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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-02-25

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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1886-02-25

ON DEMANDE deux BONES
files franchises; Pune CONNIE cui-
sini4re, l'autre CONNIE bonnie den
fants. S'adresser /:
Nine Cleveland,
1923, SEINE rue Sud.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Centenary OF the Constitutions
Philadelphia Times.

The seventeenth of September, 1887, is
really a more important date in American
history than the fourth of July, 177G.
The Declaration of independence was
a little moro than a form of words until
independence was made an accomplished
fact by seven hard years of war, and even
after that the achievement of independ-
ence was of comparatively little cOnse-
qquence in face of the question what use
was to be made of it. The school histOr-
les of The United States commonly ended
with the peace of 1888; in reality the his
tory of the United States only begins
there, and the critical years were those
that led to the adoption of the Federal
Constitution.
1t is eminently fitting, therefore, that
the Tooth anniversary of this most mo-
mentous political event should be duly
celebrated by all who love their country
and its institutions, and it is fitting, also,
that the movement for a suitable com
memoration should be made by the gov
ernors and representatives of the thirteen
free and independent states that were
united under the constitution. The con
fict concerning the Interpretation of this
instrument which the present generation
has passed through, if more vio-
lent, was scarcely more earnest
than the unarmed controversy which
preceded its adoption, and the cordial re
union of the states, exempliied in the
presence of so many of their chief magis
trates in Philadelphia, gives new proof of
the strength and value of the Union
formed under the constitution a century
less one year ago.
Philadelphia should begin at once to
prepare for next years celebration, for it
is upon the original Federal capital that
the main responsibility as well as the fore
most privilege VIII fall in this centennial
festival of constitutional government in
the new world.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Novelties in Jewelry.
InnnlInrn, lN-unhi


Plain band rings, in nugget finish, are
selling well.
The demand for single moonstone rings
is still strong.
Fancy single-stone opal rings are find
ing ready sale.
Doublets of rubies and emeralds are
again popular in rings.
Tourmalines, in combination with dia.
monds, are seen in fancy rings.
Antique stage intaglio rings are now
made in nugget-fnish and are well re-
ceived.
Fancy or plain single-stOne opal scarf
pins are rapidly making their way into
favor.
Twisted wire rings are popular; two or
three of different colors being knotted to-
gether closely.
The enamalled pansy, acknowledged
and centered, are now used in scarf pins
with good effect.
Scarf-pins in the form of a birds claw
grasping a gem-cut piece of topaz or
hematlte are occasionally seen.
Plain bar pins set with pearls and tur-
quolses seem at present to please more
than elaborate patterns.
SPinels and chrysoberyIs. in combina-
ton with diamonds, are still numbered
among the popular oddities.
Louis NJ. styles are reviving in Paris
Miniatures set around with diamonds are
considerably worn there.
Red onyx sleeve buttons, goId-rimmed
and cut in antique intagIio, are neat and
in harmony with popular styles.
The moon stone ball encIustered in
diamonds, recently noticed IN rings. is
also to be found in studs and coIIar-but-
tons.
Queen chains in oxidized silver with
hat pendants, one side of which Is orna-
mented with antique heads, are worn by
some.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01

In drifting cloud the mist specks can be
discerned floating along with transparent
intervals between. The clear air which
lies around the globules of vapor then
acts as an insulating investments: it i'm
prisons its own part of the acquired
electrical folce in each separate clobule.
The cloud is thus not charged as a whole
like continuous piece of metal. with its
electricity spread upon its outer surface.
1t Is interpenetrated everywhere with
the force. 1t Is composed of myriad of
of electrical Specks, each having its own
particular share of the electrical force,
and each acting asa center of electrical
energy on its own account The electri-
city which at one instant resides in the
outer surface OF the cloud, and is there
fore, but q comparatively small portion of
that which Is present IL the entire vapor-
Gus mass. That such is the way in which
1t Is stored in the clouds has been proved
by direct observation. When Il gold-elec-
trometer Is placed in the midst OF a cloud
driven along by the wind, it Is seen that
the strips of goldleaf continually diverge
and collapse as the mass of the cloud pass
es along. There Is en- electrical charge
acting 10 all parts, but the charge varies
in intensity from place to place accord
ing as there is a greater or less condensa-
ton of the particles of vapor in each par
ticular spot. But the influence external
~ exerted by the the cloud is nevertheless
capable of being raised TO very intense
degree because it is so to speak, the sum
total or outcome of the force contained
in the innumerable internal ceuters of
energy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
How Horses are Spoiled.
". Ia O. I..l

