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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

In many sections of the country we
meet a great many farmers who are al
ways complaining about hard times. says
a writer in the Rural New Yorker They
practice what they believe to be the strict
est economy; they work hard enough. but
the money does not pour in upon them in
avery large stream Really does not run
into their pockets in any stream at all ::
1t just reaches them in far-between meager
drops. 4 few other farmers owing to
more or better land. and who work no
harder have enough money. Why is it
that one has golden eagles jIngling in his
pocket and the other only silver dollars
The answer Is apparent enough to any
one who spends any thought upon the sub
Ject. 1t Is expressed in the single word
management. When a man owning
farm begins to groan about hard times.
and complain that he has no money. it
would be the best thing for him to do TO
stop and ask himself:
Why do get no money? Why are the
times hard? Nearly all sorts OF farm pro-
duce bring good prices. Bear in mind
that you can not get something for nothing.
II yOu rave nothing to sell how do you ex-
pect, bow can you hope. to receive any
money? You have 100 acres of land: you
raise two or three acres of wheat half a
dozen acres Of oats: some corn. say three or
four acres. you can cut the grass from
twenty acres of meadow, you keep a work
team and a carriage horse. dozen cows.
three or four hogs and few poultry, you
eat the wheat, feed the grain and hay 10
the horses and COWS. hogs and poultry; you
eat the hogs and eggs and all you have left
from the dividends of the cheese and butter
factories after having paid one man for
hauling the milk. another for making the
cheese or butter and other incidental ex-
penses. such as carriage TO the railroads,
heights. drayage, commissions, etc All
you have sold from Jour farm has been the
milk. and the income from that has been
whitfield down and down until the price
that reaches you only little more than
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

The young emperor Of Germany, Will
lam H.. has five little boys SAYS Our Little
Men and Women The eldest is years
old. He is the crown prince and heir to
the throne. He will some day he emperor
of Germany. He is a fine, manly little
fellow
Germany is a very military country. and
the Emperor William is such a thorough
soldier that strict military discipline is the
order of the day in the nurseries OF his lit
tie people.
As soon as petticoats are left off the tiny
boys are dressed in baby uniform. and the
young crown prince looks like a little
soldier
When their father visits them in their
own quarters las ! suppose ought to call
such a very military nursery the crown
prince commands his smaller brothers to
fall in.
Then Frederick and Albert. who are
scarcely more than babes. fall in. Little
Prince Albert Is such a mite that he Is not
able to keep his position for long. and he
soon trotS away to his nurse 5 side. But
the crown prince and Prince Frederick
stand stiff and starched like real soldiers
till their father returns their salute IN
proper fashion.
" Btu lIc ilLiit tItAH ~ iiltt W IL -
years old he was given a bedroom TO him
self instead Of sleeping IN the nursery with
the others He was very pleased and said:
"Oh. that is nice: now ! need not be with
the children any more.
In the summer of 1888 all FIVE boys had
a charming holiday with their mother at
the beautiful castle Of Oberhof in the for
est of Thuringia Their father was
away.
A little fort was built for them in one
corner of the gardens, with a tent and two
small cannOns.
The three eldest. dressed IN officer uni
form. paraded In front of the fort. Then.
while the crown prince beats the drum. an
old soldier showed the other two how to
attack and defend the fort.
Little Prince Augustus William. was
only a year and half. was dressed in
white and wore tiny helmet He looked
on and clapped his hands.
In Germany. every boy, whether he Is
the son Of the emperor or Of a peasant. has /
some day 10 be soldier
The emperor Is very fond Of his FIVE |
boys
Almost the first question is when he re-
turns home: How are the boys?''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

