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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
BUILDING A DOLLS HOUSE.
What Any Bright Youngster Can Do
with an Empty Box and Few
Simple Tools.

These pictures show how to make q
dolls house with an empty box and a
few tools and partition boards. Get
at any grocery store box about three
feet high, two feet wide and one and a
half feet deep. Take off the cover and
smooth the rough places, and place the
box on it's side with the open front
towards you. Then get some boards
half an inch thick by breaking up an
empty cracker box, and use these
boards for partitioning off the floors.
Nail the floor boards to cleats tackled
to the sides. The box in it's first
stage is shown in figure 1. Next comes
the partitioning off. After the floors
are put in and partitioned off we have
figure 2. The rooms can be modelled
to suit, making one room larger than
the others by adjusting the partition
walls. The upper floor is for bed
rooms, the middle for parlor and Ii
brary, and the lower floor for hall,
dining room, kitchen, etc.
Two or three styles of roofs may be
used. Gable roofs are used. with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
FARM NOTES.

Note the changes you intended to
make for next winter.
Have all the live stock ready for
market before you market 1t.
The appearance of things about the
house is the first that attracts atten-
ton, good or bad.
See that all necessary repairs are
made, not only upon the home build
ings, but upon the outbuildings also.
Winter is coming.
A CHEEKY, comfortable family room
and plenty of good things to read robs
winter of about all of its terrors, ce-
ments family ties and lays a founda-
ton for pleasant memories in after
life.
If those March and April pigs had
clover and peas to run through the
summer they are now just about ready
for a corn diet-American Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
Preserving the Pork.

find that nearly every recipe for the
preservation of pork that has been
given recently in our farm paper con-
tains a certain quantity of saltpeter.
Now, one of the chemical truths that I
learned during my schooldays was that
much of the nutritive value of meat is
destroyed by the chemical action of
salt and saltpeter and that the nitric
acid absorbed by the meat is largely
responsible for the diseases common to
marines and others who subsist prin-
cipally upon salt meats. Among these
diseases l might mention scurvy, sore
gums, decayed teeth, ulcers, etc. I
doubt if the effects of saltpeter are so
pernicious as represented, since so
many good people advocate its use,
but for one am resolved to steer clear
of it. I find that sugar is good sub
stitute and renders the meat sweeter
and more wholesome and Is equally
good as a preservative.-John Jackson,
in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25

wooden chimneys, stained to represent
brick, or pitched roof looks well.
Fig. 3 is the house after the roof is
completed. The same boards that
were used for partitioning may be
used.
Cut doorway through the partition
wall of each of the rooms, and one or
more side doors into the house. Win
dows should be cut out in each outside
wall of the rooms.
Raise the house from the floor an
inch or more by mailing little block
of wood under each corner. Now be-
gin by papering the rooms. Go to q
paper dealers and buy what wall pa
per you need. Select paper with small
figures. Borders are hardly possible,
SO that molding is used. Molding
enough can be bought for quarter at
furniture store. Gilded moldng sets
off the papering with good effect The
ceilings may be painted white or pa
pered.
Carpet the floors with odds and ends
of carpet, or the floors may be stained.
! Staining the floors cherry color, var
nishing them, and then using little
mats here and there on the polished
flooring gives the best effect
If you wish you can get the meas
urement of the windows and have q
glass cutter cut out separate panes of
! glass for each window for few cents
each. Fasten the panes inside with
| tacks at the corners. The windows are
| fitted with drapery that hangs half
way down, as shown in Fig. 4. Cheap
pencils make good poles, and as for
/ rings, ten cents will buy 100 little
metal rings at a hardware store. Fol-
doors, the larger draperies are used
| as in Fig. s. The same kind of pole
! and rings will do. The pencil poles
are finished off with plated tacks
These metal-headed lacks are useful in
making dolls house, and you should
buy package.
Fig. shows the house without Its
fittings. The outside of the house can
be painted and the roof looks well ii
stained. The chimney can be painted
red and then striped with white tG
represent brick.
Patience is required to make the
furniture and general trimmings OF
the house. You can put in mantels
by using the thin wood of cigar boxes
Get little pasteboard at drug store
! and fit them with pastebOard back
as in Fig. g. The chairs and sofa are
covered with fancy fabric. Make the
stools of covered thread spools. Fol
bedsteads use the fat side of cigar
box with spool legs at each corner
and a back board. Cover with liner
and place little mosquito netting
over it. Tables are made of round
tops of strawberry boxes, with cen
| ter leg fastened to q wooden base
| Stain the woodwork or cover will
| cloth or leather.
Use small candles in little candle
sticks to light the house. and little
Chinese lights that burn oil for thu
hall.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
The Dust Bath.