When We have succeeded in inspiring
the horse with entire confidence in him
self and in his master also, there is but
little likelihood. unless he is very ner-
vous or very perverse horse, that he will
become troublesome through any vicious
act, or want of honesty.
Baking" that one vice that pretty
nearly takes all the value out OF some
horses, is undoubtedly always, or very
nesrly always, chargeable to indiscreet
management on the part OF those who
have had the breaking training
after management at work. Thus. if
horse is overloaded while yet young, stops
to rest without being told to do so, and
finding the rest agreeable, and its starting
being ary-disagreeable, it is not to
be wondered at that he forms the habit
of stopping, and, therefore becomes
baker" If, when the first Inclination
to stop and hesitate is observed the
temptation be taken away by getting on
to an easier piece of road, tightening the
load or giving the horse rest, and feed if
needed, afterward avoiding a similar oc-
casion for stopping, the danger of having
confirmed balky horse may be averted.
But when under these circumstances the
horse Is hit with the whip, and sharply
reprimanded, then look out for retalia-
tory effort. The horse assumes that you
are his enemy, and from that moment he
places himself in au antagonistic posi-
ton, looking upon his master as an
enemy.
The question Is often asked whether a
confirmed baker can be cured. This
admits of a double ansver-yes or no.
If the horse is in good hands, managed
by some person who has frnness and
Judgment, he can sometimes be cured by
driving stake and hitching him at the
spot where he stops. until he is glad to
move along to where his rations are.
Horses have been cured by, as the saying
Is. taking them at their word" and if
they want to back, then keep them back
ing. giving the animal to understand that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Glover as a Forage.
lnMn homestead

Prof S. A. Knapp, of the Iowa agricul-
tural college, gentleman who has devOt-
ed much attention to the grasses, says, of
clover:
at has composition quite similar to
cows milk more dry matter and more
ash, less lat albuminoids nearly the
same and that IAN acre of good clover
will produce in one season II tons or
more of green food, containing two and
two-ffths tons OF dry matter, equal to 80
bushels of corn, and more than its equiv
alent for food. Glover is a wonderful
feeder. 1t greedily devours barnyard
manure and ashes, and has a special lik-
ing for gypsum. As grain food it is
not necessary to find better
In relation to flavor Prof. Knapp saws
it Is of the highest order. Tested with
fifty of the best grass and forage plants,
placing bunch of red clover when about
seven or eight inches tall, beside similar
bunch of Alfalfa, Orchard grass, Italian
Rye grass, etc, and allowing me sheep.
COW, and pig to decide the question of
relative palatability, in every case the pig
and sheep took the clover first. and in
most cases the COW did the same"
Red clover when young has nutritive
ratio of one to two. which shows that it is
nearly equal to oil-meal for growing
young animals. As the plant ap-
paoaches maturity the water. tbs ash,
the fats, and the albuminoids decrease.
and the carbohydrates and crude fiber
increase till in full the nutritivs ratio is
one to three excellent food as hay. but
not so strong in flesh forming material as
either"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Does Short Hair Hurt Health "
London Truth.

new terror of the toilet has been
sprung upon us this time. strange to
state, not by the Lancert. The alarm is
raised ON the question of the length at
which the human hair should be worn.
Some uncomfortable theorist, has. ii
seems, suggested that rs the hair is a con
ductor of electricity to the brain, it is
absolutely necessary-if a general soften
ing Of that organ on the part OF the rising
male generation is to be avoided-for the
practice Of INDUCING i'll n "closo crop to
he discontinued. Forthwith the anxious
father" unbosom himself in the daily
press, rendered sympathetic by the ad-
won't of the dull season, and demands to
know whether the capillary alarmist is a
true prophet. Without venturing an
opinion on so vital a point, one cannot
but reflect that there are many brains into
which the infusion of some amount of
motive force, electrical or otherwise,
would be anything but misfortune. 1t
is pity though that the new theory was
not preached some five or six years ago,
during the height OF the aesthetic craze, -
for it would certainly have made many
converts to tho style OF hsirdressing cul-
tivated by Mr.. Oscar Wilde before that
apostle sacrificed his own locks in defer
ence to the "tyraut custom"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
No More Interruptions.
New York Tribune

