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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A Prevalent Disease. which is but
Little Understood-The Dangerous
Use of Improper and WORTHLESS.
Remedies

Catarrh IS a disease Of the mucous membrane,
usually beginning in Inflammation of the
affected parts accompanied by 3 secretion of
aerid matter by means of which the il hannla-
ton is extended and the Irritation increased fire.
9uently TO the extent of cauSins bad sores and
filthy discharges, II not checked the disease
spreads and tisally contsminates the blood and
produces disorders entirely beyond its own
natural limits
Catarrh NAV attack any portion Of the Mucous
membrane but most frequently originates in the
nasal passages. usually from colds, but some
prevalent in this country. 1t is always . source
of discomfort and annoyance and is often serious
and painful.
There are many so-called renedies which pro-
feSS to cure catarrh but most OF them give at
best only temporary relief and finally leave the
patient worse off than before. This IS simply be,
Gauss they go the wrong way to work and instead
of aiming at the root of the trouble namely, the
diseased condition OF the membrane, they only
temporarily check the discharges and force open
the alr passages Exciting SnuffS and cSuter3L-
lsg powders are nearly all OF thiS character anu
if they succeed in drying up the secretioCs il =
only TO leave in the head mass of poisonous &c
cumulationS which still mere tightly clcSe the air
passage. The same is true Of medicated SMOKE
and inhslationS. Forcing liquids into the Ee2i
through the nose is necess arily diSaSreeable
operation, and almost invariably caSSeS roaring
in the ears and impairS the hearing
In view of the prevalence of this disease a nj
the great need of a good remedy for ii, it gives
us pleasure to recommend one which is both safe
aud pleasant in use and which may be depended
upon 10 work a permanent cure. MeSSrS, Ely
Brothers, Druggists and Pharmacists OF oweSo,
y. Y, put up preparation known a. Eiy'S
Cream Balm which is as near perfecti1n IS auy
thing can well be. Il is convenient and easy u
use being simply placed i'll the nosrllS on the tip
of the finger and, we al e informed is made only
of the pureSt ana best materials and contains
nothing OF any harmful nature whatever Seins
applied directly 10 the seat Of the disease il is
absorbed by the membrane al begins its orA
of healing at once. Ii quickly opens the tighttN
closed ar passages and at once relieves the
stuffed up" feeliss and pressure in the upper
part of the nose and head. On this account II is
particularly pleasing when used for simple cold
in the head. 1t allays the Inflammation, stops
the filthy discharges by prolNotng healthy and
natural Secretions, and heals the sores which
have been caused by the presence of the poison
Gus virus BY curing the catarrh it cures ali the
complaints induced by catarrh, such as less of
taste and smell. headache, bad breath roaring in
ears and deafness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
A Muddy Campaign.

