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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
DISEASE IN SWILL BARREL.
Carelessosss Which Is the Direct
Cause Of Immense Loss Among
Hogs on the Farm.

The more closely swine diseases of
the ordinary character are investigated
the more clearly it appears that they re-
suit almost exclusively from improper
feeding and care. 1t has been discovered
that the ordinary swill barrel is breed
er of germs that carry diseases OF vary
ing character to the animals that con-
sumo the swill 1t should surprise no
one that this is true, when the contents
of the average swill barrel are inven-
toried In contributing to that recep-
tacle no thought is given to anything
but the disposition of some waste OF the
house in quick and easy manner.
The swill barrel is located to tempt
deposits of everything that no other use
can be made of, regardless of its charac-
ter as food of health or nutrition. So
into it go meat scraps, partially decayed
fruits, vegetables cooked and uncooked,
all the table scraps, greasy sour and
sweet combined, coffee and tea grounds,
milk in all stages of acidity; soapy and
unclean dishwater, the vilest ingredient
of all; and not infrequently drowned
chicken spices the conglomeration. The
combination is, as rule, in a state Of
fermentation, and too often putridity,
adding enormously to the unhealthful
character of the nauseating mass.
The pigs may get it, for the hungry pig
is not fastidious, and he is not well
enough up in hygienic lore to know that
the stuff is unhealthy. But the feeder
should know that it is not proper food,
and should not prepare that sort OF a
banquet for his porcine guests. Rheu-
matism, swollen joints, skin diseases.
sore eyes and diarrhoea, are some OF the
ailments that have been traced directly
to the alleged food just described. Swill
is all right, and much of the offal of the
house table may be used in it without
danger. But it should be fed when fresh,
or in the first stages of fermentation;
and greasy, soapy, decayed and putrid
articles should be kept out of it. Here
is place to prevent disease that is al
ways difficult and sometimes impossi-
BILE to cure.-Indiana State Sentinel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
WHEN FARM ANIMALS DIE.
There's Money in Their Hides If They
Are Taken Off Properly and
Promptly Sailed.

Each year there are many thousands
of cows, horses and sheep that die by
sickness or accident whose hides will
bring good prices If taken off prop
erly and promptly sailed and sent to
market. It is more important to salt
hides taken from dead animals than
those that are slaughtered, for the
sticking draws out most of the blood
from the hides as we'll as the meat
of such. Not SO with the animal that
dies without being bled; hence the
necessity Of prompt and well sailing
To do this, it requires bucket of sal,
to a good-sized hide; smaller ones in
proportion. Such hides if we'll taken
off and not cut with holes will bring
full value. The wool from dead sheep,
when the hide is spoiled, Is worth
saving also. If farmers will carry out
our suggestions, they will thank us for
telling them Of it. Take them off
right, follow instructions on sailing
and they will get number one price if
sent to good firm. They should not
be deceived by buyers at home, who
tell them that hides and skins from
dead animals are not worth half the
price of those from slaughtered ami
mals.-Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22

inch boards are needed, and two or
three pounds nails, the cost is small.
Cut and peel four poles about five
inches in diameter at Small end and
II feet long. Cut eight small sap
lings Ia feet long and three or four
inches in diameter, and four small
pieces, IL feet long, to nail on top OF
the posts. Dig four post holes IL feet
apart and three feet square.
Before putting down the posts, bore
one and one-half-inch holes, Is inches
apart, beginning at small end. These
holes are for pins for roof to rest on.
Put down the 17-foot posts, set per-
fectly plumb, and nail on the 12-foot
stringers, C, at or near top. To put
on the roof take four of the 14-foos
pieces, made smooth. Halve them
at the corners, allowing frame of
roof, of which these pieces are the
stills, to come outside the posts one
and one-half inches on all sides. This
gives room for the roof to be raised
easily from any corner.
Take four small pieces for rafters.
Place small block at apex, a, and a
small crosspiece at each corner, in
side posts, b, for foot of rafter to
rest on. The roof may be three feet
higher at apex, a, than at stills, C.
The roof boards should come down
six inches below stills. A foundation
of hay rails, f, keeps the grain or
hay off the ground. This barrack will
hold 200 stocks of oats or wheat, Or
four to five tons settled hay. For
bins to hold the roof use iron bolts.
or good wooden pins of oak or birch
The roof is raised as filed. When
the barrack is emptied, the roof may
be let down. A. Macdonald, in Farm
and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
PERSONAL PECULIARIT1Es.

