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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

There are some patent med
iciucs that are more marvel
lous than a dozen doctors
prescriptions, but they're not
those that profess to cure
eacIrtklRo,.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

THOUSANDS of miserable and prny little
children have been restored 10 robust
health by using DIR. Bulls Worm Destroy
crs administered to them by kind and low
iUT parents
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

A Turk in costume is the leader of the
Salvation Army meetings in North Lam
sing, Mich.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

STRANGE indeed that plain thing lik
SAPollO should make every thing so
bright, but 3 needle clothes others, and is
itself naked. Try cake in your mex;
housekeeping.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

Pat was detailed as sentinel when the
seventeenth Maine was near Culpepper.
and was told 20 be very careful and not to
let anyone or anything fool him. He took
has place and all went well until clock
the next morning. when he heard the
sound Of some one approaching. Halt
yelled Pat. who comes there: The Of
seer Of he day. responded the newcomer:
md gave the countersigB. and faith
says Pat. land what business has the Of
fcer of the day to be pokin around at
night: Clear or I'll PIT bullet hole
Lewiston Jorrnal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

Eighteen and onc-haIf tons of celery were
shipped from Kalamazoo, Mich, in one day
RECENTLY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
HAIl'S CATARRU CI'RF i y iouid and

The average temperature at Sitlla, Alaska
in winter is Is above zero. In forty wears
the mercury has fallen below zero but four
times
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
\ REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
\ section of the Great Putnam Chain by
which t:ic Hudson River Was Blocked
to be Seen at Libby Prison.


which tIc Hudson River Was Blocked
to be Seen at Libby Prison.
One of the most interesting relics at the
Libby Prison War Museum, and one that
attracts more than ordinary attention, Is
section of the great iron chain stretched
across the Hudson river. at the narrows
between West Point and Fort Constitution.
by General Israel Putnam IN 1875. during
the revolutionary war, 10 prevent the
British vessels from passing up the rlYer.
This section consists Of eighteen links and
( forms one of the special exhibits. The
. links are made of iron bars % inches
square, and average III lenghth little
more than two feet and weigh about $50
pounds each.
The chain was stretched across the
river at Its narrowest point between the
rocks. Just below the old steamboat land
my. 1t was hitched to huge blocks on
each shore and WIS buoyed up on very large
logs about Is feet long and pointed at the
ends to lessen the opposition 10 the force
Of the current. The logs we're placed at
short dis;ence from each other, the chain
. carried over them and made fast by staples
TO each log There were also a number OF
anchors dropped at proper distances. with
cables made fast to the chain TO give II
greater stability. This cham was en-
rIreiv handfOrged. and Is four times as
large a any chain manufactured TO-DAY.
Il WAS made at an iron works d lew mites
from where the cham was USED. The
whole cf the chain, with the exception Of
HIS section and another small one IN the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Is still buried IN the
mad at the bottom Of the Hudson river
The chain was crigina' " 1909 feet long.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
History of English Weights and Measures

The jewellers of the Middle Ages used
in their delicate scales the hard brown
seeds of the Moorish Carub-tree (Ceratonia
siliqua), and the weight Of diamonds is
still reckoned by carats, each carat being
equal to SIS grains troy The earliest
attempt to regulate British weights aud
measures appears to have been suggested
by this example. In 1866 it was declared
by statute that IAN English penny, called
a sterling, round and without any clip
ping, shall weigh 81 wheat corns in the
midst OF the ear; and 20 pence do make an
ounce, and 112 ounces one pound; and
pounds do make gallon of wine, and
s gallons of wine do make London bushe
which is an eighth part of quarter. We
have here the bansiS of the British system
of reckoning as it survives to-day-the
grain. pennyweight ounce, pound, gal
lon bushe and ton, and $40 silver pence
equal to a pound sterling The British
gallon is still used for both dry and liquid
measure; and the traditional relation be
tween the pound and the gallon is set
forth in the old rhyme. which declares
that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

Thos Williamson. q preacher IN tie
Methodist church at Markham, Ont. has
fed after having committed fol gerles to
nearly $4,000
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

At Buenos AyreS gold at the close yes
terday was quoted at AS per cent.
premium.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
q" \ pint's 4 pound
The world around.

