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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
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SHORT STUDIES OF SCIENCE.



mentS.
Few realize the great practical I'M
portance of extreme accuracy in stand
ards of weight and extension, and it is
not generally known what degree of
accuracy has been attained in the
measurement of the standards OF length
now in use in different countries. The
carpenters foot-rule and the tailor's
yard are familiar articles, but, if asked,
probably neither the carpenter nor the
tailor could tell whether there is any
means by which the true length of
foot or yard can be determined. 1t
is clear, however, that there must be
standard with which the common
measures could be made to agree, in
order to have the same absolute value.
But we may reflect that the constant
use of any measure will change its
length, and that it will eventually be
come worn out. We can, then, readi-
ly understand the great value of an
accepted standard, from which copies
can be made, thus preventing any grad
ual alteration IN our measures. Such
standards of reference are properly
held in the custody of national COVER
ments, scientific societies, and institu-
tons.
1t is by no means simple process to
compare one measure with another,
and determine the variation between
the two. On the contrary, the utmost
skill and long experience are required
for such work, as well as the most ella
borate and costly apparatus. Allow
ance must be made for errors that are
SO small as TO be almost inappreciable,
but which can not be eliminated until
they have been subjected to future in
vestigations of a very delicate nature.
Every careful observer will obtain re-
suits which are almost marvellously ac-
cordant inter Sc; but the results obtain
ed by two observers, with different in
struments, will probably not agree The
personal equation" has not yet been
eliminated from work of this kind.
In the comparison of weights and
measures, science demands the utmost
accuracy, and it would not be possible
even if it were desirable, in an article
ike this, to more than allude TO few
of the steps which have resulted in the
final adoption of national and Internal
ional standards.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
A Love Match After AL

| have this moment. says the Boston
Transcript, received private letter
from an American lady in England,
saying. Yesterday was At the Baron
ess Burdett- Bartlett Coutts' at a very
delightful garden. but it rained, of
course, as it always does at an English
garden party, and we adjournded to the
conservatory for the entertainment.
must tell you that the sandwiches CON
tanned nothing but butter and spiced
tomatoes, and were delicious The
Baroness was clad in brown satin, with
= profusion of white lace, and wore
fewer Jewels than some American wo-
men wear to breakfast. She looks ev-
cry year her age, but her hair has not a
thread of gray in it. | ike her. As
for her husband, he is, Is the Boston
girls say, too awfully nice for any
thing do not wonder that the Bar
oness fell in love with him ana married
him. and that she is very proud of him.
She locks radiently happy, and evident
ly doesn't care whit for the queens
snub, which everybody has been talk
ing about; and with so devoted and
charming a husband, who also looks Sc
renely happy. why should she2"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
Mr. EYarts on Disability

Upon the subject OF Presidential in
ability Mr. Fvarts said he had thought
somewhat, and he had watched the
course of the discussion in the news
papers. He thought that il was a ques-
ton on which the people should have
no differences. 1t would best be left.
he thought, until such time as a neces-
sity should arise for its settlement. He
did not think the people were disposed
to be unfair in considering it; but when
a necessity should arise he had no doubt
the const tuition would be found elastic
enough to provide for the Vice Presi-
deut's acting for the President. "Of
course" he said, while there is pos
sibility of a termination Of the disabili-
ty, there cannot be two Presidents, and
the Vice President could only execute
the duties of the position as acting
President, but with no less authority for
the time Of his temporary service than
as if he were President in fact and
law"
IfCongress should find it necessary
to declare the disability Of the Presi-
dent, Mr. Evarts thought it would be
proper for the Vice President then 10
act for him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
cK.xpna,s KNITTING SONG.

