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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
The Test Of Bravery.
N. Y. Sun.

Let child or WON an fall overheard
and dozen men are ready to sorine
after and save them That is bravery.
but 1t is bravery born in impulse. Let
human face appear at the window of a
burning building and dozen men
will risk their lives in the effort to
extend help. That is bravery, but it
is bravery born of pity and excitement.
Let man but hear the cry of woman
in peril. and he will rush to her res
cue and deliver her at any cost. That
is bravery, but it is the bravery OF
honor and chiyalry. Let man be sur
rounded by wolves and all escape cut
off and he will fight until pulled down.
That is bravery, but 1t is the bravery
of despair.
1t is the battlefield which tests a
man courage. A regiment is in line
oa the edge of wood. Between the
two is meadow bare of the slightest
shelter. The regiment is ordered to
advance. As the line moves out into
the clear sunlight every man will
reason to himself:
Fac enemy is posted in the oppo>
site timber. Before we are half way
over he will open on us with shell.
One battery will cover our regimental
front. This is my last day |"
So each man reasons, but every face
is sternly set to 'front.'" and not a
foot misses step as the line pushes
across the meadow. Tic shells come,
aad dozens of men are blown to glory
fragments but the line moves on as
before, and the living reason:
The fire will presently change
from shell to grape and canister, and
| then | shall certaisly be hitin
The prediction is verified. Gapes are
opened through the double line, but
only to be closed again. The rigi
ment has lost its marching step, and
its lines are no longer perfect, but the
| movement is still onward, and mer
reason:
The infantry are in support of the
battery. l have escaped shell anC
grape, out when we come under the
fire of musketrg, we shall be slaugh.
teredr'
There is no hanging back, no OBJ
]iquing to right or left, no Other
thought than 10 push ahead. Ths
grape ceases, and lead takes the plac.
of iron. 1he lines are further dis
ordered and the left wing has lost it.
front" by thirty feet, but the wave
does not stop. As it rolls forward
men grip their muskets tighter, then
eyes flash, their teeth shut hard, and
they reason:
In minute more we shall be neal
enoughI Then We shall charge 'em
with the bayonetl Then will be Z
hand-to-hand fight, and l surely mus
be killed or wounded. but let US a
them-hurrah, hurrahin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
TRICKS ON TIE TRACKS.
Dangers from which Engineers save
the Public and Themselves
The Rdiltcag Rerie.c

One who is accustomed to railway
travelling can scarcely realize how much
t.e Is dependent for safety upon the Ell,
.;ineer. Added to the responsibility IL
their station, engineers are also in COZ.
slant danger OF accidents caused by the
.cicks of Jealous rivals.
This rivalry, it is said, sometimes
prompts TO the doing of atterly mean
tricks. A Nickle Plate engineer after
his very fir IT trip was laid off becau.e
he hsd "cut out" all the bearings u
of his engine. He was re-instated, how
sver, after he proved that some rival
lad ttied has oiiing can teith emery. An
mother new engineer was suspended for
burning out the fues of his boiler,
Through grief at the loss of his position
he died, and then conscience. stricken
rival confessed that he hSd pat oil in the
tank so that it foamed and showed wa
ter at the top gauge, when in reality
tscre was scarcely quart in the boiler
These intense jealousies, together
with the terrible anxiety incident TO
their work, has terribly straining elf
ect On the nerve, and statistics tell us
that, though Locomotive Engineers
may look Strong and vigorous, they are
not ali a hearty class. Ex-Chicf Eugi-
neer A. S. Hampton, Indianapolis, Ind,
DIV. 1431 was one of these apparently
hearty men, but he says: "The anxiety,
strain and jolting came near finishing
me-" His sufferings localized in catarrh
Of the bladder, but he used Warmers
safe cure faithfully for twenty weeks
aud new exc!alms, Il ana well man. !"
I. S. Ingraham, of Cleveland, Ohio, ass,
istant Chief Engineer. and other prom
inent members are also emphatic in its
praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brother
hood has II, 600 members and 240 divi-
sions. Its headquarters is in Cleveland,
Ohio, where Chief Engineer Arthur for
twenty years has exercised almost die
tatorial sway. 1t was organized in
August 1868, by employees of the
Michigan Central. 1t has given nearly
two million dellars to the widows and
orphans of deceased members.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
Ghosts as Witnesses.

