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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

In reference to fall or spring blowing |
think 1t Is. matter that ought to be set
tied by the experiment of farmers them
selves. Too many adopt a certain rule for
doing work. and follow it through life
without Il single effort to find out whether
their plan is best or not
New | have a clay lOamy soil, and find
that fall blowing agrees with my soil. |
pillow both sod and stubble in fall both for
oats and corn, also for potatoes. When
first began to pillow in the fall for corn
most Of my neighbors told me | was doing
wrong; said ! must haul out my manure
and spread just before | plowed, and let
the grass grow until just when i wanted
to plant; then pillow and plant as soon as
possible. Well, to see which was right.
left a piece side by side with the other
and plOwed as they advised. The result
was that the last blowing was rather
lumpy and hard to work, but the fall plow-
ing was well pulverized, and | had the
best corn with the least work where
pIowed in the fall. Il used good SPRING
tooth harrow. BY blowing the sod In the
fall the sod Is more or less rotted. so that
1t Is IN better shape for the plant. As
Mr.. Rice says, it Helps man along with
his spring work wonderfully if his pIow-
ing Is done. As to its being an injury to
my land to have it exposed to the elements,
| think it is ii benefit.
Another thing. do not like to pillow my
manure under think its tendency is to
work downwards, and when it is plowed
under more or less of the substance is lost.
like to haul out my manure as fast as it
is made, and spread it just where | want
it: then putting it in the fall and winter
on the plowed ground it gets well mixed
in the soil ready for the plants to feed up
on to the best advantage
In reference to the kind of phosphate
and quantity to use, the farmer should
also experiment. Most land is deficient
in phosphoric acid, and some has plenty Of
ammonia and potash. Now. i farmer
knows just what his land needs L2 should
buy that in as cheap form as he can, and
not buy what he does not want. | think
if more of US would adopt Mr. Terry's
plan and pillow under clover sod it would
be much better for us Put on phosphate
enough to get good growth Of clover and
rotater think we shall soon be where we
do not have to purchase fertilizers-E. S.
Croker, Erie Co.. Pa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

disease. 1t is difficult for one farmer to
protect himself when constantly menaeed
BY his neighbors. Sill it Is much easier
to keep it away than to eradicate it. 1t Is
best, therefore, in regions where the dis
ease is always more or less present, to keep
the hogs in more limited space, and in
closures Of such form and size that disin-
lection may be had with less labor and
more definite results
1t Is confidently believed if these rules b.
faithfully observed wherever the disease ex-
lists, hog cholera can be permanently eradi-
Gated from the state.
Though winter freezing viii not destroy
the germs, there Is good reason to believe
they viii not survive more than a year in
any soil. But Is carried and distributed,
throughout the year. from places where
cases have occurred. and thus the virus is
kept alive. Hence the necessity for
extensive concerted action among farmers.
Hog cholera germs have never been
found in soil or water independent of the
disease. Neither have they ever been
found except in the body or discharges of
diseased hogs and from these the infection
spreads
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

Il shall DO nothing or the s1nu, saws
Mr. Rodney, Indignantly. And if YOU
address me IN thatway again l shall cut
N! throat"
Much better do thst'-gloomil-
than marry me. Nothing come. of
unequal marriages but worry. and de-
epair, and misery, and d>dth, y say. No
ma, in fearful tone, emphasizing each
prophetic word with dismal nod.
You've been reading novels" SAYS
Rodney, contemptuoUsly.
No, l haven't" says Mona, indig-
nantIy.
Then you are out of your mind"
say. Rodney.
NO, am not. Anything but that;
and TO be rude, slowly answers no
purpose. But l have some common
1 hate women with common sense.
In palmer language it means no heart"
"Now you speak sensibly. The SOON
er you begin to hate me the better"
"a nice time to offer such advice as
that" says Rodney. moodily. But [
shan't take it. Mona, seiring her
hands and speaking more in passionate
excitement than even in loye-''say at
once You will marry me and keep your
word"
Nothing on earth shall induce me to
say that, y says Mona, sOlemnly. Moth
ingl"
Then don't!" says Rodney, furious
~, and, finging her hands from him. he
turns and strides sayagcly down the
hill. and is lost to sight round the corner
Dear me, says Mona. throwing up
her dainty head, and with 4 petulant
gesture, finging the offending grass
from her, what an escape have had!
How his mother would have hated me!
Surely should count it lucky that I
discovered all about her in time. Be
cause really it doesn't so very much
matter; | dare say [ shall manage to be
quite perfectly happy again, after lit
tie bit. just as | have been all my life
before he came. And when ne is qOrls'
she pauses, chokes back with stern
determination very heavy sigh, and
then goes on hastily with suspicious
bitterness. What temper bs haSi
HOTrid! The way he flung away my
hand. as if he detested me. and fiOunced
down that hill, as if lie hoped never to
set eyes on me again! With no good
bye or by your leave or with your
leave, or word Of farewell, or a back
ward glance, or anything! | do hope he
has taken me at my word, and that he
will go straight back, without seeing
me again, to his own odiOus country"
She turns and casts a last lingering
glance upon the sloping hill down
which her sweetheart, filled with angry
thoughts, had gone. And as she so
stands, with her hand to her forehead,
after a little while a slow smile of con
Scious power comes to her lips and tar
Ties round them, as though fond of its
resting place.
...lI.I.s r-II. An expression that is
I. i g. ~, ~. I
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
A Sound Body.

