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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
The Formulation OF Africa.
LONDON Times. October IS.


We cannot hope for many years yet
to have anything like accurate Stats
tics on the population Of Africa. Sew
veral regions, the population of which
is certainly great, will probably long
escape anything like thorough ex-
animation. There are, for example,
in the regions of the great lax es,
countries quite as th;ckly peopled as
many Of the states of Europe. Stanley
tells us OF countries Of relatively small
extent, and which yet possess millions
of inhabitants. When we shall have
succeeded III making an approximate
census of all the populations, we shall
probably reach figure considerably
higher than the present estimate.
Some authorities accord to Africa not
more than 100,000,000 inhabitants;
others less still. German geographers
suppose that Africa contains some
what more than 200,000,00 inhabi.
tants; the latest English publications
estimate the population at 1876 100000,
which, Tor an area Of II SOC, 900 square
miles, gives an average of sixteen in
habltants per square mile, or specific
population of eleven and one half times
less than THAT of France. Africa, which
has fifty seven times the area of France
has probably scarcely eight times the
population. The suppression of the
slave trade and the influence of
European civilization may lead to an,
increase of population very rapid and
very great. 1t should be observed that
the approximative figure of the specific
population, applied to the whole of
the African continent, will not give
just idea of the compact character of
the population of the interior. Ac-
cording to Behna, the negro regions are
by far the most populous parts OF the
continent. II the populations are
sparse IN the desert parts, they are
very dense in other regions. Thus, in
the Soudan the population is estimated
at S0,000,000 or about tifty-three per
square mile; the town of Bida, on the
Niger, has u population of $4,000 in
habltants. The population of East
Africa is estimated at about 30,000,0O0
and that of Equatorial Africa at 49,
100000. One of the latest authorities
divides the population Of Africa as fol-
lows among the great families into
which ethnologists have divided the
peoples: Negroes, 1870 coo, 600; Hamites,
10000 900; Bantus, 10000, 600; Fulahs,
s 100000; Nubans, 100000; Hotten-
lots $4,000. This would give a total
population of 172,550000. The figures
are, only approximates, and will
be much modified by new and more pre-
else information. The Bantus, for ex-
ample, who according to F. M. Muller,
form at least one-quarter of the popula-
ton of Africa, might be found to num-
Der 50,000,000. These data we take
from paper by M. A. Rabaud, in the
Bulletin, of the Marsellles Geographical
Society.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Remarkable Balloon Voyage Of Two
Little Children.
st, Louis Republican.


EDITOR REPUpLICAN-Did two chill
dren some years ago make Il voyage
from some part Of Illinois in u balloon
which broke loose from its moorings by
accident? 1t is said to- have occurred
near Centrala. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Iron MOUNTAIN, Mo-, Oct. u, 1879.
An accident of the cha acter alluded
to by our correspondent took place near
the locality mentioned on Friday,
September II, 1857, rs will appear 10y
the following from the files Of this pa
per Ep REP.
Missouri Republican, Sept. u, 1858,
On Friday last man named Wilson
made mn ascension from the fair
grounds at Centraha, Ill.,, i'll II balloon
belonging to Brooks the aeronaut. He
descended about eighteen miles distant,
1T the farm of Mr.. Harvey. After the
graphing iron had been made fast,
Harvey, 10 amuse the children, one n
boy aged about four years, and the
other girl Of eight years, placed them
in the basket car and permitted them
to ascend several times, Ms high rs the
rope would allow. Unexpectedly the
graphing iron slipped from the fathers
hand, and tho balloon, with its pre-
eious freight, was waited out of sight,
The distress of the parents knew no
bounds. The peril Of his children he
considered imminent, for what AS
surance had he that they would not be
borne into some dense forest, where
they would be overtaken by hunger be-
fore they could be found, or perhaps
descend into some lake or stream and
be drowned AS soon rs 1t was
possible mn extra was issued Mt Centralia
and the whole neighboring country pu,
on the alert to watch for the balloon
and children.
Saturday morning 1T daybreak u far
mcr near New Carthage, forty three
miles distant from Mr.. Harvey's place,
discovered the balloon suspended i'll the
air attached by the graphing iron 70 4
tree in his yard. He Immediately
hauled the balloon down, and found the
youngest child asleep in the basket, and
the eldest carefully watching over her
little brother. They had been waited
throughout the night, and had come to
4 halt but u little while before they
were found.
The story the girl told was that ~ the
balloon assembled she cried plteously
to her father to pull it down. She said
she passed over town where she saw
II great many people, to whom she like.
wise appealed ut the top of her voice,
This place was Centralia. The balloon
was seen to pass over there, but the
people little imagined il carried two
persons in such danger. Her little
brother cried with cold, and the heroic
girl took oil her apron, covering him
and set him asleep. In handling the
ropes she happened to pull one which
had the fleet Of bringing the balloon
down, and although not understanding
the philosophy of the movement she was
quite content to keep the valve open,
20 long Ms by 80 doing she found she ap'
preached the earth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Journal. 'o' N''s o'oo"
Breed Up.

