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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
WIN. JAS. HEALEY,
NOTICE.

Tho undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that be IL prepared 70 cry public
Gales a. all tires on feaeonable terms Farm
ers' sales speciality, Caa be sesn ii Mineral
Point every SATURDAY. All ordert len 1t Chas
Sears butcher shop ~ the Democrat once
Will reeeire lpf0 a vi attention.
1871 n. X. YAK MATRE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

DR.. Frost viii lie at his Office 1T the
City IIall during Friday nntilG j. III,
and at the [. $. Hotel until 5 y. IN,
those wishing to see the DR.. profess
sionally, or waat charts must call TO-
day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Genuine Singer Cleaned Out al
Galena.

Don't fail 10 read tile trial Ill this
paper at Galena. Then read Birely &
sons challenge. 1T takes lots ~ brass
to compare the Genuine Singer TO
Gold and other Singers to lead, when
they dare not accept the challenge
offered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

NOTICE. All accounts due nc must
be paid on, Or before, October 18th,
ls7o. Otherwise they will DC turned
over for collection and cost made
thereby. A. y. FERRIS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Potatoes Wanted.

| want 10000 bushels Of potatoes,
for which viii pay the highest mar
ket price louN HOAX.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Teachers Examination.
FALL, 1870.

The regular fall examination If teachers of
Iowa County will be heh n follows;
MIFFLiN Monday aud Tuesday. Sept 18th
ana 10Th.
HIGHLAND, Wednesday ana Thursday,
Sept. l1th, ard 18th.
AvOCA, Friday and Saturday, tent i9th
and 21ih.
MINERAL POINT Friday ard Saturday
Oc, sd and fth.
The examination viii begin 1t 2 O'Clock 81
TIE first day, ". a. JONES, co. Supt.
Mineral Point, August 25th. 1879.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

dren acknowledged to the gentleman in
question thar they did shake hands with
General Grant two or three times. This
little incident shows what il close observer
ne is.
AS little as the General had seen of this State
up to his arrival here, yet he expresses himself
IN terms Of establishment at the apparently
great resources we must have in Nevada. He
| referred to Lake Tahoe the most wonder
FIJI inland sheet OF water he had ever seen,
aud also seemed amazed at the great wood
| and lumber interests at the Lake.
At II O'Clock the General seemed to be get
ting little uneasy for want of cigar, and
the Governor volunteered to get one for him,
stating that the assemblage would excuse him
for smoking But the General hestated t"
| accept, when one of the ladies say gested that
! if he did not light cigar at once she would
leave the room. His gallantry would not per-
NIT hun to drive lady out of the apartment,
so he began to smoke, the soothing effects OF
which WAS soon thereafter observed.
An old CarsoAite approached General Grant
with degree of strained cordlailty, asking
whether he did not remember him they
went to school together at Gaena The Gen
era retorted that there must be some mistake
about the school, as he never saw GAlena prior
to 1860. The y. Q. seemed to be greatly en-
barassed and after mumbhng few unintel
Iigibe words moved off to give others VIII"
did not 20 to = schooi" with the General Ii
G.Iena, chance to 'chip III.
A special car brought the Empire school
children to the city, and they locked very
pretty, indeed.
Decorations throughout the city were not as
general as NAY have been wished and expect
ed but nearly every building On Carson street |
had few flags attached to it. The really |
noteworthy decorations were on the Mint,
which WAS nrnamented in tasteful and gor
geous style with flags Of all nations, rosettes,
Shields etc, and at the entrance was
motto on blue ground, spanged with silver
. ars, which read 1" Welcome to .. s. G"
The whole decoration was artisticaly and
beautifully gotten up by attaches of the in
stitution. The next in point of beauty was
the Capitol building; then came the Orms
by House, literally stnothered with all col
ors of handsome A4gs. The Opera House
and Benton's stable also come in for slight !
mention, but the other decorations were
not very conspicuous. l.
Seven cars full of Carsonises went up to
Virginia to attend the reception.
CONCLUSION.
The whole city bore regular holiday ap-
oearance throughout the day; every body was
ttired in his or her best, ana all who had
he pleasure of look or hand shake from
ur distinguished guest we're fascinated
With his simplicity of manner. Only
manhood superior to all could retain that
implicitly and bon homie which char
cterizes every look and word of the man
We love to honor, after having been petted
; he has, by the greatest rulers and most
rebound thinkers of the civilized world.
Tod speed him, and bless him and his.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
NOTICE.

