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Half.and-HaIf

The official returns show the vote of
Virginia to be only about one-half
what it was in 19o0 OF the missing
half about one-half were Republicans
unconstitutionally disfranehised, AMI
the remainder were Democrats.
constitutionally indifferent.-Ba
American. a4ss s-% S@s,t
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AT St. Paul Theaters

Commencing Sunday evening at the
Metropolitan. York State Folks" will
begin a four days engagement. This
play is4too well known tesInake it nee.
essary- to give description of the plot
and the numerous amusing and pa
thetie scenes which are mingled in this
drama of tears and laughter. Suffice
to says 'tYork State Folks has been
seen almost everywhere alld theater-
goers~are unanimous in the verdict
that it. is ore of the best of pastoral
I. plays. Ray T.. Royce, James Lackaye.
Harry Crosby Randolph Currie, Os-
burn Searle, Lillian Rhodes, Eleanor
Sidman and Millie Stevens still have
the leading roles.
The scenic effects are all new this
season, including a handsome church
scene, built especially for the Chicago
and Boston run. The engagement is
for four days. with a popular matinee
4 on Wednesday,
Tim Murphy begins his engagement
at the Metropolitan opera house next
+ Thursday, presenting a romantic story
of social life entitled, 1.-TWO Men and a
Girl" This will be the bill for Thurs
day and-Frfday evenings and Saturday
matinee, but Saturday evening. the
last, of his engagement here, he will be
seen ina satirical comedy by A. G.
Bishop, called when a. Man Marries,"
whieh@zfs said to be principally and
purely high-class comedy of fun and
laughter.
The handsome young actor, Howard
Hall, in The Waifs' Paradise" pleased
large audiences at the Grand yesterday
afternoon and evening. The scene
where the child is thrown into the cage
of wild liens is the strong situation of
the play, and when Mr.. Hall rescued
the little one the audiences simply
went wild.
Railroad life to the uninitiated al
ways possesses a marked degree of
fascination. But it has remained for
Charles e. Blaney, in his latest emelo-
drama, 1.-THE Curse of Drink" which
will be the offering at the~Grand COM
mencing with next Sunday matinee, to
eclipse all his previous efforts. Mr..
Blaney has united a. temperance story
with railroad theme.
The Rentz- -Santley company at the
Star is giving a clever show, with a
burletta that is a hit. Some of the
vaudeville numbers are excellent, and
the show is a pretentious one in point
of setting.
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Land swindIers Must Suffer

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. An
. official statement was given out by the
interior department today, announcing
the governments purpose to prosecute
every guilty man in the public land
frauds to the full extent of the law
and regardless of position in life.
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Among the Merrymakers
Just the Thing

"Our new comic paper" said the en-
hit were thinking Of calling it Cold"
tCold?''
: ''Yes; so many people take it. Appro-
.priate, eh?'
ss9asssYery. When people take cold it makes
them sick. Philadelphia Press.
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Wants to Have peace

1t is not true that in return for the
kaiser's courtesy in erecting a statue
of that famous warrior, Frederick the
Great, in Washington, the president is
ton Globe
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1t will be noticed that Cassie Chad
wick did. not attempt to borrow a few
hundred thousand from Uncle Russell
Sage. There are some things which
would make even Cassie shy:
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And Also BIock;na Traffic

Tom Wilson is still talking. Some
one should gently break the news to
him that the election is over and that
he is still in the middle of the road
Philadelphia Telegram.
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That Socialist who predicts the elee-,
ton of asnenber.of his party: as mayor
of st. paul IN 1905 must be under the
impression that Mayor Smith is about
to become a Socialist.
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Can Do Those Things Now

1t is hard =to believe it, but it is
stated as a lamentable fact that Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the man we all thought
above such things, has written letter
of encouragement to a nine-year-
political poet.-Denver Post.
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Poor Artist

Art and Drama met" There are not so
many young men welded to me as for
meEy,' said Art.
"Isuppose they could not support your
interregated Drama.
mo, fhe trouble was / could not sup
port them. ''-Kennebec Journal.
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The people have been SO gracious to
Col Roosevelt that he can afford to do
the graceful thing, forget the past, and
assign Gen. Miles to duty with the ma
tional guard of Massachusetts,.
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UnappreciatiXe

Did you ever read a paper at our lit
erary society?o asked the young woman
with a froWning brow.
INC" answered the matter Of fact ma
tron. But I've. seen times when 1 would
have enjoyed reading a paper or a maga-
zine instead of listening to what was go
ing on. Washington Star.
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That st. Paul preacher who has pre-
pared a sermon on "The Passing Away
of the American Home" is taking the
boom in fat building a bit too seri-
ously.
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Before and After

Love, ., said the whiskerIess youth,
renders one oblivious of times s flight"
ess' rejeined the man with the alb
sent hairbut marriage ma and the arrival al
month soon bring one back to earth
again. Chicage News.
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Airv persIAaoe

''WelI see the meat strike is settled, .
said the lady presiding over the wants of
the boarders at the breakfast table.
Now remarked the thin, funny man,
looking from one end of the table to the
other, II suppose you'll be able to make
both ends meat. t."-Yonkers Statesman.
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5; Perhaps Mr.. Roosevelt's object in
using up twelve columns of space was
to show Col Watterson that he is not
in the pert paragrapher class.
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Kieptomaniaes who are getting ready
to do. their Christmas shopping viii.
save themselves much trouble by re-;
porting their infirnnity to the chief af
police before doing business. -.
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Wonen Are Learninu

Mrs. Chadwick, of Ohio, seems to
have exploded that old joke about a
woman never knowing just how to
draw. a check at the bank.-Washing
ton Post,
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Busy Babylon and Baqdad

The all night and all day bank
touches a need of this all day and all
night town, this sleepless, indefatiga-
bic and. ever busy Babylon and Bag
dad of the West.-New York Sun.
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And Then Some

1t may reasonably be- said of Vice
President-elect Fairbanks, as Sir
.Tobey Belch remarked of Sir Andrew
Aguecheek, that he's as tall as any
man in Illyria.-Boston Herald.
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We observe with regret that the.
presidents message contaips no refer
ence to the price of legislative votes in
Delaware.
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WY. they Were Divorced

She 1after 4heir first quarrel 1-It seems
to me sometimes that YOU : can be the
same man who promised ali those things
tpe5he nlinfst ef
sEdezzI'rn not. That was my alter ego.
altimoTe Arlesd can
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Can't Find Any BARGAIN Sales

On land, at least, the Japanese are
paying full value for everything they
succeed in persuading the Russians to
peal.
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Jadai,a bY Appearances

Mrs Gusfsef=5I just met Mrs. Curley.
Do you know shes very poeticaI? She
Is devoted to. Browning a
- Mrs. TartI should say, from the color
of her ha she was more devoted to
bleaching Boston Transcript.
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Aid. Butler, of Chicago, who says he.
was offered a bribe, is making as much
row about it as if his experience was
unique.
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Republican tricksters and pilferers
would do wen to have care for them
selves.
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very comfortabIe AIrrranaesn,ent

. John Alexander DeWie has gone to
Cuba to get rest. This viii enable the
speopieof the United States to get some
rest also.-At Atlanta Constitutions
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Literally

sWhat's the most recent intelligence? g
.aThat of Jones; he has just recovered
from an attack of insanity. New Or
leans Times Democrat.
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The 5aNorst Thfna A.buut 4

How do you like married life2p asked
her dearest friend
= Vel, she replied, a little ruefully,
after one IS married one can be engag-
ed any more, yoH know. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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Indians as ronsoriai Artists

The Indians remove superfiuous hair
from themselves with pincers and from
other people with hatchets. s.-Bostea
Transcript.
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s. 4 aduIike

"Does your wife ever say anything she
" mo: she's sorry if she doesn't say any
tfling. Cleveland Leader.
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a Historical incident

Hannibal had Just fallen from his eIe-
pffants :.
he nauttereds eI' m sick of these trunk
lines. Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Her Optimism

ssuch supreme confidence in her own
aO6 yes, she married a bow-legged
man to reform him."-W Woman's Home
Companion.
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Capitalists of New York will open an
all-night and all-day bank principally
for the accommodation of wealthy tray-
elers, Thus the man in need of funds
will be. placed on equality with the
man in need of a drink.-Duluth Her
aid.
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A ALoophoie

