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Newport daily independent., 1905-05-05

And we cannot answer for the consequences. Sick eyes are made we'll here many a time, but blindness we cannot cure. If you have the least eye trouble even think you have-haste hither, where we'll charge you not a cent for a careful and ex- pert examination. All you have to pay for Is glasses or spectacles that may be needed. Nor will you have to pay over-much for them.
Newport daily independent., 1905-05-05
SAW MILL FOR SALE.

Saw mill and 1000 acres of oak for sale cheap. Party de- sires to look after other business. Apply at this office. This mill is a bargain and can be secured for S450.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

Russia has Sc general holidays In q
year.
In England one man makes fortune
to eight that become bankrupt.
At least two-fifths Of the companies
promoted annually In England fail.
In IL marriages out of every 100 one
Of the parties has been married before.
Blue coral, which is probably the most
precious kind, is obtained In the Bay Of
Benin.
The average birth-rate for Europe
shows that for every 100 girls 106 boys
are born.
Every year between O.000, 900 and TO-
100000 Goldfish are caught round the
coast of Newfoundland.
Dartmoor Is the largest tract Of un-
cultivated land In England; 1t occupies
one-fifth of the county of Devon.
Three out Of every 20 children that
are born to British parents in those is
lands Of the blest do not live to the age
of IL months.
The most powerful dredge In the world
is that used by the Susquehanna Iron
company at Buffalo to dig through solid
rock an inland harbor.
Some Indian muslins are so extreme
ly delicate that when spread on the
grass and moistened with the dew they
are practically invisible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

I think this the main source of failure.
In erecting the Fig. type set my posts
as shown in the sketch. The post A is
IA to 1S inches in diameter and set 81
feet in the ground and has two pieces
2x12 plank three feet long, spiked to
faces on the post, as shown at F, F. The
large stone, D, is fiat and about twice as
large as man can lift, and finely settled
In its bed with its top about three or four
inches above ground. On this stone rests
a brace shoe of $x4 inches wagon tire
iron, bent as shown, with a hole in the
straight end, through which the rod c is
bent or hooked as shown. Cts three
fourths inch rod IL feet long and has
five inches Of thread, nut and very
large (three or four-inch) washer on the
other end which passes through a one
inch hole in the post about six inches
above the surface of the ground. If the
post ever says forward, it can be righted,
by removing dirt from the back of post
as indicated by shaded line G, and then
tightening the. nut on the rod. 1t is a
good plan to fill the thread on the rod
thoroughly with axle grease, to prevent
rust, before hitting it in. If readers
desire will i,h future describe some
other posts l Fave in use, which evil
IDENTIFY will be atll right at the dawn of the
next century. (
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
MEAT ON THE FARM.
Roast Duck May Be Had Just az
-. Cheaply as Roast Pork
or Pig.

Roast pork and roast pig are fayorite
dishes, and the farmer never misses the
pork from his table even when other
meats are lacking. He can just as easily
and cheaply have roast duck as roast
pork. In proportion to food consumed,
the duck will cost no more than the
pork, and a four-pouId duck can be put
on the table in eight weeks from the time
it is Matched. The farmer who raises
100 ducks can have roast duck twice a
week nearly every week in the year.
and he does not have to pickle the meat
to keepit. The duck can be raised on any
kind of food that the hog will consume.
and the farmer can have a market for
his own ducks at home, leaving him the
pork to sell. What would farm be that
did not contain flock of fowls? The
eggs are considered as adjuncts to the
farm, and they enter into many of the
household dishes. In estimating the
profits from poultry, the eggs and poul-
try consumed by the family should be
given the same value as though such
supplies were purchased; The family
markets in the United States excel all
others. and no farmer should sell his
eggs and live on something else desir-
able, but he should enjoy the same lux
uries as those who are willing to have
the best in the cities.-Farm and Fire
side
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

tend. but not infrequently they are called
upon to do the work of men, upon oc-
casions even hiring out to perform va
rious tasks such as is shown in the IL
lustration, where a group of Hindoo
women are seen hauling roller up a
steep incline, doing mountain road re-
nairing work. The team consists OF 70
or more, who, grasping the tugs fas-
tened to either side of the huge heavy
roller. drag it along the steep mountain
GOD While these workers perform
their toilsome task, oftentimes there are
NON standing by, who, for various rea-
sons, may not lend their assistance.
One perhaps is an overseer, another a
water seller-a trade in itself-while
others might be perfectly willing to
carry hods, chop wood or carry burdens
hut haul a roller? Nay, nay! their
caste would forbid it!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

