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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

the side shoots. family of ten per
sons Will consume fifty bushels of pota-
tos in year, thus requiring about one-
third of our entire garden Tor the crop.
The raddish will thrive in any good
soil, but TO be crisp and tender must be
grown quickly. If continuous supply
Is wanted make sowings every ten days
or two weeks. Half a row planted at in
tervals will be sufficient.
The squash is one of the tender ANIMALS
and should not be planted until all dan
ger OF frost Is past. Again, the seed it
self Is liable to rot in damp cold weather.
Zine plaster Is about as good an article as
has yet been found for driving away bugs.
ne crop must be gathered before II Is
nIPped II frost or it will not keep well.
dozen hills of the summer kinds will
be enough, but of the fall or winter sorts,
five or six rows should be planted.
Tomato plarts should be set about the
lst OF June. Just before frost the vine
may be taken up, with all the earth that
can be kept adhering to the root, and
transferred to the cellar, where all the
tul-g-own tomatoes not already picked
will ripen. Tires or four dozen plants
may be required in ortSr to furnish q
good supply all summer. They should
be set feet apart, and will occupy about
two rows such as described.
Turnips are propagated from seed in
the ground where they are to grow, as
they do not bear transplanting. Early
crops are sown as early as possible in the
spring; Swsde turnips later, about June
l, while the purple-toP varieties may be
planted either early or late, and from
sowing as late as August Is food crops
may be secured. At least three rows of
turnlps of the different varieties should
be planted.
In arranging dates for planting vege-
tables for succession, it should be noted
that as the season advances and becomes
warmer, peas, and IL fact all kinds of
vegetables, grow faster and overtake one
another as IL would seem. Yet the dates
of planting the different sorts do not
lead to corresponding intervals In gather
ing the crops. For examp pie, though five
days different in date of planting peas in
April will make about as many days diff
ference IN the time of harvesting in Juue,
yet five days difference in planting in
May will make hardly any visible differ
ence in the ripeuing in July.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

No COubt early sowing is beneficial lob
serves correspondent of the Country
Gentleman and the earlier the seed can
be put into the ground in TIE spring, the
better, provided there may not come a
killing frost just when the oats are ?
inches high or SO above the ground, when
the young plants will be destroyed. L
have tried early sowing of oats every year
to some extent; that is, at time when
open weather permits the sowing, and
have sown in February and March; if no
severe frost, lasting several day happens,
everything is lovely-the seed terminates,
and the crop gets ahead and makes an ex-
cellent yield. Last year plowed and pre-
pared few acres and sOwed oats On
March 5, ana two days after sowed peas.
The ground was in the best condition, and
few days of warmer weather brought
up the oats rapidly. Then came the cold
spell of the 18th to the 29th of March, and
the oats that had come up above the
ground were killed outright. The few
which were still underground alone were
saved, and made abont fourth of crop.
Young oats can not withstand a temper
atlre of 100, while winter oats sOwn in
September will go through the winter
safely, and Will not be injured by zero
mperature.
My experience with early planted pota-
toes was more favorable. A part of the
ground was planted late in the fall aud
another part in February, when some
mild weather permitted blowing the land.
The seed Ill both cases was dropped in
burrows about . inches deep; and two
burrows were turned over it so as to make
a ridge s to . inches deep. AS early as
the state of the soll permitted in the
spring, the ground was leveled by thor
ough narrowing. In May more potatoes
were planted IN the usual manner. The
first planted yielded three times as much
as the May planting, and we're fit for use
early in June.
This fail and winter planting may be
done anywhere that the ground will not
freeze down to the seed. l did it thirty
years ago in Northern Michigan, where
the sun protected the ground from deep
freezing, and it is a common practice in
many parts of the south. If the pota
toes should cone above ground early
enough to be nipped, only the top leaves
are injured, but the growth is slow
through the deep covering, and the root
growth is surprisingly large. have taken
twelve to fifteen good sized potatoes from
one plant, the top of which could be
punched up and covered in one hand, and
which would appear to be too small to
have any tubes attached to 1t.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
4 First Class Bronco Rider.