Loyell-Do you think a man should tell
his fiancee all the indiscretions of his past
Cynicus-Yes; then perhaps she
wouldn't marry him.-Brooklyn Life.
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What a miserable eur man must
be who has held Office in his party for
thirty years. and then turn against it
because he could 10 longer suck the
teat-Lake Crystal Union.
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swashington time e p. m. st. Paui)
River Bulletin

The mississippi river at st Paul will re
main nearly stationary.
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Sfockholm- Councillor of State Ram
stedt has been appointed foreign minister
ad interim in place of Carl Lagerheim, re-
signed.
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News Condensed

San Francisco. Cal-In an experiment
conducted by DR.. Albert J. Atkins, of the
stomach of healthy man, it has been
demonstrated that the organ is electrical
in its action. 1t is claimed that the whole
process of digestion is an electro chemical
one; also that the current in the walls of
the stomach prevents the digestion Of the
stomach by its own juices.
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Tripoli--A boat from the Turkish cor
yetfe Mansura, manned by forty seamen.
has sunk in the roadstead. Nineteen of
the crew We're drowned.
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Uproarious

Uproarious
Some Tlen. GO In to ''take a SMILE"
And taking more thereafter
Indulge in what 'twere best to style
A Constant burst of laughter -
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Los Angeles. CaI.--Messenger Eval
Roberts. of the Wells Fargo company
who was shot by train robber, is dead
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It is said that Booker T. Washing
ton will establish colony Of colored
people in Minnesota near Duluth.
Booker may find the weather a little
too cool for the plan.-Red Wing Re-
publican.
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Belgrade. Servia-A new cabinet has
been organized with Gen. Gruics as pre-
mier.
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Cane Town-The body Of Presldenl
Kruger, which has been lying in state
here has started for Pretoria after an
impressive funeral service.
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Washington, D. C.-President Roosevelt
has received an invitation to visit Louis
vile, KY, next spring and given a con-
ditional acceptance. The president says
he probably will go to San Antonio Tex,
regiment of Rough Riders. He expects to
visit, on his way to San Antonio, Ros-
well, Ca, the home of his mother. 1t is
likely that other stops may be made on
the trip.
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Jadam Bede, the humorist, says that
under no circumstances will he accept
the nomination for governor two years
hence. Jadam feels that running
against John A Johnson would be too
serious a jol1e.-Belle PLANE Herald.
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The Rentz- -Santley company at the
Star is giving a clever show, with a
burletta that is a hit. Some of the
vaudeville numbers are excellent, and
the show is a pretentious one in point
of setting
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-08

New York--Charitable institutions in
this city report that never before have
thev been called upon to assist SO great
number of unemployed men2
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-08

New York-A meeting of the Internation-.
al Carriage and Wagon Workers union
executive COMMITTEES. has been called to be
held here Dec, Is to adopt measures for
onnOsing the open shop movement proposed
by the NATIONAL Manufacturers associa--
ton
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The Index. tells us that the Repub
lfcans are giving the state of Mime
sofa the new capitol building. We
thought that the taxpayers were pay
ing for it-payins good and hard-and
that the Republicans had been holding
the soft jobS.-Ada Herald.
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HITCHCOCK HOLDS
FORTH ON LANDS
Secretary of theInterIor Speaks
of Frauds and of Mime
sofa Timber

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. LIN
his annual report E. A. Hitchcock, sec
retary of the interior, saws:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
GOOD RECOMMENDATION"
Not Exactly What 1t Was Supposed
to Be, But 1t Brought Many
FavorS.

