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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
GUATEMALA,
Fatal Hc>,slt$ OF FueSo's Eruption
seventeen Families ~msthcrcn.
NNM Narh Mtrlll

The eruption ot the volcano dc Fuego
on the Nth of June WAS, According to Il
correspondent from the scene. lar
more disastrous than WAS NJ tirS' re-
ported. For Il few days previous Il
the breaking out NJ the fire, writes our
correspondent, the weather WAS UNI
usually sultrv, but there was not the
/ slightest sign given IN the mountain
that il was going IL hr sick The
mountain chain, of which Furgo forms
one of the pinaclcS. extends from the
Northwestern boundary Of the republic
IL the republic ot Honduras. Ii runs
parallel with the Pacific coast nearly
/ all the way, being from ten te thirteen
leagues inland lnthe vicinity Of Fucgo
are several other large volcanoes, the
principal ones hcing Amatithn, aqua,
and PacaNa, Aqua is called the sister
/ of tuCgo, aS they are near each other
and almost identical in form The
natives never showed amy apprehrn-
sion ~ i great eruption, although
! Fucgo WIS always Steamiug, while mud
and water sometimes overlooked the
crater of Aqua. From my position in
the town Of ESQuintla the scene Wit
messed was one If awful grandeur The
great column of fire that rose nearly
500 fec illuminated the surrounding
country ST. that one could read Il paper
several miles away She eruption ht.
San with i loud explosion, Just before
sunrise and before the people of the
surrounding villages could realize what
/ had occurred they we're cuvclopcd in Il
] cloud If sulphurouS smoke and hol
ashes, The villages ot Masagua, Mis-
tern, and l.atours, although nearer the
coast than ESquintla, we're covered hy
Ia Ihick coating of ashes The Rio
/ Guacalatc overlooked its banks, hut,
fortunately. not sufficiently q 10 dc-
structive rhr families living ON the
side of the mountain in isolated hut>
We're the greatest sufferers, seventeen
Of them having been smothered in the
ashes that fell in great quantities The
pride OF Guatemala the new railroad
did not suffer amy damage 10y the
eruption This road has Just been
/ finished rs far as Esquintla, making the
total distance ot line in working order
heavyweight miles 1t WAS begun
under the most adverse circumstances
by Senior Don Gullermo Nannc. and
built under the supervision Of ChicI
Engineer Scherler, After the failure
of the Costa-Rica railroad in 1876. Mr.
i Name, who was then director-gcncral
contracted with the government 81
Guatemala q build 4 railroad from iii,
coast lime to the great coffee regions or
the mountain slopes and with The ale
of American capitalists was enabled to
complete his contract in such salts
factory manner that lie j. NOW about I,
extend the road over the mountains I,
the capital. The road is of American
material, from the spikes and rails t,
! locomotives and cars This is the lirs
work done III Central America with til,
aid Of the resources az the Unite,
States and ii is likely that many othol
+, improvements will follow under tn,
same leadership.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
Doing Her Best.
Detroit Free Press.

