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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
A PROSPEROUS CHINESE DOCTOR,
He Makes in San Francisco Over Sc. 900
A Month

A celebrity among the Chinese of San
Francisco is their great doctor. Ii Pc Tai.
says the New York Medical Times. He
has been in this country nearly thirty
years, and has a larger income from his
profession than any white practitioner in
the city. His patients all come to the
office when able, and Ii Pc Tai sits up.
hablted III gorgeous silk and brocades. in
little den of an office overlooking the
plaza. and feels pulses all day long. The
patients are mostly white people. who come
to him after a varied round of their own
physicians, or at the instigation of some
resurrected and enthusiastic patients. Ii
Pc Tai rests the patients elbows on a
blue silk cushion and begins to feel the
right pulse with his three hooked and long
clawed fingers. He feels the right pulse
to ascertain the condition of the brain.
stomach, and kidneys. and then grasps
the left wrist to find out about the heart.
liver, and lungs. Although he knows
practically nothing of anatomy as our
physicians know it, he makes a wonderful
diagnosis of case. He charges $40 a
week for his services, including his medi-
clnes, and patients either come to his
office and drink the tissanes or take pack
ages Of mysterious stuff home and make
their own hot drinks.
Ii Pc Tai has many notions that puzzle
and interest his patients.
He treats them to a course of antidotes for
genuine poisoning if they confess to ever
having eaten that deadly drug. He next
commands them not to eat sheII-fsh or
uncooked fruit. to let alone poultry. fried
meats, eggs, watery vegetables. all liquors.
and everything sour. For these thirty
years Ii TO Tai has made his patients
drink hot water. Dyspepsia, cancers. and
tumOrs are his specialties. His income
from his profession is estimated at more
than $4,000 per month.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
Henry's Fat Once.
An Irish NJ, P's Death.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Henry Siebers
has been appointed gauger of the first dis
trict of Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
One More forGIadstone

LONDON, Oct. AT the election held
at Petersboro, to fill the parliamentary
seat made vacant by the death of Hon.
William J. w. FitzwilIiams 0iberal union
ist), Morton (Gladstonian), polled 1,S9@
votes against ,642 cast for Burns lunionist
nOminee).
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

LONDON, Oct. daniel U'Donoague
of the Glenns, commonly called THE
ODonoague, is dead. He represented
Tipperary in parliament from 81 to IS,
and sat for Tralee from '65 to IS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
You Can't Always Tell.

A wise man says: a young man used
hardy and roughly viii be a tougher man
in the end. He will go into the fire iron
and come out steel That depends a
great deal on whether he does or not
And that. again. depends largely on what
the Young man Is when he goes IN. If he
Is SIMPLY Eastwood. and the very best
quailfy Of password al that. when he goes
IN. he goes In for good He doesn't come
out anything. | don't know where he goes.
but he doesn come out again. It won
do to put all young men into the FIRE. I'M
less the tempering process be considered z.
good way to get rid Of them. And then.
when you put the young man OF iron into
the fire. you don { want 10 keep him there
too long or you'll spoil him. Iron viii
burn as well IS Eastwood. if you keep it on
the fire long enough. How long shall
you keep him In .hens" On, bless you,
how do 1 know? Ask the wise man, he
began It.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
"Not enjoyment and not sorrow
But to act that each tomorrow
Find ns fart her than 70 davu

The sentiment so aptly expressed by the
poet ought TO sound like a trumpet TO every
sluggish soul, and animate them to new and
vigorous efforts to improve their condition.
To all those who have the desire to press for
ward, but who are not sure of the way we
say, write to b. f. johnson & Co., Richmond,
Va, and they will be of service to you.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Entirely new to him: Princess Of Wales
My dear, am thinking of giving the Shah
present What shall it beE' Prince Of
Wales-''Oh, anything, 50 long as 1t is out of
the ordinary, and something you don't think
he has ever seen" Il have il. Let's give
him one Of those Persian rugs"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

LONDON, Oct. 7.-Boulanger. accompan.
led by his secretary and female compan-
ion, started secretly tonight for the Isle Of
Jersey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Is 1t economy to save few cents buying
cheap soap or strong washing powder,
and lose dollars in ruined rotted clothesP
1t not, use pobbin's Electric Soap, white
as snow, and as pare. Ask your grocer
for it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
Ask your druggist for "Tansilrs Punch ,,