Flammarion, a great French astron-
omer, never shaves, cuts his own hair,
and stuffs pillows with the shearings.
Miss Helen Gould says the memento
that she prizes more than anything
else she possesses is the flag which the
sailors of the Raleigh voted to give her
in preference to the city of Raleigh.
1t holds prominent place in her home
at Lyndhurst.
Sir Henry Thompson, the eminent
English surgeon, who died recently in
his eighty-fourth year, was, in addi-
ton to his surgery, especially distin-
guished for his study in matters OF
food and diet, and because he was one
of the earliest and constant advocates
of cremation.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is a
baseball enthusiast and seldom misses
an opportunity to see game. He has
been visiting Mrs. Evans sister In
Poughkeepsie, and while there attend
ed contest of the Hudson River
League and rooted" uproariously for
the home team, which won.
Sarah Grand says that American
women are, for the most part, more
thorough, more intelligent, better in
formed, larger minded, and more
agreeable to meet than their British
sisters. The average EngHshwoman is
dull, idle, sluggish, and incompetent;
the average American is busy, bright,
enerpptic and panahlo
One of the most enthusiastic Of all
those who follow the elusive golf balls
over the Chevy Chase links, near
Washington, is Justice Harlan, Of the
United States supreme court He has
turned threescore and ten, but he de-
clines to agree that he has, therefore,
passed what some have called the
dead line of active life.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie cares little or
nothing for jewels. When she goes out
to function or to the opera she some
times wears pearls, but these are not
of fabulous size or price. They are ex-
tremely modest and afford quite con-
trast to the jewels which some women
wear At best, Mrs. Carnegie does not
care for functions or society in general.
She makes a delightful hostess at
Skibo castle, where she has received
royalty, and these are qualities which
always win with the higher classes
abroad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
NUBBINs OF NONSENSE.

Opportunity is knocker; it knocks
once at every mans door.-Houston
(Tex) Post.
Sooner or later the patient taxpayer
is called upon to foot the bills.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
1t is because a man doesn't know a
woman that he asks her to marry him.
Chicago Daily News.
The man who invented mirrors de-
serves "a But the chances are that
The inventor of mirrors was woman
Chicago Tribune.
Being rich is a relative term, after all.
A boy with a dime is sometimes richer
than a man with q million dollars
Somerville Journal.
In the interest Of accuracy and at the
risk of being voted ungallant, we desire
to state that it is not always proper to
refer to the end seat hog as him.
Washington Post
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
REFORMATION WAS TIMELY.
Tall Girl Was Tall Talker Until Her
Friends Gave Her Sly
Suggestion.

"Possibly l was eXtravagant to buy
this watch" said the tall girl, accord
ing to the New York Times, but l
needed it in my scheme OF vengeance.
/ have suffered humiliations bitter and
frequent at the hands OF my men friends
and had to get back at them. My
friends are nice fellows, but they have
one bad habit They will-or rather
thew would before cured them-pull
out their watches every little while and
look at the time.
"Of course, | have never for minute
considered that rudeness an indication
that they were tired of my society.
Why should they be tired? 1t they
didn't want to hear me talk, what did
they come to see me for? That was
my line of argument, but even though
it was consoling finally struck snag.
l couldn't explain the frequent refer
ence to the face of the watch.
FINALLY l stopped trying to explain
1t; l just made up my mind that the
only way to cure those men of their
reprehensible habit was to give them
QOSe OF Cn6lT OWN HeulClut. Oo L
bought this/watch and began to keep
tab on them No matter where we were
or what we were talking about l made
it point to look at my watch before
/ they could get a chance to ring the
turn on me.
THE maneuver swept them clear off
their feet. They didn't know what to
make of it. A few of them got huffy
and stayed away, but most of them took
sensible view of the matter They
never asked for explanations and
never volunteered any, but everybody
seemed tacitly to agree that the male
sex has no monopoly on illbreeding, and
that l have as good right to show a
disposition to get rid of them as they
have to get rid of me.
Nowadays none of us has need for a
watch. l can talk for 20 minutes at a
stretch about the kind of hair ribbons
l wore when child, or dawdle two hours
over coffee and dessert, and not a man
ventures to call time. In fact, believe
the dear fellows leave their watches at
home when they come to see me for fear
, they might look at them by mistake"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
S|a|e kRZXA!R3)
S1TOCK
A HAY-STAcKING DERRICK.
Continuance Like the One Here De-
scribed Saves Lots of Time
and Lessons Labor.

