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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
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FACTS ABOUT BROOM CORN
A Profitable Crop, Provided It Is
Properly Grown, Harvested,
Dried and Baled.

THAT the brush may retain a fresh
green coler after drying, it is necessary
that it be dried rapidly and not ex-
posed TO strong light while drying. To
meet these requirements broom corn
is ordinarily dried in sheds. A shed
AZ feet long, 16 feet wide and 10 fee:
to the caves will usually furnish suf-
ficient room for drying the crop from
40 acres. If there is an interval of
three or four weeks between the har-
vesting of one 40 acres and a later 40
acres, the brush from the first can be
bulked or baled and the same shed
used for the second. The main requi-
sites are dry location good roof,
with caves extending some distance
beyond the sides, and good ventilation
throughout. A common method of con-
struction is to place uprights eight feet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
A Monkey at Work.

Monkeys, like men, should learn to
work." says Keeper McCrossin, of the
Philadelphia Zoo He has taught one
of his charges to overcome her distaste
for soap and water and to WELD scrub
brush with skill. Every day the mon
key goes carefully over the inside of
her cage, scrubbing the floor and ceiling,
back wall and iron bars, as carefully as
it could be done with human hands. Nc
Crossin saw the monkey initiating him
in his scrubbing operations. Tightly
clutching paper bag, she rubbed it over
one railing after another, evincing great
enjoyment. Then McCrossin gave her
a big wash cloth and instructed her how
to wet it in pail of water. 1t was long
before she understood what soap was
for, and even yet she occasionally takes
bite out of a cake to make sure it is
not something to eat. 81 intend to teach
the other animals to scrub their cages.
if possible" says McCrossin. Cali the
monkeys in the cage take great interest
in the scrubbing operations, but the
trained animal will not allow them to
touch the brysh, soap or pail of water. At
first she attempted to scrub one or two
of her brothers, but it precipitated such
a fight that she dared NOT repeat it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
BROOM CORN WE'LL BALED.

apart in each direction, and nail to
these, four inches apart, strips one
and one-fourth inches wide, reaching
across the she'd For shed 4S feet
long this plan gives six transverse
sections, each eight feet wide, with
ends open for free circulation. Stats,
two inches wide and eight feet long,
are required in large numbers, but are
not put into place until the filling of
the shed with brush is begun. For a
shed of the size mentioned above 1900
such Stats are needed. Beginning at
the bottom a shelf is formed placing
two of these movable Stats across a
section, resting their ends in the low
est spaces between the transverse
strips nailed to the uprights. The
brush is then evenly spread two or
three inches deep upon these two Stats,
and then another shelf is made four
inches above the first. and SO on, till
the shed is filed. If placed more than
three inches deep the brush will not
dry quickly and well, and may become
musty or "shed burned
In the shed the crop is safe from in
jury by rain, although warm, dry
weather is desirable to cause it to dry
rapidly. Just as soon as dry, SO that
the stems seem to contain no moisture
when squeezed or twisted, the brush
should be taken from the Stats and
piled in straight, compact tiers in order
to prevent bleaching. In pressing the
brush into compact bales and binding
with wire, it is very important that it
be we'll and neatly done, for to some
extent the appearance of the bales de-
termines their market value. The ac-
companying illustration shows bale
of Illinois broom corn that reached
Washington factory in good shape. At
meeting held in Chicago on February
IS, 1902, the Broom Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION of the United States and Can
ada unanimously adopted a resolution
binding themselves mot to purchase
any broom corn of the crop of 1902 Of
thereafter which is not properly
cleaned, seeded and baled.' Baling can
be done at any time after the brush
has become thoroughly cry, but as
long as it is the least damp or Gin the
sweat" it should remain bulked. Manu-
facturers frequently open bales that
have become moldy after baling which
would have been good stock had the
baling been delayed till the brush be-
came thoroughly dry. Baling is &C
complished usually by a horsepower
press. From six to eight men can
work together to advantage, and with
a horsepower baler can bale ten tons,
or go bales per day. Where the press
is drawn from farm to farm two men
usually go with it and charge about so
cents per ton for the machine and one
man and $3.50 per day for the other
man. Rather large wire, No. 9, is
used; finer wire cuts into the brush.
Prairie Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
EMPRESS SOLD HER JEWELS
How Eugene Managed to Dispose Of
Her Valuables to Save Her
Dynasty.

