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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
EDUCATING FARM BOYS.
Some Pertinent Reasons why Practi-
cal Agriculture Should BE Taught
in Rural schools.

Among those who have given the mat
ter attention, there are many who favor
the introduction of agricultural instruc-
ton into the rural school as a means of
educating the farm boy to the farm
rather than sending him directly to the
institutions whose influence is in an
other direction.
In recent address, after commenting
upon the more or less popular idea of a
general education of more or less classic
foundation" Hon. James Wilson, sec
rotary of agriculture, goes on to say, in
regard to the agricultural college and the
farm boy:
"The farmers boy who intends to be a
farmer, and his father, who intends to
have his son succeed him on the farm,
do not care anything about that kind of
education. My idea of education is that
it should fit young man for his future
life.
cultural lines in the primary grades;
would continue this kind of education
through the secondary school; would
prepare the boys for the agricultural col
lege, and they would go there as nat
urally as the boy goes to the pantry to
get some bread and butter, with sugar
on it, But just now our system of edu-
cation draws the young people away
from the agricultural college into some
thing else
That there is truth in this is evidenced
by the number of boys and young men
coming from the farm, and, after at
tending high schools and other institu-
tons of higher learning, go into other
pursuits than that of agriculture
1t has been held by those most inter-
ested in keeping the boys upon the
farm that with the introduction of ag-
riculture into the rural school there will
be tendency to educate the boy back
to the farm. That goou argument IA
vors this proposition there is no ques-
tion.-Drovers' Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
THE sCATTERATIoNIsT.
A FaithIrI Account of How Sims Set
Element Became Model of
Decentra lizatiOn.

Sims settlement was beginning to feel
itself a place Of Importance. The chief
road had fence on both sides of it for
over a mile, and blaze on large tree
was already ordered with the official in
scription Main street." There had been
talk of the possibility of a store, and To-
cal pride broke forth in noble eruption
when a meeting was called to petition
for a post Office, writes Ernest Thomp-
son Seton, in Fables and Woodmyth,"
in Century. The wisdom, worth and
wealth of the place were represented by
old Sims He was q man of advanced
ideas, the natural leader of the COM
munity, and after all the questions had
been duly discussed, the store and post
Office resolved upon, the question of who
was to run them came up. There were
several aspirants, but old Sims led the
meeting, expressing the majority and
crushing the minority in a brief but sat
isfactory speech:
"Fust of all, boys, I'm opposed to this
yer centerin' of everything in one place
Now that's Jest what hez been the room
of England; that is why London amt
never amounted to notwithstanding
at London London is England; Eng
land is London. If LOndOn'S took, Eng
lands took, says l, an that hez been her
room.
The idee of house O lords an house
O. commons in the same town! 1t amt
fair, tell We; it's hog trick. Why,
didn't they give some little place a
chance instead O. buildin' up a blastin'
monopoly like that? Same thing hez
rooined New York. an don't propose
TO hev our town rooined at the start
Now, say no man hez any right to
live on the public. Live an let live,
says l.; an if we let one man run this
yer store, it's tantamount to maxim the
others the slaves of monopoly. Every
man hez as much right as another to sell
goods, an there is only one fair way to
do it, an that is to give all chance; an
sence it falls to me to make suggestion,
says, let Bill Jones thar sell the tea; let
Ike Yates hev the sugar; Smithers kin
handle the salt; Deacon Blight seems
naturally adapted for the vinegar; an
the other claims kin be considered later
I'll take the post office myself down to
my farm. Now, that's fair to all"
There was no flaw in the logic; it was
most convincing. Those who would
fight found themselves without weap-
on, and Scatteration Flat became mod
ell Of decentralization.
Work? Oh, yes, it works. Things get
badly mixed at times, and it takes man
all day to buy his weeks groceries; but
old Sims says it works.
Moral: The hen goes chickless that
scatters it's eggs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
Not W,thout DI.tinetfon.

A note of family pride was struck in the
conversation between three small Reading
boys the other day. The parts played by
era be;po dsnic,ed hv ,wo Of 'a me- eh NV war
vivid colors. The career of each, it seemed.
mad been halted by confinement in southern
prisons, and it was on the latter fact that the
lads laid particular stress. The third youth,
unable to match these recitals with any
military achievement OF his own forefat hers,
preserved an envious silence fora while, and
ihen, not to be outdone, said, disparaging!y
why, that's not so much. My Uncle Bill
was in jail long time, and he was never in
the army at all. "-Phiadelphia Ledger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
EDITORIAL NOTE. So suc

EDITORIAL NOTE. So sue
cessful is Swamp-Root in promptly
curing even the most distressing cases
of kidney, liver or bladder troubles,
that to prove it's wonderful merits, you
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tains many of the thousands upon
thousands of testimonial letters re-
ceived from men and women cured.
The value and success of Swamp-Root
is so we'll known that our readers are
advised to send for sample bottle.
In sending your address to DR.. KilIner
& Co., Binghanton, n Y, be sure to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
Cow Stable. I'm Holland.