pays taxes and few other expenses which
are absolutely necessary, and if YOU or
your family wish to take a little recreation
by attending the State Fair or spending a
few days In the city there Is no balance in
the bank to foot the bill
Well, who is 70 be blamed? Haven't
you obtained all you have earned? Can
not you make a review Of your old run
in-the-rut" way of farming, and do some
thing that Will pay better? Can't you
raise some crops that viii give you bet
ter margin of profit than corn and oats
Suppose that you leave out part of the
oats and corn and raise more products of
the garden-say onions, cabbage, squash.
or some other crop that can be sold for
500 or 500 in cash. And then. after you
have got the cash. make it worth more to
you than it has been In the past Not hav-
ing had the ready cash. know how you
have managed. You have been accustomed
to go to your country store. buy whatever
was necessary, have it charged. pay
enormous profits, and your money
has been of but little use
The better way is to send away to some
wholesale dealer and buy enough at time
to last SIX months or a year, and you will
be surprised at the saving of money ac-
complshed. have pracuced this sort OF
economy for several years and know how
it works. Of course there are some ar
ticles that | do not send away for, because
can buy them at home almost as cheap:
but upon the groceries, dress goods. cloth
ing and articles for use in the house. /
think | save at least p per cent. and
one-fourth of the store bill very often makes
quite difference in the spending money
for family's pleasure, Try it, good read
er. Raise more produce of the farm that
will sell for cash, and then make your
money by buying more of what you want.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
FAvo1srrES OF FORTUNE.
Two Cleveland Men Draw Large Amounts
in the Louisiana state Lottery


in the Louisiana state Lottery.
The Sas reporter, having learned that D.
W. Gibbons, who lives at 491 Loraiu street,
near the corner of Tracy street, held one
twentieth of ticket 81, $50, which drew the
second capital prize of sl0O, 900 in the recent
drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery,
Sept 10, called at the residence of Mr.. Glib
bons dsy or two since to see If the rumor
were true. Mr.. Gibbons was away at work,
being a maker of washers, at the Epson nut
and bolt works. The young lady who
opened the door of the humble cottage in
formed the reporter that the rumor was true
Mr.. Gibbons and seven others had drawn
5000 in the lottery, and the money had 81
resdy been paid, each receiving q share Of
s625.
ID. ". Gibbons is not the only lucky man.
There is another heart made glad on the
East Side. {. 4. File, young mechanic of
% or 26, who lives on Dent street, near Wade
Park avenue, and works at the Brush Elec-
tric works, near Wilson avenue, held one
twentieth of ticket 60, 159, which drew the
third capital prize of $4,000. J. II. MaSken,
of 40 Nillet street, purchased ticket for Mr..
File at his request, the latter never for once
dreaming that the lightning would strike
him. Great was his surprise when the news
came that he was one of the favorites of
fortune, and greater was his Joy when the
tangible reality of $500 was put in his pos
session.
Only few months have elapsed since Mr.
Peter Weber, of Liberty street. a bridge
tender, had windfau of SI5,o 900 from a
lucky drawing in the same lottery.-Cle,ela,sd
(Ohio) San, Oct 2
Two opinions: Old Mr.. Fupds-"I can't
see, Harry, why you find it necessary
TO draw your salary in advance this way
am sure the other young men in the office
are saving up money out of theirs" Harry
You're all wrong there, uncle. ! never
knew single one of them TO have more
than Is cents in his pocket when happened
to want to borrow a dollar"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
The secret of the Many Suitors for some
HomeIy Girls.

In an old book written by a western
congressman, 4 contemporary of Clay and
Webster. containing "reminiscences of his
times. a story is told of one of his friends.
Il farmer In kentucky named Payne. who
had SIX daughters. none of whom was
blessed with beauty. The congressman
knew them in their homely youth. and
when he returned. few years later. found
them all married to good influential men.
50 great was his surprise that he yentured
TO ask their father why they all had beei
so sought for when other girls remained
neglected The old farmer chuckled
Yes, and you may say when they had
neither dover nor good looks. Well. IN
tell you. When | want my cattle to eat
buc6wheat stubble instead Of grass | don t
drive them into that field. | fence it off
from them, They are 50 contrary that
they always want the thing they can't get.
They break down the fence. | drive them
ont and put it up. BY the time they fight
for it once or twice they think they ike the
stubble
Well | saw my girls weren't the most
attractive kind and fenced them in,
You never found them in hotels dane
ing or keeping stalls at the county fair.
Young men TO know them had to come to
their fathers house When the neighbors
saw how the Payne girls were kept apart
from the crowd they thought their value
must be high. Young men came to break
down fences.
The story was coarSely told. perhaps. "
adds the old narrator. But there Is more
IN it than meets the eye.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
M ummy Corn

