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, 1880-01-31

would then pcrvnue all nnt!oflSf Tor not only
sr sh1nsSs IN wa nt ho wSsf1s nysn d r.
tic struggle. :. T6sre would be, tiiei,
an n.vnniago on tho sido OF existing order.
strong, could aid tho forccs OF society Wlsrg9
tho result be doubttulY Property ant1 capl.
tal would be Vi, ono side, ard n 1nrgo .prnle-
tatfNm mass OIL the otor,. tl1ott supplies or
credit; nbIo 10 DO .Vast mischief, without
nl'earer to Tic Tine wien al iien witll hands
would l,e either tle' agents or the working
Onu question suggests. Itself here which
does not seem to bB considered lll TIC text:
II tho ..outbrcnk woultl mt be simultaneous
eyerywllerc,"' 80 tint governments could
unite ngalnst Socialism, why coul! not S0-
elnllsts afso unite wherever tic fight Wns
1nuttu, or receive "sippllts" md means from
aea,e,1 'as,T p1g;etFc''' wherever they were most
As 10 the "fat,,re prospects of Socialism "
n point to some extent ti!vdlyeM III tho mn
swer to tho .other questionable. Wooisey
"If, however, that to which wo llave re.
fcrrcd already moro taii once should DO
found to be Il lnw Of social progrcys, -that
tho free use 0f private property must rild III
making few capitalists 9f ellorlI'o',s wen!t!l,
OH them; and Il there could bu no cl'oIce but
butween tl,is disease Of free society nntl tho
swallowing up Of NIL property. by tlle State
them We al!nlt II %n1tI ~ i,ar'l ,t; to GE'Hosg @
thnn tho convict!nn, that tl1ls etinrno'1s Nc-
ctlEllllnl{on Of c.,ritul III n few hands was to
DO not only II. cull 4! f1ct, II not prevented,
but aleeessaru cuty beyond prevention:
Itself, 1t would run thunlgh III tlle forms u
put smailer trat!espcople. iioiders of s,'!all
farms wo,lt sink into, tenants. Tho blilltl-
!ngs # sl.y would bslos , 70 @ fey y ofynSss
from .malnnoths Of tllelr own kl1hi, or 10
ruined. , Il revolution slow Or rapid,
woltll certainly hring about !. new order uf
things. :. ~. But our fears Ito not proceed
istinE @ fa,'idntions of ifilviianl irccton, chi.
re,nali tn!s to ti,o PRINCIPLE II huff
vitlUnl freedom. These tears .Nrise. frotn tho
q Haiaprl!'c!piei or fana!isal .iemagoEs; frs's
accay Of religious fai!l,; ntltl The suro weak
ness 0t li1oi;! pril.elples and tto ihssaHl!lty
lcast) to tl'o. conditions and tendencies OF
society; to tho continual pairelng Of estates
nlnong heirs; TO tllo opening 70 ~! CLASSES, ny
the, faeittiss ot education, of all positions
We liayo thus given MI outline Of some Of
the more Important topics Of the book. Tho
objection that nothing l,ns been fully elah0'
ratetl,- ,--that statements made. arc rather H.
fcrences than dog,nns based on faets.-tlle
author las met by frnnkly acknowledging
that the work Is but sketch, and also hopes
tliut It may lead to moro elaborate essays. 1t
condellscs great deAl OF Information IN q
snail space, which will commend t'le work
to tho general reader, Willie the student or
tlioritles themselves from Wiicli tie author
las lrnwl, his facts md ,inta.
Communism and Socialism. By Theodore
D. Woolsey. New York: Chnrles Serlbiier's
Sons. l vol, cloth. rrlcc, Sl.6O.)
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
SPLINTS FROM THE RAIL
The QueereSt Locomotive Ever Turn
cd Out mt the Patterson shops
Port ,Ieryis Gazette.

