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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
Impartial.

Count Wrangel the German general
who recently died was not "a 10 triilcd
with, At one time he ordered all the
officers "a reduce the size and length &c
their spurs but the command MAS not
generally complied with. Wranytl Was
exceedingly angry, and ono day met II
young lieutenant strnting along with
immense spurs oil his heels. llc III
once ordered him to be imprisoned for
three days
But, Your Execllency pleaded the
young officer, forgive my rudcness,
and look nj Your own spurs.
=" What, what said the old man, look.
ing down ut his heels. You nrc RIGHT,
quite right. deserve, ut least, fourteen
days arrest. While you are about IT,
You may as well serve seven days FOR
me. Herr Lieutenant
The young officer g,yc up the argu.
ment and took his ton days imprson-
ment with rs good grace Ms possible
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
The Spirit Of Sclr.Sacritice.

The spirit Of sclf-sacriiice is ono of
the great beauties Of holiness. Husband
yielding 10 wife, wife TO husband;
brother 10 brother; sister 10 sister;
friend 10 friend; in great things, but III
small, especially. First and foremost,
see that thc spirit is with YOU at homo;
then carry il abroad into the world II
is spirit that will sweeten happiness
and brighten troubles, and whom the
soul is ready 60 wing its flight 10 its
eternal home, it will have The mspcal,
able consolation Of knowing that il has
not lived to itself; that it has
left the world happier and better
in some degree than il found
ii; that it has been faithful 10
its earthly mission. So will il listen
with unuttcrable bliss TO the sentence:
Well done, chou good and faithful SER
want; enter thou into the JOY Of thy
Lord 49, drg0Sy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
|" Saloon Parlnr."

The very last instance Of elegance in
language that heard Of, says Richard
Grant White is saloon-parlor.a | first
heard it-not used, but spoken of-only
u few weeks ago, and | did not suppose
that any other person had ever used it
but II prctcntlouS woman, who had
passed rapidly not only from poverty,
but from the eoarscst life, to the enjoy
ment of wealth and such elegance as
mere wealth can bring, and who, throw
ing open the door Of Il great gildcd.
painted, over-furnshed room in n new
house which she was showing Off to Il
visitor said, with n flourish, and this il
the satoon-parlor But within n few
days | received Il house-furnishcr's adj
yertisement in which the necessary ar-
tlclcs for Il saloon-parlor " are enumcr-
ated ] suppose that what is meant IL
what III English is called n drawing
room; a name which Is quite sufficient
for the use Of an English duchess or q
queen. The new name is WORTH pass
ing notice because of its illustration Of
the pretentious vulgarity into which the
aspiration for elegance il apt 70 lead
too many aspirants. Parlor, meaning
q room for conversation is Il good word;
" drawing-room, room into which
people withdraw themselves from din.
ner, is not quite 50 good, but still il
good enough; but saloon" has no
proper application 10 4 room in an
English or American Westinghouse;
and the combination Of it with "parlor
makes as bad and offensive 4 phrase AZ
could well be concocted
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
Our Internal Commerce.

The first annual report Of the Internal
commerce Of the United States, MtrN
published, >tatSS that tho value of the
railroads OF the country is about twenty
thfcc times the value ot the shipping
engaged in our foreign commerce.; that
the value Of our informal commerce is
twenty-five times the value of our tor-
elSn cemmcrcc; that eighty Scvrn per
crnt e the grain shipped from the
west to the Seahoard during the lust
Near Was transported ou rail lines and
that over ninety Ter cent. ot the entire
informal commerce of the country Il ~
the railroads. Although the cen,rihu.
tons OF the government 10 tho close of
the Year 1876 III aid of railroad com-
Slruction amounted to Sllt0O0.OOo,
embracing land grants and subsidies IL
the Pacific railroads. vet this sum is
only three per cent, Of Tho rutirc cost
of tho railroad system Of the Lnitcd
States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

\ wclhloekmg man il ready rs serve
YOU, You have What you ask for and
no charge Opposite is i long bar and
over il 4 phcard Drinks, titlccn cents
lhe drink carries the place. Other
restaurants are ran OH tho twenty i've
trm plm--that is the price Of dinner.
You select from the hin 81 fare three
articles soup roast beef and pic, The
price Is twenty-five cents, u half bottle
ot imported Wine ana celery arrthrewn
~, The crowd il these places il crush.
ing. BHEsl9h,S ltttcrtoMt Boston Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
An Automatic Horse.

