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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
A KAFF|R BOOMERANG
Aiming of African Natives Nav
Prove Disastrous to British.
LONG SERIES OF CONFLICTS
Outbreak at the Present Time Might
Result i'm n General Uprising of
Natives fn South Afrfcs-The
kaff1r "a a Warrior.

An echo of the recent British-Boer
war is the report which comes from
South Africa that the Kafirs are on the
point OF uprising against the British.
1t is said that during that conflict the
British encouraged the natives in the
thought Of rebelling against their
Dutch conquerors and armed them for
this purpose. A gun in the hands OF a
native is always a strong incentive TO
conflict with the white man. 1t proved
SO in our relations with the redman of
America, and il has proved so time
and time again in Africa with the
olackman.
The last Kair war occurred in 1871
The year before there had been a great
scare among the colonists, but it
passed away without any open hostili-
ties. But trouble was brewing. The
Kafirs by their work in the diamond
fields and on the railway gained the
means 10 obtain an immense number
of guns. These turned the heads of a
number Of the young warriors, and it
needed only spark to cause the out
break of war. 1t came about as fol-
lows: The Fingoes, a native people
despised by the Kafirs (perhaps as
much because OF jealousy as anything
else. for the Fingoes were prosperous(,
furnished the occasion. At Fingoe
wedding two inferior Kafr chiefs. al
though unlimited, helped themselves
freely al the beer-drinking festivities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
THE FARM TELEPHONE.
Dakota Experience Proves That II
Has a Commercial as Well
as a Social Value.

The chief uses of the telephone il
rural neighborhoods in the east, prob
ably, are neighborhood sociability,
making appointments for meetings and
calling the doctor. Communication
with dealers in produce is also posi-
BILE, and many farmer is thus enabled
10 decide just when TO deliver such
merchandise to advantage al the near
est market A North Dakota paper de-
clares that such means of keeping
posted are especially valuable 10 the
wheat growers of the northwest This
is the way in which that journal talks:
The eHcroachment of modern IA
cilities on older methods of doing
business is strikingly eXemplified IN
this part of the northwest this fall.
These days of private telephones and
telegraph lines 10 every station and
almost every big farm throughout the
state have brought the farmers into
touch with the terminal grain markets
of Duluth and Minneapolis in such a
way as to Cuchre the country elevator
lines out of all chance OF profit BY ad-
vance information. Often the changes
in quotations at either Duluth or Min
neapoiis are in the hands OF farmers
At their homes within ten or 20 min
utes after they have been made, and
in some cases elevator companies hav-
ing country line houses have found II
difficult TO keep even with the farmer.
This is especially the case with a long
continued advance or decline.
"A farmer will store his grain in
the country house nearest his farm,
and as long as prices advance or re-
main stationary he win let it stay
there, taking storage ticket, which
he leaves with friend in town or at
the bank. Being in close touch with
the terminal markets by telephone, ne
knows at once of any change in price.
and if it is a decline he at once tele-
phones to the bank or his agent TO sell
at the old price, and this is done so
quickly that the sale is often made be-
fore the country elevator has received
word by wire from Duluth to make
change in quotations. In that case the
elevator line is out the difference in
price, as it has to sell its grain on the
Terminal market at once"
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runs from the direction OF Kreii's
kraal 10 the Ibeka. Shells and rockets
could not retard their advance. How
ever, the artillery succeeded at last IN
throwing a shell into the midst of one
of their columns, plunging IL into con-
fusion. That moment was improved 10
lead the Fingoes 10 charge the enemy
and defeat was complete. The victors
moved on 10 Kreh's place, where SO
more Kafirs were killed.
Sir Bartie Frere issued a proclana-
ton deposing Kreli and annexing his
land 10 the colony, while this defeated
chief was forced to take shelter in the
wooded kloofs near Bashee. The en-
tire colonial force Of 500 Europeans
and 5000 Fingoes and over 1000 Tenn
bus advanced into the Kafrs' country.
The advance was stubbornly contested
by the Kairs and one or two unim-
portant engagements were fought, but
at last the enemy was forced back.
Kreli had been heavily punished. as
he lost nearly 1000 men, 5000 head OIL
cattle and a large part OF his land.
buJ lH6 WdT, II SStiuS, cS hON GA SAof
for the advantage was not pushed. The
Kafirs recrossed the Bashee, rescued
part Of their cattle and a force OF 500
attacked a company Of police, voiun-
teers and burghers at UmzitZani, near
Ibeka, and would have overwhelmed
them had they not fortunately pos
sessed a field-piece and thus were able
10 stand their ground. About this
time one Of Kreli's generals succeeded
in reaching the Gaika country,
branch of the Kair people, and rous-
ing the natives there. Then began
weeks of raiding, burning and muir
dering OF settlers by the kafir war
riors, until the colonists on every
hand were forced to fly for protection
70 the towns. Then came the threat
ened uniting OF all the tribes of South
Africa in the struggle against the
white settler The next year saw a
continuation of the struggle, but the
war was finally brought TO d close. In
1879 occurred the bloody Zulu war.
The KafirS have been repeatedly at
war with the British. In 1913, when
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amount, but it is quite necessary that
pigeons should have fresh water each
time they are fed and plenty of ii for
bathing in afterwards. The pump that
furnished the water was some distance
from the yards, and the piping had TO
pass two doors that were used several
times daily, so that it was necessary to
lower the pipe to the ground, passing
the doors, then raising about two feet
above first water pans and giving il
gradual fail to about one foot above
the last pan, there being ten watering
pans in all. / then drilled an eighth
inch hole in pipe directly over each
pan, the pipe being connected with
pump trough. which would hold enough
water for all pans. We would only
have to pump the water and the piping
would do the rest, and at the same time
rest the attendant somewhat. To pre-
vent freezing l put q small valve al
lowest point near pump to let water
out of pipe on ground.-Rural New
Yorker
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
GOOD ROADS IN CONGRESS.
senator Latirner Gives Five Reasons
Why Government should Aid in
building Highways.