The story of the Servian jewels must
recall to ex-Empress Eugene her
own experiences when the waves first
began to dash about her throne. She de-
termined to sell the greater part of her
jewels in hope to do something to save
the dynasty. Publicity had to be avoided,
and market was not to be found in Eu-
rope, newly thrilled by the horrors OF
Sedan, says the st. James Gazette. The
empress looked to the east for market
An Englishman was on his way home
for holiday. A telegram at Bombay
awaited him from one of the greatest Eu-
ropean financial houses and informed
him of the determination of the empress
The difficulty had been to find man with
sufficient influence to be able to approach
the princes of India in secret with view
of selling them the jewels. Not less hard
was it to lay hands on the man who had
moral strength sufficient to carry with
him surreptitiously hundreds of thou
sands of pounds worth of jewels in lands
where the queens writ did not run, and
where the protection of the constable is
not Immediately available.
Every care had been taken to insure
secrecy. The jewels had been taken to
pieces; the gems removed from their set
tings; the latter "jointed" to admit of
their holding and being worn around the
waist of their bearer in a belt of soft
leather. The Englishman put on the
belt, armed himself with trusty re-
volver, engaged a trusty servant, and
set forth on his mission. For threS
months he wandered over road, rail and
river. The responsibility of his trust,
the constant danger of discovery, the diff
iculty of disposins of his burden were
worries that combined almost to kill him.
At last he was successful. The jewels
were sold to prince who esteemed them
the more for that they were the property
of distressed empress. There would
have been trouble, no doubt, had the mat
ter been known at the India office, but
the man who discharged the undertaking
afforded an example of courage andsolid
worth in trying conditions which merit
place in the story of commercial in
tegrity and disregard of personal dan
ger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
SOME LITTLE QUESTIONS.

Why don't you fasten up that gap in
a good, substantial way?
Why don't you put good latch on
your stable door, instead of using a
pin, or a fence rail?
Why don't you fix that harness you
broke the other day and tied up with a
piece of binding Irvine?
Why don't you get out and clean up
those old fence rows, instead of waiting
until corn blowing or harvest time?
Why don't you haul the wood up near
the kitchen door, and not force the
good wife to go to the woods for fuel
for every meal?
Why don't you get wood enough in,
and water enough up, before breakfast,
to last the patient, already overworked
housekeeper all day?
Do you shelter your stock and imple-
meDts? Do you regularly drain out all
the water pools and troughs? Have
gov plank, brick or stone walks, to and
from the house?-Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
TIE Doctors Failed.

Kilgore, O., April ia rather re-
markable case has just come to light in
this place. Mr.. John L. Riegle had been
suffering for some time with an aggra-
waited form of Kidney disease which had
caused him great deal Of discomfort
He tried the treatment of several doc
tors, but did not get any better. At last
he CHANGED to read an advertisement. of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, remedy which has
been making many wonderful cures, and
he bought some at once and began to use
them. He says of the result:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills do just what they
for the good they have done for me.
They cured me completely after the doe.
tors had failed, and l wish that every
poor sufferer could hear of them. for I
know they will cure Kidney trouble
There seems to be no case of Kidney
Trouble, Rheumatism or Backache that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure per-
fectly and permanently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Farm Labor Too Extensive.