From "Rccollections of Private. :"
in the December Century, we quote
the following: mo country can beat
Virginia road for mud. We struck
it thick. 1t was knee-deep. 1t was
verify heavy marching The foot
sank very insidlously into the mud,
and reluctantly came out again it had
to be coaxed, and while you were per-
suading your reluctant left, the will
ling right was sinking INTO unknown
depths; it came out of the mud like
the noise of a suction pump when the
water is exhausted.
The order was given, Route step:
we climbed the banks of the road in
search of firm earth, but it couldn't
be found, so we went on pumping
away, making about one foot in depth
10 Two in advance. Our feet seeming
ly weighed twenty pounds each. We
carried a number six into the unknown
depths of mud, but it came out a
number twelve, elongated, yellow,
and nasty; it had lost its fair proper
tons, and would be mistaken for any
thing but foot, if not attached to
leg. 1t seemed impossible that we
should ever be able to find our feet in
their primitive condition again. DC
casionally boot or shoe would be left
in the mud, and it would take an ex-
ploring expedition to find it. Oh, that
disgusting, sticking mud Wad Rider
declared that if Virginia was once in
the Union, she was now IN the mud
a big Irish comrade, Jim O'Bren,
facetiously took up the declension of
mud, mud, mudder, murder,-pull-
ing a foot out at each variation for
emphasis. Jack E. declared it would
be impossible to dislodge an enemy
stuck IN the mud as we We're
"rhe army resembled, more than
anything else, a congregation of flies
making pilgrimage throug. molassas.
The boys called their feet 'pontoons,
mud hooks, soil excavators, and
other names not quiteso polit.. When
we halted to rest by the wayside. our
feet were in the way o. ourselves and
every body else. Keep your mud
hooks out of my way, Save your
ponteons for another bridge were
heard on all sides, mingled with all
the reckless, profane, and quaint
jokes common to the army, and which
are not for print.
The mud was in constant league
with the enemy; an efficient ally in
defensive warfare; equivalent to re-
endorsements of twenty thousand IN
fantrv. To realize the situation.
ssread tar foot deep all over your
backyard, and then try to walk
through it; particularly is this ex-
pertinent recommended to those citi-
zeus who we're constantly crying,
Why doesn't the army mover 1t
took the military valor all out of
man Any one would think,
from reading the Northern
newspapers, that we soldiers had
mScaaamized roads to charge over at
the enemy. 1t would have pleased us
much to have seen those On to Rich
mond' fellows put over fve-mile
course in the Virginia mud, loaded
with a forty-pound knapsack, sixty
rounds of cartridges, and haversacks
filed with four daJs' rations."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
Election Hats.
New York Star


lyon hatters must make a great
deal of money out of election.
Howl"
We'll, so many hats bet. 1t must
make your business boom"
But it doesn't. You see, one man
gets trusted hat and pays bet with
It.
Yes"
Then that man turns it over to an
other to pay his bet"
'sOhi see."
And then after it has taken turn
of the whole community it gets back
to the first man, and he comes IN and
says he believes he won't keep it, and
wants credit for it on his account
On, yes, we make bushel of money
out of election bets. we do"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

fingers firmly closed, facing each
other. with the thumbs extended on
the ends of the lines. The right foot
falling naturally on the pommel of
the saddle, the left foot in the stirrup
without leaning on it. The part of
the right leg between the knee and
the hip joint should be turned on its
outer or right side, and should press
throughout its length on the saddle,
The knees should, in their respective
positions, be continually In contact,
without an exception. The lower or
movable part of the leg plays upon
the immovable at the knee joint, the
sole exception being when the rider
rises to trot, at which tune the upper
part of the leaves the saddle"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
A st. Petersburg Home in Winter.

Temple Bar, in describing the homes
of St. Petersbursers a win ter, says
that after depositing the outer gar
mentS in an ante-room visitor is COZ
Quoted through the reception rooms,
which often seem interminaole, eight
or nine in number generally opening
one INTO another The unlaid par
quets of the rooms are often very
beauhful-the floor polishcr is an i'm
portant institution in Russia; some
rooms are richly carpeted, and do
justice to the looms of Turkey and
Persia. The silk or damask curtains,
wall hangings and coverings for the
ottomans are superb. All is luxurious;
vases of lapis lazuli, porphyry and
malachite, pictures and objects of art
in general are in profusion. The Rus
SANS are very fond Of promenading
through their suits of apartments,
and ample space is left for this pur-
pose The winter being so long, every
conceivable means is used to shed
around the charms of warmer eli
mates; trellises, along which various
creepers are trained, are IN
troduced; pretty baskets of plants
tulips, hyacinths and camellias in
full bloom, while winter is still raging
outside, the constant warm tempera
ture indoor being favorable to their
cultivation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
An Execution in Upper Egypt.

