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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
che Cause of Physical Degeneracy.

In almost every paper we take up o
late the feeble physical condition of wo-
man is lamented. 70 the woman Is
assigned the cause of all the ills the present
generations are heir to. Dr. Allen, IN
pointing out the physical degeneracy Of
the race in New England says: "Th's Is
due to neglect Of exercise, improper Gus
toms and fashions in dress, and the too
exclusive cultivation of the brain among
women" and adds: "The reform must
come from the woman" which is, in part,
true, but in little different way than he
has here expressed.
1t is not only necessary for the perfect
development of the race that we have
strong, healthy, and pure mothers, but
tho fathers must be so also. Look at the
life led by the majority of our young
men Of the present day. Commencing at
the age of fifteen Gfnot younger) the reck-
less life which destroys not only the purity
of their minds, but the nerve force OF their
physical system. If it is true, as our scen-
tific men assert, that the early use of tobac-
co and strong drink, with other disspa-
tons, destroy t1e vitality of man, is 1t
any wonder they should father weak,
sickly children
The greater wonder is, they are blessed
with any. We sometimes see delicate wo'
man with large family of strong children
where they have had pure father. Enc
most healthy, vigorous woman will often
have frail, feeble children when they had
dissolute father. Where the faint spark
of vitality has kept the children alive tc
maturity, they either die or sink into
life of invaldism, and are held up as ex-
amplcs of ''the failing physical condit ION
of women of the present age" why not
strike Mt the root of evil at once, and lei
least half of the blame lie with tine fathers!
1t is well enough to talk of dress reform
and proper exercise for women but before
we reach these the germ Of life must be
strengthened and purified The little boy
who could not see why he did not have
a dolly just as we'll as sister, for did no
chil'en have papas Cles as we'll as mamas,
taught more than he knew. The aim OF
every man, as well as woman, should have
IL home and, to accomplish this, let them
early be taught to look forward to its rea-
lization as the greatest happiness OF LIE.
IF they wish for strong physical and men
tai natures to bear their names to poster
ity let them live pure and unstalned lives
Then. and not till then, shall VIC hear O.
AeaIthv aoomen. The Interior.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
CIafin's Generosity.

Horace B. Claflin, prominent member
of the ald-headed club, is as quaint and
humorous as be is keen--witted and
rich. They tell the following good story
about BIN On the 18th of February
about fye o'clock Mr. Clafin, was sitting
alone in bis private office, when young
man, pale and careworn, timidly knocked
and entered. "Mr. Clafin," said be, Il
am in need of help. | have been unable
to make certain payments because certain
parties have done as they agreed by me
and would lire to have $4,000. | come
to YOU because you was a friend to my
father, and might be friend to me"
Come in" said Clafin, come in and
have glass of wine. mo" said the
young man, 81 don't drink" Have a
Cigar, them" F" No I never smoke. "
E"We ll,n said the joker, II would like to
accommodate you, but l don't think
can." "Very we'll" said the young man
as he was about to leave the room, II
thought perhaps you might. Good day
SIR" ''Hold on, said Mr. Claiin, ''you
don't drink 2" mo" Nor smoke p
mo" "Nor gamble, nor nothing of the
kind 2 mo, sir, | am superintendent OF
the----Sunday school," "Well." said
Claffin, with tears in his voice and his eyes
too, 'you shall have it, and three times
the amount if you Wish. Your father
let me have $4,000 once, and asked me the
same questions. He trusted me, and
will truss you. No thanks-I owe it to
| you for your fathers trust.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
Northern Africa