Farm labor in Michigan, says the
Battle Creek Moon, was more costly
last year than in any previous year
in the history of the state, and even
with wages at the high water mark
the supply was not equal to the de-
mand. The situation for the COM
ing season promises to be quite as
difficult as it was last. Sufficient labor
is produced on the farm to meet the
wants of the farm, but it does not stay
there. Wages have been raised to such
a high level in other callings that it has
been difficult for the farmers to meet
the competition, but with dollar wheat
and beans nearing the two-dollar mark,
the situation may change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

physical condition when this condition
is caused by sick kidneys:
Mrs. Sadie Mettles of 1874 w. 4th Ave,
Columbus, Ohio, says: "Prior to the
year 1898 suffered considerably from
backache, pain in the head, languor
and depression and weakness of the
action of the kidneys. The pain was
always worse in the morning and felt
miserable. l was induced to procure a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills and began
their use. They proved prompt and
effective. They cured me and there
has been no return of the trouble since
taking them. l owe all the credit to
Doan's Kidney Pills.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Mettles will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per box.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Stores Seed in Smokehouse.

The smokehouse is used by one Indi-
ana farmer as the place to store his seed.
This would doubtless be a good place
as it could be well dried out by the aid
of a little fire. He claims, however,
other advantages beside that of having
the corn terminate WELL He thinks the
smoking that it gets tends to protect it
from the cut worms. His house is ar
ranged with racks for the storing of the
corn as it is gathered in the fall. After
it is stored it is smoked thoroughly
either alone or in connection with the
Farmer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Diversified Farming Safest.

The one-crop farmer is at the mercy
of both excessive drought and rain,
poor crops and low prices There are
too many things against him to sue
coed we'll. In diversified farming if one
thing fails another succeeds. Then
if there is universally good crop he
is better off than if he had only one
crop. 1t is all right to do one thing
particularly well, but keep every dish
you have right side up.-Midland
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Education in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has seven educational in
situations of higher learning under con-
troll of the territory, and many schools
and colleges under the supervision of
religious denominations. The state has
more than 250,000 children of school
age, and 5000 young men and women
In the institutions of higher learning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
FLOWING AROUND A DITCH.

center throwing dirt from the
bitches. After few years you will
have a gradual slope to bitches, and
the banks can be kept clean, instead of
ten to twenty feet of briars and weeds,
also avoiding the wash on either side.
The same rule will work in old gar
sdens and small fields, where all around
the fence is bank of dirt and the
center of garden SO low no water can
get out.
Flat, lowlands can be made self
draining by systematic blowing Com
mence in lands 40 to 60 feet or more
wide, and always throw dirt to center.
l have seen it done successfully in low
river bottom lands. The accompanying
cut will illustrate my plan more clear
ly.-Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
TO START FLOWING.
A System That Works Around bitches
and Also in Low or River
Bottom Lands.

In the hilly countries where ditch
drains from both sides, the dirt is
thrown with wing plows toward the
ditch, and after years of this method
the ditch banks are SO high that the
water does not get into the ditch, but
forms gully on either side. So there
are soon three bitches instead of one
To avoid this, start at equal distances
from ditch and hillsides, and pillow 20
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS.
Most Thieves Are Such Because Cir
cumstances Have Been Too
Strong for Them.