A question upon which opinion was much
divided at the international botanic con-
gTess IN Paris was whether the grains OF
corn found in the Egyptian sarcOphagi had
any seminal virtue left. II appears that
the most of the sO-eaEed mummy corn.
remarkable for streaks Of tar on the surface
and sold to travellers in Egypt at the rate
of abczt 81 per twenty-five grains. is a
gross imposture A gentleman who re
oeived few trains from NJ. Maspero him
self planted them In various soils and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
a CUP OF TEA.
How to Make 1t Properly and How to Spoil
1t.

1t seems a simple thing enough. saws the
London Telegraph, yet of the millions who
use this refreshing and agreeable beverage
a very small proportion understand how to
prepare it. But if not properly made tea
is deprived of a great deal of its value and
sometimes rendered absolutely injurious.
The water to be used should boil, and it
should be poured ON the tea Immediately
after it boils; if allowed to overboil the
peculiar property of boiling water which
acts upon the tea evaporateS and eventu-
ally disappears. Tea should not be de-
cOction, but an infusion. If allowed to
stew it becomes little better than a decoc-
ton of fannie acid. Tea that is everdrawn
is hurtful to the nerves and to the diges-
ton. As to the precise number of minutes
which should be devoted to the process of
drawing, some people will say five min
utes. some seven, some will perhaps go as
far as ten but our experience is in favor of
six; this suffices to bring out the flavor.
quality and strength. Just as much tea
as is wanted should be made-no more
Make fresh tea as often as it is required
Tea replenishing of the teapot with fresh
hot water is very Objectionable. As the
thorough heating of the receptacle if of the
first Importance, the teapot should be made
thoroughly hot before the tea is put in it.
The earthenware teapot is preferred to all
others by many connoisseurs, and it is
supertiuouS to say that whatever utensil is
used for this purpose should be immacu-
lately clean.
Tea is an extremely delicate article. Its
susceptibility to the odOrS of commodities
near it Is a source of danger and deteriora-
ton, as it readily takes up the smell of
coffee, cocoa. spices, cheese, bacon, or
other articles of pronounced odor. The
complaints sometimes made about tea
would probably not arise if always kept in
places free from such contagion Tea
should be stored in warm, dry place: UNI
necessary exposure to the air should be
avoided. Even when securely packed in
the leaden chests in which it arrives in
England the change from the glowing heat
of eastern skies to the damp and humid
atmosphere of this climate depriveS tea of
much of its beautiful fragrance Tea of
much better quality than is generally dis
pensed at our railway stations and refresh
ment-rooms can be bought at ShiIlings
per pound. A pound of tea would make
lbs cups. This is considerably less than a
farthing per cup. You may Us well
ask why it Is that we should be still
charged pence and 6 pence for little
not milk and water slightly favored with
undesirable tannin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
A Handkerchief Specialist.

