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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-26

FlNlNG- FISH, III q mechanism oi the
movements Of the ilying-iSh through
the mir has been deeribed with much
detail by Professor Moehius, of ktel,
who concludes, from the observations
Of those who have published oil the
subject and his OWN. that the living fish
dart from tho water with great speed
without reference To the course 1T the
wind and waves. They make no rcgu.
lar living motions with their pectoral
and ventral fins, but spread them out
quietly, though very rapid vibrations
can be seen III the outstretched pcctural
fins. The hinder part Of the body,
while the fish moves in the air, hangs
somewhat lower than tho forcpart OF
tie body. They usually tly farther
against the wind than with il, or il th1ir
track and the direction ofthc wind form
I'm angle. Most dying fish which ty
against 81 with the Wind continue in
their Whole course OF flight III the same
direction in which they come ont of the
water. Winds which blow from one
side Oh To the original track of tine fish
bend their course inward All fish
which are III il distenco from the vessel
hover i'll their whole course in the mir
near tho surface 81 the water II III
strong winds they fly against the course
Of tile waves, then they tly littlchigher;
sometimes they cut with the tail into
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-26
Cooking Potatoes.
Cincinnati Gomr,erclal.

A New York paper suggests that the
young ladies of Vassar college, having
successfully wrestled with Greek roots,
now turn their attention TO the art of
boiling potatoes. To boil potato
properly is thought n very simple affair,
and yet there is not one table IN fifty
where they appear in that perfection
which makes Il potato boiled with its
Jacket on one of the most delicious OF
esculents. People who do not know
what boiled potato is, III that high
state when itappcars smoking from the
pot, and bursting like u cotton pod.
into mcaly Wilderness, neither too wet
nor too dry, but always piping hot us it
is stripped Of its skin and prepared for
its garnish of salt and butter, with pep
per according to tastc-p, ople who do
not know the boiled potato III that state
Of perfection content themselves with
the csculent sliced and fried in grease
(an abominaton To the cultured palate
and terror 70 delicate stomachs),
and think they know what potatoes
are! Next 70 u potato baked, n potato
boiled properly touches the gastronom.
&c economy III its tendereSt region, and
docs not pail upon the taste though it
he served ut table 500 times year.
Whoever does not relish the potato
boiled III the manner we have described
but must have it sliced, fried, stcwcd or
mashed. with addition of parsley or
other sayory things, should suspect The
condition Of his palate and stomach,
and consult II physician for some
remedy for n morbid appetite The
Lord made the potato With Il Jacket on,
that was not intended to he taken of
until tho process Of cooking is COM
pie ed, and allthat is delicate and sweet
IN its flesh is preserved to tickle the
palate of the eater thereof.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-26

Miss EvARrs il pleasantly and cnthu
siastically described III the Washington
correspondence OF the Albany Journal
"Shc Is Il lovely girl, il says, with
satiny blonde hair, very purc complex
ion, sea-Shcll tinted III the cheeks, and
enough Of the Evarts nose to give char
aetcr "a her face, There Is not il curl.
not erimp not sign Of IN ahbrcvia-
ted look about her, but the bands of her
pale, lnNuriant hair brushed smoothly
back and done ~ iii Greek knot,
fastened with t,rtolsoshe'l comb.
She moves With willowy grace, and looks,
and walks gentle, refined, unmistakahle
lady, the breath " peace upon her lips,
the shine ofan undisturhed quiet in her
starry eyes.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
5 OF INTEREST.

sonal and Literary
considers the Lords Prayer
composition OF marvellous
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Can Animals Think ?
pendent.

