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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

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The New Orleans Picayune gives long
account of trial on one of the street
railroads of that city of a motor propell-
ed by ammonia gas, the trial having in
every way proved perfectly satisfactory
and successful. This gas, which is but
little more than one half the weight of
air, is powerfully expansive, and when
passed through cylinders of steam en-
CINE will operate just the same as steam
in moving machinery. In order to uti-
lie this gas it is stored in a strong iron
reservoir which is carried under the floor of
a car and is supplied to the engine just as
steam is used from boiler. In order to
be able to carry enough of the gas to
drive the machinery for any considerable
time the gas is forced by powerful pumps
into the reservoir on the car until pres
sure of from $50 to 200 pounds to the
square inch is reached, its force being
indicated by gauge, much the same as
steam gauge. Each car is supposed to
carry enough gas to make round trip.
There is, of course, no fire, smoke, steam
nor heat, and the propelling appliances are
compactly stored beneath the floor of the
car, which, in external appearance or in
ternal accommodation, is in no way diff
that it stands little higher on its wheels
to make room for the machinery under.
meath. The engineer or driver sits on the
front platform which is no more encum-
bered than is the platform of horse car,
and by means of couple of levers he
reverses and forwards the engine move
ment at Will, while throttle valve con
trolls the admittance of gas to the engine
in much the same way as steam is mang-
ed. Right here comes in a great item
of economy. The ammonia gas after
passing through the engine and doing its
work is not lost by being allowed to es
cape into the osshere, but is saved by
simply turning it into an air-tight water
tank carried under the car. The gas has
such an affinity for the water that the
latter will absorb 700 times its bulk, ten
cubic feet of water taking up 1000 feet
of the gas which Is extracted from the
water and is again utilized in driving a
car.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
Everyday in Il Georgia City.
Atlanta r,psf,f


We have several persons in Georgia who
are related to George Washington on the
side of his mother, Mary Ball. and others
related to him on the side of his sister
Elizabeth, who married Fielding Lewis.
There can be found here in Atlanta gen
uemen who are descended from Jonathan
Edwards, the great theologian and first
president of Princeton. and who are there
fore of the same blood as the brilliant and
daring Aaron Burr. We can find here. al
so, the defendants of Lady Godiva. the
heroine of one of Tennyson's favorite
poems. Mingling in our streets every day
may be seen men whose ancestors battled
against each other in the Wars of the Ros-
es; crossed swords when the English met
the Scots on Flodden Field: butchered one
another under the nicknames of Round
Head and Calalier and wrestled in death
grapple on many q CORY field in France
and Germany. Blu. time has wiped out all
differences and and all look alike and think
alike.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
TO BE CoNTINUED.l
The Walking is Good.
Detroit Eraa prasx


How much vhas a ticket to LANSING ~,
he asked at the Third Street Depot yes
terday.
Two forty"
Make it 81"
mo, sir
But, l like to GO ont undt see nv brud
der"
THE price is $40, sir"
How far was hes"
"Eighty-six miles"
Il gift you 81, und mebbe go out az ain
next fall"
NO, sir
you dom take him!"
mo, sir"
My frendt, dot vhas all right. like
to see my brudder, but now l doan't go
oudt."
Can't help that
"Mebbe you think my brudder comes in
to see me and gifts you $40. You vhas
off. He WALKS eafery shtep of der way.
und you dosn' get so much as one look
NIT his coat tails! My frendt, good
davl''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
GARNERED WIT.

where m / goin' this vacation, pop?"
inquired Jimmy Tuffboy of his paternal.
''Well, you are going to behave yourself,
to start with That's a tough one, pop.
Where then?" II guess if you go to one
picnic that will do for you" ''One pic
mic! No picnic for me. going to tramp
these woods round here for six straight
weeks. Picnics are no use. Who wants
to row boat load of girls all over q pond,
and not have them speak to you OH the
streets"
Now, James," he said to his new SON
in-law, when the couple had returned
from their bridal tour, you have money
and you will probably want to speculate
more or less. You, of course, know that
/ am a brokerg" "'Yes, sir" "And in
case You make any deals" Certain
ly. sir; but you should remember that
while circumstances make ther-in-law,
choosing your broker is matter of bust
ness
.'Say, where are you going?" said VIII
kins to his wife. IF you must know
though it's none of your business Il am
going to spend the day with the Thomp-
sons" I'm so glad, dear. / always did
hate those Thompsons." Yes, know
you hate them. That's my reason for llk-
ing them. / love them for the enemies
they have made"
Here, James, take these two cakes and
give the smaller one to your little broth
err James examined the cakes careful
ly, appeared undecided, and finally took
a heroic bite out of one of them, which
he passed over to his brother with the
remark: There, Tommy, I've made you
a smaller one-they were both the same
size"
Little Lii (pouting)-I wish / was as
big as Cora. Merritt amused You
should not have such a wish as that,
baby; you want to keep young as long as
you can. Little Lii mot so sure)-I don't
know about that If was as big Cora
I'd wear hustle, and then ma couldn't
spank me any more
Citizen Ito base ball manager TO
what do you attribute your defeat, to-
day! Manager To the fact that the
other club had two mascottes while we
only had one. / shall have mascot .es
snough on our western trip to win tsso
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
A COnunCirum.
Washington Critic.