FIRST Glass flash rider or bronco buster
receives high wages and deserves them,
for he follows most dangerous trade, at
which no man can hope TO grow old; his
work being infinitely harder than that of
al eastern horse breaker or rough rider.
because he has to do it in such q limited
time A good rider is s good rider all
the world over; but an eastern or English
horse breaker ana bronco buster have
so little in common with each other SIS
regards style or surroundings, and are
so totally ont of place in doing each
Others work, that il is almost impossible
10 get either TO admit that the other has
any merits at all as 4 horsemau, for
nsither could sit in the saddle of the
other or could without great difficulty
perform his task. The ordinary'esstsrn
seat, which approaches more or less the
seat of cross country or fox hunter, is
nearly as different from the cowboy
seat as from that of a man who rides
bareback
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
ROMANCE OF TIE WAR.
The Heroine of a Romance Serving as Clerk
AT MAsLimOtnn.

The Heroine of a Romance Serving as Clerk
at Washington
John j. Knox, eX comptroller of the
treasury, who was in the city last week,
appointed a widow to place during his
term, who figures in a romance of the
war, which the Philadelphia Times tells
as follows: There is q lady serving as
clerk IN one of the executive departments
here, whose romance Is unknown to her
associates, but was told the other day
by friend. She is rather advanced in
years now, but still retains many of the
attractions of body and mind that made
her belle thirty years ago. She Is of
Southern birth, and shortly before the
war became engaged to young man In
her native city of Mobile. When the war
broke our her father, who had most of his
money property invested IN the North,
and was Southern representative of
New York cotton house, left Mobile and
bought residence in the Highlands of
New Jersey. There he lived, and the
daughter, by some method known only to
herself. kept up communication with her
lover, who became an officer in the con
federate army. He, learning that she
was seriously i'll, got leave of absence
from his commander, and getting through
he Union lines on 2 forged pass, made
his appearance at her home in New Jer
sey. She and her family were, of course.
very much astonished at seeing him, and
were alarmed lest his identity should be
discovered. They introduced him to
their friends as a relative from abroad,
hut dischsre ed Sc rEant, lie r1ing who he
was, avenged himself By informing the
provost marshal at Jersey City. L he
Young man vas arrested as q spy and
sent TO Fort Lsfay cite, where he remain
ed prisoner for several months, until,
through the intercession of Secretary
Steward, he was released on parole and
permitted to leave the country upon
guarantee made By his prospective father
in-Iav that he would neither return to
the United States nor rejoin the Confed-
crate army Before sailing he married
the girl, and they lived in Paris until the
var vss over In 1866 they returned to
the United States, and he took q position
in a commercial house in New Yors
which ne held until be died Several
years ago his widow, then IN irnpoveri-h-
sd circumstances, was provided with al
appointment in the Treasury department
through the influence of John j. knox,
at that time comptroller Of the currency.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
REyIEING us FORMER GLORY.
RGmarkahl, Progress of Modern Athens il
EducatiUn Placing the Turk.

Remarkabl, Progress of Modern Athens i'll
EducatiUn Placing the Turk
rortnlghty Review.
Nobody who has known Athens for long,
or who knows the real resources of the
country of which she is the capital, can
be disappointed with the progress made.
Few cities have improved more during
the last twenty years. The government
has introduced compulsory education On
a most extensive scale; railroads are be-
ing opened; drainage and the planting
of trees have received great attention,
and the sudden breeze of patriotism
which has lately passed over Greece and
puzzled Europe will doubtless bear its
fruits in greater unity of purpose. Per
haps the real evil which, more than any
thing else, has checked the progress of
Greece during the last half ceHtury has
been its constitutional government.
There are many Cav0urs in Greece.
Iricoupis is q CavOur with English Ideas;
but unfortunately Greece is not ruled over
by a Victor Emanuel, nor has she yet
produced Garibaldi. Everybody in the
small kingdom is, as of old, politician,
and the consequence of this is that min
is5ries rise and fall and elections take
place with 2 rapidity which might even
astonish US. The one point on which all
Greeks are agreed, and which has been
taught them by late events is, that If they
are ever to hold their own in the Balkan
peninsula they must have more territory.
They crave for the fertile plains of
Epirus and Macedonia; for something
that will give them d chance of develop
ment and the means of existence on
large scale.
The place where the Greek is seen to
the greatest advantage is not at Athens,
where mass meetings will one day cheer
for Delyannis and the next for TricOupis,
but at ConstantiHople. There he Is, so
to speak, on the defensive, living in the
midst of the great destroyer of his race
and freedom. Here his commercial pro
pensities and industries have brought
him to the front
The ans peakable Turk" who loves
money, but hates making it as bitterly as
be hates the Greek, who can make II, has
given him in return for money everything
that he asks. This has enabled the
Greeks TO attack the Turks with the above
mentioned weapon of the education.
Concessions for Greek schools all over
the rotten empire have been literally
bought. There is scarcely Greek village
in Macedonia, EPirus, the islands and
the coast villages of Asia Minor which
has not been supplied with schools for
both girls and boys, either through the
muniicence of rich Greeks or through
the clerical and monastic influence, which
in its day has played so valiant part IN
the conversation of the Hellenic language
and the Christian religion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
That Tired FEELING

