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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
FOOTBALL IN 1893.
Game Was Hardly as Strenuous as
That of To-Day-Played in Flor
ence with 81 on Side.

Could the youths of Florence, who
played football in that city nearly 500
years ago. rise from their graves. they
would be Mortified to see the clothes in
which the game is played to-day. To
quote from the rules of that date:
THE dresses of the players must be
as light and convenient as possible, be-
cause the less impeachment they offer the
more easily the men can move and the
more agile will be their limbs
When calico was played in costume
the players assembled at the house of
one of the principal mobiles of the city,
and the best men were carefully select
ed. The day was fixed and the notice
of it posted. Then two of the best
known and important young men would
be selected as standard bearers, and on
the appointed day each of these would
invite all the men on his side to feast,
After this the players started for the
field, with the standard bearers and
trumpeters.
The rules of the game were rather
complicated, but interesting. None but
gentlemen and honored soldiers. or
mobiles, might take part; no artisan,
servants, Infamous or common persons
were permitted
The general number of players was q
on each side, though the number might
be more or less. The game was played
in an open square, around which was a
barrier or railing.
When, at the sound of the trumpets,
the game was ordered to begin, all
servants and persons who had no right
there were sent off the field and could
not come inside the railing.
Al each end of the field there was a
goal over which the ball was to be
kicked. There were six judges, three
for each side, chosen from men who
had been famous players, who sat in n
high place where they could overlook
the field
The 81 players were divided into IL
runners, who were placed in front; five
'sconciatori," who tried to impede thu,
runners; four half-backs and threa
backs.
When the players had taken the!r
places, the ''pallio," so called because
he carried the palla. or ball, dressed in
a costume made of the colors of tho
two sides. threw the ball against MAJ
BILE tablet on the wall. AS it bouncet,
back among the players the runnesN
ran to push and kick it toward the gos;,
The game was won by the side thtl
made the greatest number of goal>,
Whenever goal or fault was made tie
sides exchanged places and the viz.
torious ones carried the banner az y
marched around the pavilion at the orz
posite side, the conquered party beirx
required to lower its banner.
The rules as to politeness and dignit.J
were many and strict, and the old BOOK
of rules drawn up in the sixteenth Ger !.
fury has long chapter on the genera
conduct of players.
1t speaks in the highest praise of til
young men who will not let ENVY.
malice or any other passion" make
them rough or inclined to retaliate
fiercely if they have been injured by
mistake
The game ended when the clock struck
"a, which in the old Italian reckoning
was about sunset.-N Y. Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

by the physician and he says have no signs
of tumor now. 1t has also brought my
monthlies around once more; and 1 am
entirely well. l shall never be without a bot
tie of Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
in the house. Fannie d. Fox, Bradford, Pa
Another Case of TumOr Cured
by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
About three years ago had intense pain
in my stomach, with cramps and raging
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me,
but finding that did not get any better he
examined me and, to my surprise, declared
/ had tumor in the uterus.
II felt sure that it meant my death warrant,
and was very disheartened. spent hundreds
of dollars in doctoring, but the tumor kept
growing, till the doctor said that nothing but
an operation would save me. Fortunately
corresponded with my aunt in the New Eng
and States, who advised me to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before sub
hitting to an operation, and at once started
taking a regular treatment, finding to my
great relief that my general health began TO
improve, and after three months l noticed
that the tumor had reduced in size. / kept
on taking the Compound, and in ten months
it had entirely disappeared without an oper-
alton, and using no medicine but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and words
fail to express how grateful am for the good
it has done me- Miss Luella Adams, Colon
made Hotel, Seattle, Wash
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and should give
confidence and hope to every sick
woman.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all ailing
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass,
for advice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
Sound as a Dollar.

Monticello, Mimi, Aug. 7th.-Mr. j. w
Moore of this place stands as a living
proof of the fact that Bright's Disease
even in the last stages, may be perfectly
and permanently cured by Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
Mr.. Moore says: "In 1898. three rep
utable physicians after careful examina
ton told me that l would die with
Bright's Disease inside of year. nv
feet and ankles and legs were badly swoi
len; L could hardly stand ON my feet and
had given up all hopes of getting cured
when a travelling salesman told me thai
he himself had been cured of Bright,
Disease two years before.
He said he had taken to his bed anG
expected to die with it, but that he haG
been cured by remedy called Dodd',
Kidney Pills.
81 commenced taking them at once and
| am thankful to say that they saved my
life: After a short treatment I was com
pletely restored to good health and | am
now as sound as dollar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

rack shown in Fig. Sc, provided the lit
tie ornamental key blocks shown in Fig
6S are omitted. At the two sides,
with their straight lines, are ex-
ceedingly plain, and these key blocks
are in perfect keeping with this style of
work. we suggest their use here, in
which case four common fiat head
screws one and fourth inch No. s, and
having their heads countersunk lit
tie below the surface, must be used to
connect the side to the shelf, as indi-
Gated at A and B in Fig. 70.
At c and E are shown the details for
these key ornaments. All keys Cor
wedges) for such ornaments are made
and shaped in single piece, and after
ward cut apart with the back saw, as in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
cUTIcURA OINTMENT
The Worlds Greatest Skin Cure and
Sweetest Emollient-Positively
Unrivaled.