Having been appointed agent by the Triorta! A.ss-
PRISE Publishing Company to take charge Of R. f. Beeks
route and agency request his customers to leave tbs
names with We are Also prepared to deliver all saa
Francisco daiies. We thal aim by promptness " gaA
the satisfaction Of all customers.
octl4lw CAGWN b ALLEN
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

In times past to find relief, people had to take rod
nauseous remedies castor OIL salts pills etc. but
they the pleasant Syrup OF Figs which unloads IL
bowels, regulates the liver cleanses the SYSTEM cures
biliousness constipation, etc. For sale by all dr1AU
For Neuralgia, Nervous Debility and all wasting d.
cases. Fellows Hy ophosites 1t is genuine prsp>
tisn recommended add used by leadn physicians every
Where. George c. ThaxtcI, Agent els
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
SYRUP OF FIGS

Is the best remedy of the s Because it lie pleaGAsa
to take; second, 1t fails do its work. thirdly
cures by removing the arousing the liver ard
bowels to activity, it biiouSness ceanses the sys
tenn, purfes the blood and the sufferer hsal
oc23lm
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

Four doses of Mrs. Dr. Howe's Rheumatic
Remedy will relieve, and one bottle will cura
the worst case of RHEUMATISM. Try it. II
costs but one dollar. For sale at Tha1ter's
drug store. octSa
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
NICHOLS 1NFALLlBTE INJECTION.

Guaranteed to cure promptly and permanently evay
of Gonorh0,a Gleet and Whites no matter Il
how long standing if directions are followed internal
medicines not recomme nded necessay cure guar
anteed or money REFUNDED. For sale by B. F. Fost.r
OctS 6m
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
EVERYBODY I!

Go and those young horses for sale the Capitol Os
RAIL- back of the Capt. where also be found hay alS
rain and superior accommodations for teams. Horsss
boarded and groomed by the day week. K. GlRsos
proprietor. Oc22lw
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
WANTED.

house with conveniences suitable for lady and gentle
Furnished and the depot preferred Rna,sSss
at this office
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
FOR SALE.

Elegant residence, on Carson street, with furnitmS b
offered Cor sale cheap. Enquire Of George B. webb.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

4 GREAT AND MODEST MAN UPON WHOSE BROW
THE HoNoRS OF TIM CIVILIZED WORLD SIT
LIGHTLY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

TUE severest OF Toothsche Neuralgia cured in
few minutes by using Mrs. DR.. Hewes Neuralgia Cure.
For sal, By Thaxter, druggist. ecS
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

THE RECEPTION AT THE CAPITOL AND THE DE
PARTCRE FOR VIRGINIA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
PEOPLES MARKET.

U. $. MINT, ST, epEy.
f7Is.s. L FERRIS PrOprietors,
Beef Mutton, lamb Veal an5 PoEk-
All raised in Valley and slaughtered there dies
from the pastuItge
Hams, Bacon, CorAed Beef, Tongues. Etc.
POULTRY AND GAME
OF all kinds Kept constantly On hand and killed to order
SAUSAGES OF LII KINDS
HEAD CHEESE A sPEoIALT
Goods promptly delivered free Of charge. All kinds
oints scientifically put up Tor cooking.
Call ST the Peoples Market andjpurchase native meats
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28

THE PARTY Is ESCORTED TO THE RESIDENCE
OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR KISKsAD
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-28
our CUE T..

GENERAL GRANT AND PARTY AR
RIVE IN THIS CITY AT SEVEN
O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY EVEN
ING, AND ARE RECEIVED
WITH A BOOMING OF
GUNS AND A CHEER
ING OF THE
POPULACE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Harvard's Chinese Professor.

