Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-05-15

| OQe OF the IQOSJ remarkdDl6 IaCbS
brought out by the oceanic researches
made by the British ship Challenger,
is the probability that all oceanic is.
lands are of volcanic origin; in all the
researches made no indications were
found OF submerged land over these
areas
1t is stated as a fact that when the
governor of Georgia gives state dim
ner one course is always baked pos
sum. The governor AYERS that roast
pig is juiceless diet as compared with
'possum, and prophesies that 'possum
breeding is coming industry.
Georgia has 143, All colored voters,
the largest number of any of the south
ern states. Mississippi comes next.
with 40, 279; then Virginia, 126, 257
South Carolina, 1883; Alabama,
11S, 423; louisiana, 107, 977; North
Carolina, 105, obs; Tennessee, 80, $50;
Texas, 1859; Kentucky, 58,642;
Arkansas, 46, 1877, and Mississippi, SO,
042.
The Indian Medical Gazette records
the deaths of seven shepherds III the
Belgium district from being struck by
hailstones of the size of cocoanuts. A
large number of animals were killed
by the storm, which, from the &C
counts, produced missiles quite as
dangerous as the Russian cannon
balls.
The average strength of the Eure-
pean troops in India in 1883 was 55, :
525, among whom the death rate was
out TO- SO per 1000. The native army
showed an average strength of Ia,
$50, with death rate of 1431 The
most fatal diseases for the Indian
troops were those of the respiratory
organs.
The farmer king of Alabama is
Bragg B. Conner, Of Barbour County.
He raised $3.50 bales of co ton last
wear, besides large amount of corn
He has from 5000 to 10000 acres in
cotton and corn this ear, and says
crop prospects were never better.
Oatmeal, long considered a good
article of diet in dyspepsia, is believed
by many physicians to be prolific
cause of that affection. Mr.. Bar
tholomew says that Carlyle suffered
greatly from dyspePtic symptoms,
which were invariably aggravated
after eating oatmeal.
The population of London by the
census of 1851 was l, 1862, $50, 1861, 2,
803 571. 1t is customary now to refer
to Lsndon as city of 1000, 600 peo-
pie. The average annual increase
from 1871 to 1881 was between Sc, 600
and 81, 600
Thirteen must be lucky number.
John Bennett, of West Fairfield, Pa,
died Of consumption at the age of
sixty, leaving a family of thirteen
children. All are alive and vel to
day, the Oldest being eighty seven
and the youngest sixty. Sickness has
never troubled the family.
One of the most splendid collectors
of armor is that Of DIR. Slittert, an
Englisbman, at Florence. It is
mounted with great taste in a vast
hall. He estimates that for twenty
sew years he has spent at the rate of
f3, Go q year on it He means to
leave it to the city of Florence.
The old notion OF combating
with medicines such diseases as lung
Inflammation has given place to more
enlightened views The system of the
late DR.. Hughes Bennett is described
as treatment by restoratives directed
to further the natural progress ct the
disease and supporting the vital
strength" The Lancet states that
the Doctor had los cases of uncompli-
Gated Inflammation of the lungs which
he treated on this principle without
single DEATH
Although Costa Rica Is burdened |
with a public debt OF about SO per
capita of her population, the govern
ment supports university and public |
schools In every city and village.
The schools are free, except an en-
rolling fee of % for each pupil annu
ally, and teachers are paid from SIS
to $50 per month