In Holland many. of the COW stables
are attached to the residences in
which the owners live. The stables
are in front. These stables are usually
well-built structures, but have few de-
sirable features in the way of light and
ventilation. However, as the Dutch
stable is part of the house, it has to
be kept clean, no matter how great the
labor required to accomplish this. This
is the more necessary, as the cows have
to occupy their stalls continuously
throughout the winter months. .
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
ART ON SIDES OF BEEF.
Skill of the Packing House Artist with
the Knife Displayed on Christi
mas Carcasses.

Few persons whose attention is at
tracted by the array of Christmas
meats in the markets of New York
are aware that the Enthusiastically carved
figures and flowers that decorate the
halves and quarters of beef hung up
for display are, as a rule, the work
of artistic cutters in the packing
houses and seldom that of the men
in the retail shops, says the New York
Sun.
1t was formerly the usage that each
market man made his own carvings
after he received his consignment of
beef, but experience has shown that
it is done better ard more easily In
the packing houses. New York gets
most of it's Christmas beef from Chi
cago, and it is there that most of it
is decorated or cut SO that it will
appear to the best advantage and
catch the eye.
Scoring is the technical term used
by the cutters in the work of decorat-
ing. They use knives as sharp as
razors, cutting the design in the plates
or thin muscular sheet that covers the
lower part of the fore ribs, while the
animal is still warm.
When the meat cools, the little
gashes made by the knife spread open
and show the marbling of the beef.
Where it is possible the cuts are
trimmed so that the proportions of
lean and fat will be about right An
expert can cut and score the meat so
that it will display very nicely, but
it takes a good prime bullock to work
up in good shape. This is seldom done
except with beef for the Christmas and
New Years trade.
What is commonly called Christmas
beef comes from rather light, smooth
young cattle of good shape and even
fat, the kind weighing from 1000 to
/ 500 pounds. These cattle come from
all over the corn belt, where all of
the best beef cattle are raised. Where
ever corn is sure crop there are
found the finest beef cattle.
Buyers insist that Christmas beef is
really no better than the prime article
sold at other seasons of the year.
Imagination often improves beef more
than the fact that when alive it pos
sessed the essential characteristics Of
fancy bullock The consumers who
pay the price can get just as good
beef at one time as at another.
New York is especially particular,
say the wholesale buyers, about the
quality of the beef for it's fancy trade
The high-class hotels and restaurants
in this city demand the best beef OBJ
tainable. and are Indifferent to the
cost, for the reason that their custom
ers do not care what price is asked for
steak if it is what they want.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

or ten feet from it. Fit brace stick
between them at the top. A four by
four studding would be about the right
size. Then with a cable of three or
four-strand No. 9 wire, or it's equivs-
lent of other sizes, fastened to top Of
second post and tie around log three
feet long, or large stone buried two
and one-half or three feet deep, five
feet back of corner post The cable
entering ground by corner post, trench
ing in back to anchor log; fill in ard
lamp earth solidly around anchor log,
and you will have post you can tie
to.-Lewis s. Alter, in Epitomist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
THE BROWNLOW BILL.
1t Advocates the Kind of "Paternal-
ISM which VIII Make Our
Country Prosperous.

Some very worthy people with ire
proachable intentions profess alarm at
the purposes and provisions OF the
Brownlow good roads bill because it
savors of paternalism. To hear them
expatiate on that dread evil with which
the country is threatened by this bill
one with humorous susceptibilities and
logical sense cannot fail TO be amused.
Paternalism is the exercise in gov
eminent of those methods which ia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

your water frequently night and day
smarting or irritation in passing, brick
dust or sediment in the urine. headache.
backache. lame back, dizziness, sleepless-
ness. nervousness. heart disturbance due
to bad kidney trouble. skin eruptions from
bad blood. neuralgia, rheumatism. diabetes.
bloating irritability. wornout feeling. lack
of ambition. loss of flesh. sallow COM
plexion. or Bright's disease.
If your water. when allowed 80 remain
undisturbed in glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours. forms sediment or
settling or has cloudy appearance, it is
evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is the great discovery Of
DR.. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and blad-
der specialist. Hospitals use it with WON
derful success in both slight and severe
cases. Doctors recommend it to their
patients and use it in their own families.
because they recognize in Swamp Root
the greatest and most successful remedy.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale at drug stores the world over in
bottles of two sizes and two prices-ffty
cents and enc dollar. Remember tie
name, Scamp Root, DR.. Ka1mer's
.Szoamp-Root, ard the address, BiaR.
hamton, ~. y, on e0e,.y bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
A Mean Character.