One OF the Oldest breeders of thor.
oughbred stock in the UnitaS S,atoS
urges upon us the necessity of tsen;no
before our readers the necess,,i, -
breeding up-improving annualIv 80. ~
head OF STOCK kept on the farm. This
is what we nave attempted to do FOR
years. be the stock what it NAV
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry ~
indeed anything else, nothing short Of q
thoroughbred sire can be used tn ad-
vantage. Our friend denounces in nm.
measured terms the lax habit of he
coming too common, OF using grade or
homebred sires, and moments con.
sideration will show any man of ex.
perience the >apropriety of such a
course. Take our native COWS as an
instance; when bred to thoroughbred
bull they are more than apt to produce
a well favored cross, and because it is
so, if a male, the owner is so pleased
use of him in future years to top his
herd. Now it must be patent that bred
to the same class of animals as his dam
his get instead of being half blood will
be only one-quarter, and unless the cir
cumstances and surroundings are very
favorable, the inferior blood will be
pretty sure to show itself in even larger
proportions. But if, on the contrary, a
thoroughbred sire only is used the
tendency will be upward every year
and the herd surely improving. We
see no reason why the blood of the
thoroughbred scrub should not be as
potent as that of improved stock, and
we verify believe that the ingrained
cussedness of the one is as apt to crop
out as the well-proportioned develop
ment of the other. 1t would be the
height of folly, therefore, to use any
thing short of full.blooded sire on any
stock on the farm.-Journal Of Amicul-
ture.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
King Theebau ms Mrs. Camp.

Extensive pre- Darations are being
made at the palace in Mandalay in
prospect of a coming event-viz., the
confinement of King Theebau's head
queen, the 500 pyah. lat. The Poongees
(priests), Poonaks or astrologers, Bay
din Rayas or fortune tellers, have been
duly consulted, and they have all unan-
imopsly come to the conclusive predic-
ton that the new conner will be a royal
son, and Theebau has declared that he
shall be the royal heir'aparent to the
throne of the king of the rising sun,
lord of the white elephant, the golden
umbrella, etc. 1t is reported that the
cradle, which has just been completed,
cost the state nearly two laos of rupees
($100,000). The cradle was first framed
with mango wood and encased with
sheet gold inside and outside.
Over this is ornamented gold work,
set with precious stones of all kinds
diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
etc.-an1 the work is said to be very
superior, as it is turned out by the best
of the first-class goldsmiths of Upper
Burmah. The arrangements for fitting
up the cradle is as follows: A soft bed
or cushion, covered with green silk or
embroidered work. This is the manner
in which the cradle was fixed and how
worked: A thick iron rod has been
fixed across the room, some twelve feet
above the floor, and the cradle is sus.
pended by means of golden cords,
made of golden wire, for the purpose
of swinging, and to work backward and
forward. like punkahs in your part of
the world.
The king objected to the old method
of having the royal cradle pulled by a
parcel of old women, so the mechani-
cal and engineering elements Of his
kingdom were called into requisition,
and one of his Italian mechanics has
invented wind-up machine by which
the cradle can be set going, once wound
up, for day or night, or until further
orders, to the great delight of the king,
The royal babe is to be nursed and
brought up in the English style, and
for this purpose the sum of 5000
rupees was given to one of the assist
ants Of the convent here to purchase
complete outfit, and it is said that the
sister has faithfully executed the order
and the paraphernalia for the youth
has been deposited in good time. The
king and queen are said to abhor the
sight of Europeans, ana of the English
particularly, and yet the foregoing
preparations are after the European
fashion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Good Cultivation Pays.

