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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

Paper IS now made to serve for steel and
iron, says the st. Louis Stationer. When
strong fiber is used it can be made into a
substance so hard that it can scarcely be
scratched. Railroad car-wheeIs are made
of it more durable than iron A store in
Atlanta, Ga, has been built entirely of
paper. The rafters, weather-boards, roof
and flooring are all made of thick com
pressed paper boards, imperviOus to water.
On account of the surface of the paper
being so smooth and hard it cannot eaten
on fire as easily as a wooden huilding 1t
is found warm in cold and cool in warm
weather The BresIau fire proof chimney
has demonstrated that cooking and heating
stoves, bath-tubs, and pots, when annealed
by process that makes it freproof, be-
come more lasting than iron, and will not
burn out Cracks in floors around the
skirting board, or other parts of a room.
may be neatly filled by thoroughly soaking
newspapers in paste made as thick as putty
and forced into the cracks with a paste
knife 1t will soon harden and can be
painted
Black walnut pictwe-frames are made
of paper and so coIored that no one can tell
them from the original wood A paper
piano has lately been exhibited in Paris
The entire case is made of compressed pa
per, to which is given a hard surface, a
cream white brilliant polish. The legs
and sides are ornamented with arabesques
and floral designs. The exterior and as
much of the interior as can be seen when
the instrument is open are cover
ed with wreaths and medallions painted
in miniature. An Italian monk has sue
ceeded In constructing an organ where the
pipes are made of paper pulp. 1t has l.
400 pipes of various sizes. The American
CottOnseedOil trust is now running a mill
for making paper from the bulls remain
ing after all the oil has been squeezed out
of the cott0nseed. 1t is contemplating the
erection of a 1O0-ton mil for the same
purpose. These hulls have heretofore
been considered worthless. 1t has so far
proved so successful that the trust pro-
poses erecting mills at different points in
the cotton-rlising country. Of course
this will somewhat revolutionize the paper
trade
A new mill for the manufacture of paper
from moss ! Us been recently established
in Sweden. Paper of different thickness
and pasteboard made of it have already
been shown, the latter even IN sheets three
quarters of an inch thick. 1t is as hard
as wood and can be easily painted and
polished. 1t has all the good qualities.
but none of the defects, of wood. The
pasteboard can be used for door and
window frames. architectural ornaments.
and all kinds of furniture The ceiling of
the assembly chamber at Albany. \. Y.
Is made OF paper-mache 1t Is like model
of its kind. and appears so like marble as
to deceive the most expert eye. The latest
flea is to use paper instead of wood for
lead pencils, by using a patent prepara-
ton by which it can be cut as easily as the
c1f+aS+ mood
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


I heard to-day upon the street,
Where beggars sang careless song.
\ note. tone, so wOnderous sweet
That | stood silent in the thrOng.
But, al. | saw not those who sang:
| heard not their wild madrigal;
A thousand voices round me rang
And sweeter still one maiden's call,
For which I'd change the fame OF men.
My load unloOsed like Pilgrim thrall:
feed my hungry heart again:
/ saw my boyhOod home and all
And heard the biackbirds, nesting, sing
Their tender songs of evening"
Clear. martial call of buried hosts,
How sure thy challenged passed the years!
| saw like sentrles at their posts.
a myriad forms; the pines like spears
Shot through the after-sunset's red;
The darkening fields; the CLEAN Of panes:
The musky dusk, star panoplied:
The lazy kline along the lines;
The schOOlhouse dun. the village spire:
The hOme-bent, dusty harvest folks:
The Cornfelds famed with sunset fire;
And in our tryst beneath the oaks,
We heard the blackbirds, nesting, sing,
Their tender songs OF evening!
Thus, Angel of our latter days,
With ever-hOvering, unseen hand
Are flashed upon our blinded ways
The hidden Shrines we understand
We climb the rugged steps of Truth.
And falter. O.the helpings bring
The lesser TO the larger Youth,
A note, tone, the humblist thing,
Sweeps irresistless all between.
And there the Now prays with the Then
Where once our heaven was liven unseen,
And where like pilgrims come again,
We hear the blackbirds, nestleng, sing
Their tender of EVENING"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