Artenpus Ward said that once while on
lecture tour, night found him at small
town in Nevada. In the landlord of the
hotel he recognized Il friend of his boy
hood, who gave him hearty greeting.
Supper over the landlord said to his
guest:
Nov, Brown, we hardly ever have any
show of any kind in this place and
don't think that we ever had Il lecture
Can't you give US your lecture up in the
ballroom! 1t will please the people
nightly, and I'll take ii as great favor
if you will
With characteristic good nature Arte-
mus consented. The ballroom was filled
when he rose to speak, and before he had
been on his feet 4 minute he made an OBJ
servation which provoked roar of
laughter, at which the landlord, his face
white with rage, rose and advanced toward
the platform with the remark:
Zone minute, Mr.. Brown"
Artemus paused, and the landlord hav-
ing taken his place beside him. drew a re-
volver from his back pocket and address
| ing the audience, said:
Ladies' and gentlemen, the speaker is
Il particular friend of mine and # he Is
i'll errupted again d--n me if l don't
| shoot. You can proceed Mr.. Brown
Artemus proceeded, and, although he
| gave them the funniest lecture, he report
| ed that there was afterward no further
interruption"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Tools and Repairs.
CultivatOr.

1t must be a very bungling farmer who
cannot afford to have from so to $25
worth of sharp tools and a good place to
keep and use them. The interest on such
an investment will be less than it may
cost to make single trip to the village
to get some small but very indispensable
repairing done when harvest is driving,
and perhaps several nen waiting with
nothing to do but to figure up how much
they will get for the time they are idle
Some men have very little faculty in the
use of tools, but if there are two or three
boys i'll the family there will probably be
at least one of them that will probably
learn to use tools, if he can find them to
use. Unless we lived very near shop we
should as soon think of getting along
without a pillow or cultivator as to get
along without good hammer, and yet
until moving machines came into general
use and wrenches were put in as a part of
the outfit by the manufacturer monkey
wrenches were quite rarely found on farms
and an old pair of pincers were frequent
ly the nearest approach to a monkey
wrench when n nut needed to be taken off
for putting 4 point to the plow We
know this, for we have had our fingers
pinched many times trying to do Just
this thing, before good wrenches became
common. No farm outfit is complete
without two or three saws, a claw hammer,
Ratchet, square, some planes, set of
bit. and bit stock. screw driver, few
gimlets, avis, punches, files of different
shapes and sizes, two or three chisels, a
mallet and good rk-bench with wise
attached.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
SONG OF THE FARMERS WIFE.


Monday is for washing,
Tuesday is for ironing,
Wednesday is for mend!ng and putting clothes
away:
Thursday is for churning,
Friday is for baking,
Saturday IS always the grand cleaning day.
But then there is the breakfast
And tht dinner and tea to get;
Besides. there is tbs milking to be done each
night and morn:
The hens to feed. the knitting,
The sweeping and the bread to set,
And the csrding of the wool when the sheep are
shOrp.
There is never any ending.
But always work beginning
From early Monday morning till Saturday at
night;
But oftenimss find,
II merry song I'm singing,
My heart Is gay aud happy, then all my work
seems lii hit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01

