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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
INTERESTING TO AMERICANS,
Western Canada Will Soon Become
the supply Depot for Wheat for
Great Britain.

During the past year about $4,000
Americans went from the United States
to Canada. Most of these settled upon
farm lands, and the writer is informed
by agents of the Canadian Government
that the greatest success has followed
the efforts Of nearly all To their
friends on this side of the boundary
line the fullest assurance is given of
the prosperity that is in store for
them. There will always be splen-
did market for all the grain, cattle
and other produce that can be raised in
Western Canada, and with the advan-
tages offered of a free homestead OF
100 acres of land, and other lands
which may be bought cheaply. an ex-
cellent climate, splendid school system.
educational advantages of the best,
what more is required. The husband
man gets more return for his money
than in any other country in the world.
On the occasion of Sir Wilfred
Laurier's visit TO the Corn Exchange.
London, Eng. Colonel Montgomery, V.
D., made several important statements.
The function Che said which you
have just been assisting in connection
with kindred association has doubt
provision trade of Liverpool in its re-
lationship with the Dominion. and the
enormous possibilities of the future de-
velopment of that trade. Well the
grain trade of Liverpool has interests
with Canada no less important than
those OF the provision trade When IT
is borne in mind that so per cent of
the breadstuffs of this great country
has 70 be brought from abroad. you will
readily appreciate with what great sat
isfaction We view the large and steadi-
" increasing supplies of grain which
are annually available for export from
Canada. and | challenge contradiction
when | say that of the wheats we i'm
port from Russia, India. the Pacific, and
the length and breadth of the United
States. none gives more general salts
faction. none is more generally appreci-
ated. than that raised in the Province
of Manitoba. We cannot get enough of
H. dIlu II 10 uO W Sdl Iudl
there are before us dozens of millers
who hunger for it. This is not the
time To enter into statistical questions.
but we look forward with confidence to
the time at which, with the present
rate of progress, the Dominion of Can
ada will have a sufficient surplus Of
wheat TO render this country indie
pendent of other sources of supply.
think l may. with justifable pride. re-
mind you that this is the chief grain
market of the British Empire, and
through its excellent geographical po-
sition. as Well as through the enter
prise of its millers ii is now the sec
ond milling center in the world
Send to any authorized Canadian
Government Agent for copy of Atlas
and information as to railway rate, etc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
BERRIES FOR MARKET.


Having been asked. by farmer SUBJ
scriber, if it will pay to grow berries
for market, in reply | will say yes
if the business is managed right, and
the crop disposed of in the right way
and place. A good many of our
towns are not properly supplied with
berries; what they get. if any, are
second class-the overflow or refuse
from the cities, where the market is
often glutted. The commission men
send circulars out before the berries
are ripe, giving prices of berries shipped
from the south, inducing many home
growers TO ship. BY the time their ber-
ries get ripe the demand is supplied,
prices drop, and the berries being per-
ishable product, have TO be sold for
what they will bring.
My advice is TO grow berries for local
market towns that are not well supplied.
Such places can be found in the west;
land can be bought for less than half
that close to large cities, pickers are
cheap, and, as rule, more reliable.
Berries that get too ripe on account of
rain, and which will not do to ship, can
be sold in the home market; all the
rough handling of the railroad men,
shipping expenses, commissions, etc,
are saved, also crates and boxes. Then
when consumers get fresh, wholesome.
home grown berries, they often get twice
as many, and the growers in the local
market often can regulate the price.
1t is a mistake to plant too large an
acreage. We have TO pay two cents a
quart for pickers; one cent for straw
berries and blackberries and one and
one-half TO two cents for raspberries.
The pickers can make good wages.
have had boys and girls dnder 16 years
old make dollar day. /, Is years
ago sold as high as $40 worth of straw
berries in a day. l remember selling
five dollars worth of raspberries from
one picking off one row the length o. ten
acres. Black berries, IL or more years
ago. were not profitable. as so many
grew wild; but of late years, growing
blackberries has become more profitable
Jacob Faith. il Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
The Right Way of Pruning.