our western soils without the use of fer
tllizers at present. When fertilizers are
employed they may be sown broadcast or
drilled into rows and best at the time of
planting.
Preparation of Soil.--If the soil Is deep
aud rich 1t may be plCwed at once to the
depth of twelve to fifteen inches In less
fertile soils 1t Is best TO pillow to the depth
OF eight or nine inches and SubsoI TO the
depth of four or FIVE inches. The land
should be thoroughly narrowed and re-
duced TO fine condition of tIlth before
planting.
Planting.-For small patches the seed
can be put in by hand. For larger fields
drills can be provided. in general, the
rows should be eighteen inches apart and
the seed planted so as to give one for
about every three inches When the beetS
begin TO show four leaves they should be
thinned so they will stand at distance
OF from SIX to nine inches apart IN the
rows, according to the fertility of the soil.
1hls regular thinning of the beets Is alb
solutely necessary to secure high sugar
content, and it should be completed be-
fore they show six leaves. In very fertile
soils the beets should be left closer to-
gether, while IN less fertile ones they
should be further apart. The object, in
ali cases, should be to grow beet which
wall average about one pound in weight
| after it Is cleaned and topped.
Cultlvation-It is best to have the
beets cultivated fiat and no. planted in
ridges. my method of cultivation which
will keep out the weeds and keep the
ground thoroughly stirred will be sutfi-
clent. 1t is important that the hoe
should be used, especially at the time of
| thinning, and to secure good results this
method of cultivation should not be neg
lected. The cultivation of beets should
be continued about the same time as for
ordinary crops. and they should be laid by
when the leaves begin to thoroughly cover
the ground.
If beets are planted in small patches
they should be in such ii position as not to
be shaded by other growing crops, especi-
ally corn, as the free exposure to sunlight
Is absolutely necessary to produce a beet
containing maximum percentage of
sugar.
Further instruction in regard to har-
vesting and manufacturing the beets will
be contained in bulletin No. y. which
will soon be issued and sent to each one
one who has requested package of beet
seed, or who may hereafter ask for it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
FARM NOTES.

TO reduce muck let it be exposed to the
air for several months If it is well mix
ed with air-slaked lime it will be In con-
ditiOn sooner.
Though not considered a sure remedy,
the free use of lime around cabbage plants
will assist greatly in keeping the maggot
away. Scattered literally over onions,
lime checks the rayages of the onion fly.
Work between the row of the straw
berries, keep the weeds down and the soil
loose. Plant raspberries EARLY so as to
give them a good start. If the canes are
to make good growth give them manure
in the hill.
The crops grown should be in accordance
with the demand of your nearest market,
but this rule does not apply where articles
can be shipped to other minis at a low cost.
The market should be carefully observed
and prices noted.
In the garden if the plot is small saw
ing of labor may be made by the frequent
use of the rake, which will etfectually de
stroy young and tender weeds, thus dis
pensing with the most laboriOus use of the
hoe later When the ground is kept well
raked the young plants will better endure
the lack of rain.
The following is given as a rotation
which gives six crops in four years: ~
clover and timothy, cut about the 1st of
July; " cabbage, set out after the grass is
cut; (3) potatoes, dug in July; a. rye sown
after the potatoes are dug; (5) potatoes
again: Co. clover and timothy. The rOta-
ton may then be repeated.
The bees that come out early will be
thinned out during the prolonged wet
weather If caught in Il shower a. dis
tance from the hives they are liable to be
destroyed. The birds also kill many OF
them. But for the proIifdacy of the
queen it would require but short time for
Il hive to become depOpulated.
Never make an expenditure on tie farm
without having an object in view
a knowledge of what may be the result.
All experiments should be made on a small
plot, and the cost noted carefully. While
some are Iccessful IN producing extra
large crops, yet they fail to secure profits
because Of expenditures inJudiclOusiy
made
All field crops should be so planted as to
allow plenty of room for cult 5ation be
tween the rows. Some crops do not re
ceive proper cultivation late in the season,
because the horses can not pass between
the rows after the plants are well grown,
the consequence being that grass ge-s pos
session and lessons the yield. Cultivation
is necessary for some crops until they be
gin to seed.
few years ago farmers in grain-grow-
ing localities used straw lavishlv for bed
ding, for the purpose of making the largest
possible manure piles. Now the tendency
is to use little straw for bedding as is
consistent with cleanliness. Cut straw
mixed with ground grain makes a valuable
feed; the straw furnishes carbonaceous
matter, and the meal giving the elements
that make muscle and growth. If corn
meal is used, i! should be mixed with
ground oats or wheat bran to make a good
feeding ration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
The TraipinpofwarD Dogs.