atives. To do this, have an ordinary
large iron kettle, in which to heat and
mix the tar, and deep vat, which may
be an old wash boiler or similar tin YES
sci, which must be at least three feet
deep and ten inches in diameter: Have
the tar quite hot when the posts are
dipped. Allow them to remain a mo-
ment, then remove and pile with the
ends free and allow to dry.
A mixture of three parts coal tar and
one part clean, unsalted grease, to pre-
vent the tar from drying until it has
had time to fill the pores of the wood,
is also first-class preservative, says the
Farm and Home. One barrel coal tar
should cover 300 posts. This may be
painted upon the posts, but better be
applied in a bath as described above.
In either case the posts should not be set
deeper than the tar has been applied.
An application to the top or exposed
part of the post need not be SO thorough.
Good paint is more valuable for exposed
portions.
Posts used in this way should be thor
oughly dry and well seasoned before the
tar is applied, otherwise when set they
will rot quite as rapidly as if untreated.
Heavy tar oils, such as carbolineum, are
better than paints or coal tars, but are
expensive for general use. Charring
posts before setting is not a good prac-
tice because when charred large cracks
appear, which are openings for rot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
DIVERSITY OF CROPS.
Another Word About This Imnort,n4
Principle of Successful
Farming,

Two of the most potent principles of
agriculture are diversity and rotation of
crops. They are the broad foundations
upon which successful farming rests and
go hand in hand, each facilitating the
other. Both are too frequently neglect
ed and often totally disregarded, says
the Epitomist. Their neglect is the
natural accompaniment of a one-crop
system of farming. In many localities
where the soil and climate encourages
the cultivation of one staple crop, such
as wheat, corn and cotton, to the ex-
clus1on of nearly everything else, the
neglect of rotation and diversified crop
ping Is mistake of the greatest i'm
portance, since the presence of humus
In the soil is most essential to ample
crop production and those lax methods
OF farming have tendency rather to de-
stroy than produce humus. In sections
where the predominating character of
the soil is light and sandy and the pres
ence therein of large and constant sup
ply OF vegetable matter is necessary to
the maintenance and increase of its fer
Utility, the extreme heat of summer con-
spires to bring about a rapid depletion
OF soil fertility. Rotation necessitates
more or less diversity and diversity ia
cilitates the practice of rotation and in
creases its profits. In devising a system
or plan of rotation there should be added
such crops as will find ready sale, or that
may easily and profitably be converted
into live stock (and preferably both) and
at the same time satisfy the home de-
mand for the product grown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES.

Single eyeglasses are prohibited in the
German army.
Only one man in 700 pays an income
tax In India, though the tax is levied On
all incomes of $165 and upward.
Prof William Smart, the political
economist, says that If British wealth
were divided equally each person would
receive $195. 4s year, or 1852 week.
Speaking at Exeter, England, Rider
Haggard said he had seen people herded
together in England under conditions
to which Kaffirs or wild African tribes
would not submit.
An authentic Madonna Of the great
fifteenth century Venetioh Painter
Giovanni Bellini, painted on wood, has
just been discovered in the house of
family at Trieste, in Austria.
The amount of money advanced to
Irish tenants for the purchase of their
lands under the various acts of pariia-
ment passed since 1885 is, accordins tn
a parliamentary paper, $12S,s66,ol5.
A Russian officer, who with six others
broke his parole and escaped from the
interned cruiser Diana at Sargon. was
reprimandsd when he arrived at ST.
Petersburg for breaking his parole and
then congratulated on behaving like a
sailor. The seven officers have asked to
be sent back to the far east.
The British government has decided
to withdraw the British troops from
Egypt. Only the native army Will be
left in possession and a new police force
will be created. For year the garrison
will consist Of field battery. noun
tain battery and two battalions OF In
fantry. At present the army is 1S,oOo
strong.
An agitation is going on In London
for horse ambulances, for, incredible as
1t may seem, a person injured in the
streets of London is joggled to the hos
pital in a two-wheeled hand barrow
drawn by one or two policemen. There
are only three horse ambulances In the
whole city, and they are owned by pri-
vate parties, who charge for their use.
There is no first aid 7ystem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
BITS FOR THINKING FARMERS

Stop the leaks.
Be good neighbor.
Good seed-good luck.
Pile up and burn the rubbish
Does the house or barn need paint
Ing?
Are there any tools or implements
uncared for?
Running down farm don't run up
a bank account.
How about the cellar? 1t neeos some
attention these days.
Devote your attention to that breed
of stock you like best.
at is never too late to mend"-a
roken gate, door or leaky roof-Mid-
land Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
A GOOD END POST.
Those of the Figure 4 Style Good
When Constructed Properly-A
Practical Experience.