In 1924 the measures OF length were de
fined by a similar statute providing that
three barleycorns. round and dry, laid
end to end. shall make l inch, y inches
foot. and feet a yard.
The p wheat cOrns. adopted as the basis
OF the British system, appear to have
weighed 22l5 grains troy, so that he
pound of 1866 was equal to 540O grains
troy. This is the old Saxon pound. The
pound troy pound dHr0y) is the Roman
pound. and was doubtless i'll use stimuli
taneously with the Saxon pound for
hundreds of years but is first mentioned
in the statutes i'll 14l4. and was ordained
It's the standard weight for gold and .silver
in 1927. AS "a grains make a penny
weight troy, the new pound contained
$3.50 grains, or three-quarters of an ounce.
The strict pound of y ounces was used
only in weighing the precious metals. and,
VITA different subdivisions, for the costly
daugs and medicines dealt out by apOthe
carries. For heavy goods lavolrS du pOIds)
Il more liberal measure was given. like
the baker 5 dozen. and Is ounces was call
ed a pound. In the same way % pounds
we're called quarter and 112 pounds a
hundred-weight, allowance being made
for waste or wrappings. The increase of
raised the value OF the ounce to $50 grains;
and accordingly the pound of commerce,
containing - ounces. was raised to 72OO
grains As $50 grains of wine were reck
oned equal to cubic inch, the gallon. con
tanning of these pounds, or $1,000
grains, had a capacity of 230.4 or in even
numbers 231 cubic inches. This is the
wine gallon now in use in United States.
The ale or beer gallon. of 2S2 cubic inches
was originally a measure containing 8
pounds Of wheat at 204 grains to the cubic
inch.
The name avoirdupois was transferred at
a very early date from the heavy goods.
which is indicated, to the system by which
they were weighed. 1t occurs first in the
statute Of of 1885 and 1853. The early
mound of l. ounces of $50 grains each
$3.50 grains raised by law, as has
been shown. to 1900 grains, making Is of
The old ounces. In practice, however, the
pound seems to have fallen below this
standard to about 1000 grains. and this
weight was finally declared to be : pound
avoirdupois, the avoirdupOis ounce, or
sixteenth of the pound. being thus reduc-
ed to 43715 grains-From The Metric
System. by H. w. Richardson, in Har-
per's Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

HALLS CATARRH CURE is a LIQUID and
is taken Internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
Write for testimonials, free. Manufactured
by +, J, CHENEY Il CO, Toledo, ..
An OSweEo young lady made geo words of
The letters contained in "couSerVatOry, ="
while her mother wreStlcd with the weeks
NJ. Lii, ~ rr,,rs.i..l
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
srScHAn,s Puls cure Sick Headache.

The engineer ON y locomotive ucar Green
Cove Springs. Fla, last week caught Two
partrdGcs in his hands out Of 4 Convey while
dying through the cab.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10

Best easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh By druggists SOC
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-10
Discovery.

We put IN our claim for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
HOW TO AVOID DYSPEPSIA. >

Hints That May be Useful BOrh to Fat and
Thin People.
From the New York Ledger.1
All dyspeptics should avoid anything which
they (not others) cannot digest. There are SO
many causes for and forms of dyspepsia that
1t is impossible to prescribe one and the same
diet for all Nothing Is more disaereeable or
useless than to be cautioned against eating
this or that, because your neighbor "So-and-
So'f cannot eat such things. II we would all
study the nature and digestion of food, and re-
member that air and exercise are as essential
as food in promoting good health, we could
easily decide upon the diet best suited to our
individual needs The diabetic should abb
stain from sugar and anything which is con.
vertsd into sugar in digestion. such ~ all
starchy foods, sweet omelets, eustards, jellies.
sweet sauces, starcby nuts, wine and liquors
The eorpulent should abstain from fat as
well as sugar and starch. A diet of whole
wheat, milk vegetables. fruits and lean meat
will produce only y normal amount of fatness,
while an excess of acids, sweets spices, and
condition. Those who can digest fine -four,
pastry, sugar ard fats become loaded with fat,
but are neither strong nor vigorous.
Thin people with weak digestion should also
avoid such food; for thin people are often kept
thin by the same food which makes others fat.
fine -four the system is kept In a feverish, dys-
peptic state; they become nervous or 90 into
consumption for no other reason than that the
life is burned out by diet which only feeds the
fire and does not renew the tissues.
Men dig their graves with their teeth; not
only by drinking whisky and using tobacco
but by eating food loaded down with in6amma.
tory materials.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12

