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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-05

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ay wife was taken sick with what the
doctors pronounced typhoid fever She
eaDstHaed coughing and vomiting for four
weeks. abe was gettaD,s lower every day,
and ~ last we concluded she could not live
aotg. she eaasd net keep thing on her
pains IN head ard sbsmaeh. We a. last
called DR.. Jordan who, when be saw ny
wife. said that she wanid begin 20 improve
Just as Apcr ~ xhe tossk the Htssngenesic
medicine and that IL Just what she sssd.
Shs began 30 improve ~ once. aud Was an
HistoxeEetsc system.
THOMAS THOMAS.
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TERRITORY o. wksHrSeros.
Corxrr 90 KIss.
The Aflant, X. 4. Colvin. says.
Two years ago ] had compound frAc-
tslre Of the leg, and IL was set By Dr. smith,
OF this city. bnt was not set even and wa
painful Is subsequently formed into q
running sore, and pieex OF bone were con
tinually coming out.
had DIR. Bseicy for eight months. who
concluded that IL was carries of the bone.
but bis medicine did me no good. By that
time could barely drag myself On crutch.
could not sleep for pain, could do nc
work aud was IN DESPAIR
heard q great deal about DR.. Jors,Rn's
new sssten Of medicine. and asked DR..
Baxiey what be fhoagiit Of ss. He said be
did not know Is 20 DIR. Iordanss skin as
doctor, bat he did knosr that his medicines
produced unprecedented good results En-.
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Jordan. aud the result ils that in one nonth
after taking the medicine | was able Il
discard mr. erutcb and 20 % work, which
| have continued ever since, my leg con
stsntiy improving. when rame to DR.
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ss big IS q hand. ] am new prarficRiI,
well, there being bat small ABRASION No
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Subscribed aud swor1i to before me tai.
"a Gay % Nay, 1855
grxTUs ROCHESTER,
Sssssry Public In and for WASH Ter.
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THE PROPERTY ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, WHICH II VI
Be PLEASED TO SHOW INTENDING PURCHASERS.
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
Attention to Details

Unwillipgness to fuss with little things
is at the bottom of more failures in farm
ing than sny other one cause. 1t Is this
that spoiis farmers gardens throug hOut
the country. What they can do With
horse and cuitivator as the rate of several
scres per day seems like business. Bend
ing the back TO pull weeds by baud, or re
moving them from the hoe. Is more ike
boys or vumen's work than mems. Yet
because of this desire to dodge the slow,
putterIue work. 1t is in this that there Is
great opportunity to show extra skill, aud
1t i this that usually pays best for the
labor performed.
Mixed farming involves q far greater
amount and variety of labor than the
cultivation of any one especially. This
is both its advantage and disadvaH eage.
A farmer chemically Indisposed to az
tend things will fail more sdrely and
quickly the greater the variety of crops
he cUltlvates. On the other hand, If he
has learLed to be prompt vita his work,
seeing that everything Is done on time
and in tbs RICH way, he ts safer than II
he relied upon single crop for all his
prodts. In one case ne will have con-
slant succession of petty losses from
his Inasteution. In the other succession
of small gains which are ever the sarest
basis of rospsrity. Il is often said TO
be the mark of good farmer 70 have
something 20 sell through the year, and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
HALF A MILE UNDERGROUND.