Many farmers, whose barn capacity
is somewhat limited, stack the larger
portion of their hay crop until after
threshing, and then haul it into the
barn later for winter feeding. Under
such circumstances this method seems
advisable, for then, if the weather
should happen to be like what We have
had the past two seasons, there Is not
the danger of losing the entire grain
crops. OF course during some seasons
there is a greater bulk of roughage to
be stored than during other seasons,
nevertheless, the majority OF farmers
know just about the producing capa-
city of their land, and can quite accu-
rately estimate amount of barn room
that will be required to store their
crops and from year to year be able,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
LEGEND OF BARE HILL"
Strange and Weird Legend Attached
to Elevation by Indians of
the Five Nations.

Among the many places of interest
along Canandaigua lake, and one fire.
quently visited by tourists, is the coun-
Gil hill of the Five Nations, on the east
shore of the lake, ten miles from this vii
lage. The Seneca Indians named the
hill Genundewah, but modern writer's
have changed the name to Bare hill, by
which it is known far and VIDE, says the
Syracuse IN. W Herald.
A strange and weird legend attaches to
Genundewah. According to Indian lore
the hill was at one time the scene OF
a great pow-pow, during which sacrifices
were made and prayers offered to the
Great Spirit, asking leniency for a crime
that had been committed, crime for
which there seemed to be no atone
ment, as during the ceremonies mon
ster serpent, with fiery eyes, arose slow
ly from the lake and surrounded the hill
and the people assembled. Slowly the
strong folds contracted and the people
huddled in terror on the mountain.
They fought stoutly for their lives, but
one by one the warriors, maldens and
children were engulfed IN the dread
creatures capacious nav
When all had been destroyed save
brave young warrior and a beautiful
squaw, the Great Spirit is said to have
.elented, the clouds parted and bow
and arrow fell at the feet OF the brave,
and a voice commanded him to fire the
shaft at the monster. He obeyed, and,
true to it's mark, the arrow pierced one
of the blazing eyes of the serpent: In
its death agonies the serpent rolled
down the mountain side, disgorging the
heads of the victims. The Indians af-
firmed that the heads petrified, and the
many round stones along the shore OF
the lake were believed by them to be
the skulls of their ancestors.
For years, the legend continues, Meth
er tree, shrub nor foliage OF any kind
grew in the path made by the serpent as
it rolled down the mountain, and the
name Bare hill" given by the early set
tiers. who had heard the legend from the
lips of the redmen story-tellers, has
since chung to the mount. According to
the legend, the youth and the maiden
who survived are said to have become
the progenitors of the mighty nation of
the Senecas.
Aside from the legendary origin, the
name Bare hill is a Inisnomer. The
ground is in a rich state of cultivation
and the hill is dotted with vineyards
from which the finest grapes grown in
Ontario county are shipped to market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
IE WAS WILLING TO PAY.
But Was a Little Too Foremost in
Ordering the Help
Around

A lively looking porter stood on the rear
of car in the Pennsylvania depot. A fussy
and choleric-looking old man clambered up
the steps. He stopped on the platform,
pulled moment, relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, and then turned to the young man
in uniform and said: ''Peter!"
Eyes, sir!'
81 am going to St. Louis. want to be
well taken care Of and can pay for it. DO
you understand"
eyes, sir; l hope
Never mind what you hope. You listen
to what say. Keep the train boys away
from me- Dust me off whenever l want you
to- Give me an extra blanket, and if any
fellow has the berth above me, slide him
over into another one. l want you to"
But, say, boss, /"
Don't talk too much, young man. Here's
two dollars. Now | want to get the good
of it. Not word, sir
The train was starting The porter
swung off to the platform.
"All right, boss" ne shouted. IN pow.
erful sorry you wouldn't let me talk, but
l amt going out on that train
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22