A good soil rarely fails, even in a
poor season, of returning a paying in.
come for the labor expended upon it in
the cultivation of any crop adapted to
it. The idea that the number of acres
in crops indicates the farmers income
must be abandoned. and the number OF
bushels per acre must be looked for in
stead. There is certainly less profit in
blowing fifty acres, to raise one thou
sand bushels of grain, than in blowing
but twenty-five to grow the same
amount, and trusting to good seasons
for fair crops will not be thought of by
the improved farmer. A rich, well
cultivated soil will usually make fair
returns in what we call bad or unfavor.
able seasons. What the farmer on a
poor soil would call good season sell
dom comes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Eggs in Winter.

Keep poultry in good warm quarters
in winter; there is nothing that pays
better. The acute poultry-raiser seeks
to have eggs when they command a
good price. This is in the winter and
early spring. The way to do it is to
have laying hens, kept warm and well
fed, with a good run to cold weather.
A little fire in the poultry house will
assist greatly in this. Thus you may,
with little care, have fresh eggs to sell
to special customers when really fresh
are scarce. and put money in your
pocket. The difference in the cost of
eggs produced in winter, when 20 to %
cents per dozen may be had, is mere
baeatelle in comparison with the return
All there is to it is q little outlay of
money, and the exercise of little bust
ness tact. The time to prepare for it
is now.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Discovery Of Columbus Anchor.

A curious relic Of one OF the oxpedi.
tons winch sailed to the West Indies
under the command Of Columbus, has,
il is stated bv n Martinique journal.
been recently discovered. On the 18th
of August, 1893, u small squadron of
three vessels, under the orders OF Chris
topher Columbus, was anchored or the
southwestern extremity OF tho island Of
Trinidad. Late mt night Columbus, il
il related by Washington Irving, sud
denly saw n wall of water approaching
toward the fleet from tho south. His
own vessel was hlted up 20 high bv the
incoming wave TINT no feared il would
be either submerged or dashed on
other ships parted under the strain 10
which il was subjected The crews of
the vessels gave themselves up for lost;
but after time the wave which it is
surmised must have been caused by nm
exceptionally large body of water com
ing suddenly down one of the rivers
flowing into the Gulf Of Paria, ebbed
back again. This sudden rise of the
waters OF tho gulf III mentioned by
Columbus son Ferdinand, who adds
that the feet suffered no damage save
the loss of one anchor. 1t is this an
Choir which has now been found; and
strangely enough, it was dug up from
depth OF six feet from the surface of
the ground, ut II spot 372 feet from the
nearest point of the coast line. The
land, il il well known, is gaining upon
the sen along the shores Of Venezuela,
so that where once ships rode MT anchor
gardens are planted. The anchor itself
is of simple form and comparatively
rude manufacture, the stock being eight
feet long and round, with ring Mt one
end one foot in diameter, to which to
make fast the cable, and with tlukes
five feet long, the whole weighing 400
hounds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Alaska's Big River.

Alaska explorers report one of the
largest rivers ia the world, the Yukon,
as navigable for steamers, and at 500
miles from its mouth it receives very
navigable tributary. The basis formed
Ivy the confluence is as large as our
Mississippi. Indians are everywhere,
and the war between the tribes is fix
ed institution. There is snow for six
months, and without roads dog-sledges
find good travelling. Game abounds
and Indians have an easy life. From
seven to nine dogs make team, the
odd one being leader. The driver has to
watch this dog. If it gets on the scent
of game it is off, and the whole team is
demoralized. OF they scamper through
the woods and thickets, upsetting the
load, smashing the sled, tearing the har-
ness and giving the boss days of hunt
ing to restore the status quo. So vast
country, trayersed by navigable waters
will soon tempt restless and speculative
adventures to explore it. Yankee wit
will not fail to find profitable sources Of
commerce.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
lie Suspected Her.
Frnm Ana roledo Blade.

