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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

cure, it ia III such matters. All the soap
in the universe cannot cleanse snow
once sullied, and no woman can afford
to indulge in promiscuous illrtations.
As for the men, they can take care OF
themselves, and usually do il. 1t might
be Il convenience if the custom common
among some German peasants were m
troduced with us--the custom OF lndl-
eating the dowry Of each maiden by the
stripes on her bodice; but possibly that
is too much to ask Of congress in land
where heiresses are in the minority. So
the deserving young men who wishes to
endow fortune with his heart and
hand must take his chances, and, when
the bitter is bit, Mr.. and Mrs. Lammie
have no cause to complain if they do
not receive much sympathy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02
Muriatic IIalstcnd on Ice.

Yesterday an attache of the Cincinnati
Cdmmc1cidl stepped into the private
office of its editor, Mr.. Muriatic Hal
stead, and, bowling quite low, said:
"Gravc and reverend seignor 4 young
lady living near Edenburg, Ind Miss
May Fowler by name, has had her
speech restored, which was lost after
sickness several months ago, by swallow
ing IL piece Of icc"
Its n lic," yelled Mr.. Halstcad, his
fur face turning suddenly purple; you
have been imposed upon; put no such
stuff il the paper"
"But, said the young man, bowling
lower than before, 81 saw the lady my
self, Three months ago she could not
utter n syllable. After swallowing the
piece Of ice yesterday which, assure
you, was purely accidental, and caused
her great alarm, rs she is 10 constant
reader OF your valuable paper-her
speech was Immediately restored, and
she can now converse llnently-"
"lt's u lie repeated Mr.. lIalstcad,
with great vchcmence; can odious,
damned lie; upon my soul II lie, Il
wicked lie
I'm addition to my own statement,
said the young man, who now very
much regretted that no had over been
horn; =" in addition to my own state
mont, have the sworn statement of the
lady herself and oC her minister, tht
Rev. Mr..
cts lie!" yelled Mr.. lIalstead
springing to his feet and shaking his
fists in the young mans face; it's u lie
she's liar; the preachers il liar. \
she swallowed il piece Of ice ms big MS 4
pea il killed her too dead to skin, and
you can go and write IN article TO thai
ellect;" and the great editor waved the
young man ont Of his presence. 0i
Gtg Dcrick.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02
What he Got.
Commercial Bulletin.

CHOW, Leander, my dear, want you
to be sure and not forget these few
things when you come down tonight, :
says the young wife, Just before the
kiss and good-by," at the summer
hotel, in the morning, as the gentlemen
were starting Tor the city.
" Certainly not, my love.
And this is the way the list ran
]. Two yards of blue barege.
,. Two yards of Hamburg edgings.
3. Ny new braid from the hair
store.
4. Half dollars worth Of nainsook.
5. Box pearl powder from my upper
drawer.
6. "Modern minister" from Loring's
Library.
Arriving in town, he forgot about the
list till late in the afternoon, and then
couldn't find it in any of his pockts;
but hadn't he read it over, and didn't
he recolect it I'LL ? OF course lie did,
and this is what he brought home to
his expectant wife
]. Two heads of blue cabbage.
2. Three yards handsome netting,
(mosquito.)
8. Some blue braid.
4. Half dollars worth of canned
soup.
3. Box Of seidlitz-powders and pair Of
drawers.
6. Loring said he hadn't got any such
book as "The Mug and Canister in
the library.
Exclamation on receiving the above.
go Leander, Leander, you must have
been dining at that horrid club again,
or you couldn't have made such a mis-
take.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

those of the neighboring tree. Five
years hence thisIow will present 4 solid
mass of leaves and branches, causing
early decay. Thirty feet apart is plenty
close enough to permit the full develop
ment Of the maple, and, on good, strong
soil, | would increase the distance to
forty or forty-hve feet. The aim should
not be to obtain solid wall of branches
the whole length of the line, but to have
open spaces, that the sunshine may
reach the highway and quickly dry off
all superfluous moisture, and prevent
the soil from being damp and muddy.
When setting out any kind of shade or
ornamental trees, a safe rule is first to
lind some fully developed specimen Of
the same variety, and picture out to
yourself how much room the trees you
are about to set out would occupy If
they, too, were fully grown. My word
for it, you will edge along few more
feet with your tree than at first intended.
Owing to the stringency of the cattle
law, not few farmers in this State are
setting out apple and cherry trees along
the highway, SO that in a few years what
they gather from the trees will be- COM
paratively clear gain. Fall growing,
late varieties are usually selected for
the purpose. Cherry trees are not de
sirable unless the ground can be kept
well cleared from sprouts, emanating
from roots and fallen pits. Transplant
ed trees should have their tops cut
back, and also be heavily mulched with
coarse manure, or what in practice
seems to answer as well, inverted sod
placed about the trunk, with flat stones
or bricks for covering.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02
KS rABLlSHED 1851.
ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
Kg7Efl Or. 7. WILLIAMS,
dazzy Medical 3 Surgical Institute

