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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28
Cotton Thread.

Here lie heaps Of snowy cotton wool
as It has been opened out OF the bales In
which it was carried across the Atlantic.
Take up q tuft Of the wool and examine
1t. The iibers lie in all directions aud
are apparently in state Of hopeless en-
tar element. II is evident that before
they can be formed into q thread they
must be brought 10 something like
parallel order. Accordingly we find
that the first business 70 which the cot
ton spinner applies himself Is to give
the ffbers the needful parallel arrange
ment. This he does by means Of
machine known as carding engine.
This consists Of series of drums OF
cylinders, covered with fine wire spikes.
As tis wool is passed through between
the cylinders the spikes catch the hbcrs
and draw them straight. After this
operation has been repeated sufficient
number Of times the wool is drawn OF
in the form Of = soft rope about the
thickness of ones finger. As yet it has
received no twist and consequently has
to be dealt with tenderly. The rope Of
fibers, having been wound upon large
bobbins, is taken to the first Of the series
OF spinning machines, by which it is
drawn out and slightly twisted into .
cord OF about the thickness Of quill.
i his cord is then passed to another ma
chine, which draws it out still farther,
and gives il some more twist. After it
has been brought to the desired degree
Of finencss by operations such as these,
it receives the final drawing and twist
ing on the spinning mule, most COM
plicatcl place of mechanism.
So far we have only got q single yarn
| toward the formation Of thread, and
we must follow that yarn to the doub-
ling machine. Before being placed on
the machine, however, the yarn has to
be passed rapidly through gas flame.
in order to burn of the loose ends Of
/ fiber. We're this not done the finished
| thread would have rough exterior,
aud would not be SO easy TO sew with.
| Two lengths of yarn are now twisted
| together, and then three of these double
| filaments are formed into : thread.
| The thread is reeled OF into hanksy and
! in that form is either hleAched Or dyed
as may. be desired. All that Is now
| necessary to do is to polish the thresd
By passing it between rollers having >
peculiar motion, and to wind tupon
! the b0bbins on which 1t is sent 20 mar
ket. = Littie Folks. .ts's.1
1
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28
The h. 0. G.

why does this railroad traveller &C.
tnpy two whole seats?"
"Because he paid for only one. He
wouldn't think Of paying for four rooms
at hotel in order to sleep in one bed.
but it's different thing on railroad
car
Twill some yeoman come along and
give him his choice between contract
ing his limits and taking scoot through
the windowp'
20, no. Every yeoman has whoio
seat to himself, and is satisfied
"But he would give up one Of the
seats to a woman, wouldn't hep
III she was good-looking and we'll
dressed he would get his hoofs of that
other seat 50 fast that his back would
ache for an hour. If she was middle
aged, only fairly dressed and had tho
look Of. . woman who wouldn't ,gulp
down any taffy, he'd be sound asleep ~
she came down the aisle. Detroit Fre<
Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28
NUMBER 81.

baby sister again. for he was certain
II would be pleasure to HIM even il
sho did destroy some of his things.
He realized that II he had bcen neg.
lected by his playmates, 1t was only To-
cause he had not made himself as agree
able rs he might have done, and, more
strongly than anything else, was he inn
pressed with his fathers wisdom in re-
fusing to allow him all the so-called
privileges he thought Charlie Stetson
had enjoyed. He came 10 know that
even sitting up late at night is not good
for boys health, that tobacco sfnok-
ing Is simply inhaling slow poison into
ones brain, and that there can be
neither pleasure nor profit to boy In
lettering around places whore grown
up loafors congregatc.
But all these things Fred might have
found out for himself long before lie did,
II he had but studied the full meaning
Of tho simple word contentment--
James OTIS, ~ Congrcgationaiiss. 4
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28

