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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

stances mixed with the grain. Several
methods of accomplishing the same re.
suits are now in use in western mills,
and they may be divided into two
classes; those using permanent mag
nets AMI those using electro-magnetS.
It has been found that dozen "ma-
chime" magnets preferable to "horso.
shoe" ON account of their shapel hung
IN n grain-spout are sufficient to arrest
every particle ot magnetic metal, from
pieces Of wire several eentimeters long,
down to iron filings and metallic dust,
The usual plan Is to saw off u portion OF
the top OF the spout and to divide il
into three pieces and cut holes in each
piece for the legs OF the magnets, plao-
ing four magnets in row across the
spout. This gives three rows of mag
nets placed directly or diayonally across
the stream OF grain, the diagonal po-
siion bong considered the best n, the
grain is driven from side TO side in
passing, and brought into close contact
with the magnet. The magnets may
he lifted out OF tho spout in groups OF
four Ivy taking OH one of tho covers,
and may then be cleaned and put back
without disturbing the others. Another
method OF hanging the magnets is Ia
cut three slots across the spout. and
hang the magnets on n rod with blocks
between them to keep them in posi-.
ton, by this arrangement, the mag.
nets mao he removed one vt " time,
enough of them remain To keep up the
work while the others are being clean.
ed. The metal adhering to the mag
nets is easily brushed OIL, two clearirgs
ina day being found sufficient, b.
employing bars OF soft iron III conncc-
ton with coils of wire and battery,
electromagnetic may he used, and in
lifting out the magnets 1t will only he
necessary To break tho circuit, when the
metal adhcring to them will instantly
drop of. Another form ot apparatus
employs horseshoe magnets, having II
paper or wooden filing between the
legs set upright on the ends of arms
revolving horizontally in circular
tank, very much after tho manner oi
some forms OF miNing-maohiues. The
grain is delivered nj the edge Of the
tank, and Is pushed by the revolving
magnets toward the center, when il cs-
capes through nm opening in tho bot.
tom of the tank. Another device ON.
ploys n series of permanent magnets
and travelling apron for conveying the
grain away after ii has passed over the
magnets. Tho only advantage Of the
use of electromagnetic is in the facility
of cleaning them by breaking the cir.
cult and demagnetising the iron, BY
suitable clock-work this can he done
automatically, provided thoro arc ap-
phauces for shutting oil the grain and
for catching tho metallic dust When
the magnets are thrown out of action
Tho first and most simple of these
grain-cloaning appliances was brought
on, by persons interested in mill prop
erty, and has been wisely given to the
pubic without patent restrictions. The
other appliances are patented, Serb
aer for Julg.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
Controlling Vicious Horses.

new and very simple method of
training vicious horses was exhibited in
West Philadelphia recently, and the
manner in which some Of the widest
horses were subduod was astonishing.
The first trial was that Of II kicking or
"bucking" mare, which her owner said
had allowed no rider on her back for n
period Of NJ Toast five years. She bo-
osme tame aud gentle in about ~ many
minutes, and allowed herself TO be rid
den about without sign of her former
wildness. The means by which the ro-
suit was accomplished consisted of II
piece of light rope, which was pnssed
arount the front jaw Of the mare, Just
above the upper teeth, crossed in her
mouth and thence secured back OF her
neck. 1t is claimed that no horse will
kick or Jump when thus secured, and
that "bucking" horse, alter receiving
the treatment few times, will abandon
his vicious way forever. A very simple
method was also shown by which u
kicking horse could be shod. II CON
sisted in connecting the animals head
and tail by means Of n rope fastened TO
lhc lhli anu tneH w MO bll, huu tHuh
drawn tightly enough TO incline the
horses head to one side. This, il il
claimed, makes il absolutely impossible
for the horse to kick on the side Of tho
rope. At the same exhibition II horse
which for many years had TO be bound
on the ground to be shod. suffered tho
blacksmith to operate ON him without
attempting to kick while secured IN the
manner described. Lebanon Courier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
A Love of Study.

