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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27
Direct Shipments from the West TO Eu-
rope.

a vessel Oh September 10th let Chica-
90 for Glasgow, Scotland, ~ way of the
WellanG Canal. with over 1000 BIZ.
of wheat. This is an important move
ment, and, when the enlargement OF
the canal is fully completed, Il great
highway will be opened for the products
Of the west. When grain can he loaded
1T Chicago and landed direct at Euro
pean ports a great saving in handling Is
effected. As the legislature Of the state
had lowered the tolls on the Erie canal,
it was supposed the shipments of grain
that had been diverted 10 other chan
nelS would be turned back again e. this
important highway, hut tile advanced
charges Of the oleyatlng association III
Buffalo, combined With those Of the
boatmen, have in measure disDelled
this idea, and western producers will
find through the Welland canal cheap
er mode OF transit. 1t is To be doplored
that the men who control elevators III
Buffalo, and fy rates ~ canal, should
rob shippers Of the benefit III state ac-
ton in reducing tolls. New York City
suffers by this selfish and iiliberal policy.
The Canadians, who have spent mil
lions in the improvements Of the Wei
land canal, will no doubt, by their wise
action, yet il all back again. This great
metropolis mus move this winter for
such measures 10 De taken az will neces-
state the Erie canal to be so widencd
and improved that the immense pro-
ducts Of the west shall not be diverted
from this port by the northern rival.
Beyond the Mississippi lies the great
gran-growing regions of tile world;
they demand and Will lave 4 cheap
outlet to the seabnard VIII tie En-
pire state neglee, the great opportunity
Of securing the lions share Of the i'm
mense product TODD 20 il will require
early and concerted action. taited
/ .Stdtss Economist.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27

and hy means of the heat YOU may
cock Your food. Fo utilize the heat II
will only bc nee eSSary to havcthe ovens
or stoves properly arranged Tor It's re-
colhon. This cam he done nj tritling
cost, lhe dyuamo-elcctric machine,
called I tclCmachon. and which has NJ.
ready been described III the Sun. may
be rum 10y water er steam power At i
distance. When used IN Il largo city
the machine would of necessity he run
by steam power, have computed the
reMtivc cost Of the light power and
heat generated hy the electricity trans.
mitted u the trlvmaehon Is IL hut Il
fraction Of the cost whore ohtaiued in
the ordinary way. By a battery or
steam power il is torty-siX times cheap.
er. and 10y water power probably -
per cent cheaper
II has boon computed that hy Edi.
sons process the Same amount III hight
that i given ~ LOCO cubic feet II tho
carburcted hydrogen gas now used III
this city, and for which from S2.a0 to
IS is paid, may be obtained for from T.
10 10 cents. Edison will soon give n
public exhibition OF his new invention. .
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27
what II Costs 10 Entcriian Royalty.

The breakfast OH tho occasion Of the
Prince Of Wales visit to the city Of
London TO unvei the statue of the
Prince Consort cost t2,00O The thanks
giving for the recovery Of the Prince Of
Wales, El3,OO0. That, too, was tic
amount spent il the reception Of the
Gar Of Russa. The Shah Of Persia's
reception co.'s tl5,00O. The Saltan's
cost 100000. The flowers alone ut the
reception Of the Prince Of Wales, ON
his return from India, cost E2,0oO.
Tie banquet in honor Of the Gar, g.
G7G. The upholstery biz was nearly
t10O0 more. The cost u the nt1au
eards ut the dinner was G93; CLIO was
spent on bands, e25 for yiands, f22 for
gloves, ESP in gfatuities and e upon
eorkserews. The flowers at the Shah's
reception cost E527, and the gloves at
the Cars, e57. There il now d big
bin 70 pay f0r the installation Of Lords
Beaconsiicld and Salisbury As freemen
Of the city (or. Neuart Adortiser.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27
I,nrnhlehccs.

Most farmers, and other persons,
take as much delight III destroying
bumblcbecs and their nests as il killing
a snake, as if these bees were injurious.
This is great mistake. They and
their nests should be held in respect
rs much as the honey bee, for without
the bumblcbec we would have 40 red
clover. The honey bee, II We except
the Italian, can not reach down the
tubes Of the red clover to get the honey,
thence clover seed can only be obtained
from the second crop, which blossoms
after the bumblebee becomes ..ct:ve.
The bee, in reaching for the honty,rubs
the pollen from the pistil Of the plants,
and thus fcrtilizes the blossom Mice
destroy large numbers Of bnmblebees in
cold weather Therefore, cats and OWL,
by killing the mice, become the far
mer's true friends, even if they do oc-
casionaly feast upon chicken.
FL0mer and Fruit Gr0uYT.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27
The Girls NJ NarrasapSrtt.
A LAX In lhlenrn limrx