How to secure good health, therefore, is
one Of the first problems for this generation
of women. This is the demand their sub
Jccts will make of those they are erowning
as queens of the hearth and the home
Give Us bright, fresh, kindly hearted sisters
say the lads and the little brothers in the
homes. Give US happy healthy faces over
our cradles, plead the babes, who find their
heaven mothers ewes. Give US cheer and
laughter and a little fun, say the fathers,
turning YEARLY toward their ireSides at
the end of day of toll. Give us a bright
word and helping hand ana your dainty
touch ON household ways, say the mothers
who would give their lives any day to see
their daughters we'll and strong and glad.
Give Us health Is the cry from all the world
TO Its women. Give US girls with 4 ply
SiQue that viii spare US the morbid brood
ing of discomfort, the historical tantrum.
the nervous collapse, the look of gloom from
tue clear wells of your eyes.
The old world is wesry and travel-worn,
and 1t sits. rs the Master sat over against
the well of Samaria. and says, Woman.
give me to drink" The youth and health
of womanhood are like a cup that holds re-
freShmant for every thirsty and weary soul.
Do not have to answer. Il have nothing To
draw with, and the we'll Is deep
This Is, as have said. the problem of to.
day. 1t Is not our purpose now and here
to suggest how best it can be solved. To
the true seeker it will open its intricacieS
one by one. One littlesingle hygienic law
of sleep. of diet, of dress or exercise, the
first and simplest that you know, obeyed,
and the work Is begun. knowing, the next
thing to do is not important until you have
done the next thing you know.
Any society, called by whichever name,
that so begins and so goes on, begins at
the root of noble living. and may be sure.
however slow their growth. that every step
planted firmly on a hygienic fact will be a
step not only toward personal physical we'll
being. but toward the uplifting of the race
as well.
If women once arouse themselves to the
danger, md take hold of the matter in ear
nest, WE shall not be long in seeing Il more
hopeful sign in the sky. Already is there
Il morning gimmer flashing in the columns
of the press. No man who stops to ask
himself the question how many healthy
women he numbers among his acquaint-
ance but will welcome the gleam of this
dawn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
MONA SCULLY;
Or,
Thf fish Bride of an Engiishman.
a STORY OF THESE TIMES.
- careless shOe-string, in whose tie
IEec q wild ciyility,
Does more beWitCh me than when art
Ia 100 r..-..l.isl. in eNar.I. IA IT ~

Istoo nreeise in ever part
sIro,,, ,,rat+,- 4bo+ isi Vet sbouId
,,-a Io oT, ~ eS M, 10 if on1v for once as
, ~ 80 Cor, othnrs ,, saws Mona
~ II .iaJ,Id H. TO- And i aou1d he
,,., ,LtJ '', lo.f1Tr,.t it, sInnose couId
a go, &c, q 4 ross ,
lie g saws this quickly. vet fearfullv. If
-. .boI,jd TITO bis nro1osaI badly what
or ba dnS lie e+aras with daftering
tlG ,,rnT, d;et9rt doI,irav than
padlrrs a raidb hoTing field and calmly
49, a,r,aits fata r. 10 fnT once kind In him
Simna + 10 o,Iite ayident fails Ia see
;r,11,r,,riefy IN HE e,ieerb
tttTnnIId yoI,g;; eha eavs bonefuIIv-
..rTo, U,.i,' ''"' -
NJ Pod,av baeo1v forsaly;no +be
dc1l.a,- ret,,,.;,ss To synn+ton There
MT H. ~ JrnesrnaI-a, in DmbIin > La
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
4 Royal Wandering Minstrel
DIFI,J,I,,I,f.,

