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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
A BLACK FOREST HOTEL.
An Elaborate Account of the Food Proyi

An Elaborate Account of the Food Provided.
EngGshmen make the bill of fare a
matter of grave consideration wherever
they go, and the editor of the London
Truth gravely tells his couutrymen what
they may expect TO eat in the Black for
est.
Most OF the hotels are very good. and
almost everywhere large baths can be OBJ
tanned, while at Gensbach and other
places you can "recuperste" in pinecone
bath which Is a fine tonic. The visitors
as a rule live en- pension, which means q
night breakfast, dinner at l, and supper
between and 5. The charges including
room average from 6 to Z shillinss per
day, and the Baden wines tAtfenthaler and
MarkSraterl are both good and cheap. |
nave never gone IN for the pension sys-
tenn, because the long heavy mi il-day din
ner, served IN stutfy room, with a dog
day sun flaming through the windows at a
crowded table of chattering people, is iu-
tolerahle. When it is over people doze
and sleep like gorged serpeuts for a
couple of hours, and would hardly be able
to move If the house we're On fire. The
early dinner entirely breaks up the day.
The fare at the smaller hotels is really
wonderfully good. There are always
from ! to 10 courses at the dinner, fish
usually appearing at the end, Just before
the inevitable chicken salad and compete.
The trout are fresh from the water but
are spollt by the eNecrable way in which
they are dressed, the fsvorite method be-
ing to boil them to rags and serve on a
haycock of mashed potatoes. There is
also excellent fish from the Bodensee, but
sea fish should always be avoided. as il
Will have been tossing about on the rail
road for the best part of the week since
II left OStend. The yeniSou is sometimes
very good but apt TO be overdone, and il
often has had time 10 forget the date OF
its killing, while the cheese for which our
countrymen invariably call, has forgotten
the month of its pressing. The partrid-
geS are capital. A fair soup is followed
by boiled beef and salad, with four sauce
boats, containing picked cherries, cucum-
Der, etc. Then, perhaps roast veal, we'll
basted with butter, and potatoes saute
Then beans or peas with ham, tongue or
sausage. Then the trout, then chicken,
and last pudding, with wine sauce and
good desert, which always includes quicker
brod. 1t Is trying tc see the natives Of
both sexes divide their fish with their
knives and then having immersed the
blade In vinegar and onion sauce, thrust
1t fearleSsly down their throatS As
rule the salads are horribly bad mainly,
| suspect, owing TO the clumsy fashion in
which they are prepared, and also because
the oil is always inferior. The natural
seltzer water tin jarSl should be drank
Cream, milk, eggs and all country pro
duce' are always fresh and of the very
best quality, as in many places the land
lord of the inn obtains supplies from his
own farm. The blackberries and wild
Strawberries and raspberr!os are delicious
and a compete or an ice composed of
either is n luxury to he remembercd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
FARM NOTES
A good animal should be heavy feed

good animal should be heavy feed
er.
If you want to raise stunts keep the
calves in the pasture with the pigs.
Many farmers trust too much to luck
and the moon and do little close fgur-
ing.
Never drive a horse fast on full
stomach Hurry by going slow the first
few minutes.
A blockhead armed with shears and
pruning knife Is as destructive in an Or
chard as a bull IN china store.
An Illinois farmer says the hot weather
Matched seventy chicks from egg. in
his haymoE without any aid from his
hens.
Show Us where lives the farmer who
make ii rule TO borrow tools. and we
will show .ou broken gates, lousy calves
and dirty stables.
If the Hanger or feed box be so foul as
to emit sour smell fror. any cause, it
should be carefully cleanse1 and washed
with solution of soda or POTASH until
perfectly sweet again.
man lately cured thoroughly balky
horse by simply hitching him in the
field and letting him stay where the load
was till he got hungry enough to pull
it home. The horse held out thirty six
hours
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
LET HIM STAND FAST.