extremely rich men upon the field Of active
politics is always and not unreasonsbly re-
garded with suspicion and dislike The
first is the facility and disposition Of great
wealth to attain its purpose by the direct
method Of purchase, and the probability that
some votes can always be obtained that way.
The next is when the wealth Is identified
with interests which already, for selfish
purposes, exert an excessive influence on
public affairs, and the Senators SO elected
represent not the people OF the United
States, but the interests where their treasure
lies. Between those two classes most Of the
millionaire Legislators of the country are
distributed
Beyond this, the principle which the Sun
states, that men should not be put into
Office simply because they are rich, has q
pertinent application. OF the millionaire
Senators only two hsveeithe before or since
their election shown any characteristics that
justify their selection for position Of such
importance; and the list may be increased
by another of the same class in the last
House; but all three of these lie directly
under the ban of the principles stated in the
preceding paragraphs.
To specify more clearly, Senator Stanford
and Representative W. L. Scott showed
some force In their legislative careers; but
they were avowed representatives Of cor
porate interests. Senator Payne had some
fame as political leader before his election;
but it is now scarcely disputed that his seat
was purchased for him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
NONE BETTER IN rHE COUNTRY.
A Harrisburg Newspaper Man. High Oplu

Harrisburg Newspaper Mans High Opin-
ion of the Dispatch.
Jones' Gossip in Harrisburg Telegraph.J
The PrrTsBURe DISPATCH is a newspaper
in all that the word implies. There Is not any
better in this State, nor-h the esteemed New
York blankets will pardon us-in the entire
country. Gossip once heard Pittsburg news
paper man say that THE DISPATCH cleared
81 900 on every issue Of its Sunday edition, $50
600 for 50 days publication Is not so bad, but
there is no discount on the fact that IT Is money
deservedly earned. When you read THE Dis
PATCH you are sure to get all the news. Its
literary matter is of the best; its cable letters,
Washington and State dispatches are full, re-
liable and accurate; its sporting and business
reviews are exceedingly interesting and its
city department is perfect. There Is not an
issue Of The DISPATCH that doesn't have half
dozen special features. Its writers are men
who know news and can put it before the pub
lie in graphic style. They haven't any models.
Each man has his own peculiar style, and the
consequence is they help to make up q neWspa-
per that is original.
THE DISPATCH has ideas. too. and it is not
afraid to express them, and because Of It's hon
esty Of purpose and its straightforwardness in
calling spade spade it is believed in and read
by more people than read any other newspaper
In the State. Gossip takes pleasure in saying
that The DISPATCH will be printed this year
at the same old stand in Pittsburg, and that so
great Is the demand for this paper that the
newspaper colonies who do the publishing have
been compelled to hold down the press room
floor with another Hoe double-perfectingp press.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
A BRIDGE OF BRIGHT LIGHT.
The Remarkable PheuOmenon Seen aI
Nirht hv Tawa. T.,v.la-.