Rohlfs. the famous German explorer OF
Africa. has lately been entertaining and
instructinC his countrymen in Berlin by q
series of popular lecture on his explorations
of Nothern Africa, which, he thinks. with
proper trcatmen, ii might again be turned
into the paradise that some portions OF 1t
were under the Carthaginians and Romans
He has found on the Gulf Of Sldra, west OF
Tripoli. the site of the garden of the Hes
nerides and the river of Lethe, and he las
n strong desire to see his countrymen eat,
ing the golden apples so famous IN ancient
story. lie declares that Central Africa is
as rich as India, and that grand high
way TO- the Kingdom Soudan might
easily be constructed in the desert from
mort to be established on the site OF undi-
ent Carthage. lie would encourage Ger
man emigration thither, and thus found
an independent colony that might in time
he a nucluse for operations that would
turn all Central Africa into German
India. To this end the Germans have
already strong foothold in the friendship
now existing between the Emperor Will
lam and his sable majesty OF Sondan, TO
whom the German ruler recently sent
some magnificent presents which were re
eeived with all the p0mp and circumstance
that the African monarch could comand
Bismarck and all his countrymen are said
to be listening most seriously to these
stories and suggestions, and are beginning
to feel that their mission is to regenerate
Africa and opan i, to the civilized world.
This would be great task, but the Ger
mans understand Africa thoroughly, for
their scholars and Geographers have been
quietly exploring it for twenty years, ana
are now no strangers to its hidden recesses
and its secluded NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s
for Nay.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
Spots on the sun.

Tn communication to the Astronomic-
al Society. Mr. Proctor gives reason for
belief that the spots on the sun are pro-
duced By volcanic action which is for the
time intensified by the proximity of some
planet.
The tides in an ocean were supposed by
Sir John Herschel to provoke the volca-
noes on it's shores. The close proximity
of the moon to our planet is also thought
to stimulate them to increased activity.
The belts of Jupiter in 1860, and again
recently, were strangely disturbed during
changes in the solar envelope. May not
such curious sympathies and reactions
of masses on each other, and their singu-
lar relations to volcanic action lead to an
explanation of phenomena that are other
wise very mysterious ?-Scri6ner's: Jor
May
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

A MIRACULOUS SToRY.-There has al
ways been some speculation on the ques-
ton whether mans soul ever actually
leaves his body during sleep, or at any
other time before death, but evidence to
solve this mysterious question is rare
There is story told in LOUISVILLE, now
ever, of a merchant of that city, who
while travelling on sleeping car in Miss
issippi, had vivid experience as OF. visit
ing his home and seeing his wife and chill
dren asleep, and noticing that the eishl
day family clock had run down, he wound
it up and set it going. He then returned
to his berth, which was rafting along al
the rate of forty miles an hour in the
sleeping car, saw his own body distinctly
and resumed his place within its well-fit
ting encasement. On writing to his wife
about it, he learned that the clock had
been mysteriousiy wound up ON the night
of his spiritual imagination.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
Destruction Of the Germs OF Dis
ease.

As the result of series of experiments
on the destruction Of low forms of life by
keat, DIR. Grace Calvert demonstrates that
the germs of disease will withstand a
temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Exposure to such heat as this Injuries
the Rbers of an kinds of cloth so serious
ly tina they are unfit tor further use. 1t
rs therefore evident that the mere agency
of heat cannot be depended upon for the
destruction of the germs or corpulscles
attached to the clothing of persons who
have suffered from any contagious disease
The necessity for q change in opinion
regarding the power of chlorine gas to
accomplish this purpose is urged in re-
cent report of the New York Board of
Health on the disinfectien of clothing and
rooms that have been exposed to contain
ina!ion by smallpox. In the report in
question carbolic acid is especially recon-
mended for the disinfection of clothing
and bedding, and sulphurous acid gas pre-
pared by burning sulphur for the disin-
lection of rooms. The latter substarc CO
especially seems to have the power of ut
terly destroying the germs of small pox,
while chlorine frequently fails altogether
or only!aceomplishes the..object in an imper
feet manner Scribner's for May.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
aay- The Chicago Post has the follow

ey- The Chicago Post has the follow
ing in regard to the Liberal Convention
called for the first prox.: The incongru-
Gus nature of the materials out of which
the Cincinnati Convention is expected to
be made is the most striking feature Of
the movement. No two individuals, and
no two papers, which favor the scheme
are moved by the same impulses. If an
anti-tariff plank is adopted by the Con-
vention, Horace Greeley wants to be
counted out. If tariff plank is adopted
the New York Evening Post wants to be
counted out. ii Democrat is nominated,
Mr.. Sumner wants to be counted out. If
a Republican is nominated, the Wortd
wants to be counted out. If Mr.. Trum-
bull is not nominated, he wants to be
counted out. If Mr.. Chase is not nomi-
mated he wants to be counted out. IL
Judge Davis is not nominated, he wants to
be counted out. If NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
is not nominated, SchurZ wants to be
counted out. If the outs are not put IN
they want to be counted out. And when
the day of election comes the ms will
wish they had been counted out. Alto
cether the movement is made up of iuhar-
monious personalisms having no principle
and no common purpose, except that OF
pure and uaadulterated selflshness, and
impure and adulterated ambition. The
result is not difficult to foreSee. The Gin
cinnati Convention will prove a more RI
diculous fiasco than the Philadelphia Con
vention of which Andrew johnson was
the originator and George Francis Train
the mouth peice.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

