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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Tender TURKEYS.

Probably no other farm stock can be
made to yield larger return to money in
vested than turkeys. Many persons are
deferred from trying to raise them because
of tenderness of the young. There need
be little loss from this cause if certain
points are carefully observed for the first
seven or eight weeks of the poult' 5
life. These are roomy, rainproof coops
In dry sunny spot. Precautions against
vermin by busting the mother plentiful
with insect powder a few DAYS before
Matching time, and oiling her head and
neck lightly with hen fat or olive OF |.
When the young are Matched dust them
with the powder and annoint each little
head with not more than drop of the oil;
greese In quantity is injurious. Feed
four times day the first two weeks with
wheat bread dampened with sweet milk
and crumbed with hard boiled eggs, add
ing occasionally a little onion, purslane
or dandilion chopped fine. After the Sec
ond week the little turks will thrive finely
on drained sour milk curd anG baked oat-
meal, middlings or johnny cake. Do not
give sloppy food. Drink should be given
in vessels so shallow that only their bills
can get wet. Lastly. after the first week
give all the freedom possible on warm, dry
days, keeping the mother eooped but let
ting the poults run out IN pens where the
grass is kept short The ills common to
turkey babyhood may be considered over
when their heads begin TO show red. They
may then be turned out to forage for them
selves through the day, only giving feed
of grain and curd night and morning to
keep them tame and induce them to come
home to roost.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
CONDENSED NEWS.

Frances F. Emery, boot and shoe manu-
facturer. of Boston, has made an assign
ment.
An explosion occurred in Walker soap
factory in Allegheny City, Pa, seriously
injuring three men.
Wright & Schmidt, cloth dealers at
Philadelphia, assigned; liabilities eSti-
mated at S4O,O 900; assets the same.
The jury bribery cases at New Orleans
were called up in the district court aud
continued until Wednesday next.
John +. LoveJoy, the last member of the
noted abohtionist family of that name
died at Monticello, Iowa.
Ed. Callahan, well known mining
man was murdered near Salt Lake City.
He had been out with IA disreputable
woman, who was probably concerned in the
crime.
All rivers in the vicinity of Arkansas
City are flooded by recent rains and much
damage is done to crops in low lands.
Margaret Sherry and Rosa Ridell, aged
s and respectively, were instantly killed
by Chicago Il Northwestern train at
Evanston.
Further suits, growing out of the Phila-
delphia treasury matter have been begun
10y Edward W. Magill against Granville
B. Haines.
Mr. A. Mccartney, of California. was
attacked by a mob at Kansas City under
the impression that he was Schweinfurth
the Rockford reigiOniSt
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
FOOD BEFORE SLEEP.
Why Some People Are Benefited by a
lunch at Night

Some persons, though not actually sick
keep below par in strength and genera
tone, and | am of the opinion, says
writer in the Medical Journal. that fasting
during the long interval between suppe,
and breakfast, and especially the complete
emptiness of the stomach during sleep
adds greatly to the amount of emaciation
sleeplessiness, and general weakness we 81
often meet.
Physiology teaches that in the body
there is a perpetual disintegration of tbs
sue. sleeping or waking; it is therefore
logical to believe that the supply o.
nourishment should be somewhat continu
Gus.
As bodily exercise is suspended during
sleep, with wear and tear correspondence
diminished, while digestion, assimilation
and nutritive activity continue as usual
the food furnished during this period adds
more than Is destroyed, and increased
weight and improved general vigor are
the result.
All beings except man are governed by
natural instinct, and every being with a
stOm ach. except man. eats before sleep, and
even the human infant, guided by the
same instinct, drinks frequently day and
night, and if its stomach is empty for
any prolonged period it cries long and
loud.
Digestion requires no interval Of rest,
and twenty-four hours is, in quantity and
quality, not beyond the physiological
limit, it makes no hurtful difference to the
stomach how few or how short are the in
tervals between eating. but it does make
q vast difference in the weak and ENACT
ated ones welfare to have a modicum of
food In the stomach during the time Of
sleep; that instead Of being consumed by
bodily action 1t may during the interval
improve the lowered system.
| am fully satisfied that we're the weakly,
the emacia'ed. and the sleepless to nightly
take light lunch or meal Of simple. nutri-
tious food before going 10 bed for pro-
Ionged period, nine In ten Of them would
he thereby lifted into better standard Of
health. On the contrary, persons that are
too stout or plethoric should follow an OPP
T1ps1fr cor1-sp
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
FARM NOTES.