Stitch by stitch, and row on row,
This Il the way the stocking must grow;
Clickity. cickety, day BY day,
THE slender glittering needles say.
Hnsh-a-bye. baby, grandmother sings;
Hitler and thither the cradle swings.
Puri and plain. AMI plain and pur,
BE il for boy u be i Tor GIRL
I've and two Il Il neat device,
learn n shift the thread in a trice.
ITnsh-a-bye baby, grandmother sings
Hitler and thither the cradle swings.
Inch III inch the long leg grows,
Straight AMI narrow for fitting close
Il very poor leg, il the saying well-known.
That shape a SICK q il own.
Hush a-bye, baby, grandmother sings.
Hithcr and fhither the cradle swings.
Conn, the stitches and Lalse them now,
And one. half ut in 4 single row:
And lack and forth. outside and in
Knit the heel IN single pin.
Hush-a-bye baby grandmother sings:
Hithcr aud thither the cradle swings.
knit il long ani narrow midway,
M rsnna ii and bind il of. as We say;
Take uo the loops % either side,
and aad Il few more to make Ii wide.
HusH-a- bye baby, grandmother sings:
HIther ami thither the cradle swings
Nov each .iIe narrow, q lip and bind
T9 shape Tie instep A. You will iindi
Then INIT straight round till you near the toe,
Min. /. TIN way the foot must grow.
IIn-tf-a bye bnby, grandmother sings
IIther and thither the cradle swings.
Iaen narrow onee more AMI narrow away
Team. II lift ii knittcrs my
Ih.re j. i stocking fit TOR IN heifi
Sow knit the mate f9r be must have pair.
Hush a-bte, baby: when jon are grown
YaHr feet may III worthy III climb j thron
Ifarrif III h,a.buH, Ii Ygutt's GanIaatot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
Dangers from Pyamia.

Py*mia, says the Hour, often works
to its fatal end very slowly It breaks
out i'll an abscess here, an abscess there.
Defeated at one point, it intrenches it
selfin another, gaining ON all resistance
and often intractable to medicine or
surgery. Its victim dies at last Of ex-
haustion. Late in the winter woman
was shot in New York by delinquent
boarder. The bullet penetrated her
cerebral cavity, just as in the presi-
dents case it penetrated the abdominal
cavity. She survived the shock, the
secondary hemorrhage and the inflam-
nation. In about four weeks pyamia
set in. The first abscess was in the
neck and reached to the base Of the
brain 4 produced, of course, soften
ing of the affected lobe, but she did not
die of that grave complication. Six
weeks later huge abscess formed in
the region bounded by her right shout
der blade and her right hip. Exhaust
ion followed at once and she died.
just at present the case is not without
certain interest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

same purpose as the air-chamber ofany
foree-pump, that of equalizing the flow.
and so increasing the amount deliver
ed. The whole force Is derived from
the heart; the arteries cause the force
to act continuously.
The veins are lax tubes, somewhat
Larger than the arteries. and capable of
holding all the blood of the body. They
convey the same amount of blood as
the latter, but more slowly. In the larger
veins, however, near the auricles, the
velocity may be two hundred milli-
metres per second. They are provided
with valves which effeetually prevent
the blood from flowing backward to-
ward the heart Any compression,
produced by muscular contraction. or
otherwise, will therefore assist the for
ward flow of venous blood. This Is one
explanation why exercise hastens the
circulation. The movement of the
cheek in breathing probably aids the
pulmonary circulation, the blood. as
well as the atmosphere, tending to fill
the vacuum during inspiration.
Physical capillary force is not gener-
ally regarded as an active force IN the
circulation. But there is an admitted
force in the capillaries, resulting from
the attraction of the tissues for the alter
a. blood, containing the required oxy-
gen and nutriment. The vital condi-
ton of the tissue becomes factor in the
maintenance of the circulation" 1t is
this force primarily, which adapts the
amount of blood to the varying needs
of any organ; the nervous system reg
ulates the supply BY varying the caliber
Of the vessels.
The force in the capillaries, or some
other force, carries the blood, after
death, from the arteries, where the
heart leaves it, into the veins. Finding
the arteries empty after death gave rise
to the idea that they conveyed only air;
whence the name It was this belief
which Harvey overthrow in 1620.-H.
Z. Fairchild, IN Popular Seience Mondth
fn3. So11fsJIhor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
The Preservation Of Eggs