The Archduke Macmillan. shot in
Mexico 10y the Juarez government about
the end of our civil war, was, in his
younger days. famous as Il singer and
player on the guitar. When travelling
around on foot. a paStime which was a
passion with him. he would occasionally
stop along the lonely road and sing a song
or two. or play some charming air.
Once. while thus engaged, he was heard
10y number of peasants. who. quite
ignorant of his identity. listened to him
with rapture, and applauded him with
one of them. with that voice and that
touch, can promise YOU good glass of
wine if nothing more
Failing in with their humor, Maxi
milan accompanied them to the village
tavern.
Here he rendered several choice melodies
with such skill and taste that he had, 50
to speak. his audience at his feet, and
though the tlvern vintage was not of the
best. he drained glass after glass with his
new-found friends.
Finally he announced that he must go
and when the jolly Boniface found MIN
determined to do so. lie took his hat and
went round among the auditors. collecting
Il fair sum, to which he added something
himself. and offered it to the archduke
Seeing the honesty of the motive he
took the coins and put them in his pocket,
thanking them for their appreciation and
kindness. At that moment the village
squire. who knew MaXimiiian. happened
to enter. Seiug the crowd around him
and not knowing The cause. he called
out:
Stand back. you clowns! Don't Won
know it's the Arcdduke Macmillan, your
prince"
The tavern-keeper fell on his knees IN
his fright. and thinking his money gen
crosby was the crowning iufamy of which
he had been guilty, he asked that it be
given back.
Not bit of it. said Macmillan
heartily. Its the first money that has
been honestly earned by any Of our family
for a thousand years, and I'm going to
keep it as an heirloom"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
The FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
DRIFTING DOWN.
NEW YORK LEDGER.

Gone the ripple and the rushes
Ot the love songs of the thrushes:
the bushes
OF the say yerbena creeping
By the old south wall and Sleeping
All itssweetness in the sunshine of the the sleepy
summer bushes;
And ever DER it all, in gold and crimson pail.
over mlgonnette grown Iawny, and Ger grasses
bronzing brown,
With a rustic and a whir and a sad and solemn
stir.
The leaves are drifting down, dear; oh, the leaves
are drifting down
Come the mornings are gray and chilly,
Come the nights are serene and Silly.
Comes an airy midnight fairy. tracing fern and
rose and lily
ON the window panes that gisten,
While IN dreams that children listen
10 the swing OF skates that ring, and shouts that
And ever, ever still, in the hollow and the hill.
BY the roadside, where the sunfiOwer lifts aloft a
ruined crown.
Like the dear old dreams of youth. dreams of
honor, fame and truth,
Forever falling from Us. do the leaves keep drift
ing down.
Let the summer set in spIeudor.
Let the summer tribute render
Bridelike beauty. brideike duty, every charm
divine and tender.
To he conquering kline, who loudly
All IN trumpet tones and proudly
Tells the story of his captive, and her passionate
And with the leaves that fall in rich and royal
pail
Ger the rose hearts crumpled crimson, and the
grass grown dull and brown,
Let the bitterness the strife all the little ills of
life,
Go drifting, drifting down, dear. with the leaves
90 drifting down!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

Pryipp npanle seem TO have little or no
sense Of mortifcafionNcartainIv none Of
p5Iiteness. Here is an amusing iIIustra-
lion. A welI-known citizen of Hartford
Conn. a few days AGO had taken his seat
in the afternoon train for Providene, when
a small wp3zen-facpd elderly man having
the appearancr of welI-to.do farmer,
came into the car looking for seat. The
Gentleman oood-naturndlv made room for
hin, Inv his side and tbe old man looked
hin, oyeT frnn, beaJ 70 foot
- "Going 70 Pr"yi5encag'' he said at
length " ! ~ ''0I'N0 '' 80
NO. sir" stranger answered polite
~: Il stop at Andover.''
II want to know. | belong out that
,yav myself Fxppct TO stop long,"
%2Oniy2 over night f,s sir y sup lung
Short pause
Did You caI'klats put ~ at a tav-
ern9''
mo SIR " avnaet to ston with Mr.
skinner
..What Job S,iunarg Deacon lob
Who lives in y IitIa brown house on the
old pike? Or mebbe its his brother : {?
Was & Tim skinner 'Souire Tim (
,yLara Won are ooin,y9''
..Yex = said the oentIoman smiling ait
was 'Souire fms
Dew fell if Won are going there TO
,sav over night ANY connection of
hic'rg''
,.No sir
VOL now that's crrns The old man
int cot into tronbIa nor notbin' has he ~
! worn, h. ra;na Ant COIN, 70 ser,,o
-, ,,-r;t -, ~, 10 ,.o,, -
..0E - of Tho l,;,,d .,
.Giad Nv Nv n 49, g'r ~; =, osl-;,,y,
nose rn.i,o, Ms Summers soron CON
,l,tion Of ronr,,, -
No " said the o,ap+Iaroan Then 500
:,, 80 ,,lo5 a., go -
my CIe ,ll'S5 "a soia u; 't A. i''oes u
VI 'Llae 94 az ~ aIJod ~ e9
ling III IL q 0'ii-i IA
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
Hnu Can Railroads be Taxed.

