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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
Iowa County Democrat
MINERAL POINT, WIS.
WEATHER PROPHETS


Whene'er a Turner must confess
That he he's missed his weather guess.
The failure gives him no distress,
For ready is his reason
When DAYS are wet, instead Of dry,
He only needs to wink his eye,
And say, in accents sage and sly,
The signs all fail this season. Y
But when a weather guesser grows
Too boastful of his sleight Of nose
For Juggling with the rains and SHOWS
In summer and in winter,
All once his ardent fancy sees
Visions of honors and Of fees,
And with bis notes and theories
re rushes To the printer.
Ills vanity. too freely fed,
~ far Bill Grant brain has led,
That be predicts a year ahead
The a.mosphere's connections.
81. foolishly defying fate.
He pins his credit to a date,
Md bids d doubling world await
The outcome Of his notions.
Then, when his firm convictions fail,
and sunshine comes in place Of hail
The cruel types still tell the tale,
And give the record Of it.
The weather prophet tears the page
And biames an unbelieFing age
That gives him but disgust and rage
For oil his weather profit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
4 Bows Luck

The Norristown Pa Herald in re
cent issue referred among others. &c
the following cases of special interest
They are their own commentary. Mr.
Samuel G. Nyce, iesides at 308 Mar.
shall street, and holds the responsible
position of journal clerk la the Penn
sylvania legislature. at Harrisburg.
While Mr.. NICE and family were in the
country recently, his boy, aged three
years, fell and broke his leg. He re-
covered, but very troublesome stiff
ness set in and he could scarcely use the
leg. The injured limb was rubbed sew
eral times with st. Jacobs Oil, and the
stiffness was so much reduced that the
boy was able to use his leg freely. DR..
Knipe said it was the use of ST. Jacobs
Oil that cured the stiffness. Mr.. Nyce
himself used the Great German Remedy
for toothache with good effect, and also
for sprain and pains of rheumatic
nature, and always with good effect.
Mrs. Nyce also says she thinks the Oil
is a splendid thing and she always
keeps it on hand.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

JAMES Moro, 3SG & 3SS East Wa
ter Street, Milwaukee, is having an i'm
mense Christmas trade. He is offering
special bargains in fine Cashmeres,
Silks, Dolmans, and in all the depart
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Miss Susan Fenimore Cooper, daugh-
ter of the noted novelist, is trying to
raise money to erected at Cooperstown,
N. Y, an Episcopal 0rphsnage. She
started the work eight or nine years
ago, and has seen much good resulting
from her labors. Ten thousand dollars
are needed for new building. Miss
Cooper is 20 years of age.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

The Editor wishes to know if there is one IT his
readers suffering with rheumatism. II so let him
try bottle of Durangs Rheumatic Remedy. II
is taken internally and never has and never can
fail to cure the worst case in shortest time. II
can be had at all drug stores. Send for free
pamphlet to Il. X lIelpenStine Druggist, Wash
ington ID. c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Lord Byron, in reference 10 a beautiful LADY
wrote 70 q friend Lady --- has been dan
gerOusly id, bat now she is daageroMsyy wei
again" American bellies, when attacked By any
OF the liz that hesh i heir TO- may be kept Kill
iAg. and avoid being killed. by taking d. II. Y.
Pierees "FaTorite Prescription . which banishes
feminine weaknesses. and reet2res the bloom Of
health. By Al drny,ist.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
Louisville has 500 teachers instruct
ing 14,52S pupils.

Thousands upon thousands of bottles Of Car
boline, deodorized extract Of petroleum, hay,
been sold, and from all over the land comes on,
universal cry "Carboline, as now improved aud
perfected, is the best hair restorer ever used.
Sold by all druggist
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

eat heartily of Oh seasoned food rich pies, cake
etc, will have to use Hop Bitters to prevent ndi
gestion <sleeplesS nights, sickness, pain and per
hapS, death. No family is safe without them ii
the house
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Professor Tee, who knew all about
the weather, was sun struck. 1t IS
more than likely that Nennor will he
caught out in shower some day and
drowned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

A farmer blowing recently over the
site of granary burned by Indians IN
1850 in Douglass county, Ore, found a
quantity of wheat IN good preserya-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

The encouragement of Indiana has
decided that any mayor OF any munici.
panty IN that state who performs the
marriage ceremony is liable to fine and
Imprisonment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
aFirss a soagh earried ne q.