The arrival of the gorgeously cos
TUNED new Chinese Professor at Har-
ward, kO Kun Hua, with his wife, five
children and interpreter, created some
stir in drOwsy Cambridge. President
Eliot being away yachting, the party
was temporarily quartered in the hos
pital building, near Holiness Field.
The establishment of the professOrship
is due to the efforts of Francis Z. Knight
of this city, at present United States
Consul at New Chwang, China. Mr.
Knight, when last here, in the earlypart
of 1877, proposed to President Eliot the
establishment of a PrOfessOrship of Chi
nese at Harvard, reasoning that it would
be of great advantage to young men in
tending to enter commercial life, and
who would be likely to engage in
business with the East, to have
Il speaking familiarity with the
Chinese language. President Eliot
took counsel with the Boston mer-
chants engaged in the China trade, and
then wrote to Mr. Knight, stating his
harmony with his views. Subsequently,
the necessary money for limited trial
of the plan having been raised by pri-
vate subscription, the Harvard Univer-
sity corporation authorized Mr.. Knight
to engage a competent instructor, act
ing as agent for them. There the mat
ter rested for while, and it began to be
supposed that nothing would come of it.
when a dispatch was received from Mr..
Knight that the Professor had been en-
gagged. The written agreement under
which Prof. Kun Hua comes here was
drawn mp at Shanghai May 20, 1879,
between Mr.. Knight, as agent of the
President and Fellows of Havard Col
lege, and Prof. Kun Hua, who was the
Sub-prefect of NingpO. According to
its terms, he is to teach Mandarin Chi
nese for three years, at 5000 a month,
and was to receive a first-class pas
sage from Shanghai to Cambridge
for himself and the family men
toned above. 1t IS proposed to
teach Chinese for commercial purposes
alone. Nothing has been said about
studying Chinese literature as a branch
of education at Harvard, nor has there
ever been an expressed desire on the
part of any student for an opportunity
to perfect himself in that department.
1t is not decided vet how the language
viii be taught, in what collegiate year
the instruction will be given, how ample
will be the opportunity of taking up the
study, or what books viii be used. All
that has been done so far is to decide
that the language shall be taught and to
get the teacher here. At the opening
of the fall term complete arrangements
viii be made, and ambitious young men
can add another to their list of linguistic
accomplishments. Prof. Kun Hua is
about 40 years of age, rather slender,
and Of medium height, and is regarded
by Mr.. Knight as an excellent man for
his position.-Ne10 YORK. Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
MeteOric Rivers.

There are four or five of these masses,
but that of August, which we encounter
every year, and that of November every
thirty-three years-thc most astonishing
of all-are the chief ones. The great
November mass is supposed to have
existed outside of the solar system till
about the year 1876, when it ran near
enough Uranus to be dragged from its
course by the attraction of that huge
planet and set in motion round the sun
We have met it every third of a century
since, but the records are very incom-
plete. 1t is estimated that it is now
about 100, 900 miles through and over
5OO,0O0,0O0 of miles long, so that the
head is almost touching the earth's orbit
while the tail is back between Jupiter
and Uranus. Its length is so great that
moving twenty-five or twenty-seven
miles a second it takes two years to pass
clear round the earth, and the conse-
quence is that we have two meteOric
displays in two successive years,in 1882
in Europe, iii 1888 here, in 1866 in
Europe and in 1867 here. The August
ring is encountered every year, and
spreads clear round its orbit, though it
probably started in a lump, like the
November body. If so it is an older
body than that of November, the latter
not having been subjected to the dis
jointing attraction of the sun long
enough to be drawn out from a :" lump"
into line. \ comet Is travelling at the
head of each of these rings. In few
millions of years the November meteors
will be stretched out into complete
ring all round their orbit, and then we
shall run through it every year as we
now do through those Of August, and
shall have no more such sights as that
of 1888 or 1867, for the string viii be too
scattered to make them.-I11 Indianapolis
Toayg.,,0y
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
Intelligent WOrkmen Needed.