The only difference between animal
intelligence and human intelligence
consists in this-that animal intelligence
is unable to elaborate that class of ab-
stract ideas, the formation of which de-
pends on the faculty of speech. In
other words, animals are quite as aole
to form abstract ideas as we are. if un-
der abstract ideas we include general
ideas of qualities which are so far simple
as not to require to be fixed in our
thoughts by names. For instance, if |
see a fox prowling about farm-yard, |
can not doubt that he has been led by
hunger to visit place where he has
general idea that number of good
things are to be fallen in with, just as !
myself am led by similar impulse to
visit a restaurant. And, to take only
one other instance, there can be no
question that animals have generalized
conception of cause and effect. For
example, l had setter dog which was
greatly afraid of thunder. One day a
number of apples were being shot upon
the wooden floor of an apple-room, and
as each bag of apples was shot it pro-
duced through the rest of the house a
noise resembling that of distant thun-
der. My dog became terror-striken at
the sound but as soon as brought him
to the apple-room and showed him the
true cause of the noise, he became again
buoyant and cheerful as usual. Another
dog had used to play at tossing dry
bones to give them the appearance OF
life. As an experiment, one day at
tached fine thread to dry bone be-
fore giving him the latter to play with;
and after he had tossed the bone about
for awhile as usual, l stood long way
off and slowly began to draw it away
from him. So soon as he perceived that
the bone was really moving on its own
account, his whole demeanOr changed,
and rushing under sofa he waited hor-
ror-stricken to watch the uncanny spec
tacle of dry bone coming to life. l
have also greatly frightened this dog by
blowing soap-bubbles along the floor;
one of these he summoned courage
enough to touch with his paw, but as
soon as it vanished he ran out OF the
room, terrified at SO mysterious dis
appearance. Lastly, l have put this
dog into paroxysm Of fear by taking
him into room alone and silently
making a series of grimaces. AL
though had never in my life hurt this
dog, he became greatly frightened at
my unusual behavior, which so seriously
conhicted with his general idea Of uni
formity in matters psychological. But |
have tried this experiment with less in
telligent dogs without any other result
than that Of causing them to bark at
me --NnseteenM Century.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
An Indian Murderer's Madness.

A few days since we, in company with
Deputy Sheriff Taylor, visited the cell
of White Owl, a noted, or rather noto-
rious, Indian. Our readers will re-
member that this is the character
charged by others with the murder of
Coggan, and since his confinement each
day has developed new features of
proof, until now there is scarcely a
shadow of doubt that it was his treach-
erOus aim that directed the leaden mes
senger to summon him whom i'll fate
had destined to be slain. We were sem
sible of the great crime committed, and
in view of its atrocity approached the
cell with no feeling OF sympathy for the
villainOuS murderer. For several days
past he has been pleading and acting
insanity, refusing to eat, declaring that
Indians are being hanged in the adjOin-
ing cell, and protesting that the "evil
spirit" visits him when alone in his
confinement. After some difficulty
Sheriff Taylor brought him from his
cell and secured his chain to a tree in
the courtyard. For time he remained
in perfect silence, intently gazing east
ward towards the hills where the black
ened crime was perpetrated. The I'M
agination of the looker-on could plainly
read the thoughts that were occupying
his mind and agitating his frame, He
grew more and more excited until ap-
parently lost to all save his own frantic
thoughts, he gave way to wild, piercing
shrieks that strangely contrasted with
his former silence. With amazement
we beheld the Indian captive, who, in
his hallucination, was again on the bat
tle-ground commanding the braves of
other and Ito him) better days. At
times he raved, at others was quiet, and
in the midst of the wild and warlike
strains of whooping, would suddenly
fall to low, melancholy means that died
in weeping. Then, as if some new
power had seized him and awakened
new energy, he leaped in the air, surged
at his chains, yelled unearthly, and set
tling again into quietude, would recoil
to the tree, and with a stealthy, snake
like look, point a quivering finger to-
wards the hills where once, happy in
the pleasures of freedom, he "roamed
the plains at will or sought the cooling
stream. ."-PendIetOn (Oregon) hde-
pendent.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Chinese Skill in Carving.

The skill displayed by the Chinese in
carving ivory balls within each other
has excited the wonder and admiration
of Europeans. Nothing can afford a
greater proof of the patience and perse-
Verance, as well as of the taste of a
Chinese handicraftsman, than one OF
these elegant baubles, each bail being
exquisitely carved, and no two alike in
pattern. Each OF these balls rolls freely
within that which encloses it, and is
visible through apertures; so that how
ever many there be, the beauties of each
can be examined, and the number Of
the whole counted. Much time is spent
upon the carving of these toys, for the
cleverest artist will employ whole
month in the execution of each separate
ball; consequently the labor of two
years is not unfrequently bestowed on
the production of single toy, which
is formed out of solid globe of ivory,
and has no junction in any part. The
outside of this globe is first carved in
some very open pattern, and is then
carefully cut with a sharp, fine instru-
ment, through the openings, till COM
plete coating is detached from the solid
part inside, as the peel of an orange
might be loosened with scoop from
the fruit without being taken off. One
hollow ball is thus formed, with solid
one inside of it. The surface OF the in
ner ball is then carved through the in
terstics of the outer one, and when fin
ished is subjected to the same operation
as the first, and thus second hollow
ball is produced, still with solid C, one
of smaller dimensions inside. This
process is repeated again and again,
the difficulties increasing as the work
proceeds, till at length only small
ball, of the size of a marble, is left IN
the center. which is also ornamented
with figures cut upon it, and then the
ingenious but useless bauble is COM
plete. This process is said to be per-
| formed under water.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28