: eNpeFicaccd by almost every st this season. and
"SOy people resort to Hood'S SarSsp2ri'is to drive
Away he lanS0or and exhaustion The hloo', laden
with impurities which have been accamU}attaE Tor
mouths moves s}Ossish'y through the veins, mind
Ist's 10 think quickly and the body Is still TO
rySG"nd HOODS SarsapSrs is just VIA; is needed,
u turtles. vi;aligeS, and cnrcAss tie blood, makes
abe head clear. creates sp arpeyitc oyercomes that
'!Tvd feeling tones the nervous system and .upsrS
aC. s.ECCE.n md N,.nr 20 Ihc WHOM h-.N-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

Nearly everybody needs good spring medicine Ike
Hoods Sarsspsrilla TO exrel Impurities which accum
ulae in the blood during the water keep IN ln
as warm weather comes on, create appetite aua
promote healthy digestion. Try Hoods SSrsspsfla
and you viii he convinced OF its peculiar merit. 1t
Is the ideal spring medicine-relsh,e beneacis pleas
Sat 10 take, and gives fun value for the money.
y lake HOODS SSssSpartla IS 3 spripr tonic and
recommend Il 20 Gil who have that miserable ir ce
ms" {. rAENKlEE. SO Rritgr srrcet R-nnk.r. Y Y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
Jack and Jill each took a pill,
Old fashioned kind-full grown;
Jacks went down-but with frown

Jill died from cause unknown"
Smiles will supersede many frownS and many
d~comforts will be unknown when Dr. Pierce's
Pea ant Purgatiye Pellets entirely supersede, as
they bid fair to do the large and less efficient pill
Of our fOrefathers. Every day they gain new
iaureIs Most popular when most ills aboundI
Mortgages are signed by two witnesses the
same as last year. and are folded so as to fit the
side coat pocket. The back taxes are cembed
forward and parted the side nearest the
mortgage. In this climate mortgages generally
mature III the winter season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
Cnnsnm,l1inn SnrnlN Cmrrl-

To the Editor: Please inform Your readers
that have u positive rem tIy for the ABOVE
named disease. Bv its timely thousands Of
hopeless ciSs.S have been permanently cure !. |
shall be CAD t. send two bottles of my rene "
FREE to any of your readers who have couSump-
ton if they VIII send me their Express and
T. Q address Respectfully.
T. a. SLCCUM, NJ. c, lSl Pearl st, \. y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
THE FARM AND HOME
FORTUNES FLOWER.
CAsSELLs MAGAZINE.

All, Norah, the grass is wet-'t:s early times
you're out!
And sure, the sun ard you, my pet should light
us turn about
The buds uncurI, the swallows whirl, yo1 lead
the year sstrsy.
And what's the happy news. my pearl, that
warns your heart to-day:
AL can't trace the darling face I've loved for
twenty ca So
And don / Snow the April grace where smiles
just touch the tears:
Their. s It re gao your basket fills Of blossoms
go'den-gay.
But more, ashore, than dafOdils you're bringing
home to-day.
\ four-leaYed shamrock, happy hour! that
promise must come true.
And lucky flower that owns the power to brlEg
good luck TO you!
At others treat it hides it's head, and crouched
away 10 lear
And pushed its four leaves forth instead the mo-
nent you drew near.
And what's the boom the omen brings? for
wealth you d never seek;
And health and bloom were hooking things TO
such May-day cheek,
4 secrets cheap tbs Sc eyes would keep!-I know
the happy lad
But, oh, ose lovers rapture deep will leave
country sad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
To be contipue



Miss McCutcheon, of Socovro, New
Mexico, has parrot that sings to the
accom- paniment of piano almost per
fectly. A party of friends were recent
ly gathered at the residence OF this
young lady, when, for the amusement of
the circle, the parrot was brought into
prominence. The bird, soon as it was
brought into the room, commenced to
whistle popular tune. 1t whisded this
tune over and over again, until one OF
the party suggested that the tune be
Chang ed, vhereupon the parrot stopped
quickly, and, casting look of content
at the young man Who made this sugges-
ton. cried: "Chestnuts!"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
Hoods SarSapariIla

