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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

shows that the sum derived by our people
from poultry and eggs is much larger than
from some animals, and strange 10 say,
despite all we can do to supply the de-
mand for eggs, there are importations being
made of them from Germany. France,
with limited area, as compared with
GUS, produces eggs to the value of
s4o,U00,O0O annually, and considering that
TINS vast sum Is the production of those of
limited means, the raising of poultry Is
one that Is not exclusively in the hands of
the wealthy, but within the province of
all. The annual production of chickens
is g, 900, 900, valued at $4,000, 900. while
the capons and fatted fowls bring over
$1,000, 900 more. The total value of the
productions from poultry reach a little
below 800, 600. 900.
The above facts impress upon those in
eterested the Importance of poultry as
source Of wealth, not only to the private
individual, but also to the nation. The
sum derived is enough to pay half the in
terest of our national debt. and is more
evenly distributed than that derived in
any manner. There is no limit to the
demand for poultry, not only that which
comes from farms, but for pure breeds.
Within the last ten years there has been
more attention given the breeding of
poultry than during and previous fifty
years. and the more the people become
familiar with the value of poultry as a
source # profit, the greater the demand,
the larger the profits, and the wider the
operations. There Is not city, town, vii
lage OF hamlet that does not possess some
specimens Of the feathered tribes, and the
poultry journals have done much to in
crease the interests.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
THE FARM And HOUSEHOI D,
THE WAY TO SLEEPTOwN.


The town OF Sleeptown is not far
In Timbucto nor China.
For its right near by in Blinktor COUNTY
In the State of DrowSyIina:
It's just beyond the Thingumbod hills
Not far from Nodville Center,
But you must be drawn thro' the Valley OF
1swn.
Or the town ynn cannot enter
And this is the way,
They say, they say,
That Baby goes to Sleeptown!
He starts from the city Of odearme,
Thro' Booboo street he totters
Until he comes up to Dontcry Corners
By the shore of the Sleeping Waters:
Then he comes TO the Johnny Jump-Up
And the nodding Toddlebom mountains
And straight does he go thrO' the Vale of Heigh-
And drink from the Drowsy Fountains
And this is the way,
They say, they say,
That Baby goes TO Sleeptown!
BY Twilight path thro' the Nightcap hills
The little feet must toddle.
Thro the dewey gloom of Flyaway Forest,
BY the drowsy peaks of Noodle;
And never sound does Baby hear,
For not leaf does culver,
From the Little Dream Gap in the Hills of
Nap.
To the Snoozequehanna river
And this is the way,
They say, they say,
That Baby goes to Sleeptown!
Away he flies over Bylow bridge.
Through Lullaby lane to wander.
And on thro' the groves of the Moonshlne valley
BY the hills of Wayofyonder:
And then does the fairy's flying horse
The sleepy Baby take up
Until they enter at JUmpoff Center
The Peekaboo Vale of Makeup.
And this is the way
They say, they say,
That Baby comes from Seeptown.
Yankee Blade
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
THE BELLAMY SCHEME.
How 1t Would Work To-Day and How 1t
Did Work Thousand Years Ago.
Sebrazka State Journal

Some Of the newspapers are taking Mr.
Bellamy and his Looking Backward" in
earnest. and are making grave and elabor-
ate arguments for or against his preposter-
GUS scheme of society. Bellamy is doubt
less astonished at the way his joke has
struck in on many practical American
minds. If this government should once be
organized on the Bellamy plan, it might
work first rate until the officers, Of which
there would be about two millions, were
elected and installed. Then you would see
the other ffty-eight millions, who were
to be set 10 work by these officers at such
wages as they might determine upon,
climbing for the Canada line or seaport
TO leave the grandees Of the relam who had
been selected TO oversee them and keep EN-
moving, TO Ike on whatever they could get
out of their own labor.
Sparta originated the BeIlamy idea
couple Of thousand years ago. But
Lycurgus and his friends knew human
nature a. 1t existed IN Greese pretty well.
and his orders were that the Spartan
should never work He should devote his
youth to the gymnasium and his manhood
TO war He made war the regular bust
ness Of Sparta The slaves did all the work.
The slaves were the people the Spartans
captured when they went TO war X went
on for several hundred years that way IN
til the slaves got educated up to the point
Of assisting their relatives at home 10
thrash the Spartans- The consequence was
that Sparta soon became a reminscenee.
Slaves are the only class that viii work
at what somebody else sets them to do for
a living, such as somebody else designs 70
allow them They do it for the simple
reason that they have their heads broken
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

