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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07
PINEAPPLE CULTURE.

No one in the north eyer knows whaG a pineapple really is untaa he goes to Florida and tastes pineapple that has been thoroughly ripened on the plant.
 The pineapples of the northern mark cts are practically all one variety, the chief merit of which is that you can
 ship 1t anywhere. What the Ben Dae
 wis is to the apple, the Red Spanish is to the pineapple. Both are good to sell. but not to eat. Even a Red Span ish. however. is good when you taste 1t in the tropics. The northern visitor to Florida expects to find all the tropical fruits of better flavor than anything he has been used to. but in the case of the pineapple the added sweetness is out of all proportion to the others. In fact
 a ripe pineapple in Florida is delicious beyond all expression, The northerner in Florida discovers" the pineapple and becomes enthusiastic at once. He
 must go right off and see how they are grown, and when he sees the first plan tation he usually wants to invest in pineapple-growing without waiting an- other minute.
 Our northern friend Is now in ey- eellent condition to be done" There are real estate speculators everywhere. If the northerIrer buys hand that looks to be and really is good for ordinary garden crops, the chances are that he will lose his money. The selection of the soil is the most important problem connected with pineapple growing, and the kind of soil that is actually used is not simply absurd, 1t is preposterous! It looks like pure sand. As matter of fact. some of it contains nearly nine l ty-nine and one-half per cent of sub stances which are quite insoluble even | in strong acids. Fancy raising a crop of fruit from soil only one-two hun dTeth port of which is soluahle In wa ter!-Country Life in America.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07

X POOR EXCUSE in q storm is cheap Umbrella. It's foolish to carry one when you can get one of strongest frame Of our make and guarantee for hard service. Um- brellas from 35c up.
 TAKE NOTICE.
 This is your last opportunity to buy the best Trunks, Bags, Dress Suit Cases at half their cost on account of being forced to vacate the premises. It will pay you to call and see us this time, Umbrellas Recovered and Re paired with theSbest Gloria Silk from 61c up. .i@ Sa ss
 ITO Bank, corner Grand street. Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk M'fE Trunks and Bags repaired at reason
 able prices,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07

Sa.T5 to $25, while the Coney Island saloon men may have to pay $100 pre- mium. It Is said that the Fidelity and Deposit company of Maryland has de- cided to withdraw from the saloon bonding business.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07
Refmnslfnr Bonds.

wAsHINGTON April 1.-The amount of and per cent bonds actually ex- changed to date for the per cent con sols under the secretary's recent re funding offer is $J4. .12o,00O.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07
Alabanaa Tovvn Deatroxed.

AIabAMhM A0SWm DSBtEOW&Ns
 COLUMBUS, Mss, April 7.--Almost the entire town of Kennedy, Ala, a station on the Southern railway thirty miles east of here, has been destroyed by fire. The loss will reach $40,000.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07

NEW YORK, April 1.-The wagon makers of Brooklyn to the number of 1,50o have struck to compel the em- ployers to fix eight instead of ten hours as days work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
 Take the genuine Laxative Promo Ouinine. Gall for the full name and insist the box which bears the sig nature of E. V Grove. 25c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07

1 A. @ T o R IT. Rear. ire < The Kind You Have Always BcazN Signature s, 21Zlzez~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23

a neighbor. Mr.. Bowman was cut
ting down tree for the leaves, when
the sheep began to run after the
chips, and so the tree was opened up
with the result, he says, that every
head of stock "went mad over it."
Mr.. Bowman, although he has no
grass, has bought 900 merino ewes
Lambs eat it as well as the old sheep.
An instance is given of 15-year-old
pet wether, without a tooth, growing
fat since eating the tree. Any kind
of stock will eat the wood after a
little use of it. Mr.. Bowman consid-
ers that it will soon be carried on
the railway at fodder rates. He
stated that cows which were almost
dry from want of condition are now
not only fat and strong, but are CIV
ing a good yield of milk. Bottle
trees often contain from so to 100
tons of fodder. There are plenty Of
bottle trees within easy reach of the
railways. Mr.. Bowman believes that
hundreds of stock can be saved with
it. The trees will keep for months
in the log with the bark on. The
tree is allied to the equity stem tree
(Adansonia Gregorii), being thick
ened below, tapering upwards, or
often swollen in the middle to the
extent of 80 to 40 feet in circum-
ference, with an apparently small
tree growing out of its apex, so that
it has been compared to the neck
of bottle. The equity stem is soft
and porous, and contains much muci-
laginous gum, which is readily OBJ
tanned by pressure, and is used as
an article of food by the natives. 1t
is also called Darrell tree.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23