The student to be successful must de-
light in his noble calling; he must be
prepared to endure, and suffer # necesa-
ry, in the acquisition Of knowledge. AS
an aspirant for literary distinction, he
will meet with many difficulties and
and discouragements. As he Chambers
up the rugged bill Of fame, his toll will
be continued and severe; in themselves
his trials and hardships will give him
trouble and inconvenience, yet as the
toiling peasant sweats for bread, as the
brave soldier bleeds for honor, as the
pious martyr endures the blame for tho
cause that is dear to his soul, so he,
the true student, encounters and bears
all reyerses for the sake Of the glorious
reward before him. In his high and
ennobling career he becomes con-
queror in the domain Of science and
litrature. He never yields TO discour-
agement, but makes the obstacles that
blocked his way the stepplng-stones OF
an enviable distinction. The truth that
we all need To learn and remember il,
that there is no intellectual wealth with
out labor Other possessions may be
taken by force or purchased with mon
ey, but true learning is acquired only
by study. Study is the path in which
we must tread if we be true or useful,
practical men Without il nothing can
be understood or reduced TO practice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
Removing Metallic Substances from
Grain.

The introduction Of grain-binding
machines employing iron wire TO bind
the sheayes very quickly lead to the
discovery that the bits Of wire, cut oil
each time shcaf was bound, caused a
great deal Of trouble in the alter pro-
cess of grinding. The ends Of the wire
mixed with the gram reached the mill
only to break and scratch the stones
and machinery, and 70 produce friction
and heating that sometimes resulted in
setting fire 10 the mill So serious be-
came this matter that the millers OBJ
iected to receiving any grain bound in
machines using wire. Fortunately, the
difficulty has been surmounted by the
introduction Of appliances for remov.
ing the bits u iron from the mill. Ex-
perimenbs showed that common mag
net hung in a grain-spout would catch
and retain particles Of metallic sub
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
Testing a Balloons Pulling Power.
Phlladolphla Record

One Of this mornings trains to New
York will have in its baggage car n
dynamomctcr which is 10 be used in
the captive balloon asst nsions which arc
to take place this summer NJ
one Of the summer resorts adj.
jacent To that city. The machine is in
tended TO measure the force Of lev
itation, II. g., the pulling force upward.
1t il five feet high, stands in q vertical
position, weighs eighty.Gve pounds,
and registers 10000 pounds, although
made 10 resist n pressure OF $4,000
pounds. The dynamomtcr is made 10
measure accurately by means Of u
mercurical power column which,
through series Of plunges, is enabled
to balance the entire pulling force ex-
ertcd on the machine. This il the first
machine Of the kind ever made in this
country in which fluid weight alone Is
the means Of measurement, which rem
ders il exact in the point Of accuracy.
The advantage Of the machine in cap
tive balloon ascensions is that il affords
constant information TO the acronaut
Of the pulling capacity. When in posi-.
ton one end Of the machine IL attached
to the bottom Of the balloon, and the
other 70 a rope communicating with
the ground.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
l'lle Texas Cowboy.
oorre.pondenee Of N. Y. Tribune.


There is no better place than Fort
Worth, Tex, to observe the cowboy,
that peculiar product Of wild frontier
life. lie comes here from his home on
tho plains To spend his money at the
saloons, swaggcr in the streets, buy
himself a new sombrero With oliver cord
and binding Of brightcolored braid, and
make merry with the painted sirens Of
the variety theater. Full OF strange
oaths, free with his cash and his revol-
yer. boistcrous, lawless, but not hard
hearted, the cowboy is a character sui
generis. lie Is aptto make himself OBJ
noxous in a crowded town, but seen on
bis native heath, cantering over the
plains on his swift mustang, swinging
his lariat and shouting lis whoop and
halloo 10 the fleeing steers, he is a pic
turesque spectacle. lie lives in q hut
or tent; sleeps in summer rolled in his
blanket in the open air, is in the saddle
from morning TO night, settles his quar-
rels with his six-shooter, looks upon
killing as yenal oTense, and on cattle
stealing AS n capital crime, and is al
together the most free and independent
fellow TO be found In this peculiarly
free and Independent country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

and referred. The presidents veto of
the judicial bill was read, At the con-
clusion Of the reading, the house
proceeded 10 vote ON the question
whether the hill should be passed, not.
withstanding the objections OF the pres
ident, ard it was decided in the mega
tiye-yeas 1Q4, nays 7S-not the ncceS-
sary two-thirds in the Affirmative. Adj
ionrned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

joins KNG, Cincinnati ncwsboy,
has accumulated library Of $500
choice books, which he has closely read
and studied. A few days ago he do
mated the entire lot TO the Public Libra
nv Of Cincinnati The Librarian says
that the majority Of the books are val
liable. King il cripple and his only
income for years has been from the sale
Of newspapers. He has done much to
better the condition Of the newsboys 81
Cincinnati and IN small way is entitled
to take his place beside the great bene.
factors ofthe city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