A correspondent of the London Garden
maintains that cold water for watering
plants does but little If any injury to
them. In large palm house sixty feet
high, he piled copiously with hose. This
was continued for ten years, and the
plants were reported to be in excellent
condition. No difference was observed
between this and other treatment. Some
grew rampantly. This writer remarks
that if cold water exercises injurious eff
feet, there would certainly be an end to
cumber growing in many of the London
market gardens, where the only water to
be obtained is cold. The cold water re-
naming for few minutes only on the
plants Is soon brought to the same tenn
perature az the house. 1t is well to in
quire whether the common directions to
gardeners to use tepid water in watering
houses and other plants are the result of
distinct experiment, or whether they do
not come from theoretical reasoning.
The trial of plants placed side by side Is
easily made.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
AN OLD STORY.
EROM TEMPLE EAR

when the spring was beginning and May-dsy was
nigh,
On country girl spinning the King cast his eye;
Fair flourish the roses anear the court wal,
But the rose otnthe hedges is fsirest OF all
Let me hide my fools face meath lying tomb
stone,
For the worlds gone maying, NOPE here
alone"
Said the jester, who sat on the steps Of the
throne.
But the blossoms will fade which the thouzhtless
have torn,
And the cheeks OF maid will grow withered
and worn
Why Should there for such small matter be
woe,
Since each hedge and each village such roses
will showf
King! go to your wine; pretty maiden: go
moan:
when its meat hath been unumbed we leave the
picked bonr
Said the jester who sat on the steps OF the
throne
Yet peasant is grinding knife, sharp and
strong.
And silently winding his way through the
thrOGg
Then the dogs must be driven from licking the
gore
OF monarch struck down at bis own palace
door
Though her name be l. gibe, and her affairs DER
thrown,
In the end gossip Justice will sit II on her own,
Said the jester, who sat on the steps OF the
throne.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
How Lightning is KlndIed.
Science For All.

The observations of meteorologists
shows that the vapor which ascends in an
invisible state from the ground carries
with it In calm and fine weather, into the
higher regions OF the air very consider
able supply Of positive electricity. Each
minute vapor-partiele that goes up bears
its own portion of the load When. how
ever, this lnyInsible yapor has thus mount
ed into very high regions of the air. it
loses It's InTislbility, and il condensed in
TO visible mist. as has ALREADY been e1-
planned In detail Numerous particles of
the aqueous substance are drawn close to
gether, and grouped into the form of lit
tie vesicies or giobules- Each one of
these Is then reservoir or receptacle of
the electric force, and as more and more
watery vesicles are condensed more and
more electricity Is collected in the gather
ing mist: but each of the water globules
Is still enveloped By a space of clear air
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Hcrsditcry Diseases
Popular Science Monthly

y
A fallacious notion has somewhat crept
in that an intellectual man must he.
low par physically, and that the one fac
ulty Is necessarily cultivated at the ex-
pense of the other. The old proverb has
been 1outed as an ahsurdity. So much
very briefly, for the great cause of race
degeneration: the second. and the one
to which this payer would direct atten-
ton, is the influence OF hereditary dis
eases. This factor has never received
the attention it should have had at the
hands of the writer's of social science.
The races of which we have been speak
ing had little of this element to contend
with. The weaklings were either DELHI
erately exposed and left TO die. as in the
case OF the Spartans, or if they attained
maturity they were held in such low es-
TEEN that they were willingly kept in the
background Look for q moment at our
modern civilization and mark its diane
trically opposite tendency. Every day
hospitals ere being erected to nurture
the diseased and imperfect specimens of
our race, aud every year thousands are
saved from the death to which nature
would consign them All this accords
with our enlarged notions of humanity,
and reflects great credit on the zeal of
the philanthropist and the science of the
physician. but it eSeItS baneful effect
on the race. To one who hiss had access
TO any large city hospitals, it is a pitiful
sight to see the multitude of children
who are tided over few years and sent
ont into the world branded with an here
ditary faint. to propagate their wretched
breeds. The limits of this paper will
not allow any extended statistics, nor the
nature of 1t warrant special discussion
of hereditary diseases, but there are two
whose Effects are apparent to all-con-
sumption and insanity. The former,
consumption, using the term in its widest
sense has for ages produced the most
frightful ravagss. For example, in Eng
land, from 1887 to 1S41, of the total
number of deaths from all causes, 16 per
cent were from consumption. In Phila-
delphia, from 1910 to ls49, the death
rate was one of consumption to six and
half from all other causes. or about
Is per cent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Reform in Texas.
Texas SiftingS

