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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Amcricanizing Paris Journalism.

The two young newspaper men who
are r.aking tilt just ut present in the
way of Americanizing Partisan journal
ism are named Chamberlain aud Ives.
The former Is son of the late Ivory
Chamberlain. and for number of
years he acted as private secretary of
James Gordon Bennett. The holder of
that position must be a crack journal
ist, because Bennett likes to imagine
himself an editorial writer, and is for
ever suggesting subjects which his
secretary has TO write out Chamber
lain got $40, 600 81 year and all his ex-
penses for travelling with Bennett. 1t
is said that some of his former employ
er's money is invested in tho Paris
Morning Ne,CS. Ives, who has slice
of the property, used to be in New
York journalism. He came to New
York from Buffalo, where his parents
reside still. He is tall, slim young
man with an olive complexion and a
big black eyebrow that runs straight
across his forehead There is strain
of Indian blood in his veins. Some
years ago he married the lovely and
accomplished daughter of Mr.. Frank
B. Carpenter, the artist. He went
abroad to work in London for the Assoc
ciated Press, and distinguished himself
by hunting Oakley Hall TO his hiding
place when that erratic individual ran
away to England some years ago.
Ives was then snapped up by the Her
d'd, whose work he did in London for
two or three years. Finally Mr.. Ben
nett ordered him to Paris, Dublin, San
Francisco and New York in quick sue
cession, couutermanding each order
just rs Ives got under way. That was
too much for the young mans Indian
temper, and he sent in hot letter of
resignation. TO which Bennett replied:
Il have received your impudent COM
munication. and its contents are quite
satisfactory 10 me-" Then Ives wrote
back: Glad to know you think me
mpudent l have been told that all
needed TO make me \ tirst-class Herald
man was complete stock of that
article" On the whole, amberlain
and Ives are the kind of young men
who seem likely TO make journalism
hum in Paris. York World
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Romance of Crime.
Detroit Free Press.

On Sabbath morning, in the sum-
mer of 1888, the dead body of burg
lar was found at the bottom of the
hatchway OF Kilgour & Taylor, a
prominent wholesale house in Cincin-
natl. The circumstances of the case
seemed to indicate that the movements
of the burglar had awakened clerk
who slept in the store, and that the
former, in endeavoring to make good
his escape to the lower story, had
missed his hold on the rope and fell
to the bottom, dashing out his brains
by the fall. The features were so dis
figured as to be unacceptable, and
an unceremonious funeral ended the
matter, as was then thought. A day
or two subsequently there were omni
Gus whisperings of the disappearance
of a certain well-known citizen, and
the putting together OF the two cir
cumstances occaSioned something in
the way of a sensation. The remains,
upon being exhumed, proved to be
those OF the missing citizen, and
scene of excitement supervened such
as has very rarely been witnessed in
any community. This man was
known by the name of "Driftwood
Johnson" soubriquet which he had
earned by watching for and saving
the fuel that hoated down the Ohio,
this being ostensibly his own occupa
ton. He had for a residence a large
brick mansion near the river bank IN
the heart of the business portion of
the city. The structure was a re-
markabIe one in several respects. 1t
had two more stories upon the river
side than upon the street upon which
it fronted, while in every story were
found rooms and recesses to which the
entrance could not BE- detected except
by careful scrutiny. 1t is hardly
necessary to add that these secret re-
ceptacles were found stocked with
goods of almost interminable variety.
For many successive days the house
was thronged with countless visitors,
some IN quest of their property, and
more from curiosity. Notwithstand-
ing the nature of Johnson's apparent
occupation, his family moved in very
respectable circles, and not the least
of tie extraordinary phases of the
affair consisted of the fact that the
clerk whose watchfulness caused the
death of the burglar was at the time
engaged to the daughter of the latter.
The engagement was ultimately can
| celed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Getting Potatoes Early.
Gardeners Monthly.