And then eoain they earriei me OF IN =
fhis viii not be yeur epitaph If You take your
cough ana Dr. r. Y. Pierceis -Golde1 Medical
Discovery IN time. Il Is specife for weak lungs,
splitting Of blood. night-sweats, and the early
stages Of consumption Ry al druggist
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Want TO know how TO tell the most
stylish dress? Get in crowd and mark
the one that all the women turn up
their noses at.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

FoA DvsrEPsrA, INnloEsTIoN, Depression al
Spirits and General Debility in the various forms
also us preventive against Fever and Aguc and
otNer Intermittent Fcvcrs, the 'FERRo- iHosruo
RATED ELIXIR or CALsAYAn made hy Caswel
Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all drug
gists is the best tonic; and from patients reeoN-
ering from Fever or other sickness, il has Ii,
euual
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Campanini lost his voice while sing
ing The other night in New York. He
rushed in behind the scenes and "wet
his whistle, /" came back and sung Ike .
bird.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
Rheumatism,

Ugly ladies, it is said, wear very
large hats TO the theater this season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
TO ne soI.p Ar AUcTroN,

These familiar words recall TO the farmer
and others interested the unfortunate neces-
sity of sometimes getting rid of Stock that
Is not otherwise saiable on account of blem-
ishes or imperfections. To improve upon
this method, by showing how to restore your
Stock to first-class condition, is the plan
herewith presented. The signal benefit of
the Great German Remedy TO mankind very
reasonably induced Its application to the
sufierings and ailments of the dumb crea-
ton. beginning with the Horse. People who
tried it were more than surprised by it's re-
suits, as attested in the speedy and perma-
nent cure OF their Stock, and they gladly
announced their experience by word of
mouth and by the public press, until to-day
FARMERS and DEALERS, STocKMEN AND
BREEDERS, the COUNTRY OVER, are using ST.
JACOBS OIL with delight, satisfaction and
profit. The others who
% 5niatins that Of q, Stock t ~
anything is M A.A.y miserable ef-
good enough IN IA fort at econ
is made by are others
who humanely regard the welfare of their
faithful dumb creatures, and provide for
their comfort with good food and shelter,
and for their health by a constant supply
of ST. JACOBS OIL,-the safest and speediest
relief for Diseases OF Horses and Stock ever
discovered. W neneNeF tHere appears any
evidence whatsoever of disease or injury
among Animals, they should have the best
possible treatment, as IL never pays 10 de-
fer attention TO Stock. Inasmueh, then, as Ii
is the part of common prudence to use the
surest curative means in the beginning.
every Stable, Farm and Stock-yard should
be abundantly supplied with ST. JACOBS
OH. which is used and recommended by
the best Horsernen in the country as m ar
tiele which Will relieve more promptly and
certainly the ailments of and Injuries TO
Stock than any other remedy known. For
SPAWN. Ringbone, Wind-Gall, Flesh
Wounds and Calls w.
OF all kinds, Poll
NM Evil. Splint, Swell ~
--4zZ. ings. Tamors, Fistu- --.sik-k4-
la, Lameness, Stiffness. Cramps of the Mus
Gle, Acute and Chronic Founder, Mango,
Corns, whitIows, Broken Knees, Cuts,
Collie, Sore Throat, Dlstemper, and many
other Diseases, especially Foot-Rot In
Sheep, ST. JACOBS OIL affords instant relief
and sure cure, and costs but FIFTY CESTs.
Pamphlets containing full directions for
home treatment of diseases Of domestic
animals sent upon application, by
d A. vo5ELER 4 CO., Baltimore, Nd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

Throat Bronchial and Lung Diseases
a specially. Send two stamps for large treatise
giving seif-treatmenf- Address NoRLDis DIsPES-
sAEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, Bafalo, y. Y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
A NEW TRIAL PROBABLE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Among the
lawyers here there Is an impression
that the death of Juror Hobbs's wife,
and his absence to attend the funeral,
viii eventuate in new trial for Gui-
teau- While counsel on both sides
consented Hobbs shoul1 attend the fu-
neral, the idea is that the defense will,
If necessary, make use of il In an effort
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
OTHER COMBINATIONS.