Oil meal an5 wheat bran are two mater
ials that return nearly or quite their value
to the manure.
Those who are able to produce at the
lowest cost are the ones that are usually
able to reolize the best profits.
One advantage with poultry farming is
that with good management the harvest
will come in almost every day.
1t is poor policy to ever put off the work
OF the apiary. In no business is there
greater necessity for thoughtfulness and
punctuality.
Gooseberry and current bushes should
be pruneded now. Cut out some of the
center shoots where too crowded. Cut
them close to the main stem.
A recent test showed that when forty
two cows were fed with bushel each of
ensilage day, in place of dry iced the
gain of milk the fourth das was more than
hundred pounds.
Any cultivation which disturbs the fine
roots of growing plants is an injury
Deep cultivation, therefore, after the roots
have spread through the soil should be
avoided. This applies to everything that
you grow. Clean, shallow cnltnre, and
plenty of it, should be the rule.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
FARM AND GARDEN,
RURAL JOYS.
EGBERT I. BANGS.

Choose, if you Will, the city's noise,
But leave TO Inc my rural joys.
Here let me see the tints of spring
Grow deeper on the woods that ring
With never eeasing songs of praise,
Here let NE greet the frightening days,
And, as 1 sit beneath my trees,
Where apple blossoms tempt the bees,
| envy not the sceptered king
The homage that his subjects bring.
To summer waves the ripening grain.
And clover blooms have come again.
The serried ranks of rustling maize
Hold ample store for autumn DAYS
On every acres smiling face
Some golden promise | can trace.
Beneath the vine that shades my cot,
Sweet peace and plenty bless my lot
Fast fly the long, but pleasant days,
For rural Joys and rustic ways
Till autumn mourns for summer dead.
How rich the gift the season pours,
How vast her wealth for fruitful stores,
Fit is 1t that with graceful heart,
nation set one day apart,
And strains of holy worship raise
For rural joys and peaceful days.
The resting earth, now robed in white,
No longer haunts her colors bright.
hear the sleigh bells merry chime,
And merry voices keeping time.
The frosted windows, crystal gems,
Might shine in regal diadems
And wreaths OF smoke like incense rise
From lOwly hearthstones TO the skies.
God save us all from fashions toys,
And crown our homes with rural joys
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
TO be continued.
SAFETY OF STEAMERS.
Modern Steamships Have no Fear o
storms.


Storms.
1t is not when the seas come pounding
over the bows that the captain S face
lengthens Even when 1t is necessary to
keep the passengers below, and the spray
idence in his ship is undated. His
spirits do not fall with the barometer and
though the cIowds hang low, and the air
is filed with singing moisture flying
like sleet from the kissing sea-even when
boats are torn out of the davits, and iron
bits and ventilators are snapped from
their fastenings like pipe-stems. he has
no miSgiving as to the ability of the ship
to weather the gale, or the tiercest hurrl-
cane that can blow.
Give him an open sea, without haze, or
fog, or snow, and neither wind nor wave
can alarm him He knows very well. as
all who are experienced in such matters
do that the modern steamers of the great
Atlantic lines are so carefully constructed,
and of such strength, thai the laundering
of one of them through stress of weather
alone is welI-nigh iuconceivable.
But when fog descends, then it is
that his face and manner change, and he
who has been the most sociable and gay
est of men suddenly becomes the most
anxious and taciturn. His seat at the
head of the table is vacant; look for him
and you will not find him, as in fair
weather, diverting groops of gids tucked
up in steamer-chairs on the prominade-
deck, but pacing the bridge and putting
a cigar (which apparently has not been
allowed to go out since it was lighted as
the big ship backed from her wharf into
the North River.
Wherever and whenever it occurs, fog
is source of danger from which neither
prudence or skill can guarantee immunity;
and whether the ship is slowed down or
going at full speed, there is cause for fear
while this era! blindness battles the eyes
With plenty Of sea room the danger is
least, and it increases near land, es-
pecialy where the coast is wild and broken,
like that Of Ireland and " ales. and where
there are many vessels as well as rocks
to be passed.-From Safety on the At
lantic, by William II. Rideing, in June
Scribner.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
This Is FOR REMEMBRANCE

