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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
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area, the Vertices of the three angles
being at or near Saltwater, st. Vim.
cent and Grand Portage at the eastern
extremity of Cook county. This is a
vast area, including nearly thou
sand townships, almost half the sur
face of the state, great portion of
which will, for many years, and some
of it for all time, remain a suitable
home for these timid creatures.
Though extremely shy in it's nature,
the red deer responds more readily
than any other of our game animals,
to protective measures, thrives in the
midst of sparse settlements, and is
easily dome5ticated. 1t is very pro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
SEEING the Soul.

As for seeing the soul-that is a
common human experience. Lovers
have only to look in each others eyes,
they think, to behold the others
soul. The eye is very much more
than the iris and the retina and the
rest Of the optical apparatus. The
eye reserves always a guest chamber
for the presence of the soul, and
when the soul is there it is easy
enough to recognize the fact of it's
occupancy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
PERUNA
For catarrli of the Throat Of Two
Years Standing.

''I was afflicted for two years with
catarrh of the throat. At first it was
very slight, but every cold took made
it worse.
a. followed your directions and in Il
very short time began to improve. !
took one bottle and am now taking
my second. ! can safely say that my
throat and head are cleared from Ca
tarrh at the present time, but still
continue to take my usual dose for a
spring tonic, and ! find there is moth
ing better" Mrs. w. Pray, 26o
Twelfth ST., Brooklyn, NY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
Foolish Question.

A New York chap wants to be told
why theater tickets in that city do not
indicate the hour of the beginning of
the performance. Should think he
would know. The hour is not men,
toned because nobody is ever on time
at the beginning of the performance.
What would be the good of wasting
printers ink?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
Lighthouse Keepers Prove Truth OF
"TalI" Stories Told.

That ocean waves run mountain
high" no one ever believed unless he
was very credulous indeed. The
phrase is highly exaggerated figure
of speech. But the observations OF
keepers of lighthouses in exposed sit
uations have proved that waves run
high enough in great storms to make
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
Natural Solicitiide

Invalid Husband-Did the doctor
say l was to take all that medicine?
Wife-Yes, dear.
Invalid Husband-Why, there's
enough there to kill donkey.
Wife (anxiously)-Then you'd bet
ter not take all of it, John!-Tit Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot-ease.

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
1y, and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my Germs, and the hot burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearable and I would not
be without it now-MrS. w. ]. Walker,
Camden, N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 20c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
Ambiquous.

what sort of time did you have in
your automobile trip"
ooh, we had a perfectly killing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23

The Tillamook light had on previous
occasions been washed over complete
ly by waves. The same thing hap
pened to the Eddystone light, off the
coast Of England, and to the light at
Fleaux-de-Brechot, of the east coast
of France, both of which are about
one hundred and fifty feet in height.
1t seems well established, therefore,
that waves may mount to height $50
feet above the general level.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23

We all make mistakes, but there is
no excuse for making the same mis-
take repeatedly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23

There is nothing more uncertain
than a sure thing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23

WE BUY CREAM-WRITE FOR PRICE
Miller & Holmes st. Paul, Mimi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
GOING THE PACE.

Tortoise-What, have you started a
motor car?
Snail-Yes, one must move with the
times, you know.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23

A favoring that is used the same as lemon
orvanilla. By dissolying graduated sugar
in water and adding Mapleine, a delicious
syrup / S made and a syrup better than maple.
Mapleine s sold by grocers. If not send Csc for
2oz bot and recipe book. Crescent Mfg. Co.. Seattle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-23
T is one of the high

est duties of the N n
state to safeguard
the peoples heritage of
those bounties Of nature so
munificently be stow e d
whether they be III the for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
what the facts are about it.