Geo. NJ. Duskin, U. S. attorney for
the southern district of Alabama; n. A
Adams, of Kansas, pension agent at st
Louis; Geo. w. Howe, collector of Gus
toms, Cuyahoga, Ohio; ". P. Finch,
surveyor of customs, La Crosse, Wis
consin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

others who
lose tn cir
Stock by a
miserable eE
fort at econ
oTny. There
are others
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
BLAINE's RECEPTION.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Ex-Secretary
Blaine and Mrs. Blame. this evening.
gave brilliant reception to the new
secretary of state and Mrs. Frelinghuy-
sen. Among the guests were President
Arthur. the president of the senate,
the speaker of the house and all men,
bers of the cabinet, justices of the SUI
preme court, nearly all members of
the diplomatic corps and ladies of their
families. together with other persons
prominent in Washington society.
Blaine declined to say anything for
publication with reference to an invita-
ton TO pronounce eulogy upon Presi-
dent Garfield In the memorial services
IN the hall of the house OF represents
tives. 1t Is inferred he has not yet de-
cided whether or not to accept the in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

WASHINGTON, Dec. Cot is stated,
on excellent authority, that Sec. Hunt
is to remain at the head OF the navy
department.
All the members Of the cabinet were
present at the meeting, to-day, ex-
cepting Attorney General Brewster.
No business of importance was consid-
cred
Sec. Lincoln will spend Christmas
day in Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

prom I. i ne
Inista Ike OF
thinking that
anything is
good enough
for n Horse
is made by
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23
i DEAD YEAR.

took year out Of my life and story,
IA lead year and said. & ! will build the
tomb
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

mainly III the one that sits beside my
hearth, looking with listleSs eyes on
all / cannot rouse her to anything.
Life seems at IN end for her. The
horror, the amaze, seems to have
turned her to stone, and in this marble
image heart pulses painfully, brain
dazed, yet forever recurring, in terri
BILE monotone, to one experience
throhs on. Ny God. | must do some
thing | waken each day with a horror
that | shall find her dead by her own
handl She was so white thing. Oh,
God, thou knowest that she shoulders
at herself.
March oo.-I laid the first snow
drop of the year in her hands this
morning, and she burst into tears.
She has always loved flowers SO much,
my poor little girl. Last year she
gathered them herself, and they
crowned her their Queen of May. Oh,
my Cod if she could forget
March EFF she could but forget
Why not? l hold the key and can lock
up the past at Will 1t is memory that
Is killing her. Then | will kill memo
ry, and she viii be my own pure little
girl again-for she is pure. 1t is only
the good who are tortured by memory
the evil do not suffer. 1t is only to
paralyze, by electric shock, certain
knot of nerves, and all this mise:y will
be wiped of. as with sponge, from
the tablet OF memory. Thank God,
the power is in my hands. believe
He has given it to me to save my
child.
April l0.-oh, God in heaven. /
thank Thee. 1t has succeeded beyond
my hopes. She is growing well-rosy
even-and she has forgotten? | have
found my child again, and she has re-
gained her happiness and innocence
See remembers nothing-nothing of
the slow hours Of despair when the
burning plowshares went over her. 1
have tested her, have even mentioned
his name-the accused one-and she
did not know it, We are going to
America, where no echo of her story
can ever reach her, and we will be
happy once more together"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
The Moon and the weather.