We had supposed the recent decision of
tbe Vernon supreme court pronogncing
the CORPORATION tax law of the state UNI
constitutional was based upon the pos
sible provision of the law that the gross
receipts of the railroads should be taxed
regardless of what proportion was earned
within and what without the state But
the full text Of the decision does not bear
ont this supposition. The law Is declared
unconstitutional and void because it pro-
yides for taxing Of the gross receipts
Of roads engaged in interstate commerce.
And as practically all railroads handle IN
terstate traffic In greater OF less degree,
this decision would seem TO necessltate
complete abandonment by Vermont by
this method Of taxing railway and other
transportation corporations.
Ii becomes. therefore very important
decision The taxation method has been
regarded with great favor IN Vermont. lt
has been tried in Wisconsin and MlssIs-
sippi. and there. to, considered very satls-
factory But the Vermont court says that
tax on gross receipts obtained from inter
state traffic is a tax on Interstate com
merce and Is inhibited by the constitution.
How are such receipts to be readily DIS
tnguised from those Of purely state trainc!
The two kinds of traffic are 80 mixed ana
comminged that such division IS next
to impossible And were Itpo-slDie, what
would be the effect of taxing trditic wholly
within the state AID letting interstate trat-
fic much the larger proportion IN almost
any state 20 free? Would 1t not be
clear discrimination against state IN favor
Of interstate traffic?
We cannot see that the commerce
/. - d Irf
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
Nut Planting.

Nuts for planting, says the pomologist
of the department of agriculture. should
invariably be selected for superiority of
size, flavor, or thinness of shell. As early
as possible after their maturity they
should be placed in boxes of soil, the con-
ditions of moisture and depth which are
provided being closely patterned after
those furnished by nature in the forests.
The cheit object of the box is to prevent
mice and moIes from disturbing the nuts
before the tap-root has begun its growth.
The box of imbedded nuts should be sunk
to the level of the surface in some place
protected from pigs, squirrels and chickens.
In the spring, when bursting open with
the growing germ, the nuts may be trans
planted to the nursery row or to the spot
in which the tree is desired to stand. A
bulletin on nut culture is soon to be issued
by the department. Concise reports on
matter kindred to the subject will be ac-
ceptabe to the pomologist and will in
sure for the sender a copy of the bulletin
when published.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
How to Give Medicine to "a Cat.

\ New York gentleman has a very val,
liable angola cat and so fine 4 specimen
of her kind that she Is famous III large
circle of fashionable folk. She is not rug
ged IN health. yet she cannot be pursuaded
to take physic. 1t has been put in her
milk. it has been mixed with her meat, it
has even been rudely and violently rubbed
in her mouth but never has she been de-
luded or forced into swallowing any of it.
Last week green Irish girl appeared
among the household servants. She
heard about the failure to treat the cat
Sure. said she, give me the medicine
and some lard and I'll warrant She be
ating all | give nee She mixed the
powder and the grease and smeared it on
the eats sides. Pussy ut once licked both
sides clean and swallowed all the physic.
Q"Faith. " saidsthe servant girl, every
body in Ireland does know how to give
medicine to a cat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Reports Show that the Institution is in =,
FlourishinG Condition.

New ORLEANS. Dec. o.-The annua
convention of the national board of trade
opened this morning, in the chamber OF
co nmerce in this city. Frederick Fraley.
of Philadelphia, who has been president
of the organization since 1863. was
unable TO be present. At tie election
of officers be WAS reelected. A
number OF committee reports were
read. The report OF the committee on
LII commercial bodies In the country.
comprising pa 600 members. The com
mittee recommends that the national
hoard should be the first In the field Of
gathering statistics on all questions affect
ing commerce and industry which are
now collected by the national govern
ment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
ITO be Continued
MODERN WOMEN WHO SOAR.
Twas Different When We Were Boys
then Girls Were Mostly Angels.