The queercSt locomotive ever turned
out of Patterson is being commenced ut
the Grant Works. Ii will look like IN
ordinary engine turned upside down.
The machinery will be ON top of the
boiler, instead Of under it, rs usual, and
the boiler will hang very low on the
wheels There will be two pail of
driving wheels; but instead of having
them follow each other, one pair will
he on top Of the other. The real driv-
ing wheels will be the upper pair, and
they will turn in the opposite direction
from that i'll which the engine is going.
They will rest upon the rims of the
other pair, which will in turn rest upon
the track.
The revolution Of the upper part by
friction, is expected to drive the lower
part, the tires Of the latter serving rs
tracks for the upper ones. 1t is thought
that good deal greater speed can be
got out of the machinery by this CON
struction, and it is expected by the I'M
vcntor that it will he the fastest loco
motive ever made. Practical workmen
however think it won't 90 ut AL. 1t
will look very funny rs it is running
through the country, with the upper
pair Of driving wheels, five feet in
diameter revolving up in the air in the
wrong direction ut a tremendous speed,
and ececntrics, rocking barry, link mo-
ton and pistons OH the top Of the
boiler.
There is also singular locomotive
building ut the works in Concord, \.
IL, The boiler is fiat and the tubes
rum horizontally. The boiler rests
over fire box and in the middle of the
locomotive The engineers position is
III little cab, similar to the wheel
house on steamer, 1T the forward
end, while the tircman's position is Mt
the opposite end, rs now, The whole
locomotive is considerable longer than
the largest used ut present 1t is
thought that the locomotive will re-
quire considerably less coal than the
ordinary LOCOMOTIVES.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24

cure this one, and thus be able to turn
out with match team that would
make him the object of envy of all
horse -fanciers in thescountly, took pos
session of him. The more nearly he
approached the more striking beci.me
the resemblance, and the more anxious
he became to purchase, until his mem
Dry was startled from its slumber by
the piping voice Of the small boy who
held the horse inquiring Mister, are
you pretty near ready 10 take your
horse?" There the faithful youngstcr
had been standing in the broiling sun
for an hour or more holding that horse,
while It's owner was entirely Obvious
Of the fact that he had driven it there
that day The feelings Of that business
man may be imagined, but not de
scribed. 1t may reasonably be sup
posed that if kicking himself would do
any good, he would not lie able to sit
comfortably fora week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24

that which borders upon the supernat-
ural, they spoke but little between
themselves ofthc discovery, but sought
rest by their kindling campfire. In the
morning the whole thing seemed so
much like dream that they were
seriously inclined to regard it as some
morbid phantasy, some disorded vision
of the brain alone, having no substance
in reality, and eagerly, yet with u
strange dread, they decended the rope
again. They soon reached the rocky
stairway, scrambled down, stood once
more upon the cavern floor, and with
an uncanny, cerie feeling looked
around. BY the dim daylight that
struggled down the shaft the cave
graually outlined itself, and there half
hidden in the shadows, but looming,
lonely, mysterious, like phantom of u
bygonc age, they saw the ship. Assur-
ing themselves by short survey ofthe
facts they had learned the night be-
fore, the prospectors hurredly assembled
the shaft and spent the rest Of day in
conceaIing as well rs possible the
traces of their excavation This done,
they went To the cabin of n well-to-do
miner living some thirty miles down
the gulch, and to him first told their eX-
traordinary story. This gentleman is
perfectly reliable, and together with u
well-known mining expert residing III
that city has seen and examined the
ship, and will take steps to preserve
the wonderful discovery to the world in
all its possibly great historical value.
The minute particulars US TO locality
arc at present withheld for i very OBJ
vious reason-thcy would attract i
horde of yandal sight-secrs, who would
soon destroy the moldcring dust beyond
hope of restoration, and until the
proper authorities can be sent for they
will not be published
The discovery of the Junk like ship
with its unknown architecture, hcmetl-
cally sealed in Il cavern fifty feet below
the surface of the earth, gives scope to
indefinite speculation. The on y pos
slbc explanation seems, however, that
ages, or icons perhaps, agone Il vessel
bearing u crew of bold discoveries
tossed BY the waves, sought harbor in
Il cave within Il cliff. The waves then
rcccding left it stranded there, and the
great continental divide, the awful up
hcavalS and commissions of nature,
which we know so little of and can
only blindly speculate on, pressed the
face Of the earth together and sealed it
in u living grave. And this is but 4
cropping guess, yet in what strange old
seas the vessel sailed, what unknown,
ancient waters pressed against its peak
ed PROV, under what prehistoric skies
pitched, what man can tell
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
INDIAN MARKSUASSHIP.
otto. the Son OrCbief Joseph, shoot
Ing Nickels aud GLASS Balls while
ItIindfOIdeh
Sun l1runcisco CAL.