Some years ago conceived she idea
of planting my potatoes with shoots
to them. Probably the sprouts sug-
gested the idea. At any rate | CARR
ed out the plan, and have been so we'll
pleased with it that | have followed
it for three years. A few weeks be-
fore planting timeI select my seed po-
tatoes and set them in a warm place
to sprout By the time the ground is
ready the shoots are about three in
ches in length. The potatoes are
handled carefully, so as not to break
the growth, and cut up in suitable
sizes, as in the ordinary way One
strong shoot is left to each piece. The
sets must be put into the ground care
fully, of course, or the shoots will be
broken off. AS growth commences
at once, the green tops show in few
days. There is easily a saving of two
weeks at the Start. Those who have
rather low ground which cannot be
worked very early in spring, as I have
will find this method will enable them
to compete with their nelghbors on
good ground, with success. By July
10, was using fneBeauty of Hebrons,
an excellent early sort, by the way,
planted April 25th. They were not
then fully ripe, though the yellow
tint in the leaves was getting quite
preceptible. Generally the TOPS are
dead at this date, but an unusually
fine potato season kept them growing
later this year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Mining Experiments.
Bill Nye.

Dear reader, shall give you few
mountain towns2 All right; l will,
anyhow.
Symptom IA long haired man is
seen pounding up a piece of quartz
about the size of a mans hand.
Symptom 1.-TWO men meander up
to him and ask him where he got it.
Symptom 3-The long haired man
looks down into the mortar, aud lies
gently to the inquiring minds who
Hnger near.
Symptom More men come
around. The long haired man gets a
gold-pan and doubles himself up over
the ditch and begins TO pan.
Symptom 1.-Two hundred more
men come out of saloons and other
mercantile establishments aud join
the throng.
Symptom 6-The long haired man
gets down to black sand, and showed
several colors about the size of blue
jays ear.
Symptom z times-Several solitary
horsemen start out with some pack
mules and blank location notices and
valley tan. The plot deepens. The
telegraph gets red hot. Men who have
been impecunious for 10, these many
wears come around to pay some old
bills. Poor men buy spotted dogs and
gold headed canes. Stingy men get
reckless, aud buy the first box of
strawberries without asking the price.
have caught the epidemic myself.
am getting reckless. Instead OF
turning my last summer Lavender
pants hind side before and removing
the ham sandwich Autographs from
the front Sreaths, l have purchased a
new pair.
I never experienced such a wild,
glad feeling of perfect abandon.
go to church and chip in for tbs
heather, perfectly regardless of ex
pense. If Zion languishes, throw in
small currency with lavish hand.
Banks, offices, hotels, saloons, and
private residences show specimens oil
quar.x carrying free gold aud carlo
mates. hard, and Medium soft, with
| iron protoxide of nitrogen, rhombo
hed-si glucose. indications of valedic-
tory and free milling oxide of anti-fai
| in abundance.
/ Nellis, who lives near the Mil
Greek carbonate claims, came int
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Queer Government Items.
New York Journal.

New York Journal.
Next to the president of the United
States, the best paid federal officials is
the clerk of the supreme court.
ALumber of the United States SEN
ate employees are put down on the rec
erds as skilled laborers" aad draw
pay at 81, 900 year, while those who
are merely ''unskilled laborars" get
$40 a year. The distinction between
the two is the kind of brooms they
manipulate. The skilled laborer
uses a common sroom to sweep stone
tagging; while the 'unskille0" labor
er yields a coarse broom IN sweeping
car-iageways.
Last year the postoffice department
used S11, eco worth of ink for stamp
ing and canceling.
The FIVE states of Delaware, Color-
ado, Florida, Nevada and Oregon
combined, have not SO great a popu-
lation by about 100, 900 souls as the
city of New York. Yet New York
city has but eight representatives IN
congress, while the five states have
sixteen, besides their ten senator's
From the FIVE states of New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts,
and OHIO, the government derives
one-half of all its postal revenues
Last year the government paid for
several copies of Puck for use OF de
partment Officials.
Virginia new has the same number
of congressman she had in 1870, when
there were only sixty five members OF
the house.
There are several postotices In the
country at which the annual salary OF
the postmaster Is only 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Joe Blackburn's Piratical Picture.
Chicago News.

