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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

An innovation upon mans hitherto con-
coded rights in railroad management was
made at San Antonio. Tex, last week by
the election of Mrs. Charles d. Haines as
president of the Hainos Medina Valley
Railroad Company. the line of road now
being built between Lacoste and Castro
Vile, Tex Mrs Haines Is about thirty
years old. handsome and highly accomplish
ed. She understands the railroadbuSiness
thoroughly, and is the wife of one member
of the firm of Haines Brothers. the short
line railroad builders of New York.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
FAME. WEALTH. LIFE, DEATH.
WALTER ". SHEAT-
What is fame:

What is fame:
lis the sun-gleam on the mountain,
Spreading brightly ere il flies,
lis the bubble on the fountain,
Rising lightly ere il dies;
Or, II here and there hero
Be remembered through the years,
l 81 10 him the gain Is zero;
Death hath stiIled his hopes and fears.
ct what danger men Will dare
If but only in the air
May be heard some eager mention of their name;
though they hear it not themselves, It's much the
same.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Sir Peter Coates. Of the well-kmown
lhread making firm of J. Il ?. Coates. died
ut London Monday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

At SaIamis, ON Cyprus, big capital Of a
marble column has been uncarthed bearing
Il winged bull emerging rs far neck and
wings. The latter form part of the archltcr-
t.1r..,l rlntiN, If iln rn1nitnl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21
Would You Believe

The Proprietor of Kcmp's Balsam gives
Thousands of Bottles away yearly? This
mode of advertising would prove ruiuous il
the BalSam was not perfect cure for Coughs
and all Throat and Lung troubles. You will
see the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Don't hesitate! Procure bottle
to-day and keep in your home or room for
at all druggists. Large size soc. and 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

What is wealth:
lis rainbow still receding
As the painting fool pUrsues:
Or q toy that youth, unheeding,
Seeks the readiest way TO lose;
But the wise man keeps due measure.
Neither out of breath nor base:
He but holds in trust his treasure
For the welfare of the race,
Yet what crimes some men will dare
But TO gain their slender share
In some profit though with loss of name or
health.
In some plumber, spent on vices or by stealth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

\ pocket pin-cushion free to smokers Of
"TanSiIl's Punch" Sc Cigar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21
That
Tired Feeling

Last spring I vss completely tagged out My
strength lsts and felt sick and miserable all the
time, that could hardly attend to my business
took bottle of Hoods ssrsapAzilla and 1t cured
There Ii nothing like it" E @ BxsoLI,
Editor Entsrpdss, Bsllevills. Mich
Hoods Sarsaparilla
sell By all drsEsist. 81; ak for S. Prepared only
by G. L HOOD 90. Lowell Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

The submerged system is by all odds the
best way by which to produce the best but
ter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Is it probable that what million women
say after daily trial is mistake? They
say they kHotc by test that DobbiuS Elec-
trlc Soap Is most economical, pureSt and
best. They have had. "A years to try it.
You give It one trial.
+. H. Dwight is preparing to start an
other daily paper at Sheboygan. The
city already supports two daily papers
the Telegram and the Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Perhaps the most powerful electric light
in the world is in use in the UouStholm
lighthouse On the coast of Jutlaud, Il is OF
2,OOO, 900 candle power, and is visible at a dis
tsncp of forty miles
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

The budget of the German empire for
1S9O-9l shows that the estimated expenditure
exceeds that of lSS9-9O by not less than
$6OOOO,0OO With the exception of about
six or seven millions, the whole of this cX-
cess is devoted to the army and navy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Ii l. reported al TOmah that the MiBns-
apolis bridge shops viii be removed TO the
former city The WATERFOWL shops are
nov being removed to Tomah. The plant
will require twenty acres Of land
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

W nat Is ueatls
Past its dark mysterious portal
Human eve NAV never roam:
Yet the hope still springs immortal
That it leads the wanderer home.
Oh, the bliss that lies before Us
When the secret shall be known,
And the vast angelic chorus
Sounds the hymn before the throne,
What Is fame wealth or life.
Past are praises, fortune, strife:
All but love, that lives forever, cast beneath.
when the good and faithful servant takes the
wreath.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Dispatches from Rio Janeiro state that
yellow fever has broken out in the cities of
Campinas and San Paulo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

