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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
CHAPTER MI.

THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAVE A
STRANGE NOISE - DISAPPEARANCE AND
REAPPEARANCE OF FAN-APPGOPRIATION
OF THE HALL-BAD wEATHER-NAMES BE
SLOWED UPON THE DIFFERENT PLACES ON
CHAIRMAN ISLAND-THE GOVERNOR OF
THE COLONY.
All attempt to discover another cave in
the cliff having proved unavailing. the
immediate necessity of a Store-house
caused the lads to return To their original
plan of enlarSing the French Cave by
hewing out other rooms IN the cliff
In granite such an undertaking would
certainly have been unpracticable, but in
soft rock like this it was not likely to prove
a very ditliCuit task Baxter had already
succeeded in enlarging the entrance to
the cave, and fitting in one of the doors
from the yacht, and on the right and the
left of this entrance two narrow windows,
or rather openings, had been made in the
face of the cliff, thus enabling the light
and AIR to enter more freely.
a severe storm had been raging for near.
IL a week, but thanks to its situation the
French Cave had proved au excellent shell
ter from the heavy winds. and being vtr-
tually prisoners by reason of the weather.
the lads could devote themselves to the
work of charging their quarters. 1t was
on the 2tth OF May that they began, ana 1t
was the right wall of the cave that they
first attacked with pick and shovel
by digging diagoually," suggested
Brian, I'VE shall perhaps reach the face
Of the cliff fronting on the lake aud thus
secure another entrance 20 our quarters,
so Il gales should prevent as from going
1t on one side we could 90 out o1 the
other, which would certainly be great
advantage"
The distance from the east wall OF the
cliff did not exceed forty or fifty feet, and
they decided to first dig a narrow tunnel.
which could be subsequently en- arged TO
the desired breadth and height all the
way. If need be, or only at the furtl er end.
For three days the work made rapid
progress, the rock proving soft, 50 soft, in
deed. that il was necessary to strengthen
the tunnel with wooden supports, and
when the weather would permit Gordon
and two or three other lads occupied them
selves in completing the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of the raft. in order that the timbers of
which it was composed might be used for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Practical Life.
New York Advocate

Daily and hourly we meet questions that
demand an immediate answer - questions
that relate to food and raiment, to the
hand-to-hand conflict with earthly neces-
sites. Preplexities arising from these
sources are sometimes the occasions of
greatest perils TO Christian faith. Many
a soul has overcome in spiritual combat,
only to fail before the enemy assaulting
him through outward and visible circum-
stances. They have forgotten that Christ
is their Lord in material good as well as
in spiritual. They have failed to follow
him In principles revealed for practical
life, and have regarded Christ Saviour
only in spiritual things. One has former
ly said He that foIloweth me shall not
walk IN darkness That saying has a
lower and higher fulfilIment. In the lower
1t refers to practical life and its perplex-
tiles. Nobody who has not tried it would
believe how many difficulties are cleared
out of mans road 10y the simple act of
trying to follow Christ. No doubt there
will still remain obscurities enough as to
what we ought to do to call for the best
exercise of patient wisdom; but an enor-
nous proportion of them vanish like mist
when the sun looks through, when once we
honestly set ourselves to find out where
the pillared Light is guiding. 1t is a re-
Iuctant will and intrinsic hkings and dis
likings that obscure the way for US, much
oftener than real ohscurity in the way
itself. 1t is seldom impossible to discern
the divine will when we only wish to know
1t that we may do it. And if ever it is
impossible for US, surely that impossibility
is like the cloud resting on the tabernacle
"a sign that for the present His will is
that we should be still and wait and
watch"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Root Grating.