Looking at the newspaper cuts of
Senator Elect Blackburn, anybody
with an eye for the eternal fitness of
things might write his biography.
Born on the banks of the marshy
Ouse, he was beaten by harsh, brutal
parents, and knocked about by an
old maiden aunt until, becoming
desperate, he joined pirate crew at
the early age of six months In
few days he murdered all those who
refused TO vote him master of the
craft, and in week he was the terror
of the watery highways. In this
capacity of chief buccaneer he held
high carnival ON land and on sea,
numbering men, women, and children
for his beforesbreakfast amusement,
and being lulled to sleep every night
by the groans of tortured mortals.
He was a bold, audacious, cunning.
brutal buccanetr for two centuries,
in which time he WIS the wickedest
being that ever lived. The man who
couldn't write a. biography from that
portrait has no sort of insight TO The
science of physiognomy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
USE ONLY PURE WATER.
Simple Tests by Which Impurities
May Readily He bet ected.

In suspected potable water for per-
sons who can not command chemical
analysis the following tests are recon-
mended as being general y available
and reliable:
Coior-Fill bottle made of color
less glass with the water; look through
the water at some black object; the
water should appear perfectly color
less and free from suspended matter.
A muddy or turbid appearance indi
Gates the presence of soluble organic
matter, or of soluble matter in sus-
pension. 1t should be clear as crys-
tai"
Odor-Emptyo out some of the water.
leaving the bottle half full; cork up
the be lie and place it for few hours
in warm place, shake up the water,
remove the cork. and critically smell
the air co "a ned in the bot lie. If it
has any smell, and especially Il the
odor is in the least repulsiye, the
water should be rejected for domestic
use By heating the water to boiling
an odor is evolved sometimes that
otherwise does not appear.
Taste-Water fires b from the well is
usually tasteless, even though 1t may
contain large amount of putrescible
organic matter. Water for domestic
use should be perfectly tasteless and
remain so. even after it has been
warmed, since warming often devel-
OPS a taste in water which is tasteless
when cold. If the water, at any time,
has a repulsive Or even disagreeable
- Il L. x.osooA11
Heisch's Test for Sewage Contamin-
ation-The dclicacy of the sense of
smell or t..ste varies greatly In differ
emit individuals; one person may fail
to detect the foul contamination of a
given water, which would be very
evident 10 person of finer organiza-
ton. But Il the cause of bad smell or
taste exists in water, the injurious eff
feet on health viii remain the same,
whether recognized or not. More
over, some water of very dangerous
quality, will fail to give any indica-
ton by smell or taste. For these rea
sons I attach special importance to
Heisch's test for sewage contamination
or the presence OF putrescible matter.
The test is so simple that anyone can
use it. Fill clean pint bottle three
fourths full of the water to be tested,
and dissolve in the water a teaspoon
full OF the purest sugar-loaf or gran
ulated sugar viii aEswer-cork the
bottle and place it in warm place
fer two days If in the twenty -four
to forty eight hours the uater becomes
cloudy or muddy, il is unfit for do
mestic use. II it remains perfectly
clear it is probably safe to rse.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Fob THE GARNER.
Currant Bushes From Cuttings
Massachusetts Ploughman.

Massachusetts, Ploughm3n-
Few plants grow so readily from
cuttings as the currant, providing the
work be properly done. To attempt,
as many do, to make cuttings root by
cutting them from the bushes in the
spring after the buds have started,
will very otter result in a failure; but
if the cuttings be cut in the autumn
and buried in .sand-bank until
spring. success will be much more
ce-tain. Before the cuttings are
placed in the sand they should be cut
in such lengths as are desired for
planting out. From six to ten inches
may be considered proper lengths.
When cuttings are left until spring
to be cut up. the top cuttings will not
do as well, because while In the sand
numerous roots are thrown out at the
lower end of each cutting, thus Civ
ing it the advantages of a newly-eut
cutting; but if cut in proper lengths
in the autumn all will have roots
when taken from the sand. The
cuttings should be set in good rich
land that has no tendency to dry up
during the hot weather; if portion
of shade can be afforded so much the
better, but if not they will do very
we'll in the sun.
In setting the cuttings they should
never be set perpendicularly, but on
an angle of forty-fve degrees, and set
low enough SO that only one or two
buds shall be above the surface. In
cultivation the greatest care should be
taken not to start the cuttings, for I'M
less they are we'll rooted it requires
but very little to move one enough to
kill it, or at least to prevent rapid
growth. Cuttings properly set and
well cared for sill rarely fail to grow
and if the soil be rich and thoroughly
prepared. will make growth the first
year of from six to eighteen inches.
TO get good strong roots they should
be permitted to grow two years before
transplanting, when they will be front
two to three feet high, if they have
been we'll manurcd and well cultiva
ted.
Careful watch must be kept during
the months of May, June and July
for the currant worm, and as soon as
he makes his appearance hellebore
should be freely busted over the bush
es; a neglect to do this for a single
week will be fatal to the life of the
cutting, at least during the first year,
and a great injury the second year.
In fact, whatever be the age of cur
rant bush the worm must keep off to
secure success.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Treatment ofHorscs.
Western Rural.