The London Morning Posts CORES
pondent at Assouan writes: A
slnsularly primitive way of carrying
out sentence of capital punishment
was witnessed a few days ago at
kench the capital of the province be-
tween this and Assiout According
to the law here the sentence can be re-
mittcd at the desire of the murder
cd mans family, their forgiveness be
ing probably purchased In this in
stance the prisoners family had sub
scrbed ESQ towards f100, which
would have been accepted, had the
balance been forthcoming from his
friends. However, it was not, so at 8
A. M. the condemned man was led
to some very rude gallows, under
which he sat down in the most uncon-
cerned way, drinking water, and al
together behaving as if he were mere
ly spectator instead of the principal
actor in the tragedy. He put the
rope round his own neck, the knot
being exactly at the back. An Eag-
lish officer in the Egyptian army sug
gested that it would be much better
under the ear. but his interference
was rtJ ected. The family of the I'M
fortunate man then approached and
implored his liberation at the feet of
the mother and brother of the victim.
The latter was inclined to clemency,
but the former was quite obdurate,
shouting loudly that as he had killed
her sem he mast die for it. These
parleys lasted over an hour. 1t is the
custom that the nearest male relative
of the murdered man performs the
office of executioner; SO at last the
prisoner quietly stepped on 10 a stool
not two feet high. while the brother
pushed away from under MIN. OF
course this only caused him to be
strangled, his legs dragging about on
the ground, SO bystander took hold
of them and lifted them up, while the
executioner, amid the bowls and
groans of the crowd, shortened the
rope and then had to escape as best he
cOuld
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
Altar of Roses.
Boston Journal

It takes 1000 roses to yield two
grains of altar. In the morning the
red blooms are collected by hand and
distilled into clay stills with twice
their weight of water p the water
which comes over being set to cool
all night, and throwing up the thin
film of oil which covers it in the
morning like cream on new milk.
This is the altar, which must be care
fully swept off with feather and
transferred TO a small vial. After re-
peating this operation night after
night and morning after morning,
nearly the whole of the oil has been
extracted, the little which it is lmpos-
sible to separate so flavoring the
liquid thatit is solid as rose wafer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
A CIGAR.
FRANK DEMPsTEn SHERMAN.

Alone puff soft wreaths of blue
That frame a most delightful view
A little library with two
Together sitting:
youth and girl Upon her knee
A novel with hero, he's
A ghostly circumstance TO these
Quaint wraps she's knitting.
The lover holds the worsted, and
Just touches one fair pinky hand;
How well her bright eyes understand!
For soon, unbidden,
Two scarlet lips begin to move
A conversation in that groove
Where chosen words quite clearly prove
The subject hidden.
And then the knitting's laid aside;
The needles dropped: and some sweet guide
Leads both his HANDS 10 happy hide
Two cther's whittier.
listen and a mellow note
Slips through the rosy, rounded throat;
hear the happy loyerguote
The novels writer.
The writer,-ah, what kind fates come
To keep harsh criticism from
His liz tie book: perhaps It's some
SucA jitnation;-
A picture similar 70 tins,
PortrayinR brief spell OF bliss,
And punctlate1 with a kiss
Interrogation.
see tho faces slowly meet,
And shy uncertain glances greet:
The knitting's fallen to her rect;
And on his shoulder
Her head In golden glory lies,
While, faihoming her lovely eyes,
He reads the tenderest replies
Love growing bolder.
But while dream in dlsness,
md wonder whether she will bless
Ills hearing with whispered yes, "
- With dropping lashes:
r he picture fades from sight afar
As pales at morn a silver star;
seek the light Of my cigar,
And find but ashes.
The Century
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
The Presidents' Wives.

President Harrison died in office
before his wife had come to Washing
ton.
Martha Shelton, the beautiful wife
of the red headed and freck led Jeffer-
son. had been dead nineteen years
before her husband was elected Presi-
dent
Hannah Hoes, the consort of the
foxy Van Buren,, lay in her grave
seventeen years before President Jack
son made him his successor.
President Arthur is the same age
that President Tyler was when he
married Miss Julia Gardner during
the last year of his Presidential
term. He was "a years of age and she
less than 90
Rachel Donelson, the wife of the
hot headed but courtly General Jack
son, had her dresses made to take her
place as mistress of the Executive
Mansion, but died three months before
Old Hickory was inaugurated.
President Arthur is the exact age
Mark Antony was when he became
enamored of Cleopatra, and, strange
as it may be, the dusky queen was the
same age as Miss Frelinghuysen, the
Presidents iancee, VIXEN she killed
herself.
President Arthur's first wife will
have been buried five years next Jan
uary. She was married to him in St.
Johns church, Washington, which
he now attends and where he mas
placed window to her memory He
occupies the same pew she sat liz when
she was little girl.
The Presidents wives now living
are: Mrs Polk, at Nashville; Mrs.
John Tyler, at Richmond Mrs. Grant,
in New Jersey; Mrs. Hayes, in Ere
mont, and Mrs. Garfield, in Cleve-
land. OF these the widows, Mrs.
Polk, Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Garfield,
draw from the Government pensions
of S., 900 a year each.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
A Bargain in Corner Lots.