Tn preference of nurserymen for root
grated apple trees comes from the fact
that by taking very small pieces of roots
they can multiply stock of new varieties
much more rapidly than by top grating
where young tree, however, when large
makes only a single stock. Root grating
is also largely done in winter or at other
times when outdoor work is impossible
The young natural feeding makes at first
unusually large growth the the first year
or two Here the advantages of top graft
ing end The root grated tree, from the
fact tn t its roots are more compact,
bears transplanting better and in few
years the variety is on roots of its own, so
as to insure a growthof the tree
above ground. Old top-grafted trees US
ually show where the union was made
with larger growth either above or below
it. and if the top is less vigorous, the
trunk below is filed with suckers produc-
ed by sap for which there is no other out
let.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
| The Secret of Good Climbing is in Trusting
| the Feet as W ell as the Head.

The secret of the climbing Of the HINT
ers is that they trust their feet as much
as their hands. To plant their nailed
shoe is all that they ask in any place.
They go steadily hut slowly, and rest
often, So as to avoid climbing when ex-
hausted or GREATNESS. A tired or winded
man will tumble, slip, and be in danger
where he would pass easily when fresH.
The apprentice in this particular hunt
found the greatest difficulty in crossing a
chaos. A chaos is a steep slope covered
with blocks of stone ranging from hun
dred pounds to many tons. There are ugly
holes, big and little, between them.
Their edges are generally sharp; to the
rapid passer, as he looks down at his feet,
they appear, without exception, very
sharp. In addition, some of them are
.'wobblers." The dufer passed several
unpleasant quarters of an hour in follow
ing the hunter, excited by the proximity
of game. over these places, and will al
ways carry on his leg a souvenir of one of
them.-From lizard Hunting In the Span
ish Pyrenees, by Paul Van Dyke, il July
Sarihppr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Lack of Tact.

1t never pays to criticise your custom.
ers. What may be demanded of the
School-teacher is out os place in the sales
man. There was a Scotchman once, il is
said, who cleared his way to preferment
by systematic "booing" as he called il.
The young man described below very likely
lost his position if his smployer over
heard the conversation;
Have you any large sized gentleman
gloves - ne asked.
How large sized Il gentleman ?" in
qulred the salesman, with a smile Of
frosty, Bostonian severity.
Large enough, | think. sir" replied
the customer, moving away, ito walls
without any help % some other store
where the clerks are not classical"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
STAFF.
This Comparatively New Material to be
Used in the Worlds Frir Buildings

Thirty thousand tons or two thousand
carloads of staff will be used in the con.
struction of the main buildings of the ey-
position. 1t has been decided that all of
the buildings will be faced with this ma
terial. Staff was invented in France about
1876, and first used in the buildings of tae
Paris exposition in 1878. 1t is composed
chiefly of powdered gypsum, the other con-
stituents being o!umnia, glycerine and
dextrine. These are mixed with water
without heat, and cast in molds in any de-
sired shape and allowed to harden. The
natural color is a murkey white, but other
colors are produced by external washes
rather than by additional ingredients. To
prevent brittleness the material is cast
around a coarse cloth, bagging or oakum.
The casts are shallow-like and about half
an Inch thick. They may be in any form
in imitation of cut stone, rock, faced
stone, holdings of the most delicate
designs. For the lower portions of
the walls the material is mixed with
cement, which makes it hard. Staff is
impervious to water, and is a permanent
building material, although its cost is less
than one-tenth that of marble or granite.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
NATIONALITY IN ART.
Modern Art is Essentially Cosmopolita


The men most prominent in American
art to-day are, in the majority, of Partisan
training, so much so that the most famil-
lar reproach directed against their work is
that it lacks national character. That this
criticism, if applied to period of transi-
ton has a basis of truth is undeniable,
for nothing is more natural than that the
first steps in any career should be directed
10y the influences which have presided
over preparatory studies But if we take
ten wears to be the shortest period in
which a young painter on his return from
Europe can gain foothold here, it will
be found at the end of that time that,
subjected to the various influences of the
intellectual and material life of his native
country, he has taken on more of cur ma
tional characteristics than he IS given
credit for Modern art is essentially cos
mopolitan, and as nations obey the iron
rule of the general average, so in art
the general characteristics become fused
and blended until they are questions of de-
tail more than fundamental construction.
Paris fin de steele has keen eye for de-
tail, however, and we may depend upon 1t
that, measured by its standards, the exhi-
bition by our painters may be found want
ing in many things rather than In the
personality which results from race and
temperament modified by conditions of en-
vironment.-From The Point of View, v
in July Scribner
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Summer Feeding.