A party of Detroiters who were fish.
ing for brook trout on g Boyne river
and camping on the banks, ran out OF
supplies, and an envoy was sent out Ia
beg. buy, or borrow something until nm
order sent to Troversc City could be
filled After 4 walk of two miles he
reached log house in the woods a
woman, five children, three dogs, and il
family of tame coons occupied the one
single room in the house. The furni-
ture was all made, the table
ware consisted entirely of tin dishes,
and only one bed Was visible The en-
yoy stated his crrand, and the woman
replied
Flour, ! reckon we ran out o flour
yesterday, and We won't have any more
till next week.
Can you spare any coffee o.
II guess not. The last coffee we had
run out en- Christmas. Ii We get any
next week I'll spare some"
How about tea =
well, ten has been purty skccrce
with MS for te last two months. but
Ben said he thought Of gittin some
long this fall II YOU are around here
when out ten comes wen divide with
YOU
You haven't amy potatoes 10 spare.
have you?'
Wen, now, You ought u have been
here last week for taters. cooked
the last sunday. These ere dogs and
children sol heap by cold 'tatcrs, and
they so off like hot cakes Ben il go
ing to git some more long about -atur-
day"
Haven't you any provision. at all
which you can spare 2 asked the dis
couraged envoy
"Wcll, now, | don't believe We have,
but we are going to stock up long in
the fall. ! was telling Ben only last
night that I'd got kinder tired Of
scroochin along on Iniun and lasses Z
iii buy some Of that If you can
spare it. for We haven't bite Of any
thing in camp
No. | can't sell any. Fact i We had
the last for breakfast. and Ben won't
get any more till Saturday night
I'm sorry, sighed the man a. lie
turned away.
Yes, som J. she sighed in return
II seed your party down thar in camp
tother day, and you look Ike honest
folks Id be glad 10 spare you some
hin, but | can't If you men want to
move your camp up her, and enjoy our
society, and use our smudge To drive
away skceters, well 10 our best 70
make It pleasant; but when you come
down to fodder we amt novhar. /
was telling Ben only last night that
we'd be lucky if we got these dog- and
coons through another winter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
Why a Mans Hair turned White.

MIR. Slocum recently attracted the at
tcntiNn Of Gazette man, He was Il
young man, and only ono thing distn.
guishcd him III any special manner
rom many other young men ON the
street. His hair was as white rs the
driven SNOW, The Gd:eth reporter in
qured the cause Of the color, and lie
said
"A terrible experience caused my
hair to change color and cannot vet
speak Of il without shuddcring. How
ever, have no objection 10 relating The
circumstance.
What was the original color of your
hair Mr.. Slocum y
Jet black will give you my cx-
pericncc. have been u revenue col-
lcctor for several years Eight years
ago, in the summer Of 1872, was
obliged to make trip through West
crn Arkansas. There were rough char
artcrS out there, men who would steal
the shoes oil your horses feet when
they could get nothing else; outlaws
who We're stepped IN crime and hcsitat-
cd Al nothing. In the course of NY
trip ! reached Il district III which there
were several characters who for deeds
of crime had attracted the attention II
the whole state. but the authorities
were unable u apprchchd them
had quite i large sum Of money with
me. ! feared nothing in those DAYS.
After being one morning ina small Will
age near Little River, and receiving
$50 started out on horseback north
toward Fort Smith, | had about ST.
700 in my saddle-bag- and was Il little
bit nervous To- get ii safe to that place
! had seen nothing 70 make mesuspcct
THAT was not safe The sun shonc
brightly and the heat was somewhat
oppressive As ii grew later in the day
il became 50 warm that | thought /
should rest
Coming - the banks of Little
River ! forded il and clambcred up Tie
steep northern bank. Jumping oil my
horse tied him under clump of
tree. and sought the grateful shade Of
an elm that grew near the river bank
] had carried my saddlc.bag with me-
and making pillow ofthcin, lay down.
Two revolycrs were in the holster.
fell asleep, and donot know how long
slept, hut suddenly awoke u find three
men standing near me Regardless Of
ensequenees, ! seized one Of my re-
yolyers and pcgged away, hitting one
Of them IN thc shoulder and disabling
him The other two grapplcd me One
of them made pas. al me with Il
knife, but lodged itand hit him on
the head with my pistol, knocking him
senSelcss. The other closed with me
and We had struggle. Biting scratch
ing and kicking. We tried IN vain 10
throw each other down had dropp-
ed my pistol Ny horse whinnied from
fright and il began 70 grow dark. 10
my dying day will not forget that
fight II Vas death to one or the other,
had recognized in my assailant Bill
Buckle, d notorious character. Dcs-
perately We fought, edging nearer tile
river The bank crumbled suddenly
behind me and toppled over back
ward, dragging Buckle with me His
head Init a root III the fall, and he was
stunned for i moment ScrambIing IA
apIl III | could u ny horse | oct my
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10

>addl,-gags and rode away, the dis
ab,c~l rascal shaking his first at me Ms
went, ran across a ucgroe'S hut h>.
fore il 70; dark, ana remained nh night,
expecting M attack, Int resolving rs
Sell my lie a> dearly a> possible. None
came. In the morning the darkev
Woman iving in thr cahin said;
MaS>a, vour hair is whitcs Nnd sure
enough i VAS, ami has been over since.
The shock tony nervous system had
h2cn more than imagined never
heard Of the men a0erWavd and was
more than glad tha, escaped rs luck
y IL did. lFle Rotk tN.l Ga:,tir
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
EGGlNG An ACTRESS.
\ srutui,ous Insult 10 nm Actress In
n philadelphia Theatre.