1t is not IN poetry only that ghosts
have played part i'll the conviction
OF mHrderers. Several instances are
on record in which men have been
hanged on the testimony of the sup.
posed spirits OF the departed; but the
accounts of these cases, as given by
old writers, are generally y vague In re-
gard to names, dates and localities.
In 1852 a woman called Anna
Walker was murdered in the west of
England, and her ghost appeared to
James Graham and told him that two
men, named Walker and Sharp, had
killed her and had hidden her body in
a coal pit--at least so Graham said
The body was found as described. and
the tive men who had been denounced
by the g:ost were tried at Durham,
found guilty and executed, but they
protested their innocence to the last.
On the 10th of June, 1854. Dancan
Terig and A. B. MacDonnald were
tried IN Edinburgh for murder, the
chief witness against them being Ai>
exander MCPHERSON, who stated thai
the ghost of the murdered man had
appeared to him and told him the
story OF the crime, informing him
where Its" body would be found. In
this case, however, the ghosts des-
cription of the place where the body
lay was SO confused that the locality
could not be identi fed, and the prisons
ers were acquitted.
The most suggestive case, however,
occurred at Warwick in 177I, The
account is Ia an old magazine of the
period states that "a man dreamed
that neighbor of his appeared to him
with 'stabs and wounds on his BODY.
and told him that he had been mur,
dered by a certain person" ," That
person was accordingly tried for mur
der at the Warwick assizes, and the
jury was ateut to convics him when
Lord Chief Justice Raymond, before
wnom the case was tried, interposed
and "ordered the crier to cali the
ghost, which he did three times with
out effect" Whereupon the Judge
gave the jury lecture upon the folly
of credulity, and told them that he
very much suspected that the man
who said he had seen the ghost was
himself the murderer; which was af-
terwald proved to be the case, and
that man was hanged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
ACCIDENTS.

SEVENTEEN persons we're injured,
three of them fatally, by a boiler explo-
sion at Pittsburgh Sunday morning.
THR greater portion of Mcpherson
County, Dakota. has been burned over
by prairie fires. causing loss cf $780,
900. Great loss of property is also re-
ported i'll Campbell County.
SIX laborers on the Pittshurg. Virginia
and Charleston railroad We're seriously
INJURED by the caving in of sand hank
neas Hays Station, Pa.
THE Sherman House, at Fargo, d. T.,
hiss been wholly consumed by fire. Loss,
$50, 600; insurance. $l4,oc0 The guests
had a narrow escape, many getting out
with their nnder clothes only. The
Argus Office was saved by the good
work of the Fire Department.
AT4 o'clock Sunday morning burglars
set fire to business block as Clinton
v.lle, Wis. The fire was quickly dis
covered, and. after hard work. it was
controlled. III. Winters store and
Schultz Brothers harness shop were
destroyed. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
WIN. FOSTER and John McKillopp,
employees at the Leland hotel, Chicago
tried to carry a wardrobe to tine tor
story of the hotel by placing it above
instead of within the cage of the eleva
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
FOREIGN.

