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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
OCCULTISM IN FRANCE.
The Prevalence of Mystic Philosophy and
Psychic Science in Paris

The anniversary of the death of Allan
kardec, the founder of spiritualism in
France, says the London GLOBE" has
Just been celebrated with more than Gus
tomary honors. The faithful gathered in
large numbers round the weird granite
dOlman and bronze bust raised in the GEM
entry of Pere.Lachaise to the memory of the
mystic Philosopher Many of them, NOV
ed by spirits no doubt, delivered long
funeral orations. setting forth doctrine of
their departed chief. and comparing them
with other occult creeds. which. it appears.
have assumed such extensive proportions
of late that the orthodox spritulists would
feel alarmed at the influence of their rivals
were they not all united together in the
common struggle against materialism. In
fact, 1t is said that the Occultists have be-
come so powerful that the spiritulists have
been forced to come to terms with them
On this point one of the high priests of the
faith has furnished me with some curious
details. According to him there are no
fewer than $4,000, 900 occultists in the
world, of whom 10, 100000 are to be found
in America, $4,000 in France,'and as many
IN other countries, not excepting England
The French capital alone possesses 35 900.
All these believers in the mysterious
SCItIACt tlIt OOIllICClCtI together w Il secret
pSy chic force which on the 9th day of the
month in every country unites them at the
same minute, calculated in conformity
with the various ATTITUDES In Paris the
moment of this universal communion of
soul is comprised between 500 and 8:35
p. m.
Perhaps nothing proves the prevalence
of this strange movement 50 much as the
numerous publications specially devoted to
the study and propagation of occult theo-
ries At the present time they include
about 100 reviews and periodicals. Thirty
of them appear in France, sixteen in North
America-one of which LAS $4,000 sub
scribers- thirty-one in South America.
while in Buenos Ayres alone there are %
600 spiritulists and almost as many occu-
lists, twenty in Spain, ten in England,
four in Belgium, three in Germany.
one in Russia and others in
India, Australia and Japan, all printed in
the local tongue. Of all the believers IN
the dark and mysterious, however. spirit
ualiSm is the dogma which numbers the
most adopts This is not surprising when
we bear i'm mind that it is less speculative
and more experimental than the other
forms of superstition. The congress held
in Paris last September contained delegates
from all chimes. representing a total of
more than 10000, 600 adherents.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

on the verge of the horizon. Miss Lacy de-
termlned to trust once more to her swim
ming powers, and in spite of the strong
circumstances of the chief officer she
dived into the ocean and struck out in the
direction she had marked out to herself.
But she had previously miscalculated the
distance Of the island.
All that afternoon and far into the night
she was in the water without hfebelt or
support of any description. relieving her
self by swimming alternately on her face
back and sides. She said she felt no fear
of the sharks that abound in these tropi-
cal waters, but the fearfully hot sun
scorehed her terribly, and every now and
then she had to thrust her head under
water to save herself from sunstroke. She
Is under the impression that for part Of
the time she was asleep under the water.
At length. after being twenty-four hours
altogether alone in Torres Straits, she was
picked up in an almost exhausted condi-
ton by boat belonging to the search
steamer Albatross. For some hours after
her timely rescue she was delirious. and
fancied herself living in submarine
hotel. No more signal proof of the value
of swimming as a lady's accomplishment
has been furnished for many day than
this extraordinary experience of Miss
Lacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Vanity Fair.


Tn, sultan Is a clever writer of coined
iettas which are performed In a charming
little theater that has beel constructed in
the Gildiz kiosk. They are. curiously
enc dgh, written in French. and perform
e. In the presence of the author. his house
old. and the ladies of the seraglio. The
latter are seated behind a grille. and en-
Joy the performance immensely, to Judge
by their laughter and applause. The
sultan is in the habit of suddenly cOneeiv-
ing the ideas for plot, and having put
them together he sends for the actors.
and distributes the roles with a request
that the piece Is to be performed the same
night. The subjects of these pieces are
amusing, being generally based upon the
dilemma or incapacity of some court Off
Cial. For instance. one OF the last. which
was an immense success. represented an
incapable rlIaSuer. of a TOyal household
who Is suddenly called upon To provide
a dinner for a hundred guests. Every
thing goes wrong, and the utmost con
fusion raIgnS In the royal dining-room
when his majesty enters with his guests.
Tableau An incident which his majesty
especially wished to BE- emphasized was
that of lackey exploding bottle Of
champagne right IN the face OF the dis
CoHLuttu Aa>beT VI Tue uGH>ruotl- Like
Aristophanes. the sultan deals with per
sonalities. But, however greatly the I'M
perial playwright and his ladies may en-
Joy the performance. this is by no means
the case with his household ir the body of
the theater, who abhor this showing up Of
their weaknesses. Here another comedy
is played, which amuses the sultan tar
more. each one Of the household looking
askance at the other. as though to say:
is it you that he is driving at
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Chased by Ga ander.