Philadelphia Special to ST. Paul riopccr Press,
The rare spectacle oC nm actress he
ing rotten cggrd, WAS Witnessed recent
~ nj the Walnut street thcatcr, where
the {, L. Graves combination occupy
the boards, with the Four Seasons.
During the the third net, while Georgia
Parker, MS Susan SwoNtapplc, il YAM
ker dairy maid, was singing Il song, IN
egg IN M advanced state Of dccompos-
itiun whi1acd over the lit from the west
side ~ the top gallery, and came to
grlotngnnst II canvass palmetto tree, Il
few feet from Miss Parker. The aud.
fence was startled for II moment and
the actress changed color, Tut did not
filter III he ong. Half uminutc later
another egg, similarly disabled, was
thrown upon the stage from the east
side of the top gallery. The actress
was intensely mortified aud finished
her song with grcnt difficulty md in II
high state Of excitement, The aud
icuco showed much displcnsurc nj the
deliberate insult to the lady and APP
plaudcd her Ia the echo, so much TINT
she was compelled to respond to the
encore,
In the meantime thc ushcrs from MI
parts of the house had gathered To the
quarter from whore the eggs had been
flung and u man wns soen rndcavoring
to accroto M egg ia his coat-pocket,
The fellow was bounced upon and hur.
ried into tho street, whore he was given
into tho custody of u policeman and
taken 10 tho Central station, lie re.
fused 10 give his name or answered.
cause for his ollensc, and wns placed in
II cell to await hearing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
Marriage Fees IN Russia.
London Globe.

II We may Judge from M anecdote in
the SmoLensker B0te, there are parts Of
the Russian Empire in which il is no
easy matter 70 get married owing To
the antocratic milfulncss ofthc Russian
clergy a schoolmaster III the district
Of lucknow was engaged 10 wed the
daughter Of a landowner in the neigh
borhood, whose wealth was not al all
proportionatc To his acres. The BRIDE
groom bride and the parents 81 the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10

Among the distinguished inniatcs "
the sing sing state prison are !. Lloyd
Haigh the forger. Beckwith who en-
bezzled $1,000 worth Of Rabbits
soap, Gentleman Joe" who under
took to blackmail DR. Dix, and Jim
Burns, who undertook 70 rescue Red
Leary from Pinkerton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10

This, ladies and gentlemen, this is the
fall q the year, If yon believe tie
almanac.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10
Pnck's Cartoonisi.
Philadelphia Mirror

Joseph kepplcr il Il man IN the very
prime Of life. He has black hair in
profusion, n heavy black mustache,
squire, handsome, open face and full
eyes like 4 woman lie wears q
SLOUGH hat, dresses always in black,
carries sometimes portfolio, and is
always thinking generally of some.
thing pleasant. The ideas displayed
in hi. cartoons are sometimes his own
and sometimes suggested. He draws
crayon on the stone and Celebrates the
minutest details, and aims always to
make the likeness striking and correct.
The artistic qualities Of his work are
breadth anl cOmpactness. have
never scena really bad likeness proceed
from his crayon, nor any ofhis cartoons
which did not lave at lcast n few of the
elements Of popular attraction. Mr..
Kcpplcr II u South German and born |
believe, in the vicinity Of Vienna. He
has been in this country some years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-10

A man threw stone nj dog in
Galveston. An old negro toddled out
Of the house and said. "It's lucky
foah you, white man, dat de Ginorai
amt AT home What Gencral?'
Gen. Dollypimplc, oh dc GALVESTON
Diyishnn or Grand Army ofOccupation
81 MEXICO. You il fooln' wild a cyclone,
chile
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
MIIk for Chickens.