The Remarkable Phen0menOn Seen as
Night by Texas Travellers.
HEARNE, TEX, January liza curious phe-
nomenon of nature was witnessed near here
last night by passengers on the north-bound
passenger train on the Houston and Texas
Central. which passes this point at 225 A. n.
1t was in the form Of luminous arch Of
phosphoric or electrical character. Such pne-
nomenA are Of frequent occurrence af sea, but
are almost unheard of on land. The luminous
mist was first observed by the engineer, when
it was still several hundred yards ahead Of the
train, and thinking it prairie fre, he slowed
up, thus arousing the passengers, who with
the crew, crowded to the windows and on to
the platforms to look at the vast. hueless rain
bow spanning the heavens. As the arch was
more closely approached its dim white radi-
ance was seen to be clearly defined against the
sky as though painted there by the sweep Of
q brush dipped in white fire. The stars could
be seen shining close against the rim of it. and
all around and under the arch. The shape, as
near as could be guessed at, was half mile in
diameteE, though 1t seemed gradually widening
and was in form the half Of perfect circle,
one leg resting on the earth, while the other
appeared to have been broken OF near the
base.
The arch rose directly over the track, and a.
the train approached it seemed to gather .
Or Some clear. elitterinS Star. thooeh Il threw
no CLEAN upon the air beyond It's own irradia-
tion, as could be seen by the stars shining in
close proximity to it. When the train passed
directly under the bridge OF light. the sur
rounding country spanned by il became plainly
visible, appearing to be bathed in pale moon
light.
while it gave all objects q weird, unreal aspect,
the shadows which it caused them to throw
were black and as clearly defined as .silhou.
d0af .AA FnA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
THE ExposrrroN cnNnERrs.

The Exposition managers, as will be seen
by our local columns, are de7oting their
active attention to the project of a month Of
popular concerts next summer. The plans,
SO far as matured, promise season of the
highest enjoyment, and one which cannot
fail to attract liberal patronage
There is no doubt that with the Exposi-
tion building sdvantageously arranged for
a music hall, and with attractions of the
stamp that are foreshadowed by the remarks
quoted elsewhere, the concerts will secure
patronage and fame that will be by no
means limited to this locality. In order
that the occasion may in all respects sustain
the reputation of the city, the work Of put
ting the streets by which the buildings are
approached in frst-class order should be
thoroughly done before the concerts are
opened. Everyone knows the drawback on
this account at both the festival and the ex-
position Of last year. The condition of the
streets on both occasions may be excused by
especial circumstances, but experience
should teach the importance of getting them
in good order before any further public oc-
casions call the crowds 10 the Exposition
buildings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
MR.. cARIrsIE,s KTsFAKK

Ex-Speaker Carlisle is reported as de.
elaring himself as opposed to some features
Of the proposed new rules, declaring that
there will be mo end TO the evils which
viii grow out of them" He goes on to say
that while the Republicans may force their
adoption, SHOULD the Democrats come into
power two years hence the Republicans
would have an opportunity to take some Of
their own medicine" Mr. Carlisle'c OBJ
jeetions to the rules are doubtless well
founded, as some Of the vicious points in
them have already been pointed out in these
columns. But it is one of those remarkable
views which are too frequently found among
politicians, that because one party adopts a
course containing grave public evils, there
fore the opposing party can, il it gets back
into power, inf1ict the same evils on the
people, as q method of revenge. If the
Democrats should get the majority again
and adopt bad rules because the Republi.
cans have done so, they would only succeed
in showing that it was q case Of pot and
kettle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
A MIRACULOUS CURE.
One Of Father Mollinger's Patients Sees 4
Vision and IL Healed.