Notice was taken in a recent issue oi
this paper of the experience of a large
shoe manufacturer of this State, who
advertised in Boston and New York fol
/ % shOe-fitters to work in his factory, of
fering full current rates and steady
work. The advertisement brought one
application.
About the same time a Boston firm
advertised for book-keeper, and the
next days mail brought 347 answers.
During the same month an advertise
ment for clerk, in Detroit paper,
brought $50 applications the first day,
and greater number of letters and per-
sOnal applications the next day.
An advertisement for a week in the
same city, calling for a carpenter,
brought only four replies.
1t is altogether probable that in any
considerable city in the land, an adver-
tisement for a bOok-keeper or retail
| clerk will bring fifty times as many re-
plies as an advertisement for fair work
man in any trade.
1t is also probable that in any and ev-
cry city the average earnings of clerks
are nowhere near so large as the earn
ings of wOrkmen of average skill in the
various trades.
liitI, IL - ltlIiN tCl lelliI Jlletts WIFI
equal capacity, industry, and thrift, the
young man who learns any trade will
achieve II reasonable competence sooner
than the young man who sticks to clerk
ing; while the chances for materially
improving ones condition are more nu-
merous in the trades than behind the
counter or at the desk.
Why is it, then, that the boys all want
to be clerkSp Why is il that intellirent
parents encourage them in looking for
chance to "get into business" and in
looking down on mechanical employ
ment-as though there could be any call
ing more wretchedIy mechanical than
average clerking? Why is it that teach
ers almost invariably train their pupils
to 81 look above" mechanical pursuits?
What the country wants now is work
industrious, thrifty
wOrkmen; men who can do skillfully the
work that waits for the doing-who can
invent new and better processes for de-
veloping the crude resources of the land,
and for converting brute matter into
life-sustaining and life-enriching wealth
Mere clerks and record keepers are at a
discount. There are too many of them.
And the professions, so called, are al
most equally crowded with men who
have nothing to do. There never was a
time when ability to do something real
and practical was worth so much as
now. Yet our young men swarm after
clerkships. Why is it?- Scientific
american.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

clOuts only; ate taro and yams mainly,
though they have pigs, goats, chickens,
and fish, and cocOanuts also. Snakes
abound, of the boa variety, Judge.
Their thatch houses are low, with much
Overhang of the roof, surrounded by
stone walls, strongly made of laid stone,
to protect them from mOnsoOns Their
paddy-felds contains immense quantities
of -COlocGsia aroidea, my botany
says. They are peaceful and timid, do
not mark the body or deform the face
or teeth, and seem happy enough in
their condition. I found them fairly
healthy. They had axes, spears, and
knives, but all of common iron, the ak
being made by imbedding the handle,
instead of the handle piercing the iron,
as with US. Their canoes are beautiful,
made without nails, and are ornament
ed usually with geometrical lines. The
hair is worn naturally, the men partly
clipping theirs. l saw no valuable
metal. They wore the boards of goats,
with small shells, as neck ornaments -
Popular Science MONTHLY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18

watch, marking down the record, which
I copied. 1t adds up two minutes thir-
ty-six and thirteen-fifteenths seconds,
from which it viii be seen that both he
and Conductor Silance hardly varied
from me, though the opportunity of both
for absolute correctness did not equal
mine. l showed my record to Osmond,
who said: - Give me two cars in
stead of four, and I'll pledge myself
to make that mile in forty-five sec
Onds'
In conclusion, [ may say that if l have
not established my assertion as to the
! speed of which our lines are capable,
/ then I do not know how it can be done.
/ There are a dozen trains on the Penn
/ sylvania Road which make a mile a min
ute on every trip. Chales Lynch, when
RUNNING the newspaper line, went from
/ New Brunswick to Trenton three times
in one week in 25 minutes, the distance
being over 26 miles. Yesterday an ex-
President of the New jersey Senate sat
in the seat with me on the train which
leaves Trenton at three minutes after 10,
and we together timed the train for sew
eral miles, each of which was made in
side of a minute. On the day preced-
ing, the same train ran from Elizabeth
to Newark in 3 minutes, the distance
being $40 miles. The train has run
from Trenton to Jersey City in 1 hour
and minutes, making four stops, be-
sides slowing up in going through the
cities. Allowing three minutes for stop
ping and starting, and remembering
that the distance between the two points
named is a trifie under 81 miles, it viii
be admitted than the train must have
struck a mile minute at several points
on the route.
However, l submit my figures as OBJ
tanned to-day, on the run between West
Philadelphia and Jersey City. They
were made with the utmost care. Sit
ting on the engine, l was enabled to see
the mile posts as we approached them,
and being prepared with watch in hand,
am sure that the record as 1 took it is
as nearly correct as it can possibly be
made. As l have already stated, any
passenger on the trains leaving jersey
City at 3 :35 and :05 for Philadelphia,
or the the latter city at ;35 in the morn
ing, can easily convince himself that
mile a minute is an ordinary speed, and
made on every trip. The mile posts are
provided the entire way, and all the pas
senger needs is a reliable watch and a
careful eye.
L should also add that the run this
morning, as 1 have recorded it, was the
ordinary one, which is made daily. En-
gineer OsmOnd put forth no special ef-
fort, but spun along just as he has done
for more than year past, and as he eX-
poets to do for an indefinite time to
come, excepting, perhaps, with the pos
sible contingency that he may conclude
to reduce the time between the termini
of the New York division.
TRENTON. Sept +. Z. s. ELLIS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
50 Old ST Delivers Lecture to Green
Citizen.