what the facts are about it.
One of the so-calIed leading mer-
chants of Fort Meade recently re-
marked publicly, and in words not
suitable for publication, that such
amounts of fish as are shipped from
Fort Meade were never caught with
hooks and lines.
1 am the leading shipper of fish in
Polk county; but there are other
shippers. ! only ship about one third
Of the fish caught in Polk county.
Other buyers ship from Kissimmce
City, in OsceoIa county.
To one who has not been out TO
| the fishing ground and seen how it is
done, IL looks strange TO see tons upon
tons of catfish shipped weekly the
year around. / do not wonder the
public has an idea that the fish were
taken with a seine
The people, however, do not know
how many men are at work fishing.
or how many miles Of trot line are in
use or how many baited hooks are
used on these lines night and day
The men fishing for me have often
had out Is miles of trot-line at one
time, on which were twenty thousand
baited hooks. Each hook was tied to
the tTOtline by a doubled small line
or bTaiting, as it is called-and were
this braiting stretched out in one line
it would measure about Is miles In
/ length. Did they catch 10000 cat
fish a day-or every hour Or two? Oh
no! Often not FIVE hooks in a hun
dred get a fish-some get of. gators
and turtles eat some, big fish take
of small cat fsh-hook and fish and
all
-. e.. az
book of men who have fished for me
in the past year, and have had over
thirty men fishing most Of the Tina
have about fifteen at work now. In
the past year / have supplied my
fishermen with fully thirty miles OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

Poles p or Is feet long Of any good
stock, cut when green, should be used.
Chestnut and cedar are particularly
desirable on account OF their lasting
quality. The poles should be reason
ably straight and well proportioned.
The diameter OF the top of the pole
should be about FIVE or six inches. In
order 70 prolong the life of the poles
and add 10 their attractiveness all the
bark should be removed, knots trim
med close and the butt squared. The
top Of the poles should be rooted as
shown in Fig. 1.
Where only one or two line wires
are to be mounted on the poles,
oak brackets htted with glass insu-
letors are fastened to the pole as in
dlcated in Fig. for straight lines, or
as shown in Fig. at curves. The
brackets should be attached to the
poleA before the poles are raised
Poles of p or 25 foot length should
be set at least four feet in the ground.
Along straight lines the poles should
be spaced 176 feet apart. or about 80
poles per mile. The post holes should
be large enough to admit the poles
without 9 stabbing or hewing and
should be full size at the bottom.
After the pole is placed in position.
the earth must be we'll tamped as the
lola - allied. Soil should thea be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

! so 12-inch painted oak brackets. -
nails.
80 81 or 2S-foot poles,
The total cost per y12ffe OF this MAJ
terial. less poles. tsr about So.
Case II. When a metallic" two-
wire line not more than twelve miles
long is to be built there Will be re-
CURED per mile:
1s2 pounds no. Il B. B. galvanized
telephone wire.
so No 3 pony glass insulators.
90 12-inch painted oak brackets.
60 4o-penny and so S0-penny wire
nails.
80 81 OF 25-foot poles.
The total cost per mile Of this ma
terial, except poles, is about $40.
Case III. When the line is to be
more than twelve miles long. II
grounded" one-wire line is to be put
up there will be required for each
mile:
1s5 pounds OF NO. IL B. B. galvan-
lied iron telephone wire.
so No. pony glass insuIatoTs.
so 12-inch painted oak brackets.
so 40-penny and 80 6O-penny wire
nails.
80 22- or 25-foot poles.
The total cost per mile Of this ma
terial, less poles. is about 81.
case ~. When a metallic" two
wire line more than twelve miles
long is 10 be built there will be re-
quired for each mile:
$50 pounds of No. IL B. B. galvan-
lied iron telephone wire.
so No. pony glass insulatOrs.
SO 12-inch painted oak brackets
so 4e-penny and so S0-penny wire
nails.
80 22- or z5-foot poles.
The total cost per mile of thisma.
-Bu sIu1 10 sIIIu led $500 Tslol sQL
AT al ~, II I'll.
phone.
At each telephone station on either
kind of line, there will be required:
1 No. 1917 type polished oak teIe-
phone set with
1 No. 14S-W Bell grade receiver.
NO z6o-W Bell grade transmits
No. 90 2 Lift. receiver cord.
No. 1S-w Induction coil.
I-4-inch No. screws Ito faa
ten transmitter 70 teIephone.)
Improved Blue Bell batteries
i No 60 lightning arrestsr.
Is feet No. Is single wire Ito rI1x
from arrester to ground.)
20 feet No. Is paired wire Ito ruI
from arrestsr to telephone.)
z-inch No. s screws Ito fasten ~
and arrester to waIl.)
No. porcelain knobs.
S-inch No. 16 r. H. iron screwf
(to fasten knobs to house.)
s-inch porcelain tubes Ito carry
wire into house.)
IL s-4-inch Blake insulated staples
e-foot ground rod.
The above telephone station mate
rial Will cost from $3.50 to SIS, de-
pending upon the location of the line
1t will be seen from the figures aI-
ready given that the main line ma
terial. except poles, costs from IS to
$14 per mile: the No. IA on-wire syss
tenn IS per mile; the No. IL one-wirs
system 81, the No. IL two-wire SYSTEM
$40 and the NO. IL two-wire system
$14.
A complete standard telephone sta
ton OUTFIT for any kind of a rural
system costs from $3.50 TO SIS each.
In order. therefore, to estimate the
total cost OF building a complete rural
tele phone system you should first null
tiply the number of stations by the
cost Of each ($13.5O to $3.50, then
multiply the number OF miles of pole
line by the cost per mile OF the main
line material you wish to use (S5, 81,
$40 or S1D, and then add the tive
results together
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

