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Delta chief., 1883-08-29
Words Of Wisdom,

The actions of men are like the index
of n book they point out what is most
remarkable in them Addison.
Ambition often puts men upon doing
the meanest offices; so climbing is per-
formed in the same posture with creep
ing.-[Swift.
An unjust accusation is like barbed
arrow. which must be drawn backward
with horrible anguish. or else will be
your destruction.-[r Taylor.
II man does not make new acquaint-
ances rs he advances through life he
will soon find himself left alone. A man
should keep his friendship in constant
repair.-[ Johnson.
Socrates called beauty a short-lived
tyranny: Plato. a privilege of nature;
Thcophrastus. silent cheat: Theocri-
tus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades,
II solitary kingdom; Domitian said that
nothing was more grateful; Aristotle af-
tirmcd that beauty was better than all
the letters of recommendation in the
world; Homer. that it was glorious
gift of nature. and Ovid. alluding to him,
calls it favor bestowed by the gods.
He who receives good turn should
never forget it: he who does one, should
never remember it.-[Chapon.
OF all vanitics and fopperies the van
ity of high birth is the greatest. True
nobility is derived from virtue, not from
birth. Titles, indeed. may be purchased,
but virtue is the only coin that makes
the bargain valid Burton.
No man can possibly improve in any
company for which he has not respect
enough to be under some degree of re-
straint Chesterfield,
Envy's memory is nothing but row
of hooks to hang up grudges on. Some
peoples sensibility is mere bundle of
aversions. and you hear them display
and parade it. not in recounting the
things they are attached to. but in tell
ing you how many things and persons
they cannot bcar.-[John Foster.
There is no dispute managed without
passion, and yet there is scarce n dispute
worth a sion.-lSherlock.
II n man empties his purse into his
head, no man can take it away from
him. An investment in knowledge al.
ways pays the best interest. Franklin.
Such is the encouragement given to
flattery in the present times, that 1t is
made to sit in the parlor. while honesty
is turned ou. of doors. Flattery is never
SO agreeable, ,as to our blind side; com.
mend fool for his wit or knave TO,
his honesty. and they will receive you
| into their bosom.-Cfielding.
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
Youngest Trstelers on Record.
willie Couricr.Journ,l

InHlsNiHc tourtrr'Journs.
About eighteen months ago a gentle
man and his wife left Yorkshire, Eng
land. and came to Louisville, Kentucky,
leaving behind them two little girls.
their ages y and 3 years respectively.
The parents concluded to make that city
their home. and naturally enough want
ed their little darlings with them.
The two little girls accordingly left
Yorkshire, England. eighty miles be-
yond Liverpool, and forty miles beyond
Manchester. and arrived at Liverpool
bearing letters, and each one marked
with n tag bearing an address in Louis
VILE. The Liverpool agent took charge
of them, put them on board the CITY of
Richmond, and after safe and pleasant
voyage across the Atlantic arrived in
New York on Saturday last They were
supplied in New York with iirst-class
through tickets to Louisville and put in
charge of the sleeping-car conductor,
who brought them through safely, ar
irving via Short-line railroad. They
were delivered both wearing the tags
which they left home in England with.
These little girls had left England
alone. crossed the Atlantic and made a
safe and pleasant journey of nearly 4. 600
miles. They did not experience any
sickness on the entire trip, and seemed
cheerful and happy upon their arrival
here
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
Mules and Religion.
Chicago Tribune,