Word passed away, but action remained.
Take pleasure in your work; a task
which seems distasteful at first sight soon
becomes pleasure.
He who fears being conquered is sure of
defeat
If you want to be unhappy commence
fretting about the future.
Whatever you dislike in another person
be sure to correct in your self.
To dread no eye and to suspect no
tongue is the great prerogative of limo
CenCe.
When a person becomes too good to
overlook the faults of the unfortunate he
makes an error which loses him 30 the
glory of his goodness.
Great is the aggregation of minuteness;
nor can its sublimity be felt truthfully by
any mind unaccustomed to the affection
ate watching of what is least.
To forgive and treat kindly our enemies
is their best reproof. and how calmly can
the conscience rest that forgives or rescues
a fallen brother or sister.
After you have weighed your neighbor
in the balance drop Il nickle of fairness
in the slot of seIf-examination and ascertain
your own moral avoirdupoiS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12

Because a man owns cows, and makes a
business Of dairying, Is no reason IN itself
that he Is qualified for making the pursuit a
success, the first requisite in that direction
is the man himself He must be quick to
note and to remove unfavorable conditions,
taking advantage Of those that are favor
able. He may or may not be familiar
with the fine points that go to make a
good milking COW, but he should thor
oughly know h. own cattle-n0t only
those that give the most milk. but which
OF them yields the richest. Accurate OBJ
ssrvation and practical common sense
viii serve him better purpose than sclen-
ufe kno Wedge, say the Indiana farmer.
He may not be able to make chemical
analysis OF the different foods provided for
his cows, but he must be able to determine
which are most concentrated and which
most bulkv-the rations must De balaI oed,
So as to give best and most economical re-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
WORCESTER AND SYRACUSE.
An Illustration of the Benefits of the Town
Meeting

hSSbAAisss
The cities of Worcester. Massachusetts,,
and Syracuse, New York. illustrate gener-
ally the differences between New England
and Middle States city governments. In
1880 the two cities were nearly equal in
population. They are both manufacture
ing cities, situated in the interior. and
surrounded by agricultural communities
In 1880 Syracuse had 90 miles of streets,
1874 miles of which were paved. The
annual cost of maintaining these highways
Worcester maintained 1877 miles of
streets, all of which were paved. The
water-works of Syracuse were owned by
private corporation, those of Worcester
by the city. Syracuse had no parks, unless
a small square or two may be thus dig
nifed; Worcester had about So acres of
parks. The drainage system of Worces-
ter was much more elaborate and perfect
than thai of Syracuse. While it cost
Syracuse from $4,000 to $4,000 a year to
clean its 81 miles of streets it cost WOr-
cester only 50, 800 to clean its 1877 miles of
streets. The police force OF Worcester
was larger and more expensive than that
of Syracuse. On an expenditure of Sl04,
1876, the New York city maintained IS
schools, in which were taught about 1000
pupils; the Massachusetts, city maintained
36 schools. and instructed 5000 children
for $780, 22. The fire department of the
one consisted of four steam-engines, one
hre-eXtlnguisher, one hOOkand ladder
truck, and FIVE hose carriages; that Of the
other had five steam-engines, II hose car
riages, one extinguisher, and three hook
and-ladder trucks. The annual cost of the
first was S31 ,588; of the second, S38, $40;
A similar story might be told of almost
any two cities taken unfortunately from
New England and from any other section
of the country. The abode of the vigil
lent citizen in the United States is in that
part of the country where the town meet
ing breeds a fine public spirit. Boston,
with all its drawbacks and limitations, is
governed with a higher regard and a
more jealous care for the rights Of pri-
vate citizens than is any other city of
its size in the Union.-From Town and
Village Government, by Henry L. Mel
son. in Harper's Magazine for June
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Counters for FREIGHT Cars.