Dunkirk CORES pondence London Standard.
Experiments of some interest for the
purpose of training dogs to act in time of
war rs scouts, messengers. and sentInes
are being carried on with success In some
of the French infantry regiments. When
the animal Is to act as messenger two men
are detached from a post and walk about a
mile the dog being led by the collar One
man remains stationary, while the other
returns to the Startlng-polnt. On being
set loose the dog Immediately sets in pur-
suit of the latter and finds its way to the
post with unnerring regularity. To insure
the delivery of DISPATCHES a small bag of
dark material is strapped to the animals
back. As sentinel the dog will scent 4
stranger at distance Of 100 yards, and
will commence growing, barking, or
evinciug disquietude in some other man
uer In order to aCCuStOm them to scouts
duty the dogs are encouraged to search a
field or Il thicket in which soldiers wearing
foreign uniforms lie in ambush. As soon
as the animals perceive the latter they re-
treat. running to the soldiers VINO accom-
pdny them, and thus announcing the pres
ence of an enemy. Their instinct seldom
miSleads them. and they have been found
very useful Is means of communicating
with patrols and detachmentS on outpost
duty. In time of war they are also intend
ed to search for wounded soldiers and
lOIterers. as well rs to carry provisions and
ammunition to OutpoStS. An interesting
sight Is afforded by the spectacles Of these
four-footed soldiers at drill. under COM
maud VI a sub-lieutenant. and surrounded
byjan admiring group Of vegrant ours,
who do not enjoy the distinction of
being enrolled under the French flag. and
who contemplate their four-legged brethren
with evident envy.
The use Of the photograph amcIlg certain
Indian tribes leads to the conclusion that
the main characteristics of their language
can be recorded and permanently preserved
either for study or demonstrations with
this instrument.
Iloyd George, a new member of the
English house Of commons, Is the son of
village cobbler. He was educated by his
uncle. selfmade man, and at the age of
fifteen took to outdoor preaching, which
has made him quite an orator.
The Geological Park in Washington. for
which ground has already been broken,
will be the largest zoo in the world. 1t
will be situated on Rock Creek. which runs
between Georgetown and Washington and
will be a splendid addition to the attrae-
lions of Washington.
There is a small boy in Belfast, Ne,
who has a mania for clocks. and goes
about inspecting and comparing them He
seems to be posted on the correct time,
and if a clock is fast or slow or there Is
anything peculiar in Its appearance he Is
sure to call attention 10 II.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
POPULATION OF ANCIENT ROME.
Four Million People Thought to BE a small

After carefully examining all the data
we have, all the sentiments and various
ancient writers who allude to 1t, and all
the facts which seem to bear on the question,
| am convinced, says a writer in Black
woods Magazine, that in estimating the
nun Der at 100000 | am rather under
stating than overStating 1t. 1t is much
more probable that it was larger than that
II was smaller. De Quincy also estimates
the inhabitants of Rome at 400, 900.
Will only cite one fact, and then leave the
question. The Circus MaximuS was con-
Structed 10 hold 250, 900. or, according to
Victor, at later period probably, $4,000
| spectators.
Taking the smaller number, then, il
would be one in sixteen of all the iuhabit.
ants If there were 4, 000, 900. But rs one-halt
| the population was composed of slaves.
| who must be Str2ck out of the spectators.
/ when the circus was built there would bt
/ accommodation then for one in eight of
| total population, excluding slaves. Re.
/ duclng again the number one-half by strik
| ing out the woman, there would be room
/ for one In four.
/ Again striking ont the young children
/ and the old men. and the sick and impot
/ ent, you would have accommodation for
nearly the whole population. Is it posi-
| BILE to believe that the Romans constructed
a circus to hold the entire population o
| Rome capable Of going tOit? for such mus,
/ have been the case were there only 1000
! 600 inhabitants. But suppose there wer,
! only 100000 inhabitants, 1t is plain from
/ the mere figures thai it would never hay,
/ been possible to half fill the circus.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
The White Banded hooking Bird.
Longman's Magazine