In some parts where drouth has prevail
ed, meadows and pastures are short. 1t is
not too late to SOW Millit Hungarian to
provide substitute for hay, which will
be short next winter. The grass being
deficient, it is better policy just now to let
the stock remain on the regular pasture
ground and feed daily some of the new hay
for the next six weeks until the grass is
grown out well on the meadow. Only in
extreme cases should the stock be permit
ted to Craze the meadows, however, and
then it should be limited to a few weeks
only, removing in ample time to allow a
good growth of aftermath for protection
against frost. The millet and fodder-corn
can take the place of hay in winter. There
is no good business policy in the idea that
"a given space of grazing ground should
keep the stock till snow falls. To make
profitable growth the animals must be fed
enough to more than support life. Neg
ect of feed breaks up all the improved
qualities in the live stock and is likely to
break the owner. There is only one right
way. Economy is the right use of feed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
FARM NOTES.
Chicago News

Keep the stables clean and let the nor ses
and cows have a good bed
Provide a regular supply of salt for the
COWS. Let them help themselves,
Don't forget the hen he uses this month.
The lice and all sorts of vermin will take
possession if you are not on the lookout
for them.
The annual product of sheep, requir,
ing one acre of land for its sustenance,
should be-in fleece and lamb-from five
dollars to ten dollars This is better than
much cultivated land pays, ard with less
labor and expense.
The more thought and care a far mel
gives to live stock-eatte particularly
the better his general farming is sure tc
be. Horses are sometimes petted and
given extra care by poor and shiftless
farmers, but rarely take much pains with
cows
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
The Cow at Milking Time.

A dairyman writes that if the COW
switches her tail and annoys you while
milking it is sign she is annoyed. Per
haps her teats are sore from scratches Of
briars, or so full of milk as to make hand
ling painful, or perhaps your hat brim
touches her TANKS occasionally, and she
switches her tail to flick OF the fly she
thinks is there. Or, again maybe there
are flies biting her. Find out what is the
matter, for no COW will do its pest when il
is nervous and annoyed during milking
time. A handful of crushed tansy rubbed
on the ANIMAL will keep off flies, or dip a
sponge in sopy water to which little
kerosene has been added and thoroughly
mixed and sponge the cows legs with
it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Good Thoughts When Alone.

Keep up your spirits by thoughts. En-
Joy the pleasant company of your best
friends, but in all employment be temper
ate. Learn the art to be preferred before
all others of being happy when alone
which consists in the encoura gement of
good hopes and rational pursuits-in lead
ing an industrious life, and in having con-
stantly before you some subject of attain
ment. In your converse with the world
be ever careful for the sake of peace, to
speak i'll of no one. treat your known enemy
with civility and to shut your ears against
evil reports of all kinds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
NJ DISTURB in Cheese.