is what most men desire, but to keep from filling
a grave in n cemetery lot ere half your days are
numbered, always keep supply of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" by you. When the
first symptoms of consumption appear lose no
time in putting yourself under the treatment of
this invaluable medicine. IL cures when nothing
else will. Possessing, as it does, tea times the
virtue of the best cod liver OIL it is not only the
cheapest but far tue peasanteSt to take. It puri-
fiss and enrc res the blood, strengthens the sys-
tenn, cures hIotches, pimples, eruptions and other
humors. By druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

The death of the late DIR. Samuel
Rabbeth, of London, caused by clear
ing, by means of suction, a tracheo
tony tube he had introduced into the
throat of dIphiheritic child, is ex-
citing much comment. The heroism
of the act is conceded, but the ques-
is asked If man has right to bring
misfortune to his own family for the
sake of an isolated case of disease.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Victor Wildman is supervisor of
section B of the road bed of the Penn
sylvania railroad, New York division,
reaching from Trenton to Ste:ton. A
committee of railroad experts has Just
decided for the third consecui i've year
that he is entitled to the prize of $10e
that the company gives annually to
the supervisor of the best kept section
of track. 1t is said that a glass of
water tiled to within half an inch of
the brim was carried over this section
on the window sill of a passenger car
thirty miles In thirty five minutes
withouta drop being spilled.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

shining toy with caressing touch and
half arose. The clang of a door; q
step on the stairs, Mary started guilt
ny-Herbert was comingi
He sill be here In a momenti
must wait" she murmured, and
dropped the revolver back in the
drawer.
/ have often wondered If she ever
took it oat again Jamison III
in the Chicago Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
Women on Horseback.
De Bussegny's Handbook.

A woman should sit on a horse thus:
''The head straight, easy turning upon
the shoulders in any direction with
out involving a movement of the
body, The eyes fixed Straight to the
front, looking between the horses
ears, and always the direction in
which she is going. The upper part
OF the body easy, flexible and straight
The lower part of the body firm, with
out stiffness The shoulders well
back and ON the same line. The arms
falling naturally. The forearm bent.
The wrists on q level with the elbows.
The relns held in each hand. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A French druggist advocates the
employment of cylindrical white bot
ties for medicines to be taken inter
nslly, and square colored bottles FOR
those intended for external use. The
difference in shape will prevent a
large number of the night accidents
now Sc common among people who
cannot, or will not, read labels.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
MWork. work. WORK.,

How many women there are working today in
various b. anches of industry-to say nothing Of
the thousands OF patient housewives whose lives
are an mceasing round of toil-who are martyrs
70 those complaints to which the weaker sex is
liable Their tasks are rendered doubly hard and
irksome and their lives shortened, yet hard neces-
sty compels them to keep on. To such DR..
Pierce's 1Favorite Prescription" offers a sure
means OF relief. For all female weaknesses 1t u
a certain cure. All druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
InportanI.