Set a green hand to pruning trees
where limbs of any size are to be re-
moved, and the chances are ten to one
that he will commence on the upper
side of the limb and saw it off, saving
through until, by its own weight, it falls
tearing down the bark and wood, infiict-
ing an ugly wound which it may require
years to heal, and which. if not carefully
protected from the weather, will cause
such decay as to destroy the tree. To
prevent injury to the tree, saw one
fourth or one-third through on the under
side, and then saw on the upper side, or
with very large limbs. to have them sup
ported by crotched pole. held by an as
sistant below.-N. Y Tribune-Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
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TALK ABOUT HoTBEDS.
They Enable Gardeners to Raise
Earlier Vegetables at But
Slightly Higher Cost.

Hotbeds are frames covered with glass
and heated by some artificial means, usu-
ally by fermenting manure placed un-
der the whole structure. They are used
for several purposes, but mainly for the
purpose of starting plants for trans
planting earlier than they could be
started out of doors, and for the fore
ing, on a small scale, of some of the
more common and hardy vegetables,
such as radishes.
The frames may be made of various
materials, but when they are TO be used
for several years, they should be made
of two-inch stuff so fitted together as 10
be easily taken apart for convenient
storage These frames are commonly
made 6 by L feet, so as to give room for
,ur sash, each of which isl by 6feet. The
south side of the frame is usually made
/ TO six inches lower than the north,
thus giving drainage from rain water as
well as q better exposure TO the sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

a yard wide, and as long as the rows of
plants over which ii is to be used. The
cloth can be divided into three strips,
each strip being tackled al one end to a
reel, and at the other end TO 15-inch
rod of wood Stick the sides of the reel
into the earth at one end of the row with
wire supports at intervals along the row,
and pull the cloth along over the plants,
fastening the end at the last wire sup
port, as shown in the cut. Occasionally
slip wire support down over the cloth
to keep the latter from blowing of the
wire supports below it. Wind UP the
cloth on the reel when the plants no
longer need cover. - Orange judi
Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
Starting Early Negeta bIes.

Select a warm, sunny place, dig a
trench four feet deep, fill with horse ma
nure well packed down and male moist.
put on six inches fine soil, cover with
sash and let stand few days. Then
plant sweet potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes
and celery. If the bed is big enough, cut
choice Irish potatoes to one eye, fill
small pasteboard boxes with soil and
plant one in each. When soil is warm
enough they can easily be transplanted.
Cover the bed with heavy straw mating
and boards in cold storms che back
part of the bed should be raised so the
sash slopes to the south to catch the rays
of the sun and carry off rain.-M Peet,
in Farm and Home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

When the John 4. Salzer Seed Co., of La
Crosse, Wis, introduced this remarkable
grass three years ago, little did they dream
1t would be the most talked OF grass IN
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
on earth. but this has come to pass.
Ayr. Editors wrote about it, Ayr. Col.
lege Professors lectured about it, Ayr. In.
stitute Orators talked about it. while in
the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the
corner grocery, in the village post-office, at
the creamery, at the depot, in fact wher-
ever farmers gathered Salzer's Billion Dol
lar Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
5 to Il tons per acre and lots of pasture
besides, is always theme worthy OF the
farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis. than which
there is no better grass or better permanent
hay producer on earth. Grows wherever
soil Is found. Then the farmer talks about
Salzer's Teosinte, which will produce 100
stocks from one kernel of seed, ii TT. high,
in 100 days, rich in nutrition and greed
lily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc, and is good
for 50 tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape which can be grown at 25c
a ton, and SpeltZ at 20c bu., both great
food for cattle, also come IN for their
share in the discussion. *. L..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26