Tho old, Hebrew idea Of man of
honor Is set forth ia the Psalmist's
words: "Ho that sweareth TO his own
hurt, and changeth no" We express
the same idea by our phrase; Ellis
word is IS good as his bond"
A man who would merit the applica-
ton of these epithets to himself should
be careful to heed these old sayings:
make few promises and: Never
promise more than you are able to per-
form.
There are men Of business. men
among those that scorn to tell n lie, de-
liberia ely, who seldom heed this wise
advice. They allow the press Of bust
ness, or the desire TO retain mn .impA.
ticnt customer. to tempt them to mako
promises which they are unable TO keep
either to the ear or TO the hope. Such
men generally find that their expcdents
stamp them as unreliable. In the long
run. the man who Is cautious in prom.
Using, but faithful In performances, IL
the one whom success welcomes.
A few years ago, lad entered n
printing office Ia England, AS an APP
prentice. He was slow in his move
ments, and tho irritated foreman often
scoldcd him for not working rapidly.
During rush Of work, the foreman
would call out, impatiently:
Bob, how soon tUiA YOU have that
job donep''
.'In an hour, SIR or: mot before
two hours and a half, SIR" would be
the calm but provoking reply.
The other boys, when asked SINH
lar question. would reply;
'.In few minutes, SIR and thereby
soothc the impatiencc OF the hurrying
foreman.
But the overseer was not blind.
though he was nervous and ''lriver."
He noticed that Bob's job was always
finished Mt the promised time. The
other boys, on the contrary. were never
up TO time; Tor their almost ready,
SIR meant nothing more than their
anxiety to avoid u scolding.
The result was that Bob became the
trusted boy Of the Office, and was al
lowed TO take his own time in working
out his task. He carried out this habit
OF doing exactly what he said he would
along with him when he was promoted.
To-day, the ''slow'' hoy Of ten years
ago is the foreman of the Office aud
oversees one hundred men. YopAs's
Companion.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28

AT = Western tea-garden a waiter
was required who could cut sandwiches.
The successful man used an old sword
blade as knife. He cut the slices so
thin that he had covered the floor of the
concert-room before he got half way
through the ham. As he expressed biz
intention Of covering the lawn and
gravel walks Of the hugh tea garden
with the rest, the proprietor engaged
him on the spot, and actually wrote his
engagement upon what he thought was
q piece OF tissue paper. but which
proved to be one OF the slices Of ham
the waiter had cut = Bosfon Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28

Good nature ia the very air 81
good mind, tho sign Of large and
prosperous soul. and the peculiar soil
in.Nhich virtue prospers. - Goodman
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28
I ANEMPTY NEST.


Wine looking through the window It q tree
in blossoms drekt.
saw among the branches an old and empty
nest. ~
Remembered when saw it, how iAa lby-gone
-Four tiny 6iackbirds lived in it beneath their
mothefs wing,
Once more the blossoms, pink and white.
adorn the little prong Al u =
That hoadsthe nest; but where il that fond
mother and her songf
where are the tiny birdlings. that ventured
DER the rim
OF that serene and coy nest, to hop along the
Where
Where
Where-- 44t 4s5 M
o, where #gf 8*xIFf
know there is an idol here that might ten
dollars bring, as
But as can not quite see my way clearly
myself, any other congenital idiot who
wants to undertake the Job may ap.
propriate the 3 : =.
Whole Internal thing. l &
IN. Y. Sun 4A5 sssss as -
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-28
Twenty years ago six silver spoons

twenty years ago six silver spoons
and silver butter knife were missed
from table in the house Of Mrs. n.
Crandall At Coloes, N. n, aud aus
pic:on rested upon q domestic. The
summer kitchen has inst been raised
for the purpose Of making repairs, an9
the missing silverware has been teund
uninjured In > rats nest. - Troy Times.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24

In the Sun Of last week there APP
peared an article making charges
against W. Fl. Keane, our candidate
for County Clerk, which has called
out the following letters from Mr..
Keane, Mr.. Ansley, and Messrs.
J. NJ. Smith and c. W. McIlhon.
The letters explain themselves:
To The VOTERS OF Iowa COUNTY:
The last issue of The Dodgeville
Sun contained an article which in
effect charged me with having pub
lished the tax-list for 1884 in The
Dodgeville Star knowing that its
publication was illegal. deny the
charge. and say that before l hand
ed the list to The Dodgeville Star l
consulted the District Attorney, and
he advised me that the publication
of the list in The Dodgeville Star
would be legal. do not pretend to
be lawyer, but have endeavored
to discharge my official duty hon
estly and conscientiously; and in
the matter of having consulted
the District Attorney. whose duty
it was to advise me as to the legal
ity of my act, | took all the pre-
caution which any reasonable man
would have taken.
| don't think the editor of the
Dodgeville Sun is SO much con-
cerned over the illegality of the
publication of the tax list as he is
over the loss of the money he would
have received had the list been
handed to him for publication.
WIN. II. KEANE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
A R0uSing Meeting Mt Darlington.