To keep the fowls free from lice
during the winter months nothing is
better than the dust-bath. A large
box is not required if the attendant
will give a little attention to it each
day At this season of the year plenty
CT road dust can be provided. Get a
barrel or box large enough to hold the
winter supply, and store in a dry place,
and when cold weather comes you will
be provided with one Of the very best
lice powders at very little cost. Take
a small box and set in the sun, keep
well filled with the fine, loose earth.
The fowls win do the rest.-Midiand
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
A HANDY SLED.
How a Farm Conveyance May Be
Made to Pull Easy in Dry or
Muddy Weather.

To make q sled pull easy in dry or
muddy weather and answer the pur-
pose of a wagon in many ways the de-
vice shown here will be found very
useful. This time of the year sled
pulls very heavy, but with this i'm
provement, it can be made so it takes
only one-half the power to pull 1t, that
is one horse can pull what would re-
quire two horses on an ordinary sled.
It is very simple and easy to make.
Nearly every farmer has a elf-binder
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
PLAN OF THE SLED.

for cutting his grain; each binder has
a set of trucks and that is what this
device is made of. Put the trucks I'M
der the top piece of your sled about
two feet back of the center for IL
foot sled, about three feet back for a
14-foot sled Either wire or bolt If
wood axle; If iron, make a U clamp
ing around axle and top of sled to keep
from slipping endwise when loaded
heavily.-Agricultural Epitomist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
Chink the Cracks.

Farm buildings should be given a
"going over before the cold of the
winter comes. Too many cracks in
the barn may give abundant ventila-
ton, but they give more--too many
drafts. Ventilation is health. but drafts
are the opposite. 1t does not cost
much TO stop up cracks, and If one
kind Of material cannot be secured for
this work another can.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
Estimating the Profits.

The profits of a farm are usually
more than the actual cash received for
produce. The farmer takes his living
expenses, as well as the cost of produc-
ton, before he decides upon the
amount of profit. The merchant takes
only the difference between the buying
and the selling price, less the cost OF
the transaction, then lives on the prof
It. The question of Does the farm
pay?" depends largely upon what is
taken from it other than the cash re-
ceived.-Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
How It Happened.

She-Did understand you to say that
Prof. Gray's death was due to absent
mindedness?
He-Yes. He went to sleep one night
and forgot to wake up.--Chicago News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
He Couldn't Say.

Dolly believe there is fool in
every family. Don't you?
The Captain-Well-er-m opinion
is rather biased. You see, I'm the
only child..-Smith's Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11

lives In luxury surrounded by women
who pay him divine honors, in Somer-
setshire.
The Baltic. the new steamer of the
White Star line and the largest vessel
aaoat. sailed from Queenstown on its
maiden trip.
A parallel for the wreck OF the
steamship Norge is found in the burn,
ing OF the emigrant ship William Ne..
son i'm midocean in 1865.
Chiefs of the Anghera trine have
written to the sultan Eat unless their
demand for the release of their tribes
men is granted they will capture an
Englishman and hold him as a hos
tage.
The Steamer Norge Of the Scandin-
ayian-American line was lost Ia the
north Atlantic and more than 700 per
sons persisted. The steamer, bound
from Copenhagen 10 New York with
Danish emigrants. struck a dangerous
reef 200 miles OFF the coast of Scot
land and went down in ten minutes,
while the life boats were crushed by
the waves and the passengers leaped
into the sea in a panic.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
NEWS OF THE WORLD.


Iauan's emperor expects to make
his headquarters in Osaka castle i'm
Ki0tC
The Russian army Is said 10 be re-
treating 90 the northward. japanese
advance continued despite torrential
rains
Russians have photographs and tes-
umuny OF eye witnesses 10 prove that
the japanese mutilate the dead and
wounded.
japan may offer terms after the cap
ture ~ Port Arthur and the defeat OF
KouropatEin. There is a hint that
Russia may accept
Both Russian fleets apparently are
trapped al sea. unable TO return TO
their ports. japanese are closing in
ON Port Arthur with 10000 men.
Port Arthur is being attacked by
sea and land. The japanese carried a
position eight and twO-thirds miles
from the fortress and shelled the city.
Operations in the war i'm the far
east are halted by rain and troops are
being rushed forward from Russia TO
reinforce General EourOpatkin. A re-
port that Russia. through France. has
offered TO surrender Port Arthur is dis
credited.
Tigo reports to Toxic that his tor
pedo boats made an attack at the en-
trance to Port Arthur harbOr. sinking
q large vessel. either a battle snip or
a cruiser. and a torpedo boat destroy
or. The Japanese losses were slight
The VIadivOstOck squadron escaped
from Kamimura's feet after a running
battle
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
SEVEN HUNDRED PERSONS PER-
IsH WEST or SCOTLAND.
IMMIGRANT SHIP SINKS
Runs Upon a Reef During Storm
and Only a Score or So of
the Passengers Are Saved
Some Belong to the North
west.