Mr.. J. II. Nolan has invented novel
means Of locomotion, which tie Boston
Tdcetbr describes rs in the form Of nm
automatic or selfpropelling horse the
locomotlon being produced BY the
the weight Of the rider and the weight
which is carried The .lorsc' and III
appliance are models Of mechanical
simplicity, and any amount Of speed re-
quired can be secured, in fact il can be
made to 80 II mile faster Than the fastest
Tottlng horse Of the day. a small
horse, capable Of carrying man ten
or twelve miles per hour, can be built
at from fifteen To twenty dollars; small
or ones, which can be used by children
for amusement and recreation, can be
built at from three to five dollars. The
horse can carry considerable weight
IN addition to the rider. The person
sits IL position as lie would upon the
live animal, with the feet III stirrups
and reins in hand, in which position he
can govern the speed and guide the
horse ut will There was AN cxhibi-
tion made with one Of these horses
recently, in hall III this city, and AZ
though the room was small and M
favorable for either speed Or case Of 10
comotion, boy weighing sixty pounds
propelled the "horse" ut from six TO
seven miles an hour with tie utmost
ease, The experiment thoroughly cs-
tabllshcd the practical value IL the in
yention.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

One Of the strangcst things about the
old masters il the rhythmic regularity
with which their long-hidden works turn
up il unknown places. The discovery
Of Rubcns in Cincinnati was capped by
Carracci in New Orleans; now ST. Louis
has u Tintorctto, and Il gentleman re-
Gently returned from Chicago informs
Us that he saw in Il popular bar-room il
that town q pacard printed, sale ofa
line picture by Rattle" which he under
stands to be the Chicago way Of spelling
the name Of the great Sanzio. ST Lotts
Democrat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

THE library at Paris is one Of the
finest in the world 1t contains SG.774
volumes on Catholic theology, 1862
volumes on the science Of language.
239 ,402 volumes on law, 6S, 483 volumes
on medicine, al. s36 volumes Oh French
history, and 1862 volumes Of poetry
The works on natural science are not
yet catalogued. During 1876, $500
French works were added, and 1865
foreign works to the library.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

Young man, beauty fades as the
years 80 by. Don't fall III love with
woman simply because she has pretty
face. Remember that wealthy father
in-law il better than the rosiest damsol
in seven States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

a WRITER III the san Francisco Nail
says: " The rich Mexican surrounds
himself with the comforts Of life, nc
cording to his own peculiar ideas of
comfort To dress well, and bedeck
himself with gold and silver and orna-
mcnta tmpplngs, gcwgaws, glmcracks,
anything pretcntious; 10 make n cigar
rctte every ten minutes; to eat plain
food served with all manner of season.
ings; to sleep half Of the dny AMI ear
ouso thrcc.fourhs Of tho night; 10 bet
al his loose change on cock and bull
fights and ut threc-card monte, are a
few attributes Of the Mexican idea Of
high or luxuriant living.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04

Even the church-going infants of
Toledo are prccoeiously wicked On
a recent Sunday small child grabbed
all the coin on the contribution plate
il q church in that city, and had To
be violently shaken before he could be
convinced that his date Of resump-
ton had not been reached. 80 Cleveland
Herald
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-04
Density Of Timber.

