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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Ensilage is said to be excellent for
sheep i'll winter, mereno sheep having
been wintered on it with advantage, the
wool being heavy and the sheep keeping
in health.
Professor ShaIer says there are $4,000
square miles of territory east of the Mis-
sissippi now covered with swamps, which
might easily be drained and turned into
fertile lands.
Do not overfeed the young pigs. Let
them make all the growth possible, but do
not attempt to make them fat. Fat in
summer should be avoided. A good mod
! crate condition is best.
When soft eggs are laid by fowls they
indicate usually that the egg organs are
intiamed. This state is OccasiOned by the
fowls being over-fed or too fat. Spare
diet and plenty of green food, especially
lettuce in the summer and cabbage in
winter, is the best treatment for fowls in
this condition.
A Canada bee-keeper uses chIorOform
instead of tobacco in managing his bees.
He finds it very valuable aid in removing
old queens or introducing new ones.
These operations are very perplexing to
Il novice, but a few whiffs of chloroform
blown into the hive enables them 10 be
performed without difficulty.
Much is said at present about using the
roller on which is being fitted for wheat
The roller Is good to pulverize and firm
the soil, but harrow after rolling. That is
our experience.
1t is the same with an animal as with
steam boiler-the more complete the
90 l,US of tho food or f1al bn
more satisfactory the result, because
there is less waste.
If the bolts of wagons and farm nipple
ments are occasionally frightened during
the dry season very many breakages
will be avoided. The tools should al
ways be carefully examined before using
them.
In trimming trees always try to get
one leader straight, allowing the bran
ches to grow from it, SO as to avoid
crotches. which sometimes split off from
the tree wh,n too heavily loaded with
fruit.
All chicks that feather very rapidly
when they are young are more difficult
to raise than are those that remain near
ly naked until quite well advanced in
growth, as the rapid feathering weakens
and debilitates them.
The farmer should aim to grow every
thing for his use that can be produced on
the farm. Many of them devote their
attention to stock ana cereal crops, neg
lecting the garden, from which should
come many of their luxuries.
Sheep husbandry looks more promis-
ing than in the past two or three years.
but there are many farms where it is i'm
possible, because dogs abound to such
degree that constan5 watchfulness Will
not keep their fangs out of the pas
tu-e.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
The Scrub Cows Soliloquy.
Field Harm and Stnckmsn-


The scrub COW looked over the fence
that divided the raw prairie from the
clover patch, and her mouth watered as
she saw the improved aristocratic COW
in clover six inches high. eating a bran
mash and some choice pumpkins, chop
ped and made palatabIe with brown
bread. 1T seems to me- she said, that
things are not going right in this world
of fate. Here am | the standby of this
family for years, furnishing healthy
calf each year for the last five, and last
year keeping the family in milk and
cream and helping to keep down the
grocery bill with butter, left to feed on
this miserable dry prairie grass in Octob-
er, while this upstart, with her fine pedi-
grees, as they call it, and blue blood, gets
the incest young clover and all the good
things that the farm affords. And then
we shall hear about her astonishing milk
records. Give rue that feed and l will
make q record that will count.
But then, 1 am only a scrub and it is
not fashionable to speak of the merits of
scrubs. And this is why it seems to me
the world is going all wrong. Even the
black man has his defenders who would
die for him, and every boy will fight for
Ills gS4lO" OOS' DUI ILiCit - ~ IudLl' even
though his children were raised on her
milk, that will fight the hard battle for
the scrub COW.
Possibly when 1 am dead and gone,
when the lace of the scrub is nearly ex-
tinct, somebody will experiment by Civ
ing the scrub COW the same feed and care
with the improved COW, and find out that
whilst she is not much for beef she fills
the pail.
Then he will give her new name,
the Jersey red with the dimpled horn,
perhaps, and time will bring its revenge.
but that does not make this October prai-
RE grass taste any better
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17