The other morning. as the departing
Cunard steamship was casting off its lines
and swinging out into the stream. an
elderly looking business man hastily en-
braced a lady, who was one of the pass
engers, and rushed down the gang plank
to the wharf
Going up hurriedly to a melancholy
loafer who was watching the busy crowd
the gentleman drew him behind a pile of
freight and said:
WANT to earn dollar?'
You bet.
You see that lady in black on the bridge
there" said the citizen.
Cert.
well, that S my wife, going to Europe.
Now. of course. she II expect me to stand
here for the next 20 minutes. while the
steamship is backing and filing around.
so as to wave my handkerchief and watch
her out Of sight. See?''
Il ketch on boss
"Well, I'm too busy to fool around here:
stock to buy, biz to attend to. She's a
little near-sighted. so I'll lust hire YOU to
wave this handkerchief instead It's big
one with a red border. and as long as she
sees it she II think it's me- Come up to
POP Wall street when they are are well off
and ! II pay you.
posin' she looks through a telescope
or suthin?'
In that case you'll have to bury your
face In the handkerchief and do the great
weep act.
'.ThatlI be 80 cents extra. =
''AH right. Time Is money. Look
sharp nowl You can kiss your hands a
few times at. say, one dime per kiss. and
swapping his watch the over-driven bus
mess man rushed of.
We print this affecting little incident to
call attention 70 the fact that the man thus
employed has gone into the business
regularly. He Is now professional fare
weller and business men and others can
save valuable time and vet give their de-
parting relatives an enthusiastic send off
by applying TO the above specialist any
steamship day Goearly and avoid the
rush.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
Minnesota Items

MTNNEAPoLIs. Oct. 2I.-There was a
slight furry of snow in Minneapolis this
morning.
The work Of getting jury for the trial
of J. Frank Cullom was begun this morn
ing.
4 Fergus Falls. Mimi. despatch saws
the ground was covered with snow this
morning and it was still falling at
noon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

In experiments ON the solubility of glass
IN water, plumhiferouS fint-glaSS was
found to be the least soluble, and the rel
atlye resistance of glasses WAS different
toward hot and cold water.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

SltlonS. A good many sprOuted. some even
grew about two feet, when they looked like
ordinary spring wheat. and then rotted
away, but none ever came to maturity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

Scrofula and General Debility will try Scott's
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophos
phites, they will find immediate relief and a
permanent benefit. DR.. H. V. Mott, Brent
wood, Cal, writes: 81 have used SCOTS
Emulsion with great advantage in cases of
Phthisis, Scrofula and Wasting Diseases. 1t
is very palatable.N Sold by Druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

Pure soap is white. Brown soaps are
adulterated with rosin. Perfume is only
put in to hide the presence of pmr1d fat
Dobbins' Electric Soap is pure white, and
unscented. Has been sold since 1865. Try
it nOtD.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 12.-Wm G.
Abbott. secretary of the Connecticut Nut
ual life insurance company died this NOR
ninU
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

King Otto of Bavaria is in a very bad
way. He is alternately the victim of vio-
lent excitement and fits of Inconsistencies
lasting for hours, and sometimes he refuses
to take any food.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
Have you tried "Tansilrs Punch" CigarY

Seven cartoons, supposed TO be by Raphael,
are now on exhibition in Paris at Georges
.Petits gallery. They are supposed to have
been done at the same time as the paper car
toons at Hampton Court and South Kensing-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
If the Sufferers from Consumptiou

The coal fields of Hokkaido, in Japan,
are estimated by an American engineer to
be worth Sl00,000,000
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
Oregon. the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equitable climate, certain and album.
dant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock
country in the world. Full information free.
Address the Oregon immigration Board,
Portland, Oregon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

The new artificial silk made Of cotton or
the sulphited pulp Of young wool treated
with nitric acid and then dissolved In
mixture Of ether and alcohol Is said 70
have a density. breaiing strength, and
elasticity that compares very fayorably
with natural silk, while surprising it IN
iuster
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

James Clevenger, aged fifteen, of Nash
vile, and Miss Anna Patterson, aged four
teen, were married recently at the home of
The brides father, in Columbus, Ind.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it. 2Sc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
ELY'S ~n-,
CREAM BALM ~ 81

/ s'TCrcd from
cdtdrrh I2 years.
The iroppings in
to the thrddt tcere
HdaSediing. II y
nose bled almost
daily. Since .rirst
days use Of Ely,
Cream BALM hare
had no bleeding
soreness is entire
~ gone. .Ddr-
idSon, pith Boston
pgg1,.y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
A Family Catherine

Have you a father? Have you a motherf
Have you son or daughter, sister or a
brother who has not yet taken Kemp's Bal
teed remedy for the cure of Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Group aud all Throat and Lung
Troubles? If so, why, when a sample bottle
is gladly given to you free by any druggist,
and the large size costs only SOC. and $1.00T
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