Vast Coal Hole i'll France and Its Products.
The Hasard colliery was opened il 1912
by NJ. d'Andrimont. The area of its con
cessions is LILO acres. The colliery en-
ploys 96l workmen underground and 273
at the surface. It's output in 1886 was
232 742 tons. The seams worked vary
from two feet to four feet Que inch in
thickness, and the coal Is of a semi-h btu
minOus character. A notable feature in
the working of the mine is the use of the
Plom and d'Andrimont excav8tor, an i'll
geniUus coutrIy ance for increasing the
useful effect of blasting. The shot hole
Is drilled in the ordinary mapner, and
the eXcavotor is introduced, which hOl-
lows out a space at The back of the hole
much greater than the diameter of the
hole. This enlarged powder chamber
Is found to greatly Increase the useful
effect of blast aud also the proportion
of round coal. L. Is used in six seams in
the colliery and has also been adopted at
Lens, France. The Goals are not broug ut
10 the surface of the shafts but only to
the level OF 400 feet whence an endless
chain, two miles long extends TO Bay
Bonnet.
The St. Andrew de Poirier mine claim
TO be the deepest coal mine III the world.
1t has roy atty Of S64 acres and yearly
production Of 25O, 900 tons. There are
Two coai drawing shafts the enc 926
teut deep the other 3 083 feet deep. Tie
first shaft is being deePened to 3 149 feet.
Each of the pits Is ventilated by Gebul
fan working in The second shaft. a re-
markable feature il the working of these
mines is the COM Daratlve low tempera-
ture experienced. the mPximnm tenn
perature is IS dee rees Fab mica and it is
very often considerably lower. The air
Is cold in passing along the face. This
tends to show the elevation Of tempera-
ture is by 30 means the creates: ObsLac e
in working deep mines.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
FARM AND HOME.
THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD.
ATHENS ga woMAN's WORK.

The winters snow fell thick and fast,
The farm house roof that night
Was hidden from the world without
Beneath mantle white
All through the day the winds were Wild
AMI shutdown found large SnOw-drifts piled.
Beside the hearth the good man sat
And stirred the Open fire,
Come wife he said. is growing cold.
Draw up little niZherr
The sweet-faced woman closer drew
Her hair was white, ard his was, too.
He l1ii his hand upon her chair
In his you rocked them ali:
Car line and Seth. and Lucy Jane.
David ana little Paul"
And, as he stopped. sh- whispered low,
Our children in the long ago
''Oh, John, how happy we were thenl
Gu such night as this
We used to 20 up stairs TO give
Each child an extra kiss.
The wind through that east chimney made
Them sort o wakeful and afraid
Yes, wife. l wonder if they think
OF this old home Tonight:
OF all our prayers the hymns we sang;
The ch -rfy, warm fire-igh-:
! think this storm must reach quite far,
s'pOse it SHOWS, too, where they are.
The world is growing evil, John.
Its not like our young days;
The papers seem to tell about
So many more wrong ways.
Sometimes | fear such worldly care
May tempt them more than they can bear"
Then, let us pray, the father said,
It's all that We can do
Commit our children to the L7rd;
His promises are true"
And dritte in. that night. alone,
They bros ght their children 10 the Throne.
He gave his angels charge DER Them
Afar that eyeutide-
Out in the world-the children sang,
20 Lord. with US allie
The all-wiSe Covenant-keeping God
" alked with them in the paths they trOd.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
CHAPTER Iu.-NIL DEsPERANDUM.

And now | think it is time told how 1t
came to pass that, at an age when most
young men of my years have only just left
college or begun business, | was a profess
sional underwater, and virtually the man
ager of the Oriental and Occidental Insur-
ance Company.
My father was merchant, and for many
years a partner in the house of Waterhouse
Watkins, Erie & Co, who traded princi-
pally With the West Indies and South
America, though being very catholic in
their commercial ideas, they would have
shipped Goals to Newcastle, or warming
pans to Madagascar, if they had been sure
about their reimbursement, and could have
seen trifing profit on the venture.
My father, who was the travelling mem
Der of the firm, went about a good deal
drumming for fresh business, and at one
period of his life spent several years at
MaraCaibo, in Venezuela-a fact which &C
counts for my having been born there.
Now, anybody who goes to Maracaibo as
surely gets touch of yellow fever as any
body who stays winter in London gets a
taste of yellow fog. 1t is a matter of
course, and newcomers make their ar
engagements accordingly. Ny parents I'M
derwent the ordeal the year before | came
into the world, which circumstance was
supposed to confer on me complete i'm
munity from this terrible pest of the trop-
les. I was acclimatized by the mere fact
of my birth.
cannot say that l esteemed the privilege
very highly, for had not the most remote
intention of returning 20 Maracaibo, which
from all accounts is q pestiferous, mosqui-
to-haunted pandemonium.
My poor father used to say that whatever
else he might leave me, he should at least
leave me free from all fear OF Yellow Jack.
As it turned out, he left me little else.
After his return from foreign chimes he
settled down in Liverpool, took big house
in Abercrombie SQua re, entertained large
", and lived extensively. When | was
about sixteen, and a pupil at Uppingham
School, my father (who had been q free
nver) died suddenly of apoplexy, and an
investigation of his affairs resulted in the
painful discovery that, after payment of
his liabilities, the residue of his estate
would only provide my mother and myself
with an income of something less than two
hundred a year. So we had to give up our
fine house in Abercromhie Square and 90
into lodgings, and left Uppingham and
began to earn my own living literally, for
after was seventeen l did not cost my
mother penny.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
FARM NOTES.