HOO EHSI w HUer pt, IhIIWHuhoe, w IS'
Tho best appointed Medical institution in the West.
Chartered 1869 by the State Legislature. DR.. Williams
has had greater experience than any specialist In the
West in the treatment of Private, Nervous and
Chronic affections of both sexes.
Young, Es-tdlc-aged and Old Men. suffer
ing from Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood and other
diseases arising from the Errors Of Youth or Secret
Vices of Manhood, who often deceived by adver-
Using quacks, before consulting any ono should sec
Or. Williams, read his two finely illustrated med
ical works, contai hing over 800 pages, The Mar;
riige Guide and Diseases of Women" and
the - Diseases of Youth and Manhood"
Either book receipt of 60 cents in stamps Or
both for 81. Or il the books not wanted, send
statement of your trouble fer valuable Mono
graph and letter Of advice free.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

CONGRESS 1T the late session, appro.
priated about $1,000, 600 for the contin-
uation and completion of public build
lngs III various pnrts of the country,
Work on them is now in progress.
Those which will bc completed during
the present Year are 1T Evansville, lndl-
MA; Covington, kentucky; Grand Rap
ids, Wisconsin; Dover, Delaware, RI.
leigh, North Carolina; Charleston. South
Carolina; and the Appraisers Stores III
san Francisco. Ground is being
broken for a fire proof building not far
from the treasury department 1T wash
ngton, 70 he devoted t. the use Of the
bureau " engraving and printing of the
treasury department, and To the me-
ehanical purposes Of other bureaus and
branches ot the government depart
mpnts
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02
Indigestion.

Tho main cause of nervousness is in
digestion, and that is caused by weak
ness of tho stomach. No one can have
sound nerves ana good health without
using Hop Bitters to strengthen the
stomach, purify the blood, and 70 keep
the liver and kidneys active, TO carry
oil all the poisonous and waste matter
of the system. Sec other column.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANr-The sue.
cessful merchant is always the one who
keeps the best class Of goods of Mi
kinds. and sells full weight goods.
and rs many Of them are aware Of the
fact hey keep u. B. DeLand & Co. s
B,st Chemical SaitfattS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02
HoIIoway's Pills. What IS Life IN

su no,VWaa nSSp \ Sc.-Maa people insure
iheit llver 10 benefit their families by death how
pnradnxical il this To prolnng lille hy preserving
the health would he far more rational manner OF
assuring II. Apopcxy IL swift and tnsdi"us 70
its attacks striking it, stctim withnni moment
warniugi Happily, preventive has been dis
covered 4 Hnlluways Ptlls-the only safe aud ctr
tain anidote for III disease, thet cor thr blood
and runalize its eiren alton through the sNsifm
To preserve the stomach In a sound condition
and the blood pure IL the true secrel ~ health
Hnlloway's PILLS will 40 this most etfectualy. and
XVI. nr,.seni day isi
IsPoarAsr SorlcE.-None are genuine unless
the signature of !. Il YDncR. as agent for the
United states surranEds each box Of Pulls and
t,intment Boxes al IS cents. ~ cents and 81
each
sSy- There Il considerable saving BY taking the
larger sizes Holloway TO-. New YORK.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

IlE young man whose fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Of love- about month
ago had better begin to buckle down to
business, and provide y sinking fund
against the advent Of the ice cream
season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

INA LnIIE EVANS, 4 seven-year-old
school girl, whose parents reside at
Lancaster. Pa, died recently from swal-
lowing pin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-02

The pastors Of the state church Of
Prussia are very poor, and 4 collection
is annually taken up for them through
out the kingdom.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
Japanese Ingenuity.