THREE hundred persons were drowned
in tho Bay of Bengal, India, and many
vessels wrecked, by the recent storm
wave.
IT is ,umored that 1900 slaves have
been purchased of the King of Dahomey
to work on the islands of st. Thomas, a
Portuguese possession.
TIE Abyssynian expedition for the
relief of Kassaia has been checked by q
body of 5000 Arabs occupying forti,
fied position, and an engagement is
eminent.
LORD SALISBURY, Mr.. Gladstone, the
Duke of Argyle, and Mr.. w. E. Forster
have received kilograms from Rou-
melians entreatiag them to recognize
the union of Roumelia and Bulgaria.
TIE Servian Government has so, 900
men under arms. 1t is feared that the
King must attempt coup de main be-
fore the conference is concluded,
because the finances of the country are
unable to stsnd the present heavy
drain.
A MEETING of ambassadors to consid-
er the Roumelian question to be held at
C.nstantinople. Representatives of
Servia, Roumania, and Greece will be
admitted to take part in the discussions.
NJ. deGiers, the Russian Foreign Minist-
er, presses the powers to make the de-
position at the meeting. The Gar fav-
ors the candidature of Prince Waldo
mar.
EARL DUFTERIN, Viceroy of India,
telegraphs 10 the British Government
that necessity has arisen for armed in
tervention in Burmah, and that he has
ordered the chief, commissioner in Brit
ish Burmah to send to King Shebaw a
protest agaikst the exactions of the Bur
nah Trading Association. The tenor
of Earl Dufferih's adviccs points to the
early annexation of Burmah.
GERMANY and Spain have arrived at
an amicable understanding regarding
the CaroliRe Islands, and the pepe's
good Offices will not be required. Spain's 8
claim to Yap is conceded by Germany,
which in turn il granted free naviga-
ton of the Caroline waters, free COM
merce with the inhabitants of the
islands, and the privilege of establish
ing coaling station on one of tkem.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

A novel suit came up for argument
on demurrer in tho Dirtrict Curt, in
San Antonio, Tex, recanLly. The
suit was brought in the name Of IA
posthumous son, born seven months
after the death of his father, against
the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Au>
tonic Railroad for damages for the
killing OF his father, and the point
raised by the demurrer was that no
one but aperson who was in esse at
the death of the father could main
tain the action. Judge Noonan overs
ruled the demurrer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

TIE mud drum connecting battery
Of boilers in Clarke y CO. Is Solar Iron
Works, at Pittsbarg, exploded Friday
morning, blowing machines, hoop
iron, and tools III all directions, a ilJ ;
ing missile bursting the cylinder head
OF large engine, the escaping steam
doing deadly work among the en-
pIoyes Seventeen men and boys
were burned or MANNED, two Of the
victims dying after being removed to
the hospital. II is believed that four
others are also mortalIy injured.
This is tbs third explosion in the same
mill within five years
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09


EASTERN Roumella. the scene OF the
new movement on the chess board Of
European politics, IS a province Great
ed by the Congress of Berlin in 1873.
1t was automatic until the recent
change III govern nent, though, un>
der the provisions Of the treaty, II
formed an integral part of the Turk
ish Empire. and was governed BY n
Christian appointed by the Porte
subject to the approval of the powers
The province is bounded on the north
by the Balkans, GU the east by the
K d Sea, on the south by old Roume,
liza, and ON the west by Bulgaria.
The area is l3 9o3 square miles and
the population $50, 900
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
The Corn Yield of 1851.

The Farmers Review of Chicago,
publishes reports from l, 400 cores
pondeRts, giving the area and probable
corn yield in every county in ten
leading corn producing states, and has
compiled from these a close estimate
of the approximate yield of the crop of
1885. In Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri and Indiana, the acreage is
somewhat Increased over 1884, but in
Wisconsin the yield is less than last
year, owing to cold wet season DUR
ing August and early September, and
but really little warm weather since.
The Review gives the estimated yield
by states as follows, comparisons
being made with 1884
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

THE British Iron aud Steel Institute
at its recent meeting in Glasgow, was
informed by an expert, who read a
paper on the subject, that steel ships
may be built at least as cheAply as
iron ships; that they are stronger,
capable OF carrying more and run
cheaper liz said he could not see why
another iron ship should be built.
Among the steel ships ara the Servla
and American, two Of the finest of the
Atlantic Il pat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
Bed And Board.

."HelIo, Tom, said po,iceman..to
yagrant, Il thought you had gone in
to the country to work. "
81 did go, But / didn't like It. !"
why noti You got bed end board
for the farmer, who paid your fare,
told me he wculd give you that much
and it's more tran you're getting here.
mo, it taint neither"
s.Wh hat was the matter With Ill
"Well, you ought 70 a. seen it.
When we got to the farmhouse, ne
took me out TO the shed, and showed
me q vide plank on couple Of tres
ties. and told me that was the kind Of
bed and board was to git. Then he
laughed at his little old chestnut, and
I stole loaf OF bread and shin bone
out Of the kitchen that night, ana
Two been busy walking to town ever
since.n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
why the Water Of Lake Geneva is Blue.