Facts bearing upon the prehistoric cor
dition OF America are rapidly sccumulat-
ing. which prove ar antiquity OF the
human race on this continent equal to, if
not exceeding that assigned 10 man IN the
old world Implements have been found
In various parts Of the United States, the
age Of which i. estimated by different
authoriti., at from 1000 TO 100, 900 years.
A finely wrought miniature image was
brought to light In boring for an artesian
well at Namp. Ada County. Idaho. 1t
was taken from the eleventh distinct geo
logical stratum pierced by the boring close
to the twslfth stratum, which Is Of sand
stone. 1t is apparently modelled from stiff
clay. and if baked at all IN the FIRE. had
been subjected TO a low degree Of heat.
The bearing Of this discovery Is Of great
Importance. Re we are compelled to
ascrib. to the image such antiquity as its
geological situation indicates, 1t viii go
far to relieve IN. Caltvaeras skull OF the
obloq1y which has rested upon It on ac-
count of It's advanced stage OF develop
ment. for certainly the brain that could
have modelled so perfect form a. this
must ,haye been far removed from that
ape-lIke progenitor supposed ey Darwin
to be the common ancestor of Us all
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
SIZE KNEW HER MAN.
How a Wife's Winning W. avs Have an In
fiuenCe Her Husband.

She stood at the writing desk in the
postoffice corridor, with sheet of paper
and an envelope before her, says the De
troit Free Press. and as man approach
ed with postal card she queried:
might ask you to write few lines
for me to my husband?"
Certainly" he replied.
"Well, date it; begin-'My dear Hus-
band, and then | II tell you what to say. "
''All right; go ahead, ma am "
Now say: Wood is out-four is out
meat is out-money is ont, and rent is
due, and | want 800 p. d. a."
Exactly. You know what the letters
stand for, | SUPPOSED
Certainly"
"And-and aren't they little strong?'
No, sir-not for my old man. I've
lived with him twenty-five years and |
know him like book"
All right-you know best
And you may add: If it don't come
by Saturday I'll raise ~"
Certainly"
Now, III sign: Your Dear Mary,
and it will be all ready to go and bet
you to get the $50 inside of three
days. Strong! Why, man, | can't even
get him to bring home bit of butter or a
package of sugar without threatening to
knock his head off if he forgets it. Thanks,
you have done me great favor. "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Longfellows Old Home.

The most interesting spot in Cambridge
i. the old Longfellow house. where Miss
Longfellow, the eldest daughter, and Rev
Samuel Longfellow, the brother of the
poet, now live. The house looks exactly
as it did when the great poet received his
friends with sweet and gentle courtesy.
His spirit seems to haunt the rooms and
halls and will be ever present to those who
had the privilege of his friendship The
two younger daughters, Mrs. Richard H.
Dana and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp, Jr., have
built houses adjoining the old estate, so
that the LongfeIlow sisters live side by side.
in the order of primogeniture. Across
Battle street is the little park named in
honor of the dead poet. 1t was an appro-
pirate idea that the vacant land over which
Longfellow' eyes so often wandered az he
looked from his windows, should remain
free to the inhabitants of Cambridge as a
memorial to him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Harper's Bazaar.