Next t. ranama and the canals, the
subject of good roads appears to be the
leading question before congress this
winr@r In fact, the Panama question
had to atand aside while Senator Lat
inner made a speech on his good roads
bill. Re is the Junior senator from
South Carolina, and an enthusiastic
supporter OF the government aid prop
osition. The scheme outlined in his
oil is quite similar 10 that Of the
Brown!ow bill which is now occupying
a large share of public attention Each
bill cal ries an appropriation OF S24 ,0O0,-
900 to be used during the next three
years, and each provides that the fed
eral government may aid in the i'm
proveInent of the roads 10 the extent of
one-half the expense; but the Latimer
bill places three commissioners in
charge of the proposed bureau of high
ways instead of one director.
Senator Latimer's speech was clear
and convincing He discussed the Ques-
tion along the usual lines. He answered
the charge of 'unconstitutiOnality" by
propIiated and the government had
spent many millions for bodybuilding
in the early part Of the last century.
He also pointed out that the govern
ment continually uses the public roads
as pCstroads and argued that it was not
only constitutional but just that il
should help to construct and maintain
then.
The South Carolina senator sunlmar-
ized the arguments for national aiG
as follows;
Figst Because the history of road
building demonstrated that a complete
system OF public roads has never been
constructed in any country except by
the aid of the general government.
Second. Because the revenues o. the
government are raised largely upon ar
ticles CONSUMED by all of the people,
thereby distributing taxation equally.
and as all the people could contribute
TO the construction and improvement
OF the roads, it is only by federal aid
that this can be accomplished
Third. Because it is the duty of
the federal government to bear its just
proportion OF the expense for the con-
struction and Improvement of the
roads which it uses for the delivery of
the nails and for military purposes in
| time of war.
Forth. Because better roads are a
national necessity; they closely con-
| Germ he general welfare of the nation
natio lal aid
Fifth. Because a surplus Of about
! 5000 100000 is lying idle in the treasury
which belong to the people and should
! be eX pended for their benefit in a man
ner which will accomplish the greatest
| good to the largest number.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
The Morning Glory Pest

