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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16

An incideus in the life of the gifted.
warm hearted and lsmentsd Carlotta PATTI,
says writer IN the Boston TRANSCRIPT, is
well worth recording, although TO a few
persons 1t may prove q vide told tale
When Miss keilogg's musical shiliry wss
TO be tested many years ago in New Eork,
8 large number of car ds were issued TO the
musical critics, amateurs and profession
ais, TO the literary aud theatrical world
aud to many high in the social scale, max
ing formidable audience for the lntrcduc
ton of The charming young girl. The
tenor with whom the dsbusause wss intro
duoed was ungenerous on the occasion,
for instead or singing his part, he merel,
hummed so much OF the air as was neces
ssry 10 serve as cue to the orchestral
accompaniment. Weak snd fa,ut we're
the first notes of the young novice; weaker
and mere trembling they seemed 80 grow,
as 1t genuine stage fright mad taken
possession of her. II T voice fiuttered
fer moment, as If about to desert her.
when, distinct and clesr as q bell, from
the center of the house, the air was taken
up and carried along until the decutsute
gathered the courage and heart TO show
the high quality she possessed, when grad
ually the beautiful voice in the audience
fell away and the Diff MT aria was finish
ed IN triumph amid thunderous applause.
The fate of the future American prima
donna was that morning decided, through
the ready tact and uust ldshness of the
IL lie woman in the audience, who proved
tn be none other than Carlotta Patti
Aud charming picture she made" SAYS
one who saw her, marking the time witt
her tiny hand, in her anxiety to help &
woman and stranger, placing the very
crown of success on the otherwise defeat
ed aspirations, by the encour gem"ut o
her own exquisite voice; aud never" h,
adds, until | hear the won&rOus voice O
the angels will l hear anything so swee
as her lovely voice at that morning re.
hearsal so many years ago"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
Raising Winter Wheat.
Prairie Farmer.

To make a success of raising winter
wheat, more especially on the black prai-
RE soil of the West, it is essential that
the ground BE- titled, to prevent surplus
OF moisture. After fitting the ground for
seeding, the wheat should be soWn
sufficiently early TO get good growth in
the all, SO that the green wheat top will
form a good mat on the ground, to pro-
teet the roots of the plant and prevent
freezing and heaving out. Care should
be taken not TO sow the grain 80 early
that the stalk will joint From the 5Jh
10 the 18th of September is the best time
in this latitude for sowing 1T. | have
known, on our prairie soil, here, h9lds of
wheat destroyed by the winter, from too
late sowing, that Gould have been saved
and good crop gained had it been sown
earlier. This time of sowing, for good
growth in the fall, is very important, as
success or failure many times e2ends
on it. On the more compact soil of
the East and Sou it may do to SOW
later.
The selection of the kind of wheat is
also i'm portant, as some kinds of wheat
are much mere hardy than others. The
amber has proved very hardy and pro-
duot,ve variety with me. 1t has given
from twenty to thirty bushels TO the acre
on the average. The manner of fitting
the ground varies here. [ have for the
past four years sOwn after oats, blowing
the gtound as soon as practicable after
the oat crop is taken off, and cultIvating
the ground to kill the weeds and oats that
may spring up.
pms of my aeighbors have adopted a
different plan. They simply SOW the
wheat on the slub5le aud then take re-
voIving disk and cut the surface of the
soil by going over the ground once or
twice, covering the wheat, and following
with drag afterwards ana a roller, if
they choose. This is a new way of putting
in the grain, and has proved, in our light
soil, very successful, saving much labor.
Wheat put in without blowing in this way
has produced as high some pieces-as
thirty three bushels to the acre. And
some think it stands the winter better
than plowed, as it leaves the etubbie on
the surface as mulch.
Many think putting IN the seed with
drill best; aud some, wden the ground
was loose enough, have simply drilled the
seed in the oat stubble, without other
preparation, and realized a good crop.
Sewing the seed in the standing coIp,
where it can be done by the use of II one
horse dill, has met with good success. 1t
does not do to feed the stalks down after
ward, as it will in ure the wheat, especially
if the ground Is not frozen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
The Electric LIGHT in Warfare