We are sometimes surprised to find
how many pleasant people are sojourning
upon this planet. and how ready they are
to say and do pleasant things, and ill the
world with sweetness and light" for
others Sometimes, when we least expect
it. and when it has seemed to us as if al
most everybody was made up on the bias,
SO to speak, we suddenly happen upon one
of those pleasant people, and the cobwebs
are all swept out of our heaven, and the
whole complexion ;of things is chang
ed. They make a dull day cheerful; they
have something of the same effect in Il
room as an open fire or a bOquet Of flowers
or they are like the trill of brook hidden
In still wood, or the unexpected whistle
of a bird In early spring. They make us
feel for the. once as if everybody was
pleasant because they are. There is a
charm about them which Is reflected upon
their atmosphere which to analyze would
be like 'rnistrusting the sunbeam. We
can not always explain exactly why they
are so pleasant; they may not be beautiful;
they are often, indeed. what those who
insist upon symmetry and harmony as the
first principles of beauty would call plain;
they are not always robust people, who
raise our spirits by the mere fact of their
strength and health: they are sometimes
invallds, who spend their days upon a
couch. with pain as companion; they
are not always people of leisure, with
nothing to do but make themselves agree
able. but often the busiest mortalS under
the sun; they are not always the wittiest
or the most clever among our acqualnt-
anceS; but they possess magic superior
to all these. which dwarfs the wit and
cleverneSs of others. and makes these of
small value beside their own attractive
ness. Perhaps their spell resides IN the
fact that they have the kind of common
sense which may always be said to amount
to genius genius for divInlng the feel
ings and prejudiceS of others. tor making
us pleased with ourselves. An aroma Of
good nature pervade. their neighborhood;
they have essentially that sweet. attract
i've sort Of grace of which the poet sings.
When we meet them we wonder that
everybody has not attempted to initiate
them, that everybody does not acknowl-
edge their excellence. and beg for the rec
ipe 1t seems. as easy for them to be de-
lightful as it Is for Il rose to be sweet or q
star 10 shine. They always say the right
thing: they never remind US. if we are
rich to-day, that we were poor yesterday.
They never repeat the diSagreeable things
others have said of US. nor criticise our
friends in our presence, nor snub or EN-
barraSS US.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
A Clock that EoreteIl> Death.

We have not exactly BanShes in our
family who foretells by her wailing an APP
preaching death. " said Boston lady to
the writer of the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
But we have had mysterious warnings of
such given Us time and time again bv an
old clock which has been in our family for
40 years. The works are ruined bv a
shot fired by British soldier during the
Revolutionary war at my great grand
father. which shot, passing entirely
through hiS..body, killed him instantly. and
then broke the glass door, penetrating the
works and stopping them forever, for
though innumerahle attempts have been
made to repair them, it seemed that some
unknown power kept the clock silent ex-
eept when death tapped his black wings
over the household; so it was banished to
the garnet.
The first instance of its warming was
when my grandfather died. He had been
very ILL., but the physicians had at last
pronounced him out of danger, and his
fumlly were just congratulating themselves
on this news, when the loud noise of
clock striking twelve. slowly and Solemnly
like the tolling of a bell. was heard.
Why, what Is that?' said grandmother.
There was but one other in the house.
which was in full view, so it was evident
that it was not the one. 1t is my fathers
clock. said her husband. 1T has struck the
close of my day. and before they could
reach him he was dead, Just as the last
stroke died quivering away.
This occurrence was repeated when my
grandmother herself lay dying The old
clock struck twelve Just us she drew her
last breath, and my father, at last believ-
ing there was something supernatural in
the affair. had the works removed, leaving
only the hollow case: but a few years after,
when my brother was brought home dam
gerouSIy wounded after the battle of Chan
cellorSvllle. the long, slow, solemn tones of
The old clock were heard as before. and
poor Leon life went out as they died on
the air. They struck for my father and for
my little child, who died last year. The
clock warned me, too when my sister died
in Japan. had Just gotten a letter from
her, In which she had spoken of feeling
very well when | heard the old clock
which was III a remote Store-rOom, strike
so rapidly that the notes almost mingled
and then began slowly TOT strike another
twelve strokes NY sister is dead, | said
to my husband. and has died very sudden
ly but who the other strokes are for | can
not imagine. My husband tried to reason
and then to ridicue the idea but mourn
ed for my sister as earnestly as though her
seen her die. and when. as knew should.
heard the news of her sudden death.
found it had taken place on the same day
at the same hour as that on which the clock
struck. allowing for the difference of time
between Japan and Boston. Her baby, Il
few hours old, died few minutes after
the mother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
The Friendship of "A Dog.

