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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26
FOREIGN.

TmE famine in Silesia is spreading into
new districts.
TuE car is using extraordinary pre-.
cautions to prevent assassination.
GENERAL MARRIOTT, president q the
European railway association died AZ
Cairo, Dec 18th.
TnE dcathratc in London this season
is unpreoedentedly large, saysa dispatch
of the 18th.
AN explosion in n salt mine ut
Schwahish Hall in Wurtemherg on the
10Th inst. caused the death Of twelve
miners.
A DISPATCH from ST. Petersburg Dec.
18th. says the police can not discover the
nihilists because they exist where the
authorities do not venture TO look, The
real conspirators are found in the draw.
ing rooms Of the rich and noble,
THR annual report of trade In the
Sheffield tEng) district, says q telegram
of Dec %, shows n remarkable decrease
In the file trade. In 1878 the value OF
files sent to the United States was 500.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

A Dies MONIES letter to the keokuk
Gate City says: "ren million applicants
for places in the state,house, and the
State officers are worried to death.
Gov. Gear, great big-hearted fellow,
hears them all and looks pittingly
out of his big blue eyes ut EN-, but il il
of no use. Men women, children MI
want plum.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26
BISMARCK is at his country house,

BISMARCK is at his country house, suf-
fering much from nervousness. His
physician tells him that his excessive
smoking is aggravating, and possibly the
cause Of the ailmcnt, and advises him
to stop the use OF his pipe altogether
and coniine himself to light cigars. But
the chancellor deies the doctor and
sticks to his pipe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

A NEW memoir of Lord Beaconstcld,
Just out in England, bears this motto
from Artemus Ward: "He asked me
what WAS my prinserpule2 Il ain't got
emmy said, mot prinserpul; I'm in
the show bizness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

The night editor Of the Winnipeg
Times put death Of Prelate" over
the announcement of the decease Of II
bishop, but the compositor made it
death OF II Pirate" and there is con-
siderable mirth in the Manitoba papers
therent,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

The will OF Mrs. Dorsey, who left her
estate to JEFF Davis, is being contested
in New Orleans by Mrs. Edward Peck
ham, of Louisiana; Stephen Percy Ellis,
of Brooklyn, N. T.; Mortimer Dahl
gren, of ST. Louis. sister and brother Of
the late Mrs. Sarah Ann Dorsey, who
was of unsound mind.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

THE London World says it was gem
orally admitted in Paris society that the
late Countess de Montijo married Pros
per Merimce two or three years after
the death Of her first husband. Eugen-
ie generally called him godfather.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

THE venerable DR.. John Lord met the
other day in Boston with an accident
that came very near being serious. On
the way to the platform wherein he was
to lecture, he fell down flight Of stairs
and was severely cut on the forehead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

THE Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution says
that John w. Drew, the New Hamp-
shire temperance advocate, is the best
practical worker that has ever attacked
the evil Of intemperance in Georgia,
and that he has done much good in
Atlanta.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

The heirs of the late w. s. liillyer, n
member Of Glen. Grants staff during the
war, who died in Washington city in
1874, have entered suit in the Floyd cir
cult court to obtain $4,000 left their
father under the will of the late Elias
Ayers, mn uuce Of Gen. Hllyer,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

ELMRA IN. ~ Free Press: Matt Car
penter was in New York the other day,
and a reporter Of the Star made several
attem DTS to interview him--the senator
ran away every time.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26

Mrs. EMMA +. WHITE, wife Of Mr.. u.
L. White, the chief correspondent Of
the New York Tribune, died at Wash
sngton few days ago of typhoid pneu-
monia, at the age of 81 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26
Cause and Effect.

The main Cause Of nervousness il indigestion.
and that Is cansed by weakness of the stomach.
without using Hop Bitters to strengthen the
stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver sud
kidneys active, to carry of all the poisonous and
waste matter Of the system. See other column.
--Adrdnet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-26
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

WILL P. NOBLE, the well-known artist,
died at the Cincinnati hospital after
wears of suffering, from consumption.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
A Cure For Slander.