The need of an automatic coupler for
freight-cars has been general = recognized
for probably two score years. In October,
1887, after a series of tests the Master
Car-Builders' association adopted q. stand-
ard tyne of automatic coupiers. This
type has now been adopted ard is being
applied to new freight-ca-s by railways
controlling z, 81 miles of road and 702,-
443 cars. The number Of c2rs equipped
by these companies during 1890 was So
500, and more than q 600 more have
been equipped since the beginning OF 1891.
making the total number now equipped
abor,t I0S 0l1
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12

No matter how hard the work or how
exacting the demands coming from the
fields, it will not do to neglect the pouI-
try, either old or young. The eggs will
not be forthcoming unless the same care
is maintained and the chickens will not
make growth unless regularly fed, The
though there was ample time. 1t will not
do to mix up pan of dough and set it out
the broods are hungry. If you do this
there will be dead chicks lying around the
next day, and the usual ''hard luck" will
be announced. It's eggs every morning
and chickens growing rapidly that we
want, and it will pay to attend regularly
to the wants of the laying hens
and the broods. Don't neglect the hens.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
PTgiiV StT0Hp

/e|lV SFO/tS
reasons for trying DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. In the first
place, it cures your Catarrh-
no matter how bad your case,
or Of how long standing. 1t
doesn't simply palliate - it
aires. If you believe it, so
much the better. There's
nothing more to be said.
You get it for so cents, from
all druggists.
But perhaps you won't be-
Iieve it. Then there's another
reason for trying it. Show
that you can't be cured, and
you'll get $500. It's a plain
business offer. The makers
of DR.. Sage's Remedy will
pay you that amount if they
can't cure you. They know
that they can-you think
that they can't. If they're
wrong, you get the cash. If
you're wrong, you're rid of
catarrh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
1t Worked

This is my last drink" said the i'm.
peeunious Customer, as lie opened small
paper and spr1nkled white power into
the liquid.
Stop stop" cried hall a dozen bar
room loungers, as they ran toward him
Hands of, be cried. this is my po-
ton, and he swallowed it at a drouth.
Now, bartender, you can collect your
fee from the coroner.
Don I die here. shrieked the bartend-
er. and he rushed the wretched man out
on the street, and in FIVE minutes had the
place shut up as tight as a bank
Did the man die? No, be didn't He
slid around the corner laughing.
1t worked. be chuckled; woaldn {
have believed ii, but it worked ike a mice,
and again his melIihuous Laughter hoated
on the night air. :"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12

bed her pocket-book and started to run.
For all her good sense and good muscle
she carried her portemannate in her hand.
as niue-tenthS of the gentle sex do. But
before the negro had time to get out of
reach she Sprans at him and had her
strong fingers hooked into the collar of the
ragged coat. A quick jerk threw the
negro on mis- back on the brick pavement.
Then she dropped on her knees on the
scared negro'S chest, and seizing his head
between her gloved hands she bumped 1t
up and down on the bricks till he prayed
for mercy. Then she picked up her pocket
book from where thenegro had dropped it
and went on her way home, her cheeks
very red, but the glorious light Of an
athletic victory in her blue eyes. This
particular young lady, by the way, can
jump and catch the top of the cornice
over an open door. and, clinging to it
merely by the strength of her dimpled
fingers, raise herself up till her chin is on
a level with her hands eight or nine times
without stopping.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
laundering

TIE man who bIunders is every man.
The wisest man sometimes makes a mis-
take. As an old philosopher said: IF a
man is not a fool part of the time it Is be-
the man who never makes a mistake, and
he will show man that never makes any
thing. The capacity of occasional blund-
ering is inseperable from the capacity to
bring things to pass. The only men that
are past the danger of making mistakes
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12

SUBSEQUENTLY must not be mistaken for
quality, combination Il ust be made that
will produce the requisite amount of fat.
heat and muscle. Food often stimulates
the flow of milk without adding TO its
richness. The COW owner must know that
each of his cows is giving him a paying
return, and he must see to it that ne is
saving and feeding his fodder in the best
condition and correctly, and as to whether
his methods of handling the product of
his herd are the best and most economical
Upon his ability to determine results on
these points, rests the solution of the
question as TO whether he is qualified for
successful dairyman.-Mass. Plough
man.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Don't Forget.