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speed of ans express train. Tho
COWS, fleeterrand fercer than their
males. were leading on. Half dozen
cowboys skirmished before, shooting
and lashing out desperately, trying
to back-fre by counter-panic,
taking chances of life with every
gopher-hole. But there was no
| checking that mass; when steer
finched before the heavy whip, he
ever they beloved, with note of
tigers in their voices.
A moment Belle ran before the
herd; then calling to the roam, who
understood as only a cow-horse can
understand, she cut an oblique
course across the herds face. She
gained the road; the herd was be-
his nerve for final squirt, made for
the wagon. She shouted, but the
roar behind drowned her voice, and
so she reached for the holster,
where Emilio kept his knife. As she
whipped it out and drew even,
reaching for the carcass, the wagon
slackened and stopped. Her own
shot past before she could check him.
The off-horse, what with fear and
exhaustion, had stumbled and fallen
dead. And the wedge was coming on,
now but a quarter of mile away.
Deadly as was their fear, the two
oh xubN hoI i1,nopaH tn tho
ground, stood and stared to see her
turn in beside the standing horse
and, without any ceremony, cut his
traces and reins. He reared and
plunged; Justin caught his bride.
Mount quick!" she shouted. And
before he could grasp the situation
she had pushed Dudley to her roam,
almost thrown him into the saddle,
and mounted behind.
AS the. snorting horses bounded
away the roar was almost on their
TANKS. 1t rose to it's climax in q
great, dull crash. Looking back, the
girl saw that they were no longer fol-
| lowed. The dust cloud was whirl-
pool that rolled and tumbled over
the spot where the wagon had been.
For only minute; the cowboys
closed in and the panic was over.
Slowly the men beat back the sullen,
stated demons. And when the press
split there was no wagon at all
only broken wheels and scattered bits
of woodwork, and fattened belong
ings and blood-blood and cleaning
gray hairs trampled into everything.
The two men dismounted and
turned to the girl. Then was she
first aware of her skirts tucked about
her hips, and of the manner in which
she had ridden. Her color rose and
she jumped down. She turned redder
a moment later when Dudley Latimer
took her in his arms and, for the sec
ond time that morning, kissed her.
And that time he kissed her in
deadly earnest.-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
The Eternal Feminine.

Cleopatra, in the brilliance of her
beauty, spoke thus to the wizards
'We are but mortals, o Graybeard."
"Cnto dust after the allotted span, y
quoth the sage, ''unless-"
81 divine thy meaning. 1t is the
custom that the rulers be embalmed,
and thus defy the ravages of time,
as a mummy"
even sol"
Then the queen spoke commanding
ly, and there was q strange CLEAN in
her eyes:
Bring forth thy powders, burn thy
herbs, and humble thy spells in haste
and gaze We into the distant future
to see if any fool scientist will try
to calculate the ages of the mummies
they discover!"
The palace was filed with the ruby
vapor of necromancy.
"Ah!" trembled the wizard, tbs
even so. Those prying scientists of
the twentieth century will calculate
the mummy's age down to the half
month";
"To the block with him!" roared
Cleopatra; 'just to think that ]
should come so near to having the
world know my age!"
Thus woman's ruling passion has
prevented the mummy of the En-
chantress of the Nils from ever being
found.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
Their Thirteenth Quarrel.