The following very homely but singu.
larly instructive lesson is by st, Philip
Neri: A lady presented herself to him
one day, accusing herself of being given
to SANDER. "Do you frequently fall into
this fault?" inquired the saint. ayes,
father, very often," replied the penitent.
"My dear child" said the saint, "your
fault is great, but mercy is still greater.
For your penance, do as follows: Go to
the nearest market, purchase a chicken
just killed and well covered with feathers;
you will then walk to certain distance,
plucking the bird as you go along; your
walk finished, you will return to me-"
Great was the astonishment of the lady
in receiving so strange penance; but,
silencing all human reasoning, she re-
piled 81 will obey, father; ! will obey"
Accordingly, she repaired to the market,
bought the fowl, and set out on her jour
ney, pucking it as she went along, as she
had been ordered. In short time she re-
turned anxious to tell of her exactness in
accomplishing her penance, and desirous
to receive some explanation of one so sin
gular. "Ah," said the saint, 'you have
been very faithful to the first part Of my
orders; now do the second part and you
will be cured. Retrace your steps, pass
through all the places you have already
traversed, and gather up, one by one, all
the feathers you have scattered" "But
father" exclaimed the poor woman, "that
Is impossible, | cast the feathers careless
ly on every side; the wind carried them
IN different directions. how can l now re-
cover them'' "Well, my child" replied
the saint, $50 it is with your words of SLAM
der. Like the feathers which the wind has
scattered, they have been waited in many
directions; calf them back if you can. Go
md sin no more" History does not tell Il
the lady was converted, but it is probable
1t required saint to give the lesson; one
would be fool not to profit by it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
(Exchange.)

Begin by borrowing quarter, which,o of
course, you need never return. The lend
er will consider it money well invested
Always manage to smoke at somebody
else's expense. You will be able to get
behind unusually good favored cigars in
this way; much better than you yourself
would buy,
If you notice anything in a show WIN
dow order it up TO the house, regardless
of expense The merchant is always
anxious to work off his goods, and it is
your bounden duty to help him.
Be especially careful never to return a
book that friend lends you. 1t will look
a great deal better on your table than his
if you are shrewd enough to tear out
the tell,tae fy-leaf
Your wife and daughters should wear
silks Not that they can afford it, or that
anybody expects them to, but it is sort OF
distingue among strangers TO wear good
clothes.
Recollect that you always promise to
pay bill "next Saturday and go fishing
all that day.
Any suspicious looking person that
comes around the corner may be a col
lector and it would be we'll to cross the
street. He will cross too, but you will
gain time TO invent new lie about your
financial circumstances.
Doctors bills are never 10 be paid
This is on honor. "Folks that's rich can
pay them fellows-they have pretty
easy time, and get their money without
trouble"
Talk very loud about your business and
the great things you are doing and what
you are going to do in the future. Peo
pie will gain an impression that youl
capital is employed, and that you are ar
enterprising, stirring sort of man
which you are, in certain lines.
House rent is of no consequence to {
landlord. If you occupy his house il
will give it an ''air of business-like re
spectabiity." You may be warned out af
ter awhile, but you can always have the sat
isfaction of calling him mean, stingy ole
curmudgeon, that never kept the houst
in condition fit for hog to live in-not
withstanding that you lived in it as lons
as he would allow you.
Subscribe for the daily papers-all O
them. You will thus be kept informed o
what is going on in the world, and cal
talk intelligently on all subjects. Drol
in occasionally and make suggestion o
two as to the course the paper ought t.
pursue. 1t will be considered an equiva
lent for the money in advance.
About two years of this sort Of pro
cedure will serve to bring you out as
"nan of mark" and a "dead beat" of tn
first water.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
GETTING A SITUATION.
How \ Pushing Journalist Got on q
Newspaper staff.