The Rev. Frank NJ. Harding. who is
the revivalist of the Lake Bluff meetings,
has seen great deal of the world, and
has allowed none of it to get away from
him. He recruited two regiments from
Indiana for the war. and became Colo
mel of one of them. the Fifty-third. He
says he knew nothing about military
matters and hired a cadet from West
Point at 81 day. out of his own pock-
ct. to drill the regiment by companies.
He took lessons himself and never failed
to preach to the boys Sunday when the
..Rebels" didn't interfere. He was al
ways opposed to profanity. His aver
sion to hearing it was proverbial. and
the men in the regiment always modi-
fed their talk when in his hearing. Sit
ting on the veranda at the Lake Bluff
Hotel the other day the preacher, al
luding to his old boys and their respect
for his religious ideas. told the follow
ing: The master of transportation of
the regiment was one of the most pro-
fame Inen in the regiment, if not in In
diana. One day when we had been or
dered to move, | went to the rear to see
him and ask him how soon he could get
his train across an ugly stream near by.
telling him it WAS important to do SO as
speedily as possible. He said to me:
.Parson, you know them trains are
hauled by mules?' l said Yes And
you know what mules are?' he said.
And he went on: i can't do ANYTHING
with mules without cussin' 'em. ! have
too much respect for you and your re-
ligion to try and get 'em over while you
are here. But if you'll go over that hill
yonder. out of sight and where you can't
hear me cuss, I'll have every mule and
wagon over in AN hour. If you stay
here | won't promise when it can be
done ! went over the hill and re-
manned there an hour and half When
came back every mule and wagon had
been transferred. and my man was sit
ting down tanning himself. asked
him If he had had to use any punish
ment. oh. no. he replied, L never
hit a mule in my life. 4 mule doesn't
mind bein' beat. but he does hate to be
cussed.'"
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
CURRENT EVENTS.

John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, is said
to have signed a pledge of abstinence
for year at the request of his wife and
mother.
The returns of the census taken Jan.
/, 1888, which have Just been published,
show that the Empire of Japan contained
a population of 36, ,7OO,1O made up of
IL, 1893, 1898 males and 1S, 10l, ll2 females
A Paris writer thinks it would not be
venturesome to predict that De Lesseps
will succeed Grevy as President of
France if the former should not be more
than 80 years old at the next election.
The Charleston Is. C.) NeDs and
Courier sensibly says: 1.-The system of
hiring out convicts is a blot upon the
civilization of the South, whether the
prisoners are penned up in a coal mine,
or employed in digging phosphate rock,
or in building railroads. 1t is cruel,
inhuman and murderous. 1t should be
abolished, and the sooner the BETTER
Gen. Booth. of the English Salvation
Army, has lately suffered severely in
pocket and reputation by the result of a
lawsuit. Having leased the Eagle Tav-
ern for seventeen years for the sum of
"NNN'DN'' hN ateNIhptSu W CNaut tIc
terms of the agreement, which demand
ed the sale Of liquor. The Judgment
was that he had forfeited his lease
The special train which started from
Washington Tuesday for San Francisco
with the Knights Templar carried also
200 gallons of Alderney milk, part of
which a Washington dairyman is So con-
fident of delivering fresh in San Fran
cisco that he made wager to that eff
feet with Mr.. Crump, the caterer. If
he wins the wager the milk will be served
at breakfast at the Rush House after the
arrival of the nights, and the dairy
man will receive dollar gallon for
the whole supply furnished to the party.
The Manchester Examiner is informed
that the lnman Steamship Company, in
consequence of repeated accidents to
vessels of their lines during the last
year. ''have thoroughly reorganized the
engine department of their service, hav-
ing engaged one of the most experience
ed and successful marine engineers in
Liverpool, whose long acquaintance and
experience with the Atlantic and other
services for many years. enables them
to have confidence that the future rum
ming of their steamers will be free from
all possible chance of avoidable acci-
dent.
Within a secluded inclosure on Co
lumbia Avenue. Philadelphia. fourteen
young women are practicing for posi-
tons on two baseball mines which are
to be composed of women only. and are
to travel about the country and play
match games wherever i, is thought that
the exhibition will prove profitable. The
players. who are TO be neatly uniformed.
are engaged on regular salaries. and
their managers expect to make for
tune. Practice has now been going on
for about week. and if the street ur-
chins who during that time have glued
their eyes TO knot-holes in the fence sur
rounding the ball-field are fair critics. a
reasonable degree of proficiency has al
ready been attained.
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
The Blunders Of the Telegraph.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
The "Blunders of the Telegraph" will
have several amusing additions after the
strike. 'At Pittsburg man got a mes
sage reading, ELLA has come. Spencer's
menagerie.' This referred to niece.
He could not imagine what his niece
was going to do with menagerie. The
message should have read Ella has cere-
bro-spinal meningitis A wife received
message from her spouse, who was
away, reading 4 will be hog tomorrow
it should have read, Il will be home to-
morrow For J. B. Lippincott & Co.,
they got it j. B. Lipp, Scott L. Co., and
r. l.. Bacon 4 Bolt Company ought to
have read Elba Iron and Bolt Company.
The word cooperative was received
Cooper alive and for first day of races
one of the artists got Frost Boy won
race Send me three COW ears should
have been Send me three coal cars
Send me check for DIR. Patch should
have read Send me check for dispatch
MIR. j. Git and pie ought to have been
j. Gillespie. Send me half dozen pair
plain stove buttons puzzled local Jew
eler until he found out that sleeve but
tons were wanted. An original dispatch
read: The lumbermen in this section
are skidding their logs preparatory to
hauling them to mills and when it had
passed through the hands of one of the
receiving operators up stairs it read:
The lumbermen in this section are skin
ming their dogs preparatory to hauling
them to their meals.''
Delta chief., 1883-08-29