At NarrNganSctt Pier the guests are
painfully respectable III their conduct,
indeed NO proper young woman would
permit even the surf 10 touch her nm
stockingcd feet. No indeed No fool.
ishness Of that sort. no
Graceful ankles. bare uud brown,
for amy kind of wandering Judge toiool,
iSh himself about when he Is present
with their poSSeSSor, nor to feel Sentl.
mental over fifty years from NOW,
Imagine i Judge of the future becoming
regrrttul and lachrymosc VI the reeol-
lection OF 4 pair of red stockings, aII
embroidered with black. or i PAIR III
pink ones which We're striped around
and around with pale blue! These close
fitting protectors take the poetry and
the miserable mischief right out OF
4 pathetic rctrospeetion, don't YOU see?
II is doubtful II unmarried gentlemen
ARE III all aware Of the summer retreat
of hundreds Of lawful nice" Young
women. They are NOT only pretty, but
they are stylish, and their conduct is MS
If il had been formulated by mn en-
gineer Of social behavior, Indeed. they
are all So profoundly absorbed in con.
Quoting themselves properly that thcl
have no time left III which to bc agree
able. They do not nj all resemble
young girls IN summer time, but are
"dreadfully like old maids' That was
what the chambermaid saidof them to
the porter when she was explaining
how She enjoyed her life here Us com.
pared 70 her last summer III Long
Branch. Tho young lady NJ the ricr
uses no violent orsnperlativc detectives.
She neither insists that poor little
immatcrial house.ily is perfectly
horrld, the itlnerant band perfectly
splendid, nor that the unique, reserved
and somewhat sclf.ahsorhcd bachelor u
perfectly odous she docs not say
these things even if she imugincs them.
| doubt If She reflects in any language
chat possesses either fire or color. The
sayagery which is required to complete
u fascinating woman NJ Long Branch,
or that longing for the infinite that
marks the unquestionaby intellectual
bells Of Newport, do not prevail here,
Even the unusually prevailing amhi.
ton for tan and muscle either avoids
Narragansctt Pier or else it hints dead
away and remains in n comatose state
Us long us u lady lrrios among these
rocks and bathes il these pillows.
Nobody II alarmed Ut the possible visit
Of sharks, and everybody glidcs softly
and slowly INTO the surf together. 70
be deeorous in conduct, sober in eos.
tune, low-toned III conversation, neither
curious to know anything, nor cnthusi-
astic il the admiration " any person,
place Or thing, nor lrfevercnt To tile god
sham; 70 De indifferent % strangers,
cody bland when yexations happenings
occur; indeed, 10 be outwarlly lmprcs-
sonable to nothing in heaven or be-
meath it, is to adapt ones self to the SO
cial and intellectual atmosphere Of tlas
charming resort.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27

TIE JrDGE PREscmpEs !" klepto-
mania, asked the judge in the most
innocent manner; what il klepto.
mania II. "A disease, my lord, I said
her counsel, Y the subject of which II
uncontrollably addicted 70 larcency.'
Oh, see" said tic judge, aud a
disease, sir which the judges are sent
on circuit, as physicians, TO cure My
prescription on the present occasion il
twelve months imprisonment with
hard labor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
RAtplSG THE INDIANS.

A LeavenWorth, Ran, special Of the
sd SAYS a dispatch from Dodge City,
Kansas, says tue Indians vino were he
ing pursued ~ troops and cattlemen
were found entrenched on Sandy Creek,
81 miles southwest Of here. Fighting
began Saturday, and at last accounts
several Indians had been killed, but no
body on our side hurt. The Indians are
said to have great number Of stolen
sheep iii their possession.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
4 Savannah dispatch under date of
september Goth, says that the cotton ex.
change Of Savannah, At meeting 10
consider the question Of 4 Southern
Pacile railroad along 81 parallel,
adopted Il resolution declaring that the
road ought ID pe constructed without
delay. upon the plan Of Senator Johns
ton, of Virginia, allowing the southern
Pacific to build eastward until met by
the Texas Pacific going west and pro-
yiding for separate short lines from Fl
Pas1 II New Orleans, and Fl Pa-u ii
Memphis, with an intermediate branch
~ Nickshlrg.
F0CNDERED IT SEA.
4 Philadelphia telegram Of the 2oth
SAYS TIE bark 6df6o has arrived with
los officers and the crewof the spanish
frigate Fi4arro, founlersl At sea. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-27

kansas i the champion homestead
State. The increase in settlers has been
at the rate 81 nearly 10000 yearsinc
tie first census was taken ID 800
This beats All her sister States.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