Soil and situation has moro to do not
only with the density Of any given tim
Der than most people suppose, The
larch, for instance on Il low moist soil
will be spongy, and will rot quickly on
sandy uplands On rocky soils il will
be found dense, and OF tho most lasting
quality known. II is also extremely
difficult 10 burn, u most valuable prop
crty III some cases.
The following table, made from what
is said to have been actual tests, will
show the relative values Of number Of
wcll-known varieties Of timber Shell
bark hickory, 100; pignut hickory. %;
white oak, 81; white ash, ~; dogwood,
-; scrub oak, 70; white hazel, ri apple
tree, 10; red oak, 60, white beech, IS;
black birch, "; yellow oak, 60; hnrl
maple, 80; white elm, IS; red cedar,
50; wild cherry, 50; yellow pine, 81;
chestnut, 81; yellow poplar, u butter
nut, 43; white birch, 13; white pine, 80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

or six acres, mown the last days Of June
and splastered a1ler the first crop Nod
been taken of. Ihave seen field when
0ue-half had been mown and got of
before July l, and the balance Of the
field not till two weeks later, on which
the seed that was started first yielded
three and half bushels per acre, the
remainder three bushels. This you
see was quite loss to the raiser, and
the hay first mown equally as good as
that which was mown last. l have
raised seed myself that went four and a
half to the acre. / have also taken
clover from the field in three different
conditions. and laid away in the dry for
the purpose of knowing when was the
best time to cut seed clover The first
state was then dead ripe: second when
handsomely brown; and third, still
greener, and when thoroughly dry, rub
bed out the seed and put three piles on
a plate, and could see no difference.
That which was cut the greenest was
just as plump seed as that which was
dead ripe. This shows that the head
receives enough sustenance from the
stalk after it is cut to fully mature the
seed, and when cut little greener you
can save almost every seed. Always
turn when the dew is on, so that the
bolls will not rattle off,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
The Late Queen of Spain.

So far as the political part of the con-
stitutiOn is concerned, the king had
said maniully enough when that instru-
ment was drafted, that is entirely in
the hands of the nation, but in any
thing affecting my marriage l can ad-
NIT no interference" From childhood
he had called his cousin his "little
wife," to obtain his own opportunity
for declaration he had run away in
the most delightful manner with her in
state carriage. leaving bribed coach
man, a surprised duenna, and scared
and scandalized family circle behind the
door. "Your father-in-law is the most
unpopular man in Spain," one oounc:-
lor had said. "But am not marrying
him." returned the king wittily. TWAS
not long ere all difficulties were sur
mounted The brides wealthy father
bought off the Princess of Austrias op-
position by paying her debts; Queen
Isabella threatened scene, but was
packed over the Pyrenees by Canovas
del Castillo as if she had been Marie de
Medici and he Richelieu. When she went
to the Pope to complain, his only re-
ply to her prayer that he would refuse
the dispensatior permitting the cousins
to marry was to send them his blessing,
two consecrated rings and diamond
rose. During the brief interval pre-.
eeeding their wedding the royal lovers
whispered to each other through the
telephone. Thus to CASTLE and Leon
Edison gave new and fairer world. On
the 23d Of January last, in the historical
little church Of the Virgin of Atocha.
they were married by Cardinal Benavi-
desy Navarette, in the presence of a
splendid and distinguished audience,
and with ceremonies and popular re-
joicings described at length in the press
then, which recalled the brightest his.
toric days of heroic Spain. A cores
pondent who saw them few days after
wards described them as unatfectedly
and unconcealedIy happy, and said that
at every pause the young kings eyes
turned lovingly and proudly upon his
pretty and blushing young queen
wife, as he called her. This was the
last glimpse which the newspaper-read-
ing public has had Of the lovely young
girl whose death, in the month Of roses,
is announced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
The Siamese Twins OutdOne.

There is now on exhibition in the H.
brary of the Aquarium natural curios-
ity that far surpasses in wonder the Gel
ebrated Siamese twins. 1t is a pair of
twins, with two heads and two pairs of
arms, but only one pair of legs. The
trunks are joined at the thighs, the
two backbones forming V, and every
part Of the children, with the exception
of this one freak Of nature, is perfect.
Their sex is female, and they are pretty
little babies, not the dwarfed and puny
creatures that are usually exhibited.
They are known AS the st. Benoit twins,
having been born in the Canadian town
of that name. The parents are both
with the children, and take pride in ex-
hibiting them to the public. They have
one other child. girl of two years, en-
tirely free from blemish. The parents
are % years old, their names are
Drouni. and they can speak no Eng
lish. The children are 5 months old,
and give every promise of growing to
womanhood. -Ne,c York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
Thought He had 'em Again.