A man who was caught in the act of skin
ming neighbor's sheep covered his en-
barrassment by declaring that no sheep
could bite him and live. The logic of this.
says the Youths Companion. is equalled
by that of the Yankee soldier who once
had narrow escape from an enraged gam
der.
The men of a certain Main regiment,
which was in the enemy's country in 1862,
considered the order of mo foraging'' an
additional and uncalled-for hardship.
One afternoon about dusk soldier was
seen beating a rapid retreat from the rear
of farmhouse near by, closely pursued
by a gander, with wings outspread whose
feet seemed scarcely to touch the ground.
and from whose beak issued a succession
of angry screams.
The fugitive was not treasured by the
cries of the gander's owner, Hold on.
man, hold on! He won hurt you''
Call off your gander! Call him off,
shouted the fleeing soldier.
Neither man nor gander stopped until
inside the camp lines, when the soldier S
friends relieved him of his fierce pursurer
with the aid of the but of musket.
Did that gander think he could chase
me like that and live?" the soldier ex-
claimed, as he surveyed the outstretched
bird; but he said nothing about the baited
hook. with cod-line attached. which might
have thrown light on the unfortunate
gander' strange actions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
i oman's Wonderful Swim.

By yes erday morning 5 Australian mail
we have I0r the first time full particulars
of the Ouetta disaster, and the narratives
of the survivors. We sCbJoiR the princi-
pal points IN the graphic statement of
Miss Lacy. undoubtedly the most interest
ing figure IN the events of that calamitous
night in Torres Straits. Miss Lacy says
she was sitting in the saloon writing let
ter, the other ladies being practcing for d
concert. then. without a moments warn
ing, they heard loud grating sound, the
snip rocked violently, and chorus Of con-
fused noises broke out on deck
Miss Lacy rushed on deck. and already
the ship was sinking. Going aft, she
says. was ike walking up hill. The
part 70 which was making my way was
high above the water But hardly had
she reached the aft part OF the vessel than
1t rspIalv sank. and in a moment 200
human beings and a large number Of
sheep were all IN the water In a heap.
the people struggling and shrlekIng ter
ribly Miss Lacy with great difficulty
managed 70 extrlcate herself from the con-
fused mass. and. being q practical swim
mer. succeeded in getting clear Of the
whirlpool! caused by the sinking snip she
then relieved herself Of all superhuOus
clothing. and swan about her for two
hours 10 the nope Of coming across some
OF tie >ufTIy0rs
At midnight she heard cry from dis
tance, and swimming toward it found that
1t came from a raft rudely and hastily con
structed oy the chief officer. She availed
herself Of this temporary refuge and re-
manned on the raft until noon next day,
when. finding that 1t was making no pro
gress, and fancying that she saw an island
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
1t Can Have No Effect in Giving the e,
employed Work