In slight ailments do not resort to
harsh medicines. Frequently little
wood ashes, powdered charcoal, salt
or Epson salts will be all that is need
ed, besides judicious feeding. If a
horse gets wounded, do not become
frightened, or spend your money on
veterinary surgeons, unless it is badly
wounded. Apply weak solution Of
carbolic acid to the wound, bruise or
swelling. 1t is safe, cheap and
efficacious. Such simple remedies are
frequently not only all that are re
quired, but when efficacious they are
very much better than harsher
remedies. OF one thing the horse
owner may rely upon; in nineteen
cases out of twenty he will know just
as much about the disease and the
proper treatment as the horse doctor
who is usually found in every COM
munity. Unless man knows some
thing of the anatomy of the animal,
of chemistry and the effects of drugs,
he should never be employed to treat
a sick animal. But if we remember
that all disease results from viola
ton of the laws of nature, and will
direct oar attention to the proper
care of the animal, to the end that
such violation may be avoided, we
shall not so often have sick animals
upon our hands. Allen very proper
ly observes that heaves, spavins,
blindness, broken wind and most of
the disorders so common with work
horses can usually be traced TO I'M
proper usage, neglect or abuse. Even
contagious diseases can be warded off
to considerable extent by proper
care. When animals have been neg
lected the system is run down and
becomes an easy prey to contagious
diseases.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

. A lady writer in the Rural New
Yorker says; "a mother who allows
her boys to grow up ignorant of whole
some cookery and the fine art of sew
ing fails in her duty. Henry Ward
Beecher's mother taught him at an
early age to sew; and for lads full of
activity, who cannot be kept quiet,
sewing is an excellent pastime or dis
cipline. If boys sewed more and
romped less, and girls sewed less and
romped more, the gain would be
mutual. Then, too, if every member
of the family knows how to prepare a
meal the relief to the mother or wife
is almost unreasonable"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

Sufferers from nervousness early decay, ETC.
if You value life, avoid advertising doctors and
medicines that act on kidneys and liver. Be not
deceived by the many bogus certificates OF cures
from paid or imaginary persons. II weakness
OF the sexual system is the cause Of your distress
DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla will
strengthen the parts affected, stop the drain
quiet the nerves, produce dreamleSs sumber and
allow you to regain perfect health. 1t has cured
thousands, and will cure you, for by purifying
the blood and strengthening every weak portion
on the body, it removes every symptom OF dis
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

Bill Arp writes: THE was a time
when a hospital at Richmond would
have been a great blessing to the one
armed, one-legged, one-eyed and
otherwise manned and disabled Con
federate soldiers, but nineteen years
has wrought great changes. Most of
the invalids are dead. Those who arc
living have homes and families, and
they will not go to Richmond"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
The latest fad in crazy quilts

The latest fad in crazy quilts is to
have the squares painted. A square
of white silk has corner spray of
yiolets, and one of cardinal couple
of half-blown tea roses. A stripe of
white satin ribbon is adorned with
graceful spray of arbutus blossoms,
and one of palest blue with pink heath.
Pretty memorial blocks have the in
itial of the donor in gilt, frosted
over with diamond dust and entwin-
ed with sprays of flowers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Replying to Her Critics.