Snifiles brought hist two weeks spree
to close on Saturday night. He lay
on lounge in the parlor, feeling as
mean as sour lager, when something
in the corner Of the room attracted his
attention. Raising on his elbow he
gazed steadily at it. Rubbing his eyes,
he stared again, and as he stared his
terror grew. Calling his wife he asked
hoarsely.
Marandy, what is that? ?"
"What is what, Likey?'
Sniffles' name was Lycurgus, and his
wife called him Likely, for short and
sweet.
"Why, that--that-thing IN the cor
ner," said the frightened man, pointing
at it with a hand shaking like a
politician.
"Likey, dear, see nothing" replied
the woman.
"What! you don't see it". he
shrieked
"No."
"Then l We got 'em. Oh, heavens
bring me the Bible Marandy-bring it
quick. Here, here, on this sacred
book, swear never to drink drop of
whiskey. III break my vow may my
right hand cleave to the roof Of my
mouth, and"
Here, catching another glance of the
terrible object, he clutched his wife and
begged in piteous tones:
Don't leave me; don't leave your
Likely" And burying his face in the
folds of her dress, he sobbed and
moaned himself into a troubled sleep.
Then his wife stole gently to the cor
ner, picked up the toy snake, and threw
it into the stove.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
plot: but, fortunately for him, they
were unsuccessful.

L ~
Mr.. John T. Ford, in his statement
OF the assassination of President Lin
coin, does not tell the whole story. The
package containing the statement OF
John Wilkes Booth was delivered 10
John F. Coyle, then editor of the M.
tional InteAigencer, but it was never open
ed, but was destroyed in the presence
of a very distinguished company.
An eyewitness relates that on the
night of the assassination of Mr.. Lin
coin private dinner party was in pro-
gress in back room Of Wormley's
restaurant, in Washington, at which
were present Gen. Baird, Robt. Johnson.
Hon. Samuel Randall, John Morrisey,
John I. Coyle (editor of the National
Inteuigencer, and one other gentleman.
During the progress of the dinner a
waiter, who had been out on the street,
returned and stated that the president
had been shot at Ford's Theatre.
The news created great consterna-
ton in the party, who at first thought
the waiter was drunk or crazy. Later
on, when they were assured that it was
a fact, and that John Wilkes Booth
was accused Of the crime, John F. Coyle,
with blanched features and trembling
lips, said: "My God, gentlemen, this
very day l met John Wilkes Booth in
the market space. He was on bay
mare, and rode up to me and handed
me sealed envelope, saying, as he did
so: If you hear of me in twenty-four
hours publish this. If you do not hear
of me in that time destroy this and
rode away. Here is the package" said
Mr.. Coyle, producing large envelope
from his pocket. "What must l do
with it"
DESTROY 1T AT ONCE"
said Sam Randall; they will hang any
body who knows anything about the as
sassination, no matter how innocently
they may have come by their knowl-
edge. Don't open it; burn it up just as
| it is"
Eyes" said Morrissey, "burn it up,
by Cd, at once"
The doors were carefully locked, a fire
made in the crate, and the mysterious
envelope and its contents were carefully
burned. Even the ashes were collected
and placed in dish, and water poured
upon them, and the two mixed into a
paste, which was afterward put into the
| fire and burned again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
Points OF Fact.