Plow whenever you can. 1t saves time
in the spring and kills large variety of
insects.
Buttermilk can always find an excellent
market at home if it is fed TO pigs and
poultry.
On rainy days keep the fodder cutter in
use by eating all the hay and fodder for
stock.
If you have plenty of wood ashes yon
will lot be compelled to buy fertilizers
rich in potash.
Soaking rains on the manure heap take
out all the soluble portions leaving but
little food for plants.
Goats should never be kept where fruit
growing is carried on for they eat the
bark of trees.
Begin BOW and secure the seeds of your
garden vegetables. Do not wait until
you are ready, only to be delayed by the
mails or soma other cause.
gill of carboIie acid in the drinking
water of ten hogs is said to be the best
and cheapest remedy for hog cholera but
there is no sure cure.
The warm weather must cause vines to
swell, which render them more liable to
become wiuter-kiled should the weather
suddenly become cold.
Wet fields should not be pastured. Rye
is in excellent condition for pasturage,
now, owing to the warm season but
trampliDg the rye when the soh Is damp
viii mi re it.
Look after your seed corn now. See
that it is thoroughly dry and in good
condition. Upon the vitality and GERM
mating power of the seed depends the sue
cess of next years crop.
When mating the goose this spring use
ganders of the Embden or Toulouse
varieties. Ike largest and best goose for
the market is a cross of the Toulouse
gander and Emblem goose. II grows to
very large size.
One of the advantages possessed by the
Cleveland bays is uniformity of color,
making them desirable az matched horses.
Cney are heavier than the Thoroughbred
RAINING horses and much lighter than the
ClydesdaIes or PercherOus.
Nearly all the experiments made at the
experiment stations demonstrate that
hogs make greater gain on whole corn
than on corn meal This IL also tbs ex-
perience of nearly all farmers who have
given attention to the comparison
Do not be afraid TO open the doors
and Windows of the cellar on clear days.
L. is mu9h better to have pure air in the
cellar than to keep it too close and damp.
When the cellar is musty and disagree
able odcr noticed the entire house is like
wise affected.
Do not sell off your surplus hay and
strae yet, or you may find Yourself short
of supply before the winter Is over.
The amount 70 be retained depends upon
the condition of the stock aud the sever
ity of the weather between now and
spring.
When manure is spread on the ground
at this season it should be on heavy soil,
az the matter leached out will not be lost,
but on very light, sandy soil 1t is better
TO supply the manure IN the spring.
Where the rains have tendency TO wash
the land loss of soluble matter will re-
suit, and i'll applying manure the lay of
the land should always be considered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
A Girl. FORETELLs HER OWN DEATH.
Size Also Predicts the Death Of One of Her Al
quaintaRces-A Very Peculiar Case.