Cuticura Ointment is beyond question
the most successful curative for torturing,
dis6guring humors of the skin and scalp,
including loss of hair, ever compounded
it, preceded by hot bath with Cuticura
Soap, and followed in the severer cases
by dose of Cuticura Resolvent Pills. is
often sufficient to afford immediate relief
in the most distressing forms of itching,
burning and scaly humors, permit rest
and sleep, and point to a speedy cure
when all else fails. 1t is especially SO in
the treatment of infants and children,
speedily soothing and healing the most
distressing cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
FIG. 20.

dictated at e. These small ornaments
are fastened to the sides in direct line
with the shelf and in position to cover
the screw heads by means of one and a
half inch No. Is wire brads, whose heads
must be set below the surface and COW
cred with putty, which has been col
ored to initiate the color in which the
rack is to be finished.
Finishing.
There are several methods in use for
preparing the finished surface of the
wood to receive the varnish. Boiled lin
seed oil is sometimes used when the OBJ
iect is to bring out the grain. or when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

made of pure silica crushed and ground
in oil. to which dryers are added, so
that when properly applied it fills and
becomes very hard in tne open grain of
the wood.
Filler is in the form of paste, and can
be bought in small cans. 1t must be
thinned with turpentine to the consist
ency of paint, when it is easily applied
with brush. 1t should be brushed on
so as to cover the surface well, and al
lowed to dry only until it begins to turn
gray in color, usually in about ten min
utes, when it must be rubbed off imme-
diately, rubbing first with very coarse
cloth across the grain, thus rubbing the
filler into the open pores. When well
rubbed in. finish with Glen cloth, rub
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

bling hard and polishing lengthwise of
the grain. The filler must be carefully
removed from all angles and corners
with the sharpened end of piece of
soft pine, over which the cloth is held
After being rubbed off and polished the
filler must dry from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours, and if wax is to be used
in place of varnish, even longer, forty
eight to sixty hours being necessary to
prepare for wax finish.
Good filler Is expensive, costing from
sixteen to twenty cents pound in small
quantities, and can be bought colored
to suit the wood on which it is to be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

The Maintenance of Way forces of the
Erie are now engaged in laying $50 miles
of 9O-pound steel rails on the main track.
A larger mileage has never been laid in
any one year before. The Erie has al
ways been noted for it's good track, and
the management finds that it is necessary
to use a heavier rail on account of the
weight of the several hundred new engines
that have been purchased in the last two
years. Much of the rail being removed
has only been in track four or five years
and will be used on branch lines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
Below Expectations.

It's the same in baseball as in other
professions, says Uncle Hiram. The
fellow who makes so much noise about
having the spit ball down so fine sell
dom realizes his expectations. Kansas
City Drovers' Telegram.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
His Idea of II

What is the vermiform appendix"
asked the teacher of the class in anatomy
and physiology. ....
IT'S a little curlicue on the inside of
you" responded Willie, that's all right
until you find out you've got it, and then
you have to get the doctors to take it
out. Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

giles, even on the front strips. should be
left square, but smooth. The stock list
for this rack if 90 inches long will be as
follows:
Two pieces. 15a4 sides.
One piece. 29X313x1a-shelf.
Three pieces, 31x11axas-back strips
Three pieces. 31x1x5-16 or A-front
strips.
Two pieces. q x21ax1a-key blocks.
One piece. IA X2x7-16-keys.
In Fig. So at A will be found plan of
the sides of the rack, including all d.
mansions, from which it will be easy to
lay it out full size. At B the plan of as
sembled parts is shown. All screws
used will be the same as given for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
BY JAMES RITCHEY.


Instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
making, Armour Institute of Tech
nology, Chicago)
Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles)
Figure 6S shows a magazine rack in
mission style" This beautiful style
of work is used almost exclusively by
the arts and crafts clubs throughout
the country. 1t is distinguished for its
strength and simple lines, being often
severe in its simplicity, but has its COM
pensation in the richness of the wood
and other materials used.
In this style-Fig. 6S-the projection
of the front and back strips should be
one-half inch, and all corners and an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
His Share.