q Look hyar,'' said old 81, as he en-
cOuntered negro trudging along with
his head through the middle of a ladder /;
- look hyar, don't yer slew dat ladder
rOun' heah SO brash! First ting yer
knows yer'n brush off two or tree white
folks from dis placement, and den dar'll
be ernudder inderpendint candydate for
de chane-gang suddintly spred 'roun
twix de gutter an de kyar-trackl"
. Ef yer don't want ter git dat ole
jaw oh yourn busted all ober de lef' side
oh yo' he'd, yer better git off in de wagin
rode when | Gums 'lOng!' replied the
darky ladderman.
Old 81 regarded the fellow with one
eye on the squint, and then bent down an
end of the ladder and held it to the
ground with his foot and, as the
saucy fellow stood painfully in this inn
provised stock, the old man said:
- Hit pears ter me you is er Onripe
niger in desc parts. IF you'd bin libin'
round hyar long you'd know'd fore
now dat hits equivalent ter goin' ter
Memphis ter nuss yeller feber ter sass
me. Use de man yOu'se heerd tell bout
whar crippl'd dat elefint in de cirlus las
year by jes layin' my hand on his back
Dey had ter men dat elefint by bracin'
his backbone wild er bar of ralerolde
irun, yer heah me!''
81 didn't mean no harm, sho'! -
whined the darky in the ladder.
q don't speck you did, but den yo'
mouf pears TO be sot on moughty loose
hinges. Dis town hez got sartin rules
oh ettikett, de frunt one oh whum are
dat yung niggers and furrin mokes mus
keep order when de ole folks is passin
by!
"I'n do dat, sartin - you see eff
don't!"
- kno's dat yer will, kase I'm gwine
to keep you in min. Wheneber l heahs
dat some nigger wild jaws on him like
de side oh er 1864 habbersack, an er
nose like er burnt pine peg mauled in de
groun' wild er fence rale, an eyes on
him like de knuckle bone oh er Texas
steer, an wool on his head like er black
ram bon in er cuckle-burr patch-I'H
know hits you; an when | ketcheS up
wild yer, III boun' yer tink Atlanta is
sicherwated right in de middle of YazoO
City an l is de haf-brudder of Gineral
Barksdale wild er shotgun in bOfe hans.
Now go on an sin no mo- - 'dout you S
reddy ter eNode simultanter."
And the old man raised his foot and
passed on CONFERENCE.-The atlanta CoRsti-
i5ftiOH
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
An IrOnIess Civilization.

Mr.. A. WoeikOf, in a narrative of his
| travels in Yucatan and the southeastern
States of Mexico, published in Peter
llld17l'S 1fJttlbeII1ty7geI5, introduces us to n
so-called - civilized" people, who are
practically unacquainted with the uses
of iron. Writing about the northern
portion of the State of Chiapas, he saws
that the inhabitants employ iron only in
the shape of axes and machetes, which
are imported from the United States.
For the distance of one hundred kilome
ters round about Palenque not one black
smith is to be found. Not a single nail
is to be seen in their houses every thing
is held together with cords or with
vines. Even in the preparation of their
usual article of food-tOrtillas- ap-
paratus they employ is equally primitive,
though in this respect they follow the
custom which is universal throughout
all Mexico and Central America. The
grains of maize are crushed between
two stones, one of which, the neither
one, is rather large, with sloping up
per surface. A woman kneels by this
stone and strews upon it some grains of
maize, over which she works to and fro
another stone of cylindrical form, so
grinding the maize. The coarse meal
so obtained is baked into flat tOrtilla-
cakes in the ashes. This is exactly the
mode of preparing meal in vogue in
Central and South Africa; the African
negroes, however, show a higher grade
of culture, inasmuch as they understand
the working of iron. Our author caus-
tically remarks hereupon that - the in
PRODUCTION even of hand-mills would be,
for this country, a step Of progress of
far more value than many a high-sound-
ing political prerogative, which can
never be Of any advantage to a popula-
ton living in SO low grade of civiliza-
ton. .''-P0puLHr Science Monthly.