M. de Parville has published in the
Journal des DebGts, a paper on temper
nee. In the course of the article he
raises the question as TO whether the dry
ness of the past summer could have been
foreseen, and answer it in the afirma-
tive. Having then referred to the in
fuence of solar action on the. atmosphere,
he says ga very long series of OBJ
servations has also shown that the moon,
which passes every month from one
hemisphere to the other, influences the
direction of the great atmospheric cur
rents. The changes in those currents,
in consequence of the prevailing mois-
ture or dryness, are intimately connected
with the relative position for the time be-
ing of the u and the moon. The dis
lance of the moon from the equator
varies every year, passing from a maxi
mum to a minimum limit; and the mete-
geological character of a series of years APP
pears to be mainly dependent upon the
change of inclination when those ex-
IRENE limits have been touched, OBJ
servations prove that the rainy years,
the cold winters and hot summers r, turn
periodically, and coincide with certain
destinations of the moon. In our lati-
tudes the rainy years occur when the
moons declination has touched its ex-
treme limits of %, 26 or IS degrees res
pectively. They are separated from
each other usually by periods of about
three years, and then six years" M. de
Paryille then gives a list of rainy years
running back to 1888, the most recent
being 1879, 1876, 1872, 1866, 1859, 1856
and 1858, in each of which the moons
declination was either %, 26 or Is, be-
ginning with 26 degrees in 1879 and run
ming back in the order named. The
severe winter, he says, coincide as a rule
within a year of the same destinations.
The dry summers come naturally in the
middle of the period which divides two
wet years. The next wet year ought to
coincide with the declinaiion of Is de,
grees, therefore, with the year 1884, as
the last was 1879 with the declination Of
26 degrees. Between the two years
comes the period of maximum dryness,
and it may be expected therefore that
the year 1882 will be another dry year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
The Bald Lieutenant.

On a certain occasion, while the Duke
of Clarence-afterwards William w.
was Lord High Admiral of the Royal
Navy, there was a poor lieutenant named
Payson, whose nautical skill and daunt-
Jess courage gave him plenty of work,
without advancing him in rank. In fact,
being poor, and without influential
friends, he had been held as a convenient
officer to send out in charge of those
sprigs of nobility who were made post
captains while ignorant of the simplest
duties of Office. A competent frst-lieu-
tenant is a handy man under such cir
cumstances.
The occasion to which we have referred
was a reunion of the officers OF the
Squadron which his royal highness of
Clarence had commanded in the Medi-
terranean; and the Duke and Lieutenant
Payson were both present-the latter
being the older man by several years.
In the course o.. the evening some illu-
sion was made to Payson's badness,
w%hereupon the Lord High Admiral pleas
thing to make his hair grow.
"It's of no use, your Grace, while the
cause of my badness is still forced upon
me, rePHeu Iayson, Will edrneS1 SOL
emnity.
"The cause forced upon, you'll re-
peated the Duke in surprise. "What do
you mean by that? What do you On
slider to be the cause of your baldness?'
"It is very plain, your highness:
Look at my juniors in the service con-
tinuatiy stepping over ny head! 1t
has been SO ever since you and I were
on board the Jason frigate together"
The Duke laughed-not merrily, nor
heartily-but t~houghtfully; and on the
very next day Dick Payson received his
commission as Post-Captain in the Royal
Navy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
A Drop of Water.

We read frequently of the drowning
of good swimmers, who suddenly sink in
the water without any apparent cause.
The common explanation of such an ac-
cident is that the swimmer is seized
with cramps /; but an English naval
officer offers a different solution of the
phenomenon. He bases his theory on
his own experience. His ship was lying
for a long time off Alden harbor, and it
was the practice for cricketing parties to
swim from the vessel to the shore every
evening, having their clothes sent in a
small boat. OF course there was a race
to see who would get to the beach first.
The writer In the course Of a sharp
struggle for the lead opened his mouth
to breathe, and some of the spray flying
in the wind got into his throat and took
the passage down the trachea. st could
neither" he says, "get any breath in,
nor any out, and I soon began to feel
that I was dying on top of the water.
to me, but I could not speak, much less
call to them. I kept swimming on for
the shore. In about thirty seconds my
senses began to leave me. I ceased to
swim, and my legs went down, when
luckily for me they touched the bottom ;
a violent jump helped me to cough up
the drop of water. I staggered on shore
and fell quite exhausted on the beach,
much to the surprise of all the men with
me" It is the opinion of this gentleman
that many fatal accidents to swimmers
are due simply to q drop of water in the
wind-pipe. A conclusive proof that they
are not due to cramp is a fact that a man
rescued within two minutes of sinking in
this mysterious manner is beyond all
hope of resuscitation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
Bathing.