A correspondent writing from Toxic
on the prospects of trade with that
country in American manufactures,
says:
During and after the Philadelphia ex-
hibition the japanese commission
bought a large quantity of agricultural
implements, and so anxious were the
dealers to open a trade with Japan that
they sold these sample articles at less
than wholesale figures. In due course
of time the things arrived here, and the
sharp-eyed mechanics went to work to
copy them. They are now making cast
iron plows Just as cheaply az we can
make them in America, andat less price
than it would cost to deliver them here
Harrows, c1ltivators, seed sewers and
similar simple implements they are
copying to perfectioni they may buy
few now and then in America, but II
will be solely that they may use them as
models With reapers, mowers and
similar intricate constructions they have
not succeeded as. yet, but are confident
of doing so in time, and, in any event,
the character of the country and Its
agriculture, and the low price OF labor,
will prevent large demand for this
sort of labor-saving machinery. Hoes,
shovels and other hand tools they have
not attempted to any great extent, and
thus far they have not been able to get
the peculiar strength and fexibility
which is the boast of the American
maker The japanese laborer is a con-
sentative being, and will not readily
surrender the implements of his ances-
tors. Doubtless he may do. so in time,
and wnen he does he viii purchase our
productions, provided, IN the mean
while, a homemade article of equa!!
excellence does not come to light.
There are no patent laws in Japan, and
the inventor has no protection if the
native mechanics can succeed in copy
ing what he has created. A young
American came here recently with fond
hopes Of making fortune out of a
refrigerator, the invention of an enter
prising countryman. But he found in
the first place that the japanese made
no use of the article he brought; and,
second, they could copy them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
THE EASTERN WAR.

A Russian official dispatch from Kasan-
lik, 10Th, says that Gen. GOurkO fought
Suleiman Pasha from the 18th to the 18th.
The Turks were finally driven into the
Rhodope Mountains. A correspondent at
Vienna teegraphs: Advices from COnstan-
tinople show that general panic prevails
there, and excitement is hourly increasing.
1t is believed the guaranteeing Powers will
send ships TO protect their subjects.
A dispatch from Constantinople, 23d, re-
ports that feet, commanded by Manthrope
Bey, has started for Kavalet to embark Sulei-
man Pasha's troops. Half of the army will
be conveyed to Gallipoli and half to Con-
stantinople
A Vienna correspondent says, in spite Of
negotiations, preparations for defending the
lines of Constantinople are being carried on
with great activity. According to trust
worthy data, some 10000 men are available
for this purpose.
The English fleet, under command of Ad-
miTal Hornby, arrived at the mouth Of the
Dardanelles on the 10Th, where orders were
in waiting for it TO return to Besika Bay.
The Montenegrins, after violent lombard
ment ION the 26th, captured three fortified
Islands in Lake Seutari. 1<tHH
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
Work for the Land Office.

The restoration of the public lands Of
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Florida to sale will require
additional clerical service, Involving, as
it does, the labor of examining nearly
1000 volumes of {" tract" books, and
about 5000 township plats of the sur
vey in the General Land Office. Last
year Congress appropriated $4,000 for
additional clerks to carry on the work
of bringing into the market these lands,
and several millions of dollars worth
have been sold. The number OF clerks
in this Office is less now than it was 20
years ago, while the work has increased
in quantity since that date at least 400
per cent. Should an appropriations not
be made a reduction of force must take
place 1t may be mentioned as a proof
that the public lands require additional
legislation for their protection that in
the last Is years tits estimated that a.
900, 900 worth of TIMBER has been ship
ped from the Pacific coast. Washington
Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
Died With a Broken Heart.