Sloppy food is unfit for chickens.
Their stomachs are formed to grind
bard substances, and IL given soft food
he gizzard, portion of the stomach
which is multiple in fowls rs in cattle
is weakened. and does not perform Its
partial digestive functions. Milk may
be given with coarse cornmeal, both
being scalded together until IL is stiff
mass, or II may be curdled and separated
from the whey, and given dry. But 1t
must not be sour. Sour food Il sure to
bring on intestinal disorders and pre-
pare such a weakened condition of the
system as will offer favorable oppor-
tunities for contracting infectious dis
eases, rs poultry cholera.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
How Grain Corners are Made.

The process OF cornering in wheat Is
brought about by an unlimited number
of falsehoods told by those who would
not ordinarily be charged with them,
hence they work better. The house of
Corn. Barley & Co. conceive the idea
that II Is It's time 10 make a corner in
grain. II proceeds at once TO form a
ring within ring. This ring, consist
ing of A.. B, G and ID, proceeds in August
to quietly buy September wheat, not
directly. but through brokers. Before
the end OF August this ring, without any
excitement. secures the control of the
wheat in market deliverable in Septem-
bor- f has sold to these parties, and
finds himself unable to extricate himself
from the position into which the forced
rise In September wheat places him
without buying OF A. This completes
the ring, and 1t only remains for f TO
give his check TO A for the difference
between the price OF wheat bought and
the price Of wheat sold. This is a mar
gin, and that margin Is obtained by A,
not by the investment of capital, neither
by the exercise Of brain power, success
fully applied TO the forecasting of the
probabilities of the market, based upon
the varying influence of supply and de-
mand, or the still more effectual infu-
ence of q favorable season or an adverse
one. Now this corner upon unsuspect-
Ing + is accomplished by the four coad-
tutors, which like four gamblers fleece
a victim in the game known as draw
poker. b bets, G raises the bet, ID and
Z do the same. A. who deals either in
cards OF wheat, raises the bet, b raises
also, until poor + often ''planks up" his
last dollar on change or in n gambling
hell, without having had single chance
to win in any contingency.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
Bonnets and Jewelry as NecessarIe.
a. xFn

This is difficult to answer, because the
amount allotted varies with the styles of
living, the husbands means and other
circumstances. A Maine lady recently
took her little child and went TO Europe
on an extended pleasure trip. and the
husbands lawyer objected that pleasure
travel abroad could not be deemed neces-
sary. The juGge refused to decide this.
and said 1t was for the jury to deter
mine whether, taking into view the means
Of the husband and the health of the
wife and child, they would allow the
expenses of such q journey. Not many
years agoa wife bought a gold watch
and other jewelry to the amount of SITS.
The husband argued that these things
were ornaments, not necessaries; but
the jewelers. proved that the husband
kept fast horse and wore diamonds,
and the court decided that IL man
marries he engages to support wife ac-
cording to his social conditions and
wealth; and II they enable him to keep
a horse and wear diamonds they may
well make 1t necessary that she should
have some moderate ornaments. A
Georgia milliner sued the husband of q
lady for bonnet which she had refused
to take because II was botch." The
husband proved that she was well sup
piled with bonnets, and that she had in.
tended 10 give this one TO q friend. The
court said he was justified in refusing
TO pay for 1t. A hat might be neces-
sary to lady herself, but making pres :
ents to ones friends was not necessary.
But how about Christmas, New Year
and birthday presentsP If lady In
society orders these little things, can
her husband refuse to pay for themP
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
An Interesting Cave.

