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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
Feminine Dress ill., Turkey.
Brooklyn Magazine.


The outdoor dress of Turkish women
consists. first. of trousers made of very
large patterned, gaudy-colOrcd chintz,
sometimes fastened ut the ankle and some
times at the knee. The feet are covered
only 10y short wooden socks and slippers
without heels thoSugh of late wears
some women wear Congress CATERS
Above the trousers they wear Il skirt of
four breadths of bright-colorcd material
frequently pink or green satin. These
breadths are not sewn together, but hang
each separately. about two yards III
length. In the house these are left to
trail upon the floor. and have the effect of
court train, only rather more graceful.
In the street these are tucked up under
the ceinture, or sash, not to touch the
ground. This sash. so called. is no more
nor less than thick cashmere shawl fold
ed CrOSswise and tied around the waist in
heavy, ungracetul folds, some of them
being immense and all ugly. For corsage
they have first gauze chemise with long,
full sleeves, and outside of this Il short
jacket which buttons ut the waist line
with three small gilt or gold buttons
The sleeves are tight, reaching below the
elbow, and the gauze sleeves fall below
them. The front Is cut very low, so as to
leave the bust entirely exposed, which Is
in turn partially covered by the gauze
chemise. As many strings of beads,
jewels and necklaces as can be obtained
are worn around the neck ana hanging
down over the bust. Sometimes there will
be five or six strings of cheap beads and
tInSel ornaments ana an an almost price
less diamond necklace all on togt Their.
Bracelets. four and five inches wide, thick
ly studded with jewels, will be worn on
the wrists, and as many rings as will hold
on the fingers. worn outside the gloves.
Earrings of immense size are always
worn. some of them being Valuable and
others of the cheapest pinchbeck. These
women do not value their jewels by price
SO much as by caprice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
FARM NOTES.


The use of Paris green on potatoes and
other things kills many bees and insects
that are useful, and also destroys many
small birds.
American pork now enters Germany
through England, and is branded as Eng
lish pork.
A Pennsylvania fruit grower prevents
the ravages of the borer by killing the
earth about the tree ten inches in May,
as the borer appears in June.
1t is said that pyrethrum, mixed with
five times its bulk of plaster. and busted
into the center of the leaves with a pair
of bellows, will destroy cabbage worms.
1t requires more time to spread ma
nure over two acres than over one. and
hence the aim should be TO concentrate
the labor on the smallest space that can
be made profitable.
For the best egg production in heavy
fowls oats are as good feed as any. They
give bulk. while the nutriment they con-
tain is of the kind which goes to make
eggs rather than fat.
Regarding the dehorning of cattle
Western paper says that experience
teaches Us that the growth of the horn
can be stopped by applying red hot
iron to the horn germ in calves.
Into a pound of soft soap dissolve one
ounce of carbolic acid crystals, and II be
comes an excellent remedy for lice on
animals when they are washed In warm
water With the aid of the soap.
Celery plants should be pricked out
about six inches apart as soon as they
are large enough TO handle with the i'm.
gers. When six or seven inches high
transplant a foot apart.
Horses are not fully matured until six
years of age. nor do they arrive at their
full strength until eight years old. I'm
mature animals are often overtaxed and
their usefulness injured.
An enterprising New Highlander. Mr..
Colcord, has invented a governor for
the siIo. which Is claimed a. regulator Of
the temperature fermentation, and quail
ity OF the ensiIage stored
Australian fruit arrives in England IN
excellent condition It Is packed IN cork
dust or saw dust and placed IN cold
compartment where the temperature Is
kept as near 20 degrees as possible
Short hay crops mean cheap cattle IN
autumn. But the farmer who makes fun
provision for keeping can buy and turn
his fodder 10 good account, not only IN
sales but in added value TO the manure
pile.
Time inteIligently given TO bees VIII
pay equally well with that gwen 20 any
other kind Of farm work; and where too
many are not kept It may be done at such
times as not TO interfere with other I'M
portant work.
When a hoe becomes dull it retards
work because of the increased tax il i'm
poses on strength. Sharpen IT By filing
to chisel edge. When sharp it works
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

