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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-09
Some Of The Advantages
Ravenna Property

One mile nearer YesIers wharf than Ballard $4,000
female college be opened September 1900; Ravenna Park
itself the health restoring water of GREAT ELECTRIC
SPRING. 100000 -four mill splendid new church edifce
unsurpassed view of Mount Rainier and Lake Washington
at depot of Seattle Lake Shore Eastern Railroad oneha
mile from the big manufactures of the Yesler Lumber Co., and
an electric railway be completed. Here
where else in Seattle have the beautiful the sublime the
useful the good.
Ravenna Park is the place where and Of
money sense refinement and culture will make their homes
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-09
Ravenna Park.

Around this marvel Of nature never wearies Mine
raj springs winding walks ripping fountains dash Of
falls uggedness Of cliffs smooth calmness of akeets fish all
sizes and hues dartng from bank bank the water
these and countless other things make this park the pride Of
Seattle and the resting place for
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-09
LOTS NOW $500 AND UPWARDS

This only undeveloped in that belt of country
between Salmon Bay and Union Bay of Lake Washington
than which part Of Seattle has ever had greater prosperity
and none has promise of great future
What Queen Anne is to North Seattle Ravenna IS by
nature to Ballard Fremont and Edgewater and coupled with
Natures handiwcrk mans money and energy will make Ra
VIENNA as desirable home the American continent
furnish
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
Too long

Zoo soag
deluded - the unhappy victim of
catarrh in the head. He's been
told that it can't be cured. Don't
, you believe it. 1t can be, and it
is-no matter how bad or of how
long standing. 1t has been done
for ,housands-by DIR. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Other so called
remedies may pa!liase for a time;
this cares for all time. BY its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it conquers the worst
cases. Its makers offer, in good
faith, q reward of $500 for case
of catarrh which they cannot cure.
They are able to pay it. Are you
able TO tske it?
The symptoms of catarrh are,
headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
puruleut, bloody, putrid and oSen-
sive, eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and general
debility. Only few of these
symptoms likely to be present at
once. Thousands of cases terpli-
nate in Consumption and end in the
grave, without ever having mani
tested sill these symptoms. DR..
Sage's Remedy cures the worst
cases. SO cents, by druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
The Study of Hypnotism
Boston Globe.

We were not aware until recently that
the new Psychological science of hypno-
tism had taken a foothold in institutions
of learning in this country, but thought il
was chiefly confined to the very interesting
and even wonderful experiments of the
French and other foreign savants. II
seems, however, that it has been for some
time an experimental branch of study at
the Lasell Female Seminary
Hypnotism is kindred science to mes
merism, though it has a far wider range
of effects. Hypnotizing is the act of a
strong mind and nervous organism i'm
pressing itself on another and transfusing
its vigor into the hypnotized subject 1t
Is to the nervous system what the transfu-
sion of fresh blood into another body is to
the circulating system. Not only this, but
a good hyponptic orator is able to control
a subject so as to produce the same results
as an an8sthetic, and severe surgical OPP
erations have been performed in France by
its aid
The little unpleasantness at the Lasel
Seminary is quite natural in the early
stages of new experiment in scientific
study which involves the control of one
mind by another None the less it is a
good sign that our American educators are
not afraid to experiment in the new ply
Geological sciences that are opening up
such wide and interesting fields of in
quirv
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
The Slaughter of the BuffaIoes.

In 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad and
its branch In Kansas WIS completed across
the plains to the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains-the western limit OF the buff
faio rangs-and that year witnessed the
inauguration of the wholesale and wanton
slaughter of the great ruminants. ending
only with their practical extinction In 1885
BY regular hunters for their hides. and by
the crowds of tourists who crossed the
continent for mere pleasure and sport, then
made possible by the advent of Che Iron
trail: these latter heartlessly killed for
the excitement Of the novel experience.
often never even touching a particle of the
flesh. or possessing themselves Of a single
robe as they rode along at a slow rate Of
speed. The former numbering thousands
of old frontiersmen. all expert shots and
many novices-the pioneer settlers on the
public domain Just opened under the
various land laws-from beyond the Platte
to far south of the Arkansas, within trans
porting distance Of the two roads. dag aft
er day for wears made it lucrative BUSH
ness to kill for robes only. a market for
which had suddenly sprung up all over the
country.
On either sides OF the lines Of the rail-
road. within close range for nearly their
whole distance. the most conspicuous OBJ
jects In those days were the desiccated
carcasses Of the noble beasts that had been
ruthlessly slaughtered by the thoughtless
and excited passengers en- route across the
continent.
On the open air prairie, too. miles away
from the course Of legitimate travel, one
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
Persian Flower Worship