London. July Cover 700 Danish
and Norwegian emigrants bound for
New York were drowned in the north
Atlantic on June %. out of nearly
500 souls on board the Danish steamer
Norge. which left Copenhagen June %.
only 27 are known to be alive and for
the rest no hope is held out The
Norge sank after striking on the is.et
of RockaI. whose isolated peak rises
from Atlantic reef some $50 miles on
the west coast Of Scotland
Early on the morning Of June % the
the Norge. which was out of hel
course IN heavy weather, ran on to
The Rockall reef. which in the dis
lance locks lie a ship under full sail.
The Norge was quickly backed on, but
the heavy seas poured in through a
rent in her bows.
The emigrants. who were then
awaiting breakfast below, ran on
deck. The hatchways were scarcely
built for these hundreds Of souls and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
INsULAR

At San Juan. Beekman Winthrop.
the new governor OF Porto Rico. ar
rived. He was inaUgurated july 4.
Father O'COnnOr. secretary to the
late Archbishop Guidi. az Manila. was
summoned 20 Rome 20 complete negO-
tiati0ns over lands held by religious
orders.
President Roosevelt has appointed
as commissioner OF education Of Porto
Rico DR.. Roiand.P FaIkner. at present
chief OF the division Of documents in
the cCngrcssiC-cf library. vice Or.
Samuel IcCune Lindsay. who re-
sieneS. - take eject Oct. I.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
TWO STEPS
The Last One Helps the First.

A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first is to cut of coffee abSo-
lutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment The next step is to take liquid
food (and that is Postum Food Coffee
quires to change the blood corpuscles
from pale pink or white to rich red,
and good red blood builds good strong
and healthy cells in place of the broken
down cells destroyed by coffee. With
we'll boiled Postum Food Coffee TO shift
TO, both these steps are easy and pleas
ant The experience OF a Georgian
proves how important both are.
From 1872 to the year 1900 my wife
and had both been afflicted with sick
or nervous headache and at times we
suffered untold agony. We were coffee
drinkers and did not know how to get
away from it, for the habit is hard to
quit.
"But in 1900 read of a case similar
to ours where Postum Coffee was used
in place of the Old coffee and a COM
plete cure resulted, so l concluded to
get some and try it.
The result was, after three days
use of Postum in place of the coffee
never had a symptom OF the old trouble
and in five months l had gained from
145 pounds to 1853 pounds.
"My friends asked me almost daily
what wrought the change. My answer
always is, leaving off coffee and drink
ing Postum in its place.
1--WE have many friends who have
been benefited by Postum.
"As to whether or not | have stated
the facts truthfully | refer you to the
Bank OF CarrolltOn or any business
firm In that city where have lived for
many years and am we'll known"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich.
There's a reason"
Look Ia each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, 1.-The Road to MELVILLE"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11

Pres sent Roosevelt vas welcomed
bg bss Oyster Bay toWnsmen.
Minnesota republicans nominated
Robert C. Dunn FOR governor b. accla-
nation.
Grover Cleveland Is aboa-d =. C..
Bencd.Ct's yacht Oneida az Gray Ga
tIes for q weeks fshiEs.
Paul Morton AM Victor Il. MetcaIr
became members Of TIE cabinet W. II.
Moody became attorney general
The president has appointed ID A.
Robinson postma-te- at Dallas. Tex.
ending a vigorous contest over the Of
fee.
Henry 81 HOyt OF san Francisco has
been appointed United States attorney
at Nome. Alaska. 20 succeed Melvin
GriEsty. resigned.
President Roosevelt directed the ap-
pciutEent OF Col. Theodore Bingham
as a brigadier general The appoint
ment 10 take effect on July 6. When
Gen. Bingham retired. Col Bingham
Tor many years was superintendent of
public buildings and grounds in Wash
ingtou. Several months ago he was
badly injured while experimenting
the erection Of some narbOr improve
meuts at Buffalo and lost a leg.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
American Hair PuIler a Success.