MODERN pottery boiled in oil and
buried in wood ashes soon becomes very
old. worries boiled in honey and hung
up in the chimney quickly become
venerable antiquities. Glass buried in
a stable becomes iridascent, and many
d bottle Or the time 81 Charles H., fished
out Of the Thames, the water Of which
has wonderful chemical properties. has
been sold as old Roman glass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

THE refusal to take proper physica
rest when tired from labor is one of the
most powerful inducements to the con-
sumption Of ardent spirits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

A MAN at Pontypridd, Wales, was re-
Gently bound over to keep the peace for
six months because he kissed his neigh
boris wife and threatened 70 do il again,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27

THE Ohio Sunday law exempts from
the observance OF Sunday Jews, Sew
enth-Day Baptists, ferrymen, emigrants
and toll-gate keepers.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
BOSTON HOTELS AND GRAVEYARDs.

The Springfield Republican prints
the following experience Of a strang-
er who had occasion to visit Boston.
He arrived In the evening and went
to the st. James Hotel, where he was
given a room in the rear of the build
ing, and the first sight which met his
eyes in the morning was a gloomy
expanse of graveyard, right under
his window. He was a man of sen-
sitlye nature and the landscape
spoiled his appetite for that day. As
soon as his days work or pleasure
was over, he quietly removed to the
Parker house. Here he asked for a
IRON room. and went to sleep in
peace ; but in the morning, as before,
Aurora's gentle beams gilded a daz.
cling array of tombstones across
School street in the Kings Chapel
graveyard. The gentleman had an
other days bad digestion, but, being
of courageous disposition, he made a
third trial and went over to the Ire
mont, where he expressly stipulated
that he should not be given a back
room o a front one. The gentle
menly clerk assigned him a cheerful
parlor on the west side, and the guest
went to bed happy. lie arose at
dawn, feeling decidedly more cheer
ful,-and drew his curtains, to feast
his gaze on-the old Granary ceme-
terry, with tombstones 300 years old
Wondering before him. 1t was too
muc for the stranger, who immedi-
ately paid his bill and departed to
hunt up Il town "where it wasn't so
unhealthy that they had to have q
! graveyard attached to every hotel
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
THE NEXT SENATOR.
From the Columbia Herald

Some of democratic exchange {
+ thus early agitating the subject OF
the next senator from Missouri, ia
succeed Mr.. Cockrell. There seem
to be a pretty thoroughly organized
effort to defeat Cockrell and Mr..
Thomas Allen of St. Louis appears
to be the candidate generally agreed
upon with which to do it. 1t is also
intimated that this opposition to Mr..
Cockrell grows not SO much out of
any special objection to him as be-
cause some of the indiscreet friends
of Mr.. Vest think the presence of
another ex-confederate in the senate
from the same part Of the state will
interfere with their favorite's contin.
uance in the senatorship. We do not
believe that Mr.. Vest himself shares
any such narrow or petty feeling.
Mr.. Cockrell, while not ali especially
brilliant man, has nevertheless made
a conscientious industrious aud faith.
full senator, and we do not believe
that any movement based upon mere
antagonism to him because he is in
the way OF anybody else, will sue
coed. Every tub should stand on its
own bottom. If Mr.. Cockrell is an
acceptable public servant he should
be 80 accredited, and not be showed
aside because his presence in the
senate interferes with some other
mans aspirations. Beside MI. Allen
and Mr.. Cockrell, there is a Mr.. Don
Morrison of st. Louis, who is men,
toned in the same connection but
what Mr.. Don Morrison has done to
ask a U. S. senatorship from the peo-
pie of Missouri we will have to re-
quest some of his friends to ell
tighten US.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30