DERRICK FOR STACKING HAY.
as soon as a crop is ready to be har-
vested, to secure it by storing under
shelter. There is but little doubt that
if the loss sustained from stacking
crops were accurately figured out,
there would be enough loss upon the
majority of farms in five years to pay
the cost of building barn sufficient
ly large to store all the crops raised
upon the farm.
The past two rainy seasons have, !
think, demonstrated that capital in
barns is good investment. There
are, however, a great many farmers
who are abundantly able to have con-
venient barns for storing their crops
who have not, simply because they do
not believe the above statement. Upon
my own farm have plenty of stor-
ing room for all the hay and grain. if
/ had not, l would not hesitate mo-
ment to invest in more barn room.
But where the barn room is lin
tied, and it is necessary to stack hay,
a derrick similar to the one illus
trated in the cut can be erected that
will greatly lessen the labor involved
in stacking. The derrick shown in cut
requires three poles, two 40 feet long
and one 81 feet. The two longest poles
should be arranged in the shape of an in
verted V by boiling the ends together
with a three-quarter-inchb bolt. The poles
should be set into the ground at least
four feet in order to help stay the
derrick. The derrick can be raised
by the use of a rope and tackle, and
thus greatly lessen the heavy lifting.
1t will be necessary to stay the poles
by running a No. 10 wire from the
top to the single pole over the top
of the other poles, and then down to
the ground about 80 feet from the
foot of the derrick. 1t will also be
necessary to stay the derrick in 9TH
er directions. The manner in which
the fork is arranged is very clearly
shown in the cut. This derrick has
now been in use five seasons, and has
proved very satisfactory.-LeoC G. Rey-
nolds, in Ohio Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
RAISING HOGS ON SHARES.
A Practice Quite Popular in Iowa and
One That Yields Big Profits
to Investors.

Iowa farmers in many cases are rent
ing lands on which hogs are grown on
shares, having stocked the farm on
shares to tenants A telegram from
Iowa City says that the problem now is,
on what basis shall the increase of
brood sows and other animals supplied
on shares be divided at the end of the
season?
The owner of the animals placed out
on shares has usually expected at the
time of divisions half of the increase of
such animals, or if the animals are not
sold, an equitable division of them has
usually been made. This plan has been
carried out many times in this county
with both sides of the bargain well
pleased, despite the fact that the first
owner of the sows gets all the best of the
bargain.
The way in which a careful farmer of
the county figured it out this spring, and
it is on his figures that the most of the
present contracts are based, is to take a
herd of ten sows, and placing the usual
value upon them, about $3.50, credit that
to the owner. He credits also ten acres
of pasture land, rented for about $50, to
the same side of the book, bringing his
investment up to about 5000. He then
takes the average production, of about
six pigs to the SOW, and values them at
$72, or $720 for the whole herd.
Up to this time it has been the custom
for the investor to take half of this
sum, or $780, as his share of the in
, crease, and since money has been tight
during the past few years, he has had
no trouble in getting it. 1t gives him,
however, about 100 per cent. on his in
vested capital for the risk involved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
America as Italians See It.

The Italian people have no true con-
ception of America, though Italy is flood
ed with books of views principally of
New York and the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton, and there is brave effort made
by the Italians in America to write home
adequate descriptions of the new land.
Once was called upon to settle most
bitter and acrimonious dispute between
two men as to what America was like.
One who had brother in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, thought it was all coal mines, steel
mills and railroads, while the other,
whose cousin worked in New York
barber shop, maintained America was all
high buildings and railroads which run
over the housetops.-Leslie's Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
RACE DONE?
Not a Bit of It.