The other day Chinese cook at Living
stone, Cal, made pie for the guests of a
hotel. 1t looked all right, but he added two
ounces of pulverized glass for seasoning.
The first bite caused a stalwart tcamster's
mouth to bleed and he beat the cook to n
jplly
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
Don't WaSie Nonr Time

and money experimenting with doubtful
comedies, when DR.. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery is so positively certain in its cur
alive action as to warrant its manufacturers
N supplying it TO the public, as they are
doing through druggists, under 8 duly exc
cuted certificate of guarantee, that it will
accomplish all it is recommended to do, o.
money paid for it will be promptly returned.
1t cures torpid liver, or biliousness, indiges
ton or dyspepsia, all humors, or blooc
taints, from whatever cause arising, skin
and scalp diseases, scrofulous affections.
(not excepting consumption, or lung -scrof
ulal, If taken in time and given fair trial.
Thousands of cures follow the use of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. so cents.
Baggage-smashers should take as warn
ing the fate of William Kelly, a lake Min
netonka porter, who dropped a trunk, when
a revolver in ii was discharged, shooting
Kelly in the head, killing him instantly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

Thousands of cures follow the use of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. SO cents.
The morning news., 1889-02-06
AMoNG The ABBANIANs.
,,o-ro,a Tumble The Wandering
4 pa{nter-s Wife.

,,a,ro's Tumble The Wandering
. Painters Wife.
Lp.xy. GA, Feb Cato jackson,
70 bappe ed to a strange accident just
-s,~a ne dav this morning, while Bruins
~ ood Weste passenger coach was
si,c on the trestle over Fl MT river,
.s,,+ twenty-four feet high. Cato for
a,a aooo' rsason. stepped out of the coach, sup
SOME bs was near the ground. but soon he
Pp-Sn5 hat be was very much mistaken, as
- i,rss wIirling to the ground from the
iE.,n trestle. He was not seriously hurt
THE TRAVELLING PAINTER.
,,ort q week ago two men. named Cal
nand Rart arrived here. Bert was a
a.a, ~ PAINTER. and had struck up with Cal
IN in Worth county formed CO
49, no.narsbiD Calhoun was to furnish the
PrevaDce for travel and Bert TO do the
-Dark and divide the proceeds. This was
~ fre+ Town they struck, and both got on
abiq spree and John Bert Tor John Frank
a.. os some claim him TO be- rode Calhoun's
hI,se H. off Calhoun said, when he sobered
=, that Bert had stolen his horse, but Bert
tarred eP, No the next day with the horse, and
ba and Calhoun went off together.
WOMAN ON TIRE SCENE.
To-day a pretty but shabbily dressed
noD walked into town from Worth
oo"nty' claiming to be Bert's wife, and said
tbot she had been cruelty treated and de-
sartad bv her husband and that he had left
ber at a strangers house in Worth With lut
cont She made diligent search for her
Insband in this city, but did not find him.
She then appealed to Mayor McIntosh for
baln stating that she wanted to go to
Prnnswick. where an uncle resided. She
told the correspondent of the MORNING
NEWS that she did not want to find her
husband. aud never expected to live with
him any more, even if he hunted her up.
GIVEN A PAUPER TICKET.
The Mayor gave her Il pauper ticket, and
.ba left on the o'clock train for Bruins
wick 1t is claimed by parties here that
Rert is none other than John Franklin, who
sarved four years in the penitentiary. 1t is
a blessing that there are no children to
snFer the evil consequences of such actions.
WEDDING.
O J.. Jay and Miss Dora Oliver were
married at the residence of the brides
rnotber. in this city, this m rning at IL
o'clock. Rev. D. B. Jay, of Morgan, the
groom's brother, officiating. The handsome
Couple presented q fine appearance, and
seemed very happv in each others love.
The bride and groom, with a party of
friends, took the 1910 o'clock train for
AnleTICus