A recent traveller in India gives the fol
lowing description of flower worship As
practiced by the Persians in Bombay. A
true Persian, in flowing robe of blue, and
ON his head sheepskin hat-bIack, glossy
curly, the fleece of Kar- would saun.
ter in and stand and mediate over every
flower he saw, and the ideal flower he was
seeking found, he would spread his mat
and sit before it until the setting of the
sun, and then fold up his mat again and
go home. And next night, and night
after night, until that particular flower
faded away, he would return and bring hi,
ever-increasing troops to it, and sit and
play the guitar or lutte before it, and they
would altogether pray there, and after
prayer still sit before it, slipping sherbet
and talking the most hilarious and shock
ing scandal late into the moonlight. and
so again every evening until the flower
died. Sometimes, by way of grand
finale, the whole company would suddenly
arise before the flower and serenade it to-
gether with an ode from Hafz and then
deDart
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01

could walk in places all day on the dead
bodies of the bufaloes. killed by the hide
hunters, without stepping on the ground,
Then was the opportunity far congress to
interpoSe. Restricting the transportation
of robes by the railroads and express COM
panieS could have saved the buffalo from
extinction. l believe there was some alb
surd law enacted in relation to preventing
the terrible slaughter, but it made it only
a mlsdemeanor on the part of the hunter
to kill-aeout as effective provision. so
the average plainsman was concerned, rs
to attempt to defect a tornado with
paln-leaf fan. The price of robes ranged
all the way from fifty cents-the amount
paid primarily-to two dollars and a half
As they became scarcer. have bought
many a finely tanned and ornamented
silk robe from the Indians for half
loaf of Tread or cupful of sugar: but that
was twenty-five years ago. To-day The
same kind would easily bring one hun
bred and fifty dollars, if procurable at all
anywhere, which very much doubt
Henry lnman in Harper's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
Bret Harte in London.

Bret Harte is now living in a quiet cot.
tage in Grove End Road, near St. john
Wood. He is getting old and his hair is
white but the novelist still retains his OLD
fire. His books sell immensely in Eng
land-more than those of any Other
American writer Mr.. Hartc's family is
not with him. and the general impression
in London is that he is widOwer. Mr.
Joseph HattOn. a warm f. end and a
neighbOr of Mr.. Harte, informs me that
he is not now in the consular service. Nc
American Is invited into the best English
society more than Bret Harte. His Ameri-
can stories warm the English heart. They
never tire of the novelist 5 story about the
first jury trial in California, tins is the way
he told itrecently:
1T was over in the Mariposi Gulch in
50. They had never had jury trial there.
If man stole a horse they lynched him,
and that settled it. But the people, many
of whom came from Massachusetts, began
to / ire of lynch law and sigh for the good
old Jury trial Of the east. So one day,
when Bill Stevens had jumped poor
mans claim, the Massachusetts fellows
resolved to give him good oid-fashioned
jury trial. They took him into the back
end of the board postotfice, selected jury.
and the trial commenced. Dozens of wit
nesses were called. and finally the jury
retired to agree on verdict. When
they had about concluded that Bill was
innocent the boys outside came banging at
the door.
"What do you fellows want?' asked the
foreman through the keyhole
I'VE want to know if you hahn t about
agreed on the verdict. If you hahn t
you Il have to get out. We want this
room to lay out the corpse i'm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
DO FISHES FEEL PAIN?
Fisherman Thinks They Are InsensibIe
to Feeling and Offers Some Evidence.