About 20 per cent of the students
at the Indiana State University are Ia
| dies.
-Rev. DR.. Ingram, of the Free
Church, INST, Scotland, now in his one
hundred and third year, is probably the
Oldest clergyman in the world.
The Presbyterian churches of New
York City have raised the sum OF S456,-
500 to clear themselves from debt, with
| in the year ending Oct. /.
William Charles Lawson, once a
slave, has been ordained Baptist min
lister, and presides over thriving con-
gregation in Baltimore, built up by his
own efforts.
The largest Sunday-sohool in the
world is probably at Stockport, Chester
County, England, a town with popu-
lation of only 53,014. The school build
inc cost 100000, and has between
eighty and ninety teaching rooms.
Since the institution was opened 5,OS5
teachers have been employed and 9O,-
S04 scholars registered. .....
The Minnesota COngregatlOnallst
have, through a council, advised great
er care in the selection of pastors IN
that State, Sin order that religious ad-
venturers may be excluded" This ac-
ton was caused by the success of sew
eral rascals in getting into Congrega-
tional pulpits, which resulted in hurt
full exposures,
In his recent charge the Bishop OF
Chichester (England) said that from
one church alone in his diocese five
clergymen have latoly passed over to
Rome, and they had to the utmost OF
their power leavened all they could in,
fluence. "No man could say how far
the poison extended. The path to Rome
has been smoothed by excessive and il
legal ritual"
At the recent meeting of the Con-
necticut teachers, Professor Brewer, OF
Yale, complained that there IS too much
machinery in teaching in our public
schools; that the system cuts off the
heads and feet of teachers to make them
all of one length, and advances some
pupils and retards others to make them
all come together at the end.
Mr.. Moody began his winters cam
paign in Baltimore by complying with
the Scriptural injunction of visiting
those in prison, where he preached to
the 400 inmates on Sunday. He is re-
ported to be studying systematically in
the preparation OF new series of SER
mons. The city pastors have appoint
ed a committee of cooperation, and will
give him all the work he wants to do.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28

while they themselves have not even
been mentioned. In one case a partic-
ular piece of work carried OFF the grand
prize and the exhibitor will be present
ed with the Legion of Honor, while the
poor artist gets neither reward nor dec
Oration.
In describing dinner at the Sui
tan's palace, Mr.. Drew Gay writes:
"And now comes the critical moment
for YOU if you are present at this feast
as stranger. You will have placed
your meat on your plate, and be care
fully cutting it up, when suddenly q
more than ordinarily juicy mOrsel will
be pushed into your mouth by a pair OF
very greasy fingers. You must nos re-
sent this. 1t is token of loving kind
ness, sign that you are respected, es-
teemed, beloved. Eat it; you are a
favored mortal"
With the exception of the fez the
present Sultan dresses altogether in Eu-
ropean style, and ordinarily wears no
iewelry or decoration. He is rather
above the middle height, and powerful
in build. He wears mustache and whis-
kers, and habitually leans his head for
ward, as though thinking. He speaks
in low tones. When not smoking he
has a habit of playing with something
which may chance to lie about. He
gives the idea of being weary and sad,
and indeed he has enough to make him
both.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Women in the OIdeA Time.

From the subversion of the Roman
Empire to the fourteenth or fifteenth
century, women spent most OF their
time alone, almost entire strangers to
the joys of social life; they seldom went
abroad, but to be spectators OF such
public diversions and amusements as
the fashions of the times countenanced.
Francis l. was the first who introduced
women on public days to Court; before
his time nothing was be seen at any of
the Courts of Europe, but gray
bearded politicians, plotting the de-
struction of the rights and liberties of
mankind, and warriors clad in COM
plete armor, ready to put their plots in
execution. In the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries elegance had scarcely
any existence, and even cleanliness was
hardly considered as laudable. The
use of linen was not known; and the
most delicate of the fair sex wore wool
en- shirts. In Paris they had meat only
three times week; and 100 livres
(about to-, was a large portion for a
young lady. The better sort of citizens
used splinters of wood and rags dipped
in oil, instead of candles, which, in
those days, were rarity hardly to be
met with. Wine was only to be had at
he shops of the apothecaries, where it
was sold as q cordial; and to ride in a
two-wheeled cart, along the dirty, rug
ged streets, was reckoned grandeur
of so enviable nature, that Philip the
Fair prohibited the wives OF citizens
from enjoying it. In the time OF Hen
ry WILL, of England, the peers Of the
realm carried their wives behind them
on horseback when they went to Lon
don; and in the same manner took
them back to their country-seats, with
hoods of waxed linen over their heads,
and wrapped in mantles of cloth to Sc
cure them from the cold.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Foreign Notes.