Any discovery which would enable us to
determine the exact amount of moisture
would be boon for cheese makers, says
the Rural World. As shown with the hot
iron, the curd should contain forty-eignt
per cent. of moisture when there are fine
threads on the iron. When taken from
the press the cheese should have thirty,
eight per cent. of moisture and when well
cured thirty three per cent. An excess OF
moisture tends to carry on fermention; a
reduction to lesson it. A low temperature
leaves soft, pasty cheese, according tc
the degree of heat. Putrefactive fermen.
tation must be avoided 1t is the greatest
dread of the cheese maker.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Two childish hands are clasping mine tonight.
And tender voices I'LL the evening air:
near the sound of eager little feet
And see face most wonderously fair
The memories that fill nv heart tonight
Are heavy with the weight of bygone pain;
i've agaIn the years that now are dead,
And have my darling close TO me again.
Each heart Its lonely bitterness knows best
And God in justice judges each and all:
He holds US in the hollow of His hand
And hears however FAINT cry or cali
Then when at last pass beyond the mist
INTO the land where shadows are no more,
need no words 10 tell that over there
My darling waits to lead me gently ore.
lis looking do INWARD that make one
dizzy
Ii there is death in your heart there
will be death in your life
1t Is well TO think well; it is divine to
act well.-Horace Mann
The evil that is most dangerous is that
one that looks most harmless.
The only joys which live and grow are
those which are shared with others.
That virtue which requires to be ever
guarded Is scarce worth the sentinel
Colds NTH
1t Is not so much the being exempt
from faults as the having overcome them
that is an advantage 10 US.
Spend as much time in counting your
blessings as you do in worrying over your
troubles and will soon be rich.
Endeavor to make the work as easy as
possible. Lives have been worn out by
unnecessary toll caused perhaps by lack
of system or lack of thought.
lmpetuous fathers and mother, who
have no more 'ntrol of their tempers thar
Niagara has of its waters, get madden
than March haTes if their children show q
simil-r disposition, as if thorns could beal
figs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
FARM AND HOME.
DREAMING OF HOME.

II comes to me often in silence,
When the freight sputters low
When the black uncertain shadows
Seem wrsiths of the long ago:
ALWAYS with throb of heartache
That thrills each pulsiye vein,
Comes the old, unquiet longing,
For the peace of home again
I'm sick of the roar of the cities,
And of faces cold and strange;
! know where there's warmth of welcome,
And my yearning faneies range
Back to the dear old homestead,
With an aching sense of pain,
But there'll b. JOY in the coming,
When go home again.
When go home again, There's music
That never may die away,
And it seems the hands of angels,
On mystic harp TO play,
Have touched with yearning sadness
On a beautiful broken strain,
To which is my fond heart wording
When go home again.
Outside of my darkening window
Is the great worlds crash and din,
And slowly the autumn shadows
Come drifting, drifting in,
Sobbing, the night wind urmurs
70 the splash of the autumn rain;
But l dream of tine glorious greeting
When l 60 home again.
Chicago News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
RETURNED THE CARDS
Singular Experience. of a Chaplain Will
In the ARMY

singular Experience. of a Chaplain While
In the Army.
had rather a remarkable experience
while | was chaplain of the army" 70
marked one of the ministers at the pas.
tors union.
What was it?"
Il had been working and talking to the
boys about gambling and thew finally tprn.
ed all the cards in the camp over to me.
The next day they were paid off. The
following day | was passing out and saw a
blanket spread out wi n two humps of sugar
on the corner and about half the money in
the camp spread out.
They were betting On which hump OF
sugar a fly would first light. aud all the
money on the blanket changed hands as
the result
What did YOU say to the boys?"
. said; Here boys, come get your
cards.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Running Out.

If our farms are running out" such
should not be the case. In England,
where the soil has been cultivated for cen
turtles, the land is richer today than ever
before. This is due to the farms being
small and wel-manured Every square
foot of land in England is mtde to Yield
something, if used for farming, and the
aim is always to add more plant food than
the crop removes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
The Best Ensilage.

The best ensilage is made from corn
planted thin enough to mature Its leaves
in the sunlis ht, and such will produce ears
if given time enough. The more grain that
goes into the silo the richer the ensilage.
But the small early varieties of corn will
give too little material for profit. A
larger, later variety that will grow ears
nearly glazed before the season for frost,
gives the best satisfaction to the owners of
silus,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

than one having : harsh skin and coarse.
stiff hair. The shrewd breeder or feeder
pays much attention to the skin and hair
OF cattle This is the point that tire Col
Inns Bros, who developed the Shorthorn,
thought highly important. and their sue
cess demonstrated that their opinions were
entitled to much consideration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Looking at Both Sides.

my SON" said preacher to his nine
year-o!d boy, II wish you would always,
if possible. select, as your most intimate
com panion, boy that is above yourself,
so that you may be made better by his as
ISOLATION with YOU" After little
thought the boy replied well, but how
about the other boy?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Entitled to the Resr.