A writer in Forest and Stream says: !
have read many articles on the subject of
whether fish, when caught on the hook,
feel any pain or whether their struggles
were merely the result of hnding them
selves fast. | fish great deal III the
summer months for trout, bass and pick
erel, and have done so for years. | have
studied the matter very carefulfully and
have made up my mind from various in
cidents that have come under my obServa-
ton that fish are not sensitive to pain as
are warm blooded animals, | will cite
two instances that show to me plainly that
| must be right in my conclusions on this
subject:
Last October, while fishing for pickerel
on Lake Cary, Wyoming county, Pa, in
company with a companion. among other
f h that we caught was a pickerel that
weighed nearly, if not quite, three
pounds. My friend pulled it up, and as it
came on the top | saw about twelve feet of
very course brown line hanging to it. Up
on inspecting it more closely found that
the fish had in It's side a very strong and
coarse hook, to which the piece of line
was attached. The wound must have been
made a very short time previous to our
catching the fish. for it was bleeding
quite freely and looked very fresh, and if
the fish could feel the pain it would GER
tainly have deferred it from taking the
hook so soon after such an injury
There was only one other party fishing
on the lake that day, as 1t was cold and
windy, and that pickerel must have re-
ceived his injury from them and have come
nearly across the lake to US, dragging that
heavy line with him.
The other instance occurred in this
way:
was fishing with a skipping bait -
most Of you readers know that this is d
piece of pork rind. or pIckerel belly
and had with me friend who, though he
could handle brigade under a heavy fire,
was not up to the trick of catching fish
that way. | was having fairly good sport,
but he got impatient, and finally, when he
had a good strike he jerked so hard as to
break bis line, and away went the fish.
and he at once proposed to go home. but
told him III a joke If ne woul4 wait five
or ten minutes would catch that fish and
get back his hook. So we sat down and
had short smoke.
Soon commenced TO east my hook near
where be lost his fish. had a strike, and
to our mutual surprise out came the gen
erals fish, with his hook well fastened In
its mouth.
Now. don t think the fish would have
taken the bait 50 soon again had Ii been
In arT pain from the hook
The personnel of the imperial opera
house in Vienna Is little village COM
munity OF itself ID consists OF Al per
sons-the director. fwenty-One male solo
singer. twelve female solo singers. Choir
Us director. fifty chorus men and SIXTY
seven chorus girls. ten male solo dancers
sixteen female solo dancers. twenty-five
male chorus dancers. seventy-hEe ballet
girls. three directors Of the orchestra, one
director of the ballet, 106 members of the
orchestra, one stage musical director and
twenty-five stage musicians
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
TO be continued.
Adventures on the Plains.


Early in March, 1867, party of friends,
all old buffalo hunters, now living and
prominent citizens of Wichita and Great
Bend, in Kansas, were camped in Para
disc Valley then famous rendezvous of
the animals they we're after. One day,
when out on the range stalking, and wide
ly separated from each other, an awful
blizzard came up. Three reached camp
without much difficulty, but he who was
the furthest away was fairly caught In 1T,
and night coming on, was compelled to re-
sort to method frequently employed by
persons lost on the plains. Luckily he
soon found a superannuated bull that had
been abandoned 10y the herd, and killing
him, took out the viscera, and himself
crawled inside the huge beast, where he
lay comparatively comfortable until morn
ing, the storm having cleared off, and the
sun shining brightly. But when he at
tempted to get out, found himself pris-
oner, the immense ribs of the creature
having frozen together, and locked hinPup
as tightly is if he were in cell. Fortu
nately his friends who were searching for
him and firing off their rifles - which he
heard and yelled out to them discovered
and released him from his peculiar predlc
ament.
AT another time two old plalnSmen were
away up the Platte among the foothills
hunting buffalo. and they, as is generally
the case, became separated. In an hour
or two one killed fat young cow, and,
leaving his rifle on the ground. went up
and commenced to skin her While buSily
engaged in the work, he suddenly heard.
right behind him. suppressed sort of a
snort, and looking around, saw to his dis
may monstrouS grizzly, ambfing along in
that animals characteristic manner, with
in few feet of him.
In front, only few rods away, there
happened to be clump of scrubby pines,
and he ncontinently made a break for
them, climbing into the tallest tree in less
time than it requires to write it. The
bear deliberately ate a hearty meal off the
cow. and when he had satisfied himself
quietly lay down alongside the carcass and
went to sleep, keeping one eve probably on
the hunter corralled in the tree. In the
early evening his partner came to the spot,
killed the bear. which, full of buffalo, was
sluggish and unwary, and became an easy
victim. and the unwilling prisoner came
down from his perch. The last time |
saw him he told me he still had the bear
hide. which he kept as memento of his
foolishness in separating from his rifle.
thing he had never done before nor since.
and which no hunter should be guilty of.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
ROSE CULTIVATION.
Difficulties With Which the Amsteur
Gardener Has to Contend.

Rose cultivation to the amateur garden
er, is beset with difficulties of two kinds
one being that of injurious insects, and
the other that of the necessity of pruning.
The destruction of the insects that usually
infest the rose can be surely and easily ac-
complished. and the methods therefor have
been so frequently stated in detail that it
would seem that there is little occasion for
any one to forego rose cultivation ON this
account. And yet it is true that, with the
mass of the people who planV rose bushes,
and to this extent attempt their cultivation.
the Line upon line that has been written
on this subject has almost failed Of any
good results. says Nick's Illustrated
Monthly. The preparation to meet the at
tacks of insects Is postponed, and, when
they come. it Is like "a thief In the night -
Unless keeping a close watch Tor them.
before one Is aware they have accomplish
ed much mischief. and then, perhaps. in
stead of acting promptly to subdne them.
at the most there Is only half-fOrmed
resolution to be ready for them another
wear. and they fre left to do their worst
Perhaps, for a season or two, some flowers
are secured. but sooner or later. In many
cases, they are left a rrey to the insects.
There Is no more satisfactory plant than
the rose. and none more easily cared for
An annual enriching of the soil. Writer
protection where needed, destruction of
injurious insects and proper pruning con-
stitute the essentials of its cultivation In
the first place, if the plants are provided
with plenty Of fertilizing material IL a
form that they can take up and assin,ilate
when they commence to make their first
growth In the spring they viii, by increas-
Ell vigor, be better able to sustain them
selves against mildew or insects. thus en-
riching of the soil secures at the same
time the ability to produce more and bet
ter flowers and to contend against parasitic
anniversaries Well rotted stable manure
or the commercial phosphates viii supply
the needed nutriment A garden syringe,
and some whale-oil soap with which to
make solution in water are pretty much
all that are needed to fight insects with;
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
HELPS BY THE WAY.
HARTFORD TINES.