what is the difference between the
Comte de Paris and. I've forgotten
the other part, Mary; it's venerable
conundrum which 1 heard yesterday"
"And Mr.. Randall perhaps Joe; be-
cause one is pretender, and the other
is, too"
'No, no, that isn't it, What's the diff
erence between the count and"
And baseball, Joe? One is heir to
the throne, and the other is thrown to
NO keep still minute and l shall
think of it. What's the difference be-
tween the count and Neapolitan beg
gar?"
"Neapolitan, necessarily, Joe?"
mo, you torment, of course not any
beggar-an unclad beggar-in summer
time-that is, some beggars."
ooh, well, give it up, anyhow"
Because one issues manifestoes. and
the other manifests toes with is shoes"
Jaw! I've he ard that before"
"Of course! OF course you can guess
itnow. You are precocions child"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

The Pocahontas Headlight, weekly
journal of Virginia, has new editor, and
ne says in his salutatory that he does not
"re-enter the theatcr of journalism as the
trembling debutant, dazzled by the tinsel
and glitter of pictured scenes, nor as
sumo its more sacred functions as the
neophyte, whose swinging censor but
deepens the awful mysteries of the sane
tuary."
The Cincinnati Enquirer tells of two
remarkable babies. One is sixteen
months old, Elmer Heeter, of Trenton,
o., who weighs 6S pounds, measures 2S
inches around the chest, 80 around the
waist and 20 inches around the thigh.
The other baby hasn't been named, but it
belongs to Mrs. Steve Boyer, of East Hill.
Ohio, and was born in the middle of
June. 1t hasn't been measured, but it
weighs 10 ounces.
While a gang of prisoners were waiting
on wharf at Philadelphia for the arriv-
al of the police boat to take them to the
house of correction, Moses Kelly made a
dash and jumped into the water. He dis
appeared, and was thought to be drowned
but careful search revealed him in the
mouth of n sewer sixty feet from where
he went under. He was dragged out with
a boat hook in much the same condition
as Jean Vatican after his famous wade in
the Paris sewer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

it will reduce me. 1t ought TO do it.
Good afternoon, sir, and thank you so
much for your kindness"
The barouche with its fair burden
rolled away. The wind came swirling up
the road, lifting clouds of dust, other
vehicles dashed by the young man of the
wheel a New York Central freight-train
ratified along the track below, a sprink
lingo spurted and squirted in the
semi-circle, but above all the din there
sounded one word in tone hopeful, il
pathetic,n-reduced.n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

II you are losing your grip on life try Wells
Health Remover" Goes Direct to weak spots
Great Appetizer, and aid to Digestion, giving
strength to stomach, liver, kidneys. bowels.
The Boston postoffice yields the government an
annual net revenue of over 81 600. 00O
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

games out of three if / have to buy up a
whole founding asylum.
THAT is q handsome watch YOU are
wearing" YES; l fatter myself it is
rather neat" "Rsther costly, ehs" Cost
lys l should say il was. have had to pay
per cent. a month on it most all the time
since I've had it
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

Down on the Little Beaver Creek. half
mile from here, there is gas coming
right up through the assures in the rock
bottom of the stream, but it never does
any exploding. When lighted it burns
in the shape Of wine glass seven feet
high, and from its light you can see the
holes in the rock from which it issues
We have had it burning several
times lately, and it seems to be as strong
to-day as it was when we first discovered
it, good many years ago. When not
burning it comes up with force enough to
keep the water in constant froth. Gas
escapes at several other places along the
creek, within few miles of here, but not
in so large quantity"
The escaping natural product has at
tracted the attention of gas operators,
and the prospect of striking a big well
in that vicinity has added to the interest
already felt in the field on account of its
oil prospects. In addition to the gas
which escapes from the spring bottom
there are several wells, drilled, many of
them ten years ago, in the vicinity which
are still producing. One we'll ten miles
east of Cannelton, which is only 700 feet
deep, produces a flow of fuel that when
lighted burns ten feet from the surface
of the ground. 1t has been producing
since about 1870. Others are not doing
so well, but still have showing of what
they might again be if drilled deeper.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

Palpitation, Dropscal Swellings, Dizziness In
digestion, Headache, Ague, Liver and Kidney
Complaint, SleepessDess cured by Wells Health
Remover" Elegant tonic for adults or children
Mr.. Carissa Raymond, of Wilton, Conn, is in
the 1l5fh year of her age
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
Startling Weakness.