Have you ever been so fortunate as to
have the friendship of dog? The feeling
of love and friendship is attributed usu-
ally to human beings alone, but any one
who has ever been loved by a dog will
bear ma out in the statement that there is
no tenderer devotion than his, no deeper
affection or more unselfsh attachment
He obeys like child, defends like tiger,
is happy when you are happy and missr-
able when you are sad. Look at him as he
lies there at your feet while you read your
evening paper He watches every motion
with those steadfast, beautiful eyes. He
is on the alert for any order you may give,
sensitive to your slightest movement You
go away and leave him, he waits patiently
your return. A long separation breaks
his heart. He even refuses food. and is
restless and unhappy until your face smiles
down upon him again. And when you
meet once more with what unchecked en-
Jhuslasm, frank and innocent delight, he
greets you! Suppose misfortune overtakes
your pathway, friends forsake you at the
lowering of the cloud, you may be in dis
grace with the world, bat the dog still
loves, still trusts, still abides in friendship
as firm as the everlasting hills. You can
never be quite forsaken while he lives
Oh, this is something worth the having, is
it not? Do you think the earth holds any
reasoning friendship half so noble, so fine
or so pure as the unreasoning affection of
yOur dO0l
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
WHY BOOKS FAIL.
The Reason So Many Are Written and So
Few Survive,
Hurray's Magazine.

The Reason So Many Are Written and So
Few Survive,
Hurray's Magazine.
The reason why so many books fail is
because the people who wrote them have
nothing original to say, or what they say
Is SAID badly. Another reason is that few
of those who can write know anything
They have no invention. They do not
see with their own eyes, but with other
people eyes.
They write books about other peoples
books and have little of their own to tell
u.s. Chamfort gives another idea of au-
thorship: What makes the success of
numerous works. he says, lis the affinity
between the meiocrity of the ideas of the
author and the mediocrity of the ideas of
the public"
When an author has composed a work,
he necessarily takes an interest in it.
Every writer of books, says Shelley, likes
to breech.his bandlings. He may have
spent many years upon it, and probably
forms an excessive estimate of its value.
He is under he impression that most
readers of books will desire to possess it.
LackingtOn, the bookseller, tells a story
OF gentleman who, not being able to find
a purchaser for his manuscript, resolved to
publish 1t at his own expense. The pub
Usher desired to know how many copies
should be printed. The gentleman began
to compute how many families there werJ
in Great Britain, and assured the publish
er that every family would at least pur-
chase one copy. He was of opinion that
at the lowest $4,000 copies only might be
of the first edition. The publisher pre-
vailed upon him, much to his disgust, to
print only 1850 instead of $4,000. The
result was that only 100 copies were sold,
not even enough to pay the advertise
ments, and the author departed railing at
at he stupidity of publisher, bookseller
and people.
Book writing is quite as much a specula-
ton on one hand as bookselling is on the
other. Only small number of the books
published pay their expenses and very few
of them reach a second edition
Every year" says De Quincy" buries
its own literature p" When an author
writes for money he goes to the publisher
and endeavors to sell him the manuscript
for as much as he can get. He may get
too little or he may get too much. The
publishes takes the risk and incurs the ex-
pense of printing, binding and advertis-
ing. If the book sells and the author
thinks he has got too little he proclaims
that he has been outwitted or defrauded
But if the book does not sell it never en-
tiers the author head to refund the copy
| money or return the amount of loss to the
publisher. Both have run the risks of the
speculation and both must be content to
abide the issue.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Ills Memory Deceived Him.
Bremen Courier,