That anxiety is easier to bear than
sorrow.
The talent is sometimes hid in napins,
audacity never.
That good brains ar often kept in poor
looking vessel.
That the time to bury the Ratchet is be-
fore blood is found upon it,
That mistakes are often bought at big
price.
That if it were not for emergencies,
but little progress would be made in the
world.
That it is oftener better to go a good
way round than to take a short cut across
lots.
That tears shed upon a coffin will not
blot out the stains that have been cast in
life upon the stiIled heart within it
Selected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Cultivation of Corn.

A good horse, with judicious use of
horse hoe in the hands of an experienced
person, should cultivate five acres of corn
in a day, and the young corn should be
kept clean and the earth loose from the
time tine corn appears out oS ground
until it be nearly ready t The
early cultivation is the m, tant;
thin out some of the stalks too
MANY in a hill.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Humus in the Soil

Shade has influence on the formation of
humus IN the soil. On all shady and
moist places the earthworms are usually
numerous which is a sure indication of
an increase in plant food. A farmer
who left crop of clover on the ground an
on blowing it under, that the land had
greatly improved, and as he had other
benefit to the shading of the soil
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Sour Words

They indicate a sour origin. They show
that the heart is in acid state. The heareI
of such words can not but have his own.
and not very complimentary, opinion Of
the speaker.
They make the speaker himself more
sour. Words react upon those who utter
them. As kind words beget kindness,
and Increase the power of it In the soul,
so sour words increase the bad temper OF
him who uses them. They add fuel to the
fire and augment the heat.
Sour words dangerously tend to make
the hearer sour. They create an atmos-
phere which he breathes, and the virus is
likely to penetrate the soul and make him
sour too. Vinegar gives its own charac-
ter to anything it can reach. So it is not
the fault of the sour in the heart and
speech that they do not spoil all the sweet
ness that there is about them.
Sour words are all but certain 10 give
sourness to the countenance. The face is
a tell-tale of the heart, and the heart s
sourness, rising to the lips in bitter words
has wonderful power over all the features.
Look on the cyuntenance of the owner, Is
using sharp and bitter words. Do you
see as smiling June or a Sowing NOvem-
Der?
Sour words are not soon forgotten.
Sharp and piercing, they enter, like iron
into the soul. As with hooks of steel they
hang on to the memory. All that you can
recolect of some people is sour words you
have heard them use.
Now, if sour words indicate sour heart
and make the speaker more'sour, and make
hearers sour, and give a sour contenance,
and make one sourness long and painfully
remembered-there are FIVE reasons why
those words should never be found on our
lips Let the last one you have used be the
last.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
THE HOUSEHOLD.
W ait Awhile.

When life's sky is overshadowed
Dark with heavy hours of care,
Andeach vie W with gloom seems shroUde
Look around you-don't despair!
You shall yet see these discover,
See once more the sUnbeams smile,
Patience perfect work has, ever;
Wait awhile!
If some wrong or grievance clearly
Should from US demand redress.
Let us not through anger merely,
Yield 10 passions rank excess.
Hasty words have often brought Us
After-dayS of bitter trial,
And this maxim wise has taught us
Wait awhile!
Don't, when idle tongues are telling
RumOrs false for auCht you know,
Be too quick to aid them, swelling
Scandalous reports that grow,
Oft though ISLANDERS hartleSs,e
Virtues self is counted bile,
Better give each one hearing
Wait awhile!
Shun contention. All our pleasures
Flee when angry passions rise!
Wisdom councils prudent measures,
Calm debate alone is wise,
Oh, how many times exempted
We might be from sorrows trial,
If We would when rashly tempted,
Wait awhile!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Food for Pigs.

If properly apportioned with other food
little skim milk goes long way in keep.
ing a litter of pigs in good thrift. The
old rule was one breeding sow to each
COW, adding a little oil meal to replace the
cream. and wheat middling3 with dish
water for extending it. makes feed that
is nearly as good as milk from the mother
sow. When the pigs grow large they can
be fed other grains, especially oatmeal,
which is nearly as good as milk for pigs to
make growth.