An Indiana farmer writes the Chi
cago Record-Herald that he considers
cattle the best destroyers of morning
glories. He says: Pasture such a
field by cattle; they are fond Of the
leaves and vines, and will not allow
the roots to send out mass OF long
INTERVENING vines, but will nip the
plant close to the ground, killing the
vitality of the roots in one or two sea-
sons. Another way is TO seed such a
field in grass. This should be sown
with nurse crop, which ought to be
cut for hay. The next years hay viii
contain very few morning glory vines;
the third year none, provided the
grasses used contained a good proper
ton of such grasses as red top. or
chard grass or bluegrass. The grasses
kill the pest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
A KAFFIR KRAAL, OR TRIBAL CAPITAL.

the settlements in Cape Colony were
young, many sanguinary encounters
were had with them. Utshaka, the first
great and all-conquering chief Of
these people, spread terror all through
the southern part Of Africa early in the
last century. He was never defeated
and broke down the strength and
power of every native tribe with
which he came in contact The cruel
heartlessness of this really able leader
wrote story Of blood all over the
southern part of the continent But
he received and treated with the Brit
ish and permitted their settlements TO
continue along the coast But such a
bloody leader was not TO die peaceful
", and one of his brothers finally
thrust him TO the heart with the
for mercy. Udingaan thus began his
career as chief in blood, even as his
predecessor, Utshaka, had done. and he
was consistent in his murderous ten
denotes 10 the end. When the Beers
were treating with him in 1888 for q
grant of part of his country towards
the coast he elIiced them into the CEN
ter OF his kraal, or capital city, and
massacred every one Of the party,
even TO the 11-year-old SON Of one Of
the men.
The Kair race is easily distiu-
gro. He is splendid specimen of
manhood, and his often regular fea-
lures would, if his skin were white,
identify him with the Caucasian race
II is thought that the Kahr tribes
originally came from somewhere about
Abyssinia, or even Arabia, and gradu-
ally drifted down into the southern
part Of Africa That they are superior
to the negro has been demonstrated by
their conQuering of all the surround
ing native tribes. They have never
known defeat except at the hands Of
British and Beers.
Should another Kafir war break out
there is no telling TO what proportions
it might grow. There is an uneasy, dis
satisfied feeling among nearly all the
natives of South Africa. They have
lust witnessed the white man fighting
with the white man and have learned
many lessons in warfare during the
conflict They have in one way and
another secured the possession of guns,
and with the assegais (the hand spear
which has in years gone by proved
such a deadly weapon in the hands of
the Kafirs) discarded for the white
mans weapon, the native becomes a
formidable foe And if it is true that
the English have placed guns in the
hands Of the Kafrs, the seed which
they have sowed may bear fruit 70
their distress, if not permanent hurt,
and the blow which they hoped to
strike the Beers may come back at
them like the boomerang Of the Aus
tralian bushman.
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Here again is an instance Of how the
white mans fTewater feeds the fire OF
passion and results in war and blood
shed, and in this case, as nearly al
ways, the white man has TO bear the
burden Of the consequences. A hgnE
followed and the war cry was sounded
by the Kafirs, and a raid made into
the Fingoe location by the infiamed
warriors. Hearing of the outbreak, Sir
Bartle Frere, governor of Cape Colony,
proceeded 10 Transkei and summoned
Kreli. the kafr chief. TO appear be-
fore him and answer for the outbreak.
The summons was declined and war
declared Soon after the fight at
Gwadana took place. The kafr force
numbered thousands and opposed 70
them were 100 mounted police, 1000
Fingoes and a field piece. The latter
becoming disabled, the Fingoes, who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
Rural Delivery Routes.

There are now in operation 1888
routes. 1t is estimated that $3.50 ad-
ditional routes can be established out
of the appropriation ROW available,
making 22,67S which IAill be in opera
ton or ordered established by March
/. 1904. To maintain the service ON
these routes during the fiscal year
from July 1, 1904, TO June 80, 1905,
will require s13,560, 900. If congress
should make supplemental appropri-
alton of 100000 for the current fiscal
year, as suggested, additional routes
can be established, bringing the num-
Der in operation June 30, 1904. up 10
1850. In that event about SIS, 600, 0tC
will be required to maintain the Sea-
Vice during the next fiscal yAr.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
Ragher Home Life on Farms.