An English woman is made Of clay unless
she is an attendant on the Queen, and then
she is maid Of honor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

The health OF Lord TeunySon is now
completely restored The aged poet is ex-
pecting Il visit from Miss Mary Anderson
soon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Only one woman in France has this wear
taken out a license for shooting. Last
season there were FIVE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Utterly busted: isn't there any place
Where your credit Is good for drink ~ ask
ed one bohemisn of another. Pm sfraid
not WAS the sad reply, In . dry tone Of
voice: i've worked il so often that when
fnsss 10 tick 80 ~ ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Don. hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but
use DR.. Ssge's Catarrh Remedy and end it
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
A New Deparfnr,

from ordinary business methods is made by
the manufacturers Of DR.. Picrce's Golden
Medical Discovery, in guaranteeing this
world-tamed remedy 10 cure all diseased
arising from arrangements Of the liver or
stomach, As indigestion or dyspepsia, bill.
souSneSS or liver complaint" or from i'm
pure blood, as boilS, blotches, pimples, erup-
tons, scalp diseases, salt-rheum, scrofulous
sores and swellings and kindred ailments
Money paid for "piscoyery" promptly re-
turned if, on fair trial, 1t don't cure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Women, like diseases, always search out
our weakest points for an attack; and they
generally find them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
ro-Nirh, and ro-Morrox Nth,

And each day and night during thi. week
YOU can get At sill druggists kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowl-
edged 10 be the most successful remedy ever
sold for the cure of Coughs, Group, Bron-
chiiis, Whooping Cough, Asthma and Con-
sumption. Get a bottle today and keep it
Awsys in the house, SO you can check your
eo!d at once. Price SOC. and $l.o0 Sample
bottle free
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

The Latin & Prand powder mill at Cres-
soma, Pa, blew up and three men were
Killed outright and number of others Sc
verely injured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11

Mild, equitable climate, certain and abun
dant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock
country in the world. Full information free.
3ddresS the Oregon immigration Board,
Portland, Oregon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-11
Weak Women

Owe to themselves duty to take Hoods Ssrssparins
in view of the great relief it hs. given those Who
suffer from ailments peculiar to the BY purity
ing the blood regulating important orsan. strength
en'ns the nerves, and tOnips the whole system. it
restores to health
Il have been for year, trying 60 get help for that
terrible general debility and weakness. 80 common TO
women. Within year have taken ten or tvely.
bottles Of Hoods Ssrsspsrlla and the benefit derived
from its use has been very great. am nov feeling
like new creature" Mia +. II. Ross, Marlin,
Isxgs.
Hoods Sarsapariila
Sold by all druggists. ST. ST, for S. Prepared only
by Q. l. HOOD 4 co, Lowell Mass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