What Is wealth:
lis the earthly hour of trial
For the life that's but begun;
When the prize of self-denial
May be quickly lost OF Won;
tbs the hour when love may burgeOn
To an everlasting flower;
Or when lusts their victims urge on
To defy immortal power,
Yet how lightly men ignore
All the future holds in store,
Spending brief but golden moments all in strife;
Or IN suicidal madness grasp the knife.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

Representative Allen. of Mississippi,
was recently requested by one of his color
dation in writing so that he could secure a
position as watcRman in one of the depart
ments in Washington. As Mr.. Allen knew
that the man was worthy. he at once com
piled with the request. The certificate OF
that Sambo was astonished when he read
it, Look heah. Marse Allen" he said
cant you glib me somethin' to do yo'selt
on dat recommendation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompsou's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
A. Remarkable Beacon.
From the New York Telegram.


The most extraordinary of all light
houses is to be found on Arnish Rock,
Stornoway Bay-a rock which is separ-
ated from the Island of Lewis by a
channel over 500 feet wide 1t is in the
Hebrides, Scotland. On this rock a
conical beacon is erected and on it's
summit lantern is fixed, from which,
night after night, shines light which is
seen by the fishermen far and wide.
Yet there is no burning lamp in the
lantern and no attendant ever goes to
1t, for the simple reason that there is no
lamp to attend to, no wick to trim and
no oil to replenish.
The way in which this peculiar light
house is Illuminated is this On the ISL
and of Lewis, 500 feet or so away, is a
lighthouse, and from a window In the
tower a stream of light is projected on
mirror in the lantern on the summit of
Arnish Rock. These rays are reflected
on to an arrangement of prisms, and
by their action are converged to a focus
outside the lantern, from where they di-
verge in the necessary direction.
The consequence is that to all in
tents and purposes lighthouse exists
which has neither lamp nor lighthouse
keeper, and yet which gives as service
able a light taking into account the re-
quirements of this locality-as if an
elaborate and costly lighthouse, with
lamp, service room, bed room, living
room, store room, oil room and water
tanks were erected on the summit of
+ he rock
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
They Use Photographs.


''There are tricks in all trades but
ours" / have been surprised to learn
how much photographing is employed
by artists nowadays, says 'Taverner" in
the Boston Post. Very recently found
an old friend of mine, who belongs to
the craft, with his eye to the camera,
and he informed me that photographer
in this city enlarges the negatives that
he takes, transferring them to paper,
and the artist afterward paints them
over in water colors. Many other ar
lists, it seems, trace photographs of
scenes which they wish to paint and
then twork them up" on the spot where
the negatives were taken. A short time
ago there was an exhibition of water
color drawings in this city which at
tracted general attention and displayed,
wonderful skill, but | am
told by person of high standing in the
profession that they were all, or nearly
all, taken from photographs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Wanted to Arrest ST. Paul.

There is Greek benevolent society
in Constantinople which recently had
occasion to publish pamphlet on it's
work, and on the title page there was
put quotation from St. Paul's Epistle
to the Galations, says the San Francisco
Argonaut. Very soon after it appeared
a police officer came to the printing Of
flee and demanded of the editor that he
should give him information as to who
this Paul was who had been writing let
tiers to the people of Galata Zone of the
suburbs of Constantinople,) as he had
orders to get a copy of these letters aud
to bring the aforesaid Paul to headquar-
tiers. The editor explained that Paul
could not be brought to headquarters;
he was dead.
But the functionary retorted that his
orders were to bring Paul and if be could
not bring Paul to bring the editor. It was
of no use to protest that Paul had been
in Heaven for Is, 900 years; and the ed
itor was taken to headquarters and put
in prison for several days, until finally
the Greek patriarch interfered and pre-
scented the bureau of censorship with
copy of the letter of Paul, which he
showed was addressed, not to the peo-
pie of Galata, but to province of the
ancient Roman Empire. This having
been at last made clear, the editor was
released
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
The Coming of Death.
From the Medical Journal