There is go much interest IN this
section IN the construction Of far
mers' telephone lines, that detailed in
formation as TO the method or build
ing such lines and the cost viii prove
valuable and instructive to the far
mers who are contemplating falling
Ia line with the progress of the day
and installing telephones In their
homes
By most people the telephone has
been looked upon as q complicated
mechanism which only experts can
install and operate. To a large ex-
tent. this is true Of city system, but
fortunately a rural telephone system
IS extremely simple. This Is demon
strated by the fact that farmers in all
sections Of the South are building tel
epnone lines and installing telephones
IN their homes. The work is done
largely by the farmers themselves,
and the lines are well constructed and
maintained at small cost.
The building Of a telephone line
comprises three distinct operations:
1-Constructing a line.
2--InstaIIing telephone instruments.
S-Connecting telephone instru-
ments with the line.
Constructing the Line.
Before arrangements are made for
building the telephone line a choice
should be made between a grounded
and a metallic system. In the
grounded system, Fig. 1, only one line
wire, a. is necessary, and each of the
telephones. b, c, etc, has one wire, m,
connected to line and one wire, n, to
ground. This system gives good re-
suits II properly installed and there
are no electric light power or troll
ley wires in the vicinity; otherwise
there is likely to be much objection
able humming and bVzzing in the re-
cefyers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
Splicing iron wire

Two separate holes at least 2 IL
inches apart and slOping upward from
without should be made in the build
ing near to the point where the pro-
tector is mounted.
The leading-in wires which connect
the drop wires with the terminals
of the protector should be braided,
rUbSer-covered copper wire. They
must be soldered to the end of the
drop wires as shown in Fig. IA, where
a and b represent the drop wires and
and d the leading-in wires.
A drop loop should be left in each
leading-in wire at a point immediate
ly below the entrance hole in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

trot-Iine and sixty miles of braitinss
and about a hundred thousand hooks.
Each man uses from 400 to sec
yards of trot line with hook every
to 5 feet on it; batting and hooks
have to be renewed every little while.
If any one doubts that hooks and
lines are used, let him visit the fish
camps and see for himself.
Before the new Polk county tish
law was enacted. we caught more ca;
fish with hooks than with seines;
when said law came in the seineS
were either stored away or moved 10
Osceola county, a county which IS
awake to the real value Of the fishing
industry. that brings into the county
vast sum of cash derived almost
wholly from cat fish-a fish that the
majority of the people of Florida will
not eat. Previous to our new law,
| was shipping at the rate Of $50 tons
Of catfish year, worth to US $l2o
net cash and to the express company
SEQ ton. OF the SIPS a ton. fully half
was spent in Fort Meade stores; d
little of it went to Mr.. Perry for ice
for between Jan. 1, 1908 and July
90 1909, l bought 200 tons of ice.
| Since the new fish law came in
have shipped fifteen and one half tons
Of catfish; up to date l have not ship
ped any trout, but am now selling
few in Fort Meade.
In a future letter l will tell how
much cash can be made annually ouL
of catfish in Polk county, and will
show you how DeSoto county would
have made a quarter of a million or
dollars year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