The white-banded mocAing bird Of
southern South America finest feath-
cred melOdiSt in the worlds one of the
species that accompany music with appro-
pirate motions. And Just as its song is,
so to speak, inspired and an improvisa-
ton, unlike any song the bird has ever
uttered, so its motions all have the same
character of spontancity and follow no
order, and yet have grace and passion
and Il perfect harmony with the music I'M
paralelled among birds possessing a SINH
lar habit. While singing he passes from
bush to bush, sometimes delaying a few
moments on and at others Just touching
the SUBMITS, and at times sinking out Of
sight in the foliage, then, in an excess of
rapture, soaring vertically to a height of a
hundred feet, with measured wing beats
like those of heron, or mounting sud
denly in a wild, hurried zigzag, then
slowly circlidg downward to sit at last
with tail outspread fanwise, and vans,
gliStening white in the sunshine, expand
ed and vibrating, or waved languinly up
and down, with motion like that of
some broad-winged butterfly at rest on a
flower
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
Willing to IetIt nrnn-

An old negro in Albany was brought
up on charge of stealing and tried in
the superior court during Judge Wright 5
time.
The case was presented to the court by
prominent young lawyer, the solicitor.
and the old negro was ordered to stand
up.
Have You a lawyer" asked the court.
Nav, sab. "
Are you aple to employ one?''
Nav. sab.
DO you want a lawyer to defend your
case?"
Not partickler, sab. "
Well, what doyou propose to do about
the case?"
"WeIl-Il-n," with yavu. AS if
wearied of the thing. I'm wiIin' to
drap de case, 5 fur as I'm consumed"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
Mr.. Harrison's Cloak

| saw a garment made by some city
house. for Mrs. President Harrison. Il
was neat and stylish and seemed to indi-
cate the quiet. refined character of the
presidents wife. 1t was a brown serge
raglan. or a garment similar in style.
Brown. 10y the way. Is a favorite color Of
Mrs Harri~on's 1t had wide sleeves
ending in two points ornamented by mold
fringe. 1t was trimmed In front with
coioreI silk: the back was ornamsnted by
two large buttons and the skirt was plait-
ed. 1t was further ornamented on the
side 5y two large silk bows and a losg
silk ribbon .-Ges around the neck. The
trimmings we're Of a lighter shade Of brown
than the body of the garment.-Ladies'
Wear Review.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
BEAU BRUMMELL's FATE.
The Great Dude Was something More than
A Masher Fop.

The character of Beau BrummelI, says
an English writer, is generally misrepre-
scented. True, he was a fob or ''masher. q"
but he was much more than this He had
talent and knew how to use it, as Is evi-
denced by the fact that he raised himself
from humble position in life to be Il com
panion of and to be almost feared by
princes. He was born in l77S, and was edu
catedat Elton and Oxford. Upon leaving
college he was made an officer in the Tenth
HusSars. So little did he.knOw of the bust
ness of an officer that, IN leaving the army,
he set up as a gentleman at large and be-
came supreme Ill the fashionable world.
His judgment was final, but not always
easy to follow. as when in answering Il
reference made to him us to what sum
would be sufficient to meet the annu 1 ex-
penditure of clothes, he said ''that. with
a moderate degree of prudence and econ
Oply, he thought it might be managed
for eight hundred per annum. In his
own person Brummell realized the per-
lection of dress-that is if you had seen
him you would not have noticed how he
was dressed. Three hundred cravats
would be tried to obtain the proper
wrinkle. Believing that the man who made
the fingers of his gloves could not make
the thumbs. he had two artists for the
purpose. All that concerned the king of
fashion was talked about and excited in
terest. but his reign did not last very long.
He gradually sank lower and lower. and
at last died in poverty and exile March 30.
1910.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
A wonan Two Hundred Yrar, Ola

A case is ou record of y wurru vho lived
to this advanced age. I.t ii ,- -.sF..., ..I...-
cssary to state that 81 Ms iu '.sI... r den
time Nowadays too many women do not
live half their allotted years. The mortality
due to functional arrangements in the weak
or sex is simply frightful, to say nothing Of
the Undesirable suffering which makes life
scarcely worth the living to so many women.
But for these sufferers there is q certain re-
lief. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription viii
positively cure ieucorrhea, painful mr.lstru-
alton, prolapsus, pain in the oyaries, weak
back; in short, all those complaints to which
so many women are martyrs. 1t is the only
guaranteed cure, see guarantee on bottle
wrapper.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