In the common Ginning process, a
tight barrel is nalf filled with cold water,
into which is stirred Stacked lime and
salt in the proportion of about one-half
pound each for every pail and bucket
Of water Some dealers use no salt,
and others use small quantity Of
nitre-one-quarter pound to the half
barrel Of pickle. Into this the eggs.
which must be perfectly fresh and
sound, are let down with dish, when
they settle to the bottom, small end
down The eggs misplace the liquid,
so that when the barrel is full of eggs it
is also full Of the pickle. Eggs thus
picked, if kept in cool place, will
ordinarily keep good for seven months.
Long storage in this liquid, however. is
apt TO make the shells brittle and i'm
part 4 limy taste to their contents.
This may be in great measure avoided
by amounting the shell all over with lard
before putting in the pickle. Eggs thus
prepared are said to keep perfectly for
six months or more when stored in a
cool cellar.
a much better method Of storing
eggs is the following: Having selected
perfectly fresh eggs, put them, dozen
or more at time. into a small willow
basket, and immense this for five sec
onds in boiling water containing about
five pounds of common brown sugar
per gallon Of water. Place the eggs
Immediately after on trays to dry. The
scaiding water causes the formation of
. thin skin of hard aIbumen next the
inner surface Of the shell, the sugar ef-
fecualy closing all the pores of the lat
ter. The cool eggs are then packed
small end down in an intimate mixture
of one measure of good charcoal, fine
powdered, and two measures of dry
bran. Eggs thus stored have been
found perfectly fresh and unaltered
after SIX months.
A French authority gives the follow
ing: Melt four ounces of clear bees
wax in a porcelain dish over a gentle
fire, and stir IN eight ounces Of olive
OIL Let the resulting solution of wax
in oil cool somewhat, then dip the eggs
one by one into it so as TO coat every
part of the shell. A momentary dip is
sufficient. all excess ofthe mixture be-
ing wiped off with cotton cloth. The
oil is absorbed IN the shell, the wax
hermeticaliy closing all pores. 1t Is
claimed that eggs thus treated and pack
ed away in powdered charcoal IN a cool
place have been found after two years
rs fresh and palatable as when newly
laid ParaGne, which melts 10 thin
liquid AZ temperature below the boil
ing Of water, and has the advantage of
being odorless, tasteless, harmless and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
-h 49,
DELMONIC0 AND HIS PATRONS.
some Incidents That show How a
Great Caterer Made a Fortune

Reninisc ences Of Dclmonieo in y. Y. Herald
The late Colonel Fisk was not regu-
lar patron Of Delmonico's. He went
further up town, but now and then he
spilled over from his bowl of bounty
there. On one occasion at haIf-past
four p. M. he called ut the office.
Charley" said he, Il want a tiptop
stand-up lunch, with flowers and all
that sort Of thing, served in the Erie
building for one hundred and fifty men
at half-past six"
That's two hours from now"
well, a great deal can be done in
two hours"
"All right, Colonel, I'll do it, but it
will be an expeneive job for YOU"
Who said anything about the cost ?
You do it and I'll pay for it,
Of course the lunch was served anu
equally Of course the 81 800 bill was
paid
At another time, when Fisk was
working up the Ninth Regiment, ball
was given at the Academy and Fisk
was anxious that Delmonico should
furnish the supper He declined on
the ground that there was no profit in
it.
GLOW much guarantee do you want?"
said jim.
"A thousand dollars said Delmon-
leo.
"All right" said Fisk, "I'll take five
hundred supper tickets and he did
The ring potentate never favored
Delmonico's uptown house much, but
spent thousands of dollars in the Cham
hers street place. Peter B. Sweeny
used to go there when he wished to be
quiet and by himself The last time
he called he nearly completed a bar
gain with Delmonico by which the lat
ter was to take Peters Thirty-fourth
street property for restaurant
When Tweed's daughter was to be
married the old man called .on Del
monico two months in advance and,
without mentioning terms, simply said:
want a supper, good one, for my
daughters wedding; five hundred peo-
pie. Good day The day after the
supper was served he called and paid
for it.
Do you keep your people a long
time?" Mr. Delmonico was once asked.
.Some of them"
''The cooks-how about them2'
'Well, / pay the present head cook
81, 900 4 year; his predecessor $4,000.
The other cooks get from So to $50 a
week"
'What do you give the head WAITER"
Fifteen hundred dollars and his
board and lodging. The table walters
get $50 month. and average $50 in
fees. | wanted to transfer one of them
frop the saloon to the bar, raising him
from $50 to $50, but he wouldn't go be-
cause he made $50 where re was"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
An Important Teles raph Connection.