The end of the day is the best time
for a sponge-bath; asponge and a coarse
towel have often cu1ed insomnia where
diacdium failed. A bucketful CT tepii
water will do for ordinary purposes;
daily shower baths In winter-time are as
preposterous as hot drinks in the dog
days. Russian baths and ice-water
cures owe their repute to the anne pop
ular delusion that ascribes miraculous
virtues to nauseating drugs-the mis-
trust of our natural instincts, culminat-
ing in the idea that all natural things
must be injurious to men, and that the
efficacy of q remedy depends on the de-
gree of its responsiveness. N~inety-nine
boys in a hundred would rather take
the bitterest medicine than a cold bath
in mid-winter. If we leave children
and animals to the guidance of their in
stincts they will become amphibious in
the dog-days, and quench their thirst at
the coolest spring without fear of injur-
ious consequences ; but in winter-time
aver wild beasts avoid immersion with
an instructive dread. A Canadian bear
will make a wide circuit, or pick his
way over the foes rather than swim a
lake in cold weather. Baptist mission
aries do not report many ~revivals be-
fore June. Warm springs, on the other
hand, attract all the birds and beasts
that stay with us in winter-time : the
hot spas of Rockport, Ark, are visited
nightly by o and foxes in spite
of all torchlight hunts; and Haxthausen
tells us that in hard winters the therma
of Paetigorsk, in the Eastern Caucasus,
attract deer and wild hogs from the dis
tant Terek valley. I know the claims
of the hydlopathic school, and the argu-
ments pro and con, but thu main points
of the controversy still hinge upon the
issue between natures testimony and
DR.. Prlessnitz's.-T. L. OSWALD, in
Popular Science MonthLu,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
Dime Novel Story.

About midnight Mike Snatcher, an
Irishman, employed at Jennings coal
elevator, appeared in Storrs' Station, and
told Lieut.. Sargent that his wife was
down on board a river shanty, with
q man named Mike Stretman. The
Lieutenant, accompanied by Sergeant
Knoppe, went down to the boat. The
guilty wife heard them coming, and,
running out in her night clothes, sprang
into the river. Her clothing caught on
a spike, and there she hung. The officers
leaned over and were endeavoring to pull
her out, when Stretman appeared with a
k~een-edged ak in his hand and exclaimed,
What are you trying to drown that
woman for? Then seeing Snatcher he
struck a vicious blow at him, which
would have laid his head open had he
not lodged. Then Stretmen turned and
tried to strike Lieut.. Sargent, who
evaded the blow and grabbed with him.
In the scuff1e that ensued both men fell
into the river. The Sergeant seeing a
good opportunity fired a shot at Street
man, but missed his aim, and he like
wise sprang into the river to assist the
Lieutenant. Between them they dragged
Stretman to shore, rescued the woman
and took the whole party to the station,
where the man was locked up for assault
with intent to kill, and the woman for
vagrancy.-CSncinn0ti Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-20
Mnat becomes OF Dead RirdsY

How strange it is that, considering the
millions of birds born every year, dead
ones are SO seldom seen. To each little
songster in turn comes the tradegy-
sickness, decay and death-yet, even in
the woods, it is rare to find q dead bird.
Who buries them? One can find it in
ones heart to believe in the pathetic
robbins of olden story, and turn up the
leaves to see if, perchance, some stray
feather may not betray the hidden
mausoleum. It is odious to think that
they have become the prey of others of
their species, or of enemies providing in
wait for their hour of weakness. But
nature manages her affairs SO well that
doubtless the obsequies are conducted
with order and regularity, and if we had
but eyes to see them we should find
relics of our songsters doing their part
to fertilize and enrich the scene of their
brief existence.