brown sugar in doughnuts instead
OF whlte will keep them moist and nice
mucn longer.-The Housekeeper.
"A cheap and good mince-meat can
be made by boiling a beef's heart till
tender then chopping it fine and season.
ing IL and adding twice as much apple
by weight as meat. Fruit, spices, etc.,
can De added as one desires.
Paper or pasteboard may be rem
aered waterproof as follows: Mix four
parts OF slaked lime with three parts of
SKINNED milk and add little alum;
then give the material two successive
;oatlngs of the mixture with brush
and then let it dry.
Honey Cakes: Take quart of strained
honey, half pound of fresh butter, and
small teaspoonful of pearl ash, dis
solved in little milk. Add as much
sifted -four as will make stiff paste.
Work well together. Roll out half an
inch thick. Cut into cakes. Lay on
buttered tins, and bake in hot oven.
Cream Dates: Remove the stones
from thedates, without entirely separat-
ing ther. Take tiny piece of vanilla
,iondant,the same as preceding recipe,
form 1t ato little roll, place it in the
space firm which the seed was taken,
press tn halves together so that only
small qantity of the candy can be seen,
roll thedates in graduated sugar, and
place tbm on dishes to harden.
/ tan UHh.
1nQeSreat secret of nice cake max
I ns.ss.aeeh oroogh beating of the batter
afleral ingredients are together. Some
Lave touble with graduated sugar!
Don't US so much. One-half inch less
for cupfl is enough. The cake batter
takes longr heating than usual, as the
sugar is loger in dissolving. We think
it the CHEAPEST sugar on the Market
Farm and Fireside.
To use Up slices of stale bread
break and cut them in pieces, first cut
ting off the hard crust, and pour boiling
water on it toosoften the bread. TheR
for pint of bread crumbs beat up three
eggs and add tlese with pint of milk.
some bits of butter, little sugar and
raisins in quantity to suit, and bake.
1t is good plain, wholesome pudding to
eat with milk and sugar or pudding
sauce.-N. Y. World.
To take iron rust out of white goods:
Pour a teacupul of boiling water;
stretch the goots tightly across the top
Of it; then pouren little of the solution
of oxalic acid dissolved in water, and
rub it with the edge of teaspoon or any
thing. If it does not come out at once
dipit down into the hot water and rub
it again. This IS quick easy and sure
way to remove iron rust, and should be
remembered by every good housekeeper
Oyster Croquettes: Put two dozer
oysters on to boil in their own liquor
Let come to boil. Take from the fire
drain and chop. Put half pint of the
| liquor in saucepan, with teacup o
cream, thicken with tables poonful o
flour and butter each, rubbed together
Stir until the milk boils, add the oysters
the yelks of three eggs, and stir on,
minute; take from the fire, and season
with tablespoonful of chopped parsley
a half of a grated nutmeg. little sal
and cayenne pepper. Mix we'll an(
jLurn out to cool. When cold, form il
croquettes, roll in beaten eggs then il
bread crumbs and fry in boiling lard
ti-Aa2esst Nome journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30

hardened Oldest Inhabitants, whizzed hor
ribly along, and the grimy walls of Pande.
monium echoed presently to the discordant
murmuring and snarling of one of The
largest throngs that had ever gathered
there.
81 have called you together, my country
men," said the presiding officer of the in.
fernal regions, ''for the purpose of deciding
disputed point A contest has arisen,"
he continued, in voice that pierced the re.
hottest cavern within the vast inclosure,
''as to which one of my faithful subjects can
claim the honor of having inflicted the most
torture on horses during his earthly exist
ence. The contestants will now have an
opportunity to be heard"
Il was country blacksmith for fifty
three years." called out one of the claim
ants, as he mounted the platform and
looked complacently about.
There was murmur of applause, and a
general shaking of heads, accompanied by
whispered observations to the effect that
his record would be hard to beat.
An uncannY specter, with countenance
that would have broken the strongest
camera on the surface of the earth, came
to the platform next.
II was harness-maker, he said. 81
invented the stiff bit"
II made the first pair of spurs" ex-
claimed the next candidate, as he elbowed
the ex- harness-maler off the stage.
'Gammon!' said another claimant ~
set the fashion of cutting horses tails off ~
"And made the first machine for clip
ping them" announced another.
The presiding officer checked the applause
that followed, the assembly having seemed
to be on the point of bestowing the award
on the last speaker without further hearing.
A hard-looking resident mounted the
rostrum. ''My friends" he said, Il made
the first check-rein."
In vain the chairman attempted to silence
the cheering of the audience. 1t was only
after some of the roisiest of spirits near the
door were thrown out and the warning
given that the galleries would be cleared il
the offense were repeated that order was
restored.
Suddenly commanding voice rang out:
81 invented the barb wire fence"
A deathlike stiffness pervaded the cav
ernous place. With the conviction that nc
contestant would have the hardihood to dis
pute the claim of the last speaker the chair
man half rose as if to announce that the
controversy was at an end.
At this moment comparatively mild
looking and unpretentious shape took its
place on the platform and looked timidly
about.
"Speak out if you have any thing to sayr'
said the presiding officer, almost contempt
uously.
'I-I was the first man that ever paved
the streets of a city with granite"
Amid the widest and most tumultuous
applause that had ever shaken the walls of
Sheol's capitol the Prince of Darkness
placed crown of laurel on the head of the
unpretending goblin, shook his hand warm
ly, anu proclaimed that the contest was
over.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
PARIS SNAIL EATERS.
A Hundred Thousand Pounds of the Shiny
Things Consumed Annually.