>Councilman-Ive come to see, sir, if you
will subscribe anything to the town ceme-
terry. ST..
Old Resident-Good graciousl I've al
ready subscribed three wives.-Life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
GENIUS.

How to Make a Magazine Rack in
Mission Style"-Stock Required
Assembling the Parts-Methods
of Finishing for Different Woods
Filling the Grain of Wood with
Wood Filler-Staining.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

There is town in Germany of the name
of Observation-Disclosures What
picnic for a suburban train conductors
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

If 'twere only conscience that made cow.
ards of us all, there would be no lack of
bravery in the world.-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

The principal difficulty in the way of
making goats an article of commerce on the
live stock market is that they might bear
the price of those goats which now mas
querade as spring lambs-Omaha Bee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

the paper on block or holder, but use
the paperin the hand only, otherwise the
varnish will gather in Jumps on the pa
per and deface the surface of the work.
Wood Filler.
Another method, and one in more gen
eral use, is to fill the grain of the wood
with wood filler
Some of the cheap filters on the mar
ket are almost worthless as filters, the
only advantage obtained from their use
being the benefit derived from the oil
they contain.
Among the few good filters there are
none better than that manufactured by
the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Com
pany, of Milford, Conn. This filler is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

You may know that thing is thorough
ly artistic when you cannot tell for the
life of you why it is artistic. chicago
Tribune
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-11

Lydia Vegetable Womans Remedy for wOmans Ills
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Walnuts for Fowls,

Every year thousands of bushels of
walnuts go to waste ell over the coun-
try, and few farmers think of their
value for poultry food. FOR years we
have been gathering the walnuts and
storing them in some shed or out
house, and we consider every bushel
of them worth fully as much as a
bushel of oats. 1t is not necessary to
remove the hulls, but do not store
them more than a few inches deep,
as they may heat and rot A 10x12
space will hold a big wagon load
safely.
When real cold weather sets in We
hash up a bushelful with an old axe
and feed them to the laying hens.
The great amount of oil contained in
the kernels will do more to help keep
up animal heat than almost any other
foOdstuff we can produce, and we have
never had disease in our flocks when
we have walnuts as part of the winter
ration. With eggs at present prices,
and high prices during the past year,
We may look to see them sell high
all through the coming winter, and
should do all within our power to make
our hens lay
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Mark the Winter LAYERS.

At this time of year begin to note
the fowls that are doing most of the
laying, and later mark them so that
eggs from them can be secured in the
spring when the Matching operations
begin. In the -:.-oiemiss policy usu-
ally followed, more eggs are set from
hens that do the Sulk of their laying
in the spring thai. ';Hse that do most
of their layiS- Che winter. BY
spring the heavy winter layers are
perhaps producing little, and therefore
the proportion of their eggs to the
whole lot is small. We say perhaps"
because there are. few reliable stats
tics on the subject, and these are not
of general nature. The farmer must
rely on himself as to the means by
which ne can secure and keep track
of the best winter layers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Vsrv the Soft Food,

In the winter time some soft food
is fed to most farm fowls. 1t is wise
to vary this from time to time. We do
not know much about the likes and
dislikes of fowls, but it is quito safe
to assume that variety of foods suits
them hest, and that they will digest
more of such food than of one kind:
This liking for variety is shown by
the avidity with which fowls take any
new food. Corn meal scalded may
constitute the soft food one day,
chopped feed the next, and a mixture
of bran, middlings and other meals an
other day. 1t is not much more trou.
BILE to keep three or four bags of meal
of various kinds than one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
When Hens Can't Hunt.

In the winter when fowls can't run
and hunt animal food, it should be
supplied them. Too many of our poul-
try keepers imagine that the same
feed they give their poultry in the
summer is suitable for winter, and
they forget that the fowls in the sum-
mer obtain themselves what supple
ments the food given them. In the
winter this supplementary food must
be given by the owner of the fowls.
In this supplementary food, chopped
or ground meat should take the first
place, and after that should come
boiled potato parings and the like.
Green things are hardly obtainable in
the winter, unless the farmer has had
the forethought to lay in store of
cabbages for the fowls. Often in the
field in the fall are soft headed cab
bages that are very suitable for poul-
try feed in winter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
An Aurcn-a!,c --Se k.rer,