-Monsignore Prospect has left to his
cousin, Leo Kill, small wooden cru
ciix which Louis XVI. carried on the
scaffold. 1t was given to Monsignore
Prosperi by the Count de Fleury.
The Athens Archaeological Society
is in treaty for buying up the houses on
the site OF the Temple of Delphi, and
transferring the village to short dis
tance off. Excavations will then be un-
dertaken.
While he is Governor General of
the Dominion of Canada, the MARQUIS
of Lorne will enjoy the honor of a higher
rank than that of his own wife-a priv
ilege he is denied at home.
The Comte de Montalivet, Louis
Philippe's Minister, has just celebrated
his golden wedding in a pleasant, patri-
archal way. He gave dinner to 400
OF his rich and poor neighbors, and
gave dowries to four brides who were
married on that day.
Sir Moses Montefore, who was 30
years old when the battle of Waterloo
was fought, and who still lives at Rams
gate, has a college wherein 10 aged
Jews, pious and learned in the Jewish
law, live IN pleasure. Sir Moses be-
heyes in the reoccupation Of Jerusalem.
There is much heartburning among
the English artists, whose employers
nave carried off valuable prizes at Paris
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Odds and Ends.

A Western editor thus kindly
alludes to a cotemporary: "He is
young yet, but he can sit at his desk
and brush cobwebs from the ceiling
with his ears"
The estimable SamWard, bon Uivant
and late King of the Lobby, shrewdly
observes that it takes two properly to
enjoy canvas-back duck: /. You. 2.
The duck.
Three years ago a young man
graduated from the West Point Military
Academy, and came West. His soul
was filled with grand, lofty aspirations,
and he sought in the untrodden fields
of activity in the mighty West room for
his soaring genius to plume itself for
flight. He braced his feet as he pre-
pared to shake the globe. To-day he
is the travelling agent for a Cincinnati
corset factory. y.-H0wkeye.
The Nevada inventors aspire to
rival the wonderful achievements of
Edison, and perhaps the greatest tri-
umph yet recorded by them is the in
vention of a. combined butter-churn and
accordeon. The cream is placed in the
lower part of the ACCORDION, and while
the player is drawing "Sweet Spirit,
Hear My Prayer" out of the instrument,
wooden attachments to the keys are
churning the butter.
The genteel tramp mounted the
landing and rang the tront-door bell.
"Would you be so kind, ~ said he, rs
the mistress of the house appeared at
the door, "to exchange this piece Of
pie for couple of hard boiled eggs and
cup of coffee? l am of a dyspeptic
turn, and this is the ninth quarter of
mince pie that l have tried to 60
through this morning. I cart stand it,
it's too much of a sameness. If you ac-
cept my proposition. you can also have
the satisfaction of telling the neighbors
that Mrs. Robinson, across the street,
uses allspice instead of cloves, and that
the undercrust is very slack baked. "
The temptation was great, and the
genteel tramp had his eggs and coffee
and large triangle of frosted cake as
a onus.-NeoO Haven Register.
HAIL, FLAPJACK
My fapjack! it's of thee
Thou that agreest with me
Of thee | sing
Thou that with pork art fried,
| Then butter on one side,
With ample sirup thick applied
Thou luscious thing!
Oh savory morsel mine!
What taste is like to thine,
Well buttered one?
| / love to watch thee fry,
To see the cook toss thee on high,
| And stick with a fork to try,
| II thou artd Onel
Boston Times.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
Haps and NIishaps.