Growell-He's about the meanes,
white man | ever met.
Howell-At any rate, he's success
full. He has taken advantage of his
opportunities
His opportunities were small, no
doubt; another proof of his mean
ness. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
Thought 1t Was SoiIed.

They were a party of people from "up
state" and nothing in the big city inter-
ested them so much as the great ships at
the docks. They had been wandering foy-
fully over the deck of a four-master just
about to clear with coal for an eastern port,
and after awhile one of the women found
an open hatch.
Come here she called excitedly to her
nearest companion, with the air of one who
mas made a discovery. Look! Look!
Just think! She's holier!"-Iouth's Com
plninD
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
STOUT ANCHOR POST.
Those Who Have Given This Method
Trial Pronounce 1t the Most
Effective Now in Use

The following is the simplest, cheap
est and best method of anchoring cor
ner posts l ever saw or used, not ex-
cepting any plan given in previous num-
bers. Set common heavy posts at cor
ner, and set another similar one eight
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
To Prove what Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy
Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of this paper May
Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail

Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible for mere
therefore. when
neglect kidney trouble to
continue fatal results follow.
attentOn-but Kidneys most
because they do most and need attention first.
re badly" begin taking Kifmers
bladder remedy because
better all
health. A trial will convince anyone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

ASoft Heart. Freddy" hoo! Sissy's
gone and killed that little fly on the win
dow" Mother-"Tm glad to see my little
Freddy is so der-hearted." Freddy
ut isn't that. / WANTED to kill il
myself. Pickle Up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
LASTING RELIEF

was broken, owing to irregular action
of the kidneys. ! was suffering intense.
ly from severe pains in the small of my
back and through the kidneys and an.
noyed by painful passages of abnormal
secretions. No amount of doctoring
relieved this condition. began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills and I experienced
quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kid.
ney Pills will prove a blessing to all
sufferers from kidney disorders who
will give them fair trial"
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, d. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists.
price 80 cents per box.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
SEND loo IN STAMPS
Poor Luck Fishing.

He-Do you think my mustache beeom-
ing!
She (meditatively)-We it may be en-.
ing but il hasn't come yet.-Stray Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

Most OF the disappointment Of life are
enc TO expecting more than you deserve
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

IL you want creamery prices do as the
rreameries do, use June Tint Butter Color.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

MRS. Hughson, of Chicago,
whose letter follows, is another
womanin high position who owes
her health to the use of Lydia 3.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR MRS PNKHAM IL suffered
for several years with general weakness
and bearing-down pains, caused by
womb trouble. My appetite was poor,
and / would lie awake for hours, and
could not sleep, until i seemed more
weary in the morning than when re-
tired. After reading one OF your adver-
tisements / decided to try the merits
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and am SO glad did.
No one can describe the good it did me.
took three bottles faithfully, and be-
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it drove all disease and poison out OF
nv body, and made me feel as spry and
active as younE girl. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicines are certainly all they are
claimed to be" -MRs. NJ. e. HUeHsoN,
BAT East Ohio St., Chicago, Ill. $4,000
forfeit II original of oboUe letter proving genuine
ness cannot be produced.
More than million women have re-
gained health by the use of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If the slightest trouble appears
which you do not understand
write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for her advice, and q few
timely words from her will show
you the right thing to do. This
advice costs you nothing, but it
may mean life or happiness or
both.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

WHATS more, peace hath her victories
without causing any outbursts of magazine
lItefature.-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

and works off the cold Laxative Bromt
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

It's hard TO convince the Oldest inhabitsnt
that the good die young.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

The coming man is usually one who has
already arrived.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29
The .. s. Dept. of Agriculture

gives to Salzer's Oats its heartiest en-
dorsement. Salzer's New National Oats
yielded in 1908 from $50 to 800 blu. per
acre in so different States, and you, Mr..
Farmer, can beat this in 1904, If you will.
Salzer's seeds are pedigree seeds, bred up
through careful selection to big yields.
Per Acre
Salzer's Beardless Barley yielded l2l Blu.
SalZer's Home Builder Corn. 300 blu.
SpeltZ and Macaroni Wheat. 80 bu.
Salzer's Victoria Rape. ........ 10000 lbs.
Salzer's Teosinte, the fodder
wonder ........... ........ 100 900 lbs.
Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. $4,000 lbs.
Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes. go. 1000 bu.
Now such yields pay and you can have
them; Mr.. Farmer, in 1904.
SEND loo IN STAMPS
and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, and you will &c.
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples free. K. IL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

OF the 391 different kinds of British
birds, only 40 are resident all the year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-29

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say you read this generous offer in the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-02
KEEP BOYS ON THE FARM.
Educational Department Gives Good Advice to Rural FatheR-Ad-
 vice to the Teachers.