One lhousend bricks, closely stacked,
occupy fifty-six cubic feet.
The best timber in a sound tree is
always the part near the ground.
The tensible strength of lance wood
is double that Of beech or chestnut.
A barrel of hydraulic cement con-
tains 800 pounds, equal to four struck
bushels.
Spars are usually purchased by the
inch diameter all under four inches
are considered poles.
A cubic foot of ash. which weighs
fifty-eight pounds when green, will weigh
fifty pounds when seasoned.
To soften cast-iron for turning, steep
it in one part of aqua forts to four OF
water, and let it remain in twenty-four
hours.
Compared with cast iron the strength
of wrought iron is 1.12 times greater,
its extensibility O.S6 times, and its stiff.
ness 1O3 times.
In clapboarding one bunch, laid three
and one-half inches to the weather, will
cover tWenty-SlX square leet. use nVe-
penny nails.
A composition of three parts tin,
five parts bismuth, and two parts lead,
will melt at 212o Fahrenheit. This
forms a good fusible plug for boilers.
Common oil varnish is resin four
pounds, beeswax one-half pound, boiled
oil one gallon; mix, with heat; then add
two quarts spirits of turpentine.
To remove paint from clothing, sat
urate the spots with equal parts tur-
pentine and spirits of ammonia until
they become soft, then wash out with
soapsuds.
To measure round timber, multiply
the length in inches by the square OF
one quarter Of the mean girth in inches,
and the product, divided by 1928, will
give the contents in cubic feet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
A Floating Bee House.

A floating bee-house has been :s oo
strcuted by Mr.. Perrine, INN nm.
honey-dealer, large enough to aouo he
modate two thousand hives. inese ;nni
is having lowed up the M is.d,l
river from Louisiana to MlllH ;us Of
keeping pace with the blosso .in The
the flowers, and thus stimuia'lns Il i
honey-making ability Of his pee s,ner.
stated that this is an European eAf
iment repeated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
4 Wise Deacon.

deacon Wilder, want you to tell
me how you kept yourself and family
so well the past season, when all the
rest of us have been sick so much, and
have had the doctors running to us SC
long"
Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
l used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family well and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth of it kept us all
we'll and able to work all the time, and
l will warrant it has cost you and most
of the neighbors one to two hundred
dollars apiece to keep sick the same
time. l guess you'll take my medicine
hereafter" See other column.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

IT is recorded that the only daughter
of famous Arab chief came weeping
to him on the third day after the mar
riagc to complain that her husband had
struck her in the face. (Which cheek
did he smite?" asked the venerable par
ent. THE left" answered the injured
bride. through her tears. Good
said the sympathizing father, admins
tering tremendous slap on her right
cheek; "that makes it all even again.
Go tell thy husband that if he has buff
feted my daughter, l have butfeted his
wife"
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-04-11

should be sowed in April, in pots, which
should be placed in a hot-bead, and as soon
as the plants are large enough they can be
potted in small pots, and they will come in
to bloom the following winter.
Bouvardias are great favorites of mine,
and deserve to find place in every window
garden. The prettiest variety is BouuardiG
lopeglforo, which has pure white flowers and
is very fragrant Bouuardia brulandi is more
compact in its growth, but the flowers are
smaller and not as fragrant. Boupardia Ho-
garth has bright scarlet flowers, which are
very snowy, and contrast finely with the
white varieties Cuttings of these plants
can be started in March or April, in wet
sand, and when they have struck root each
plant can be potted in a three-inch pot, and
as it fills with roots it should be transplant
ed to larger size, sultil it is growing in Il
six or eight-inch pot, IN which it will flower
luxuriantly.
Bouvardias, like roses. are greatly injured
by the attacks Of the aphis or green fly !. but
if they are dipped intoNa strong solution of
Jaques' tobacco soap, which is sold at seed
stores, their depredations will cease. find
that this soap, when made into suds like
soft-soap, is an excellent fertilizer, and
makes my plants vigorous and healthy,
while its use also destroys the minute white
worrns which infest the soil of potted plants.
and will kill the angle worms which coil in
the earth.-Daisy EyebrigAt, ia TIE Country
Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-04-11
DIAMOND CITY, NJ T., APRIL IL, rs.

the common long-legged, slab-sided, sharp
faced hazel-splitter is not profitable here or
III any country, not even in Texas, where
they grow wild in the forest and are hunted
with horse and hounds like deer. The man
had better not attempt the business who is
not willing to adopt the thoroughbred, for,
II he does not, he cannot meet with more
than ordinary success at best The profits
OF swine growing on peas is not the coinage
OF the imaginative brains of editors, as some
suppose, but we have information that yeri-
fles it from good, practical Montana farmers
who demonstrate it yearly.