Is proven 10 he vastly superior 10 suy other sars
pSrills u blood pUrder. that one has well said: Its
heath-svins effects upon the blooa and cutre human
organism IS much more positive than the rene
dies Of quarter Of century ago as the steam power
of to-day IS in advance Of the slow and laNo-ious
tirudgery Of years sgo."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

IyoNS Patent Heel StiffenerS is the only in
vtutIon that will make Old boots straight as
Opinion is a kind of ha.f-y " house, where
people meet to exchange lies and guess at what
they DON'T understand.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
Make the Weak Strong

My appetite WAS POOR could rot sleep, had head
ache great seal, pains in my oscS, my bowels did
not move regularly. Hoods SarsspSriIs in a short
time sid me 50 much sood that l feel like $ new
Nan. My pains and aches are relieved, my spHctitr
improved. I say 70 Others. try Hoods SarSapalills
+. JACKSON. Rosbury Station. Coma.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

ROUGH ON PILES. Quick, complete cure SOC,
BUCHIU-PAIBA, Great Kidney Remedy. 81.
WELLS HEALTH REVIEWER for weak men.
WELLS HAIR BALSAM. If gray, gradually
restores color; elegant tonic dressing. zoe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
Woman's Eodesty.

1t is believed that The life of Job of biblical
fame would have read quite different If he had
been snowEound three days on the railroad in
New Jersey, and had to pay 81 for a 70 cent pie.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

Prohibitionist (solemnly)-Do you know, YOUNG
man, that the tendency of whisky is ALWAYS 10
lower and degrade, never to raise. Young Mau-
Well am not so sure about that, sir Whisky
sometimes raises the old what-do-y call him,
yynttE rnN
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
v A LERI
Or
HALF p TRUTH
by THE DUCHESS ="


rich my heart was to have no part in the
bargain. You encouraged him, you did ali
you could to bring about marriages but
the instant Max Beaure gard became owner
of Abbot's Leigh you were ready to throw
over Lawford, and urge me to fly at the
higher quarry / refused LawfOrd because
did not love him. die not know even
that Gerald Beauregard WAS i'll, and you
when you knew had sent the letter, re-
jOiced, instead Of rebuking me. You
thought fell in with your scheme; you
thought that when we came here ] would
do my best to win man / had neglected
when he had only younger brothers por-
ton The world called me jilt already;
how should it judge otherwise; How
should it know that ! care not one jOt or
title for wealth. Whatn' rs Mrs. Langley
rose to her feet, actual bewilderncnt IN
her face and mien. ''yOu are beginning To
understand me mt Last; but hear me out.
was 'capricious-that was your word; |
would not try To win Colonel Beauregard;
then Aston LawfOrd came back to myfeet,
and 1 tore his letter into fragments; and
then you told me that | was failure; that
! must choose between Max Beauregard
and Aston LawfOrd; that could win Max
Braurcga1l if ] chose, and if | did not
-, - 81
y, ." mus ,','i n
up 'ie W. -. -
al my i'e' VI S'" "'"''' " ''.''' '''
% me ,.,,
you I,i'''' TNCl'Ii'ii
ed MIS-. i-'''Il'y' P"s'I'Il",Ciy' no, ',','
you 3" ''he me /" I''S''' 10" '''''i'9 '"i
Ecl y""T,eH. ...... 49,.
Q" q" "G"E' l"'.I' .ii'1 you r yt, 'l,','
al iH"'''e "cI"ie me- an" ''''i'''
qui,uy, r.,,1..,.
,Sh S"" ~ "c iea'"n"o'S. ,''".' nav
cI5' N"erlc' 20 ~" "''ii''ls nii'7 away "
hfirndd lHluf'E
.'cn 9pIci''iu i"'uIe' e,',' '"e ~, ~,
WIN me irony h' SP''I'i" '"','i' 'i'N
hea'lFr-afd can give me Of th"' "L'1n
Aston Lnwiord oilers,
81 cannot answer you when you speak
in that manner Valerie"
VERY well. Then there Is not nl"ch
more I" he s''ih VIII not marry aston
Max Ecnurcgnr1i $ head. The alternative
You gave me accept, ana II you had not
given IT would have taken II. "r"'n 10
uncle VIII when you left me the other days
when leave here io-morro" shall go
bhc& 1" MN.
You VIII 20 DICK 10 your "ilrlt' re-
pcaich MIS- Langley, rs II she hafiIy com
pretended he words
't'hprt. t., NOT him. els, tp he. IGUpN' re
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