All inside wires should be installed
in a neat manner AS far as posi- bic
they should be concealed. When tits
impossible to conceal the wires they
should be run along the door or win
dow casing against the plaster, under
the picture molding or in the groove
at the top Of the Dashboard. When
it is necessary to install these wires
in cellars or attics, care should be
taken to avoid the possibility of dam
age from mechanical sources. Wet
and damp localities should be avoided
for all inside wiring.
When it is necessary to cross pipes
or other conducting materials. the
wires should be protected by tubing
or two wrappings OF insulating tape.
The tubing or tape should project at
least one inch each side OF the pipe
or conducting material Whenever
practicable, the wires should be run
above all pipes or conducting mate
rial that it is necessary for them to
cross.
When necessary. the wires within
the building may be spliced and sold
cred. In splicing wires, resin should
be used as a hux for the solder. Joints
must be sOldeTed and carefully wrap
ped with insulating tape ..--.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

Details of the method of tying,
splicing and dead-ending iron line
wire are shown in Fig. g.. They are
tied to the insuIators as shown at A:
spliced together as shown at b: and
dead-ended or terminated at an insu-
latoF as indicated at c. In tying q
line wire to an insulator the tie wire
should be Of the same size and ma
teriaI as the line wires and should be
about 90 inches long. All joints or
spices should be soldered.
When a branch line is connected to
the main line or when connection is
made between the main line and
house by means OF a drop line the
branch or drop or wires should be
dead ended on separate inSulators and
their ends left long enough 20 be con
nected TO the line wires as shown in
Fig. 10
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

serve as well as the ground connec-
ton of the telephone in a grounded
system, can be obtained by soldering
the ground wire to the top of an iron
rod five or six feet long and one-half
inch in diameter, drive into perma-
nently damp earth.
Batteries.
Three cells of Improved Blue Bell
dry battery should be connected to-
gether as shown in Fig. IT. and placed
in the lower part of the telephone set
The wires. m and n, in the telephone
set must then be connected with the
battery as shown in Fig. Is.
MARTIAL For Main Line.
To afford an idea of what is re-
Quired to build a telephone line. we
have listed below the material needed
for each mile Of line,
Case 1. When the line Is not to be
more than twelve miles long.
If q grounded" one-wire line is
put up there will be required for each
mile:
90 pounds of No. II B. B. gaIvan-
lied telephone wire
80 No. pony glass insulators. -.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

ed upon the wall where the line wires
enter the building All the inside
wiring and the building itself are
thus protected The protector should
not be exposed to water or damp
ness, but should be conveniently
placed for inspection. In Localities
where there are no electric light or
power wires, the lightning protector
shown in Fig. IL should be used II
there is danger Of the line becoming
crossed with lighting or power circuits
as well as danger from lightning, the
protector IN Fig 12 is recommended
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

In the metallic system, Fig. 2, there
are two line wires, and o, to which
each of the telephones, b, C, etc, is
connected by the wires, m and n. This
Is the better system and should be
adopted whenever the company can
afford it. Whenever the line is built
in the neighborhOod of electric light,
power or trolley wires, a metallic sys-
tenn has to be used in order to get
quiet lines and clear talking. Its only
disadvantage is the cost of the extra
wire, brackets, etc. This extra cost.
however, is slight. amounting TO but
four OF five dollars per mile.
Route of the Line.
The line should run past or near
by the buildings in which the tele-
phones are to be placed. 1t is not
necessary to run the main line past
each of these buildings, as branch
wires can be run from the main line
70 the buildings and thus save wire
and simplify the construction. Ref
erence to Fig. 3, in which c, e, etc,
represent the buildings to be connect
ed. mn the main line and 4 and r the
branch wires, viii make this point
clear.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

Metallic circuits on brackets should
be transposed as indicated for the
wires a and in Fig. IL at about ev-
cry thirtieth pole to prevent cross
talk between circuits and interior
ences from foreign currents.
Installing the Instruments.
A wall telephone set should be Sc
curely fastened TO the wall by No. s
screws. To fasten the set to a brick.
cement or stone wall. holes should
nrst be drilled into the wall at the
proper position for the screws. The
holes should then be plugged with
wooden plugs and the wall set fast
ened to them with No. 8 screws. Care
should be taken that thoroughly dry
wood is used and that the plugs are
large enough to hold securely.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
snIdler Ralks Death plat.