The most notable advances made in re-
cent years have been b women says the
Plttsburg Commercial Gazette. They
have risen so rapidly that there are many
of them coming down like the stick that
goes up with the rocket.
Women are no. like they used to be. in
some respects the change has been for the
better, and in some it hasn't. An old
bachelor writing on this phase Of the sub
ject says:
Things were different when we We're
boys IN those distant days women We're
mostly angels Nowadays women are
mostly journalists, clerks, typewriters and
medical students. The male person thinks
it better to be an angel than medical
student: but the ladies do not care a bit
what the male person thinks At least,
so they say, and it would be rude to dis
believe them.
When we were boys the girls were all
anxious to get married. Nowadays they
are too proud to get married, and too
highly cultured to take babies seriously.
What they want Is to get divorced.
when we were boys the girls used to
stay at home and darn our socks and sew
buttons on our shirts. Nowadays the girls
ride on the outside of buses, and look
angry when male persons smoke. Not
long since an advanced lady tumblel off
the top OF bus into the street and got
some mud ON her frock, and the male per
sons said it was a Judgment on her for not
riding inside That was rude and I'M
sympathetic on the part Of the male per-
sons.
The probabilities are that women will
continue to soar for some time to come,
and many even attempt to establish petit
coat rule in church and state, as well as in
society, but the result will be as it always
has been heretofore.
In the course of time, however, they will
come down and agree to make a fair divide
of the duties and responsibilities of life
This may not be for half century or more.
but it will come by and by.
Let her soar and let her reign and rule
10 II heart content, She will tire Of it
sooner if you let her have her own way
than if you fight her. She loves men too
well, and is too proud of the man she loves
to tyrannize over him very long.
When she does return to earth she will
probably settle down to housekeeping and
hOmp-buildil Or
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

perfect picture Is spoiled. a huge
black dog. bursting through the under
wood. filings himself lovingly upon Mo-
ma, threatening every moment TO destroy
her toilet.
1T is Mr.. Moore's retrieverl" cries
Mona. hurriedly. in q startled tone. 4
must run. Down. Fan! down! Oh. if
he catches me here, in this dress, what
viii lie think? Quick, Godfrey, give me
my shawl"
She tucks up her dignifed train in a
most undignifed haste. while GeofrreF
covers up all the finery with the crimson
shawl. The white cloud is once more
thrown over the dainty cap, all the pref
tv coloring yanishes ont Of sight: and
Mona. after one last lingering s,ance ~
Godfrey. follows its example. She, too,
flies across the rural bridge into the
covert of her own small domain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12

IluttIIn that lTEINtrg smile IN 1nE ms
Of that cunning modiste.
CHATTER VIII.
Tn due course the wonderful gown ar
riyrS. and is made welcome at the farm.
where Gcofrrey too puts in an appcar-
aure about Two hours later.
Mona is down Mt The cate waiting for
him. evidently brimfrtl of information.
We'll. YOU have cot it," asks he, in a
Vhisurr.
ayes. / have got it," also in a sub
durd whisrrr. @And OH. Geoffrev. it
is inst too lnvrIyI IFS downright de
lici0ua: and satin. too! 1t must, re
UroarhCullv- have cost a great deal,
and after all Won told mo about being
paar But" with a sudden change Of
tone, forgetting rcproach, and extrava-
,ra5re and everything ut is exactly the
color love best. and what | have been
dreaming of for lsQrs."
put il ON YOU" saws Gpoffrcv.
s.\Fhat, uoir2" with some hesitation.
vet plainly filled with an overwhelming
desire To show herself to him without
loss of time i'm the adorable gown. IF
should be seen. Wen. never mind,
I,u risI, IL 60 dawn fn the little Green
- I ,, ~ ~! .''I ,,,,
T,o'r,,.,, Won, ,.,,, cav, Iacly IRnhirenn
Wv, ,',' o"S ""dN i',ti.l2oil cboi
,,t ~ ,ti i ,, r,'' oTf A. Az nrnon
'i'' I" o1"ti'' '""'l-'' "Il " lIV SlE'il
ElI'n, ,I'It no" lIo l"LISI' "" 10 ., nI'l
!'l"I ny, ou1 ~ a,i'HIl llI5 h."' - ~. Il
INC, E1lvilI IlttS lllaI H'allo III Soiellh
Dryer IIHr grave Sohttif9 I"IiIu II;
ne nlISllI G"E" my , ohGI JACK l!oDIll-
SON score Oh IHIi'S lIau ne so WISHED,
NE Il,lg'O even nave zone LOT very re-
9i".l"oL' H",hi nri"lo ilL7 g1rH "lo
a@'hl EldHurh'u ny u "IGhI Oh Mona.
minutes nave given place TO minutes
many tunes, when, al length, a inquire
wrapped IN long cloak and WIN 4
IlGiL Wooiru shawl covering her head,
comes quickly towards nm across the