these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna neverfailing safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich. reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear SiE-"Fhe young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from iaryn-
gifts, and loss of voice. The result OF
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
farther use of the medicine we hope to
be able to say she Is entirely cured. -
Sisters of Charity.
This young girl was under the care of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat, with good re-
suits as the above letter testifies.
From q Catholic institution i'm Gen.
trail Ohio comes the following recon-
mend from the Sister Superior:
"Some years ago a friend of our in
stitution recommended to US DR.. Hart
mans Peruna as an excellent remedy
for the influenza of which we then had
several cases which threatened to be OF
a serious character.
1--WE began to use it and experienced
such wonderful results that since then
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
PROTECTION FOR PLANTS.
a simple system which VIII Pay for
Itself in the Course of
Single Week.

Market gardeners, and even the max
er of kitchen garden, feel the need OF
some wholesale means of protecting
newly set plants from the drying effects
of sun or air. A cloudy day is usually
taken for transplanting, but the sun
may come out with scorching heat at
any moment, and much harm be done 10
unshaded plants. Make reel, as shown
in the accompanying illustration. aud a
lot of wire supports, using No. II wire.
Make the reel roller and the wire sup
ports about foot wide
Now buy a lot of cheap cotton cloth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
ORIENTAL SCHOOL LIFE.
The Children Find 1t Some thing Diff
ferent from Holiday
Season.

The beginning of school da is is crit
oriental countries. In the first place, the
priest or astrologer must be consulted to
choose a lucky day. Every precaution
must be taken TO avert the jealousy of the
gods, whose malice is especially directed
against a fine boy.
The Chinese father, who adores his
son, will take the utmost pains to con-
vince the powers of the air that the boy
is of no account. The child may be CIV
en- a despicable name, like flea, or Chu-
TIE, a pig, or, more insulting still, he
may be given a girls name. The boy
may be started off to school wearing a
girls dress and one earring and if the
deception is complete this will be the
most effectual of all, for even the gods
do not care for girls in China.
The Japanese schoolboy wears hang
ing from his belt a little red bag, con-
tanning a brass tag, with his name and
his parents name and address upon it.
He must have his paper umbrella and
his fan, and in gay bag upon his arm
is a jar of rice for his luncheon. This
quaint little fellow has probably made
his offering at his own private shrine to
Tenjinsen, the god of penlnanship.
When the Hindoo boy has found an
suspicious day to begin school he is
taken to the god of learning, Sarasvati.
Here the little supplicant presents his
offerings Of rice and betelnuts and re-
peats the letters of the alphabet after the
priest Thus is he entered into the ways
of knowledge in the very presence of
the god.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
Such Is Life.

Talk about the irony of fatei" ex-
claimed the poet, after the mail-carrier
had passed on.
What's the trouble. dear?" asked his
wife
''Trouble?' echoed the inspired one.
AYE trouble is the word. and it has no
synonym. l expected a check for 81 this
morning, and this-this is what l re-
ceived'
And tossing circular from safe de-
posit company on the bare floor he went
over by the stove and kicked the cat
n. Y. Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
what Cold storage Does,

Cold storage will not make bad
fruit good, but proper cold storage will
keep good fruit sound. If proper care
is taken from the time they are taken
out until put on the market, there will
always be a sale for apples the year
round. Care at picking time and prop
er storage advances the consumption
of the apple crop Il months, against
four or five months a few years ago;
in fact, if the present growth of APP
pies had to be marketed under the old
conditions, l question if they could all
be sold.-W N White, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
MANU- RE I
CROSS SECTION OF HoTBEp.