Glass-bnll shooting md various othci
exhibitions Of skillfll manipulation o
pnrlor rifles are ut present attractinl
considerable attention both in Europ,
and the United States, and the telegraph
reports almost daily some w0ndrou,
achievement, 30 that the sport has re
cclvcd fresh impetus on our coast and
hns been attended with some rcnlly
good shooting, particularly IN the case
of otto, II son of Joseph, the Nez PcrccS
chief. a representative Of the Cdi
awaited himself of an invitation extend.
ed by Captain Mcdonald to witness
nm exhibition Of fancy shooting by
his ward, and was amply rewarded, as
the following will attest II may bc
well to state that the scene nG opera
tons was room sparscly lighted and
the general circumstances rather uu-
favorable for successful shooting
The incidcntnls for the shooting cXhi.
bltion consisted Of n triangular wooden
frame, ut the apex Of which ii hill post
or representing the figure Of il man had
been pm ted, u piece of glass about one
inch square inserted for nm eye, and ut
the other corners Of the triangle II sct
Of brass knobs were inserted in the
frame. On either side, above and be-
low, slnntng iron plates were fixed Ia
cross bars, and numbers Of glass balls
hung at various distances from each
other. Al the back of the apparatus
n gang occupied II central position.
The first experiment consisted OF
blind(old shooting. A nickel 5-ccnt
piece was glued to the figure, and the
young sharpshoocr, blindfoldcd turned
around in various directions, and was
finally placed IN direct line of the ob-
jcct with a rifle minus II sight, and ut II
distance of some twenty-five feet. The
first shot sent the nickel flying around
the room, and ON examination mn in
drnlntion was found on its very edge.
The second test consisted Of placing II
small piece Of tinted paper on the glass
used rs I'M eye for the figure and then
placing II lntgc piece Of cardboard in
front of mud touching it 50 that it was
completely hidden from view The
shooter was again hlindrolded, and the
first shot shattered the glass, the bullet
having passed through the very center
Of the tinted paper There were vnr-
ous other tests, such rs breaking three
swinging bulls by one shot and break
ing n bull placed Immediately behind
the attendant, the ball, owing to pre-
yious contact with the brass knobs or
mon plates, taking il cirruton course.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24

Probably there Is nothing so unlvcr-
sally familiar iii use, and also so utterly
unknown to the users in its nature and
origin MS the common lead pencil, the
consumption of it in this country alone
being estimated by the most compe-
tent authority at 7SOOO,0O0 per year
Its very name, pcrpctuating the old
lcaden plumct familiar among the
treasures Of the boys first pocket is u
missioner and mistake, "black lead, y
having no more resemblance to lead
than chalk has to cheese Most people
suppose the "lcad" is melted and
poured into the hole III the pencil
wood, but il is ground to IN almost i'm
pulpabIc powder, mixed toa paste with
water, made into II long coil like wire
by being forced through small hole
Gust MS water issues from syringe, J
Strengthened, and out in lengths and
baked like pottery. The darkness" is
due 70 M admixtmc ofclay The pen
Gil is made III two halves by machinery
Mt cheap and rapid rate, and the pro
cesscs winch cannot be related here at
length, are among the most in
lVIthllIlS III american lCtLlfCS.
The material called "blaek lead"
is us marvellous rs India rubber,
although less protcan, II is simply
carbon aud is an enigma and 4 bundle
Of Inconsistencies, It's unlikencss to
lead ls suggested Ivy saying that its
weight is less than one-tourth that of
lead, and that while lead fuses ut II low
temperature, graphite is not friable ut
amy temperature known; ON the con
tmry, no substance known, SURPRISES it
in resisting heat Carbon in ordinary
anthracite burns; carbon III graphite
refuses to burn. A crucble Of graph
lite, buried to the top in II mass of burn
ing anthracite-carhon in earbun-not
only refuses To burn, but melts its me
mllic contents. The diamond, AS it is
commonly known, is nearly pure car
bon; but 20 is graphite The latter is
the so(teet substance dug from the
earth; the diamond is the hardest sui
stance known. - Cincinnati Gasette
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
The Abolition Of Slavery in Brazil.
n. Y. Herald.