The Mutual Union Telegraph COM
pany-the Western Unions most for
midable riyal-says a New ! ork paper,
has added to its circuit the entire SER
vice of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, which gives the facilities of 1000
additional miles of wire, and 475 miles
of territory, thus making $4,000 miles
of wire, covering an area of over 5000
miles Of country now under the con-
troll of the new telegraph enterprise.
The Mutual Union was first started as
a lessee of private wires between Bos-
ton and Washington, and only recent
" the directors determined upon ex-
tending the service, so as 10 furnish
cheap telegraphy in the east, west and
northwest.
The directors have decided to throw
the service open for competition with
the Western Union by the middle of
October or 1st of November selecting
such remote date IN order that the
offices in New York city and elsewhere
may be fitted up and ready for bust
ness. Said one of the officers yester-
day
1--WE have : valuable service with an
entirely new plant, and the lease we
have made of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad lines materially strengthens
orr service, and will enable us to sue
cessfully compete with the Western
Union
Glow about rates?'
1--WE expect by our system to be able
to transmit dispatches very much lower
than the present tariff, and to send our
messages promptly and speedily"
Glow about underground wires ?"
I'VE are prepared and anxious to
lay our wires in New York city under
ground by new insulated process. All
we want and ask is the consent of the
authorities
"What points will you reach by No
vember?"
1--WE expect to have our wires run
ming from New York to Albany, Phila-
delphia. Boston, Chicago, st. Louis,
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington,
Hartford, New Haven, along New Eng
land to and through Maine 10 Newport,
Fall River, Taunton, Providence, to
Saratoga, Utica and the cities along the
line to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland,
Toledo, and all through the northwest
and southwest"
"Will you build south ?"
Not at present. We shall not go
further south than Washington until
we see if there is business enough
there to warrant the building Of a rival
line
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
The Close of the Revolution.

From the Boston TrdreLer, September
5. To-day makes ninety-eight wears
since the signing Of the dlinitiye treaty
OF peace between Great Britain and the
United States of America, BY which the
war for our independence was termi-
mated. It was on September 5, 1873,
that the work was done, eight years,
four months and fifteen days after the
battle OF Lexington. The American
signers were DR.. Franklin, John Adams
and John Jay, and David Hartley sign
ed for Great Britain The provisional
treaty had been signed in November,
17S2, and the definitive treaty was the
same thing; yet the English did not
evacuate New York city TILL the begin
ming of the last week of November,
1888, The close of the contest dates
from September 8, 1858, as all the ma
tons that had taken part in that con-
test then returned to a state Of peace.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
Sugar-Making in New Jersey.

New Jersey has gone into the raising
Of sugar and will succeed, rs she does
III everything that she fairly undertakes.
Cape May is the banner county. Over
eighty farmers have planted sorghum
there, one Of them to the extent of 40
acres. They have been stimulated by
the enterprise of John Hilgert's Sons.
Of Philadelphia, who have at an outlay
Of upward of 500, 900 erected the neces-
sary buildings ut Rio Grande, on the
West Jersey Railroad a few miles north
Of Cape May City, and placed in them
the most approved machinery for the
conversion of the cane into sugar. To
still further induce the farmers in the
locality to grow the cane the firm have
offered premiums Of $3.50 for the best
ten acres, 800 for the second best, and
500 for the best five acres. They will
also pay - per ton for the cane deliver
ed at the works or the nearest railroad
station the State gives another dollar,
and there is between 80 cents and i
dollars worth Of seed in every ton. Elk
perienced farmers in Cape May county
say that the average yearly return of
the products Of farm is not more than
So per acre, but with the sorghum cane
they believe the return will be nearly
ouble-NeUark IdteYtiseT.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
What Causes tine Blood to Circulate.

To what degree the heart IS aided BY
other forces is yet matter of investiga-
ton. Probably there are several forces
assisting. The elasticity Of the arteries
increases their carrying capacity. They
are firm, elastic tubes, which expand
under the pressure from each heart
contraction, and then by their own elias
ITCHY contract and help the onward flow
of the blood. In the smaller arteries
the flow loses the intermittent charac-
ter IT possesses in the larger arteries. snd
becomes a steady stream. The elastic
ity of the arteries serves precisely the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

The highest hopes and interests II
the race rest on the purity health, and
strength Of womanhood. We take
pleasure in referring our readers 10 the
remarkable efficacy Of LNplA T. PINK
HAMS VEGETABLE COMPOUND iii MI that
class Of diseases from which women
Sutfpr SN 0nPh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
Little .InllnnY SfnrK.