Remarkable progress has recently been
made in this country in the application
Of electricity TO purposes OF warfare, end
work of q very high order has been done at
government torpedo station, where al ong
and elaborate experimental course has
been carried out. The electric light,
especially, is coming to play most i'm
portsut part in modern warfare, and
American Investigators in this field. many
of whom have contributed so materially
to its present state of development, will be
Interested in the report of some expert
ments which took place in the Solent,
England, last week. As a better means
of defending the roa5stead an electric
search light has recently been erected
on the Spit, near Hurst Castle, opposite
the Needles passage, and six guaboa's,
with several torpedo crafts, tried, under
cover of night, to effect an entrance from
the westward, without being perceived.
The attempt uas q failure, a. each vessel
Sss spof ID D. the powerful light when
miles off, the gus we're ali ready when
they came within range. 10 make mat
ters sorse FOR the attacking hotiila, the
smoke which they created in profosiop,
so as 20 prevent the ships from being
seen, was blowa sstern By the wind, and
tie result was complete victory for the
electric light
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
A FAMOUS FLOOD.
Its Devastating Work in Europe, and the Char
ity That Followed 1t.

Its Devastating Work in Europe, and the Char
ity That Followed 1t.
Apropos of the great Johnstown flood
it may prove interesting to recall the in
undatiop which occurred in France in
July, 1856, in which the valleys OF the
Rhope and the Loire were desolated from
the white palaces of Tours 10 he gray
warehouses of Lyons. Towns were sub
merged, boats giided over the silent
streets, houses were undermined, bridges
swept away, mines and quarries changed
to reservoirs, and thousands of acres
we're swept and devasteatd by the all de-
vouriu2 food. A hundred million francs
was said to be a small measure of the
pecuniary loss, while the loss of life was
fearful. Amidst all this sorrow there was
a consola ion in the spectacle of numerous
acts of generosity, charity, and daring.
The clergy were activity employed in say
ing their hocks from the inevitable fate
to which the torpor of fear exposed them,
by incit1ug them to timely flight; the
cavalry students of S8umur enjoyeI an
admirable practice in saving life, and with
great courage and devotedness rescued
many from Il watery grave.
No sooner had the tidings reached the
Emperor Napoleon (of the second en-
pire) than, abandoning the fetes of the
capital, he hurried, purse in hand, to the
inundated districts and personally dis
tributed aims TO the sufferers. Wherever
the water reached there went the boat
of the emperor; wherever misery appear,
ed there, too, was seen the gu6Cdi IN hand
OF this paternat ruler. Bravr|y as the
men of the boulevards cheered their
"hommed 'etaqa e," when he drove TO con
sole the orphans and widows of ma and
Inkerman, their re npereur was not a
whit less hearty. Louis n lpoleon return =
ed from his mission of mercy to celebrate
the baptism OF his son and heir. Deeds
like these compel popular love aud go
some way towards softening political as
perity.
Collections were literally started by
the emperor and empress, by the pope
ct )me and long list of benevolent
corporations and charitable ind viduas,
and with the assistance Of the lord mayor
o; London and the sultan of Turkey, the
fund of relief was in a short time swelled
to twelve million francs. New York
aoby responded to the sympathetic
movement and collecting committees
were organized.-Baltimor American.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
CuriGsities of the Public Debt.
Chicago Eyening Journal.