much more effective, especially when there
are weeds TO be cut.
In selecting SOW for breeding choose
one that is quiet and mild in disposition.
She may be the one that will lay on fat
most easily, and it Will therefore be nee
essary to feed sparingly, but she Will be
all the better as a breeder for this.
One of the advantages from narrowing
corn Is that man with q smart team will
run over fifteen acres or more day. The
smoothing harrow takes width of eleven
feet. and as only scratching the surface Is
desired no tapping is needed.
A. G. futile, of Baraboo. Wis. says he
traps moths by placing shallow pans of
vinegar among the branches of the trees,
which attract the moths and drown them.
His method Is contrary to the rule that
sweet substances should be used for such
purposes.
Professor E. NJ. Shelton considers thirty
loads of manure applied to one acre
about equal to forty spread over twice as
much surface, and bases the idea on rea-
sons similar TO those employed in proving
large crops more profitable than smaller
ones.
Mustard plants used to be the terror
and disgust of California wheat-growers.
Now they are a source of profit. BY in
genious mechanical harvesting both crops
are gathered separately, and the mustard
Is worth more than the wheat on the same
land.
After cutting. orchard grass spring
rapidly, and the aftergrowth is heavy.
This should not be pastured during the
summer or fail, but should be reserved for
winter grazing. 1t should be treated as
above directed in the case of the tail
meadow-oat grass.
Make good use of the smoothing har-
row in the corn and other cultivated fields.
No tool in use will kill so many weeds as
this, if used at the right time. 1t will
keep down the weeds and keep the surface
mellow. the two prime necessities in the
culture OF any crop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
AMCSICN ROMANCE
How Natalie Became Fond otMusie ana Mar
ried

rIeu.
There Is pretty little story connected
with the marriage rather late in life of
the Chevalier de KontSkS to Natalie. one
of Polands patriotic daughters. says the
New York Mail and Express. She had. as
a young girl, an aversion TO instrumental
music. She hated the very sound of a
piano. and discouraged every professor
of music, who was engaged by her father
TO teach this very necessary feminine ac-
compEshment. Finally an English gov
erness of auStere character veutured 10
stake her reputation on inStilling in the
mind of Natalie an obeidient spirit and
an appreciation of Beethoy ems sonata ;.
Moral suaSion gave place 10 physical coer-
cIon, and Natahe's young life became
dlStasteful to her. One afternoon. after
chastlSement by the auStere GoverueSS,
the girl escaped from the house, and run
TO the shore OF an ornamental lake leaped
without hesitation IN the water. She
sank instantly, and made no outcry. When
the shrlekS of the terrified governeSS
brought assistance Metallic struggled VIC
lently to beat off her rcscuers, but was
saved just in time. The governeSs resign
ed her charge, and Metallic never learned
to play on the piano. The chevalier was
10 years old when he became the guest
of Netalie's father for the first time.
She heard him play "Revell du Lion.
Her patriotic instinct told her that the
( piece was an allegory of Poland's history,
and for the first time she listened with
interest to music. Indeed, she was 50
delighted that she innocently asked him
. to marry her.
+ De kontski to humor the child. gave
I his promise and went away. Next year
he again visited the mansion of the Po-
+ lish nobleman. Natalie had not only re-
membered his promise but was thorough
/ ly convinced in her own mind that he
would keep it. The pianist was still Il
bachelor. and, although old enough to be
! her fater, was SO Won by her devotion
that he obtained the consent of Natalie's
/ parents to the marriage when she was
fifteen years old. Their wedding took
/ place, and their married life has been
very happy.
To-day the chovalier has 4 long white
beard. His hair Is also white. but the
vigor of youth Is in his frame and the fire
OF his genius undimmed. Mime de kontski
Is always mistaken by strangers for his
daughter. She Is scarcely thirty year.
old, and still beautiful. Her command OF
language is wonderful. She can keep VI
most entertaining conversation, replett
with Wit and eloqueuce. and betrayug
accurate information on every topic, IL
either the English, French. Russian, Pc
ilsh. or Italian tongue.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