A good story Is told Of clever trick
BY means Of which some Russian Jew:
hive cheated the custom house. Stimuli
tn eousIy AZ two frontiers q very large
c. came to each. but was not claimed
After the regulation time mad elapsed they
wee opsre and found to be gloves and
ordered 10 ba sold at auction according 70
law 4 Jew. on looking at them. cried
out they were all right-hand gloves and Of
no Use to any one. Consequently they
went for next 10 nothing and for far less
than the tax world have amounted to.
Needless 10 add that the case at the other
frontier contained all leI5-hanj gloves,
and. Of course: they were bought by q con-
federate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

Better let them kill me, mistress, better
for all. Without you to love | shall go
mad and become babyan again"
Stella did not answer. and they loosed
her. Herdrika steppedf onward and looked
at the natives with stare of hate. Then
she turned and walked past me, and as she
passed whispered native phrase in my
ear, that, being literally translated, means
It'll another moon" but which mas the
same significance "a the French Eau re-
voir"
1t frightened me, for knew she meant
that she had not done With me, and saw
that our mercy was misplaced. Seeing
my face change she ran swiftly from me,
and as she passed Indaba-zmbi, with a
sudden movement snatched the great
knife from his hand. When she had gone
about twenty PAGES she halted, looked
long and earnestly on Stella, gave one loud
cry as Of anguish, and fed. A few min
utes later we saw her far away, bounding
up the face Of an almost perpendicular cliff
a cliff that nobody except herself and the
balloons could possibly climb,
Look" said Indaba-zimbi in my ear
"Io0k, MacumaZahn. there goes the bah
yan-frau. But, M=cumazahn, she tCiLt
come back Hgdtm An why VIII you NOT
listen to my words' Have they not al
ways been true words Macurlaz imp
and he shrugged his shoulders ami turned
away.
For while | was much disturbed, but
at any rate Hsndrika vas gone for the
present, aud Stella, M dear AMI Iogely
wife, WAS there at my side, and If her
smiles I forgot my fears.
For the rest OF that day, why should
write Of it, There arc things too happy and
too sacred to be written OF.
At last | had, if only for little while
found that rest, that perfect joy which
we seek SO continually aud 50 rarely
clasp.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

4 colored dentist in Macon uses no in
struments except his fingers in extracting
teeth. By means of long practice his
fingers have become as strong as forceps,
and he claims that he can pail teeth
faster and with less pain than any dentist
with instruments.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

pursued, satisfied with the speech as COM
pleted, and doubly satisfied with the speech
as delivered in the Cincinnati conven-
+,o,,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

4 new genius In the begging line has
made his appearance IN New York He Is
dressed like a respectable longshoreman. Is
careful 70 keep himself neat and clean. and
always carries a bunch Of cotton and two
dimes about with him He stuIs the cot
ton IN one cheek. ASSUMES an expression OF
intense misery, puts the dimes IN the
hand that Is not engaged Ii rubbing his
swollen cheek and asks the hrst oeneSo-
lent-i0okIng man he meets for nickel u
complete the sum OF . cents necessary 70
have tooth extracted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

A colorcd dentist in Macon uses no instru-
ments except his fingers in extracting teeth.
BY means Of long practice his fingers have
become "a strong as fOrceps, and he claims
that he can pull teeth faster and with less
main than anr dentist with instrmTnrn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

DR. L. J.. UJGsUCH, Toledo, O., says:
II have prsr,i-ei medicine for forty years,
have never seen medicine that l could pre-
scribe with SO much confidence of success
as l can Haas Catarrh Cure" Sold by
Druggists. 10.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23

Penny wise and pound foolish" are
those who think it economy to use cheap
soda and rOsin soaps instead of the good
old Dobbins' Electric Soap; for sale by all
grocers since 1864. Try it once Be sure.
buy genuine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
tn Ii nm ..,nnr.t Indy in Tnnn

Remarked to friend the other day that she
knew kemp'S Ealsam for the Throat and
Lungs was a superior remedy, as it stopped
her cough instantly when other cough rem
cdics had no effect whatever. So To prove
this and convince you of its merit any
druggist will give Won Sample Bottle Free
Large size, SOC. and 81.