The detailed statement of he public
debt for July 81 has been printed BY the
Treasury Department, and copies are
sent 10 the press and the public officials
Interested. Iii generally a dreary docu-
ment, bat some of its columns nf figures
and Ilsts of credits and securities are
curiosities both historically and haanci-
ally. A portion of these lines carries the
mind back To the old war eras Of the Gov
eminent. Other parts of the table recall
the darkest period cf the civil war, when
sin pie interest ct the rate of 80 per
cent. was paid for the use of money, and
OF REGULATING notes bearing similar rates OF
interest were issued. When these rates
of interest were paid The money borrow
ed wss that kEowD a. "greenbscks," or
the legal tenders, which we're worth from
40 TO 50 cents on the dollar in gold.
These facts shoS the frightfui dangers
which envirOued the nation, when IL was
in the death grapple with armed rebel
lion.
The amcuuts of debt long ago due and
yet unpaid form a study of peculiar in
terest. Tue total is nearly 81 COO ooO,
with 1853, 500 of interest. Nearly S152,
coo, with So, 369 accrued interest, max
ing total of 1914 1853, Is still outstend-
ing of the old debt, contracted at varioas
periods prior 20 1858, and all due and
payable p-ior to January l, 1861. Some
Of this debt gas outs Standing before 1918.
There u a little snount-S1 $50, with $22
bonds issued IL I847, evil
IDENTIFY for Mexican War purposes. These
were tssnty-year bonds and were due il
1867. OF a loan connected with the ac-
q 1lsition of Texas, due il 1854, the sum
of $40, 900 is III paid On the 500 and
10 40 var loans, on which the paymert of
interest vas stopped eight or ten year,
ago, nearly million dollars still stand
o. 6 per cent. compound
interest notes, issued in 1864 aud of the
3Ts, large amounts are still out. Of
fractional eBrrency there il the FUN Of
$I6 ,292 62447 unsccouoted for, of which
it Is estimated that S347, G06 has been de-
ss.oyed. Referring 10 an old debt state
ment 1t appears that this sum has re-
manned substantially unchanged for q
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
Farm and Home.
WAITING.

There are DAYS of deepest sorrow.
In the seas n of our life;
There are wild despairing moments,
There 6r- hours Of mortal strife:
There are times of stormy anguish,
When tn tesrS refuse 10 TdI;
But the waiting time nv brothers.
Is the hardest time OF all.
Youth and love are oft impatient,
Seeking things beyond their reach;
And the heart grows sick with hoping.
Ere il learns what life can teach
For. before tue fruit be gathered,
We must see the blossoms fail:
And the waiting time my brothers,
Is the hardest time OF ALL
Loving once and levi : ever,
II Is sad 10 watch for years
For the night whose htfui shining
Makes a rainbow of our tears.
1t Is sad TO count at morning
Ali the hours II evea-fali;
Oh the waiting time my brothers,
Is the hardest time Of all
We can bear he heat Of conflict.
Through the sudden, crushing blow,
BeatuI 2 back our gathered forces,
For h moment lays US low.
We may rise again beneath IL
NoLe the weaker Tor our fall,
But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time OF all
FOR II wears the eager spirit
As the salt wave wears the stone,
And Hopes gorgeous gaGb grows thread
bare,
Till its brightest tints are gone.
Then amid youth radiant treSSeS,
Silent SHOWS begin TO fall;
Oh, the wal ing time. my brothers,
Is the hardest time OF all.
Yet at last We learn the lesson,
That God knoweth what Is best,
And a silent re ignatlon
Makes thu spirit calm and blest;
For We know day is coming
For the changes of our fate,
When our hearts will thank HIM meekly
That he taught US how TO wait.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
CMAprER NNII

Mr.. Dale sat in his room alone; on the
table before him lay pamphlets, papers,
reports all of which he had been absolute
ly studying. But from each page a lovely
face looked ut him.
Paul, Paul, / am Ismay-your wife"
sounded ever in his ears.
lie studied hard; he tried to drown the
voice; but there was the face. and there
was the voice. He had been haunted all
night by both.
ut is my own fault" he said to himself.
II went to that ball purposely 10 see her
! thought 10 satisfy the hunger of my
heart. to still the fever of my longing, by
looking once more on her face, and it has
been the worst thing / could have done.
How dare she think l could forgive herr
Forgive such a wrong as thatl No, not IL
were peasant and she a princess"
He urned again to his books, but the
lowell face seemed TO shine ON the page.
The morning sun came bright and warm
into the room; there was fragrance of
mtgnonette and hehotropo, which brought
the garden at Ashburnham back freshly
to his mind. He laid down his pen with a
sigh of despair.
"How am to work, " he said, IF / am
troubled in this wayf"
A lady wishes to see you. SIR" an
nounced the servant "She would not give
her name, but said her business was very
important"
SHOW her in here" he said. 'It is
about some subscription, or charity, sup
pose"
He looked once more at his book. to note
the page, and when he raised his eyes
again he saw lsmay standing near him
Ismay, his beautiful wife, once so be-
loved. The morning sunheams fell upon
her lovely face. on her sweeping dress, on
the mass of golden-browu hair. on the
white hands so tightly clasped. She looked
at him eagerly.
"Panlr' she cried. You are Paul; neith-
er your changed name nor your changed
position can deceive me. You are Paul
my husband"
She went up TO him with an eager step
she knels Mt his feet and raised her face
to his.
'.Sneak one word tn re.n she said. 81
am lsmay. and, OH, Paul, am come to
pray you TO pardon me-to implore you to
take me back-,o tell YOU how grieved l
am how sorry for my SIM
The words died on her lips in a passion
of tears. The stern pride and GOODNESS of
his face frightened her. He drew away
from the touch of the white iewelled
hands.
~ have no wife, he said THE woman
/ loved with my whole soul who promised
me her truth and faith. deserted met l
have no wife"
Her voice was broken with sobs rs she
answered him.
Il know it was wrong-cruelly, wicked
ly wrong-but was tempted, and l fell
Oh. Paul, be merciful to mel / was so
young. so vain, SO weak. Forgive me. and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
Harvesting Cabbage.