A man who wa. accused of theft set up
a plea of insanity, hoping thereby to elude
punishment Professor Mendel, of Berlin
was deputed to examine the prisoner and re
port on the state of his mind. He found
the man :ying in bed. To all questions
that he put, such az how old he was where
he lived, what he was called, the patient
invariably replied:
Il don t know
Then Professor NJ took si1pense out
of his purse and asksd again how much it
was.
Il don't know. was the answer, as be
fore.
The doctor then asked for the prisoner $
purse, out of which he took shilling. and
once more The man declared he didn't
know its value; whereupon Professor NJ
put the Si1pense into the prisoner 5 purse
while transferrirg the shilling to his own.
Here the patient iuterfered, saying:
WHY, doctor, you We made mistake.
The impOsture was laid bare.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

with a club or their backs laeerated with
cato mine tails, or some other handy in
Strument, If they refuse. And Mr.. BELLA
my has the hardihood to presume
that the American citizen of the twentieth
century viii voluntarily consent TO have
federal officers designated to make him
work at such handicraft as may seem good
to the overSeer, at wages concerning which
he shall have no say. If the American
citizen of the twentieth century will be
that sort of hair-pin this generation will
conclude that it was lucky not TO be be-
lafad
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
A Talk by DR. McCosh the Relation of
Church and State i'll Germany

New \ ork.-Dr. McCosh, ex-President
of Princeton College, read paper at
Columbia College, before the American
Institute of Christian Philosophy, ON the
question ''What effect will the resignation
of Bismarck have in allowing full liberty
to the churches of Germany"
He believed that there were no hopes
of more liberty being granted than existed
during the period of Bisnark' $ supremacy,
inasmuch As the young Emperor, man of
life and independence, was anxious to be
looked upon as the head of the church in
Germany. DR.. McCosh thought that an
alliance between the church and State
might be made to accomplish common
ends, but that the dependence of the church
upon the State which prevailed in many
European countries Kindred the usefulness
of the church. In Germany as an exam
pie, the clergy were looked upon as a sort
of higher police to preserve the social
order, while the appointment of professors
In the theological seminaries was subject
to Government control. Although Ger
many was more advanced in learning than
any other country in the world, she was
mainly responsible for the heresies in this
country at the present time For that
reason no thought that the young men of
America who go to Germany for higher
education should be well grounded i'll
philosophy and theology before leaving
this country, or they would be carried
away to embrace the substantial ideal of
Kant and other Germany philosophers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Potatoes Under Straw.
Prairie Farmer.


There are two or three advantages in
growing potatoes in this way. One is that
no cultivation being necessary the hills can
be planted closer together each way, Civ
ing larger yield. The mulch aids ma
terially to retain moisture in the soil. and
this in a dry season especially is quite an
item. No cultivation is necessary, and
in a busy season often this will be an
item.
The plan Is better for late than for early
varieties, as the mulch neither retards the
growth, at least at first. In many locali-
ties there Is more or less OF drouth near
ly every summer, during the latter part of
July and August, usually at a time when
late potatoes need moisture; and a good
mulch at this time will aid in securing this
by retaining moisture in the soil.
Were 1t not for interfering too much
with other work, the best plan of applying
a mulch Is to prepare the soil in a good
filth, mark out the rows and plant the
seed, covering with soil, but taking pains
not to cover too deep. Then later the
plants have started, just showing above
ground, apply the straw. But care must
be taken not to wait too long. The only
objection to covering with straw as soon
as planted is that if the weather should be
cold and wet there is considerable risk of
the seeds rotting. and especially in low.
wet land. On higher or well-drained land
this danger is very much less.
The soil should be plowed deep and
thorough and prepared in a good tilth by
narrowing. Mark out the rows shallow
and not more than two feet apart; then
drop the seed Is inches apart in the
rows, covering with little soil, and then
haul ont and APP ly the wheat-straw,
spreading evenly over the surface. No
other attention will be necessary. Occa-
sionaIly few of the stronger weeds, like
jimSon or ragweed, will force their way
through the mulch, but the few that will
succeed in doing this can be easily pulled
up, and no cultivation is needed. Where
wheat is a leading crop, so that good
supply of straw can be readily secured, this
plan can often be made profitable, as it
saves labor at time when usually work is
a much less risk of failure. Wheat or rye
straw only should be used.