1t is no exaggeration to say that mil
lions of dollars are lost every year from
planting seed corn that will not grow. We
tested a number of samples of corn of
our own growing and from some of the
best farmers in the neighborhood. and
did not find one that was uniformly good.
Some of the ears from the outside of the
crib would be good, but those from the
inside would be poor. Farmers would
say:
Il know seed corn when see it. and
will warrant this to grow"
But on testing it more than one half
would not germinate.
The trouble Is not due so much to i'm
maturity as TO the careless method of
gathering and keeping the corn. II the
corn is thoroughly dry when put in the
crib, and afterward kept dry, the chances
are that it viii prove good. The grow
ers of seed sweetcorn. the late varieties
of which are exceedingly difficult
to cure properly, build narrow
racks on which the ears are spread out
for several days or weeks There is a
general impression that corn for seed
should be left growing till 1t Is thorough
ly matured. This is mistake. Practic-
ally, IT is far safer to cut corn for seed
very early and let it ripen in the shock.
than to run the risk of having it nipped
by an early frost, or os having the curing
delayed by the shorter days and damp
weather OF the late season. The first
point Is to get the corn thoroughly dry
before putting in the crib. And then the
crib should be vey narrow and with open
stats at bottom and sides and good wide
roof, to keep of driving rains. If all
these conditions cannot be secured, the
only way we can be sure of good seed
/ corn is to select the best ears and leave
! the husks attached to the butts and tie
| them up in traces and hang the traces in
| an airy barn or room for the winter. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
He Felt it in the Air.

Philadelphia Record

A remarkable Representation in re
gard to the phenomenon was made on
the evening preceding the shake-up by
Rev. E. cara, pastor of the italian church
of Del Emanaelo, at Eleventh and Chris
tian streets. Mr.. lara, who lives at 1926
South Broad street, is a native of Italy,
has experienced a number of earthquakes
both there and during his travels, and has
made a study of the phenomenon and its
surroundings. While he was speaking to
several members of a neighboring family
on Monday evening he remarked that he
noticed certain indications of an ap-
preaching earthquake-princip in the
state of the weather. The atmosphere
was peculiarly still and sultry. While not
predicting that an earthquake was at
hand he said he would not be surprised
if one came, as the indications we're SINH
lar to those attending earthquakes he had
witnessed in Europe. Mr. cara felt the
shock very distinctly when it passed under
the city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
Vinegar Well.
C0rnhll MagaZine

There Is great excitement here over The
fact that one of the public wells of water
has turned into a well of vinegar. Mr..
Carney, gentleman in the employ of a
boot and shoe firm, went to the well as
usual last Wednesday morning to get wa
ter for sprinkling the floor of the store,
and in pumping saw that the water had a
peculiar red color, but thought nothing
about ii till he drew some to drink. He
took a good swallow of it, and found that
he was nearly strangIed. Others tasted
of it, and the news soon spread to all
parts of the city, and in short time the
citizens were flock to the well and carry
ing home what seemed q good quality of
vinegar. One enterprising grocery firm
here has already filed 100 barrels with it,
and propose to put it on sale. Farmers
are coming in from all parts of the coun-
try. and taking home with them thous-
ands OF gallons. What seems more sur
prising is the fact that the flow of vinegar
Is greater than was the flow of water.
The earth wave was pcrceptible here. and
all attribute the phenomenon TO the CON
ulsiOn of nature.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
And She Didn't.

Zone of the most striking instances of
'mind-cure l ever saw said Judge W
one day. in an old lady client of mine
but it was case of self cure. Her name
was Norton. She had been second
wife. She was i'll bed seriously i'll, and
sent for me to draw mp her will.
Il fastened to the house with paper
and pen. [ found table and chair
ready for me at the woman's bedside
and in Il few moments told her | was
ready to prepare the will if she would
tell me what she wished its provisions
to be. l wrote the Introductory phrase
rapidly, and leaning over toward her
said: Now, go on Mrs Norton
Her voice was quite faint and she
seemed to speak with an effort. She
said: First of all want to give the
farm to my sons, Harry and James; just
put that down
But said I, you can't do that Mrs.
Norton; the farm isn't yours to give
away"
THE farm isn't mine! she said. in a
voice decidedly stronger than be
fore.
No, the farm isn't yours. You have
only life interest in it.
This farm that I've run for going on
forty three years next Spring isn't mine
to do what l please with it! Why not,
Judge? I'd like to know what you
mean:n
"Why, Mr.. Norton-yOur husband
gave you life estate in all his proparty,
and on your death the farm goes to his
son John, and your children get the vii
lage houses"
And when l die John Norton is to
have this house and farm whether | will
or nor"
Just So"
Then I amt going to die" said the
old woman, in a clear and decidedly
ringing, healthful voice.
And so saying she threw her feet over
the front of the bed, sat up. gathered a
blanket and covering about her, straight
ened up her gaunt form, walked acros
the room and sat down in a chair befor
the fire. The doctor and L came home.
That was fifteen years ago. The old
lady's alive to-day"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17