was much interested day in observ-
ing how my neiahbor, successful mar
ket gardener, harvested his crop OF $4,000
large, solid Needed caobages. Three mea
with crotched sticks, such as in our early
days we lifted a water bucket from we'll
with, took two rows each ard i9rked the
cabbages out of the ground as fass as
two men could stand them head down.
ward to drain. They had done in aboat
three hou1s a iob that l expected would
take as many d lays. In the afternoon the
cabbages were packed in pits inches
deep-merely stood heads dOwn-and
quantity of broken cabbage leaves were
thrown on top of them to preserve them
through the winter. | examined such a
pit last spring, whore there were some
10 900 cabbages, and found that they
came out as fresh and crisp (denuded of
the outer leaves) as they were when put
down in the fall. The covering of cab
bage leaves, pressed down by the weight
of the snow, had formed a covering al =
most air-tjght, and when the frCst went
out of the ground 1T left the cabbage I'm
Injured. o. course, We have steady dry
winter here. When the snow comes in
December it comes to stay until some
time in April. | don't know how this
plan of wintering cabbages you'd work
IL a more variable winter climate.
[ have built a wooden sllo in the corner
of my barn this season, entirely above
ground, and [ propose to let the Rura
know some time in January how ninety
two-ton slIo, costing only $3.50, preserves
cora fodder where tue mercury often
goes to 80 below zero AMI stays there for
days at time. The ensllase is covered
with inch boards, on top of which is a
layer OF black muck inches deep. On
that muck / have stored 1900 heads of
celery, expecting that it will keep until
New Years, if not marketed by that time.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
The Folly of Worry.
Albany Innrnal
AA'aAN JoA4i iAt.

1t is not work that kills, but worry. Il
Is not revolution that destroys the ma
chluery, but friction. Work is goJd for
the soul, good for the body and gol6 for
the mind. If you want & good appetite,
don't worry. Ii you want healthy body q,
do not worry. If yna want 80 stand we'll
with yourself and the world, and want
things to go right in your home aud
your business, do not worry. If YOU
want to size up to 100 cents on the dollar
do not worry.
The faculty of looking on the bright
side of life and making the best of things
Is fortune to any one. Frettiug Only
deranges ones temper, xcites unpleasant
feelings toward ever! body and confuses
the mind. If things 80 wrong one day
there will be opportunities TO right them
on the day coming; and it is good thing
to just let things take their course and
nov get discouraged.
Women have a sea of trouble over their
housekeeping, and they allow the merest
tr tiss to barass them into ln-tem per and
nervousness, which is the hane of the
Ams rican woman. Dirt aud disorder in
household are the cause of the most uer-
vousness. The housewife hates dirt, aud
begins new campaign against it every
morning and hunts 1t down wherever it
hides itself. This would be healthy ex-
ercise if she would not worry, but worry
is worse than dirt and disorder. They
had better live an ankle deep in dirt, take
things as they come and be oontentc
than live in grandeur and worry.
This life is just what one makes it. II
we worry through the world it stings us.
If We grasp 1t by the hand aud get hold
of some Of the sunshine that brightens it,
il will be the best friend one can have.
Do not worry. Do not get discouraged.
The world is foil of human sympathy. If
you lose your way or fall down, a large
portion of the human family will be
ready to pick you up aud show you the
way if they know of your need. Guilt
vate spirit of patience. Cultivate a
habit of getting all the enjoyment that
! your circumstances will permit Never
trouble trouble till tronbles troubles you,
and you will find that life is worth living
and that the world is not SO bad a place
| after all,
Behind the clouds the starlight turks;
Through shadows the sunbeams fail,
For God who loveth ali His works,
Has left HIS hone with ALL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16