English rabbit skins are n
shipped TO the United States dire
instead of being sent 70 the contine
of Europe. where formerly the 10
hairs, used in the manufacture of f
hats, were pulled by cheap hand lab
before going to the United States. {
American unhairing. Or pulling. n
chine having proved TO BE- q succe
The American cutters of fur think
more advantageous 70 pull their CT
skins by these machines. as in do
so they retain all the per4Iisites
pieces. waste hair, etc, which We
formerly retained by the Belgian Oh
ers.-MaTshal Halstead, Consul
Birmingham. England.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
RELIGIOUS.

Cardinal SatOlli dedicated the Cath
Ollie chapel in the Visayan village at
the Philippine reservation at the
worlds fair.
NJ ManEasarian will represent the
independent Religious Society Of Chi
cago as a delegate TO the International
Congress of Rationalists. which meets
in Rome. Italy. Sept. 20.
Rev. A. c. Dixon. D. d. pastor OF
the Ruggles street Baptist church.
New York. has received a call 10 take
charge OF the Moody schools at North
field. Mass. DR.. Dixon has not an
uuunced his decision.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
BRIEFS ABOUT BADGERS

The Boston Globe proposes that in
stead of building a $4,000 monument,
as now proposed, over the grave of
Bill Nye, it would be a good deal bet
ter to erect a $3.50 monument and put
the other $3.50 in the bank for Mrs.
Nye We may be very sure of what
Bill Nye himself would wish TO have
done under the circumstances.
Oscar Hallam of St Paul probably
VIII be appointed to the circuit court
bench in case the republicans carry
the state and thus elevate to the SUI
preme court Judge Joggard. Hallam
was graduated from the Wisconsin uni
versity in 1887. Two of his brothers
are also alumni. Two Wisconsin men
are ROW members of the circuit bench
at St. Paul. George l.. Bum and o. b.
Lewis. Minnesota democrats may
nominate Frank c. Brooks of Mime
apolis for governor. He is an alumnus
of the Wisconsin law school. class of
rs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
Monument for John voIk.

Friends OF the late John VOlk,
author, poet and journalist, have
ganiZed a committee 10 collect fun
for a burial vault and monument
cemetery, Brooklyn. D
Of-tOwn people who desire 10 contr
ute 10 this worthy purpose. can Sc
their rem:ttalces 10 Julius Neergaa
$50 Fifth avenue. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
MoRTUARY MATTERS,

Col. w. c. Nelson. secretary Ken
lucky and Tennessee Underwriters
board, died in Louisville.
c. p. Flackton of Prince Edward
Island and a member of Mrs Carter's
company. who died in San Francisco
was cremated.
DR.. Theodore Herzl. the noted au-
thor. father of the project Tor a Jewish
Palestine and president OF the Zionist
congress. died in Vienna
Senior Dupuy de Lone. who hurried.
Is resigned as Spanish minister 90
Washington after an Insult 20 Presi.
dent Mckinley. died in Paris.
Dan Emmett. the composer of Dixie.
was buried at Mount Vernon. O.. by
the Elks lodges. Many well known
theatrical people were present and
Dixie was played over the grave.
David Mcdowell. of Chicago, presi-
dent of Mcdowell. Stocker & Co. died
Of heart disease at Eureka Springs.
Ark. where he had gone for his health
Dir. Mcdowell came 10 Chicago in 1857
Fred w Starbuck. of New York.
Cnce a resident OF Hyde Park. H.,
where he was known as an athlete and
bicycle rider. died in Richmond. Ind.
He was returning to the east from
Arizona. where he went in search Ct
health He was y years old
George Frederick Watts, the paint
er. died of bronchitis at his home in
England. Watts was born in 1870 ard
ives practically a self-taught artist.
who stood at the head of English art,
the foremost painter of the nude.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
EDUCATIONAL

Yale easily won the annual varsity
eight oar race from Harvard. the Grim
son four beat the Yale four.
DR.. Burnett OF Cambridge. a gradu-
ate al Harvard i'm 1908. and an in
structor there the last year. has been
elected - the chair of philosophy in
Iowa college.
Professor Elias p. Lyon. professor
ug ply siOIogy in the University OF Chi
cagO. has accepted a position as nead
ol the department 81 physiology in
washington university.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
Chapel Dedicated to satolli.

