction of an eight
year-old boy, and his being sentenced
to the p~enitentiary for a term OF five
years from the Second Judicial Dis
trict for the crime of larceny brings
into view again the duty Of the State
to provide a reformatory prison for
! this class Of offenders.
1t seems Incredible in this age Of
advanced thought and high civiliza-
tion that any government would send
an eight-year-old child to a peniten-
tiary to be herded in with a lot Of old
and hardened criminals. II is a
crime against society and civilization.
No child of such tender years is capa-
BILE morally or mentally of commit
ting any offense in the calendar Of
crimes that could possibly justify a
punishment so cruel and so shocking
to every conception of justice.
There are in the State penitentiary
a great many convicts under the age
of sixteen years. There are quite a
number under the age Of fourteen,
and a few twelve years and under.
There was one girl of nine years, not
many years ago, sent to the peniten-
tiary. But this recent incident Of
sending a child Of eight years of age
to the State prison breaks the record.
A State penitentiary is no place for
children, no matter how bad and
vicious they may be.
All over the civilized world, except
in some of the Southern states, juye-
nile offenders against the law are sent
to houses of correction, or reforma-
tory prisons. They are not degraded,
and their young lives are literally
crushed out and destroyed upon the
very threshold Of existence by being
sent to a p%enitentiary, and put in
and given for their comrades
and associates old and hardened crimi-
nails.
To provide properly for these chill
dren would not cost the State a sin
gle dollar. Such an institution could
be provided on one of the States
out off the earnings of the con
victs, and afterwards made self
sustaining. An act Of the legislature
ten lines long would give the Board
Of Control the authority to provide
such a reformatory prison for the
offenders in the State.
CONSERVATIVE.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04
\ Deep Mystery.

1t is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Painting
and Dizzy Spells when thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will
quickly cure such troubles. 81 suffer-
cred for years with kidney trouble"
writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peter.
son, Ia, and a lame back panied me
50 could not dress myself, but Elec-
trio Bitters wholly cured me, and. al
though 73 years old, ! now am able to
do all my housework." 1t overcomes
Constipation, improves Appetite,
gives perfect health. Only SOC at j.
+. HUGHES Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

From the reading of the articles in
the two Jackson dailies about the
new railroad to be built from Hatties-
burg to Grenada one must believe
that they were furnished to both Jour
nails by "A railroad promoter, or the
same reporter wrote both. The arti-
cleS were the same. If the same
man did not write both, there was a
striking fellowship existing between
the two reporters. They must have
gotten their inspiration from the
same source.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

For seventy-five years The Youths
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The work of an unprecedented num-
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04
Long Time Between Mails.

A special says:-It must be thought
a most out-of-the-way world where the
postman arrives only once a year and
where the telegraph is unknown. 1t
would seem even more surprising that
Great Britain should possess a place
S outlandish. But it does, in Pit
cairn Island, a mere dot in the middle
of the Pacific, the home of the de-
scendents of the mutineers of II. NJ.
S. Bounty. Early in the coming
week the 20 inhabitants of that little
colony will be gladdened by the APP
pearance there Of the warship Con-
dor, with mails from England, a treat
which is afforded them but once a
year.