A Hundred Thousand Pounds of the Shiny
Things Consumed Annually.
The stories about Frenchmen eating
snails are believed by many people to
have no foundation in fact, but to be only
q phase of the exaggeration in which
Yankees are apt to indulge in describing
the queer things that are to be found on
Partisan dining-tables. Nevertheless,
it is fact that nearly 100, 900 pounds OF
snails are sold daily in the Paris mark
cts to be eaten by jewellers in Paris.
They are carefully reared for the pur-
pose in extensive snail-gardens in the
provinces and fed on aromatic herbs to
make their flavor finer. One snailery in
Dion is said to bring in to its proprietor
seven thousand francs year. Many Swiss
cantons also contain large snail-gardens
where they are grown with much pains.
They are not only regarded as great
delicacy, but are reckoned as very nu-
tritious. Hygienists say they contain
seventeen per cent. of heterogeneous mat
ter, and that they are equal to oysters
in nutritive properties. Snails are also
extensively used as an article of food in
Austria, Spain, Italy and Egypt and the
countries on the African side of the
Mediterranean. Indeed the habit OF
eating snails as food has existed in vari-
GUS parts of Europe for many centuries.
Good Housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
DANGEROUS WORK.
Poor Folks who Go Cleaning on the New
York Wharvcs for Fuel.


York Wharves for Fuel.
Among the many odd devices resorted
to by the very poor in their efforts to
gain livelihood is that of the peo-
pie who frequent the various wharves
and other places where coal is trans
ferred from barges to wagons or from
wagons to coal-sheds, and who eagerly
seize upon any stray pieces that may fall
UNDECIDED to the ground.
Ofcoarse the loss in this way on each
ton of coal is scarcely noticeable, but in
the aggregate it amounts to no incon-
siderable quantity and the aged men
and WORKOUT women who so carefully
watch the huge coal buckets as they
swing in mid-air in their transit from
the coal barge to the wagons on the
wharf are often able thus to secure suf-
ficient of the mineral to warm their
humble homes throughout the winter.
Only those too decrepit to execute more
laborious work care to CLEAN coal in this
way. as they are seldom able to gather
a large enough quantity to sell. But
the activity displayed by these poor old
creatures in their eagerness to secure a
few nuggets is something remarkable.
The pursuit is not without its perilS.
There is always more or less competition
for the scanty prizes that reward long
vigil, and in order to Guido their COM
petitors the old cleaners often rush
recklessly between wagon wheels and
almost under horses hoofs. Then, too,
as the big buckets swing overhead pieces
of coal are sometimes dislodged and fall
heavily to the ground, endangering the
heads of those beneath.
Not long since an old man was pushed
off a pier into the river and nearly
srowped through the rush for a single
lump that had attracted the attention OF
half dozen cleaners. 1t had fallen on
the edge of the string piece, and the old
fellow was crowded off. Fortunately he
grabbed and held on to a rope that was
hanging from the stern of coal barge
and some idlers on the wharf hauled
him ashore.
The greatest danger to the cleaners
lies, however, in their reckless dives
under the wagons. The men and boys
who are engaged in loading frequently
chase the old folks away, but they return
with persistence that defies all efforts
to save the coal and prevent accidents
N. Y. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
uess, and that If it should be lost with its