CROSS SECTION OF HOTBED.
Frames should be planned so that the
glass is as close as possible to the plants,
without crowding them-about foot or
foot and a half above the soil on the
average The sash is so placed upon
these frames that the lower end may be
raised for ventilation and for whatever
work and care may be necessary. They
should also be so arranged that they
can be completely removed in hot
weather
Having prepared the frames and the
sash, the next thing is to find location
and TO furnish the heat. Preferably
hotbeds should be located in some place
sheltered from winds and slightly slop-
ing to the south where they will receive
the full benefit Of the suns rays. Con-
venience is another thing which should
not be overlooked, for the beds require
considerable care and so should be
handy to the house and TO the water
supply. Having chosen our location We
should dig the pit which is to contain the
manure for heating. This should be done
filling this pit with some manure or rub
bish the ground may be kept from freeZ-
ing, so that it is warmer and more cas-
lily worked when ready for use in the
spring.
The best manure for heating is fresh
horse manure containing about half
straw or litter. This should be piled so
as TO allow heating for about two or
three weeks before ready for use. At
first the manure farments unevenly and
so it must be piled several times, TAX
ing care to distribute the heating ma
nure evenly throughout the pile. When
it has heated evenly throughout it is
ready for the hotDed. Care should be
taken TO have the manure firmly and
evenly packed in the pit, and TO get IL in
this condition it is best TO put it in in lay
ers and allow each to settle somewhat be-
fore the next is put in. When the ma
nure is all in, level off the top and place
about six inches of rich, light loamy soil,
preferably with considerable humus,
upon ii.
After the manure has been placed in
the bed the temperature will rise very
rapidly for several days until it reaches
maximum temperature, after which the
temperature gradually recedes. When
it has fallen to about 80 or 80 degrees It
is ready for the seed. The depth of ma
nure depends upon the climate, purpose
for which it is TO be used, and the length
of time heat is required. L. H. Bailey
SAYS: Hot beds which are supposed
10 hold two months should have about
21l feet of manure. For light hotbed,
TO be used late in the season, or Sinci-
es may be sufficient"
By bearing in mind these general di-
rections and the cross-section shown
here, one may easily construct hotbed
that will make possible earlier and BET
ter vegetables at but very slightly in
creased cost and trouble.-M. L. Merritt
in Prairie Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

Peruna has become our favorite medi-
cine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough
and bronchitis
Another recommend from q Catholic
Institution of one of the Central States
written by the Sister Superior reads
as follows:
"a number of years ago our attention
was called TO DIR. Hartman's Peruna.
and since then we have used it with
wonderful results for grip, coughs,
colds and catarrhal diseases of the head
and stomach.
''For grip and winter catarrh espe-
cially it has been of great service to the
inmates of this institution"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
Too Close Tree Planting.

We should make 80 to 35 feet the
minimum distance apart in planting,
and we will always get better results
from so trees to an acre than from rs
to 100. Trees planted too close will
not do we'll when they get to bearing
age. The branches interlace and shut
out the sunlight that should get in
about them, and if you could see the
roots, they are interlaced far worse
than the branches. Then, it is impos-
sible TO spray such an orchard proper
iy.-G. c. CASTOR, in Farme-s' Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

This is none too early to see about ac-
eommodations at the Worlds Fair. Bet
ter write the Inside Inn, Room ITO, Ad-
ministration Bldg, ST. Louis, to-day, for
particulars. which will be sent you free.
1t is the only hotel in the Worlds Fair
Grounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

The mixer should wash his hands
before milking. Under no conditions
should the hands be wet during the
milking.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

No., writes:
una
without H.
world
Kindness and
A ' " ' SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26


old disease being now so slight, con-
slider myself cured. yet for While L
intend to continue the use of Ptruna.
I am now treating another p:itienJ with
your medicine. She has been sick with
malaria and troubled with leuco1,hea.
l have no doubt that cure VIII be
speedily effected.
These are samples Ofisffers receired
by Dr. Hartman from The various
orders of Catholic Sisters throughout
the United States.
The names and addresses to these
letters have been withheld from respect
to the Sisters but viii be furnished on
request.
One-half of the diseases which affiics
mankind are due to some catarrhal de-
rangement of the mucous membrane
lining some organ or passage OF the
body.
A remedy that would act immedi ate
~ upon the congested mucous MEM
brane restoring it TO its normal state,
would consequently cure all these
diseases. Catarrh is catarrh wherever
located. whether it be in the head,
throat. lungs. stomach. kidneys or
pelvic organs. a remedy that will cure
| it in one location will cure it in al To-
cations. Peruna cures catarrh wher-
ever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
| isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma. write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
| Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
| Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH
Use Pe.ru-na for La Grippe
and Winter Catarrh.