According to Prof. Tyndall's inves-
legations, the singularlarly blue color
of the water OF the lake Of Geneva is
due TO the presence of small mineral
particles. probably derived from
glacier dust, brought into the lake by
drainage from glacier streams. and OF
such extreme minuteness as not TO
ssttle even whea the water is allowed
to stand for long time. Examina-
ton also makes apparent the fact that
not only is the light mainly blue from
the first moment Of It's reflection from
the minute particles, but the less re-
frangible elements which always &C
company the blue are still further alb
stracted during the transmission OF
the scattered light by true molecular
absorption. These two causes, scat
tering and absorption, are therefore
considered sufficient to account salts
factorily for the exceptional bloeness
Of both the lake of Geneva and the
Mediterranean Sea.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
A Lazy Mans Scheme,
Detroit Free Press.

Said neighbor to me: There is
much in q name. once knew a
family of the name of Shaw. The
eldest, 3 boy, was called Hartford.
two girls were called Hartulia and
Hairless, respectfully, and the two
youngest boys Hartman and Hart1elL
The youngest daughter was named
Hartunia. I asked Mr. Shaw why
these curious cognomens, TO which
the reply was: I don't propose when
I want a young one to stand on the
cold landing of an early winter morn
ing and study names. slmply call
Hart They all come ont, and pick
the one want and the rest can go
back to bed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

THE practice Of bathing has been in
trGduced IN the public schools in Ger
many. The children are bathtd IN
SC tctioas Of six To nine, and as they
immediately return to the school room
and resume their lessons, no risk OF
catching cold is ever incurred, while
the refreshing inlluenc of the bath
shows itself in greater energy and
eagerness TO study. And IN the homes
of the poorer children, too, their he W
habits Of cleanliness are already exer-
cising a most beneficial influence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

GERMANY and SPAN have arriv' d
at an amlcabIs understanding rgard-
ing the Caroline islands, and the
pope's good offices will not b. rsquirr
ed. SPANS caiua TO Yap is cpIaad 81
by Germany, which in turn is granted
FREQ navigation Of .he Caroline waters
FREQ commerce with the inhabitants
o! the islands. and the privilege Of
establishing coaling station on one
Of Ihnm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
1t Was Cheap.
New York Times

Clerk Ito proprletor)-'What's the
selling price of that new lot OF black
silks opened this morniHsG Mrs s.
wants to know
Prosrieter-"Mrs.S s. is a nuisance.
She always complains about the price
of goods and yet never buys. Tell
her dollar and half a yard 1t cost
two dollars
Clerk Ito Mrs. S - One dollar and
half yard. ma lam"
Mrs. s. Feeling of the silk)-"Ii
seems high at dollar and q half.
However, you may cut me off twenty.
two yards
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

ACCORDING to S.r John Macdonald
the fate CT Rel depends on the privy
council OF England Ii that body ap
proves tie sentence, Riel will hang.
A re! e lion Of the French Canadians
would be promptly suppressed, Sir
john thinks, by the English speaking
people of the ID DDminion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

IT appears that the Dominion gov
ernment will now have 10 feed a good
many half breed families through a
long winter or they will stafve. The
war prevented the planting at the
time it should have been done, and
winter finds them without food
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

THE school officers and teachers OF
New Jersey are commencing aA etfec
tive crusade against the cigarette
nuisance by furnishing scholars who
use them and dealers who sell them TO
scholars. Merchants are also dis
charging cigarette smoking clerks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

Excess over last year, 1S4, 640 900.
On the basis that the state and ter
r1tories outside of the ten named will
produce as much corn as they did last
year, or 54S, 400, 600 bushels-and this
would seem to be assured from study
of the repofts,-it will give crop of
], ,S79. 16S, 900 bushels, from which it
is safe to estimate that the yield will
not vary in any appleeiable degree
either MaY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

THE latest sensation in London is
the elopement of Dublin clerk
with Miss Wilson, handsome heir
ess and ward in cnancery. Their
marriage was prevented by the unre>
lenting father, vino pursued and over
took them on tholr way to Scotland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

Fhe word Limited used in coz
Hection with corporation, indicates
that it is organized under SPECIAL
law intended to limit the liability Of
stockholders in the corporation tn the
amount that each individual member
has paid or agreed TO pay for his stock
This Law requires that the word
limited shall always be printed or
written or painted In connection with
the name Of the corporation, to warn
the public that they must look to the
corporation only, and not 10 the
stockholders, for the payment OF cor.
Doratioa debts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
What's a Name.