Another Instance in Which the Chief Executive
in the Cause of Honesty and Justice Uproot
ed a Venerable Republican Custom.
Under republican administrations, the
habit grew of rushing bills through by
the hundreds during the last two or three
hours of a congressional session. Scores
of bills which could not bear the light of
day were held back to those last moments
when the rush was so great as to pre-
vent examination. Many, even of the ap-
preparation bills were so retarded that
some of their clauses might not meet
careful inspection. In the last hours of
the session the president was brought
down to the capitol, and sat there signing
bills as fast rs he could write, without
any opportunity for intelligently con-
Sidering the measures which he was thus
supposed to approve. Such was for a
quarter of century the republican prac-
tice.
We have now, for the first time in a
generation, a democratic president, and
he has sufficient respect for his position
to formally notify congress that his ex-
ecutive approval will not be appended to
any bills in any such fashion. He recog-
uizes that the constitution makes him n
part of the law-making power. He does
not propose 10 sign any measure, wheth-
er an appropriation bill or private bill,
until he has had time to carefully ex-
anime it, and to make up his mind upon
its merits.
President Cleveland, this country will
stand by you 20 a man in that position.
The only kickers will be the hired lobby,
1 the congressional iobbers and the benei-
Charles of public steals. Your friends
pray most earnestly that you will not
/ bulge an inch from this position. If
necessary TO sustain it, you should smash
/ every appropriation bill that is left. 1t
/ requires heroic treatment to cure such a
/ cancer as has fastened, in this respect,
/ upon our nation. If it is necessary to
| kill every one of the bills of the closing
| hours, and to call an extra session of con-
gress to pass necessary measures, IN or
der to establish this principle, the coun-
| try will sustain it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
Ben Looking at Something.
Ro<tou Herald

Though it Is not always easy to tell
whether General Butler Is looking at
Lowell or Gloucester, We understand that
he has his weathereye on the Gloucester
district as the easiest TO capture If he de-
cides TO run for congress, This may sc-
count for his nautical character this year.
for though he Is ever an ardent yatchs-
man, and delights IN bright buttons. this
year he is ultremarine and on exhibition
at all regattas-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

ceased had some trouble about the road.
Henderson was highly respected in the
community.
A TRAMP entered the office of J. T.
Davis, station agent at Huron Station.
Lawrence County, Indiana. Tuesday. Mr.
Davis attempted to eject the fellow, who
turned on him with a knife and stabbed
him to death. The tramp then left. but
was pursued and captured by citizens, who
lynched him. He made no denial of his
crime.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
FIGHTING REPUBLICANS.
The Republican Political Combat in
Milwaukee Grows More Desperate.
Assembly District as well as County
Conventions will be Called.
Two Sets Of Delegates to be Sent to
Madison Eldred Losing Strength.
THE REPUBLICAN SQUABBLE.

Further Particulars of the Trouble in MiIwau-
kcc. 1t is Growing Serious.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2+.-The republican
combat in Milwaukee grows broader and
deeper with each passing day, and both
the ring and the voters are injuring
their prospects materially by the bitter
warfare. District, as well as county con
ventions will be called, and it now seems
probable that Milwaukee will send two
sets of delegates to the state convention.
The Milwaukee journal of last evening
has the following in regard to the mat
ter:
'The calling of a republican county con
vention by Messrs. Brand and Often, with
out the consent of Aid. Baumgaertner,
chairman of tho committee, has added
fresh fuel to the flame in republican cir
cles, but, as there is no regular machine,
the opposition will probably be scattered
and defeated. A member of the Bay
View committee declared last night that
gates t0 the county convention. but would
elect men and send them to Madison and
transfer the fight to the state convention
Similar threats have been made in the
Fourth ward and it is intimated that the
example will be followed. Others, who
think the county convention a scheme to
,,ppl. tbIp,r. Il
tion TO be ON hand at the caucuses and see
that men go to the county convention who
will elect delegates opposed to the ring
and thus give the hated tyrant a dose of
medicine warranted to kill.
Shrewd observers say that Mr.. Eldred
would be stronger IN the state convention,
backed by portion of the Milwaukee
delegation chosen III the old manner,
than he can possibly be with thirty
four delegates chosen under the new
system, amid such general bitterness.
There are men ready to go to Madi-
son and tell the convention that
it would hurt the whole state ticket if
Milwaukee man is put ON amid
such ill-feeling, and that it is for the
interests of the party to select candidates
elsewhere. The average country delegate
is always waiting for an excuse to go back
on Il metropolitan politician, and it may
be that these arguments will have their
effect, and that Il local quarrel viii shut
the city out. AIthogether the prospects
for a nice little fight are Frightening
every hour, and between now and Sept.
it need not be a matter of surprise to see
almost anybody bowling around with the
scalp of a political brother on pole"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
Cheekmated.
phIladelDhia Call