Adversely exasperates fools, defects
towards, draws out the faculties of the
wise and industrious, puts the modest to
the necessity of trying their skill. awes
the opulent and makes the idle industri-
ous.-tColeridge.
Whatever difference there may appear
to be in mems fortunes, there is still
certain compensation of good and ill in
all, that makes them equal [Chanon.
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
The Recognition Of God.
Cardinal Manning.

When the statues of Hermes were mu-
tilated in the night atAthdhs the city was
struck with horror. When Socrates WAS
accused Of atheism he was condemned 10
henbane. II any man in Rome had ex-
tinguished the fire of Vesta, or profaned
the sanctuary Of the Regia, the pontiffs
would have inflicted fine, or even death.
Both the Greek and the Roman world,
immersed rs they were in superstition.
polytheism. pantheism, which all Of them
Delta chief., 1883-08-29
Ady.nc. stop In p.a....ry.

HAVANA, CUBA.--Thc most popular
dentist in this city. DIR. d. Francisco
Garcia. member Of the Royal Universal
ty, states that in all cases Of trouble
some neuralgia, arising from tho teeth,
his patrons arc recommended to use St.
Jacobs Oil, and the most satisfactory
cures have followed. 1t il . specific
for toothaohe, earaohe, bodily pains.
and proof against household accidents
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
A Little Romance from Maine.

Auburn had sensation Saturday
1t was a month ago when the school
boy and school girl acquaintance be-
tween two of Auburn S children ripen-
ed into such a degree of affection that
an elopement was planned with a
marriage in prospect The boy is Is
years of age and the girl but Is. They
left home in secret, arrived at the sta
ton, unknown to their friends, and
were stopped from completing their
plans for departure only by the same
old reason that stops SO many from
long journeys-lack of sufficient
funds for the trip. The couple We're
overtaken at the station and brought
back to their respective homes. The
young lady was sent from Auburn to
the care of friends in Massachusetts,,
and the entire affair was supposed to
have been at an end. 1t was some
what of a shock to the parents of the
boy, Saturday morning. to find him
gone. He had taken his money and
some that was in the house, beside,
and started long before daybreak to
walk to the station His parents dis
covered his absence at o'clock. Pur-
suit was made, and the boy was dis
covered at Danville junction, waiting
for the train that should take him
away. He acknowledged his inten-
ton of finding the girl, and going
where there was possibility of their
marriage. Boston Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
Remember This.

II you are sick Hop BittrrS will surely sld Nature
In making you well when all else fails
lf you are coStvc or dsSpeptiC, arr suffering
from any other OF the uumernis discusses of tn,
stomach or bowels, il is your own fault il you ~
main i'll, for Hop BitterS a sovereign remr,ly
IN all such complaints
IL you are wasting away with any forms OF
Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this moment
and turn for a cure to Hop BitterS
II you arr sick with that terrible sickness Eer,
vousneSs, you viii find Balm In Gilead" in the
Of Hop Bitters
II you are frequenter or resident q: a
miaSmatic district barricade your system against
the scourse Of all countrieS-n.al aral, epidemic,
bilious and intermittent fevers-by the use Of
Hop Btters
II you have rough, pimpiy or sallow skin, bad
breath pains and aches, and feel mSerahly gen.
orally, Hop Btters will give you fair skin, rich
Olood, and sweetest breath, health and comfort
In short they cure all Diseases of the Stomach,
Bowels, Blood. Liver, Nerves, kidueyS Brghts
Disease $500 will be paid for case they will not
cure or help.
That poor bedridden, invalid wife sister, mother
or daug liter be made the picture OF health by
. few bottles Of Hop Bitters, costing but tribe
viii you let them sufferf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
Iowa County Democrat.
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN.
Bismarck and the Porker.