cident prevented her from reaching the
station in time. Yesterday she again
started for the station, but as she was
about to board train neighbor brought
her the intelligence that her sister Maggie
had fallen in a swoon and was dying.
Again Lizzie returned home, but when she
arrived there she found that her sister
was probably posing for effect, and she
again started for the station. This time
she boarded a freight train accompanied
by two friends came on TO this city. Here
she learned that Mr.. Taylor had been COM
PEELED to return 10 Illinois on the train
leaving here an hour or two before her
arrival. Not discouraged, but consider
ably cast down, the determined young
lady accompanied by her friends, took
the Indianapolis Bloomington and West
ern last night, at IL o'clock, and unless
some further accident interfereS, she will
be married this morning to Mr.. Taylor, at
Nattoon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
AMERICA's CANCER INSTITUTE
located at Aurora, In.-lts Popularity an
Remarkable CureS


The institution above referred to is presided
over by DR.. F. J.. Pond, who for many years has
made the cure Of cancer Especial study. and who
by reason of the wonderful SUCCESS he has had in
treating such cases, is properly regarded as one
of the most eminent physicians in his chosen
speciality in America
One of the latest cures is that Of Mrs n I.
Shaw, Of Dakota She SAYS: I suffered from
ScirrhUS tStoue) cancer for four years consult,
ed number Of physicians For s. time they
pronounced Il only tGnOr.' Growing worse
and worSe on the advice Of a gentleman who had
been cured by him, I decided 10 visit Dr. Pond
though strongly against the wishes of relatives
and friends. ! realized that, advanced as my
case was, 1t was a pCscSriouS one. The cancer
measured ftccUfN SCCeR inches in CiprumferenCe
aud when finally removedl weighed 5re pounds
Am gaining rapidly, have q good appetite, and
have every reason 10 believe that the disease Is
entirely eradiCa. ell. regard my cure as remark
able and urge all afflicted with cancer to consult
Or. Fond without delay.'
The Doctor has hundreds Of testimonials ot
similar purpOrt, These together with circulars
ana fun particulars, VIII be supplied free on ap
OllCatiGn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
Why Milk SouI'S.
Toronto Globe.

By observing, taking note of the phe-
nomena and occurrences of life, and
studying or inquiring into their causes,
we gain knowledgc. Most people have
kind of vague notion that milk sours
from an inherent tendency in its nature
or composition. or, i'll other words, from
natural de ,ravity; but this is a mistake.
Were there no external causes of change
and decay there Is no reason why milk
should not keep sweet for an indefinite
period. Others suppose its souring and
decay is caused by the atmosphere but
there is nothing in the pure. unadulter
ated atmos phere to cause anything to de
compose and decay. The atmosphere
pervadcS all nature and Is the great sus-
tainer of life. Milk Is Il perfect food,
containing all the materials for the de
yelopmcnt of all the various organs and
compounds of young animal. Let us
see what ii Is composed of: 100 parts of
fresh cows milk contain water, $3.50;
caseine, 4.S2; milk sugar, 3.39; butter,
3: salts, 0.49. By standing, the glObules
of butter, enveloped in thin membrane
of caseine, rise to the surface, forming
the cream. but there Is no reason why the
water, sugar, caseine, and salts should not
remain pure forever in contact with pure
air only. Whence comes, then, the insid-
uous foe that brings decay and putrefac-
ton to this DEMONSTRATING compound?
1t comes from the air but not of it. 1t is
vegetable substance, a fungus whose min
ute invisible seeds or spores are floating
in the atmos phcre. Some of these enter
the milk, probably, "a soon as drawn
from the COW, and the milk, and the pres
ence of nitrogen in the caseine furnish
the necessary conditions, for the
growth of these germs or ferments
and fermentation ensues. The fer
mentation causesl the disarrangement
of the constituents of the sugar, chang
ing in its alchohol and Tactic acid and
this in sour milk. That it is the absorb
ton of spores from the atmosphere which
causes the milk to sour, may be proved
by heating the milk to boiling point,
thus killing the germs, and then canning
it, excluding the air, when it will keep for
an indefinete period. That it is the fun
gus spores floating in the air, and not
the air itself, that causes the Souring of
the milk. has been proved by connecting
a long tube filed with cotton with the
canned milk. The air will find its way
through the cotton and enter the milk.
but the spores will be arrested. and the
milk remain sweet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
BOSTON ADVERTISER