The. signs of impending death are
many and variable. No two instances
are precisely identical, yet several signs
are common to many cases. Shakes
peare, who observed everything else,
observed and recorded some of the pre-
monitory signs of death also. In the
account of the death of Falstaff, the
sharpness of the nose, the GOODNESS of
the feet, gradually extended upward
the picking of the bedclothes, and the
playing with flowers are accurately de-
scribed.
For some time before death indica-
tons of it's approach become apparent
Speech grows thick and labored, the
hands, if raised, fall instantly, the res
piration is difficult, the heart loses it's
power to propel the blood to the ex-
tremeties, which consequently become
cold, clammy moisture oozes through
the pores of the skin, the voice grows
weak and husky or piping, the eyes be-
gin to lose their luster.
In death at old age there is gradual
dullness of all the bodily senses and of
many of the mental faculties; memory
fails, judgment waivers, imagination goes
out like candle. The muscles and
cords Of the tabernacle are loosening.
Small noises irritate, sight becomes dim,
nutrition goes on feebly, digestion is
impaired, the secretions are insufficient,
or vitiated, or cease, capillary circula
ton is clogged. Finally the central or
gan OF the circulation comes to stop,
full stop, and this stoppage means dis
solution. This is the death of old age
which few attain to.
Many people have an idea that death
is necessarily painful, even agonizing,
but there is no reason whatever to sup
pose that death IS more painful pro-
cess than birth. 1t is because in a GER
tain proportion of cases dissolution is ac-
companied by a visable spasm and dis
tortion of the countenance that this
idea exists, but it is as nearly certain as
anything can be done that these distor-
tons of the facial muscles are not only
painless, but take place unconsciously.
In many instances, too, comatose or
seml-comatose state supervenes, and it
is altogether probable that more or less
complete Inconsistencies then pre-
walls. We have, too. abundant evidence
of people who have been nearly
drowned and resuscitated, and they all
agree in the statement that after a few
minutes of painful struggling, fear and
anxiety pass away and state Of tran
guilty succeeds. They see visions of
green fields, and in some cases hear
pleasing music; and so far from being
miserable their sensations are delight
full. But where attempts at resuscita-
ton are successful the resuscitated per-
sons almost invariably protest against
being brought back to life, and declare
that resuscitation is accompanied by
physical pain and acute mental misery.
Death is fact which every man must
personally experience, and consequent
ly is of universal interest," and as facts
are facts, the wisest course is to look
them squarely in the face, for necessity
is coal black and death keeps no calen-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Compressed Tea.

An attempt is being made to introduce
the use of compressed tea. 1t is claimed
that it has many advantages over loose
tea, the chief OF which is that the leaves
being submitted to heavy hydraulic
pressure all the cells are broken, and
the constituents of the leaf are more
easily extracted by the boiling water,
thus efecting considerable saving in
the quantity required for use. Its great
advantages over loose tea, however,
would seem to be its more portable
character, and in the case of long sea
voyages, or for use in expeditions, the
reduction of its bulk to one-third. The
compression of tea in blocks further, it
is said, constitutes real and important
Improvement in the treatment of the
leaf. 1t is claimed that trouble, waste
and uncertainty are avoided, and that
exactitude in measuring is insured. 1t
is also alleged that by compression the
aromatic properties of the leaf are re-
tanned for much longer period, and
that it is better preserved from damp
and climatic changes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Some Short Dietary Rules.