The large iron-gray mosquito indigen-
Gus to the tail grass i'll Dakota Is beginning
to be felt. This brand to the mosquito bot
artist is know as the billibus bitem
through the Minnesota Academy of Natur-
al Sciences i inclined to think it Is more
properly the boredeep buzzibus. We rath-
er favor this view of the critter ourseIf
We neighboring scientists must stand to-
gether.
The Dakota mosquito comes out of the
tall grass. The tail timber may be the
natural stamping ground of big game and
candidates for the legislature but the
large, two-story mosquito tiocks in the
high grass. The Dakota mosquito has
from six 10 eight legs according to the
season. They first start up and then turn
and go back down This leaves plenty of
slack and enables the mosquito to rise up
out of the grass and bite a man on horse
back without taking its feet off the
ground. This statement was for long
time stubbornly disputed by some people
till at last our Minnesota scientific friends
sent a special geolOgist with a brow like
ten-acre field out here TO investigate il
and he spent a whole summer in running
around III the lengthy grass and associat-
ing with ali grades and sizes of mosqui-
official organ, to announce that the horse
back story Is a scientific fact.
The mosquito at this season makes life
burden If you go on his range. He bites
and then gets acquainted with you after
wards. Tobacco smoke does not diScour-
age him as much as ii should. \ man from
Chicago was out here a few years ago and
said he wasn's afraid of mosquitoes. he
eSpleined how he would smoke and it
would drive them away. He lit a cigar and
sat down outside of the house one evening
in June Hewas just congratulating him
self over his victory when large, angular
mosquito with severe cast of countensnce
waded out of the grass from a little hol
low near by and asked him for light.
Bouquets of iohnquils or daffodown
dillies are seen tied up in the new sun
shades in Lordon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
Converting Corn Into Pork.
Farm, Field and Stockman.

Pork and corn seem to be inseperable
articles. But unless the corn is proper
ly fed the pork will be expensive. Corn
and pork only go together when it is de
sirabIe to fatten the hogs. If corn is
used in any other manner or for diff
erent purpose, the pork becomes a very
expensive produce. We do not advocate
feeding corn in the summer to any class
of stock, and experience shows that
while it is invaluable to the pork raiser,
and the most convenient article he can
use, pork can be produced more cheaply
when the corn Is fed in judicious man
ner. Many farmers though aged, do not
know that clover hay can be fed with ad-
vantage to hogs, and yet such is the fact.
We have long separated the hog from
all other classes of stock. and denied him
the privileges of being fed on grass. cIt
hay, ground oats and other food that is
more acceptable to him during his grow
ing period than corn. and the consequence
is that he fails under the long continued
diet of corn. and become susceptible to
diseases that were before unknown. TO
keep the steer stuffed with dry corn,
which l. a concentrated food. and deprive
it of bulky provender of pure water,
would cause it to succumb i'll short
time, yet this is just the treatment the
hog is compelled to undergo. simply be
cause corn is king and supposed to he
cheap. when the fact is that when fed
under such circumstances it is very cost
ly. What the hog requires is variety,
including bulky food, and corn will then
perform an important service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

There is no better test of the profit of
growing good horses for market than a
little practical comparison which is with
in the reach of every horseman. Select Il
good mare and breed her to a tirst-class
horse. Make the colt just as good horse
as care and training will enable you to
produce, keeping from first to last an ac
curate account of every item of expense,
from the furnishing of the mare to the
finishing of a fine animal ready for mar
ket. After this is done, 90 on the market
and try to buy a horse which you are
satisfied is in every way as good. and note
two things: o. the difficulty of finding a
thoroughly finished horse, and (2) the stiff
price at which it is held when found, and
which he in a good market readily com
mands. Between this price and the cost
figure of your own animal you will in
every case find a margin of profit reallza
bic in no live stock transaction involved IN
equal outlay and equal labor. Between
an ordinary horse and what we thus call
as a good and finished horse the market
difference Is greater than those who have
never Investigated the matter suppose.
and this difference is Obtainable by every
man who will start with good breeding
and follow up with proper attention.
There is a kind of horse for which the de-
mands can perhaps never be Oversup-
piled. for the reason that mparatiyely
few are ready to take into horse raising
the business-like methods necessary to
their production. and in no place in stock
raising is painstaking work so well re
warded as here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
MISSING LINKS.