In a recent Ohio Farmer, one of the
readers advises others against the fig
urea style of end-post braces for fence
| have on my farm, says CLANCY Ayery
IA end posts OF this type, all giving as
good service as think it possible to get
from any wood post; some of them have
been set for six years, and the truss rods
have needed no tightening, and am con-
fident that with the right principle of
construction, carefully executed this
style of bracing will be found the hest
Thorough work is essential to success
with any style of bracing Too short
braces lift too much on the end post, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
IT, s !. q :
y 5
A DIFFERENCE.

From them who come to grumble when
They think the world has used them i'll
We long to flee nor see again,
We wish they might, at least, keep still.
The luckless ones who come with means
We long to set upon with stones.
From them who come to boast how much
They have or are about to win,
We long to fee; We wish that such
Fools might find holes and there crawl
in.
With empty pride they rouse our hate,
Their very smiles exasperate.
An. but they please us who appear
With hopeful cheering words to say,
Ard, as they say them, let us hear
How great they think we are, who lay
Sweet stress upon our excellence
We love them for their glad good sense.
IS. e. Kiser. in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
WOMEN ROAD REPAIRERS.
How Female Labor Is Utilized in In
dia to Improve the Condition
Of the Roadways.

In the lower stratum of Hindoo so
ciety women do not live the life of lux
ury and ease that is common among
the upper classes. The great masses of
small farmers, artisans and coolies earn
so meager livelihood that their lives
are merely an endless struggle for exist
ence, in which their wives have, of neces-
sity, to do their share.
Not only is this true in the domestic
affairs to which the women must at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
Imnrovins the EARN.

The farm should be well fanced and
divided into lots of so acres or less for
a rotation of crops, says Farm and
Home. Sow peas and German clover
for a green-fallow to add humus to the
soil. All grain, hay and rougfage of
all kinds should be fed on the farm
and sold in tie way of pork and beef.
therefore adding to the fertility of the
land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

Kidney Pills l told
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of q lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the Shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed I have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when l
noticed warnings of
on attack On each
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

and every occasion the results obtained
were Just as satisfactory as when the
pills were first brought to my noSice.
I Just as emphatically endorse the
preparation to-day as l did over two
years ago."
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists:
price 30 cents per box.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Of the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe-rl-na.
Pe-ru-na.
Another Prominent Physician Uses
and Endorses Pe-ru.na.

n R. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Medi-
~ cal Examiner of the U. s. Treasury
Department, graduate of Columbia
College, and who served three years at
West Point, has the following to say Of
Peruna:
"AIfow me to express my graft
fude to you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth q vast change and now
consider myself well man after
months of suffering. Fellow suf-
ferers, Peruna will cure you"
A constantly increasing number Of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. 1t has proven it's merits so
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome their prejudice against social
ed patent medicines and recommend it
to their patients.
Peruna occupies unique position in
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone will admit, Is the cause of one
half the diseases which aff1ict mankind
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afiict
one-half of the people of United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
No Mead of Worn-out Lands.

There is no need Of the producing
canacity of the land being reduced.
In some countries where the same
fields have been titled for thousands OF
wears the land is still as productive as
ever.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
Had a Kick Coming.

Short-Hello, Long! Where are you
going?
Long-Tm on my way over to the
post office to register a kick against
the miserable delivery service.
whats the trouble?"
"Why, that check you promised to
mail me ten days ago hasn't reached
me yet!"-Chicago Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

Many years of hard work on the farm
had made the old man round-shouldered
and his coat fitted badly. His son in the
city sent him a coat stretcher on which
to hang the coat at night. On his next
visit to the farm the young man asked
how the coat stretcher worked. His
father looked a little embarrassed and
then confessed: 81 can't stand it on"
said he. at was real good of you to
send it. Your mother fastened 1t to
my coat with tape, but wasn't comfort
able in it and had to take 1t off,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
YARNS WITH A LAUGH.

Mark Twain tells a story that while
travelling In Germany man sitting next
to him at dinner in hotel ordered a
bottle of johannesburg wine. When it
was brought he saw on the bottle a label
of Moselle, and called to 1t the atten-
ton of the manager, who exclaimed:
ZACH! what stupid donkey; distinct
ly told him to put on the Johannesburg
label"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
Use Stable Manure.