The grand democratic mass meet
ing advertised to be held at Darling
ton on Wednesday was complete
success. The town was profusely
decorated with national colors, in
which was displayed the good taste
for which the people of Darlington
are noted. An enthusiastic meeting
was held in the afternoon. In the
evening there was an immense torch
light procession, led by two bands
of music. After the parade meet
ing was held in Drivers large opera
house, and all who could gain ad-
mission attended, but many had to
to remain away on account of lack
of room. At this meeting Hon. A.
X. Delaney delivered a powerful
speech, and was followed by Hon.
John Winans in d short but very
effective exortation.
A special train left this city at
$50 p. M, carrying the Mineral Point
band and one hundred and one
members of the Cleveland and Hen
bricks club of this city to attend
the meeting. All from this city ex-
press themselves highly pleased WITH
the meeting, the speeches and the
enthusiasm manifested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
Z Plurihns IInnni.

did YOU know that the words d
HuribuS Inanl, which have appeared
on different United States coins. and
are on the audard silver dollar, We're
never authorized to be so placed hy
law" asked the numismatist Of re-
porter.
.'No. When were they first used?"
''In 1886. There was no United
States mint ten, but there WINS a pri-
yatc one at NeAbureh, and the motto
Of the United STATES was first placed on
a copper coin struck at that mint. \
very few collections have specimens Of
this coin. They are very valuable. In
1877 goldsmith named Brashcr coined
a piece which was known as the
sixteen-dollar gold piece, and the mot
to, placed in this form, Jnum + Pluri-
bus was stamped upon il. The coin is
worth to-day, 1900. and only four are
known 10 be in existence. In 1887 tire
motto also appeared on various copper
coins Of the State OF New Jersey.
A great many OF our early coin, be
fore there was any legal authority for
National coinage here, were made in
England. The State Of Kentucky lad
some peculiar copper coins which were
minted in England in 1871, and bore
the National motto. The United States
mint was established in 1892. but the
use of the motto on any Of the gold,
silver. or copper coins was not author
lied or directed By any Of the provisions
of the act establishing it. The motto
had not appeared on any Of our coins
since 1887. until the standard silver dol
lar was coined. 1t remained on our
early gold and silver coins until 1851.
when it was omitted from the gold
coins. In 1886 ii was dropped from the
twenty-fve-cent piece, and the follow
ing year from all silver coins. ~ J..
Sun
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
Nv Eight-Acre Farming.

Eight acres of sandy loan. light, lGe
and level. all in one piece near tho
house and harm; no stone, no fences, no
waste. every foot tillable, no time lost
going TO and from work; horse. wagons,
harness and tools last indefinitely. hay-
ing the least wear and tear possible.
Having good market near by for veg
etableS and good one for milk At the
door, l raise both, and so one thing
helps another on land and in market.
Having the land and market, and the
crops to be raised decided upon, the
course is open 10 success, if the land IS
worked right A small farm is no dis
grace: it takes more brains to work
small farm than a large one and get a
living from it.
My father said TO his son more than
score of years ago: '1ou have too lit
tie land; no man yet ever got rich from
his own labor: do not spend Your time
trading around i'll 4 half-buShel meas
ure; sell out; get moro land and do a
business that amounts - something,
Very good advice 10 4 man with money
to pay for bic farm. But all can not
have biz farms; place IN this world is
left and must be filled by the small
land-holder who can only buy small
tract but who has the Sagacitv TO SEQ
that it will answer his purpose in the
line of Agriculture. Land there is, and
plenty Of il, for all; but it is only the
right use of il which brings success.
\ neighbor Of mine thrivcS on his
farm OF twenty acres. makes monev
aud lends il 10 his ncighborS who have
more land than they own. He was
warned he would starSo on his barren
land by those who are now borrowing
his money, Another neighhor finds
sixteen acres Of the best Of land too
little 10 furnish three persons n living
] have received letters asking how il IS
that | raise So much. on So small 4 sur
face. 70 all inQuirers | say: Come
and see" We are in operation sum
mer and winter, and always busy.
just now we have three cows; sell milk
nj four cents per quart Al the door.
market ten dollars worth of Vegetables
a week; run Il small hot HOUSE,, and
month later shall have hot-hcdS in
operation. Not much cost for help
either; | have in the family boy
fifteen years old; he and | do all tho
work this winter and have time 10 play.
Do raise all feed the cowS2 No.
Why should |. With the best sweet
corn fodder sin dollars per ton, deliy-
cred; bran, twenty dollars per ton, and
cotton-secd aud corn meal cheap At re
tail; | can buy feed cheaper than can
raise it. | house for winter use from
eight to ten tons of hay, etc, from my
four acres in grass; but that is not
enough. Ihave manure. all of which
goes back 10 the garden and the crops
are good, rs You can we'll believe, There
is no time of leisure. Every month Of
the year is full of work which pays, and
yet we have time to rest. We rise nj
sunrise and stop work nj sunset all the
year round; no haste; but lust enough
pressure of work TO keep one alert, ac-
tive and moving steadily on. y. II.
Bdi, IN y. Y. Tribune
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
OF WISCONSIN.