.'Nox, Willie" said the Sunday school
teacher, what il the lesson ;o-dEy about: :"
Daniel in the lions den" That's
right: and how did Daniel come TO be IN
the lions den!r II reckon he wanted TO
get away from the fellers that make jokes
about him and the president"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

Many women are prevented by feelings lei
icacy from consulting physician in those uiSor-
derS arising from functional arrangement ut Ia I
peculiarly delicate organism, aud the most r.
GUS results are often caused by In II 81 ct I"
such pcrsIonS =. Pierce's Fayuv.te presruitru
Is an especial boon, as 1t ofe.s a sure aIi sue
cure Tor ali those distressing disorders to WiASd
women are peculiarly subj ct, white It saves a
hottest girl or woman flon the embarrassment
OF u personal consultation with Il pR :. Cl.tn.
"FavOrlt" Prescription is the Cary medic ne I
woman peculiar w2akI eSseS and ailments. sol
tie manufacturers that it viii give satisfaction
in every case money wi be refunded. See
guarantee ON u"ttie wrapper.
Mr.. Hopper-May / have The pleasure Of til
dance. Miss Suob? Miss SnoD ,wtShtnE to show
h-r preference - hauHs, Mr.. hopper ! d,'n
dance with every Tom Dick-auI Larry, but /!
make an exception of you
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

Smith ian old-schooi medical student
and new boarder 20 the mistress OF the
house)-"Mrs. Jones, you're believer IN
homeopathy. are you noss' Mrs- Jones
-@Oh, no, sir. What made you think SO y
Smith-"Your coffee"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
SNmntnmS nf C.afarrh

Duh, heavy headache, obstruction of the nassu
passages, discharges falling from the head into
the throat, sometimes prutuSe, wateTy, and acrtd
al others, timex, tenacious, mucous, puFulsnI,
bloody ami putrld; the eyes are weak, watery,
AMI iuhamed; there IL ringing IN the ears, deaf
ness, hacking coughing 10 clear the throat, eN-
DECORATION of offensive matter, together with
seats from ulcers, the voice Is changed and has
nasal Lwang; the breath Is offensive; smell and
ness. with meutal depression, a hacking cough
Gad general debility. II You have all, or any
CONSIDER aule number of theSs symptoms, You are
SUtte. ing from Nasal Catar h. The more cCmpli-
Gated Your disease has bsCOnle, the greater the
LumUsr ami diversity OF symptoms. Thousands
Of cases annually, without manIteSting half of
the above ~ WptomS, result IN consumption, ami
end IN the gave. No disease is SO Z lmmon, more
deceptive ami dangerous, or less understood. or
more mSucceSSfuily treated by physicians. Five
hundred dollars reward Is offered by the manu-
faCturerS of ur. SaSe'S Catarrh Remedy, for q
case Of CatarIh which they cannot cure. Rem
oily Snll by IEnEclSIS. at NnLN 50 cents
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

An how's your husband, Mrs. Maloney.
All the long while that I've been away
I've heard not wurrud about him."
Sure he wint out for tie f, ST time to-day
In three months, for he's been very bad"
is that SogH Faith 1t Is, Mrs Ryan;
An an tliyaut funeral n, had
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04
CAVARR1I CIpED

He (admiriug n vase Of flowerSl-"Aren'U they
beautiful? Do You know, Miss Rough, they re
mind me OF youg' She tSoftIy)-''But. MIR cute.
they are Artificial" He-"Ah, yes; but you'd
-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

ROUGH ON RATS, for rats, mice bugs, I5c
'RoUGH on CArAERu." Only absolute cure zoe.
CROUCH ON COlNS." Hard or soft corus lie
ROUGH ON TOOTHACIIE." Instant relief lac.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

\ clergyman, after years Of suffering from that
loathSOme disease, Catarrh, aud vaIuly trying
every known remedy, at last found prescription
which completely cured and saved him from
death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease
sending a self addressed stamped envelope to
Prof. }. \ Lawrence, 2l2 East 9th St, New York,
will receive the recipe free OF charge
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

A violin made of clay is nov on exhibit
ton in Berlin. 1t is said to have a strong
and full tons
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-04

LOON YOUNG, prevent tendency 10 wrinkle.
o. aGv'u-y Of the skin 10y using LEAURELLE Ont
PRESERVES youthful. plump, fresh condition Of
the .eatuICS. Sparent, allh3Ster skin 81 %,
pru-g SIS ov exp. + 5 Wells, Jersey City, y. J.