The harbor lights are dim with smoke
Which hams about the under sky,
And wraps the simple fisherfolk
In lurid mist as they 20 by.
Along the shore the wind blows free,
Keen twilight kisses the wan sea
Far out; steer thiiher, watch with me
The tender stars come out on high.
The sky is deepening overhead;
The sail flaps loose: the wind has cid;
The water laps the boat like lead;
Faint rIpples plash against The side,
And simmer with unear THY light,
The harbOr lights are out OF sight;
We drift into a sta less night
Together on the eOUin1 tide.
How stiil-how strange-the tide is slack,
We EDDY rouDG-Ne drift no more
. What swell Is this which sweeps u back
To where the gathering breakers roar,
about the pale UdiIghteI land:
Can eng tell if " { shall stand
Safe in the morning hand ia hand
Open the steep and rock bound shore!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
Important.


When you visit or leave Sesr YORK C y, save
Baggage. Expressage and $ Carriage Hire. and
stop a. the Grand Union Hotel; opposit7
Grand Central De0ot
6l3 elegant rooms. drts3 Up al q cost o. o..
million collars. 81 and upwards PER day. Euro
pean plan Elevator. Restaurant supplied with
tn- b-sr. Ho-ze cara stages ard elevated rail-
road 70 all depots Fsnniis=s can i've be:tsr for
l@ss money al The Grand U1ion Hotel thsa sr
any other fl-sr class hNs-a m The sirv.
Rev. George o. Barnes, the mountain
evangelist OF Kentucky, says that he has
made his trip around the world with his
wife, son and two daughters entirely upon
faith.
Mrs. General ". S. Hancock has been
engaged this summer in writing a vol
une of "reminiscences of her late hGs-
band It Is now about completed. and
VIII be published this winter.
Professor L. c. Mendenhall, of the sci
entifc department of the signal service
bureau, has accepted the presidency Of
the Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre
Haute, Ind.
W E Sheridan is playing king Lear"
at Auckland, New Zealand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
She Knew the World.
Detroit Free Press

Two gaudy attired ladies were observed
recently inspecting che colossal statue of
Schiller, of which Chicago is pardonably
proud.
what a remarkably large man he must
have BEEN" said one GRAZING her neck
and gazing up at the flowing locks and
prominent nose of the figure.
Yes" cried the other with the con
descending air of one impartlng knowl-
edge, 1.-The Scotch are always large men,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
Onnnsed TO Running streams.

The editor of the Chicago paper called
The Hog" declares that in selecting a
farm for hog raising he would avoid one
with running stream. He argues that
such farms with su h streams have
wrought great havoc among the most
careful farmers, and their dangers far
outweigh all other advantages. During
dry seasons their stagnant waters arc
pollution, and during wet seasons their
backwatcrs from cess pools of filth that
ars tempting but deadly to the hog. Dur
ing epidemics they become mere arteries
of desease, befOuling the air and spread
ing contagion. If you are without such
Il water-course do not seek one, and if
you have one keep the hogs away from
it. The hog needs an abundance of wa
ter but he must have pure, and. being
naturally lazy beast and not very dis
eliminating in his tastes, he will not seek
far for it i'll its purity, provided cess
pools are more accessible. During the
epidemic last fall hundreds. who were
careful i'll every other particular regard
ing the welfare of their hogs, were ex-
ceedingly lax in allowing hogs free ac-
cess to streams stagnant and foul. and
which could not fail to be contaminated
by carcasscs above stream. Their wal
lows were to be found wherever the soil
was inviting, and nine times out of ten
the wadding. fat-burdened beasts would
Stake their fevered thirst in such pOllu-
ton. Many look upon such death traps
with indifference and yet this is an age
when a few acres of corn will purchase a
windmill that will supply the purest water
of the soil.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
The Florists Tulip.
Wilt, aT,u.:.