On prairie corn. the pride OF Illinois.
The hog grew fat, and grunted forth his JOY.
Dreaming OF days when he and SUCH as ne
Should travel far across the salty sea-
In foreign lands he meant awhile to roam,
Selecting Deutschland as his future home:
There, cooked with fragrant herbs, and served
He would displace the scrawny native swine.
He meant in time to grace a sumptuous board,
Perhaps the table of the empires lord,
And hoped. although the notion made MIN
Vince,
He might repair the tissues OF a Prince.
Bismarck the mighty. noting from afar
The hogs increase, proclaimed n porcine war
Declaring with deep draughts OF RhenIsh wine,
Eternal enmity to the Yankee swine.
The hog. whose ticket for the trip was bought,
Then ceased to grunt absorbed In SERIOUS
thought
II fear" he said, this action may delay,
Ny journey Europeward. perhaps a day.
bismarck, surrounded by tho best of cheer.
Drank down great fia9ons of Bavarian beer.
OF one dish only did his Highness eat,
And loudly praised thtr rich and tender meat
lie called the cook, who quickly reached his
whence comes this splendid porky" the Chan
From your estate, my master dear and dread,
On onken chips and shavings duly fed
81 had not thought" the powerful Prince de-
cared,
THAT hogs of mine so daintily had Jared,
For me let such a porker daily squeal,
And give me meat like this At every meal
The Yankee pork before him swelled with
For very Joy IL could have sobbed and cried,
As with Western twang it whispered clear. 81,
IAN right, proud Chancellor, you see IN mere
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
4 Problem in FLYING.

a London letter says: An interest
ing discussion is ut present going on
among scientific engineers III regard
to the flight of birds, which has con
siderable bearing upon the flying ma
chine question. 1t is Il matter of OBJ
Servation that birds, without any
movement of their outStretched wings.
and without any apparent muscular
eNertion, are enabled to rise in the air
to move laterally even against the
wind, The mOduS Operdndi of these
movements is a mystery, and Scien-
list are trying to discover the secret
The most plausible theory is that the
wings may be placed in such posi-
ton as to divert Il current of air from
its noTnal course until it represents
two sides of an angle, of which the
apex is the hinder portion of the birds
body If that be the caSe-Say the
theorists there would be really two
currents of air, coming into collision
at the apex. the result of which would
be pressure upon the body of the
bird at that point, urging 1t forward
with force far greater than on first
thought might be supposed. The
SmoothneSs of the feathers III but one
direction reduces to a minimum all
opposition TO n forward movement.
Experiments are now being carried
out with mechanical contrivances to
demonstrate the correctness of the
theory. and it is stated that the hives
tigators are in fair way to a diScov
cry of the cause of the phenomenon.
and also to a solution of the hvInI
machine question.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
Wade Hampton's Horsemanship.

Gen. Wade Hampton lost a leg by
a mule He is still a fine horseman.
He was marshal ut Lexington, Va,
on the great occasion there recently,
when a burst of music excited his
horse greatly and he began to plunge,
and, rearing, he fell back on his
launches. Am account in the Rich
mond Dispatch says: The general
seemed to totter and was about to fall
on the stone pavement, but ere the
cry of alarm had been uttered by
those who We're standing near by the
gallant horseman had alighted on his
feet unhmt, still holding to the rein
of the plunging animal, and though
ready hands We're offered to assist him.
saying quietly, | can manage him,
the veteran cavalryman, standing
upon his only good leg, vaulted into
his saddle and rode unconcernedly
a way
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13
An Early jesse James.