During the period of my incarceration
conversed with some hundreds of pris-
oners belonging to what is known as the
professional or hardened criminal class
those desperate, hardened, clever Grim
inals of whom we hear and read so much.
l got at these mems sentiments, ideas
and feelings, and l believe | am safe
in saying that in only two instances did
l encounter prisoners whom put down
as utterly irreclaimable. AS for the
remainder, they were professional GRIM
inals simply because no other profess
sion was open to them, says the Nine
teenth Century.
To suggest, as some writer's do, that
these men are burglars, housebreakers,
pickpockets or whatever it may be, be-
cause they banker after pursuing these
occupations, is to my mind sheer nom
sense. These men are professional Grim
inals because their wills have been weak
and circumstances have been too strong
for them They assert that these pro-
fessional criminals are mere wild beasts,
impossible of being brought back to the
path of rectitude, is, to my thinking, not
only absurd, but untrue. No one at
tempts the reclamation process either
in Jail or out of it. Once man has worn
a prison suit, the world, whatever may
be it's protestations to the contrary,
tacitly declares him an outlaw, every
mans hand is against him, he is a
pariah, an outcast; and, unless he be a
man of strong will and fierce determine
ton, or has private means or friends to
assist him, he almost naturally relapses
into crime. 1t is, in fact, his only al
tentative, and the men he has met in
prison are the only persons who will as
sist him. l confess l feel sick when l
read the pulling sentimentality which
from time to time appears in reviews
and newspapers anent the innate de-
pravity of the criminal, knowing as l
do the struggle, the almost hopeless
struggle, the ex-prisoner has to make if
he is to exist without infringing the
law.
No doubt there are prisoners aid So
cieties which receive and spend the vi
carious charity of the public. These So
cieties will, know. receive the pris-
oner on his discharge and make him
clearly understand that he is an ex-pris-
oner; they will dole him out the paltry
gratuity he has earned in prison, and, if
he wants anything else, they will en-
ploy him to chop wood or at some such
congenial labor-at profit to the So
ciety. These institutions may do excel
lent work for all l know, but the excel
lent work has not come under my notice.
How they expend their funds has always
been a mystery to me, because in not one
solitary instance-and l have made
hundreds of iDquiries-have been able
to trace the fact of their having rendered
efficient aid to any discharged prisoner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
SKIN PURIFICATION.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
Cleanse the Skin and Blood of
Torturing Humors - Conn
plete Treatment 81. 90.

The agonizing itching and burning of
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful seal
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and
crusting Of scalp, as in SCALED head; the
facial Disagreement, as in pimples and
ringworm; the awful suffering of infants,
and anxiety of WORKOUT parents, as in
milk crust, letter and salt rheum-all de-
mand a remedy of almost superhuman
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
are such stands proven by the testimony
of the civilized world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

whats become of Henry" asked the
neighboc of the Kentucky mountaineer.
Hen? Why, he's gone up to Michigan
to work in one of them than breakfas'
food places. All he has to do is to put
tn breakfas' food in one O. these hyah
pas'ebod boxes"
I'm pas'ebo'd box?"
That's what he says"
How in time can a man git chew o
tubacker an jiggeh o whisky in q
pas ebo'd box SOS hit won't spill?"-Bos-
ton Post
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Military Pigeon Lofts Useless

Wireless telegraphy has made the use
of pigeons for war purposes superfuous,
and the extensive pigeonlofts in the
military and naval services of European
nations probably will soon become USE
less.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
WOMEN BREAK DOWN.
Sometimes women drift into

dltlOn OF half invalid
Continual languor-all
tired out, run down,
backache, nerves shat
tered, headache, terrible
pain, no appetite, poor
digestion. In nine cases
out of TENTS because the
kidneys fail to do their
work of filtering the
poisonous system waste
from the blood. The
kidneys are weak and
need the strengthening
help of Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read how these
Mills renair n weakened
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

07 latter slapping the wrong man ia
millarly on the back)-"Oh, pardon me,
slr. l thought you were some one else"
"a gu are quite correct. l am."-
Harvard Lampoon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
By MISS MYRA REYNOLDS,
Dean of Foster Hall, University Of Chicago.