A Sioux chief. hearing that the great
father" was going to make an annuity
payment to his former enemies, bur
present friends, the Crows, decided that
it was a good time for him to return
visit which the Crows had made the
Sioux the summer before, relates
Youths Companion. In order that there
might be no difficulty on the trip, he
went to the agent and asked for pass
which would inform the public that he
was legally absent from the reserva-
ton; and also for a paper recommend
ing him to the charities of the whites,
for the chief, being always hungry, was
a firm believer in the Scriptural injunc-
ton to feed the hungry.
The agent gave him the pass, and hav-
ing been much harassed by his impor-
tunitfes in the past for every conceivable
article that the agent might possess,
wrote: "The bearer of this is a Sioux
Indian of the Pine Ridge reservation. I
have never known him to do a lick of
work, or to buy anything he could beg,
even when he had money. l am of the
opinion that a little starvation would
do him good. He is the ornerest, LATEST,
dirtiest Indian on my reservation"
In month or two the chief returned
and entered the agents Office to report,
his face beaming with goodwill to his
superior. ''How, how, papa! Paper
heap good! Make white mans heart
good. Heap catch UNI shoes, coat, hat.
everything; heap eat; maybe so you
give me one more good paper next sum-
mer!"
After this, in pidgin English, he told
the agent through the interpreter that
every time the paper was presented to a
white family they would laugh heartily
and always give him something, either
to wear or eat, and then good-natured-
ly tell him to clear out
1t is probable that people had become
so accustomed to recommendations of
different nature that the surprise of
seeing this always put them in good
humor, which turned out we'll for the
lazy chief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
BIRD KILLER PUT UP GUN.
Destroying Some Valuable
Friends.

One of our best practical farmers re-
lated to us the other day how he came
to change his mind about killing birds,
says the Hennery (Okla) Clipper. He
said he formerly took a great deal of
pleasure with his gun and dogs. About
six months after coming to the terri
tory he told his wife he would go out
and kill few quail. 1t was about four
o'clock, so calling his dogs he started
out on his own farm.
He soon shot three quail, and his
wife, knowing that if he got thoroughly
interested in the pursuit of game he
would be out till long after supper
time, persuaded him to come back to
the house and they would have supper
when he could go again. Cali right"
said the farmer; 81 will dress these
and we'll have them for supper" His
wife remarked on the fulness of the
craws of the birds, and on opening
one it was found packed full of chinch
bugs! Out of curiosity they counted
and found over 400 dead chinch bugs
in the craw of one quail!
Said the farmer in relating the cir
cumstances to us: 81 just cleaned up
the gun and have not shot bird since,
and if you'll come down to my place
of morning or evening and see the
birds coming to my farm you'll think
they knew their friends"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
New Potato from Uruguay.

Prof Heckel, of Marseilles, France,
discovered few years ago, along the
banks of the River Mercedes, Uruguay
a new tubercle, which seems to put the
common white potato in the back
ground, if reports are true. This won
derful potato need be planted but once,
as new tubercles and stems to branch
off in every direction all the year, and
after one planting the vegetable per-
petuates itself from the broken roots
left in the soil. The flowers are
abundant, and very odorons, and a
perfume resembling jasmine has al
ready been manufactured from them.
Enormous production, absolute immu-
atty from common potato diseases, de-
licious flavor and easy culture are
some of the features already claimed
for this new discovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
COLORS NOT EASY TO SEE
Experiments in England Have Shown
Dull Masses to Be Dangerous
in the Field.

What color is least easily seen at
distance? One would naturally say,
some dull neutral tint, somber gray
or brown, says Success. This has been
the conclusion of most military men,
and our brilliant dress uniforms have
given way for practical campaigning
to khaki and other dull colors. Is this
a mistake? Possibly so, according to
the results obtained in recent expert
ments in England. 1t has been found
there that masses of dull color are
very much more conspicuous at dis
lance than mixtures of bright tints.
For instance, battery of field artil-
lery whose carriages and caissons were
decorated witt stripes of red, blue and
yellow could be made out with diff
Guilty at a thousand yards, while other
batteries painted uniform brown or
drab were easily seen at great dis
tances. 1t would seem as if, on the
same principle, a regiment of gayly
dressed troops might be less easily Wis
ible than one wholly CARRIED in dull
colored khaki.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
GIRL FOUGHT ALLIGATOR.
Furious Reptile Overcome by Delicate
Maiden in Defense of Mother
and Children.