II I should die, how kind you all would grow;
In that strange hour i would not have foe.
There are no words too beautiful to say
OF one who goes foreyermore away
Across that ebbing tide which has to flow,
Alb, friendsi before my listening ear lies low;
While can hear and understand, besfow :
That gentle treatment and FOND love,
pray.
The luster of whose late though radiant
way
Would gid my grave with knocking light
know.
III should die.
Ella Wheeler.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

DEAR SIR:-I received the trial bottle OF your
White Wine of Tar Syrup which you sent to my
address My wife has been troubled with lung
disease for more than eighteen years, and was
pronounced to be last January in the last stages
Of Pulmonary Consumption. She commenced
taking your valuable medicine and received re-
ief at once. She has used three bottles since and
is using the fourth, and her health is better
chan for many years. We 0heerfully recommend
it to all afflicted with any trouble of the throat or
lungs We now get our medicine through John
Potter, our merchant at this place,
Yours Respectfully, REV. ]. B. Fly
Brookline Station, Mo. SUsANE. Fly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

When you visit or leave New York city, save
st fha On IN ITS9oN HoTEa onnes;t s" Grao5
Central depot; $50 elegant rooms, fitted up at q
cost of one million dollars, reduced to 81 and up
ward per day european Plan Elevator Res
taurant supplied with the lost Horse cars,
stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Fam
lilies can live better for less money at the Grand
Union Hotel than at any other first class hotel in
the CITY
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Complimentary.

did the editor accept your poems1
asked one of his friends of would-be-
author
NO. He complimented it very
highly. however, as he handed it back
to me
.sAh, ha- A sort of back-handed
compliment, chr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
"a Bottle.

In cabin locker for many year
A bottle lay;
And whether the weather was fair or clear,
Or whether the ocean was rough and gray,
The bottle had nothing TO care or fear;
Yet the ship was an iron Caken mass,
And the other was nothing but brittle
glass
A bottle.
Where the pillows rose highest, the storm
king few
Over the sea;
And the waters foamcd and the wild winds
blew,
While the mad waves tossed in a whirling
glee,
And all that was left OF q ship and crew
Came, bringing its message with silent lips
or the peril Of those who go down in ships
A bottle.
Ernest McGofIey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Artificial Lin BIS.

The weII-known manufacturer Of Artificial
Limbs, Robert Baty, at 167 Wisconsin street, Mil
waukee, Wis, has the reputation of turning cut
the very best work in his line. In addition 20
artificial limbs which Dir. Baty manufactures
himself, he also keeps the largest and finest as,
sortment in the state of Trusses, Belts, Elastic
Hosiery, ect. Parties needing such goods should
write for Mr.. Baty's catalogue
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02
Astronomical.
Newman independent.

DO you see that lady carrying a
poodle,' said a gentleman to friend,
yesterday
Yes; what of itI''
'tShe's an actress star"
"Well?r
'sTo be Sirius. don't you rather think
it proper to call her dog starr
Il do not feel so secure asterisk an
opinion
Lets stellar"
NO; she's my WIFE and for Gods
sake don't tell herl She'll find out
enough"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

At the annual dinner of Sorosis in
New York Monday Mrs. Croly. the
President, in offering the toast The
Women Martyrs said that the
1nartyrdom of women was an un-
spoken agony Anything unspe--k-
able must be q great agony 10 a wom-
an. that's fact
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

Most of the ice used at Calcutta is
now manufactured. Up to four or
five years ago it was shipped from
Boston Although the manufactured
ice only lasts half as long as the natu-
raj ice, it can be made so much cheap
er that it has driven the Boston ice
out of the market.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

Furstenfeld, in Germany, boasts of
the oldest tree in tho country. Ii is n
huge linden, believed to be 1000 years
old. and growing at the back of the
village church, in the midst of the
tombs of two centuries. Its trunk is
fully fifteen feet in diameter. AID its
twisted branches stretch out far and
wide, seemingly covering the entire in
closure. 1t is still growing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-02

feel very grateful for the wonderful cures
that have been performed with Elys Cream
Balm. have had Catarrh in its worst form for
the past % years and have used every thing
could hear of. i commenced using the Cream
Balm and cons der it the best thing ever tried.
recommend it to every one afflicted. B. MEL
sEY, 81 Broad Street, New York City.