Vno Oh patner mOnlnRer0 fAuonIg sees
Vision and IL Healed.
NoRRISTowN, January u.-Michael Webb,
son Of Town Councilman James Webb, of
Bridgeport, who has been subject to epileptic
fits for number OF years, claims to have been
cured by vision Of the Virgin Mary, St An
thony, st. Joseph and Father Mollinger, Of
Allegheny, on Tuesday evening Just as he was
entering his fathers residence. Michael is 30
years old, and lives with his parents across the
river from here in Bridgeport. Tonight he tod
the following story to reporter in the presence
Of his father and mother:
On the 11th Of last March he and his father
went to Allegheny City to visit Father Mol
hnger, . priest who, they had been told, had
effected some marvellous cures. They saw
Father Mollinger and stayed with him three
days. Father Mollinger gave Michael q medi-
cal prescription and also prescribed certain re-
hgious duties. Michael came back, and for al
most year has been praying and hoping for
the cure to be effected.
On Tuesday, he says, he was going to be
cured that night, and when he went home in
the evening, just before he entered the house
he claims he saw heavenly vision, which told
him be would be permanently cured. He went
into the house and Immediately began to pray,
and then told his parents of his alleged expert
ence. Michael, during the past II years has
sometimes had three or four of the falling fts
in q day, but not always on consecutive days.
During this time he worked industriously
DR.. E NJ. CorsOn, who for q long time treated
Webb for bis afiiction, said with regard to his
malady, that he did not believe he could be
cured permanently. There is no sign in Webb's
conduct of insanity other than in his excited
manner when talking of his experience. The
doctor believes that bis mind, being constantly
occupied with his af1iction and bis eager de-
sire to be cured, may have become unsettled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
COMMENTS ON CLEVELAND.

WASHINGTON Post: Mr.. Cleveland is en-
phatic in the declaration that he has not re-
turned 10 New York politics via the rapid
transit line.
BRooKLYN Standard linton: Il Il now .
fight to the death between these rival Demo-
cratic chiefs cleveland and Hill with the
chances Of ultimate victory largely on the Cleve-
land side.
BALTIMORE Anericdns As the Presidential
campaign Of 1892 draws nearer, ex-President
CleYelands inclination toward letter writing
grows stronger. Mr.. Cleveland is wise in ap-
preciating the value Of advertising.
ST. LOUIS Globe Democrat; Mr.. ClsveIand's
friends complain that he is becoming very In
patient and ill-natured. He differs in that re-
spect, 1t Is to be added, from Governor Hill
who seems to be unusually serene and agree
able.
NEW YORK Tribune: The Democratic clans
in this State are getting together; that il to
say, they are approaching each other with
hostile intent When the clash of arms begins
the Republicans will crY; go 1t Cleveland,
90 1t, Hill"
MINNEAPoLIs tribune. II is amusing "a
read the solemn things the Democratic paners
are saying about the attitudes Of Hin and
Cleveland toward ballot reform. Their com
bined stock Of reform ideas. II roIledinto BAH
could be hidden behind q homeopathic pill.
PHILADELPHIA Herald. Wherever Demo-
cratic banquets were held on Jackson's Day the
name Of Grover Cleveland was wildly an.
plauded. Not only the Democracy. but the
entire country honofs man who shows fnter
rity OF purpose and the courage Of his con4ic-
tons
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12
GREEN FUNGUS.

That unfailing, IL generally unsuccessful,
searcher for truth, Colonel Elliott F. Shepard,
has astonished himself BY the discovery of
green fungus upon the brown-stone houses
in New York City. To this fungus, which
a Columbia College professor identities as
the PTotococcas viridis, Colonel Shepard
attributes not the Republican defeat in
Ohio, nor the pretty fight he had the other
day with the business manager of his Hull
and cypress, but the epidemic of influenza.
He proves the connection between the
fungus and the disease in his usual perspicu-
Gus manner. The fungus appeared upon
the brown-stone house fronts; then the in
huenza came. What further evidence does
anyone need? If the influenza had given
rise to the fungus. the influenza would have
preceded its effect. Therefore the influenza
proceeds from bacilli harbored in, if not
produced BY, the green vegetable growth.
1t is absolutely untrue that Colonel Shepard
has godly desire to depress the price of
house property in New York in order that
he may raise more funds for the succor Of
himself and other needy miliionaires.
We admire the enterprise of Colonel
Shepard and cannot but regret the lack of
it in his cotempor !, ,s on the press Of New
York. Some of them should have examined
Colonel Shepard's alleged mind before this.
Under the microscope we are tolerably GER
tain that some sort of green fungus would
be found under the frontal bone of Colonel
Shepard's skull.