All of the refuse of kitchens that
is fit for use for food for these animals
will always be carried away if kept
IN barrels or other receptacles, and
the other ought not to be thrown i'll
to streets and alleys.
Ii We are to succeed in building up
a town it will be in great measure by
trading with people in the country,
but if we compete with the country,
people in their own line they will
have no chance to trade with us.
Pork and bacon that pay city taxes
will be found to be Improbable meat
at any prices, but especially at the
present low prices. But those who
are determined to compete with their
country customers in the matter will
find their stock will do better by be-
ing penned so it cannot run at large.
The people from the country COM
plain grievously of the town cows.
If we would keep the stock up we
may be sure the people would never
go to any town to trade where their
wagons would be invaded, their straw
eaten, and their chairs carried off on
the stown cows" horns. There are
only about fifty COWS in Lexington,
and if they were herded it would add
greatly to their own value and the
cost would be insignificant, and 1t
would give employment to half a
dozen little boys.
There is no principle better settled
than that no man has a right to keep
domestic animals that are a nuisance
to his neighbor. One of the remark
able things about Rome, sc the travel
ers tell us, is that the feas are so
numerous and Unsuitable as to keep
one always employed. Without "be-
ing in Rome" we "uo as the Romans
do. thanks to the hogs.
If the majority of our citizens want
the hogs to be at large, and the peo-
pie fenced up, we will have to sub
nit to it, but now is the time to make
a struggle for another step in pro-
gress.
The endeavor to make out that thu.
is the erich against the poor" will
fail. 1t is one man, (not always a
poor one) compelling a great many
poor men to fence against his stock.
GEO. WILSON, JR.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
NO PONY, NO LIE.
lErom the Uarper,s Razzarl

ltrOm the Harper's BaZZar.J :
His loving mother said, eff you
take some of the castor-oil, I'll let
you go to the circus"
'tHow much ?" he cautiously in
quired.
"Oh! only a spoonful just a spoon
full" she replied.
"And you'll give me some sugar
beside 2" he asked.
"Of course L villa big lump"
He waited until she began pouring
from the bottle, then asked, "And
you'll give me 10 cents, too i"
eyes, of COURSE"
"And you'll buy me a shoo-fy
kite ?" he went on, seeing his advan-
tage.
"I guess So"
"No kite. no ile," he said, as he
stepped back.
"Well Fr bry a kite" she replied,
filling the spoon up.
"And a velocipede Z"
"l'll think of it,"
"You can't think no castor-oil
down me?" he exclaimed, looking
around for his hat.
"Here-I will, or Ill tease fathtr
to and l know he will. Come, now;
swallow it down."
"And you'll buy me a goat?"
'"Yes."
"And 200 marbles ?"
eyes. Now take it down."
"And a coach dog Z"
81 can't promise that"
call right ; no dog,no ile."
"Well, Ill ask your father"
"And you'll buy me a pony Z"
ooh, l couldn't do that. Now be
a good boy and swallow it down."
go yes! I'll swallow that stuff, /
WILL" he said, as he clapped Oh his
hat. "You may fool some other boy
with q circus ticket and a lump of
brown sugar, but it'll take a 800
pony to trot that castor oil down my
throat"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
THERE is NOTHING LIKE ADVER-
TIsING.

. There is nothing like advertising.
If you have lost anything advertise
for it and you will find it and hun
dreds of others. If you have found
anything, .(you don't want) advertise
it, and you will find it and hundreds
of others. If you want to buy or
rent q. house, advertising will show
you dozens. If you have anything
to sell, let people know it by advertis-
ing, and you will soon find customers.
If you want hired help, tell the pub
lie SO, and you will have thousands
to select from. II you want a situa-
ton, advertising will find you one I;
and finally, if you want to marry, a
notice to that effect in the papers
will overwhelm you with anxious ap-
plicants for the honor. In every
thing you do there is nothing like
advertising. A man once advertised
that if the party who took his UNI
brella did not bring it back he would
publish him. The next day there
were just one hundred and fifty left
on his doorstep. There is the advan-
tage of advertising.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
HIGH-HEELED BOOTS.