Col. Jones, of Texas, is politician who
used to be of a very conyivial turn, but
recently, believing that the prohibition
party is destined to be on top for while
he quit his tods and became an ardent ad-
vocate of temperance. 1t was only for
effect, however, as he wanted to run for
congress on prohibition ticket.
Mai. Brown was a former boon com
panion of the colonel's but he had aban-
doned the flowing bowl and reformed in
dead earnest.
He was also a prohibitionist. The
two old chums met in the street the other
day, when the following conversation en-
sued:
Colonel Good morning, major, glad
to see you. How are you coming on
now?
Maior-First rate, thank you.
Colonel hear you have quit with the
boys and are now an out-andout prohibi-
ZIONIST.
Major-Yes, colonel. 1 am satisfied
that rum is the curse of this country and
l am i'll for putting it down.
Colonel (smiling We'll, major, 1 don't
know who can put more rum down than
you can when you set out.
Major Quickly I don't mean that wa J.
am in favor of DISCRIMINATING the traffic
altogether.
Colonel very seriously are right
major, and l have made up my mind to
help you.
MaiOr-You, colonel?
COlOnel-Yes. Rum begins with the
same letter of the alphabet as ruin, and
am done with it from this moment, ma
jor.
MajOr-No
Colonel Fact, major, and l am ready
to give a practical demonstration of my
sincerity. 1 am going to offer myself Il
candidate for congress on the prohibition
ticket.
Major (much astonished) You don't
say so?
ColoneI-Yes, sir; and I want to ask if
you'll vote for me.
Major with enthusiasm - Why, of
course 1 will, old fellow, and work for you,
too.
Colonel radiant with delight and forget
ting his reformation Then let's go and
take a drink.
Major forgetting his aIsoy- Colonel,
I'll do it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01

Take eight eggs and the whites of four
more, with four teaspoonfuls of rose wa
ter; strain through a bit of muslin or a
hair sieve; add three-fourths of pound
of sifted sugar, mixing we'll. Put with
the strained juice of a dozen oranges,
and as many Jumps of sugar rubbed on
the orange skins as will absorb the rest.
Set 1t over gentle fire in an enameIed
saucepan, and when it begins to thicken
stir in a tablespoonful of butter. When
it reaches the consistency of honey pour
into fiat china dish. 1t is good to serve
with spOnre biscuits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Rye for Fall and Spring Pasturage.
Iowa Homestead.

Allow me to urge every farmer to SOW
rye on every available acre just as soon
as the ground is in proper condition. 1t
is now evident that the dry weather will
shorten our crops, and we should at once
look for some means by which to replace
the loss. By the early and extensive sow
ing of rye an immense amount of pastur-
age can be secured for stock, which will
add very greatly in carrying the cattle
and horses through till another season.
If rain comes soon and the sowing to be
done promptly large amount of pasture
can be secured for use this fall; but if
circumstances are such as TO prevent sow
ing in time for fall purposes it will be
ready for early spring and may be pastur-
ed into May, and when a favorable spring
a fair crop can still be secured or if the
land is then wanted for corn, pasture
close and turn under. After years of ex-
perience it mas been the conclusion of
the writer that there was no crop which
all things considered, paid better than
rye, except, of course, grass, which is the
crop for Iowa. After the rains come sow
ing may be done at almost any time be
fore the ground is frozen. Having pur-
chased a farm late in the fall few years
ago 1 was delayed in sowing that place
until the 29th of October. The ground
being wet mt the time the grain sprouted
at once, and was just beginning to come
through the surface when everything
froze up for the winter, but the rye came
through all right and yielded a beautiful
crop the next season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
Useful Office Boy.


Omaha Banker-Can't leave your of
fee! Why don't you get boy to look
after it?
Omaha Lawyer-Have tried about a
dozen and not one of them was worth
keeping. Don't want another one
around.
why, 1 saved $4,000 by an office boy
once"
Eth! How was that"
Sent him with message to the broker
saying l wanted a large quantity of a
certain stock. Well, that stock went way
down to zero the next day"
You must have been badly caught"
No, l saved $4,000"
Saved 100000! How under the canopy
could that be-"
well, you see, didn't have any OF
the stock, because the boy lost the mes
sage
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
CATAE n II


able % Price 20 ctr by mai 81 dTuS-.E -~T
for circular. ELY BEOIHEISS, Druggist. "v.sO