All AutCN-S1' : r-'Se 'i.er.
An ingenious rethbd of APPLYING
kerosene or other LIQUID lice destroy
er to hogs has been Discovers nv an
Indiana hog raiser. A good solid oak
post foot or foot and a half in
height is placed in position in the hog
lot. One hole is bored in the top to
the depth of about eight inches and
two at right angles from the sides at
the bottom OF the vertical hole. Soft
pine pins are driven into the side
holes. The upright hole is filed with
kerosene, and stoppered. Next a bur
lap strip eight or ten inches wide is
wrapped around the post over the side
plugs. This after a time becomes
soaked with kerosene and the pigs
will rub against it at the place where
it will do the most good.
Sheep Farm Necessity.
To stock farm with sheep does not
require large amount of money, and
the risk is small, as with proper care
very few, if any, will die Sheep on
the farm will make the land more pro.
ductive and profitable, with less labor
and expenditure, than other domestic
animal. During the grazing season
their droppings are more evenly dis
tributed over the fields than those of
any other animals, and by keeping
their yards and sheds thoroughly well
Uttered. large quantity of the best
fertilizing material can be obtained.
Again, sheep are excellent weed ex-
terminators and they eat with relish
many varieties of woods other animals
will not touch. Every farmer should
VIZ flock of sheep.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Lice Ct All Tim IS

Even during very cold weather lice
may be fo;.-d OF he bodies of fowls,
1t is almost impossible to have large
fock of fowls or chicks, without
finding lice except with the strictest
precaution A "few" lice will multiply
to several thousand in a few days.
Then there are large lice on the heads
and recks. Even in the winter the
large can be found, and sometimes the
mites. also. ice in summer seem to
be a portion Of the complement of a
poultry-plart. and in the fall and win
ter, also, there should be diligent
search for the rest. The bodies of
fowls provide warmth and comfort,
and lice can always find safe places
until the conditions are made more ia
vorable for them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Meningitis In Animals.

Veterinary surgeons know, but the
general public probably does not, that
gifts as are human beings Goats and
horses are the principal sufferers in
the dumb creation, and from them the
infection may be transmitted to man.
In horses the disease is known as
''hydrocephalus acutus." OF horses
affected with the disease, IS per cent
die, and the enainder have chronic
tendency to apse.-Lo ndon Globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Skim Milk for Poultry.

The Indiana experiment station has
been testing the, value 9, skim milk
for poultry TweE.5 chickens. ten
Plymouth Rocks and ten houdans,
were used III tie f~c":1.~ lest. T,IeJ
wee d;y:dal IN such > -"2ITel hat
each breed ~as c~rs'lv -c--:e~"nted
in tho to 'ot". 80 &C. =" a"."!t c
that the lotc VIZ "~ c~GT.' 2, e IS
possi,.c ct - - test
az &C - 80
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Poultry Pointers.

1t is good plan to feed wheat as
the grain food at this time as corn is
too fattening.
Lime is a purifier and should be
used as often as wash to coops,
perches and nest boxes.
Growing chickens should be fed
three times day. just what they will
eat up clean. no more.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

req all c-lc -i:2 &c. -.-:.G urIh~.
The experiment continued for six
weeks. The skim milk lot gained
much more RAPIDLY than the lot fed
grain alone, and made a cheaper gain,
taking into con liberation the cost Of
the foods They were also much
healthier than the grain fed lot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
Tramps' Costly Sleep.

A tramp who slept in a newly-made
coffin in an Amsterdam undertaker's
shop was sent to prison because, not
being a corpse, he had "usurped
place that rightfully belonged to the
dead"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

President Roosevelt is really
acting as mediator between Japan
and Russia, if he succeeds in
reconciling the differences between
the two nations, stopping the
expenditure of blood and treasure
and bringing about a permanent
peace in the Orient, he will go
down into history as the greatest
diplomat of the age.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24
AUX CENTRE HERALD
S 90 If Paid in Advance.
The Herald has been criticised

because numerous incidents OF
local interest to it's readers occur
that are not noticed in it's columns.
The criticism is just one, but it
can be removed by the cooperation
of the Heral DIS readers. When
ever anything happens let us know.
Tell some member of our force on
the street, drop us note in the
post Office, drop into our print shop
or call us up over the Phone.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

How would it do for us republl-
cans to stop discussing what we
Gun do to win in the next state
campaign and consider what we
can do so that we will deserve to
win?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

Grasping corporations are the
only ones that object to state super
vision and control.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

A Constitutional amendment
giving Congress control of
Corporations both state and
interstate.
Then the enactment of legis-
latiOn providing absolute
publicity of all Trust transac-
tons.
The marking of all Trust
goods so they may be known as
such.
The limiting of the area of
operations of Corporations in
natural products such as coal,
oil and similar productions.
The limiting of Corporations
in manufactured products in the
amount of their capital.
The prohibition OF Transporta-
ton Corporations of owning
parallel and competing lines.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

Advertising Is tonic for legiti-
mate trade and meritOrious measures
but it is sure death to fraudulent
business and disreputable schemes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

A popular election does no,
always register the popular will.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-08-24

If the politicians who always
insist that voters should be regular
would go out of politics, everybody
would be regular.