Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-22


never fails When find myself tossing
get up, walk across the floor once or twice,
and then get an apple, bit of bread, any
thing 10 arouse my stomach and set II
working, says a writer in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. The moment it com
mences il attracts the attention of the
nerves SO to speak; the nerves forget they
are "on edge and are soon soothed in
sIumber Commence on the inside to cure
sleeple5sness not externally. nor with
drugs. for they are base deceivers.
COAL and iron are not the only minerals
which are to be found in the south. Gold
has been and will again be mined exten-
xycIy There is not likely to be any fever
Of excitement about it, because the days
of blind leads are over, except new fields
in distant parts of the world should he
discovered But several companies have
been recently organized to develop the gold
fields of Georgia and expect to do Il profit
able business They are sure it can be
made to pay if conducted on scientific
principles An interesting account of the
first finding of gold is given by the Chlca-
20 Herald The Herald says: The best
paying 1t posits were near l,ahIonega,
which is al Indian word signifying yellow
metal This place attracted many settlers,
who expected to become rich by mining.
1t boosted of having streets of gold, and
such was the case, for the quartz rock.
which everywhere crops out, contains
small portions of the precious metal. The
belief that enormous quantities of gold
would he obtained led TO the establishment
Of a branch of the mint there IN 1881.
Three years afterward the first coinage
was executed. Operations were continued
nj this point till the war of the re bclhon,
and the entire amount of Its coinage was
Sc, l2f, ,9i9 II is estimated that gold worth
sS 600 900 has been obtained iii Georgia
since it was first searched for by the whites.
II is known to exist in all the counties III
the northern part of the state. and occa-
sionaly nuggets of considerable size are
found The richest quartz, however, Is IN
a stretch about fifteen miles wide, III the
middle of which bahlonrga is situated.
The Herald concludes with the encourag-
ing argument that 'the gold deposits in
the Empire State of tine South are we'll
situated: the climate admits of carrying
on operations during the entire year; there
is am abundance of fuel the country Is
much better supplied with water than Cal
ifornia Australia or South Africa. Labor
is plenty and facilities for obtaining sup
plies are excellent. In consequence ot
these advantages rock that is not very
rich in gold may be prohtahIy worked.
THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM.
Henry George went to Boston to witness
the voting under the Australian system.
He reports that there was general corgrat-
uatiou ON the results. democrats, republi-
cans. and prohihitionists alike rejoicing
over the disappearance of "heelers,
workers. = ticket .peddlerS, and float
ers After describing the method of
voting under the new law at some length
MIR. George says he saw only one man call
for the services of an inspector because he
could not read. The man wanted the ser
vices Of democratic inspector and got
them The average time required for
making the ballot papers seemed hardly to
exceed a minute. and in the longest case,
that of man who scratched his head as IT
in doubt, being four minutes and half
The Massachusetts law gives FIVE minutes
in any case and ten minutes If no other
voter is waiting" This last statement Is
especially interesting, since 1t answers, so
far us It goes. one of the most plausible OBJ
jections that have been urged against the
system-the objection that the voting
would consume too much time. Mr..
George SAYS that "the rapidity with which
the voting was done surprised even the
friends Of the bin, and that ut times when
there was a rush of voters the votes came
into the box rs fast rs the inspectors could
receive them. and al least rs fast as was
possible under the old system Mr.
George does not state how many offices
were filed, but from what he says we may
infer that the ticket was long enough TO
afford fair test We may therefore con
clude that there are no serious practical
difficulties in the way of the successful
working Of the system Regarding the
effect of the secret ballot Mr.. George OBJ
serves that it has been uniformly favorable
to one party and unfavorable to another.
The democratic majority WAS reduced IN
city Of Boston. while the republican ma
iorities were reduced in the county. While
this result may not have been wholly du,
to the secrecy Of the vote, 1t is pretty
plain indication that voters took advantage
of the relief afforded from the intlmIda-
ticn of employers and from the fear OF
being known to vote against their former
party to quote the words of Mr.. George.
If Che system has accomplished what is
claimed for it in Massachusetts its general
adoption, or the adoption of something
similar, can not be successfully resisted.
The voters of America will insist upon the
secret vote when they find it can be had as
well as not. And the party bosses and
henchmen, and those who prevent tariff
reform and other needed reforms. viii be
the only mourners at the grave of the old
system. Chicago Times.