am told that the most remarkable
physician in England at the present
time lives in Birmingham, says Eugene
Field in London letter to the Chicago
News. He is not yet 40 years of age-I
cannot recall his name at this moment.
What interested me in the talk | had
about him was the circumstance that he
violates many of the customs of life.
For example, he dimes at 7:30 every
evening, and at O. clock he goes to bed.
At o'clock in the morning he rises,
reads for two hours, and writes for three
hours. At o'clock he eats light
rising at H. The hours devoted to the
practice of his profession are, therefore
with few exceptions), between noon
and P. NJ. The amount and the quail
ty of the work done by this man are
said to be simply wonderful, and in FIVE
wears he has risen to foremost place
in the medical profession.
[ cannot fOrbear giving for the bene-
fit of your dyspeptic readers a few
rules that are laid down by English
physicians for the observance Of those
who suffer from acute Indigestion:
/. Do not eat beef; it is too heavy for
the average dyspeptic. Eat the lean Of
mutton (boiled preferred.
z. Bacon III small quantities may DE
eaten; also thin slices of aerated bread
fried in bacon fat; also boiled pigs feet
and tripe, and the fish not known as
oily fish.
8 Eat no fruit Of vegetables partake
sparingly also of baked potato, rice and
boiled peas.
f. Bread may be eaten (aerated bread
preferred), in thin slices toasted till
they are brittle.
5. The brown meat of fowl may be
eaten. Avoid all gravies and sauces.
6. Abstain from all liquors, and drink
no tea unless it be fresh made.
7. Eat no eggs, except fresh raw, we'll
whipped. Sugars should be avoided.
8. Drink no iced water; partake freely
of hot water and hot milk mot boiled).
9. Lie down for twenty minutes after
each meal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
A Rat Repairs a Wire.

The London post-office was once
saved considerable expense by the as
slstance of a rat. The main telegraph
wires in London run through the sub
ways in which the gas pipes and sewers
are placed.
Some years ago men were repairing
one of the lateral wires and carelessly
omitted to attach it to leading line bv
which it could be drawn to it's place when
mended.
1t was thought that the whole of the
lateral pipe would have to be dug up in
order to get at the broken wire But
one of the men came to the rescue with
a happy thought, suggested that rat
should be procured. and with fine
piece of wire attached to it, sent
through the pipe. This was done, but
to the dismay OF the workm en-, the new
hand came to stop after it had gone
few yards.
A ferret was procured and started on
the dilatory rats track. There was a
moment of suspense before it was set
tied whether the rat would show fight
or run away, but this was soon ended
by the paying out of the wire, and in a
short time the latest addition to the
staff of the post-office appeared at the
other end of the pipe.
1t was caught, the wire detached and
then it was set free in recognition of
the service it had rendered
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
The Population of Africa.
From the Forum.


And under the name of the indie
pendent state of Congo its government
was organized after the most approved
methods of Belgian administration, and
it entered fully equipped into the fami-
ly of nations. There is within it's area,
which, as said, is thirty-three times
that of Belgium, population of $50
whites, about one-half state officials and
employees, and the estimated number of
natives within its borders is about 49,
000,0 GOO; and in the whole Congo basin is
estimated at about 80, 100000.
Africa is about three times the area of
Europe, or Il, 000, 900 square miles, and
some writer's estimate it to contain
about an equal population-325, 000, 600
souls. The enormous trade developing
there comes mainly from the narrow
selvage which separates the mountain
from the sea. 1t is a great basin COM
posed of plateaus, gradually ascending
to 1000 feet at some of the central
lakes. 1t has four great river systems;
on the west the Congo, second only to
the Amazon in the volume of it's waters,
and the Niger; on the north the Nile;
on the east the Zambesi. These rivers
once formed vast internal seas, which,
finally breaking through the mountain
barriers, have descended by cataracts
and canons to the ocean, leaving great
areas of rich deposits of wonderful fer
tilitv
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16

substance, which was not at all
unsightly, but which was seldom
shown, except when the child became
frightened. 1t was very intelligent
little creature, considering its sightless
condition, and was just learning to talk.
The mother had been much aggrieyed
on account of her child's blindness, but
after recent observations of the wonder
full dexterity of the pupils of the Mis-.
souri, School for Blind, she had become
reconciled to it's condition, and had de-
termlned to give it a thorough educa-
with combination of other complaints,
ended it's life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Tough on Map Makers.