Nevada still has 100000 acres of land
for sale.
An Anglo-American bar has been open
ed in Berlin.
An ancient law against bubble shaving
is being enforced in Boston.
The camp meeting fever in Iowa is
more vigorous this summer than ever.
The New York girl elopes with the
coachman; the Boston girl prefers a de
elective.
Streator, H.. firm sold over 600
pounds of putty since the recent storms
in that vicinity.
Last year the American Bible Society
printed 1,f37. 44O Bibles and New Tesla
ments.
The females in the West Virginia Peni-
Tertiary are paid % cents day and the
males 30 cents.
When run to its full full capacity an
Akron. Ohio, match factory turns out 81
100000 matches in one day.
A Blackhawk Iowa county farmer,
seventy years old, Is toddIing a thirteen
pound baby, his first. His wife Is fifty.
John the Baptist was found dead in
Davenport, Iowa. the other day. He had
bottle of Council Rufus whiskey in his
pocket.
Ch0uncey Depew Is authority for the
story that Il woman on Long Island said
that she had eaten so many clans that
her waist rose and fell with the
tide.
An unknown and mysterious disease Is
carrying off the jack rabbits in Inyo
County. Cal. very fast. Their bodies
lie in great numbers ali through the sage
brush.
Georgia Is likely to be known as the
Mother of Evangelists. Rev J. H. Nun
day Is her latest product IN this line, and
he is said 10 be doing great work at Col
umbia, Tenn.
Tomatoes have so scared the citizens
Of Meriden. IL, that they talk of build
ing a huge Cyclone cellar where the
whole town can take refuge when a wind
storm comes along
The Georgia Prohibitionists are now
bending ali their energies to close all the
saloons of Spaulding co0nty, and they
are caIlingtupon Northern prohibition
lists TO send down tracts.
A medical journal tells of a young
woman Who contracted the habit Of chew
ing coffee. The habit grew until she car
ried the coffee TO bed with her, and at last
she consumed half q pound day.
What adds 10 the urpopularity of the
cyclone Is that. while il blows away al
most everything it has never been
known to take the mortgage.
Three Of the lords justices of England
have decided that love letters belong to
their writers. who, in case of enstrangc
ment may demand them back.
A miner from the Grand Ronie placer
diggings vent to lie Gradd, Ore, with
$500 worth Of bright. clean gold dust.
the result OF % days work of three men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
WHAT DREAMS ARE MADEoF.

Flying Is suggested by the Rhythmic
moyemdnts Of respiration.
An involuntary extension Of the foot
is fall from the dizzy height of a tower
A slight intercostal pain becomes the
point of an enemys dagger or the bite Of
an enraged dog.
The sleeper sometimes dreams of his
appearing on the street or in society only
balf dressed; the innocent cause is found
i'll some of the bedcIothes having fallen
off
Parents and friends cut off in the
flower of life ordinarily appear in dreams
because of the profound impression
which their death or burial has made,
hence the general opinion that the dead
continue during the night their inter
course with the living.
An inconvenient position of the sleep
er. a slight hinderance to respiration, or
interference with the action of the heart
may be the cause of dreams where one
seeks an object without being able to
find it or has forgotten something in
starting on a journey.
Dan Lannon'S coachman wears Il
slouch hat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

to hcfghten her color and to show her beauty
to the greatc:t advantage. 1t literally stag
gered the captain tie moment he looked at
her His customary composure as a we'll
bred man deserted him; he bowed confused
ly: he had not a word to say. Mrs Presty
seized her opportunity and introduced them
to each other My daughter Mrs. Ormond
Can't B2nnydeck" COmpassOnating him.
under the impression that he was shy man,
Catherine tried to set him at ease. lam i'll
deed glad to have an opportunity Of thank
ing YOU she said inviting him by gesture
TO be seated. In this delightful air have
recovered my health, and | owe it to your
kindness"
The captain rcgained his self-poSsession.
Exlressions Of gratitude had been addressed
10 him which. in his modest estimate of him
self. he could not feel that he had deserved.
You little know" he replied, ''under
what Interested motives | have acted. When
/ estab isucd myself in this hotel was fair
" driven out OF my yacht by guest who
went sailing with me-"
Mrs Presty became deeply interested.
Dear me what did he dO?'
Capt BcnnydecIl answered, graveIy: He
snured.'
Catherine was amused; Mrs. Prtsty burst
out laughing: the captains dry hum0r as
serted itself as quantity as ever. This IS no
laughing natter lie resumed, looking at
Catherine My vessel is 4 small one. For
two nights the awful Music of my friend
nose kept me siecpesS. When ! woke him
and said Don't Sn0Te' lac apolGrIZrd in the
sweetest manner and began. On the third
day | anchored in the bay here, determined
to get nights rest on shore. \ dispute
81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
(To BE CoNTTNUED.O