One day Mr. Baiiy the wicked sailor,
was goin' by old Golfers, and he found
him diggin' well, and boy was pull
in up the rocks in a bucket with a
winlas. SO jack gave the boy ten cents
and said: You 60 and git some candy,
and I'll pull up for you till you git back, !"
and the boy done it. Then Jack he
puts his bulldog in the bucket and let
it down; and the dog it jumped out in
the well with CATER, which halloed
wild, and the dog too. Then Jack he
cot old Gatierses cat and pitched that
down too, and the dog tackled the cat
between Gafferses legs, and the cat ran
up CATER like he was tree, all yellin'
like linens, there wasent never such q
fight After a while J.lck he let the
bucket down and hauled old CATER up
with the winlas, looking mighty beat
and his close tore. Fore CATER cude
get his breth Jack sed: "Tell yer wot,
CATER, if | hadn't come along yude
mad pretty rough time of it, ges, cos
that boys gon for other cat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

you am de squarest man IN Aus
tin, said old Uncle Nose, entering
drug store and taking the clerk by the
hand. The drug man blushed modest
ly and said he always tried to do his
duty a. christian and an American
citizen, regardless Of age, race, sex or
previous condition. ! knowe right
off you was christian, sab. Ne man
in de drug business 'ceptin' follerer
oh de Lord would hang out SIGH sign
as you has got. Hit shows you am a
christian fust, and pizen mixer after
ward. was jest spellin' it out. Hit
am the best advice cher got in drug
store" "What sign are you talking
about, Uncle?" asked the somewhat be-
wildered druggist. dat ar" said the
old man, pointing TO a placard on the
wall, which read "Tasteless Medicines. :"
dat ar am the best advice in de world; ;
taste less medicines. / nebber had
tasted M medicines, NJ how, and dat
ar am the chief reason Ise alive and
kickin' Wit. But you am de fust christ
ian druggist cher / struck" And the
old man strolled out just in time to
avoid stopping with his head PACK,
age of hair restorer that the infuriated
druggist hurled after him.-TeDas S.ft-
in1s
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
Why Raise Sheen,

Because it viii pay. That is to say.
A farm of given size can be stocked
with sheep for less money thsn will be
required if csttle, horses or hogs are
employed. Sheep will come nearer
utilizing everything that grows on the
farm than either or al of the above
named animals. LESS labor Will be re
quired for getting feed and stock To-
gether. The returns will come IN soon
er Except with hogs and oftener than
from any other farm stock. Less
money is required for fencing and
shelter, when these are supplied; and
less labor IS involved in herding, where
outside pasturage is accessible and pre-
ferred. Add to these the further fact
that a handsome income Oh the invest
ment can I've had without the sale OF
the animals themselves, and one has
the reason " by every tanner not eS-
ceptionally situated should have 4
flock Of sheep suited &c his surround
ings
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

Two bellies had fight on the veran-
da of White Mountain hotel. The
cause is a secret, but the encounter
was public, being IN the presence of
about fifty guests The girls scratched
faces. pulled hair, and tore clothes in
lively manner for few seconds, and
were not parted before both bore marks
which lasted for several days They
belong to wealthy and reputable fami-
hPs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

A new industry, the extensive cult
walton of flowers for perfumey purpo-
ses, Is about 70 be started In California
In Europe it is very remunerative- A
good crop OF lavender VIII bring 8, 800
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

From the Wilmington del Replt5
dean: Mr.. ]. NJ Scott, corner Third
and Madison streets had remarkably
fine horse cured Of the scratches ~ ST
Jacobs Oil.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23

PARTIES going 10 Milwaukee IN
position, will find il to their interest a.
see the splendid stock Of new silks,
Dress Goods, I.aces, Dolmans. &c. III
JAMES MoRGANS immense Dry Goods
House $50 and SIS East Water street.
Pressure of business prevented his
making display III the Exposition
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-23
The Best Lire rre~erNer:
rarnsr's Ssfs Kidney ana ! ;yrr enrr

The Detroit Ere Press contradicts tie
story that Princess Louise left Lorne
because he snored iii his sleep.