Whatever may be said for an eight-hour
day of labor land have conceded that not
a little may be urged in favor of 4 reduction
OF the working day IN many trades at
leaStf. the plea derived from its imagined
effect in setting the unemployed at work
Is utterly fallacious. The failure of en-
ployment for a certain portion of the
population is not not found at all in the
fact that those who are employed work as
long as they do. The longer and harder
d man works, within the limits of his
strength, the more work he makes for
others; since with every stroke he is pro
duclng that which is to become part Of
the means of employing other labor.
The reason why, in ordinary seasons.
there are any persons unemployed is found
partly in the immobility of the laboring
population. in the want of general and
technical education, in visionary and I'M
proviuent habits, or in the accidents of life
and the general hardship of the human
lot. in even greater part, the reason Is
found IN the fuctuation of production and
trade, due to the worldwide extension of
the division of labor and the consequent
extreme localization and intensIhcation of
industry. This Is the price which man
kind have to pay for the enormous ad-
NtlAttt-tS VI the CAlSilSAOu Ol lIle lCllGlplS
| of the division of labor.
The evil is not to be cured. in whole or
part, by an eight-hour law. lift were true
| that only four-ffths of the population are
employed at ten hours, and if. by an eight
hour law. the other fifth were, as proposed,
| brought into the factories and workshops,
every cause which now operates to produce
| fluctuations in industry and trade would
continue with undiminished vigor; produc-
| ton would still gather itself into great
waves, periods of highly excited activity
| being followed by intervals of deep de-
| preston; markets would still at times be
! glutted. and factories would have to be
| closed to allow the surplus stock to be
cleared off
The spread of Intelligence. the general
and technical education of the people, the
promotion of the habits of frugality and
temperance, and not eight-hour laws. are
the proper means of removing the painful
congestionS of labor and for reducing to a
minimum the evils of that spasmodic and
intermittent production of wealth which
! eharacterizes the industrial and commercial
world of to-day, and whic!. must continue
| to characterize the industrial and com.
| mercial world until mankind get ready tc
go back to hand tools and to the petty
neighborhood production of a former age
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

Lowell saloon. the Only One in Town.
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If"o3"'9 no Guy "I 'o"Il III lIie country Ot =,
ever "l'il'SIe9 Suel SCENES d. were eil"Sle''
at l1racut III the opening OF the only saloon
IN the town TO run WH!ch lhr Pr@P pr. d0d
Johh haah"ll' Pal". /" license zee OF 99,0oo
u seems says pun yoiieIFpi',5ell'' 80
INoHEA Tue ,il''Ie 'l,y ., io"G'' ll9' ePlP'l-
eH It's df} CllIzGhS at III" saloon uooLS.
Two Lowell policemen were placed III the
doors "a the forenoon IN anticipation OF a
crowd, 9ul 1ri"re hi&hi "lefe w, was work oi
enough Tor h'lcel Oh 'le'h' " ne" til'
mus IN 'Ii- ol'y ToSc" "' noon ''Nh i2i
i'rAoul began; W Hhil AN h"ur inc eIet,
trlr railroad doubled II" car service ana
every u''rrl GiiuuIe9 IVY" ''HS: III when
men Werr packed ''h |, S''',tle9 III d T TA'
started from IoS' 'iIce square l"F l'r'I-
cut,
he S'uo@h Is 1t ohG-S,oFE structure
about forty iret long a .ln oftren ieet wide.
1t mas one entrance. me GL"Wl became )"
great that 'hG room was Il'Ie1 WIN men GI
standing SIN 'eSI "eeP neIo[I me oar c,llI-
ing Tor oo'i' N" one 'oo'1 St' M nor
Ion''' ''lo>e VINO WEI" H III @S' o"O. ilt oo-
iee'l'h were re-, nh'''y S'IIe4 upon 10 cIe'Ir
lll' room, ih'i 'El'i'r system was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