THE MAELsTRoM GONE uP.-The terrible
maelstrom off the coast of Norway has
undoubtedly disappeared. A late traveller
says there is no such whirlpool, and that
it is only when the tide current and wind
are at loggcrheads in the narrow straits
between Moskenaesser and the isolated
rock of Mosken that any agitation is visi-
BILE at ALL He is therefore Of the opinion
that some such phenomenon as this, seen
from the shore exaggerated by the horror
of the beholders, gave rise to all the mar
vicious legends of the maelstrom. 1t is
said to part with an old friend, but really
there is no help fer it-Scicnce is inexor-
able. and that magnificent old myth of
the sea- that has been swallowing ships in
the school Geography for generations,
must come out of that truthful text book as
ScylFa and Chary bdis and as good many
other myths have done before.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
n- The Anplcton Post has the follow

ey- The Appleton Post has the follow
inv on the subject of newspaper enter
prise We do not hesitate to venture the
assertion that there is not more enter
prising class of business men in the e. e0un,
trv than newspaper proprietors. We do
not say this from prejudice, but ut rom
knowledge of facts as they exist. We have
nevr seen a worry member OF the CLASS aiiud-
l "a - but that takes greater pleasur in en-
,oro;no his business and increasing his facili-
tes than in boarding up money. Every
dollar Maid to a newspaper man for work
performed is just as much to the credit OF 81
the place were he is located as though u
were directly expended for the furtherance
of some public enterprise. and Tor tnis
reason 1t sure.to. be appropriated TO the
improvement of his paper and every such
change gives character to the city orvillage
ghere il is printed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
pSSSrn Nh Nau, Vorly TI;,o1o c,aao lrino

Bsg@ The New York Times, speaking Of
the eleven States that have already in
dorsed President Grant.and recommended
his denomination, says; "What is the
meaning of this remarkable unanmity :?
Is it possible that it is all artificial and
fnsincero? Or is it the result of the same
universal conviction Of the fitness of the
candidate for the place which gave Mr.
Lincoln his second term, and Gen. Grant
his first, and which made SO light of the
schemes to thwart the popular desire ~
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

~ Here is an apecdote told by
one minister about another. A certain
presiding elder, who was noted for being
seldom up to time, seldom very animated,
and seldom very brief, once kepta con
grega:ion waiting long time for his APP
pearance, and when at last he did come
he preached them very prosy sermon OF
unusual length, on the text, "feedf my
lambs" lie had not yet finished when
that original old minister known as
"Camp-meeting john" rose from seat
in the congregation, and said Brother,
have had some experienc in raising
lambs myself, and have found that the
following rules are absolutely essential to
successful Embarrassing First, give Thorn
their food in season Sc ;ona, give them a
little at time and third, give it to them
2carD2.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

~ In this issue will be seen the adj
vertisement of Davis Bro, Patent Lime
kiln, this firm have been making prepra-
tons during the past winter to burn a
great quantity of lime the coming summer.
Having purchased a good supply OF wood
275 cords, and made other extensive I'M
provements and arrangements, they are
now prepared to furnish lime in large or
small quantities to all parts of thu country
The lime is of an mdisputed fine quality
and is sought by all parties in preference
to any other in market. In fact it is im-
possible to make lime by any other mode
equal to this. All orders will be prompt
ly attended to- Address Davis Bro.
Dodgeville
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
NuARDIANS SALEM PROBATE