A frail, slender girl, Miss Nelson one
beside her mother. From the next room
where the two little children had beer
left playing came a strange, grating
sound, relates writer in Woman's
Home Companion. The older sister
stepped to the door between the two
apartments, only to turn pale with dis
may and horror, for there, fast asleep
on the hearth rug, lay the little brother
and sister, and crawling slowly across
the floor toward them great Shiny ali
gator, evidently attracted to the house
by the hope of young kittens or pup
pies, wriggled and writhed. Its wicked,
stony eyes, grim with baleful light, were
fixed on the unconscious babies, and the
wide jaws, open and ponderous. dripped
with the foam of eager, unsatisfied
greed. Frantically calling to the dogs
outside the front door to enter and help
her the brave girl caught up the large
lamp that stood just within the mothers
gaping jaws. Then, leaping aside to es-
cape the furious onslaught thus brought
upon herself, she stopped quick as
thought, and tossed upon the high bed
in the corner the suddenly reused and
frightened children. She turned from
this task to find that the Infatuated all;-
gator, diverted from its original purpose
and confused by the unexpected attack,
had dashed straight through the open
door and made its way to the bedside of
the helpless, terrified mother. Without
a seconds hesitation the devoted daugh-
ter rushed to her aid
A shovelful of hot Goals from the glow
in fire thrown directly against the vi
cious eyes of the angry creature only
served to strengthen and intensity his
fury. Apparently his entire will was
now bent upon the destruction of the
helpless woman on the bed. The awful,
swapping jaws were within a few feet
of her body when the desperate Alice,
returning from the kitchen with the
stout AK that had just required to her
memory, sank it to the helve in the thick
neck. Narrowly escaping severe in
| jury in the death struggle that fol-
! lowed, all but fainting with nervous
ness and conflicting emotions, the brave
girl followed this blow by others no less
telling and doughty. When the still
! quivering. but no longer murderous
creature had been reduced to absolute
| impotence the entire house looked as
though it had been wrecked by vandals
| ha
suffering from many bruises.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Success with Angora Goats.

The breeder of pure Angora goats
must give close attention to his fiocks
the year around, says Country Life in
America A doe will often leave a
newborn kid to join her flock as
often as it gets out of her sight, nor
will she return to her kid, unless the
flock happens to feed that way. Nat
urally, many kids are lost, and 9TH
ers would die if they were not taken
care of. A few head of well-bred
goats may be found profitable on any
farm, especially on a farm where brush
killing is an improvement, as no other
will destroy shrubs 50 quickly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
Preserving of HOLLOW Trees.

Often a valuable lawn or roadside
tree is found to be hollow and decay
ing rapidly, and unless something is
done to preserve it, it will not last
long. We have seen trees preserved as
follows: Remove all unsound and de-
caying wood with a chisel until the
sound wood is exposed. Mix one part
Portland cement and three parts clean,
sharp sand into thin mortar and fill
the cavity with it. When it is about
"set'' coat the exposed surface with a
mortar of about one part cement and
one part sand 1t is recommended to
treat the exposed wood, inside the cav
ity, with a solution of one pound cop
per sulphate in five gallons water be-
fore putting in the cement.-Ohio
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-26
TWO EFFECTS OF CLOVER.
The Crop Acts Either as Collector of
Nitrogen or as Sub-Earth
Cultivator,

The work of clover is not always to
get nitrogen from the air. There are
some soils that are rich enough in
nitrogen and yet need the presence of
the legumes. In visit to Antioch,
ILL.,, the writer observed that the
soil is only little acidy, and that it
is also rich in nitrogen. Glover is be-
ing grown, but it's work of soil reno
walton is different from that it has to
perform on some other soils, espe
cially those that are deficient in nitro
gen. Here the roots go deep into the
soil and help to improve the physical
condition of the soil. 1t taps the stores
of potassium and phosphorus that are
hidden away in the depths of the
earth and brings them to the upper
layers Of sci:, where they will be with
in the reach of the plants that do rot
have the deep root systems that
clover and alfalfa have.
The clovers will be found to be use
full on almost all soils where they will
grow, either as collectors of nitrogen
or as subearth cultivators. They send
their roots deep into the soil and tun-
mel in every direction. The roots in
time die, leaving multitude of pas
sages in the soil. These act as drains
and as air channels, by which the soil
is more fully aerated. AS a nitrogen
gatherer the clover is of great use
on millions of acres of our. lands
from which the nitrogen has been ex-
hausted, and on millions of other
acres it acts as carrier of fertility
from the cellars to the upper storage
rooms of the soil.-Farmers' Review.