general and nervous debility, impaired memory,
lack OF self-confidence premature loss OF manly
vigor and powers, are common results of Excess
sive indulgence youthful indiscretions and per
nicisus solitary practices. Victims whose man
hood has thus been wrecked should address, with
10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treat
pensary Medical Association, G63 Main Street,
inf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
When the Collar Button Drops. :,

DO you remember how you were on
your Blended knees that night you propos-
ed to me, lover
''Oh, yes; but that's nothing
''Nothing!"
You ought to hear me swear on my
knees when my collar button drops and
rolls under the bureau
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
bagxas., Expressage and S. Carriage Hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot.
6l2 elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost OF one
million dollars, 81 aud upwards per day. Eur
opean plan. Elevator Restaurant supplied with
road TO all depots Families can live hetter for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other first class hotel in the city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

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TO give perfect satisfaction in every case Be sure
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are but limitations and counterfeks.
Tampa, Florida, boasts of a cabbage two feet
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

A citizen of DougiasvilIe, Ga, went
home after dark. and after he had slam
med the gate heard a curious Hopping
sound He investigated. and discovered
he had shut the gate ON the head ofa
big snake
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
BUCHU-PABA.
HEART PAINS.

Cures all Kidney Affections Scslding, Irrita-
ton, Stone, Gravel, Catarrh OF the Bladder. 81.
A lion weighing 1900 pounds was captured
at Astoria Oregon last week
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

are immensely strengthened by the use of DIR. r.
V. Pierce's "Favorte Prescription" which cures
all female arrangements. and gives tone to the
system. Sold by druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
Advice to Consnmntixea.

On the appearance Of the first symptoms As
general debility, loss OF appetite. pallor, chilly
sensations, followed by night sweats and cough
prompt measures for relief should be taken.
Consumption is scrofulous disease of the lungs;
therefore, use the great anti-scrofula or blood
purifier and streHgth-restorer-DI pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" Superb. 70 cod
liver oil as a nutritive, and unsurpassed az pee.
toral. For weak lungs splitting Of blood, and
kindred affections, il has no equa. Sold by
druggists the world over. For DR.. Peros's treat
h consumption, send 10 cents in stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Cos
Main Street. Buffalo, n. Y.
Victoria r q has carried nv a ma iority of ga
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
THIN PEOPLE

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yigor, cures Dyspepsia, Malaria Impotence,
Nervous Debility, Consumption, Wasting Diseas-
60, Decline. II has cured thousands, viii cure
you.
A blind man who WAS tsunted in San Francisco
recentiy. pitched into the crowd headlong and
thrssaed alike the innocent and the guilty,
Five dollars can be saved every year in boots
and shoes by using Lyons Heel Stffeners, costs
only CSC.
A man st Uolton, Cal, has purchased 5000
orange trees, in Florida, which he proposes to
transplant on his farm,
Mensman's FeptoniIcd Beef Tonic, the
only preparation Of beef containing its eatirr
nutritious properties, Ii Contains blood-mskirS,
force generating and life sustaining properties;
Invaluable for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous
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also enfeebled conditions whether the result OF
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particularly IL resulting from pulmonary com
New YORK Sold by druggists.
During the past season Ssndusky, O, has put
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taken frotu Lake Ere,
Frazec Axe Grease lasts four times As long as
any other. Use It; save your horses and wagons.
"Halelujah u IRe name ct bonnie
salvation army "a, stationed at Port Ca
borne, CSn1d
months treatment for SOC riso's Remedy
for Cstarrh. Sold nv druggists
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
BED-BUGS, FLIES,

Flies, reaches ants, bedbugs, water bugs
moths, rats, mice, sparrows, jack-rabbits, goph
ers, chipmunks, cleared out by Rough on Rats y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

clears out rats, mice reaches. flies ants, bed
bugs, vernin, water-bugs, skunks. 15c.
Rough on Toothache." Instant relief lie.
Rough on Corns'' hard or soft corns bunions.
1jc.
A fisherman had one of his legs broken the 9TH
er day by a slap from the tail Of large sturgeon
that be WAS trying TO land In DelaWare bay
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
LIFE PRESENTER.