Aurelia (reading the sign abstractedlyj
.Ice-creaIa- All fayors."
Her young man. You've heard about
that picnic party being poisoned, haven't
your"
"0h yes
"And I've been told that all ice-cream
exhibits traces of arsenic"
"Does it? How nice! You know arsenic
is good for the complexion, and I'm get
ting so awfully sunburned. Let us have
some at once
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

dent for three terms, thereby extending
the periods when men of deserving
merits and conspicuous worth may sue
cessfully aspire to them. The duties of
the offices are not complex or Iabor-
Gus, and may be easily mastered by gen
tlemen of sufficient business tact and ca
pacity to be considered by any political
party in connection with them. Besides,
new brooms have their recognized advan-
tages and merits.
Such was tbe almost universal talk on
congressionai-conventiOn day. If the gen
tlemen who were then here should be at
Madison on the 8th of September, their
numbers and influence would doubtless
lind expression in the makeup of the
state ticket-a new deal, after the top"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

and circulates through it. The windows
should be closed before sunrise in the
morning. and kept closed and shaded
through the day. If the air of the cellar
Is damp it may be thoroughly dried by
placing in it peck of fresh lime in an
open box. 4 peck of lime viii absorb
about seven pounds or more than three
quarts of water, and in this way a cellar
or milk room may soon be dried, even in
the hottest weather
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
THE REPUBLICAN POWELL ALLIANCE.

The La Crosse Quack Doctor Gives Another
Chapter of His Conspiracy With Republican
Leaders.
la Crosse, WIS, Aug. y. new :" la
Dor r" paper, christened the Labor Ad-
vocate,' made its first appearance here
last night. The other two "labor" papers
died an ignominious death by starvation
last week, and this new one is to fill the
void, and is established by the same
becker. But DIR. Powell's experience
with daily newspapers has made him
cautious, and he now proposes to do his
work with weeklies. This new paper, in
its first issue takes up the contract with
the republican leaders where the defunct
ones left off. and proceeds to puncture
the democrats to an extent that must be
vera satisfactory to Chairman Taylor
1t says:
The democrats of Wisconsin have call
ed their state convention TO meet at
Madison one day previous to the meet
ing of the workmens' convention at
Neenah, intending to adopt a platform
! and nominate ticket that will be en-
| dorsed by the latter convention.
The fact that a man has received the
nomination of a democratic convention,
will be sufficient objection to unite the
workingmcn against him. Take a man
who to-day could secure the unanimous
support of the workiugmen, put him on
democratic ticket, by the action
! of n nominating convention of that
| party, and he would receive the
undivided opposition of the labor
| party. The democrats called their con
vention when they did simply to hew out
| a few labor planks and match them into
| their own celebrated Pliable platform, so
that they select their cock-eyed candidate
with his right eye firmly fixed upon the
labor convention at Neenah and his left
| eye nervously blinking as he views the
! pure" democracy and realizes how strong
! the prohibition party is and how light is
/ the hon crop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
Too Good TO be True.

They were wandering through the
woods when the small child picked some
berries.
Papa, what are these."
That's wild vine my child"
"What is II for;r
''They make wine from that"
They trotted along, when she picked
another berry and squeezed it, and soft,
creamy froth came out.
''Oh, papa, see- Here's some wild beer"
mo such luck. my child" said the tired
parent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
DAISIES on THE FARM.
TEXAS SIFTrNGS

She painted them on canvas
With rapt, artistic air.
She wore them in her bodice,
And in her raven hair.
She thought farm life idylic,
And said its greatest csarm
Was lent it by the daisies,
The daisies on the farm.
DO you nSt loAe the dai>ies?"
To the farmer son she saith,
B@t all the praise he uttered
Was underneath his breath
It sounded energetic,
But she felt a ysgue alarm
That he did not love the daisies,
The ualSles ou tie farm.
She read 10 him p ,Cm,
a pastoral coaplete;
lie seemed unSJ mpatuetic,
Though her voic,- WAS very sweet,
With some repreSs.d en- .tinu
his face grew dark and warm,
For its burden was the daisies,
Tie daisies on the rarnI.
Soon the charming summer boarder
To her cry hOme returned.
For her soul of higher longing
Her II Sth. Tic nature yeaTne1.
Ana the farmers son, uudaunred.
With hlS Scythe uu-,n It's arm,
Vent to battle with the Ga sieS,
The daisies on the farm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
Something to Think About.

Considering this war with Mexico, it is
well to remember that Americans hold
largely of Mexican bonds, and that mer-
chants in that country are heavily indebt-
ed TO our manufacturers and commission
men. War means repudiation of these
debts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
SQUASH BISCUIT.

Two cups of sliced squash, one cup of
yeast, two tablespoonfuls each of sugar,
butter and milk. Salt to taste. Knead
with flour like bread and set to rise over
night. Bake in quick oven in biscuit
for breakfast
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
WIDE AWAKE PIE.