"A little daughter of Mr.. A. j. Dun
can, of Rock Hill, York County, S. c.,
was choked to death by grain Of
roasted coffee.
Thomas r. Rohr, proprietor of a
steam grist and saw-mill near Cynthi-
ana, KY, was caught in the machinery
while adjusting a belt and crushed to
death.
Mr.. Farrell, a machinist at the
shops near Peru, Ind, fell from loco
motive and broke his neck. He died in
five minutes.
Jacob Bloom, of Green Township,
Mahoning County, o., was picking ap-
pies when the ladder on which he stood
broke, throwing him to the ground.
He had a bag of apples on his shoulder,
which fell across his neck, breaking it,
killing him instantly.
Rufus Terkle, aged 1S, son of Lewis
Yerkle, of Logan Township, Auglaisse
County, o., took down his life, and to
see whether it was loaded, put his
mouth to the muzzle and his right foot
on the hammer. A Arife-ball went whiz-
zing through his head, causing death in
stantly.
Smith Wood, a young man en-
ployed in Pierson & Bros stave facto-
ry, at Freedom, Ind, while fixing the
belt on an equalizing saw, was caught
and thrown upon the saw, cutting a
cash eighteen inches long in his Side,
exposing his entrails. His injuries were
considered fatal.
AT Monroe, Mich, Jno. Dobey and
Frank Lameres, occupying separate
boats, were out in the marsh hunting,
when a flock of ducks approached. La
meres placed his gun to his shoulder,
and was in the act of firing, when Do
bey rose suddenly in his boat and re-
ceived the entire charge from Lameres' s
gun in the back of the head, killing him
instantly.
Sharp County record., 1878-11-28
A DIFFICULT CIPHER,
\ Lock that Thousands of KEYS Will
Open, but Which Can Not be Picked,
from the Boston TRANSCRIPT. I

open, but Which Can Not be Picked.
from the Boston Transcript
A good deal has been said about
ciphers lately, and it has been alleged
that no cipher has yet been devised
which patience and ingenuity can not
decipher. Here is one which would
certainly puzzlethe most adroit, because
1t depends entirely on the use of the
key-word, which can be changed as
often as may be desired. It's only nee
esSary for the person writing to have a
table like the following, and key-word
previously agreed upon:
a b d t g h k m II pQrstuvwN z
c e g h / J k m II opqrs wXyZ q
c d e t G h m qrstuvwXyza b
Il et NJ u mn nopqrst wNyzab c
e1 g | m n opqrst wXyZab d
II 4 IN opqrstuyw XyZab c G
: NJ IN o opqrst VwXyZab d e f
Ii } k m mop pqrstuvw yZab d g ( G
IN opqrst tuVwxyza d efg h
m n opqrstu vwXyza b C d eff z h /
m nopqrs yzab d eff g h j
IN o pqrstuv wXyZab c de I g h k
mn opqrstuywXyz def hi k |
II opqrst wxyzab d fig h i k m
pqrstuvw NyZab d lie t g h k m n
p qrStuV wXyzab b C d e h ] k III o
rstuvwXyza d e t g h il m n p
stuvwXyzab f g h k IN p q
tuvw wxyzab d e g h i ] k IN n p q r s
vwxyzab defgh k lmnop 8 t
vwxyz b d eff g h i ] k m nopqrst u
xyzab defghi k opQrstuv
xyzab C efg hi IN n opqrstuvw
zabcdetghtjklmnopqrstuvwxy abe hi
Let us suppose that A in Boston wants
to send to B in Chicago the message,
"Send me five hundred" and that
Glove" is the key word agreed upon.
He writes his message, and under it,
letter for letter, the key-word, repeat
ing the letter as often as may be neces-
sary, thus;
send me five hundred
love | o vel o velove
He now refers to his table, finds the first
letter "s" in the first horizontal line
and runs down vertically until he comes
to the letter which stands opposite to
pin the first vertical line; it proves
to be ed" This is the first letter of
the cipher message, and he writes it un-
der the "l." Next finding "e" the
second letter in his message, he runs
down vertically until he comes to the
letter opposite "o," the second letter
in the key; it proves to be "s." This
he writes as the second letter in his ci-
pher, under the CO." Continuing in
this way his three lines stand thus:
sen d m f iv h u II dred
love Ovelo We ovel
d i h X samgsc yrmio
And the cipher message to be sent to
Chicago would be "dsih KS amgs
cyyrmio." When B in Chicago receiv,
ed this he would write it out, and over
it, letter for letter, the key agreed upon,
thus:
love lovelo velovel
dsih KS amgS cyyrm1O
Finding the first letter ''l'' OF the key in
the first vertical line he follows horizon.
tally until he comes to "d'' the first let
ter of the cipher message; then going
up vertically to the top, he finds IS" the
first letter of his translation. Next he
finds "o," the second letter of his key
in the vertical column runs along tc
"s,n the second letter in the cipher, land
thence going up vertically he comes, al
the top, to "e." Continuing in thi:
way he deciphers the whole, and gets
"Send me five hundred" 1t is evident
that by changing the key, which may
be any word agreed upon, the whole
would be changed.