A special from Annapolis to the Bal
timore Gazette says: The presence OF
the Hon. Matt Carpenter in the State
house as counsel in the case before the
Court of Appeals attracted IN unusual
number of spectators. The proceed
ings before the court grew out of the
celebrated divorce case of Maj. r. NJ.
Hill. The facts of the case are In 1863
Maj. Hill married Catharine Graham
Ramsay, and while on duty at the Unit
ed States Arsenal, near Augusta, Ga,
his wife was discoyeredin criminal in
tercourse with Ernest A. Mauree, a
private soldier in Maj. Hill's command.
He never condoned her offense, but
brought her to her fathers home in
Washington and procured an absolute
divorce from her and custody Of their
only child, Bessie, aged four years, the
mother having the privilege OF seeing
the child at stated periods. Maj. Hill,
WAC was a robust man, was taken i'll,
and on the 25th of March, 1876, "died
of a broken heart" says the court rec
ords, leaving his child under the guard
ianship of his sister, Ellen NJ. Hill. The
sister refused to let the mother see the
child, and the Circuit Court of Prince
Georges County held that the guardi-
an was right. An appeal was taken by
the mother, and Mr.. Carpenter appear
ed to-day before the court of the appel
liant. Mr.. c. c. Magruder was in the
case with him. Bernard Carter, Esq,
represented the appellee, but submitted
the case on the brief. The guardian
refuses the mother the right to see the
child on the ground that there is an I'M
necessary narrowing of feelings, that
the mother is not the proper person to
have control of the child nor to have
any influence over it, and her brothers
dying request was that she should not
see the child. Opinion reserved.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

-Stanley's African name is "The
Little Man With Much Face"
"A mufderess, Mrs. Laura II. Fair,
of San Francisco, has dramatized Gwen
Meredith's ''Lucile e
Montgomery Blair h. going to write
the life of his father, especially as con-
nected with Andrew jackson.
The poet-broker, E. C. Stedman,
lost about $4,000 through the frauds of
Bonner & Co., New York, = r.FY ,.
Just before his death, Mr. Samuel
Bowles made arrangements for the pub
iication of the Springfield Republicans
without interruption or change ofpolicy.
Mile, Roze, the new prima donna,
is really Mrs. Perkins, widow of an
American singer Mr., julie Perkins, CT
Boston-but the lady herself is Partisan
born.
-Tabitha A. Holton, who has just
been admitted by the Supreme Court OF
North Carolina to practice at the bar, is
the daughter of a Clergyman, p years
of age, small in figure, and of modest,
unassuming mannersqu ,r.ia.at eag IS
Probably half the photograph al
buns of the country have samong their
treasures the picture of the poet Long
fellows three little girls, Alice, Edith
and Annie The one at the left, with
the blonde curls, is the one just married.
Mrs. Mary Clemmer was seriously
injured in Washington, ID. c., the other
day, by springing from carriage when
the horses were running away. Mr..
Croly, editor of the New York GrGDhic,
and his wife, ''Jennie june were par
Elephants in the catastrophe, but escaped
injury by keeping their place in the We
hicle.
The Washington Post says that the
venerable Gen. James Shields, of Mis-
souri,, is very poor-that any other ma
ton would delight to have such citi-
zen, but here, after 80 years of varied
service, he actually is iii want, at times,
of the ordinary necessaries of life.
Madame Yoshida, the wife of the
japanese Minister, now speaks our Ian
| guage so well that she is able to make
! her ceremonious calls in Washington
unaccompanied by prompter or inter
prefer. Her little daughter, who is be-
ginning to talk, speaks English exclu'
sively.
An interesting memorial service &c
the late Samuel -Bowles, editor of the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, was
held on the 23d, at which large mum
Der of well known authors and journal
lists participated Charles Dudley War
ner read a poem from the Arabic: 'E(
who died at Ain sends this to comfort
all his friends. ~ Rev. Frances Tiffany
Newton, formerly Mr.. Bowles's pastor
spoke of the social and domestic life o
the dead. Letters were read from
Charles Francis Adams, Senator Dawes
Carl Schurz, aud Coy. Hubbard, of Con
necticut Murat Halstead paid fine
tribute to the character of his deaC
friend. Isl 7r s.a,a g., t-lr-u
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
How a Bird was Identified.