There is an old man in Cleveland who
has il new and pretty young wife. He has
long suspected her now lot the reader
keep quiet, this is not the kind Of story
he thinks It is. He has long suspected
her of being too free with-his money;
and when the other day he lost his
pockothook containing $3.50, he imme-
diatly called policeman and had his
blooming bride shown to her dungeon
cell in the City Prison. She wept her
pretty eyes very red for a day and a
night, and then old January found his
pocketbook where he had dropped it,
under pile Of beer kegs. and he hasten.
ca 70 release May from her dismal con.
fnement. She will be less than woman
Il she does not take Fearful revenge
for this.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Mr.. O'Flaherty's Diamonds.

Fortune, never tired Of iavoriag the
Irish, has bestowed upon them another
In the hands Of one Of their
race il ut last tho largest diamond. One
Mr.. . Flaherty has found, we are told
Mt the Cape Fields, no tiny gem but n
mass of Brightness weighing 100 caruts,
and promising to be very mine OF
wealth. The largest ever known before
when cut, proved only To weigh rs!
earats; tho koh-i-noor did not hoast Of
more than two-tnirds that weight; and
yet M lrishman whose claim II seems
is in the very middle Of the diamond
mud hns quietly lifted this large and
brilliant stone from the earth and taken
il down to the Cape. He il said now 70
have three courses open TO him. lie
can dispose of il ut once to spectators
on the spot; or ringing to England, he
can sell II to he cut or he may have il
cut at his own expense and take his
chance Of u colossal fortane or com
paratively little, Mr.. O'Flaherty has
clearly cause to consider before con.
signing his brilliant to the diamond cut
ters Of Holland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Peculiarities of the Ohio Vote.
Colnmbus pIspatch lIndl

Atthe recent state election forty-eight
counties gave republican majorities and
forty democratic majorties. The coun-
~ giving the largest majority for Foster
was Cuyahoga-5 $50 The next largest
was Ashtahula-4,013; and the third
Hamilton-3,465, The greatest major
ily for Ewing was in Butler county,,
07S Crawford comes next with 1880,
and Holmes third with 1,S01. FIVE re-
publican counties gave maiorlties in
excess of 1000; twelve between 1000
and 1000. Only one county, Butler,
gave more than 1000 democratic ma
jority, and fourteen gave maioritios be.
tween 1000 and 1000. The strength
Of the democratic party was i'll the ru-
raj districts. All the large cities III the
state gave republican majorities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
Controlling a Colt.

Restiveness is sometimes, but rarely,
hereditary; more often it arises from inn
perfect breaking; very frequently from
being left week after week, in Il loose
box without exercise. 1t is quite i'm.
possible to say what will cure restiveness
but the first remedy to try is work. If
the animal is old and confirmed in vice
it requires the assistance of master of
arts IN matters OF equestrian. But very
often, II the first SYMPTOMS are checked,
the cure will be neither long nor difficult.
A gentleman who has been breeding and
breaking horses for more than
forty years always lunges his colts
carefully, not brutally, before
he puts them in harness the first time
They are kept standing and are driven
in harness, without vehicles attached,
for several days before they are tackled
to the brake. So, also, if horse, after
being idle, shows any signs Of having
forgotten his breaking lesson, he is first
lunged backward until he sweats, then
with rider on him, and afterward his
days work in the middle of a cart team,
where he is not asked TO draw many
pounds. These seem trifles, but it must
be remembered that the very best
horses the soonest become above them.
selves. Many first rate animal, that
would be pronounced by timid driver
or rider rs dangerous when first mount
ed or driven, after being at Tattesall's
from Friday to Monday, would be
found perfect JOY and delight after
two or three days regular work.
Magnificent animals are spoiled by
overlooking, want Of exercise, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