It is not advisable to keep the ground
hare of vegetable matter. Cover it with
stable manure or with cover crop that
will die with the coming OF frost-'
Farmers World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

A blushing and pretty Swedish girl
just arrived from the old country at
tended evening service at Duluth
church. The minister, seeing she was
stranger, shook hands with her at the
close Of the meeting and said he would
find pleasure in calling upon her soon.
Whereupon the girl hung her head and
bashfully murmured: Tank you, but
ay have fella'."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

Mr.. Campbell, the Irish solicitor-gen-
eral, speaking the other day upon delu-
sions, told story of north of ireland
Protestant who was perfectly sane save
on one point. This stanch Protestant
harbored the delusion that one If his
legs belonged to Roman Catholi6and
therefore when he went to bed every
night he used to leave the Catholic leg
outside the blanket by way of punish
ment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

There had been a railway collision
near a Scottish country town, and an
astute local attorney had hurried to the
scene of disaster. Noticing an old man
with a.badly damaged head lying on the
ground, he approached him with note
book in hand. How about damages,
my MANI" he began. The injured man
waved him off with the remark: INA,
ma; yell get nae damages fac me. It
wasna me that hit yer bloomin' auld
train"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
ALL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller, of 700 South
Walnut Street, Urbana, ILL.,, says: I'm
the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
PREsERvlsp FENCE POSTS.
They ~ = 4asssEs te-Last Much
Longer If they Are Dipped in
Tar Bel fore Being Set.

There are SCI eral methods whereby
fence posts may be made to last much
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

longer Lndn lIi SOt
untreated. An ap-
plication of coal tar
mixed with LIP oil
of turpentine and
applied hot is one
of the best preserv-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

Robert R. Roberts, M. D., Wash
ington, d. c., writes:
Through" my own experience
as well as that of many of my
friends and acquaintance who
have been cured or relieved of ca
farrh by the use of Harfman's
Pernna, I can confidently recon-
mend 1t to those suffering from such
disorders, and have no hesitation In
prescribing 1t to my patients. -
Robert K. Roberts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13

Catarrh is systemic disease durable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at
the depressed nerve centers. This is
what Peruna does.
Peruna immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-13
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan,
Medical Examiner United States
Treasury.

mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-29
Troubles Of a Cross Examiner.

Speaking of the tribulations of the
cross examiner, Henry wollman cites
this experience:
In the progress of murder trial
near Kansas City he wished to learn
from a witness Just where the bullet
struck the victim.
Where was this man shot?" was
asked.
Right here in this town" replied
the witness.
yes. l know. But where did the
bullet hit him2"
Near Sixth and Wyoming. streets
you don't understand me. Where
did the bullet enter?"
ut came in at the window"
But in what part of the body did
1t lodge?"
ut never hit his body
well, it certainly hit him some
where-he is dead"
Hit him in the head" said the
witness.-New York Times.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-29

Of the State are doing their duty by
the commonwealth, then it win be up
to the lawmakers to devise some
scheme whereby the great unmarried
division may be lured, or coerced, in
to matrimony and compelled to do
their share toward posterity.
Chief Pidgin's theory is that chiI-
dren are born to women about once
in three years on the average up to
the time they cease adding to the
population and he says that II his.
enumeration shows this he win have
proven that there is no such thing as
race suicide on the part of the mar
ried-that it is the unmarried who are.
to be blamed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-29
HAD TWO WIVES
MAN WHO HAD BEEN sEPARAT-
Ed FROM FIRST WIFE SEVEN
YEARS ARRESTED.

NORTHAMPTON. Mass, Aug. 20.
Peter E. Reuel, of East Hampton,
was held for trial yesterday on the
charge OF having two wives.
He was married eight years ago to
Viola Wright, Of Springfield, but in a
few months they separated. A year
ago Reuel married Mrs. Mary Glenn.
ems, of Towanda. Pa, and came to
East Hampton. His Pennsylvania
wife, after making an investigation.
caused him to be arrested. Reuel
said he understood that living apart
from his first wife seven years was
equivalent to divorce.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-29
HE CARRIES $4,000
AS SPENDING MONEY"
Shocks Even Atlantic City Men Whom
He Asks to Watch Il While
He Swims.

]. NJ. Richards, of Martinsburg, w.
Va, a coal operator, shocked the
clerks in the Office of the Hotel Shell.
burne. in Atlantic City, yesterday by
handing over to them his spending
money to keep as he was going to
take bath.
They followed their usual custom
and unrolled the wad Of yellow backs.
The clerks gasped as they counted
out $4,000, while Mr.. Richards look
ed on and smiled as they gave him a
receipt for the cash.
The safe was never guarded closer
than while It contained this money.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-29
RACE SUICIDE
IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY MAS.
sAcHusETTS CENSUS
BOARD.

BOSTON, Mass. Aug. 2s.-The
State of Massachusetts is going after
the race suicide problem with a ven
geance.
Charles FELTON, Pidgin, who has
charge Of the State census now in
progress has prepared list of ques-
tons which will have to be answered
by every married woman in the
State. If It is evident after the re-
turns are all in that the married folk