uess, and that If it should be lost with its
passengers, Persia would be ruined.
''The vessel was lost. The Mary Ann was
on dangerous coast. Captain Perkins
went to his state-room to sleep, she struck
and l was the only one saved. Thanks to my
magic art and hen-coop, l swan ashore
safe but somewhat damp. / made my way
to Ispahan, but l could not stay there. As
these men had all persisted, supposed, OF
course, that ruin, widespread, would ensue.
supposed the Herald Would-to use vul
garsm which l detest-peg out, that the
bank would Ito use another) bust, that the
railroad and insurance company would stop,
and that a rebellion would break out in the
provinces, and so before the news got about
l sold my property and came to New Jersey.
''My son, the moral is coming now, so
wake up. I had been here six months
when l got letters from Ispahan. There
wasn't ruin to any alarming extent in
Persia. A new Governor was appointed
over the province and things went on better
than ever. There was less plundering than
before, for the new Governor was vigilant.
He refused to let the members Of the Pro-
vincial Legislature vote themselves back.
pay and he squelched two credit mobiliers.
The stockholders of the Herald elected
new editor and the paper was better than
ever. The new man was the first to intro
duce interviewing into Ispahan, and he or
ganizedan expedition to find Livingstone.
The railroad company elected new presi-
dent, who put on palace and sleeping cars
and actually made it pay dividend; and as
for the bank, bless you, the drowned presi-
dent was diminutive tubers compared with
his successor. He brought the concern to
O smash-up in half the time it would have
taken the old one, which enabled the stock
holders to, retire with fortunes in middle
life The new life-insurance president was
vast improvement on the old one. He was
man of broad views. He devised the
brilliant idea of arming his solicitors with
Derringer pistols.
$50 you see, my friend, things went on
the better for the drowning of these i'm
portant men. Indeed, the people of Ispahan
swore that if they could be sure of so great
an improvement every time, they would like
more shipwrecks.
young man, go home. If your life is of
any use to yourself save it, but if you are
trying to save it out of regard for your fell
lows, spare yourself the trouble. There
were men in New Athens before your time
and there will be after. Die, and in a week
no one will realize that you are gone-in
three weeks the few who do remember the
event will probably be glad of it, and will be
sorry you did not die sooner. Go to, young
man, go to-"
And Abou moved him off haughtiy and
went into his dinner.-D. R. Locke, in To
lado Rlada
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-11-30
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
HORSE, COW, DOG, BOY.


" Is that my hossg" Yes, sir. Look at his eye.
Amt he beauty? Wot shoulder! Wot
thigh!
Look at his ears--look at them leetle ears!
Dye mind them legs, as trim as any deer's9
Did ye ever see on boss straighter back?
An, stranger, see them huffs-how hard an
black
Look at his name, an at his 1owin' tail!
" Kin he trot muchf' should smile. Wy, he
kin sail.
Jest wait, an we will take leetle drive.
wy, that colt kin go in less'n thirty-fve.
I call him Jack He's five year old next Joon.
" Two hundred for himf" Sing higher toon.
Wot If some one should pizen that air hoss?
II they hung me fort, I'd shoot him-kill him.
boss.
Yis, that's my "cow a-feedin' at that hay"
She gives more'n fourteen quarts Nv milk a
day.
1t costs me mex ter nuthin' fur her keep.
II she should die, but wouldn't Sally weepf
She's the only COW I've got, an yit SELL
'Thout askin' wife, 1 rally couldn't tell
But sell milk, an cream, an butter, too.
Wot! Sell that cow" Sell Cream Pot" ter
your
wy, wot would Sally sayi wy, yis, will,
But not fur less'n hundred dollar bill.
Wot would do II some one pizened herr"
I'd kill him, stranger, quicker'n would cur.
Yis, that air dog asleep there "b'longs ter
me-"
The cutest dog fur fox We ever see.
An fghtH Wall, boss, you'd orter see him
fight.
Ihed him down ter town the other night,
An Smithers lowed he he'd young bull pup
Could mosy 'roun' an chaw ole Tige all up.
1t wasn't jest eggsactly's Smithers lowed,
An, haw, haw, haw, he he'd ter treat the
crowd.
Wotl "Wot If some one pizened that air
dogY'
I'd stick him quicks would a measly hog.
That my boy thar" Yis, that's my youngest
Bill
Hes ruther paleY' Wall, yis, he's sumwot
i'll.
We wuz down ter town the other day, ye see
An Bill an me got on leetle spree.
We took dozen roun's, an wot dye think?
Bill wouldn't take another tarnal drink,
An he looked as pale an wife as any ghost.
drinked my boy Bill drunk, an kin boast.
Haw, haw, Bill thinks he's smart, but he
can't stan,
AS smart's he is, as much as the ''ole man."
Wot's that? "All lickers drugged, an pizen
stuff"
Oh, Smithers gin is pure an straight enough.
Yis, bought Ticker fur my Bill?" Wot
then?
You didn't know there's such a breed Nv
mem"
I've "been a-pizenin' Nv my boy" you say?
Git out Nv here now, stranger. Go away.
It's "a burnin' shame" is it, an "a disgrace?
Here, Tigel Now, stranger, git frum of this
place.
Stranger, come back, an help me, il you will
My boy is in q fit. Speak, Bill Speak, Bill
oh, help me, stranger! Help me! Raise his
headl
Ny God! My Godl My poor boy Bill is dead
Thomas Burke, in Arkansaw Traveller