Il seemed to J. A. Stone. a civil
war veteran, OF Kemp, Texas that a
plot eyisted between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. ct contracted a stubborn
cold" he writes, that developed q
cough that stuck to me, in spite of all
remedies, for years. My weight ran
down to $50 pounds. Then / began 20
use DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
restored my health completely. / now
v eigh I78 pounds" For severe Colds,
obstinate Coughs, HemorThages,
Asthma, and to prevent Pneumonia
it's unrivaIed. SOC and s1.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gfsts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

Uninsulated staples should never be
employed.
Ground Wire.
SIngle-braiCed, rubber-coveFed cop
per wire should be used for connect
ing the protector with the ground rod.
This ground wire from the protector
should be led as direct and with as
few bends as possible to the ground
connection. A porcelain tube, g, Fig
4, should be used where the ground
wire Q, passes through the wall, and
porcelain knobs, f. 10 prevent it COM
ing in contact with the house. There
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
Hundreds of Fans Were
Taken Annually From
Fresh Water Lakes.
FISH ARE NOW CAUGHT WITH
HOOK AND LINE AS REQUIRED
BY LAW, AND GREAT INCOME
FROM CATFISH is NEARLY CUT
oFF-oRIcINALLY CAUGHT IN
SEINES.

Many of those who are familiar
with the salt water fishing industry
along the coast of Florida know very
little concerning the great fresh Wa
/ ter fishing industry o. the interior.
The following letter by c. w. Brown
In the Fort Meade Observer, publish
ed in South Florida, is particularly
interesting, telling, as it does. Of the
method employed and the fish caught
IN that great fresh water section OF
Florida:
Great Catfish Industry.
VIII you kindly allow me to write
few articles on the FISH business Of
eastern Polk county, just to tell all
citizens Of our county and elsewhere
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

building they should be protected by
porcelain tubes as shown at &. Fig.
Is. The leading-in wires should not
De Iett in contact with any sharp
corners or edges on the outside of
the building
Inside Wiring.
NO I9 B. & S. gauge braided and
rubber-covered twisted pair copper
wire should be used for connecting
the telephone set with the protector
on a grounded system and on q metal
lie system are shown respectively at
A and 3 in Fig. Is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

the wire to rust more quickly. Or
dinarily, its life is only about one
third that OF double galvanized iron
telephone wire. II has also q higher
resistance which interferes with the
ringing and talking on the line.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

telephone wire should as q rule be
used for rural lines, although a small
CT size wire ono II B-B-) may be
used on lines UP to twelve miles in
length. However, the No. IL gauge
wire is recommended, especially If it
is likely that the line will be length
ened at any time in the future.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
Broke Him.

Margie-Did you see ali the sights
at the seashcre?
Jack o. Hartz-Most OF 'em, &
guess.
Margie-Wen. tell me what the
breakers looked like
Jack-The two l met were both
blondes.-Kansas City Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22
The Reason.

Disseminated Wife-SeVeral OF the
men whom l refused when / married
you are richer than you are now.
The Husband-That's why.-IIIus-
trated Bits.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

Fig. 1S-Telephone Protector which
Guards Against Lighting and Pow
er Currents as Well as from
Lightning.
wires run along the outside Of the
building they should be carried on in
sulators as shown in Fig. Is, to the
point where they enter the house.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

each leg Of the man putting up the
wires will aid him in mounting the
poles. The wire should be given a.
sag Of about IL inches between poles
spaced l76 feet apart and a proper
tionateIy smaller sag If the spacing is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-22

piled up above the surface as IN Fig.
s. and firmly packed about the pole.
In filing the holes the coarse soil
or gravel should be used at the top Of
the hole.
Line Wire.
No. ~ BIB. double galvanized iron