Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-05
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among the XumS an advanced people,
an ctiqucttN Of of the nation, Thcwo-
men must not mention the name Of
Nlcir Mtherein-law, and they hide OF pre-
tend to hide when they meet thor
SonS-in.aw. 1t used 10 he the custom
nj Elton for boys to "shirk' when they
met n master cut OF bounds Sinking
WAS " mere legal fiction; stout hoy
might hide behind slim lamr-post,
and the master MAS bound to behave lis
! II tho lad we're satisfactorily concealed.
In the Same way, iIa Zulu lady en-
cOuutercd her Son-m-law III n place
where there is no cover, she "hlouias'
or shirks' by tying piece Of grass
around her head rs II sign that She
complies with custom, and is in fact
invisible. There may he married. men IN
civilized countries who would like to
see primitive etiquette revived They
could endure 10 hc deprived Of the soci
city Of thor mothersin INV, and would
10 glad 10 soc these ladies "hlonipa,"
| behind u curtain or under II sofa when
they enter room One can hardly be-
hevc, however, that the modern aver
sion to mother-in-aw is the cause of the
primitive etqucttcc, 4 Zulu who did
not like his wifc's mother would prob
| ably give her gentle hint with m Us.
scSa that her company WAS not wanted.
DEEr SEA SorNplNGS BETWEEN AFRICA
AND BRA2ll.- Commander Winfield s.
Schlcy, commanding the United States
steamer ESSer, reports from Rio dc
lnnciro under date of February ION,
| 1873, that he has successfully run Il line
of somdings from st. Paul de l4oanda,
Africa, to Cape Frio, Brazil, vim the
Island Of st. Helena. Ills report is nc
lcompnnicd hy tho track chart, with
soundngs marked thereon, II profile 81
the ocean bottom, and the positions
where soundings and scn-tempcnturcs
were taken. The greatest depth fouad
between the coast of Africa and 81. lIo-
lena was 3,063 fnthoms, or 1890 feet;
and between ST, Helena and Brazil tho
greatest depth WAS 3,2Si inthoms, or
1904 feet. The soundings taken within
five or six miles to the eastward and
westward of st. Helena exhlbtin profile
the remarkable fact that the island
stands almost perpendicular III nearly
10000 feet Of water. After leaving the
coast of Africa, there is nh abrupt de-
scent of 800 fathoms IN the first sixty
miles from TINT coast, deepening mp To
5000 lnthoms Mt n distance of about
seven hundred miles; thence to 50.
Helena gradual reductions IN depth oc-
cur, and an entire change is tho charae-
ter Of the bottom from mud to coral
rock and sand The somdings wore
taken by means Of pianoforto wire, in
place of hemp line, with the machine
designed Nv Sir William Thomson, Of
England, improved w Captain George
Il. Belknap, Of the United States navy,
who first used il on board the United
States steamer 1UScdT0ru, in sounding
across the Pacific Ocean in 1873 md
1874.
THE appropriation by Congrcss Of
rs 100000 10 pay the Canadian fishery
award was in strict accordance with the
requirements Of fair play and national
honor Every right-minded citizen
would have felt u sense Of humiliation
had the house Of representatives listen
cd TO the advice Of General Butler and
some others, and refused 10 pny the
award. That award was undoubtedly
excessive, and out OF proportion to the
benefits received by the United States
under the treaty; but We submitted our
case TO the Halifax commission without
any right Of appeal, and good faith de-
mnnds that we should stand squarcly
by the decision made. There are larger
things, ny Mr.. Hewitt well remarked,
than millions of dollars, and one Of
these Is nations good name; there is
no other element Of prosperity, md no
quality in n people or nj individual,
which ut all compares with manly
and straightforward fair dealing under
any and all circumstances Lrslie's W
hsiratcd Newspaper.
There died il few days ago IL Hart
ford Conn, Il mnn Of some means, but
elouded intellect, who, for the last
thirty years, had done nothing his CON
siderable means allowing him 10 live m
leisuro-but walk up and down tire
streets, removing carefully from the
sidewalks MI stray pieces Of orange
peel and banana skin. In early life his
lady love broke her leg by slipping ON
II piece Of orange peel and eventually
died from the effects Of the accident.
This affected his mind md led TO his
unsclIish occupation for tire rest Of his
| life.
WHEs Waterloo bridge was built over
the Thames, sixty years ago, the mason
Il