A VENTRuoQUEsT's PRANKs. Dur.
ing the recent tour of Tony Pastors
troupe, and while in Western city. the
company were invited TO inspect the
working Of Prof. Edison's wonderful
phonograph. Among those who accept
ed was Mr.. Harry Kennedy, the veutri
loquist. After a number Of recitations
songs, etc, by the visitors, 1Ir. Kennedy
while apparently examining the machine,
adroitly removed a small pin, by which
he released the needle from its pressure
upon the tin-ioil. This, Of course pre-
vented the machine performing its office,
and gave the joker license for what fol-.
lowed, an amusing joke lpon the e1hib
itpr. Speaking into the moutbpiece Mr..
Kennedy asked, 'Does the phonograph
speak Gorman?" yah" came the re-
ply. The exhibitor was somewhat dis
concerted at this, but suggested another
trial. docs the pLonograph speak Ger
man?' was again asked. mo, by thun-
der!" was the reply. ITS enough to re-
peat all the bad English that's Aallooed
in here" Tuning to the exhibitor with
n severe demeanor, Mr., Kennedy de
Inanded 70 see the lnt0ri3rol th3 machine.
declaring his belief that it was not the
Edison phonogrsph, butan imposition on
the public; and to support his theory
caused voice TO issue from the machine,
saying: "Yes it l. iraud; | nm a poor
old man, compelled 70 sit here all day
and repeat all that is said; and The scoun
drel does not even pay me the pittauea
agreed upon between Us, and l now de-
nounce HIM"
The bystanders began to murmur, and
expressions Of dissatisfaction were audi
BILE. In vain the agent protested, and
adjusting his instrument, be invited
anothe; gentleman to test it. No sooner
did he turn the crank than out came the
voice, with a cry of pain, declaring that
the exhibitor was torturing him. This
was too much for Western chiyaIry. one
young man declared he would open that
box or fight the proprietor. In the con-
fusion Kennedy withdrew. Some one
said, "Venlrioquist !" and the crowd
rea lized that they were sold.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

Nor COOP WITNEss.-A lawyer
who was defending a case Of assault and
battery in the Police Court. the other
dey, was given TO understand that he
could secure a valuable witness in the
person Of woman near where the "bat-
tory" had occurred, and he therefore
made a call at the house and requested
her to detail all the circumstances.
well sir" she began, Il sat right
here, holding this 'ore baby on my l1p,
and was singing. Darling l Am
Growing O'dr Tho baby he was squal-
ling great guns, my hoy William was
making up faces at hi.selfln the glass,
and the man what owns the house was
tr ing 10 get in TO tell Us shat if we didn't
pay up we'd 30 bounced"
Yes, - remarked the lawyer.
"Well. sir, an ofa sudden heard a
runpus on The street, and I pitched this
'ere young 'un on the bed, gave William
a cuI on the ear, and ran to the winder.
Such a sight as l seed, sir?"
describe IT., madam describe the
affair just as you saw IT,"
"Well, sir, there was Mrs. Perkins,
who never lad half the husbands nor
eddecashun I've bad, smiling right by
my door with a calico train four feet long,
and never as much as booking mt my
house, though | lent hera summer squash
and two onions only last night at dark. =
"Aad tho Gght?" queried tho lawyer.
"Wea there fight, sir? Ifthere was
I'm not TO blame, sir. | did think at
first J d go outand put new eyebrow on
thu old jade for putting on style over her
bettcrs, bus William he got the tack
hammer fast in bis mouth just then the
baby jclled hi,-ef oil the bed, aud She
sailed out of sight around the corner.
I'm an innocent woman, Sir. and j. I'm
taken up I'll sue for dsmaee--;ha worst
kind Of damages, sir r'-D Detroit Free
Press.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

TWISTED SEETENCEs.- AN Iowa edi
tor thus acknowledges present Of grapes.
1--WE have received basket Of grapes
from cur friend W., for which he will
accept our compliments, some Of which
pre nearly two inches in dameter.t
A widow in Tho West intending to
succeed her husband in tho management
of n hotel, advertised that ''the hotel viii
be kept by the widow Of the former land
lord, Mr.. Brown who died last summer
on new and improved plan"
A cornorer's verdict reads thus: "The
deceased calae to his death by excessive
drinking. producing apoplexy in the
minds Of the jury"
A Western paper says: "a child was
run over by wagon lhroe years DID, and
cross eyed, with pantalets on, Which
neYer spoke afterwardp
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30
Weaverville, November 30 1873.