HE reason there few marriages among college gis is
the fact that they discretion in picking their husbands
There is such idea marriage any price among
modern college girls College girls marry for the
sake of home They don't have to do that Their educa
ton command salary There is old idea that col
lege life eliminates This is Some of the sweet
of to-day graduates of colleges little know
edge will kill the eternay feminine in the young
woman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

Sometimes said Uncle Eben, "a repu-
tation ton wisdom simply puhceeds fun
exceptional talents foh concealin' ignor-
ance. W ashIngton star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

No man is so Insignificant as to be sure
his example can do no hurt.-Lord Clar-
endon
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

Idleness is the burial of living man.
Jeremy Taylor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

said that when girl graduated from college
everything cooking Perhaps but then husband would be
intellectual wife and few lessons in the would
would make her cooking rstcass
college training the girl helps when the bread
What home there than who is
She and become leader society and the home
all its influences Many college girls who
marriage school spend their vacations
learning things which make modern housekeeper. All
girls however do think of They become fol-
lowers of art and literature.
Woman what sphere life she occupies is the better
The educated will lead the world and in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

A mans best friends are his ten fingers.
Robert Collyer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15

June Tint Butter Color makes top of
the market butter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Sold EueyyWheye.

Look for name and price on bottom.
Douglas uses Corona COltskin, which is
everywh here conceded tobethe finest Patent
Leather yet produced. Fast Co'or yeiets used.
Shoes by mail, 25 cents extra. Write for Catalog.
w. L. DOUGLAS, BrocktOn, Mass,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-15
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for IA tons hay and>t other so
tons green fodder per acre. Grows every
where, so does Victoria Rape, yielding
$4,000 lbs. sheep and swine food per acre.
Tx. IL
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John y. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots of farm seed samples.
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w, L, DOUGLAS
$500, $3.50, $500, $3.50
UNION SHOES RESIM


WI. Douglas shoes
are worn by more
men than any other.
make. The reason
is, they hold their
shape, ftbetter,w
longer, and have
greater intrinsic
value than any
other shoes. -
Sold EueyulUheye. H&
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Getting up in the world is better than
getting on.--Ram's Horn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-29
THE NEWS OF STATESB0R0.
BY r. NJ. Larner.

Statesboro, Ga, Feb. 2S.-Mr. C. A.
Lannier one of Statesboro's leading
merchants is in Augusta, where he
was operated on for appendicitis. The
operation was successful.
The handsome two-story brick store
and office building being erected by
DR.. j. b. Cone, will be ready for
occupancy this week.
Contractor A. ]. Franklin is erecting
a brick building in the thriving viii
lage of Meter on the Brewton, and
Pineora Railway.
The people here read with a great
deal of interest the announcement that
Hon. John Temple Graves would not
make the race for governor, while Gov.
Terrell has many friends in his coun-
ty. Mr.. Graves would have received
considerable support here. had he en-
tered the race.
The crop of candidates for county Of
fees in Bulloch is not springing UP
very rapidly.
Only a few here have announced so far
but when the campaign is a little fur
Their advanced. others are expected ia
enter the lists.
Mr.. Pete Sutten, who has made
Statesboro his home in former years
but who returned to Swainsboro some
time ago, has again moved his fam
lily to Stateshoro.
The oil mill is still doing business
and has made a fine record for the
first year. IT was not expected to
run nearly so long, but the people are
patronizing the enterprise literally.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-29
USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND
An Issue in Legislative Race i'm Up
SON County.

GAINESVILLE, Ga, Feb. 2s.-There is
an interesting contest on in Epson
county for the Legislature, and the
race is attracting attention from the
people of the surrounding counties.
Hon. w. d. Womble, the present rep
resentative, is being opposed by Col.
M. H. Sandwich, a prominent lawyer,
and Mr.. A. A. Rose, a farmer.
In his announcement Mr.. Rose has
raised an issue as to the public school
fund, as it is now apportioned be-
tween the whites and negroes. He is
opposed to the present division and
says he is opposed to the taxation of
the white people for the. education of
the negroes. His announcement is
significant because of the recent efforts
to establish a negro industrial school
in his community. There was so much
opposition from the white people that
the school has about been abandoned.
Northern philanthropists were behind
the movement. 1t is thought that this
issue will have considerable bearing
in the race in Upson.