!
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that at the General
Election to be held in the several Towns, Wards,
Villages and Election Districts OF the State OF
Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday, being the fourth day of November, A.
D. 1884, the following officers are to be elected,
to-wit:
Eleven Electors of President and Vice-Fresi-
dent of the United States.
A Governor, in place of jeremiah NJ. Rusk,
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1885.
A Lieutenant Governor, in place of Sam. s.
Filield, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday OF January, A. d. 1885,
Secretary of state, IN place of Ernst G.
Timme, whose term OF office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. 1885.
\ State Treasurer, in place of Edward C..
McFetridge. whose term OF Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1875.
F. Frisby, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday OF January, \. D. 1885.
A State Superintendent in place of Robert
Graham, whose Term of Office will expire on
the first Monday OF January, A. d. 1885.
\ Railroad Commissioner, IN place of Nils
p. Haugen, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday Of January, A. d. 1885.
A Commissioner of Insurance in place of
Phil L. SpoOner, Jr. whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January. A. D..
A Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District consisting of the counties
of Dane, Grant, Greene Iowa and Lafayette in
place of Burr W. Jones, whose term of Office
will expire on the fourth day of March, A. d.
1885.
A State Senator in the Twenty eighth Senate
District consisting of the counties of Iowa and
Richland in place of William C. Meffert, whose
term of Office will expire the first Monday
of January, A D. 1855,
A Member of Assembly in each Assembly
District of the State, and all county officers
required by law to be chosen at such election.
Given under my hand and official seal. at
the Capitol, in the City of Madison, this First
day of August, A. D. 1854.
ERNST. e. THINE,
Secretary of State.
To the County Clerk of Iowa County Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.

There will be democratic meetings
at the different places named below
as follows:
ApANsvILLE, Oct. aO-T. scott Ansley, Aliro
Jerks.
AvocA. Oct &c. y. Gregory J. b. Hnse,
CLYDE Cat Town HalD. Oct. &C W. McIlhon.
J. F. Grace.
COBB, Oct 2S-a. Macarthur, J. B. Huse.
DoDGEvILLE, Oct. 29-wm. E.vilas, ]. NJ. Smith
JAcKsoN's School HOUSE. Waldwiek. Nov. s.
J. N. Smith, c. W. McIlhon.
LINDEN, Oct s5-J. NJ smith, Geo Crawford.
MIFFLIS, Oct Se-A. Macarthur, Geo. Crawford.
Moscow, Oct SIT. s. Ansley, Geo. Crawford.
REwEY, Oct. 25-D. B. Jones C. W. McIlhon.
RIDGEwAY, Nov. IA. Macarthur Aldro jerks.
The democrats in the different
towns are expected and requested to
make all arrangements for holding
the above meetings. All meetings
will be held at I p. IN. at the time
and place mentioned above.
Per order of County Committee
ALDRo jerks, Chairman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
The Two TURKEYS.