One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses,
one-fourth cup of vinegar, two-thirds cup
of water, and butter the size of an egg.
Simmer them together, then add one cup
of powdered cracker, allspice cinnamon,
nutmeg and rasins. Bake with two crusts.
This makes two pies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

A Philadelphia optican says that there
are more people wearing glasses in that
city than in Boston and New York COM
bined-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
II is AS BITTER AS GALL.
The Fight Among Milwaukee Republi-
cans for Place on the State Ticket.
The Sanderson Clique Conc0ct Schemes
to Defeat Capt. Stanley's Plans.
Republican Workingmen Declare they
VIII Not Vote for Gov. Rusk.
THE REPUBLICAN RUMPUS.

-
Diagnosed by milwaukee Expert.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 23.-lt Is rather
early in the day to indulge in political
speculations efecting the state at large.
but locally We are having a warm time in
this bailiwick over who shall have place
on the republican state ticket. The con
test is not loud and there is very little of
1t apparent on the surface, but it is as
bitter a. gall, and will leave hard feelings
that may weaken the party in the fall
campaign.
The cause Of the whole trouble dates
pack to the
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
BLACK CAKE.

Two cups of sugar, one cup of mo
lasses, one cup of milk, one cup of but
ter, three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one tea,
spoonful of cloves, one nutmeg, five cups
of fonr, one pound of rasins, one pound
of currants, one pound of citron. This
cake will keep good several months.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

JAMES G. BLAINE made his opening
speech of the Maine campaign yesterday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27

PRINCE ALEXANDER l.. of Bulgaria, who
was forced by the people to abdicate the
rulership of that country, last Saturday,
was born April >, 1857. He is son of
Prince Alexander, of Battenberg Hessel.
brother of the late Empress of Russia
and is q brother of the husband of Queen
Nictoria's daughter Beatrice. Alexander
was elected prince by q unanimous vote
of the Constituent Assembly, April %, 10,
and assumed the government on June
2S, 1879. The principality of Bulgaria
was created by the treaty of Berlin, July
Is, 1878, article first of that treaty order
ing that Bulgaria should be constituted
an autonomous and tributary principatity
under the suzeranity of His Imperial
Majesty, the Sultan" Bulgaria lies be
tween Roumania and Eastern Roumelia
on the north and south, and between the
Black Sea and Servia on the east and west.
Its area is about 24,S60 English square
miles and contained in 1881 population
of 2,oo7,919. About 20 per cent. of the
people are of the orthodox Greek Church.
the remainder being Mohammedans and
Jews.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
WHITE CAKE.

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar,
one cup of sweet milk, the whites of five
eggs, three cups of flour, two teaspoons
of cream tartsr, one teaspoon of saler-
atuS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
IN TIE FARM MNISE

The stovcpipe can be cleaned by put
ting piece of zinc on the Goals of Il hot
fire. The vapor produced carries off the
SCOT by chemical decomposition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-27
Splendid Record.
New NOrly Gfpr

The General has, within
the past thirty days. made public three
different statements touching the depart
mcnt's affairs, and i'll every one of the cX-
hihits thus made the country will find
cause to applaud the President for having
called General Villas to his Cabinet We
are now i'll n position to see exactly what
was done i'll the railway mail service to
follow all the changes in the personel of
the postmasterships throughout the COun-
try, and to strike trial balance of the
financial results of this rs compared with
preceding administrations of the Post
Office Department.
In all respects rs to which we have
been furnished with an insight into the
facts and General Villas three state
mcnts cover nearly if not quite all the
important ground the result is most
satisfactory. We see the efficiency of the
railway mail service greatly increased: we
find that during the sixteen months of his
incumbency, General Villas has made won
derful headway in transferring the post
offices from Republican to Democratic
control though carefully avoiding any
act calculated to imperil the public bust
ness and lastly, it is made plain to us
that, Concurrently with all the enormous
labor involved III these changes and trans
formations, and Notwithstanding the re
duction in charges on printed mail mat
ter and in letter postage the expenses of
the department have been brought much
nearer to the receipts than hitherto.
For the explanation of this splendid
4 showing we have to look only to General
/ Villas to the intelligence, the zeal, the
/ tireless industry and the uuselgsh patriot
/ ism that he has devoted To the discharge
/ of his duties. The care displayed in Sc
/ lectiug capable and trustworthy subor-
/ dinates, the vigilance applied in analyz-
/ ing details, ferreting out waste and care
/ lessness, the Judgment exhibited in or
/ dalning reforms these represent an
amount of labor, intellectual and physi-
cal, that none but a man of singular en-.
dowments could have sustained.
! We feel that the country is TO be con.
! graduated on having such an officer as
William +. Villas at the head of the most
important department, and that he Is tc
be thanked for the brilliancy and the
faithfulnesS with which he has discharged
his trust.