The tulip is perhaps one of the most
precious of flowers in the estimation of
the florist, because of the extraordinary
transformations through which it passes.
as well as on account of its possession of
other qualities of not less fascinating
character. One singular peculiarly of
the tulip Is the extraordinary change which
takes place when the seeding breeder
breaks" or, in other words, assumes its
proper and permanent character. That
Hover, which, on its first blooming from
the seed, and probably for a series of
years afterward. should Ito take the case
of fine byblHmen) present but one dull
slate color with a circle of white at the
base; that this flower, so unattractive in
its appearance. should all at once. without
any apparent cause, completely alter its
nature; that the dull slate color should
disappear entirely, giving place to
delicate feathering, of rich purple or VIC
let, while the pure white which was
confined to narrow circle at the
base, should spread all over and be-
come the ground color of the petal; and
that the latter and true character should
be maintained during the whole of the
after-existence of the plant, is surely so
remarkable fact in vegetable physiology
as to deserve at the hands of the scientific
and practical botanist the closest investi-
cation.
Many persons, though well acquainted
with flower, are unaware of the changes
torugh which ths seeding htulip passes.
1t is four or five years before it flowers,
then it takes on the self -colored or breed
er's form; but in the breeder state it is
easy to class it with the bizarres, roses or
byblRmens, according as it may belong
to either of these three divisions. Then,
at the expiration of sometimes one or
two years up to six and seven years, it
breaks into its true character, and becomes
what Is termed "rectifed." Why the tu-
lip should be an exception to the univer-
sal law observed in seeding flowers, and
have an almost exceptionally intermedi-
ate state, passeth knowledge. The prac-
teal florist asks of the botarist the why
and wherefor of this, and no reply is
forthcoming. 1t is said that in the whole
range and history of plants there is no
analogy to this phenomenon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
Grey Hair

writer in the St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat thus discusses concerning greyness
of the hair:
The cOloring matter of the hair satur-
ates its entire substance, being present
in the fiber cells and between the differ
ent cells of which each hair is com
posed. II this coloring matter is absent
the hair appears white, because Of the IN
evenness of the surface which reflects the
light and of the presence of air-bubbles,
moderate quantity of air being always
present in every hair, partly within, part
ly between the cells. Hence the hair
varies in color according to the presence
or absence of coloring substance and the
amount of air contained and the varying
shades from grey to snog-white are thus
produced. Greyness usually precedes the
badness of age, and may be considered a
natural process.
1t Is generally to be seen over the tenn
pies from tempus, time, name derived
from this fact, then in the beard. Few
at first, the grey hairs increased in num-
Der, with advancing years, until all
are changed. The loss of color begins
toward the root. as rule, and only in ex-
ceptional cases at the out end. After a
grey hair has thus been produced 1t falls
out, and the new one that succeeds 1t Is
of changed type Of ''sure enough" grey
hair. different very clearly from that
which It replaces. Like badness, gTeyness
may appear prematurely in young per
sons and does not indicate any defect IN
the constitution or disease In the hair it
self Which often continues to grow even
to the most advanced age. Itseems to be
due to hereditary influence. for it il often
4 family peculiarly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-17
PEOPLEIN GENERAL.

Robert Garret is to leave Liverpool for
home Sept Is.
James r. Osgood is coming to America
for brief vacation.
Lieutenant Hem, of the yacht Gala
tea" Is Munster Irishmah.
Geronimo is always most dangerous
right after he has surrendered.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says she lives the life
of Il man without a mans employment.
Edwin Booth sent $1,000 to the Char
lesion sufferers