The superintendent of public instruc- ion of the state of Indiana has recently issued a bulletin touching on the steady migration of the young men of the rural districts to the cities in search of so- called better chance" Believing that Indiana is being sapped of it's energies by that movement, the department in a bulletin to the teachers says that they can influence the boy to stay on the farm and to work out it's problems.
 "fIt will be 8 sad day for our national life when all our young farmerscome to town; when the small, well-cultivated homesteads give way to landed estates, 9 the bulletin says.
 The necessity of keeping the boys on the farm was the subject of discussion as to what the teacher can do for the community. A teachers power in deter mining the industry of community lies in making her schoolroom busy work shop, where the rights of others and the nobility of honest toll are taught.
 The bulletin which is being sent out by the state superintendent deals with the relation of the teacher to the school, her patrons and the locality. The teach CT, the bulletin says. ought to be mis- sionary, hRrmonizing turbulent ele- ments
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-02
Cat Acts Role of Plumber.

Making her cat act as her plumber was the ingenious feat Newark woman &C., complished the other day. She had mo- ticed that one of the pipes connected with the washstand in her bathroom leaked, and she wished to locate the leak precise ly without tearing away any more of the wall than was needful. Accordingly she shut her cat up in her parlor-the parlor is directly beneath the bathroom-and into the basin of the defective wash stand she poured vial of the oil of val erain4 Cats are excessively fond of the odor of valerian; cat would rather in hale this ordor than eat fish. The cat, after it had been in the parlor few min utes, began to purr. Purring, it crossed the room; it settled itself on the floor with it's face to one spot on the wall, and here ss mistress found it when she came down stairs, it's nose glued to the spot, sniffing and purring ecstatically. The wall was opened at this point, and here, sure enough, the leak was found. Here the valerian had trickled through tmparting its intoxicating odor to the eat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-02
A BREAKFAST DISH.
Golden Brown Pancakes and Sausage with Gravy and How to
 Prepare Them.

One of the favorite dishes on the farm in cold winter mornings is that of golden brown pancakes served with the darker brown sausage and gravy. And mo- where can such pure, sweet sausage be found as on the farm where the house. wife herself prepares the ingredients and superintends the making, says the Prairie Farmer Home Magazine. Saul sages may be home1y dish and there is no variety in the way of preparing them, but even then 1t makes a vast aif- ference whether they are served up pale and grease-soaked or brown and crisp. It is preferable to remove the meat from the skins, though perhaps they present more attractive appearance when in. cased in the skins. If they are served in the skins, they should be so cooked that the castings do not break, causing an unsightly appearance. The cause of their breaking is that the outside cooks too rapidly, even before the center has become warmed. To prevent this, place the sausages upon the stove in pan of nearly hot water and allow them to re- main there until heated through. Do not allow them to boil. Remove from the water and drop upon a hot. dry pan frying them a rich brown ell over. In their tempting brown gravy they will prove an excellent dish to serve with the cakes. A recipe for light savory cakes is as follows: Sift into one pint of flour teaspoonful of baking powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt. To this add two well-beaten eggs, level teaspoonful of baking soda dissolved in buttermilk, and sufficient buttermilk to make the batter of the right consistency. Sour milk may be substituted for butter milk. For sreasing the griddle it is best to use a small piece of salt pork at- tached to fork. Rubbing this over the griddle each time before dropping in the cakes will furnish just the right amount of grease for frying.
 Perhaps wafies will make pleasant substitute for cakes. Sift one pint of flour, . teaspoonful of baking powder and a teaspoonful of salt, into bowl. Beat separately the whites and yolks of three eggs; stir the yolks and g table spoonful of melted butter into pint of milk. Pour this mixture into a hole in the flour; beat all together, adding the atiffened whites, and pour the batter into a greased waffle iron
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-02
COLONIZING CANADA.
What Persistent Advertising HaA Done for the Nerthwest-Grovv-
 ing Flax on a Large Scale.

Some five years ago the Canadian gov ernment did strenuous advertising throughout the cities of the United States with view of disabusing the peoples minds of the idea that western Canada was waste of frost and snow. The government caused freu Lectures to be given, established bureaus from which large quantities of literature about Canadian possl bilities in the way of farming and home making were is- sued and gave exhibitions of agricul- tural products at state and county fairs
 The farmers of the middle west in particular emigrated in large mum mbers, with the result that an American i'm yasion of Canada began, and continued so steadily as to produce what a recent writer has called the Characterization of Canada
 One of the most noticeable results of the invasion is shown in the introduc- t1on of flax growing on a large scale The Canadians thought it unwise to at tempt the cultivation of that grain, as they believed it hard on the land and a great protector of weeds. But the Americans have proved to the contrary, and with land selling at SIP an acre and yielding an average of IS bushels to the acre of fax the newly bought farms have paid for themselves during the very first year