The Saratogta7 contains this pleasant
little story: "a lady, visiting a Walton
Street residence, a few days since, was
attracted to a beautiful canary bird by
its close resemblance to one she had lost
last spring. She was informed that The
songster had cometo them, they finding
it one chilly morning perched upon a
window-sill. The lady stated that the
bird had been Taught to perform the
pretty little feat, when given its liberty
in room, of picking up pin and
stickingit in the carpet, Theeage door
was opened, and asthe bird few forth
the lady threw pin out'in the center
of the door. The bird immediately flew.
down to where it lay, caught it in its
bill, dexterously stuck it in a perpen-
dicular position in the carpet, after
which it hoped of step or two and
warbled forth some of its sweetest notes,
as if in exultation Of the feat it had ac-
complished. 1t was her long-lost song
Sfpr -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
Unconscious Swearing. =

Somebody has discovered that En-
glish women do a great deal OF habitlal
swearing without being conscious Of 1t,
and it is by no means certain that they
will thank him for calling their atteTs-s
ton TO tie fact. As the robjeciorabie
oath which he singles out Is quite IS
common among American ladies, give
them the. benefit Of his explanation He
says that the common expletiye, 2. Dear
me-" is not "dear me- at al, which
are two English words absolutely mean
ingieSs when so coupled together, but
that it is a corruption Of the Spanish
Dio MIC, which IS nothing more
nor less than 8. Ny G6dl" 1t is.ithere-.
fore, hoped that both English and
American ladies viii hereafter be more
carefnlS if not OF their p's and q IS, at
least OF their ms and DIS. ~, =; e..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31
LiquefactiOn of Gases.

1t has Just been demonstrated through
experiments of NJ Cailletet of Paris
and M. Pictet of Geneva, that all the
known gases can be liquefied by subjec-
ton to a sufficiently low temperature.
Some of the gases were liquefief many
years ago by Faraday and other investi-
gators, but after a series of somewhat
dangerous experiments the attempt to
liquefy the rest was for the most part
abandoned. Not long ago oxygen was
liqueiied, and later experiments have
succeeded with common air, and, to a
limited extent, even with hydrogen.
The hquefaction takes place as the gases
fall to an excessively low temperature
some 500 deg. below zero (Fahr. -
while escaping from pressure of 200 to
$50 atmospheres. 1t is, however, the
low temperature, not the pressure, to
which the liquefaction is aseribed. It's
estimated that the cold of
the inter-stellar spaces may
be considerably greater than this
greater even than we can designate by
any theometrieal scale. Hence it is a
direct conclusion that there may be nat
ural conditions under which air and the
various other gases which are known to
exist are reduced first to a liquid and
then to solid form.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-31

caught four times a day by setting
trap on a street corner.-Ronle Sentinel.
Why is the money you're in the
habit of giving to the poor ike q new
born .babes Becauseit's precious little.
The Legislature of Washington Ter
rtory has a-young lady engrossing
clerk, She engrosses notonly the bills
Abut the attention. pr several susceptible
egislators.- Worcester Press.
"A clock having struck the hour Of
/, tender-hearted woman exclaimed,
"What a cruel clock?'' s'Why sog''
asked a friend because tt struck its
little onel"
With the close of the holidays the
casual Sunday boy has severed
his connection with the church apd re-
sumed his occupation of breaking win
dows, stoning dogs and yelling at
strangers, until it is timeto get in train
ing for the picnics-H G,0keye.
-Sniffies's Oldest boy read in a paper
that foreign substances, such as pieces
'0f meat, ETC., could be removed from
the throat by blowing in the ear, and, q
few days ago, piece of beef having
b lodged in his throat, he nearly dislo-
Gated bis neck, trying the experiment.
He says some people may be able to
blow in their ears, but he'll be darned
if he can.-BrunSI1tck NeaCs.
-s Speaking of cold feet, y interrupts
ed old Ricketts,, "why, my second
wife's feet were so much colder than my
first wife's, that it required six more
tons of coal during the winter to heat
the house, and had to keep four stoves
in full blast all summer to prevent the
children from taking cold" There
wasn't much life in the conversation
after that.
-" Mem. She looked like the
young lady who was seen on street
car an hour before with two brick-col
Ored flower-yases, which he Nas taking
home to decorate. She hurried into the
museum, drew forth pencil and paper
and was heard musing rs she took notes
% Eagle has two legs-One tail twC
eyesSone beak. Picture of hen car
easily be enlarged to an eagle. No eye
brows on an eagle. Attitude-pensiEe.
She looked around for a minute, an'
then went on: /" A fox has four legs
one tail-two eyes-one nose-two ear
mouth rather large-expression of face
rather solemn and orrowful-distinc
eyebrows-sort of mutton chop whis
kers. General bearing seems to b
courteous and refined" She had ;
small package of yellow ochre and
sash toothbrush with her, and she ha
probably reached the top shelf of art b.
this time.