They had been married three
months and were having their thir-
teenth guardian unlucky number,
by the way.
"You only married me for my
money!" he said, with exceeding bit
terness.
81 didn't do anything of the kind
she retorted.
"Well, you didn't marry me because
you loved me-"
81 know / didn't"
"Tn heavens name, what did you
marry me for, then?" he cried in de-
spair, for he had not expected this.
"Just to make that hateful Kate
Scott you were engaged to cry her
eyes out because she had to give you
up and see me get you"
He fell down on the white bear rug
at her feet and rolled over on it UNI
til he looked like an animated snow
ball.
'Great Caesar, woman!" he
shrieked, "what have you done? Why,
1 married you just because she threw
me over"
And by the time dinner was ready
their sweet young hearts were once
more so full of sunshine that avn
ings were absolutely necessary
Stray Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
THE INTELLIGENT FARMER.
He Gets the Rest There Is pAt of tn =
Farm because He Puts His Own
Best Into 1t.

E. L. Vincent says in Farm and
Fireside: "Eew of us get the best
there is in our farms. That is be-
cause we do not put the best there
Is IN us into them. There isn't much
use in expecting great things on the
farm unless we are willing to plan.
work and study how to get those
great things. How shall we go at
1t to do that? In the first place, the
soil must be in a good state of fer
tlllty. This means that we have
carefully saved up every particle of
barnyard manure we have, and have
seconded this effort by judicious
use of commercial fertilizer. 1t
means, too, that we have not pre-
viously cropped the land to death.
Then we will pillow thoroughly. Not
one man out of ten in this country
knows how to pillow; or, if he does,
he has not the grit and the gump-
ton to do it. Once in awhile we
meet a farmer who insists that this
part of the farm work shall be done
thoroughly. He is on the way to
success. 1t was an old Scotchman
who said: 'Ye dinna ken how to
plow in this coontry; we only
scratch the groom And that is
about what most of us farmers do
we scratch the ground. And again,
to get the best there is in our farms
we must use the harrow more faith
fully. The farmer has no better tool
than a good harraw. / say good
harrow, because hosts of farmers
have not such a thing as frst-class
harrow on the place. They are work
ing away with the same old "
shaped drag their fathers used, or
else have picked up at some sale d
WORKOUT thing not worth bringing
home. No good work can be done
with such a tool. Harrows of an up
to-date pattern are reasonable in
price nowadays, and every farmer
ought to have one or more. Good,
clean seed is requisite, too. No
use to sow seed that will not grow,
or that is full of weed seed. This
may mean the purchase of fan
ming mill, to be used in recleaning
seed. We may better do this than
to seed our farms down with foul
weeds. But, finally, we will fail aft
er all if we do not keep the weeds
down in every crop that can be Gull
tivated. This means steady work
for few weeks in the spring of the
year, until the potatoes have been
hilled up and the corn is too large to
admit of working horse through
it. But the end tells the story.
Other things being equal, the man
who puts himself into his work as
I have here described may rest as
sured of a good crop-the best the
soil will produce. And that ought
to make him happy"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
1t PAYS to Use Scales.

Every farm should have it's scales
and the farmer should use them. Ex-
perience proves that in marking hay,
grain, live stock, etc., one cannot al
ways rely on the figures he must take
from the dealer. Then, where he is
feeding stock, he is running great risk
if he does not weigh the amount of
feed put into the lot, and determine
the rate of gain the animals are MAX
ing by weighing at least once week.
1t pays, as many successful feeders
know, by experience, to know as soon
as loss in the rate of gain begins. 1t
pays to know on what feed the ami
mails do best, and to figure out the
amount of profit. You cannot do this
without a pair of good scales.-Mid-
land Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
Mature, Birds for Layers.

Maturity is an important thing, says
a writer in Farmers Advocate. The
bird that is to be pushed for eggs must
be thoroughly mature or she cannot
stand the pace. When I began to keep
hens was pleased down to the ground
whenever little misguided pullet be-
gan to lay at the age of four or five
months, and 1 would send an item
about it to the local paper. But ]
have learned better now. A precocious
pullet never makes phenomenal lay
er. She lays one litter of eggs in Sep
TENDER or October and then shuts up
shop until February or March. 1 want
a bird that has got her growth, bird
that is thoroughly mature; and will
keep her busy from the time she lays
her first egg, about Thanksgiving, until
she goes into moult the following fall
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
Farmers Need q Moses.