SIZE Also Predicts the Death Of One of Her Ac
quaintaRces-A Very Peculiar Case.
Last Mondays Mincton IN. b.. Times
contained notice of the death of two per
sons on High street, Mrs. John L. Bake
and Rebecca Cameron, the latter twelve
ye8r-oId daughter of the late Joshua
Cameron. l. is also stated that the
Young girl had foTetyld her own death
and that of Mrs Blake. The case is al
unusual one, to say the least. On being
interviewed 10y reporter of the Times,
Mrs. Cameron, mother OF the little girl,
said: MY little daughter has been IN
well all summer, but | did not think any
thing serious until six weeks ago, when
she toUk 10 her bed. She was no. out of
her head or in any ways highty during
the whole of her sickness, but perfectly
rational all the time. She kuew nothing
concerning Mrs. Blske's illness more
than what she had heard in the house.
Mrs. Blake mad frequently called TO see
her o=fore she MRS. Blake took sick.
On Friday morning she asked me how
Mrs- Blake wac. l replied that her hui
band said she vas better, TO which the
little girl replied: She Is not going to
get betrer; Mr.. Bake ami | are both go
ing 70 die soon She had frequently sp-
peared to talk with her father, who died
N November of last year. On Thursday
afternoon, in the presence OF Mrs. Par
ker, Rushtop, myself and other members
OF the family, she talked 70 her father,
who appeared TO be over the bed. Soe
asked # she could 20 nov to him and re
pestt d as the snsEer, No WELL said
she, '~heE?' and she Immediately repeat
sd the answer, Not now, B=ccy, bat pretty
soon Then she said: Good by, papa
Daring the first part OF her illness she
said she might die right away. but she
thought she might linger until about the
time Der father died last year, there be
ing just OF, year and seventeen hours
difference between her death and her
fathers and twenty three hours difference
in toe womsu's death she foretold."
The little girl say her brothers IN the
room just g fe~ minutes before she died,
and she called them once and told them
to take care OF her mother after she was
dead. Ms. Cameron naturally feels the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-01
BLOWN FROM A GUN.
The Terrible Punishment of Regiment of
Sepoy MutineerS.


During the Sepoy rebellion OF 1857
many of the mutlneeVs were blown away
from the guns. L. was terrible punish
ment, say Hayes, in his History of the
Sepoy War;" one which had been inflicted
u century before at rhe first mutiuy of
the Bengai army in 17G4. A battalion of
SepoAs had serzsd and imprisoned its
| Eugnsh officers ana vowed that it would
serve no more. A strong hand arrested
the mutiny at i s beginuj z Twenty four
SepOys were tried by q drumhead court
martial, found gully, and sentenced to be
blown away from the cannon.
On the day of the execution the troops
were drawn up, English and Sepoys, the
guns were loaded, and the prisoners led
forth to suffer the terrible penalty.
The word of command was given for
the first four criminals to be tied up TO
the muzzles of the guns. As the men
were icing bound four tail, stately gren
adiers stepped forward from among the
condemned Sepuys, saluted the command
er, Mai. Hecter Munro, chief of the Ben
gal army, and asked that as they had al
ways held the post of honor, in life they
might be given the precedence in death,
as 1t was their due. The request was
granted. The grenadiers were tied to
the guns and blown to pieces.
murmur ran through the Sepoy bat
talions, who great y outnumbered the
English troops, and it .eemed as if they
were about 90 rescue their com panions,
the twenty condemned men.
The officers of the native regiments ap-
preached Munro and told him that their
men were not to be trusted, as they had
determined not to permit the execution
to proceed. The chief knew that on the
issue of that parade sor execution de-
pended the fate of the Bengal army.
The English troops were few and there
was scarcely man among them that was
not moved to tears by the fearful death
us the four grenadiers. But the com
mander knew they could be trusted to de-
fen1 the guns. which, turned upon the
Sepoys would defeat any attem pit to res
cue their comrades.
Mai. Munro closed the English on to
the battery-the grenadiers on one side,
the marines on the other-and loaded the
peioes with grape. Then he sent the
Sepoy officers back to their battalion and
gave the native regiments the word of
command, Ground armz!'
They knew It would be madness to dis
obey in the face of the loaded guns and
laid down their arms
Right about face! Forward-march!'
vas the next command.
The Sepoys marched a distance from
their grounded arms, and the English
soldiers, with guns took ground on the
intervening space.
The danger had passed away. The
native troops we're at M0nrO's mercy, and
the execution went on to its dreadful
close.