During the riots in 1863, writes Howard
in the Boston Globe, | WIS standing. then
city editor of the New York Times. on
the corner of Fifty-third street and Third
avenue. Watching the flames lick story
after story of the Office and house occu-
pied by Provost Marshall Captain Jcnk-
ms.
| stood across the street with Il few men,
while below me on the other side of the
block were thousands of, as Bishop
Hughes said, "men whom some call riot
crS. While standing there little, old
man came down Third avenue, followed
by half dozen young fellows. They
tainted and jccrcd and pushed him. With
the natural impulse of youth | stepped
between them, and, giving the old man
the protection of my barrier, said, half
i'll earnest and half playfully: Come
boys. let the old man alone"
They did. They let the old man alone
and turned upon me.
In twinkling my face was cut open,
my watch and chain, my weeks salary and
my poCketbook was gone and | was flung
helpless and bleeding upon the pavement
The entire mass beyond. thousands, rush
ed over, seeing a man down, to trample
ON him.
They seized me by my long, black hair
and yanked me up and down. They kick
ed and pounded me. Blood spuated from
my face, covering my clothing. | was in
a minute mass Of mud and blood. Toy
ing with me as an enraged tiger would
with frightened fawn. they tossed me
here and kicked me there. until fire com
pany caught me quickly in their arms
and rushed me around the corner to the
engine house ON Lexington avenue. Be
fore the door was shut and bolted every
window i'll the engine house was smashed
by paving stones. Death stared Us in
the face. Helpless. We waited its coming.
just then someone set fire to a brown
stone house on Lexington avenue. The
switch was turned, and with the same da III
and nerve and impetuosity the thought
less, reckless, damaging crowd left their
victims for another. They Quilted the
house, they trampled ON the people, they
hanged the negro servant to the lamp
post, and yelled and screened in frantic
fury until some other house was fired. to
which, with eager recklessuess. they ran.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

she had been told not TO talk about names.
Randall saw the chld's look of bewiIdenncnt
and felt for her ''She NAV talk as she
pleases to me-" he said. 'but not to strangers.
She understands that, am sure"
Kitty laid her cheek fondly against her un-
cle.s cheek. Everything is changed, - she
whispered. I'VE travel about; papa has
left us, and sgd has left US, and We have got
new name We are Omond now. / wish
was grown up, and understood it,"
Randall tried TO reconcile her to her own
happy ignorance. You have got your dear
good mother" he said, ''and you have got
me, and you have got your toys"
"And some nice boys and girls to play
with" cried Kitty, eagerly following the
new suggestion. They are all coming there
directly to dine with me. \ on will stay and
have dinner too, won't your
Randall promised 10 dine with Kitty when
they met in London. Before he left the
room he pointed to his card on the table.
II .et the captain see my message" he said,
as he went out.
The moment the door had closed on him
Mrs. Prestv startled her daughter by taking
up the card and looking at what Eindal bad
written on ii. 1t isn't a letter, Catherine;
and You know how superior am 10 common
prejudices" With that defense Of her pro-
ceeding she coOlly read the message. Il am
sorry to say that can tell you nothing more
of your old friends daughter as yet. / can
only repeat that she neither needs nor de
serves the help that You kindly Offer to her"
Mrs. Prpsty laid the card down again, and
owned that she wished Randall had been a
little more explicit. "WAo can it bg?' She
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
4 Warm Plea For The Farm Boy

An Eastern paper, published in a sec
tlon where for twenty years or more the
farm boys have at the first opportunity
struck out from the parent nest. has wax
ed up at last, and makes this plea for the
farm boy;
If farmers would make their sons detest
farming and lay their plans for leaving
the old homestead at the first opportunity
let them keep their boys ont IN the rain
the way We saw father doing the other
day, leading horse to pillow. It was a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25

The same care in the selection Of seed
should be made as with the other plants.
ProductiFeness, maturity and form are
fully as important as size All plants in
tended TO produce seed for another sea
sons crop should not only b. selected, but
planted away from other y;.rieties. Sweet
corn growing in the neigbborkood of field
corn viii be ruined for seed the succeed
ing year.