Doc" Middleton, whose exploits as
highwayman, brigand and despera-
do are part of the early history of Col
orado, Wyoming and Nebraska, and
who has been serving five years SEN
cattle in the North Park, was dis
charged from that institution last Fri
day, and Immediately boarded the
eastward bound train His destination
is unknown, but he informed prison
official that he was going to a new
country where the name of Middleton
was unknown, and where he would
have an opportunity of leading new
life among strangers. During his long
confinement in the prison he behaved
himself like a man, and conformed to
the rules of the prison to the letter,
not receiving one black mark. A few
days before his discharge. while at
work in one of the shops of the prison,
and intently rejecting ON the few days
more of prison life, he put one of his
fingers too near the buzz saw, cutting
it off. The prison official attended to
the finger. and the next day Middle
ton reported to the warden that he was
ready for some light work He was
told that he might, go ii ito the hospital
for repairs, If he chose !: but he answer
ed that his service belonged to the state
and he was ready to put the time in
faithfully.
During the early days of the Black
Hills excitement Doc and his gan g
operated on the road between Chey
enne and Deadwood City, at times
varying the business of robbing stage
coaches by stealing cattle. Once he
was captured and tried by a crowd of
cowboys and sentenced to be hung.
His arms and legs were bound and he
was mounted ON horse and driven
under limb of large tree, from
which a rope hung. A moose was
made and tied under his neck and the
horse driven away, leaving Middle
ton suspended in midair. Two of the
members of his gang happened to be
In the neighborhood, and after the
cowboys had ridden away they cut
Doc down, and after two hours hard
work resuscitated him. For several
years after theoccurrencei ii was claim
ed that Docs ghost hal Inted the Ter
ritory, and innumerable stories were
written of its exploits. One night the
ghost attacked stage coach, and one
of the more courageous passengers
shot at and wounded the ghost. which
proved to be the veritable Middleton
masquerading in the guise of ghost,
and carrying ON his vacations A
very lurid account of the exploits of
.Middletonis Ghost. written by Stan
ley Huntley, then an attaehe of pa
per In Dakota, to the Brooklyn Eagle.
was the means of his employment as
a regular correspondent, and nodoubt
contributed to the later success of the
Spoopendyke papers. During the ear
~ pal Of the year 1875 Middleton and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13

4 Daisy,

Foreign Exchange.
The cynosure of all eyes at a recent
fancy ball at the Countess of Stan
hopes, in London, was the neice of
Mr.. Lowell. The most wonderful
things about Miss Emerson were, it
seems, the shoes she wore upon her
tiny feet, adorned with insteps too
aristocratically arched" for a fair Re
publican. These shoes were made of
yellow Spanish velvet, with high
French heels, and laced up the side.
The eyelets for the cords to pass
through We're trimmed with solid gold
and to the side of each was set a
precious stone, first Il ruby, then a
sapphire, then an emerald then an
opal, and over again in the same order
The top of the shoe was finished in
the same fashion, and in front We're
sixteen tiny gold chains, caught by a
cluster diamond pin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-13

est never cease to need from the ex-
perience of the humblest Carlyle al
lows no one chance, but bears down
all opposition, not only by his wit and
inset of words, resistless in their
sharpness as so many bayonets, but by
actual physical superiority, raising his
with a torrent of sounds. This is not
in the least form unwillingness to al
low freedom to others. On the contrary,
no man would more enjoy a maiy
resistance to his thought But it is the
nature of a mind accustomed to fol-
low out its impulse as the hawk its
prey, and which knows not how 70
stop in the chase Carlyle, indeed, is
Arrogant and overbearing; but in his
arrogance there is no ittleness. no
self-love. 1t is the heroic arrogance of
some old scandinavian conqueror; it Is
nature, and the untamable impulse
that has given him power to crush the
dragons. You do not love him. per-
haps, also, he would only laugh at you
if you did; but you like him heartily.
and like to see him, the powerful
Smith, the Siegfried, melting all the
old iron in his furnace till it CLOVIS to
sunset red, and burns you if you
senselessly go to near. He seems to ME
quite isolated, lonely as the desert; yet
never was man more fitted to prize
man. could he find one to match his
mood. He finds them, but only in the
past. He sings rather than talks. He
pours upon you kind of satrical,
heroical, critical poem, with regular
cadence, and generally catching up,
near the beginning, some singular
epithet, which serves as a refrain when
his song is full He sometimes stops a
minute to laugh at himself, then be-
gins anew with fresh vigor; for all the
spirits he is driving before him seem
to him as Fata Morganas, ugly masks,
in fact, if he can but make them turn
about but he laughs that they seem
to others such dainty Ariela. Mar
garet Fuller Ossoli.