lDOStoh
A journalist of distinction, now holding
a very prominent and responsible position
on one Of the best known papers in the
country, had a peculiar experience in
getting position on the staff of New
York daily. The story has been recently
published which runs as follows:
He applied to the editor-in-chief, who
knew him we'll and was aware Of his abil-
ity and experience. "pve nothing to Of
fer you," he said, "but perhaps you'd bet
ter see the managing editor. To the man
aging editor, who also knew him well, the
applicant went, "There's nothing can
give you," he said, pleasantly; "why don't
you see the editor -in-chief?"
The next day he applied to both again
and the nexteach time receiving the. same
answer. Dropping in on the fourth day,
he noticed vacant desk in the reporters
room, kept for any one who might want
to use it. He called the office boy, told
him to clean up the desk and bring writ
ing materials. Having "moved in" he
sought the city editors assignment book,
picked out job that he thought he could
do, did it, laid the result on the city edi-
tors desk and went home. The next day
he did the same thing, and the next, and
the next. On the fifth day the editor-in.
chief passed through the room while he
was at his desk. $50 you've got to work
he said, pleasantly. ayes, sir" answered
the selt-appointed reporter.
A day or two later the managing editor
came in. "Got it at last, chi" he inquired
ayes, sir" answered the latest addition to
the staff, going on with his work. Things
went on this way for two weeks, when one
morning the chief came in. "How do
you like your position'" he asked. First
rate, he answered, there is only one troub.
| lie; have not had any money yet. 'No
money? How is thats Perhaps the man.
aging editor forgot to put your name on
roll. Never mind, l will. How much
did he say you were to have? He did moi
say, sir, said the reporter, telling the truth
very literally.
The chief fixed the pay then and there
dated it back two weeks, and the changer
on" became full-fedged member of the
staff on the spot. And the best of the
joke was that it was not until two years
afterward that either the editor chief o.
the managing editor knew how it cam,
about, each supposing that the other hae
done it. Two heads were certainly bette
than one that time--for the applicant.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23

Some months ago wandering exhorter,
10 was tramping over the country, ad-
.s.essed crowd at the sight of the lower
market house, and predicted that whoever
ssulled down the solitary pillar left stand
ing by the cyclone would most certainly
he struck by lightning. This was eagerly
s,efieved by large number of our colored
espulation; hence, when it was ascertained
lrsday that the pillar was to be moved,
1>-owd of fifty or sixty negroes gathered
szt.und to await results. A practical joker
rware of the belief in regard to the remov-
determined to have some fun on his
pwn account. Procuring cannon fire
cracker he posted himself In window in
the third story Of the Bredenburg building
and Just as the pillar tottered he cast the
copper among the gaping crowd. In
'.oment there was a terrific explosion, anc
re widest terror seized the negroes. Scat
'rring in every direction, they ran as swirl
~ as their feet would carry them, some OF
them not stopping until they had placed {
square between them and the object OF
their fear. Some of the white citizens
standing near we're considerably startled
-[Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
Tho Cause of Education.
Butler Cox o. Democrat.]