A man who thought his race was
run made food find that brought him
back to perfect health.
Zone year ago l was unable to per-
form any labor, in fact I was told by
my physicians that they could do moth
ing further for me. l was fast sink
ing away, for an attack of grip had left
my stomach so weak it could not di-
gest any food sufficient to keep me
alive.
There 1 was just wasting away,
growing thinner every day and weak
er, really being snuffed out simply be-
cause l could not get any nourishment
from food.
Then my sister got after me to
try Grape-Nuts food which had done
much good for her, and she finally
persuaded me, and although no other
food had done me the least bit of
good, my stomach handled the Grape
Nuts from the first, and this food sup
piled the nourishment I had needed.
In three months / was so strong l
moved from Albany to San Francisco
anu HOW Oh my CuTe0 uedlS VI NIdpc-
Nuts and cream every day am strong
and vigorous and do fifteen hours
work.
81 believe the sickest person in
the world could do as 1 do, eat three
meals of nothing but Grape-Nuts and
cream, and soon be on their feet again
in the flush Of best health like me.
mot only am l in perfect physical
health again, but my brain is stronger
and clearer than it ever was on the
old diet. / hope you will write to the
names 1 send you about Grape-Nuts,
for want to see my friends well and
strong.
Just think that year ago was
dying, but to-day, although I am over
IS years of age, most people take me
to be less than 40, and I feel just as
young as 1 look" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look for the little book, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in each pkg.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
PLAYING GOLF IN THE SOUTH
Most Enjoyable Features of the Game
Are Those of the Little
Black Caddy.

When you manage to bring off more than
ordinarily good shot it is treat to note the
expression on the face of your little negro
caddie, says Country Life in America: The
look of exuberant joy and pride and the tri-
umphant glance at your opponents boy
is followed by series of soft, melodious
chuckles which only darby can do justice
to, as much as to say that he, and he alone,
had done the trick to the utter confusion of
the rival caddies. Some of these darkies
make good caddies, but the majority are too
indolent or uninterested to be more than
mere beasts of burden, knowing little of the
game and caring less. They tell story Of
0ne-a novice-who at the end of the days
play, after cheerfully following his employ.
er through every. bunker on the course and
into all sorts of impossible places on the
sides, rather startled him by guiliessly ask
ing: us you gwine to work tomorrow,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
Of Wide Interest.

Breed, Wis, July -Special-Chas. Y
Peterson, Justice of the Peace for Oconto
Co., has delivered judgment that is of in,
terest to the whole United States: Put
briefly, that judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney
market to-day"
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reason fol
this judgment He says: Last, winter !
had an aching pain in my back which
troubled me very much. In the, morning
1 could hardly straighten my back: l did
led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After
taking one box can only say they have done
more for me than expected as feel as wei
now as ever did before"
Pain in the back is one of the first symp
toms of Kidney disease. If not cured by
Dodd's. Kidney Pills it may develop. into
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheumatism OF
some of the other deadly forms of Kidney
Disease
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
WISDOM AND WIT.

A man does not have to be gullible to
be gentle.
Try as hard as you please, you can
never find out woman's weighs.
mo, Willie" said Mr.. Cumrox, "a
grounding is not necessarily a real es-
tate man"
Some people are so economical when it
comes to truth as to be positively parsi-
monious.
Prepare yourself for the wurst," said
the dachshund to the fox terrier. as they
entered the sausage mill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
Wrong House.

An attendant at Mount Vernon not long
since found lady weeping most bitterly
and audibly with her handkerchief at her
eyes. He stepped up to her and said.
care you in any trouble, madam"
mo, sir" she sobbed.
81 saw you weeping"
"Ah!" said she, chow can one help weep
ing at the grave of the Father of His Coun-
try?
''Oh! Indeed, madam" said he, that's
it! The tomb is over yonder. This is the
ice house" -Indianap Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
Signs of the Times.

"Now is the time to lay in your eoal!" II
the peculiar way sign in the window Of a
Brooklyn store reads. Less ambiguous is the
mas a genius for advertising. 1t says:
pants, so cents leg; if you buy two
legs, the seat thrown mn. Y. Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
Evidences of Thrift.

Mrs. Mudgely is such thrifty woman
Il know it. She worried herself nearly
sick because her usband paid his life insur-
1t would have been just that much good
money lost, she complained, if he had died
in the mean time. Chicago Record Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-22
Title Gained by Marriage.

"You say that when she married she
got title?" asked the sweet thing.
YES" answered the most popular
girl in the neighborhood.
Countess, duchess, or what?"
"Mrs. Chicago Journal.