AMERICAN DEXTERITY.- Not long
ago, one Of the largest and most success
ful shoe manufacturers in Europe stated
chat. though his factory was stocked with
the best American machinery, and man
ned by as good f. class Of workmen as be
could get, he was undersold at his own
door by American makers. His obser-
vations in American factories supplied
the explanation: The average workman
in our factories. he said, could turn out
much more work in a day than the most
skillful in Europe, ewing to their super
ior dexterity and quickness. The Swiss
watch manufacturer. Dubbed, said that
the American workman could turn cut.
day by day, three or four times the aver
age product OF the European Of the same
class.
This seems like gross exaggeration;
but it is not out Of harmony OF many
competent foreign observers. A cores
pondent Of the British Ironmouger tells
a story which furnishes an apt illu.tra-
ton Of this feature Of American work
mansbip.
He says that during tho Centenn, al
year an English manufacturer OF stamp
ed tinware saw some presses in use in
this country which pleased him greatly.
He was particularly struck with Their
rapitity of operation, and ordered three.
They were made in due time, and the
maker, hoping for further orders. took
them abroad himself. They were set up,
and men experienced with presses were
given charge of them; but, under the
most favorable conditions, they could
not be made to turn out withia 20 per
cent. as much worl; as they average daily
in American works. The operators were
not quick enough. Here one man oper
ated machine, unaided, and had blank
in position every time the die descended.
In the English shops tue operator had
two boys to help him, one to handle the
blanks and the other to carry away the
stamped article; but even with this assis-
tance lie could not supply the blanks fast
enough, and forty ont Of every hundred
times the de descended it had nothing to
do.
The same writer observes that this is
no uncommon experience, with the max
ers of American machinery. Our most
successful machines are often failures,
abroad, simply because they are too fast
for the workmen Of other countries.
Their operations are gnuged by the aver
age capacity Of American artisans, and
foreign operatives fail to keep up with
them.
This is but another instance Of ;be
educative effect Of machinery and every
year, with the increasing perfection OF
mechanical devices, the need of inteli-
genee, pree ision and rapid manipulation
is increased. The intellectual develop.
meAt of skilled workers cannot bat be
advanced in consequence. Already the
mechanic needs, and many OF our me
chanics possess, a niger grade Of culture
and vastly more knowledge than suIiccd
for the learned profess ions, so-called, a
few years ago.-Scteatfc American.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

EDITORIAL Aims OUT WEST. - A
young man sends us "a long essay on 'Tho
True Aim Of Journalism. We haven't
read the article, bu. suppose the author,
like almost every one else, prefers the
Smith & Wes~ou, navy size, no. Al cali
ber to any other pistol. Ia this locality,
especially, is the aim Of the Journalist Of
the greater importance, and the man
whose hand shakes and who can't bit an
outraged community's third vest button
three times out Of five has no business
trying 70 run a paper in California
San FrdHciScO NeiOS Letter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

WAsHINoToN's female lawyer, Mrs
Belva A. Lockwood, who by her perss-
tent knocking at the doors of Congress
Tor admission to the Supreme Court has
become somewhat famous, has two i'm
portant cases pending before that Court,
which she IS debarred from pleading on
account Of her sex. One Is the Cherokee
Indian cioin involving So 600, 600. Mrs.
Lockwood IS now in tho fifth year Of hel
practice and has all the business she can
attend to. When she began, her proper
ty consisted Of a few feet Of real estate in
a cemetery; now she is worth $40, 900 and
her practice brings hera yearly income
about five times as large as the salary OF
clerk in the Treasury Department
She is a widow, nearly fifty years Of age
and very attractive.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

A SAN FfANusco pawnbroker lent
$40 on violin worth 8loO, and put the
instrument carefully away in closet
On the same day similar violin was
pledged, and the end Of week five had
been put into tbo closet. Then the pawn
broker found that after eacl bargan the
valuable violin had been replaced by a
comparatively worthless ono, access to
the closet being obaiued through holo
in the wall, and that he had taken in the
same article Eve times.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

