Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-04

those who are waiting to try on his shoes
are liable to go hungry for many moons to
come.
A BOHEMIAN stone-eutter of st. Paul
Mimi, has discovered a combination OF
chemicals by the use of which the hardest
stone can be dissolved and cast into any de-
flint. translucent and capable of taking OH
a brilliant luster
A MAN never appreciates the value of a
newspaper so thoroughly as when he can
not read it. The first copy of newspaper
that reached Atlanta City through the
hoods was quickly bought by man who
thought he got it cheap for $3.50. The
regular price was 2 cents.
THE Hebrew population of New York
numbers 10000, or more than the popula-
tion Of Jerusalem. They form an infuen-
tial element, many Of them being bankers,
merchants, editors and politicians. Al
though comprising 10 per cent. OF the pop
uation, they contribute less than per
cent to the criminal classes.
TuE great Ghost Feast of the Sioux
was held Wednesday night for the last
time. One by one the traditional glories
Of Cooper's Indians are swept away by
the prosaic bull-tongue plow ofcivilization.
The red men ere long will have to buy
their scalps at the millmers.
TnE Afghan Ameers method of ven
geance on his rebel prisoners is pretty
highly developed One batch, numbering
300, were put to death three a day One
Of the trio was always hanged dressed in
yellow and green, another was dressed
in black and blown from II gun, and the
third was dressed in red and cut up with
sword
DuHING some manpuvers of the German
cavalry at Breig woman and her little boy
rot in front Of a regiment Of culrasslers
charging in full gallop The leading Off
Ger shouted to her to lie down, and she
did lying upon her boy. The whole regI-
ment passed over her without injuring her
every horse in whose track she lay having
been made to jump over her.
TuE largest county in the United States
! Custer county, Montana, which contains
&c, 900 square miles, being larger in extent
than the states Of Vermont Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island.
One tenth Of our present population could
find il means Of livelihood in this one
county. and then it would not be 50 popu-
lous as Belgium
Tulnry-rlyE thousand Spaniards last
wear emigrated to South America and lO,-
600 to Algeria The Basque provinces, the
Austrias and Galiela are furnishing thou
sands of sober and able bodied workers
for the Argentine Republic. The Spanish
government tries III vain to dIssulde the
people from leaving their homes. They
prefer free land and high wages III the new
world rather than low wages and crushing
taxation III the old
AcconptNa TO a computation just issued
by an eminent statistician, the cost in
human life Of the wars of the hast thirty
four wears has been 2. .253, 600 souls. The
crimean war cost $50. .OO0 men, the italian
war 1850 5000; the Danish war (ISG4)
1900; the American civil war the North
ern states 2So,000 the Southern states
90, 600. the Austro-Prusslan war 5000;
the Franco-Prusslan war France l55.O0o,
Germany fo.ooo: the lmco-Russlan war
100000 tn" South African wars '"'ooo;
the Afghan war z',o"o; t'e M'Ale''' ana
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ness.
TIM marriage of Blaine's son to Mill
ionairc McCormick's daughter was re-
ported by telegraph with as much atten
tion to detail as though they were of the
ism III tins specIeSoi advertisement when
cannot hut dISnu st people ut sense and re-