UARDIANS SALEM PROBATE.
r Iowa County Court--In the matter of the guar
W danshp of James n ell, an insane person.
Notice is hereby given that Ivy yrtnc and in pur
suance OF an order o. license made in said matter by
said Court the first day of April, 1872 the mn
dersigned, guardian of said insane person, will, on
the 9th day of April, A. D. 1872. at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, at the font door OF the
Court House, in the village of Dodgevile, in said
Iowa County, offer for sale at public yendne the
following described lands, to wit: The north halt
of the south west quarter of section No. twenty-five
(25), in township No o. north of range No.
two ( east all of said lands situate lying and being
in Iowa County, State of Wisconsin The terms OF
the sale will he made known at the time and place OF
sale. Good title will lie conveyed.
Dated April 1st, A. D. 1872. JOHN NEIL.
Bowl Guardian.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
nsss-. A Duhnnnn murderer of 1910 who

Bog A Dubuque murderer of 1910, who
escaped his state on three years impri-
sonment, repeated his crime a few
months ago in California and was hung
to a tree by a mob. The name Of the
criminal was Washington Hyde, and he
was at one time confined by Iowa county
officers, for safe-keepng, in the Mineral
Point jail His last deed in crime was the
triple murder of man, woman and a
child. One cannot but feel that his fate,
terrible and unlawful as it was, was
nevertheless merited. 1Ail,oaukee .Senti-
mel.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

ggg- a certain amount of opposition is
8 great help to man. Kites rise against
the wind !; even head wind is better than
none. No man ever worked his passage
in calm Let no man wax pale, there
fore. because of opposition opposition is
what he wants and must have, to be good
for any thing.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

seay% The Food Journal, Lon Ion peri
odical records touching instance OF
vegetarian enthusiasm" 1t tells how a
NJ. G'eizes was forty years a rabid and
Incorporating enemy of meat, printing
several volumes in honor Of vegetables
Unfortunately, Nine. Gleizcs did not
share in his sentiments, for she insisted
upon rations of fish and fish aud fowl
NJ. Gleiacs gave her her choice-to give W
the fesh-pots or to give up him. She
hesitated and was lost. The marriage has
dissolved: Madame can cat her chops
when she pleaseS, and Monsieur has lr'-
b -dy with him to break his Graham bread
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
fgg- This is the way Florida man ex-

fgS" This is the way Florida man eX-
poets to get partner to his bosom. lie
advertises as follows : ''Any gal what
got a COW, good feather bed with com
Portable fxens, $500 in good genuine slap
up greenbaeks, that has had the small
pox, measles. and understands tending
children, can find a customer for life by
riten small Wllinm Ducks addressed X
Y. D., and stick it in a crack in Uncle Bill
ly Smiths barn jinin' the pen where Har-
rison Reed is now planning for future
operations.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
aea The general conference of ii

gea- The general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will meet
at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn N.
Y, "Wednesday morning, May lst, 1872,
This assembly takes place once in four
years, and is the highest tribunal and
the only legislative body in the church.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

A gentleman from Illinois, who thought
himself peculiarly fitted to represent the
country, abroad, followed Mr.. Lincoln with
great partinacity botton-holing him at all
times and in every place without the
slightest mercy. Finally, the President
with pleasant smile, asked if he could
speak Spanish. "No.' "Well, learn
spanish, and I'll tell you of good thing
you can get' After three month of hard
study the would-be diplomat returned to
the charge, reminded the President of his
promise, and assuring him that he had
thoroughly mastered the Spanish Ian
uage. "Well," said Mr.. Lincoln, Il
promised to tell you Of a good thing you
could get. Get Don Quixote and read it
and it will make you laugh.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

eY- Peter j. Morris requests US to say
to the people ofthis village that he with
draws his name from the ticket nominated
at the mass meeting, and if elected he will
not serve. He feels very much dissatis-
fed with the action Of the convention,
hence his decision.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

ew- The Colorpd Mems National Con
vention at New Orleans has condemned
the Cincinnati Convention by a vote of
270 to 3D. Mr. Sumner was eulogiZed
for his efforts to secure equal rights fo,
the negroes.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

gsg~ Director Won Hautken announces
the discovery, in the lowest deposits of
Hungary, Of human remains associated
with those of post tertiary marmalia.
An almost entire human skeleton has
been found, together with stone ham
mer, in the neighborhood of Brux, in Bo-
hernia. The skull closely resembles in its
characteristics the well-known fragment
from the Ncanderthal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