4lIscAEEIED NoTEs.-A young lady
gave "her young man" beautifully
worked pair o. pper., and he acknow =
edged the pee-en. 5y sending her his pie
ture iacas5d Ia Il handsome frame.
lie wrote a motto to aud with II. and mt
The same .ime replied augr.y to the off,
repeated dm l1ran uarid-ior suit Of
CLOTHES. Bio saven boy ,en cents TO de-
liver the package aud notes, giving OK
p.icit directions d, totua destination OF
each. Itwasa Boy win tree,,led face,
aad be discharged h', o.und in a man
ner that should give han Il niche in the
temple Of fame.
The young Indy received note in her
adoied ones handwriting, and flew to
her room TO deyour its contents. she
opened The nissiys with eager fingers,
ana read;
"l'm getting tirsd Of your everlasting
attentions. Tho suit Is about worn ont
already. 1t never amounted to much
any way. Please 60 . thurder"
And tie tailor was Struck utleilydumb
when he opened parcel and discovered
tLe picture cf his delinquent customer,
w.tha note That said:
"When you gaze upon these features
think how much owe you"
When The unfortunate young man call
ed around that evening to receive the
happy Acknowledgement Of bis sweet
heart, hc was very o,tentat.oa-y showed
off the stcn. and over the ceoce Try .be
young lady. father, and in lhe morning
he was waited upon by bis milor's law
yer, and impcratiyely ordered to settle or
suffer.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

THE Iageat novelty is "barom eter
handkerchief" The design printed on
it represents man with an umbrella. In
fine weather the umbrella is blue, in
changeabe weather gray, and in rainy
weather white. Tho secret lies in print
Ing this design in chloride Of cobalt; but
tho first washing removes this sensitive
chem icai, aad destroys the barometie
properties.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

STOLEN and lost notes are generally
long ntseutees. Tia. the old United
state. Bank, which was chartered in
l70l. ard continued in active business
operation during period oraboat twenty
yagfs and whose circulation never OK
ceaded some a20,oc0C00, was, in 1893,
released by decree ol court Eom any fur
ther obligations % redeem outstanding
bills, as twelve years had elapsed since
the expiration Of ihe churter. and notice,
BY public Advertisements had been wide.
y spread for seven yeats sufficient to
meet almost every ordinary ease, 1t
would seem. The notes then uurcdoem
cd amounted TO con lerabIy ii ing $500
000. A fund Of 5000 was reserved for
Instances Of peculiar hardship that might
turn up, bat the whole presented did not
exceed SLIGO. In the forty years be-
tween 1892 and 1882 there were out.Hul
Ing notes OF the Bank Of England, pro
suma1 to have been lost or destroyed,
Amounting In value TO between $1,000,
600 and SIS 100000, all Of which was clear
profit to the bunh-N,ssouyj Rcpu5Iic4a
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30

WuERG WIT WoS.-" What's the
woman charged wIth?" said the Court.
"Sha's dead beat and vasrant, your
Honor" said The officer who arrested
her. Then tho woman spoke up and
said; III can prove that I'm all right
vii, your Ionorlat me go?r "Ofcourse," :"
said tae Court. 'Thsn, " said the prso
nor, "hera's the family Bible, by which
you'll sea I'm Mol Wright'--'Saw
my leg oil, shouted the officer, who saw
the point "if size hasn't beaten the C-urt,
too.' And the Court rubbed its nose
with its ioreGnser and gently murmuredi
"Diseharge the prisoner "--1i0jae Reg
lister.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
G1- JUST PUBLISHED. -eN
CONTENTS I


l. The United states Mining Law
and land Office Instruction y ther q
under. Each section OF the law is immedi.s
atey followed by the Laad Office instructions
relating thereto.
=. a Digest Of all Decisions undorf
the Mining Laws now in force. 1t is brouph n
down to date of publication, and, cohtainins;
the latest DECISIONS takes the place of ali prior
publications.
3. New and Improved FOrmsT for
making the various proof, from the location Of
claim miners lien notice to delinquent co.
owners, &c, down to issuance of patent.
4. a Complete List of Patented
Mining Claims. arranged by State, Ter
ritory, County ard District.
The book contains nearly 200 pages.
A by & inches, and should be the pocket
companion of every man interested in
Mines and Mining.
Copies can be ordered through this or
flee at Publishers price-only One Dollar
Address, G. w. CRAIG,
TRINITY JOURNAL,
novl7 Weayerville. Cal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-30
y2H S1ES lyD NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
Aedal5, First Premiums, Diplomas

Mossrs. ESTEY & co. have taken
over One Hundred and Seventy First
Premiums, Medals and Diplomas at
Fairs and Exhibitions throughout the
United States. All the Prncipal r.
dustrial Fairs in the country have be-
slowed the Highest Premiums on the
ESTEI ORGANS but experience and
practice have convinced Messrs. Estev
y Go. that thoroughness Of work, fnir
and liberal dealings, aud modest, unex-
aggcrated representations, are the paths
that lead most surely aud speedily to
public appreciation and satisfaction. As
a result they are making to day a better
Organ in every essential particular, and
from one third to one half more than
any other manufacturer in the world
The best Diploma, after all, is the award
OF genuine success founded upon honesty
Of purpose, merit Of achievement and an
untarnshcd reputation.