IN EVERY country of the civilized
1 world the Sisters of Charity are
known. Not only do they minister
to the spiritual and intellectual needs
of the charges committed to their care,
but they also minister to their bodily
needs.
Whenever coughs or colds, La grippe
or pneumonia make their appearance
among the children these Sisters are not
disconnected. but know exactly the
remedies to apply.
With somanv children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26

Young men think old men fools, and
old men know young men TO be So
Metcalf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
SISTERS OF CHARITY
All Over the United States Use Peru
ma for Catarrh.

A recommend recently received from
a Catholic institution in the South west
reads as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
HILTON Dollar Grass.

To see what is right and not TO do
is want of courage.-Confucius.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-26
A Prominent Mother Superior Says:

efficiency of Peruna as one of the very
best medicines. and it gives me pleasure
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-18
HAD THEIR
FRIENDS
PASS EXAMS.

Washington Oct Is The civil service
commission has stopped lot of crooked
ness by issuing an order that every APP
plicant for a government position must
attach his or ..er photograph to the ex-
animation papers The photograph must
not be more than three years old, and 1t
must be accompanied by an official GER
tiflcation that IL is a good likeness.
The photograph and samples OF the
applicants handwriting will be sent for
comparison TO the chief of the division
TO which he is assigned.
The order followed the discovery that
many applicants for civil service positions
were employing dummies" 10 take the
examinations for them, the dummies
being paid either a fixed sum or a per-
centage OF the applicants salary each
month after appointment.
The fact that many appointees were
unable 10 hold the positions assigned TO
them, although recorded as standing high
in the examination. aroused suspicion,
and investigation revealed the dummy
scheme.
The frauds were especially large in con-
nection with places In the Philippines.
The government pays the travelling ex-
penses OF clerks who are sent there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-18
THE BRAVE
FIR. SMITH
HAD SHOCK

New York. Oct 1s--Father william St.
Elmo Smith, the courageous chaplain TO
the city's fire department. suffered a
stroke OF paralysis on Oct. 2. The firemen.
who are devoted 10 the chaplain learned
this only because a fireman died who
had been in the department half a cen
tury.
Father Smith is in Mrs. A. L. Alston's
sanitarium, No. 26 West Sixty-frst street.
and certainly he cannot return TO duty
for two months.
Father Smith, who Is connected with
the Roman Catholic church of ST. Vincent
de Paul, lives at the rectory. No. 10 West
Twenty-fourth street On Sunday night a
fortnight ago people were drawn TO his
room by a peculiar noise he made.
He was found 10 be paralyZed. Though
the stroke was a severe one he was kept
in the rectory under a PHYSICIANS care
for two or three days. Then it became
necessary TO have him removed TO a pri-
vate hospital AS soon as possible he will
be taken 70 the country.
Michael Salmon, seventy years old,
Chaplain Smiths driver died suddenly
yesterday at the quarters OF Engine No.
/. No. l65 West Twenty-ninth street.
Father Smith answered fires for which
two or more alarms were sent in from
that engine house.
But there have been no two-alarm fires
for ten days or two weeks. Capt Murray
sent man TO Father Smiths rectory last
night 10 inform him OF Salmons death,
and news OF the priests serious sickness
was learned.
Father Smith is thirty-nine years old.
He was appointed a fire chaplain by Fire
Commissioner Scannell, March 27. 1899,
with the Rev. William lie Baron johnson.
a Protestant clergyman. Father Smith
has had parishes in Paterson and Cleve-
land and he lectured at st. Louis College.