The latest advices from Rio Janero
show that the perennial slavery ques-
tion has once more become II burning
ISSUE in the Brazilian parliament. The
Brazilian Wilbcrforcc Senior Nnbuca,
has announced his intention to bring
in Il bill definitely nholishing slavery in
1890, ut the same time Withholding all
compensation to the holders Of African
born slaves whose age showed that they
had been surroptiiously imported since
1892, when the slave trade was pro-
hihited. The minister Of agriculture
in reply, andmitted that slavery in
Brazil could not lr expected to outlast
theccntury, and stated TINT the govern
ment was earnestly engaged in further
ing its adoption by the indirect meth
DDS already in force, 10y the creation of
Il land bank and the encouragement Of
European and Chinese lahorcrs,
As is well known, il beginning wns
made in the direction of abolition sew
cral years ago by declaring the free
dom Of all children born nitcrH certain
date and considerable sums were M
proprialcd from the public treasury
for buying the liberty Of certain classes
Of slaves, The emperor and the most
distinguished statesmen Of Brazil nre
known to be heartily in favor of nholi.
ton of slavery with the least praetien-
bile delay. But the abolition of slavery
i'll Brazil il it is To IKE place pence
fully and in normal manner must en-.
counter obstacles of il very grave char.
aetcr. Slavery exists throughout th,
whole empire, aud the slaves comprise
nearly half Of the total population. III,
whole system of productive industry /,
bound up with the peculiar tnstitu
ton, and must inevitably undergo
severe crises l,y H. disappearance
Nevertheless there il every reason fl
philanthropists to rejoice ut the rapi,
growth Of antislaycry sentiment il
Brazil, aud ut the certainty that aholi
tion is now II question ola few year
more or less,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
GOLDFISH AND CLAM.
A summer Fable which Contains "A
POetical Moral.
Detroit Free Pre-.

A Goldfish was one day sailing around
in search Of some one who might be in
clined to Il religious dispute, when he
came across Clam. That was in days
when Goldfish put on Il heap of airs
over the clam tribe, and this fish stuck
up his nose ut that particular Clam and
began:
Here you are, grubbing away on
this same old Sandhank for living
while have joureved over thousand
miles in the last four weeks.
II am quite content, replied the
Clam 81 am rather near-sghted, slow
on foot, and nature did not intend me
to travel far. Neither of us make more
than II living and | am satisfied if you
are.
Yes, but YOU have such an outland-
ish shape sncered the Cod, Why.
there's neither head, nor tail nor legs,
nor arms to you. Your eyes are
scarcely to be seen, and one little grin
for cent would split your whole face
open"
My eyes are plenty large enough to
see that no two fish in the ocean agree i
tartly replied the Clam, and seeing this,
have no cause to smile. What YOU
say about my form is true, but | make
good chowder, for all that and ] have
no bones to trouble the threats of hu-
manity.o
well am thankful that wasn't
born to begin and end my days in il
Sand-bank 90 everywhere. take
in all the free lunches. Small fish fear
me. and big ones can't catch me. See
how glide around.
The Cod took II circle around to show
off, stood on his head, Iiourishcd his tail
and then asked
Can any Of the Clam family do half
ofthat?'
AS have said before" quietly re-
piled the Clam, 1--WE were not cut out
for either orators or aerobats. What
can't do let alone and don't worry
over.
At that moment u iishhook, nicely
bated, dropped down between them.
Nov, if you only had little more
mouth you could get enough ut one
gulp 10 hast you all day" remarked the
Cod us he eyed the bait. AS it is, you
may stand by and see me take in that
banquet. Just sec what mouth will do
for one in this world
He opened his mouth, made dive
for the bait, and was about to wink II
the Clam with his left eye when he was
suddenly pulled out of the water and
landed in II boat
Il think" unused the Clam us he closed
his shell, that it is i great deal nicer
TO he Clam On i sand-bank than II
Cod in II iish-boat, but I'll be open to
argument next flood time
Moral-lt is everything in knowing
when to shut up.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
4 LITTLE ROMANCE.
Remarkable Career of nm En.I;.,,
Girl.