Boy The teeth in the insane are born
to undergo certain charges. Dir. Langdon
Down, who read o paper on this subject
recently before the Chronological Society,
states therein that from the examination
of nearly one thousand cases he has found
that he could in the majority of instances
state the period the imbeciity or insanity
began.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26


CIRCUIT COURT.
Morgan J. Williams, Pfintifr,
against
CtfIarine + .Jules as widow of D:Nih = Jones de
ceased Catharint p. Jones, txccutrix "f til,
last will and testament Of David p 'nes, deceas"t
John james, Margaret Jones. Catharne ZONES
IIa riet JofcS. Elm JOINS, AMI Edward Jones
minor children and as heirs 1T law of David +
Jones' deceased. Jesse Williams and David Wiz
laIns Defendants.
BY virtue and in PURSUANCE of a Judgment urdei
Of tarecioiu re aud safe, rendered IN the ahnve
titled action, II the 5ih day of April, A. d. 1872,
shall the LIST day of ,gune A. ID. 1872 M ocloci
in the afternoon of sale day III" front door of tho
Court House, in the village of Dodgeville i'll sai'
county of Iowa offer for sale and sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder the following real estate
situate, lying and being in the county Of iowa ant
state of Wisconsin, and parti, ularly described a:
follows, to-wit:
The south east quarter of the south east quarter
of section number eighteen. (1S) Also part OF thu
north east quarter OF the mon til west quarter 81 sec
ton number thrty -one, 3l bounded follows, to
wit: CONNER cng at the north west corner OF sal"
last mentioned forty tracr and running thence
east sixty go rods, thence south lightly % ro,ls
thence west sixty t60) rods. thence nor II eighty(S0
rods to the place of beginning. Also, the west hal
of the north west qnal of section thirty one (3
Also piece of land beginning ut the north wes
corner of the south west quarter OF section thirty
one (3l) and running south to the county road rs
surveyed by A. Camp. thence easterly along SAD
road to the half quarter section line, thence nortl
the half section line thence west to the place o
beginning, it being situated in the west half OF
the south west quarter of said section thirty-"ne
(3l) and all being in township number six (6), north
of range number four (4) east, and containing III all
one hundred and thirty light and 3T-l00 acres
Dated Sheriff Office Dodgevilley Wis, April 18th
A. d. 1872.
JAMES RYAN,
S. W REESE Sheriff of Iowa Co., Wis.
Plaintiff IS Attorney. 32w6
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

~ A national convention Of private
soldiers has been called, to meet at Wash
ington on the 9Th of May. 1t does not
require much prescience to foretel thai
their candidate will be the helo Of Vicks-
burg and Appomattox.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

Ia Says thu Norristown Herald An
inventive Kalamazoologist has succeeded
in bringing out an eight-legged steam
walking machine. If he puts whisky
drinking attachment to it, the passive
Democracy say they viii nominate it for
the Presidency" a
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26
N.Y. The Prairie du CHEN Union says

US TIC IdII I0 uu C1IIeI Ot10Tt ody
Two young men named John Tehlay and
c. Baumgartner, of Cassvi!le. Grant eoun
ty, went hunting on the river several days
ago, and on Tuesday Of this week their
bodies were found in the river. 1t is sup
posed that the skiff capsized through
some accident and they were Enabled tc
save themselves. One of the men leaves
q wife and three children.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

FARM FOR SABE-Situated in the township of
Arena two miles west of Hyde's Mill, containing
120 acres l6 acres improved; has dwelling bousc,
stabling and grain room good spring Of fail
ing water; plenty of WOOD; young orchard Of
about so apple trees; few peach, and large lot
Of plum trees plenty of small frpit, &c. enough
rails the land, ready manufactured, to fence it,
Fer further particulars, inquire the premises OF
23m3@ ROBERT NICIiOLT,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-04-26

W- The case of Charlotte Usher, a
colored woman, against the Richmond
(Va.) City Railroad Company, for eject
ment from one Of the street cars, has been
compromised on the payment of $500 by
latter. .L-