The Eskimo of Greenland edit and
paalish a paper called Atavgagdlivtit
Nalinginarmik Tvsaruminasasseimi
That is about what we should expect
from brains that are nourished by
walrus blubeer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

ia Galveston schooi-teacher had
great deal of trouble making boy
understand his lesson. Finally, how
ever, he succeeded, and dra wing 2
long breath, remarked: If it wasn't I
for me you would be the biggest dom
kew on Galveston isiandr'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

THE earnings of the Chicago and
North western Rail way for the month
of Ssptembe were $50, 400 more than
for the corresponding month last year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

zhe patron saint of whist, Hoylc,
was born over two hundred years ago.
and lived 10 the advanced age OF 81,
dying In Cave ndish Square, London,
In 1863.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has
decided that the special delivery let
ters shall not be delivered on Sunday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

D The Pennsylvania railroads employ
70, 900 men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

Chasing a Balloon at Sea.
Ioofion STANDARD

An exciting balloon adventure was
witnessed at Dover. The balloon was
sighted at Dover about O'Clock, sail
ing at great altitude over Shakes.
peare's Cliff. and being driven toward
the castle before fresh westerly wind
1t was noticed that the occupants of
the car were discharging a great
quantity of ballast, apparently having
some difficulty in keeping the balloon
up. Soon after it had passed over
Dover Castle it was seen that some>
thing was wrong, and that the balloon
was descending very rapidly. 1t was
then over the channel, about two
miles from the shore, and much ex-
citement prevailed in the town, the
people Assem- bling in great numbers
on the piers ana sca-front. The bal
loon continued to descend rapidly
until it reached the water, through
which it was dragged. Several boats
put off from the shore, but they were
unable IA get near the balloon, owing
to the rapid rate a: which the wind
carried it along. Mr.. Reader, the
captain of the Dever Harbor tug
Granville, who went to the rescue,
has made the following Interesting
statement:
He says his attention was drawn to
the balloon about five o'clock. 1t was
then descending rapidly of the shere
between the Convict Barracks and the
South Foreland. Seeing the danger.
GUS situation of the 1ronauts, he at
once weighed ancher at the
Admiralty Pier where he was
lying, and proceeded at full
speed to the spot One of the
London Steam Navigation Company 5
steamers, the Sir Walter Raleigh,
which haE just left the Admiralty
Pier with passengers for Ramsgate,
also gave chase. The ballcon struck
the water little to the westward OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09

Total. ......... /, 251, ,596. 900 /, 1876, $50.
Excess over last year. 1S4. $40 600
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-23

For June completes the Seventeenth
Volume, with anumber ofexceptional
interest the opening article il BY the
eminent traveller, Alvan S. South
worth, and entitled Catholic Missions
in the Far East, principally FARTHER
India, China and Japan; the labors of
st. Francis Xavier and his successors
are graphically described. The article
on Bible History tells OF the conquest
OF Canaan under the rule of the Judges.
This article has twelve illustrations.
Portraits and short biographical
sketches are given Of the three new
English Bishops The Sacred Musi-
clans described are Madame Sainton-
Dolby, who recently died, and Anton
Rubinstein; and the PARALLELS of Christ
have reached their thirteenth number
with The Barren Fig-tree." Farjeon's
story, Loves Harvest" reaches an in
teresting point, and Mrs. Farmers Sc
rial, aWhat She Made of Her Lille
progresses favorably. There are sew
erai very beautiful poems, and va
ried and attractive miscellany, at %
cents number, or 81 90 year, post
paid. Published by Mrs. Frank Les
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