The implement dealers have organ
lied; the beef packers are following
suit; the steel producers, the sugar
makers, the millers, the butcher, the
baker, the candlestick maker, every
profession and every trade has it's
association or it's union. What are the
farmers of this country going to do
in this direction? Will they be the
last to get together for mutual pro-
lection and welfare? And after every
citizen in the United States is men,
Der of a trust, union or mutual ben
eft association, how much better off
will we be than in the old days of in
dividualism and free competition
Let the farmers take this up before
it is too late to do them any good eX-
cept defensive. What is first needed
is leader. Where is there a Moses?
-Colman's Rural World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
Hero of Cabbage Field.

An old English soldier tells how he
missed the Victoria cross: 81 was once
sent out to India with regiment to be
pushed forward to the front, as fierce
war was going on. But one night we
were suddenly attacked and got sep
arated from my comrades and wan
dered about in the thick scrub for near
ly three hours, until suddenly came
into the open. then laid myself flat
on the ground to listen, as it was very
dark. But suddenly fancied / could
see the enemy in front of me kneeling.
1 sprang to my feet, determined to
cut some of them down before was
overpowered and shot, and, dashing
forward, slashed right and left until
daylight broke over me. when 1 round
that had beheaded $50 red cabbages!"
-paarsnn's Week --zs-@---
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
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USEFUL TREE INDEED.
It's Pfth Is Being Used as a Cattle and
Sheep Feed by Fla rme RS In the
AntipOdes.

We herewith reproduce from the
Australasian cut of the bottle
tree" which is now being used as
fodder in Australia. According 20
some reports only the pith of the
tree is used as feed; according to
others all of the tree inside the bark
is edible for cattle, and the branches
also are utilized in this way. We
quote from a Brisbane Queensland.
Australia,) paper: The value of the
bottle tree as fodder for stock dur
ing times of drought has been
brought under the notice of the ag-
ricultural department by Mr.. Z. Bow
man, of Bauhiniavale, Taroom. He
states that trial was first made by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
where the Profit Comes In.

If it takes 20 bushels of corn to the
acre to pay the expenses of raising a
crop, and we raise but 20 bushels per
acre, we are not making any Roadway
But every bushel we raise above the 20
bushels per acre is that much more to
DE addeduo the profit side of the ledger.
And there is where the farmer or mer-
chant must do his best thinking and
use his best efforts to increase his crop
yield or trade, above and beyond the
point of expense.-Farmers' Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
I'M ST6o =. ! TfllfSS
THE ONE SURE THING.

IT'S not the girl with reddish hair
Whose dispositions sunniest;
IT'S not the man who always jokes
Whose stories are the funniest;
IT'S not the richest millionaire
Perhaps who eats the most;
The babe that has the finest care
May soon give UP the ghost.
She may not be the sweetest girl
Who has the waist that's slenderest:
The largest OK may not yield up
The steak that is the tenderest;
The man who holds his head up high
Above the toiling crowd
May have less cause than you or l,
In fact for feeling proud.
The deacon with the pious air
May not be quite the hottest;
The child that's born in poverty
May not remain the lowliest;
But this is sure-as sure as fate
The one who boldly asks
Gets more than those who hope and wall
And just perform their tasks.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
EXCELLENT PLANK DRAG.

two rows of straight, narrow teeth
set in it. The teeth project three
inches. A block of wood, B, is used
at each end of plank as shown in
cut and this may be taken out to
vary the depth of the teeth. The
rear of each plank also is shod with
iron strips two inches wide and one
eighth inch thick. This adds to the
life and efficiency of the drag.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
Helping Him Along.

He (admiringly)-You're not tia
sort of girl to give yourself away.
She Gnsinuatinglyl-Nc. but you
might ask father.-Stray Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23

Roup is unusually prevalent this
year. Keep the chickens in dry
house free from draughts, and look out
for colds, which may develop into roup.
Commercial Poultry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
IMPROVED PLANK DRAG.
An Implement Which Is Needed on
Every Farm and Can BE Made
at Small Expense.

We get from the Practical Farmer
the illustration of an improved
plank drag. The rear plank, A, is
set fat instead of sloping and has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
A Serious Drawback.