eff this thing keeps on" said map
printer the other day to New York
Sun man, "we'll all have to go into
bankruptcy. We. hadn't got our United
States maps fixed up with North and
South Dakota before the Brazil revolu-
ton knocked South America endwise,
and now Wyoming and Idaho are turned
into states Africa has to be fixed over
every six months, and the latest and
most serious change of all is in this
German English arrangement to
knock out Heligoland from the British
empire That hia isn't big e change put it.
maps of Europe It would almost pay
the map makers of the world to chip in
and buy the nasty little island in order
to make 3 present of it to England, and
save the expense of getting up new
maps of Europe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Born Without Eye-Balls.
From the. St. louis Globe Democrat.

From the ST Louis GloDe-D Democrat.
Among the recent deaths in this city
which, in some measure, may be at
tribute to the intense heat of the past
ten days, was that of a little daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Collins, resid-
ing at 1909 Franklin Avenue. The child,
which had reached the age Of 20
months, was blind from it's birth, but,
owing to it's pleasant features and
affectionate way, it had become quite
a tavorite in the neighborhood, and
was also regarded as much of a
curiosity The child's features were
well formed and regular, with the ex-
ception that the eyelids were slightly
sunken owing to the entire absence of
eyeballs. The eyelids, lashes and eye-
brows were perfect, and the lids moved
perfectly free, but as they were sight
and the little one when being carried
about, or when sitting on the floor, toy
ing with its playthings, which it did the
same as other children, had the facial
appearance of being asleep. The sock
cts were filled with feshy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
Clad Like ZOuaVeS.
From the New York Sun.

Mems furnishing stores are display
ing novelty in the way Of undercloth-
ing. The material seems to be kind OF
mule such as window draperies were
made of quarter of century ago.
Legs and arms terminate in woven,
close-fitting cuff or band three or four
inches long, such as is usually found on
underclothes. The rest of the garment
is very loose and baggy. Clad in a suit
of such underclothes man looks like a
zouave with trousers on his arms as we'll
as his legs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
GOOD IN THOUGHT,

All! let us hope that to our praise,
Good God not only reckons
The moments when we tread his ways,
But when the spirit beckons-
That some slight good is also wrought
Beyond self satisfaction,
When we are simply good in thought,
Howe'er we fail in action.
-[O7DeU
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16

GERsTER's much-talked-of castle at
Bolonga turns out to be a very insig-
nificant Italian villa, but of course this
has nothing to do with her castles in
Spain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16

CONGRESSMAN CHARLES H. TURNER, of
New York, is hunting icicles at Asbury
Park.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-28
SABBATH READING.
Thought and Prayer Both
Come from a Hidden
Source.
THE WAY TO LIVE HAPPILY.
The Reason Christian Character is So
Weak-What Frances E. Will
ard Says.
nhat Frances E. willard Sans,

Ii the young women knew what young
men think and say of them, when they
pass along the street in pyramidal hats,
which are but cages of dead birds;
dresses displaying the bandaged. hour
glass waist, the camel's hump, the mop
ping skirt, with the front so strapped
as to display the lower limbs in q most
unseemly fashion; with arms akimbo
and so pinched that q sausage is their
only parallel; and this fashionable efigy
upborne upon the same hideous slant
heeled pedestals that the "demimonde"
OF Paris wear, if eve these young wo-
men could hear the remarks of the
young men as they pass by, they would
never again appear in such hideous
guise. Contrast with such an image a
young lady, quietly dressed in plated
waist, plain skirt Of some soft goods,
falling to the ankle, low heeled walking
shoes, pretty collar with a bit of ribbon,
and neat cuffs, at the wrist, neat hat.
hair in a simple knot, clear skin, and
cheek touched with bloom of youth and
purity. No young man, having one
spark of sense or manliness could look
upon the first figure without secret
contempt, OF upon the last without sim
cere respect. One would lead him a
life," the other would found him q
home. In II his heart might safely
trust; the other would be apt to marry
him in haste for his money, and leave
him to repent the squandering thereof
at leisure.