The telephone and the trolley are
rapidly baEisaing the isolation of the
farm. As these extend rural life
loses its most Objectionable features.
Men can live in the country and yet be
in constant touch with their fellows.
This means a higher home life for the
people Of the farm. The grange has
always advocated better education for
the tillers of the soil. With the adj
vance of education the grange itself
will increase in numbers, in influence
and in power. Organization is con-
dition of civilization; the oae grows
with the other.-J. T. Altman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
B.auty Counts for fucb

A beautiful and valuable farm across
the way at one time could only be ap-
preached by a weed-grown lane. 1t
was bought by Woodworking farmer
with little surplus money, but plenty
of determination. By a little thought
and work he changed the bare front
yard into attractive, park-like grounds
He hauled gravel at odd times, and set
out a row of shade trees along the
driveway. Smoothly-clipped sod took
the place of the weeds along the lane.
TaAsn altogether his place now has N
air Of dignity that it did not possess
al o.e time-Farm Journal.
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I A GRIPPE is ENDEMIC eatarrh. Il

7 A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationality. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the class
es are alike subject TO "a grippe. None
are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or. rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is we'll named.
The original French term, la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can to read grip Without intending
to do so new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. As If
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
clutched US in its fatal clasp. Men,
women, and children, whole towns and
cities are caught in the baneful grip Of a
terrible monster.
The following letters speak for them
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RELIABLE RAT TRAP.

must be of different lengths, the middle
one the longest, so that when slipped
into the saw cut they will close the
hole effectually.
Before putting the sJeels in the saw
cut, put in some old rags or sheepskin
TO make q nest for the rats, also to
keep them from seeing clear through.
Fut a little straw in the. mouth of the
hole 10 fix both ends of the piping
alike. Put the trap under the barn sill.
If you have made the trap right you
will clean out all the rats.-Henry Mes
son, in Farm and Home.
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A pious citizen has a I5-year-olG son
who does not promise to be exactly "a
chip of the old block Not long ago the
father discovered To his sorrow that his
boy and several others OF the neighbor-
hood had a habit Of matching nlckeis.
The wrathful parent led the erring lad to
the time-honored attic, where hangs a
certain strap. The boy didn't have any
agreeable impression of what was to come,
and, or the ground that it is only the first
plunge that counts ne called out: Say,
dad I'll go YOU heads or tails for two
lickinGs or none! &C hIcago Chronicle.
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SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM.
Designed by q Pigeon Farmer, Hut
Adapta bic To Every Kind of
Ordinary Farm Industry.

After carrying water three times
daily for 1000 breeding pigeons for
time, | decided l would make it carry
itself, so procuring about 200 feet of
secondhand 1A-inch iron pipe | set
about il and after a few hours work |
had the pleasure of seeing the watering
done as before without the work Of
carrying about II bucketfuls of water
daily They would not drink this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12
HOMEMADE RAT TRAP.
Man Who Designed Ii Says 1t VIII
surely Clean Out All the Re-
dents Around the Barn

Take piece Of wooden pump piping
(a) With a three-inch hole through IL
Saw it half through, as shown in the
cut Then take five pieces of old cor
set steels of suitable length and lay
them between two small blocks OF
wooe ABOUT six inches long Nail
firmly together as at b. The steels
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''The Inside Inn" is the name of the only
hotel in the " orld' Fair Grounds--Amer-
lean and European plan az reasonable
rates. See advertisement IN another column
and write for folder 10 Inside Inn" Ad-
ministration Bldg, Room 10. St. Louis, No
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In Emmona CO.. On koia.

we can sell you $50 acres fine land. You
can break 100 acres this spring, SOW it to
Salzer's Flax and reap enough to pay for
your land, etc., having fine farm free the
first year. 10 such pieces for sale.
JOHN a. SAFER SEED CO.,
4. l. La Crosse, Wis.
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The Brute-"What are you thinking of,
Mamie?" Mamie--I am dreaming or my
youth" The Brute thought you had
a faraway look in your eyes Princeton
Tiger.
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CAUCHTBY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BYPE-RU-NA.