One of the worst things about city
life is that it affords people so few
opportunities for wearing out old
clothes Woman, d. pc. n n.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23

and So shoes areworn by thousandsof menwho
c nayH Dee t ana 90 no. DE re shey
He has convinced them that the style, fit,
and wear of his $3.50 and So 90 shoes ia inst
as good. Placed side by side it is impossible
to see any difference. A trial will convince.
Notice Increase 1889 Sales. Sc, goa, ss3,S1
in Busincss: o1eO2 Sales: SIS, Ox4, B a, 90
A gain of So, SEQ, 456.79 in -Four Years.
w. L. DOUGLAS S4.oo GILT EDGE LINE,
Worth $500 Compared with Other Makes.
The best imported and American feathers. HeyPs
Patent Calf Enamel Box Calf, Calf Wei KID Corona
Cot, and National Kangaroo Fast Color EyeIets
cauYlnns The genuine have w. I. DOUGLAS
OoutlvWs name and price stamped on bottom.
~ Shoes BY mail, Csc: eItrg; Mus. GataLo0 FREE.
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proves their superiority /;
they are worn by more
people In all stations Of
life than any other make.
Because w. l.. Douglas
is the Observation-Disclosures
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other con-
Germs, which enables him
to sell shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal in every
way to those sold else ~
where for 81 and $500. MN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-01-23
;a TO-. US
wv ~ UNION MADE
UNION MADE

WI. Douglas makes and sells mora
mems $3.50 and $500 shoes than any other
two manufacturers In the world. which
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-19
w. BEATTY HARLAN, Solicitor
ORDER NISI,

Ava b. Maxwell and In the Circuit Court
Others. vs. Richard for Hartford County.
Ordered this Sth day of June, 1903, that
the sales made and reported in the above en-
titled cause by w. Beatty Harlan. trustee. be
finally confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day
July. 1903; provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper published i'll II ar
ford county aforesaid, once in each of three
I'D successive weeks before the 18th day OF
July, 1903.
The report states the amount of sales to be
50, 500.
VIM. S. FORWOOD, JR., Clerk.
True Copy-Test:
VIM S. FORWOoD. JR, Clerk
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-19
WALTER w. PRESTON, Solicitor.

Mary Catherine Slime Bill for Divorce.
Plaintiff, In the Circuit Court
Tor
Theodore Stine, Hartford County.
Defendant. In Equity.
The object of this bill is to procure divorce
a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from
the defendant.
The bill states that the plaintiff and de-
fendant were married in the year 1877, and
lived together until six years ago, at which
time defendant abandoned the plaintiff, and
said abandonment has continued, uninter-
ruptedly for more than three years. is de-
libcrate and final, and the reconciliation OF
| the partesis beyond any reasonable hope or
expectation.
That the defendant is a nonresident of the
State of Maryland. and is said to be living in
the State of Pennsylvania. The bill then
prays for divorce and for general relief.
1t is thereupon this 2Sth day of May. 1908.
ordered by the Circuit Court for Hartford
| County, in Equity, that the plaintiff by
causing a copy OF this order to be inserted in
some newspaper. published in Hartford coun-
| ty once in each of four successive weeks, ff-
teen days before the 18th day of July, 1903.
| give notice to the said absent defendant of
the object and substance of this bill and
| warn him to be and appear in this court, in
person or by solicitor, on or before the if-
tenth day of July next, to show cause, II
any he has, why decree should not pass as
prayed
VIM. S. FORWoOD, JR., Clerk.
True Copy-Test:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-19
HELP OUR FAIR.

1t is now but little more than two
months before the Hartford County
Fair, and it is none too early for
every one to commence to show some
decided interest. The dates are more
than a month earlier than usual so
work in this direction should be
gagged accordingly. The directors
have made arrangements for excellent
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-06-19
Worst Of All Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to feel that every
minute will be your last? Such was the ex-
perience of Mrs. S. II. Newson Decatur. Ala.
For three years" she writes, II endured in
sufferable pain from indigestion, stomach and
bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable when
doctors and all remedies failed. At length l
was induced to try Electric Bitters and the re-
suit was miraculous. 1 improved at once and
now I'm completely recovered" For Liver,
Kidney Stomach and Bowel troubles Electric
Btters is the only medicine. Only soc. It'a
guaranteed by the Bel Air Drug Store.