1.-THE cause Of education be hanged!" he
muttered as he sat down on curb-stone.
He was a lad of thirteen. He spit
through his teeth and spit often. His pants
were supported with piece of wire clothes
line girted around the waist, his hat was
ancient and greasy and his big flat feet
seemed to be waiting for a thunder show
er to wash them clean.
"That's what als mel" he went on as he
pushed his toes into the wet sand. 81 don't
believe in feller diffing and learning all
there is to learn, and not letting other
folks have chance. There is lots of other
folks in the world besides, and l amt 60
ing to be a hog and try to learn all there
is to learn"
After minute he went on:
Don't know huff now! Three times
two are six, four times five are twenty, and
four times four are eight. That's as cor
rect as l could get 'em if went to school
for hundred years. And don't | know
how to spell? Cat is cat the world over,
and I'll bet on it every time. Hen spells
'hen.' and | know it as if weighed ton"
He rose up to throw stone at dog a.
cross the street, and after resuming his
seat, he went on:
eJogerfy kinder wrestles me down, but
l don't much 60 on jogerfy. What do l
care whether an island is entirely sur
rounded by water, or whether there amt
any wafer within ten miles of it2 Spose
am going to buy and sell islands for a
living3 | don't care which is the highest
mountain or the longest river, do l? I'm
going to keep feed store, and when I'm
rolling bales O hay around will care
about mountains and rivers? I've heard
the boys go on about exports and imports
and straits, and seas, and capes, but whats
them to me? If a feller wants to buy bag
O oats, is he going to wait and ask me
when the Island Of Madagascar was dis
| covered"
He carefully examined the big toe of
his left foot and the heel of his right foot
and gloomily observed:
1.-THE old folks are making ready to push
me into school, and I've got to make ready
to keep out. l can't take to school, some
how | could sit here and study all day
but the minute get into school-houst
I'm nervous. Something's going to hap
pen to me this week. I'll be taken home
In wheel barrow with big cash in my
heel or this toe almost cut off. That will
mean four weeks on crutch, and the,
don't allow lame boy to go to school ano
crutch up and down the aises. Or s'posin
go home with the palpitation of the heart
The old lady has had it, and l won't more
than get into the house before she'll have
me tucked up on the lounge, the campho
bottle down, currant jelly and sponge cak'
in the distance, and she'll call out to tn,
old gent:
"Father, its no use of thinking Of send
ing this boy to school. He looks stout an'
healthy, but he's mere shadder. Th
close atmosphere of the school-room room
will kill him before snow flies"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
Is 1t Extravaganza


An Eastern contemporary says: mot
long ago we travelled in the West for a
day in company with an agent of an ex-
tensive manufacturer of parlor organs.
He was returning suddenly and unexpect-
edly, having already taken more orders
for instruments than his firm could make
for year to come. His customers were
Western farmers. Every family required
an organ, and the principal reason was be-
cause the next neighbor had one. All
were sold on years credit.
The young ladies who learn to use these
instruments doubtless no longer milk the
COWS or manage the dairy; spin the wool
from their fathers flock; knit the family
hose, or rarely make their own dresses.
One luxurious habit, especially if it
causes work to be thought inconvenient
or degrading, leads further and becomes
disastrous in the end.
The young men, too, require fast
horse and a costly wagon and more ex-
pensive attire; and then the help of a
hired man in the field is as needful as that
of the help in the kitchen. And under
the pressure of all these selfinflicted taxes,
farming does not pay, and it is to be feared
that it never will until these taxes are re-
pealed."
The evident intention Of the writer of
the above extract, is to protest against
undue extravaganza, against an expendi-
ture for luxuries beyond the ability to pay,
and in this we agree with him. But we
do not like the implied thought that far
mers in order to make their business pay,
must be deprived OF all the luxuries of
life, must confine themselves to the mere
necessities of existence. The world is
progressing, and even Western farmers
are getting out of the pioneer stage, where
the imperious demand for the necessities
of life banishes every thought except OF
constant toll and the closest economy,
They can afford many things their fathers
could not, and are learning that life is moi
drudgery only, nor toll our whole destiny
that our homes shelter not only bone and
muscle, but mind and heart also, and thai
these demand food and raiment as well as
the body.
We believe in pianos and organs in the
farmers home wherever they can be af
forded, and where there are sons ane
daughters growing up, we would strain
point in the ability question to obtain one
of these Instruments The farmer has a.
good a right to these things as the man o
any other calling, Of eqnal ability t1
purchase.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
gTEACH YOUR BOYS.