The youthful voyagers were in the
balloon about thirteen hours and a
quarter. It may easily be imagined
that among the neighbnrs where they
landed they were objects of much
curiosity and interest. The girls pres
ence Of mind and loving consideration
for her brother may well entitle her to
remembrance, while the incident itself
was of such a remarkable character
that it vii. )t soon be forgotten in that
section. The boy and girl were con
veyed home as soon as practicable, and
it is needless to say were received with
outstretched arms.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

a LADY in PHILADELPHIA attempted
last week to swallow 1876 III gieenbacks
ut single gulp, She had taken this
sum from the pocket of her hrother.in-
law, and he had called IN police officers
to arrest her, and when they undertook
to search her she struggled SO violently
that they were compelled 10 desist.
When she was arraigned in the Central
station her shriveled jowIs were observ.
Cd 10 be inflated, and something like
green paste was oozing between her
lips. The officers pried open her jaws
and ascertained that her mouth was
filled with greenback pulp.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

DR.. DuscH, who lives in Belgium, On
the other side Of the Atlantic, saws that
red canary can be made easily. Get
a canary Of the Norwich breed. and
just before and alter moultine. feed il
on the white Of ar egg which has been
sprinkled with a little Of the very finest
cayenne pepper, and before long the
canary will turn to a pretty red color.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

An eccentric Englishmen has built
house in Paris which is the talk Of the
city. It is circular, has neither door
nor window externally, and the APP
proach to it is from the ground to the
root by means OF ladder, which is
moved up and down by machinery.
There is only one floor, but eighteen
appartme nts lock into the center, which
is lighted by cupola.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

AusterI'z, which produced such an i'm
preston on the imagination of Napo-
leon. II should be remembered by the
people OF the south, for its rays fell
upon the last meeting in this world OF
Lee and IackannO
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21
THE FARM.

The most profit from a sheep is to
raise a lamb that will sell for more
than the mother is worth. This can
easily be done by caring well for the
earliest lambs. A lamb, ninety days
old and we'll fattened, will often sell for
$40 in the cities and half that in the
country villages. A halfbreed Cots
void lamb. fed with little mixed oat-
meal and bran, and sucked by native
eve, will make an excellent market
lamb.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

Now is a good time to weed out the
dairy. Put your pumpkins, apples,
poor corn, and such stuff into your
poorest milking animals, and make
them fit to hand over to the butcher.
Much more profit will be found in this
than in wintering them through, with
dairy products at the figures which are
likely to rule Tor some time to come. 1t
will pay to keep the best, and to keep
them well. The profits in dairying
depend not only on economy in
management, and the production of
first.class goods, but in keeping only
such animals as have the capacity of
giving paying return for the invest-
ment of money, care and feed put into
them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-21

The United States Economist says:
A constant and steady export Of wheat
and bre4d-stuffs will occur throughout
the fall and winter months, and as the
season advances it would not be
surprising if prices gradually grow
firmer. It is unfortunate for the gem
eral welfare of the country that great
operators in grain manipulate the
market in wheat as they do stocks in
Wall street. By concerted action they
can corner wheat as they do railroad
stocks and thereby unsettle values to
the hindrance of legitimate trade.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-13
A New Version of Marco Bozzaris,

At midnight in his guarded tent the
Turk, Mr.. Marco Bozzaris, was dreaming
OF the hour when Greece should bend her
knee in suppliance, apologize, eat humble
pie and so forth and so on, and tremble al
his power. In dreams, or, as we might
say, in his mind, through camp and court
he bore the trophies of conqueror. Also
in his mind he bore the monarch's signet
ring-which cost four dollars and a half
and pressed that monarch's throne-a
king! and thought himself big er man
than the Akoond of Swat. However, an
hour pas ed on-the Turk awoke, he woke
to hear his sentries shrek 'sTo arms
they come! The Greek! The Greek!''
This was not all Greek to Mr.. Bozzaris.
He knew full we'll what it meant, and,
sprlnging out Of bed, told the boys to
light into them while he got into his
clothes, Then there was flame and smoke
and shout and groan and sabre stroke
and death-shots falling thick and fast,
like lightning from the mountain cloud,
and the awfulest uproar generally that
was ever heard outside of country
school. They fought, like brave men,
long and well, and were about TO mop
up tile ground with the Moslem slain,
when they heard, with voice as trumpet
loud, Bozzaris cheer his band from be-
hind the cook-stove in his tent: "Srrike
till the last armed foe expires! Strike,
tor your alters and your fires! Strike,
Tor the green graves of your sires, ard I'll
be with you the moment I cansget on these
blamed boots!"