Crystal Hill cave, near Stroudsburg.
Pa, has just been carefully explored by
Professors Leidy and Porter. The bot
tom was found 10 be covered with clay,
on the top Of which was n deposit of n
dark substance, and on this Is an in
crustation of lime, which has fallen
from the roof of the cave. II Is the de-
posit of rich, dark material that par
ticularly interests the scientists. The
explorers found many indications of the
presence in the cave at one time or an
other OF many animals, some of which
were doubtless brought there by ami
mails of prey, and others used It for their
dens. Among the bones of animals
were the iawbones Of the raccoon,
skunk. weasel, beaver, squirrel, porcu-
pine, woodchuck, fox, wildcat, elk,
deer and bison; the shells of two or
more turtles, the bones Of Wild turkeys,
and the vertebrm OF snakes in large
quantities. The most interesting speci-
mems found, however. were the head
and teeth OF gigantic beaver end =
large peccary. neither of which have
ever teen found before in Pennsylvania.
Besides thsse were bones which had
been burned and split--evidently the
work OF the aborigines. who sought the
marrow. Indian relics.were also found.
A Eiint spear head was picked up fer
back In the cave, imbedded in the clay.
How It came there Is : mystery. unless
some Indians, entering the cave and
finding wild bees. there. attacked Il.
and this spear, hurled at the animal.
missing its aim, sped far back into the
recesses, and there remained. No other
traces OF any kind indicate that the
PORTION Of the cave hac been visited by
man or beast.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

The fact that Spain, though chrono-
logically in the nineteenth century, is
really living in the seventeenth, Is illus
trated by the following from Temple
Bar. In old Spanish houses there ia
generally n very cleverly-contrived
secret receptacle for money. akin to the
"secret drawer" of the English desk.
Even now this secret cupboard Is much
used, the Spanish idea of security being
Gan idea founded on bitter experience OF
many years) to cage the windows in
iron bars. lock up the house at night In
winter, look at the money. and then say
In security and self-congratulation:
Why, am very sale; all love and
all I need is contained within the four
walls Of my casa"
There Is vast deal OF distrust OF
banks and government securities, and
a great holding to the proverb: No
friend save God, and dollar In your
pocket" And now with the middle
class there is no banking OF money.
The bankers, to begin with, give no
Interest as rule; and 20, just - In
Scotland In the troubled year Of 1850
the goldsmiths were the only bankers. 20
now, in Spain, the gentry constantly
hoard their money in their own houses
some put their jewelrs and plate in the
montes de piedad."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

The spider has never been NJ school O
day in bis life. he has never learned a
trade or read book, yet he can make
the straigbtest lines. most perfect circles,
beautiful little bridges, and many of bis
family can spin and weave, some OF them
can hunt and swim and dive and do
mason work almost as well as IL they
had trowel and mortar. There Is a
spider in my garden that makes 80 many
Lines and circles you'd think II bad been
all through geometry. Itmakes circles.
every one little larger than the other,
about twelve OF them, and then from the
smallest circle begins and makes about
twenty. eight straight lines, going to the
outside circle, like the whalebones In an
umbrella. II makes its web 30 perfect
and regular that IL is called the geomet-
ric spider. You'd see late in sum-
mer. clusters Of its eggs on bushes and
hedges. When Matched the spiders all
keep together in little ball. You touch
this ball and the little spiders will scat
ter in all directions. but as soon as they
can they'll get together again, as beforeI
l left my silk dress last night hanging
over chair near the wall, and this
morning / found that Mrs. Spider had
been there in the night and made beau
tiful little bridge of spider silk between
my dress and the wall. The spider that
made this bridge for me had eight eyes.
1t can't move any OF these eyes; each eye
has but one lens and can only see what
is just in front of il. 1t has a pair of
sharp claws in the forepart OF the head !;
with these little pincers it catches other
small spiders. When the spider is at
rest il folds these little claws one over
the other like the parts Of scissors. The
spider has eight feet; most insects, you
know, have six. At the end of each
foot is a movable hook. It has five
little spinners, or spinnerets, with which
II makes its web. Each of these spint
ners has an opening which Il can make
large or small as it likes. There is a
tube like little hall communicating
into each of there little openings. In
this tube are four little reservoirs, which
holds the "gluey substance of which
the thread is spun" As soon as this
liquid comes to the air it becomes a
tough and strong thread. I suppose the
air acts upon it in some way.