When you visit or leave New York city, save
baggage, expressage and carriage hire and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL. opposite Grand
Central depot; $50 elegant rooms, fitted up at a
cost of one million dollars, reduced to ST. and up
ward per day. European plan. Elevator. Res
taurant supplied with the best Horse cars,
stages and elevated railroads to all depots Fam
lilies can live better for less money at tn Grand
Union Hotel than at any other first-cla hot
the city
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28
A letter from Ascuncicn, the capital

A letter from AscanclCn, the capital
of Paraguay. gives the surprising in
formation tina. Of the 800, 0O0 popula-
ton of the Paraguan Republic ealy
80, 0e0-one in ten-arc men The
40. 600 women are the farmers, pro
ducers, and laborers. They work
slavishly and are very poor. While
the men sit at home and drink and
smoke the women idefatigably toll
and support The families.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A brick in the gable end of an old
tavern at Hancock's Bridge, Salem
County, N. j.. bears the initials Of
wv. S. H" They were placed there
by William and Sarah Hancock, who
had the house built in 1874.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A good authority calculates Tat the
six leading nations Of Europe have
standing armies of about 2,709,O 600
men, with reserves which could be
brought into the field within three
months of about 4. 900, 600.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

The gambling fever RACES more VIC
lently than ever before in Paris. The
clubs are thronged, and play goes on
in teEs of thousands of private houses
A woman's gambling club was recent
" broken up by the police.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

An American traveller in England
who recently visited Birmingham
lodged at hotel in the city, which
he found veil supplied with religious
tracts by some of the professional
tract distributors. On gong to his
room he found a tract IN his wash
bowl, one pinned against the window
frame and one peeping oat of the
bureau drawer. Oae o. these was
headed: Have you got Christi We
mean you, and don't you forget iti''
There are more tract distributors in
England than IN this country, and
theT are more obtrusive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Edwin Smith, of Patch-gue, while
Clustering on Saturday, caught in his
dredge an oyster as large as mans
foot 1t has points showing it to be
fourteen years old.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

THE woman who seeks relief from pain n
the free us of alcoholic sii.uuisnts aud u4rt, L
drugs finds wha. she SEEKS only 50 far - sea~tUi
ty is destroyed or temporarily sus2 -ulrd. Sa cur.
was ever wrought bY sucn means ami the k58yt
they employed The more hopeless ire case IN
comes. Leave choral NOR -hIa and beil:..}.,tH
alene, ana use Mrs Pi8kbaHs Vegetable C.5.i.
pound
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A deep cave has been found TO exist
under TIE town Of Blarkton, Iowa. by
a farmer who was sinking an artesian
well. Three unsuccessful attempts
were made to sink the well, but each
time the drill sank into the cave
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Elk Senator Henry G. Davis, though
wealthy and railroad president,
never rides in Pullman palace or
sleeping coach when travelling, but
takes seat in the ordinary coach.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

An elegant house on West Twenty
eighth street. New York, has been fit
ted up as ladies billiard psrlor. Is
IS pstronizsd only by those known to
be strictl, respectable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

One of Nellie Graut's little boys is
sand greatly TO resemble his grand
fsther, Genera, Grant. in his love for
soldiers, horses, pups and cigars.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

A carriage lighted by incandescent
lamps, and drawn by a horse, on the
head of which au electric spray ap.
pears, is a late sensation IN Paris.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

The fishermen at Sequel, on the
Pacific coast, caught shark thirty :
i've feet long in their seine on Mon
day. Ii Is one of harmless species,
out has mouth big enoug to take In
a lime barrel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Aliens Iron Comic Isitters stirs
up thG torpid Liver to action, AMI knocks Dys-
pepsa higher than a kite. All genuine ear
Mimi.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

The wag on Cincinnati paper says
GA Walnut Hills girl is mad with a
down town drug clerk because, when
she asked him for something to bang
her hair with, he told her he didn't
keep curry combs"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Despite the distress in the North of
England this autumn there is a de-
crease in the returns of paupers as
compared to last year, and a very
decided diminution of crime.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

Ats recent church festival in MaSsa-
chusetls there We're on the table TWEEN
ty-five kinds of pie aud seventeen
varieties of pickles.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-28

TIE Mason & aarnlin UpFignF Pianos ara pro
1Ouneed 70 be, ike the organs OF tn same cor
pany. t1s best OF their kind The refinement an
purity OF tone attained IN them are especially
cDnmended.-B0st-a Journal