A paper was read last year before
a medical society in Paris upon high
heeled boots by M. 'Ouimus. In it
he showed how injurious to the frame
this fashion is. The. shape of the foot
naturally shifts the weight of the
body from the calcaneum the large
bone Of the tarsus forming the heel
to the arch of the foot. which was
intended to distribute weight, not
sustain it. In consequence the mus
cles Of the foot become painful es-
pecially after walking those mus
cles, being obliged constantly to
struggle against the tendency of the
walker to be projected forward, are
affected with cramps. Mr.. OnimLs
ascribed the increase of late years III
hysteria in females to the absurd
fashion Of wearing high-heeled boots.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30

ed, but in opposite style many fab
RIGS are woven with dark, invisible
stripes half obscured by grayish
cloudiugs. The -bandana ideas of
the summer are repeated in very bold
bright plaids with satin, scotch,
cheviot and twilledi surfaces, and
these are in great numbers. But the
chief novelty is the introduction OF
tiue soft dress goods having cashmere
and broche effects. Fancy an Indian
shawl, striped or otherwise, reduced
down in pattern to less than "a
dozenth part of the original size, aud
you have sn idea of what these novel
and very beautiful materials re-
semble. LUCY CARTER.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30
PACIFIC WHALING.

The San Francisco Alta Californian
says: "The introduction of patro-
leum, the consequent fall in the price
of whale 1.-the destruction Of whales
by the rebel cruiser Shenandoah, the
loss of many vessels in the Arctic ice
field in 1871 aud 1875, and decrease
i'll the number of whales, have cou-
tributed to reduce the Pacific whal-
ing fleet from 600 vessels in 1855 to
40 III 1879. Of these only l8 are now
in the North Pacific. and recently they
have made their rendezvous in San
francisco uarbor, whereas formerly
Honolulu was the port where they
discharged cargo, rttitted and spent
the winter. They employ about 700
men, and the average catch may be
set down at Is, 900 barrels of oil and
20 tons of whalebone. The whales
are scarce and shy now south of Beh-
ring Strait, and most of the vessels
venture in the Arctic Sea. In a fair
season a vessel will take five whales,
the northern right whale yielding 1925
barrels and the Arctic 80 barrels of
oil. and each about 1900 pounds Of
bone. If the whales are not found
the vessel frequently devotes itself to
the walrus, each of which gives 20
gallons of oil and 5pounds of ivory F;
but three out of four killed are lost,
aud as they arc the chief dependence
of the Esquimaux for subsistence
some whaling masters will not kill
them SO long as there is any hope of
finding whales. The introduction of
all improved bomb-lancc gun will
probably make the business less dan
gerous and more profitable. There
are half u dozen whaling stations on
the coast of California, where a look
out is kept on shore, and when no.
tlce is given that a whale Is in sight,
men put off in row boats for the prize.
There are 25 men at Punta Randa and
II at Santo Thomas, in Lower Cali
%fornia, and 10 at Ballast Point, in the
American territory, all belonging to
San Diego I; a company at Monterey,
II of 20 men at Pigeon Point and
one or two in Mcndocino county
Most of the whales taken are the CAL
ifornia graybacks, which + neither
rich i'll oil nor easily taken. Some
seasons more than half of those Kill,
Ell are lost. They migrate when fat
to the southwark from November to
February, keeping near the land, and
TO the northward from May to Octo.
Der, when lean, running q little
further out"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-30

SENATOR OOOKRELL.
tFrom the Hannibal Clipper-Herald.l

LFrom the Hannibal Clipper-Hcrald.l
There has been considerable talk
about Senator C%ockrell's successor,
and St. Louis has begun grooming a
number of horses, dark and other
wise colered, for the race. Accord
ing to u reading, the sentiment of
the people in North Missouri,at least,
is to continue in office a first-class
MAJ when we get one. Senator
Cockrell is far better fitted to fill the
position than he was four years ago,
and the majority thought enough Of
him then to elect him. He is faithful
to his duties, laborious, fair-minded
and honest. He is pre-eminently a
worker. He votes right, speaks
right, acts right, he has the qualities
of a statesman more than those Of a
politician. The people gave him the
place before, and we predict they
will keep him in despite the wealth
OF some aspirants and the able wire
pulling of others. Our vote is for
COckrell.