Neb. He has done much to make it what
it is, serving on public boards a number
Of times. He endorses Peruna in the
following words:
81 am SO years old, am hale and hearty,
and Peruna has helped me attain, Il.
Two years ago 1 had Ia gTippe-my lie
was despaired Of Perunaasasee me. =
J. r. Gull.
A Relative of Abraham Lincoln.
Sir. Silas S. Lincoln. who resides a.
913 l. Street, n. W., Washington, d. e.
has the honor Of being third cousin 70
Abraham Lincoln. He writes:
81 had la grippe FIVE times before
using your medicine. -Four years ago
began the use Of Peruna. since which
time l have not been troubled with thai
disease. l can now do as mll.a work a.
my desk as I ever could in my life.
have gained more than ter pounds ii
weights. S. Lincoln.
Pe-ru-na Not Only Cured La Grippe but
Benefited the Whole System.
Miss Alice NJ. DRESSER, 1913 y. Bryant
Ave, Minneapolis, MINI, writes:
and was partially cured, but the bad
after effects remained through the SUM-
mer and somehow did not get strong as
l was before. One OF my college friends
who was visiting me asked NE 10 try Pc
runa and did so and found it all and
more than l had expected. Il net only
cured me Of the catarrh but restored NE
to perfect health, built up the entire sys-
tenn and brought happy feeling Of buoy
ancy which had not known for years.
Alice NJ. Dressler.
An Actress TestimsGiaI.
Miss Jean Cowgirl, Crisv-oi,l Opera
House, Troy. n. Y, is the leading lady
with the Aubrey Stock Co. Sne writes
the following:
During the past winter Of 1901. I
suffered for several weeks from a severe
attack Of grippe, which lefJ serious
catarrhal condition OF 5he 5Aroat ana
| head.
Some one suggested Pe-.s1ia. AS .
last resort, after wasting much time
and money on physicians. / tried the
remedy faithfully, and in few weeks
was as well as ever.'-Jean Cowgirl.
A Southern Judge Cured.
Judge Eoratio j. Goss. HarCwell, Ca,
| writes:
Some five or six years ago / had a
very severe spell Of grippe, v6ien left
me with systemic catarrh. 4 friend 40
vised me TO try your PeTuna which
! did, and was Immediately benefited and
| cured The third bottle completed the
! cure. H. J. Goss.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of PerunS.
4 write at once to Dr.. Hartman, giving .
full statement of your case and he Will
be pleased to give you lis valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
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Let idle declainers mourn over the de-
generacy OF the age, out my opinion Is
that every age is the sane-CIoldsmith.
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CarIie-"Do you think woman is justi-
ted IN marrying man she doesn' [ know
Aunt ane-.'She certainly wouldn't be
justified in marrying man she did know" -
Boston Transcript.
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The foes we most fear fade when we
face them-Ram's Horn.
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Dyeing is as easy as washing when Put.
nam Fadeless Dyes are used.
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A WOMAN'S MISERY.
Mrs. john La Rue, of Us Paterson

ave. HaUer-
son. n. j.,
says: 81 was
troubled for
d bOu / nine
Y e ars, 4 nd
w h a t l suf-
fered no one
w i IL q v e r
know. / used
a b ut every
known RENE
dy that is said
to be good for
kidney COM
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plant, but without deriving permanent
relief. Often when alone in the house
the backache has been SO bad that it
at times was so intense that was COM
PEELED to give up my household duties
and lie down. There were headaches,
dizziness and blood rushing to my head
to canse bleeding at the nose. The
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills bene-
flied me so much that l continued the
treatment. The singing pain in the
small of my back, the rushes of blood
to the head. and other symptoms dis
appeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. so cents per box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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After Effects Of La Grippe Eradicate,
bx pe-cu-oa

selves as TO the efficacy OF PeTuna in
cases OF Ia grippe or Its after effects.
After Effects Of La Grippe Eradicated
By Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo, Al
bany County, n. Y, writes:
Several years ago had an attack Of
Ia grippe which left my nerves in a
Frustrated condition. Then I had an
other attack Of la grippe which left me
worse l had tried three good physi-
clans but all in vain. l gave Peruna q
trial In short time was feeling bet
ter and now l am as well as anyone.
Mrs. Fred Weinberger.
Hon. james r. Guilt of Omaha.
Hon. James R. Gull is one OF the
oldest and most esteemed men Of Omaha
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Hon. james r. Guilt of Oalahs

Hon. James R. GULL is one OF the
Oldest and most esteemed men Of Omaha,
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selves as 10 the efficacy of PeTuna in
cases OF Ia grippe or its after effects.