D
Gaths English Letter 10 BROOKLYN Engl,
As | swan about in its inyigorating
waves thought of Il little romance in
our own history. The standard author
ON the mineral springs of England is
DIR. DeGrNnville of London, now. | sup
pose, deceased. He made the Journey
Of England thirty or more y ears ago and
analysed the waters and published de-
scriptions of them and their applica-
ton. ! dined with him about 1S62 and
think he was Frenchman who had
settled in London, married an English
woman and picked up large practice.
lie had two daughters and one Of them
was clever and spirited. highly edu-
Gated good with the guitar or song or
pen and with the material and social
ambition of an English girl grated on
French temperament. Her father
took her to the spring somewhere. it
may have been here or in Germany
and she encountered Il bankrupt
French nobleman the Count de Mar
guerites All English and some Amer
lean women are ravenous for Il title
Against her fathers desire and consent
She married the adventurer, who was
in the train of Louis Napoleon. and AS
| the count could not support himself
and the doctor would not DO il. the wife
led the husband to America, where She
believed her talent would support them
both till Napoleon's political schemes
would give them Independence and
action. At Philadelphia one night She
took her guitar and entering leading
hotel and began to play and sing for il
collection to support this titled scrub.
Her conversation and appearance
brought her instant pity and she found
employment as translator and critic on
Il weekly paper. and even tried to sing
in opera, but failed through her fat
short figure In time, Louis Napoleon
got France bv the throat, and the purse
and Count dc Marguerites was il 1T the
stealing and division. He received
good place, and mt once. with an arts
toclntic heart, repudiated his wife and
TWO interesting daughters she bore him,
and never communicated with them
again. The forsaken woman then mar
ried George Foster, Il writer Of exagger-
ated sketches Of New York life, WHO
had the misfortune to 90 to Jail for for
gerry ON complaint of the Comedian
Burton, 1t was in Jail that the impul-
sivc woman married him. OF course
no good came out of that, and ON his
demise she again married, and surviv-
ing al her husbands, died in Philade-
phia One Of her daughters married
the son Of a lawyer Hirst. in Philudel-
phia; another married Fenno, the
actor.
have told this story 10 show why
Matlock Bath is failure Il requires
patronage to make any place il Eng
land fashionable. Nature cannot 10 il;
but some few people Of title here can
change the fortune of town, rs George
". going to Brighton made it, though
adding nothing To it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-24
PROSECUTED PAGANS.
shameful Treatment OF the Chinese
Embassy in New York.
Corrcspondenoo Chicago Times.

Correspondence Chicngo Times.
In June last the Chinese embassy
consisting of Chin Ian Pin, the embas
sador Chan Sung Ling, secretary, ant
five others, came to that's city from
Washington, for the purpose of avoid
ing the hot summer in the capital
here they have met with other annoy
ances, by reason of which they vii
shorten their visit. When they arrived
they took quarters ut the Fifth avenue
hotel, but, desiring TO live more pri
vately, hired the house No u West
Thirty-hrst street, where they have
been for three months. Since they
have been subjected to public insult
and even assaulted by the dwcllers in
the Twcnty-ninth precinct, who have
crowded around their carriages when
ever they vcnturcd abroad, and be-
haved so outrageously that some Of the
embassy have determined not to leave
the house until they return to Wash
ington. In July, while his excellency
Chin Lnn Pin was driving home after
visits to some foreign resident officials,
his carriage was followed down Thirty
fourth street from Sixth avenue by Il
number Of lOungers, who pelted it with
stones and hootcd Mt IL. The driver
whipped his horses up and drove pnst
the house, being afraid to stop. The
next assault was upon the person Of the
secretary who was out driving and oc-
Cured about week later, on Broad
way Rubbish and garbage were thrown
into tho carriage About the beginning
of August Ho Sh,n Chi and Tin Fan
Chang went out for walk III the
evening. A crowd followed them out,
but 40 violence was offered them till
they reached the corner Of Twenty
second street and Sixth avenue. Here
one of the crowd tried to trip up llo
Shen Chi, and struck him on the buck.
He il n tall, heavily built man,
and graspcd his assailant, holding him
until II policeman came up, when he
made u complaint The officer only
said; ooh, he didn't mean any harm"
10 Shcn Chi accordingly let the man
go, saying to the officer at the same
time, "You know your duty, | leave
it to you" Since Tint time the am
bnssador and his assainnts have been
their own door. One Of the attaches
recently Snid II have been afraid to
g0out for some weeks, and have not
left the house except in II close ear
ringc. Whenever they soc our dress
the mob insults us, and if can not go
through the streets Of New York in my
national dress without annoying the
class Of citizens who nrc 80 active
against us, ] will stay nj home ! was
standing one evening ON tho steps of
this house, and u woman who pnascd,
accompanied by man, pulled my
que. Knowing that these insults
gratuitously offered To gcntlcmcn who
arc polished in manner, polite in
speech, and tnlk English Iluently, have
been borne by them in silence, an
American friend, who heard the stories
recently, has applied to police head
tcrs for the protection tn the embassy
during the remainder of their stay in
the city.