That it is crime to legalize crime.
Teach them to respect their elders and
themselves.
Teach them that true lady may be
found in calico quite as frequently as in
velvet
Teach them that common school ed
ucation with common sense, is far better
than college education without it.
Teach them that honesty is the best pol
icy, that it is better to be poor, than to be
rich on the profits Of business that tends
to make men no better.
Teach them that as they expect to be
men some day, they cannot too soon learn
to protect the weak and helpless.
Teach them by your own example
that smoking, though perhaps among the
least eff vices, is disgusting to others anc
hurtful to themselves.
Teach them that to wear patched clothe.
Is no disgrace, but to wear black eye is.
Teach them that God is no respecter of
sex, and that when He gave the seventh
commandment He meant it for them al
we'll as for their sisters.
Teach them that by indulging their de
praved appetites in the worst forms of dis
sipation, they are not fitting themselves t.
become the husbands of pure girls
Teach them that it is better to be an hon
est man seven days in the week than to b.
a Christian( y one day and villain 81,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23

No time should be lost in resorting to a
suitable remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is the NEST reliable and widely esteemed
medicine of its class. II removes the causes
of constipation, or of undue relaxation of
the intestines which are usually indiges-
ton or misdirection of the bile. When it
acts as cathartic, it does not gripe and
violently evacuate, but produces gradual
and natural effects, very unlike those of a
drastic purgative; and its power of assisting
digestion nulifies those irritating condi-
tions of the mucous membrane Of the stom-
ach and intestinal canal which produce
first diarrhea, and eventually dysentery.
The medicine is moreover, an agreeable
one, and eminently pure and wholesome.
Appetite and tranquil nightly slumber are
both promoted by it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
ASK NO CREDIT.
Some Good Suggesti0ns Il Would be
Well For All TO Heed.
tGalva (In.) Journal


The evils of the credit system so gener-
ally in vogue throughout the country, but
more especially In the west, are obvious to
every rejecting mind Hard times, exten-
sive losses and numerous bankruptcies are
among the fruits that it may be expected
to produce Credit is a good thing to have
but like most good things, is liable 10
abuses which make it an evil. The man
who buys goods on time without some SUBJ
stantial reasons for thinking that he will
be able to pay for them before long is no
less dishonest than the one who steals
money from your drawer. Getting thing
which one has only vague hopes of being
able to pay for is so much like getting it
for nothing, that the step from one to the
other proves very easy A system which
enables men not only to mortgage their
property but their labor for the future as
well, promotes dishonesty and extrava-
gance. The future always seems brighter
than the present.; to pay year hence
seems not half as difficult as to do it now
A system which inevitably leads to liv-
ing beyond ones income, to the contract
Ing Of expensive habits, to the nonpayment
Of debts and to the prevalence of low
standard Of business integrity and honor
must be bad one. 1t is bad-bad in its
effects on the man who loses by it, still
worse for him who loses his independence
and manly character while seeming to
gain by getting moneys worth without
giving an equivalent.
Nothing does more to hinder the growth
of town and blight its prospects than
this style of doing business Even when
every buyer is strictly honest and relig-
iously intends to pay for all that he buys
on tick, there will be considerable
proportion of bad debts, to offset which
the merchant must charge much higher
average prise for his goods than where
business is done for cash. This increases
the price of living to every honest man,
turns the best money (that of people who
have ready money and want to get the
most for their money! away, and tends to
start large proportion Of Its people on the
road to poverty instead Of wealth. 1t is
teaching the careless and improvident to
live beyond their incomes and making the
thrifty and economical pay others debts
1t is suicidal policy for any people and
its injuries extend to the whole communi.
ty. Let every one who wishes to prosper
in his business or to maintain his self re-
spect, shun the alluring and deceptive
road that the credit system, as commonly
practiced, opens before him. The more
goods one sells when he is uncertain
about ever obtaining pay for them, the
worse off he is; the more one buys under
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23

Morris, special agent OF the treasury,
who has been investigating the fisheries
on the coast of Alaska reports that there
are no finer fishing grounds in the world
than those extending along the coast OF
Alaska, from the peninsula of Unalaska
to Behring straits. The fish are equal in
quality to any ever caught. There is a
bank extending about 100 miles along the
coast, and it abounds with cod fish and
halibut, and including the islands, there is
more than 2.soo miles Of fishing grounds
1t is said to be far superior to the New
foandland fisheries in every way.