NOW 1t was clear to me. The settlement
had been fallen on by some powerful Zoe,
and it's inhabitants put to the assegai.
The forebodings of the natives had come
true: Babyan Kraais were peopled by
memories alone. / passed on up the ter
races. There shone the roofs of the mar
BILE huts. They would not burn, and
were too strong to be easily pulled down
/ entered one of them-it had been our
sleeping hut-and Lit a candle which | had
with me- The huts had been sacked;
leaves OF books aud broken fragments OF
the familiar furniture lay about. Then l
remembered that there was secret place
followed in the floor and concealed by
stone, where Stella used to hide her little
treasures. ] went to the stone and drag
ged it up There was something within
wrapped in mouldering native cloth. |
undid it. 1t was the dress my wife had
been married in. In the centre of the
dress were the withered wreath and flow
ers she had worn, and with them little
paper packet. / opened it: it contained a
lock Of my own hair. l remembered that
had searched for this dress when | came
away and could not find it, for had for
gotten the secret recess in the floor.
Taking the Dire IS with me, left the hut
to a tree, / walked to the graVey ard,
through the ruined garden. There it was
a mass of weeds, but over my darling's
grave grew a self sown orange tree, OF
which the scented petals fell in showers IN
the ground beneath.
As | drew near there was a crash and
a rush A great baboon leapt from the
centre of the graveyard and vanished into
the trees | could almost believe that it
was the wrath of Heuduka doomed to
keep an eternal watch over the bones Of
the woman her jealous rage had done TO
death.
tarrIed there awhile, filed with such
thought as may not be written. Then,
leaving my dead wife to her long sleep
where the waters fell in melancholy music
| beneath the shadow of the everlasting
| mountain, / turned and sought that spot
| where first we had told our love. Now
| the orange grove was nothing but a tan.
| gled thlcket; many of the trees were dead,
choked with creepers, but some still -four
| ished
| There stood the one beneatH which we
! had fingered, there was the at had
| been our scat, and there " rock sat
| Stella. the Stella whom -.a we'd. Ay!
| there She sat, and Oh upturned face
was that same spiritu look which | saw
upon il in the hour when we first had
kissed.
The moonlight shone in her dark eyes,
the breeze wavered in her curling hair,
her breast rose and fell, Il gentle smile
played about her parted lips. l stood
traustiXcd, gazing on that lost loneliness
which once was mine. / could not speak,
and she spoke no word: she did not even
seem to see me. drew near. Now her
eyes fell. For moment they met mine,
and their message entered into me.
Then she was gone; nothing was left but
the trcmulous moonlight falling where
she had been, the melancholy music Of
the waters, the shadow Of the everlasting
mounfaiu, and, in my heart, the sorrow
sad the hope.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
CHAINED FoRFFTY YEARS.
North Carolina Idiot Who Possessed
Wonderful STRENGTH


CHARLEsToN,'N. Clay Hill died few
Trinity College. this State. aged 70 years.
He was a most remarkable character. He
was born an idiot. but since infancy has
possessed physical strength to a rare
degree. and was well formed in every par
tlcular, with the exception of his head.
which was so extremely ill-Shaped as to
give him more the appearance of beast
than of a man. When but child he was
often so violent that it was necessary to
chain him to the floor. Notwithstanding
this unnatural existence, he grew and
strengthened day by day, until his
chain was not sufficient to hold him. and
two or three times be broke loose and fed
to the woods. During his brief liberty he
was as violent as a tiger, and it was diff
hCult to reCapture and return him to his
place of confinement. He was fastened
with stronger bonds. and, with the eX-
CeptIOn of a few days, he remained chained
to the floor in the same room for about
fifty years. He had an inSatiate desire for
tearing to pieces anything that he could
get, and at times it was impossible to keep
HIM clothed. Flax was spun up into
coarse, strong threads and woven into
cloth, which was doubled and quilted and
made into garments for him, but with his
teeth and his talon-Iike fingers he tore them
into threads. He has been known to tear
to pieces a solid stick of hickory wood with
nothing but his teeth and fingers. He ate
as ravenously as hon, and could drink,
without the slightest pain, boiling coffee
On several occasions members of the fam
lily narrowly escaped being killed by him.
One evening a sister started to 60 out of
doors. She passed too near him and he
sprang at her with great force, knocked
her through the door into the yard, so
badly injuring her that it was not thought
possible for her to live His father pro
vided for him before his death, leaving
property enough to maintain wretched
life through all these years 1t was stipuiat-
ed in the will that he should not be taken
to an asylum and that he should be kept
on the old homestead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Matching Eggs.

We wish our experiment station would
tell Us something about the best treatment
for Matching eggs that have been sent long
distances by express. There is quite a
mystery about this matter The trans
portation of the eggs by rail or road does
not necessarily iniure them for Matching
Eggs are frequently sent across the ocean
or from one end of the country to another
and still hatch well enough. In other cas-
es, even after a short journey. the eggs
fail to hatch, although the sender
knew they were fertile and the buyer used
all reasonable care In handling them
There in nothing IN the poultry business
that proves more unsatisfactory than this
selling eggs for Matching, and buyers and
sellers alike would be only to glad to know
how these transported eggs should be treat
ed III order to insure the best possible re-
suits. The most reasonable explanation
that we have seen for the failure Of trans
ported eggs to hatch Is that during the
journey the layers Of the eggs are shaken
up and mixed together By setting the
eggs stand for a few days after receiving
them. turning item once each day. they
may settle back to their proper con-
dlrIon. Many poultrynen believe In this
theory and advise their customers 70 treat
their eggs IN this manner but with all the
advice we can obtain. there Is much dis
satisfaction with transported eggs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