As the days pass swiftly onward,
One by one,
Leaving all you hoped and planned for
Still undone:
As You see the shadows gather
lhlek eetore your hurrying feet
ana the way seems very lonesome,
And the path grows very steep
Courage, friend, be not disheartened:
Lend handi
And the faltering brother near you
Help 10 stand
just little heavier maybe.
Than your own
Is the load which he i. bearing
All alone.
Yes, the days are passing swiftly,
But We NAV
Find ray of light TO cheer us
On our way.
Aswe journey up the hillside,
Shadows come, but need not stay,
If we look for CLEANS of sunshine
When the cloud has passed away.
All, friends, life is not so dreary
After all!
'Tis the way we do our duties
Makes them small.
Grand and glorions could the humblest
Iife-work be,
II we only tried 10 dc il
Worthily.
Use your time, but do not waste it:
Moments fly.
You will find time for resting
By-and-by.
While 50 many hearts are breaking,
While so many homes are sad,
Happy we should be if only
We can make one poor heart glad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01

the soap water will destroy the green iy
and the slug. and keep at bay the little
rose hopper or thrips, and while used prin-
elpally against these insects. it will impede
the work of some others. II the leaf-rol-
Ter should appear to be active about the
time the buds are filing, it can be crushed
between the leaves. looking the bushes
over carefully for this purpose.
The correct pruning of roses must be
based on the fact than the flowers are pro-
duced on the new wood. To keep up a
supply of new wood is tie point to be aim
ed ar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01

The conversation of an Anglicised
Frenchman of horsy inclination is said
by the Figaro to be something like this;
'BonJour. my dear. how do you do? Je
suis ereiute Derby, steeple-
chase. un sport absorbant ct quand on est
un vrai gentleman rider. Fig
urezvous. Ie prends un crack favori-des
performances superbe, lie roi du turf. On
dayait au betting. Je IN 'etaiS le a son
canter. ct surtout au handicap quill await
gagne un walk over lie starter donne lie
signal. Enfl.. ceSt outsider
que est arrive. Pas meme un dead heat
Brief tout pour les bookmaker. On m a me-
rue vote mon ulster DIES pickpockets.
ct aussi mon ticket pour renouter en- wag-
on. Moi j'ai mango tristemens mon
roast beef avec cup of tea. TT malntsn-
ant je prendrai queique chose-a glass of
sherry avec un Albert biscuit, par exem-
pie. Garcon! apportez-moi lie Times.
Merci All right
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-01
AMERICAN FABLES.
THE Ass WHO PREDICTED.

An ass who heard a goose observe that
the water in the pond was getting very
low. at once offered his service to predict
rain. This having been noised about. the
hens asked for continued dry weather,
the foxes demanded a snow storm, the
oxen wanted frosty mornings. and the
mule. the wolf the dog and the peacock
each demanded that he be favored with
weather made to order. As result the
ass could please no one, and as his failure
was charged TO his ohStlnacy, the whole
crowd fell upon him and wounded him al
most to death. He was complaining of
this TO the peasant, when the latter re-
piled:
Moral: He who speaks to please all will
end in pleasing nobody at all,
THE BEETLE AND THE GRAsSHoPPER.
A beetle and graSshopper met in
path one day, and although there was
plenty of room for both neither would
turn aside.
Come, now. but why don't you give
Way" demanded the beetle.
Who are you that must give up my
rights" said the hopper.
BE careful of ysur language, sir!'
And don't you rub against me!'
And they were on the point of combat
when peasant coming along the path
e:spied them both and gobbled up both of
them.
Moral: Men who go to law for their
rights always become the victims of their
lawyer.
THE sAeE's ADVICE,
A sage who was noted for his wisdom
received Il visit one day from a man VINO
say o.HL $780,.
,,o on' say e.. T % l nave very o"u helSn-
oJt oL my st lehC i I'l anu naNe Gonle 10
tsh "ii"' s'epS e''h '"he 10 iu"he MIN very