st. Louis, July 3.-Cardinal Sat,
Saturday dedicated the Catholic cha
in the Visayan village at the Philip
reservation of the worlds fair.
was assisted by Archbishop Glenn
Mgr. UCOnnell and several prizes
Afterwards the cardinal inspected !
different exhibits and reviewed a dr.
parade OF the scouts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
LABOR

An attcH.. --1 -2l2 in a cOur;
at Chicago TO Iiberate 'Piack Jack
Gallagher. alleged ''sIUsEer" - Attor-
ney Allen. the labor leader arrested.
Supreme Justice Robert W. Steele
OF Colorado in e dissenting opinion ia
the Meyer habcas corpus case uc-
Clargd the miner has been uniawfully
imDri. Cned
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11

Celebrations without the acc0mpani-
ment OF fireworks are numerous and
thousands spent the dag outdoors.
WautUn disregard OF the warnings
OF authorities and doctors results in 4
big harvest OF July 4 accidents. thOus-
suds being fatally wounded and hurt
throughout the country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11

Chicago; cut.
Kunoct, Wilcot, 757 .Sedgwick street,
Chicago; both legs crushed.
Livingston. Samuel, St Louis; Sc
we're internal injuries.
Lurgston, w, st. Louis; burned.
Macomber, G. S. Perry, n. Y; in
jured about head and face.
Nelson. A, porter; cut.
Nelson. ole. st. Louis, cut.
Noack, Miss Hulda, Arlington
Heights, H.; badly burned.
Perkins. Miss. Chicago; leg broken.
Rice. Irving l., 504S Calumet ave
nue., Chicago; bruised.
Rink. Henry. Cincinnati; fatally
crushed.
Roberts. James B., Catlin, Ind; in
ternally injured.
Rose. Mrs. Z. H.. Riverside. Cal; in
ternally injured.
Rubens, Harry s., 4346 st. Lawrence
avenue, Chicago; slightly hurt.
Rubens, Walter j., brother; slightly
burned
Schrader. William j., Warner hotel,
Chicago; hips wrenched; back injured.
Smith, Mrs. Louis, Chicago; leg
broken.
Smith, Frank, Chicago; legs crushed.
Smith, Mrs. Frank l., Chicago;
bruised; internal injuries.
Tenney, R. F., Ada, Mimi; slightly
hurt
Tenney, Mrs. R. F., internally in
jured.
Thorp, w. B., Chicago; leg broken.
Upton, Miss Fanny, 1889 West Polk
street, Chicago; internally injured.
Townsend. Miss Eliza, Bridgeport,
Conn; slight injuries.
Ward, Charles, 215 Sixty-fifth place,
Chicago; left foot torn of at ankle;
may die.
Ward NJ. residence unknown; cut
and burned.
Weber, Mrs. Eliza, Chicago; serious
internal injuries.
White, Ed. porter; cut and burned.
wilson, Miss Mamie, 1920 Michigan
avenue; internally injured.
Two others, unidentified.
Cream City Victims.
Milwaukee. July 6-The remains OF
Mrs. Kittie Luther, wife of c. j.
Luther 273 Twenty-fourth street, wh0
was killed in the accident on the Wa
bash railroad near Litchfield, H.. viii
not be brought 10 Milwaukee by bur
ial The body has been sent 10
Youngstown, o., Mrs. Luther's former
home
Mrs. Luther formerly was Miss
Kittie Jenkins of Youngstown. She
was born in that city and until ter
years ago resided there. She was mar
ried to c. J. Luther six years ago, and
since then made her home in M!lwau-
kee. Mrs. Luther was a member OF
the Washington NJ E church and
played an active part in its circles.
She was a gifted vocalist and sang fre-
.cuently at various entertainments.
Mrs. Luther was 80 years old. Besides
her husband, two daughters survive
her. They are Margaret. aged / years
and Elizabeth, aged years.
Mr.. Luther was also in the wreck
but he escaped uninjured. With his
wife he went TO Youngstown Saturday
for a brief visit with relatives. He
was formerly connected with the LUth-
er Bros Hardware company. 1S6 East
Water street. He is now interested n
the North Milwaukee harvester works.
Mrs. Anna Van Vechten Kenyon of
Kingston, y. Y, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Van Vechten, 532 Milwau-
kee street. who was injured in the
wreck will recover. Mrs. Van Vechten
received the following telegram from
Philip Van Vechten, who fastened to
Litchfieid when news of the accident
was received:
anna alive. Bad cut on back OF
head and under eye. Right foot badly
crushed. In good spirits. VIII stav
here until able to mOve.-Phil Van
Vechten."