The banks of this canal are of dry and
thirsty sand. In some places they are
kept back by pavements of stone and in
others by network of twigs like the JET
ties of the Mississippi. It. cost nearly
$100,G00,000 TO build the canal, and in
some places he channel had to be cut
through solid rocks. Iu others there was
little dredging needed. The waters OF
the Mediterranean flowed into long, nat
ural lakes, and these required but little
excavation to make them deep enough
for toe transit of ships. Ono of tn
great problems in making the canal was
fresh water for the workmen. The work
was begun in 1858, and the ruler of Egypt
provided 5000 labOrers. These were re-
lleved every three months; but 1t was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16
Wizard Edison's Home Life.

Speaking of his mode of living Thorn
as A. Edison recently said: Yes, | am a
hard worker. ] hardly ever sleep more
than four hours per Gay, and l could keep
this up for year. Som etimeS [ sleep ten
hOur- bu5 | don't feel we'll when I DO. II
[ could sleep eight hours, as most non
do, would wake up feeling badly. Ny
eyes would hurt me, and l would have a
tough time to keep awake. L inherit this
from my father. He is remarkable old
man, eating little aud sleeping less. l
have often known him, when | was a boy,
20 sit up all night talking politics with a
friend or swapping stories.
81 eat about a pound day, and my
food ia very simple, consisting of some
toast, little potato, or something of that
kind. You know when | am working on
any thing | keep at it night and day,
sleeping a few hours with my clothes on.
[ never take them off, don't even wash
my face Couldn't think of such thing,
and in this condition ] take my meals.
Ii were to remove my clotnes when
slept l would get up feeling ont Of shape
and with no desire to work. No. g. is
my den in the boratory and l shut my
self in there and hustle.
81 sleep from to in the morning,
and then L jump up and go to work again
Us fresh as a bird. This is all the sleep
need.
But 1 tell you We have lots of fun in
the laboratory. Some time ago l had
forty-tuo men working for me on the in
csndescent clamp in a big bui ding. I
hired q German to play an organ for Us
all night, and We worked by the music
About l o'clock farmer brought in our
lunch, and We ate it from a long table
At first the boys had some difficulty in
keeping awake, and would go to sleep
under stairways and in corners. We en-
ployed watchers to bring them out, and in
time they got used to it. After a while
didn't need forty two OF them, and I dis
charged six of them. Well, do you know,
1 couldn't drive them away. They stayed
there and worked for nothing.
'Od, we enjoy this kind of life. Every
now and then l hire big schooner, aud
We go down the bay, my men and myself,
to fish for a few days. Then We come
back and buckle down to it again"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-16

Major Sidney Herbert q weIl-knogn journalist in
Agricultural circles, writes April 18th is<s. s<rns
i've years azo l wrote letter stating that swtfps
Specific had cured Of severe rheumatism. sinoa
tina. time have had no return Of the rheumatic
troubles, although frequently exposed 10 the tnnu-
ences that produced former attacks Several of nv
f1ezds had similar experience and are arm in
thelr convection that s. s. s. brought perm anent
cure Inc searching power of this medicine II
shown in the fact that 1t developed scrotuious
faint us' was conspicuous in my blood over thirty
years ago and has --saoyed the last trace Of IT,
nave also tested s. ~ s. tonic After . severe
attack Of naalarial fever. which kept rac bed for
three months, aud convinced that its curstiW
and strengthening properties insured my recovery
from that Illness ~ was In . very low condition a
health. SIDNEY HxRsxxz. Anauta. Ga.