A certain man near Railroad avenue,
in fremont, had large number Of tur-
keys which had hard luck i'll getting
enough TO eat through the summer
months.
Ono of the turkeys was 4 good-nat-
ured, happy fellow, and very rcspecta
BILE He always kept out OF bad society
and never associated with Frog Hollow
poultry. Another one Of the turkeys
pridcd himself on his wisdom, aud
among his associates in the Iarn-yard
was considered very lily bird
About three weeks before ThanhSgiv-
ing the good-natulcd turkey met the
wise turkey and said 10 him:
Il can't understand how il is that
our master has commenced to feed us
so literally. Why lie nearly starved us
last summer
Cant YOU understand it2'' replied
the wise turkey, winking his left eye
NO. can't.
"Well," said the wise one you're
{ pretty good sort Of gcbblcr
so | will give you the straight tip
Thanksgiving Day is due in three
weeks"
What has that to do with it,
Everything, my dear bird; our mas
ter wishes to tatten IL up here tho
wise turkey, in low voice, whispered
in the thin turkeys ear these horrible
words, and kill Us for market.
The good-natured turkey turned pale.
and when he recovered himself, said he
did not believe il.
We'll, do rs Won like, said his COM
panion, "cat and get fat, and be killed
As for myself, | don't intend 10 eat any
thing, and GROW thin. When your
head is chopped on you win remember
what | have told you. They shook
claws and separated.
Time passed on. The good,naturnl
turkey eat all he could get and grew
fat. while the wise turkey took Just
enough TO sustain life. and trained him
self down to a shadow
Early yesterday morning the man
got up, caught all his turkeys and began
to chop their heads OH. The good
natured turkey resigned himself to fate.
his last words were: ave had good
time, and he died without gobblc.
The wise, thin turkey smiled 10 him
self, but he was suddenly seized. and
his head cut of.
Then the man got a brick, put it in
the thin, wise turkey, and made him
weigh more than any other turkey hc
owned, and then sold all the lot to
butcher
MoRAL-As we Journey through lifo
let us live by the way. Iruh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-24
A Card from Mr.. E. u. HegeIer.

LASALLE, ILL.,, Oct. $40 the Editor:
In your paper of the I'd inst, you
defend me against what you con-
slider a misrepresentation, viz: a
declaration of mine that | was free
trader by principle. L have made
this declaration often, and adhere to
the same views to-day. | hold it would
be best for our own and for any
other country if there were no tariffs
at all, and trade between the several
countries entirely unrestricted, in the
same manner as it is now between the
several states of the Union; and that
the money necessary for the support
of the government be raised by direct
taxation of real estate and personal
tax on individual consumption, with
due regard to the poor and those
supporting families or others beside
themselves. As it is considered i'm
practicable however, to raise the neces-
sary means for the support of the
general government by any other
method than by duties on imports, a
revenue tariff will have to remain,
ana it seems to me would be most
properly raised ad valorem OH all i'm
ports alike. As the present tariff
taxes produce more revenue than the
general government needs, the not
needed part of such taxes ought to
remain in the pockets of the people,
and the tariff should be reduced for
that object. How is the tariff to be
reduced is the question now, it being
a duty to the country at large to
reduce it. From my standpoint as
zinc manufacturer, those tariff rates,
which ad valorem are higher than the
tariff rate on zinc, should be reduced
first to the same ad valorem rate
with zinc, and If such reduced
rates will produce more revenue yet
than needed, as they likely will, then
the rates on zinc will have to go
down together with the above-men-
toned already reduced rates on other
articles. l expect that hereby the cost
of living, especially in regard to
wearing apparel, will be reduced. The
question whether a reduction of
the tariff on zinc will be fol-
lowed by reduction of the wages
Of everybody engaged in the
manufacture of zinc, have to an
swer with, yes, to some extent; but
with the addition that with the wages
then earned, provided that the tariff
be reduced in the above described
manner, we will be able to buy as
much and live as well as now. These,
my views on the tariff question, have,
however, nothing to do with my de-
sire to see Mr. Cleveland elected
President, and with him the dem
ocratic ticket. now that the democratic
party, in Mr.. Cleveland, works for
the election of leader who shows
by his actions that he is true and
energetic representative of honest
government and reform, and why
should consider the election of Mr..
Blaine misfortune for our country.
As to my reasons for this l refer to
the arguments of Mr., Carl Schurz.
who possesses my fullest confidence.
Respectfully yours,
EDWARD c. HEGELER.