The females of Ecuador are prOverbial
for their beauty, those among the aristOc-
racy being said to have the fairest COM
pleXions in South America, while all pos
sess large. soft and expressive dark eyes,
the blacklist and most abundant hair, the
whitest teeth. well-rounded figures and
small hands and feet
Like all women in the tropics, they ma
ture early and fade quickly, but perhaps
their average span of forty years includes
more heart happiness than comes to women
of colder chimes in three-sc0re years and
ten, for these are harassed by no ''Cark-
ing cares or high ambitions. Incidence,
religious superstition, and faitbfulness
unto death are their most prominent char
acteristics their passionate natures are
completely satisfied in the love of home,
husband, and children. and for them the
whole universe lies within the limits of
vision. What higher praise could be be
slowed upon the women of any coun-
try?
To be sure. they are VIGOROUSLY untidy
in dress and habits. but the manta or pan
eulon. like the mantle of charity, covers a
multitude Of sins. As the poncho, for men,
is the universal and most useful garment
for the middle and lower classes, answer
ing for coat by day, coyerlid by night,
an umbrella when it rains and basket
when there Is anything to carry, the female
manta is worn by all classes. and is equal
" Indispensable since it hides unkempt
hair and all defect of toilet In all Ecu
ador there is not such a thing as bonnet
or female hat, the most aristocratic ladies
going about the streets with their glossy
hair uncovered or shaded only by parasol,
a lace mantilla or the universal mania.
the latter being a very large 81. 1are of
black nun 5 yelling or other wooden cloth
of light texture, draped 50 as to cover the
head, shoulders and most Of the dress
phiIadnlnhia Rncnrd
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Frec-rrndc Nershs protectinn.

Uncle Zeb, an ardent free-trader an,
crossroads statesman, was denouncius
proteo ton with all the arguments he cou.,
muster
nm bet. Uncle Zeb." interrupted On,
Of the crowd, that you are a protection
list, after all. "
IN bet amt" shouted the old nan
warmly. Come now. How am pro
tectionist ,"
"Why, you protect your system from
spring and summer complaints by taking
Aver SmsapariIIn"
VI ben the laugh suh>idcl, Uncle Xeh re
piled with grin, We'll, yes; I'll allow
that to that extent am a protectionist
because | believe Ayers Sarsapariila is tn,
best blood-medicine ever made, not only
for spring, but for all seasons.
A Paw Paw man worth 100000 carried
water for circus and thus got inside tn,
tent free.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Does il Hurt Him.

Does a dismembered limb retain sensi-
tiveness? Many persons hold firmly that
it does Their belief is apparently sus-
tanned by those strange and vivid imagin-
ings of persons who have lost hand or
foot, and declare positively that they have
feelings in the fingers or toes of the lost
member. The phenomenon, however. has
been explained in a scientific way Such
cases are frequent, and Edgar Bergen, a
twelve-year-old boy who lives at 240 West
Michigan street. is an example The
other day he was taking a ride on the cars
in the Big Four yards when he slipped
He was dragged some distance, but could
not maintain a safe position, and his left
foot was cut off above the ankle, remaining
in the shoe. The boy was taken home,
and his leg was amputated just below the
knee. The foot was taken to Crown Hill
and buried in a lot near his MOTHER grave.
The little fellow bore his pains bravely and
never lost consciousness, but he complains
frequently that the toes of his dismembered
foot are cramped, and the foot seems still
to be in position. The foot was placed in
a cramped position in the box in which it
was buried. ana a member of the house
mold declares that this accounts for the
boys sensations. and recalls cases which
she thinks confirm this view There is
some thought of exhuming the foot and re-
buryIng it with the toes straight
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13
Manuriug Meadows.
PhiladelnhIa Record.

The constant moving of the meadows
sooner or later causes them to fail. 1t Is
seldom that farmer viii spread man
ure on the meadow as long az his corn
land needs it. 1t is surprising how some
meadows have been capable of providing
grass and hay for many years with the
treatment received. bat it is stfe to say
that the meadow pays as well as any other
land on the farm 1t depends upon the
kind of soil. however, but meadows are
usually in the valley, where the land re-
ceives the waShings of the upland. and
where moisture is more plentiful than on
other locations. The meadow deserves a
treatment peculiar to itself. Ii Is the re
suit of the adoption of grasses to the soil,
for the varieties best suited will crowd out