Better results are derived from Halls Hair Re
newer than from any similar preparation.
A citizen of Athens, Ga, has $40 bill OF con-
ntaIp mo
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
Hanry's Carholic Saliva

Victoria, B. c., has carried, by majority of 2S4
a bylaw granting bonus of s., 500 for works for
the reduction Of gold and silver ores
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
CROUCH ON RATS"

l5c.
Mount Vernon is to be linked to Washington by
IL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
New York World

Tne Career of Convict Who Married His
Own Child-Three Generations of Wrecked
Minis
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
THE WEAKER SEX

Cleveland papers are agitating free baths for
the cifr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

The Italian merchants in San Francisco hav'
organized an Italian chamber OF commerce.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

3 months treatment for SOC risoNs Remedy
for Catarrh. Sold hN druggists
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
If you suffer with chilIs and fever, take Ayers

y OUGHT SOIu ~ VI uFkIhIb.
Gorham, Me, celebrated It's 10th anniversary,
LIZ
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-04
YE CONSPiRATOR.
*

If Connecticut is not more civilized
than New York, ye boy-cat will have to
change his tactics and do better eyecu-
ton.
All right, George; it will be to your
interest. Ye boy cat likes to be stroked
the right way.
The Courier tried the conspiracy
racket" over decade ago and got left.
Capitalism wasn't quite SO rampantly
impudent then,
In order to support sound principle
there must be an ever-increasing contn-
gent ready to act in case injustice tri
umphs over the walking delegate.
The people pay the City Attorney,
and his high Office is used by the Courier
to defeat Organized Labor. Boycott
If n large firm opens store and sells
goods cheaper than its competitors, and
thus ruins their business, is that con
spracyf
If a temperance society ostraci2es IA
grocer for selling rum according to law,
is that boycotting?
If II Church expels and ostracizes "A
"lone widow" for selling rum under a
license from the County Commissioners,
is that boycotting and conspiracy?
Ii some of the old deacons of the
church tipple over the bar of an eNcom-
municated "lone widow" are they
scabs?
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-04

The Lake Shore strike is still on, and
there are rumors of general strike still
in the air in Chicago.
One hundred and thirty Italians en-
ployed ON the Calais water works struck
last Wednesday morning for an increase
of wages. The contractor refuses To
comply. They are unorganized.
The Decazeville France miners, who
have been out on strike for four months,
harassed by the gen darmes and police,
have finally won the victory, and gained
their extra pay. They were financially
assisted by German, English and Amer-
can Trades Unionists and Socialists.
"This great hubbub over the relations
of the Knights and the open unions is
great mistake There was never any
trouble with these unions. There is but
one exception to this, and that is the In
ternational Cigarmakers Union. There
is AZ much clashing in our local assem-
blies as there is between the knights and
the trades unions. II. Y. Porderiy.
Brewer Ehret, of New York, who is
supposed to have been backing Thesis in
his prosecution of union men, will no
doubt find that he is on the wrong side
of the question. A New York paper says
that members of various unions who
were asked if they were boycotting
Ehret's beer, said no, but added that they
did not like the flavor of it AS well MS
they once did,
The Executive Board of Cigarmakers'
Progressive Union has issued a circular
addressed to the officers Of the Cigarma-
kers' International Union, requesting
them To withdraw their members from a
shop in HornelIsville, where Progressive
men are on strike, within one week, 9th
erwise they will be compelled to retaliate
by filling Buffalo international strike
shop with their men, which they have
refrained from doing SO far, Mutual
courtesies are in order between union
men.
The cooperative cash store which was
established in Brockton, Mass, a few
months since has fallen through for lack
of support. The trouble seems to have
been that the store has not been properly
supported by the stockholders Mr..
Charles Doves the manager of the con
Germ, states that out of 100 subscribers
only 10 traded there They paid for fit
ting the place up, but traded elsewhere.
1T is said the Knights of Labor will take
hold Of the matter and put the business
on a firm basis. 1t takes much expert
ence to learn sound lessons of economy
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-04
LABOR NOTES.

The Troy strike is over, and the collar
and cuff girls are at work again. Com
promise.
A victory for the workmen was the
result of the Cigarmakers' strike in
Marlboro, Mass.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-04
mcetimes.

M EDERDEUTSCHE PROPAGANDA
" CLUB meets first and third Thurs
day in each month at SO Crown street.
, 1886-06-08

The magnificence of the historic
palaces of France has been wonderfully
diminished of late years, and their ex-
tensive parks and gardens, now no
longer for the exclusive enjoyment of
those of royal station or a%ristocratic
birth, have been greatly curtailed. In
the gardens of the Luxembourg there
are now comparatively few relics of its
former grandeur, but among these is the
grotto of Marie de Medici, built some $50
years ago. 1t is n broad basin, wi re
the ladies of the court were wont to go
and battle, and though everywhere sur
rounded by trees forms itself a sunny
space that seems hewn out of the forest,
the surrounding trees having formerly
been kept trimmed and clipped above.
The fountain and the highly ornamented
miniature temple or arcade, the costly
sculptures and the collections of rare
flowers, make up a picture to delight the
senses, and almost imperceptibly lead
the imagination to %conjure up the APP
pearance of the brilliant throngs for
whose enjoyment such lavish expenditure
was made during the whole reign of
Louis XIV.-Scientific American.