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy. so every family should
have, at once, a bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, To cleanse the sys.
tenn when coStiye or bilious. For sale in
SOC and Sl.O0 bottles by all leading drug
CiSts
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Young mothers who regain strength but
slowly, should bear in mind that natures
greatest assistant is Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t has no rival as
thousands testify.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Members OF the Congressional party OF
Chilli, accuse the police, who are surveying
under the Balmaceda administration, 81
throwing imitation bombs at the ministers
so as to afford pretext for the arrest of IN,
Congressional agitstors.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

For &c. stamp, sent with address to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass,
ladies will receive free, beautiful illustrat
ed book, "Guide TO Health and Etiquette"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

At Piney Creek some few miles south
of Altoona, Ia, Robert Calbert was drilling
out blast when it exploded The sixteen.
foot drill was driven through his breast
lie lived but twenty minutes after the acct.
dent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Gas l was goln' down our alley,
met s cullard gal named Sally,

The principal of compressed paper car
wheels. which are so widely used thorough
ont the world, is applied in France to the
manufacture of pulleys for power. transmits
SIGN. The pulleys are said to be very
light, cheap and servicable In every re-
spect-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Established 1893

Dresses, Gcnts's Clothing, Feathers, Gloves,
ir., Dyed or Cleaned. Plush Garments
steamed at otto Pictch's Dye Works, 246
". Water St, Milwaukee. Send for Circu-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

James A. Simmons has been sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary for embezzle-
ment of the funds of the Sixth National
bank of New York.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
POLIO.

THE Hebrews say, "Wheu the tale OF
bricks is doubled Moses comes" For every
burden some relief exists. Weary house
keepers often find relief in the use of SA-
POLIO.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Joshua Guest, at one time a prominent
Denver attorney, and recently of Chicago
committed suicide at Akron, o., while in 8
fit of dependency.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

s. X. COBURN, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes
II find Halls Catarrh Cure a valuable rem.
edy." Druggists sell it, I5c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

1t is denied that the strike of the Paris
bakers is general. In several of the large
bakeries a number of men are at work
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Rowell, alias Kellogg, the confidence man
who swindled Jacksonville, Fla, bankers
out of 1000, has been arrested al Lansing,
Mich, after a three weeks chase and taken
back to Jacks onyille for trial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
The Mrnng Hymn Hook.

A Baptist minister tells in substance
this good story, which throws a dark
shadow. not upon himself, but upon the
reputation of I, coIored representative of
his church:
Sam, negro preacher, began rehgi-
Gus service by reading some lines from a
book he held l.. his hands. Turn. said
he. ito page 76-page 76- and sing, wild
de voice and de understan en-, hymn on
page rs:
GAS l was goin' down our alley,
met cullard gal named Sally,
mo. brederen. | must have made mis-
take; try hymn on page 81. I'll read de
fuSt two lines of de hymn on page 81:
sShoo, ay, don't bo6der me,
blong 10 Company d.
Now, dat don't sound 'zactly right. |
nebber heered such hymn sung in dis
church bleeve de Baptizz cullard brud-
der. who's locust preacher. and who met
me His evening in de dark, stole my .hefo-
dist hymH-book, and pat his Bdptizs
hypin-book IN de place Of it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

The celebrated DR.. Powell, formerly of
Lacrosse, has permanently located in ST.
Paul. Mimi.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Judge Bartlett, of New York, has made an
order dissolying the sugar trust and az.
pointing receivers for the various com
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

1t has been shown that if the sun was a
burning sphere of solid coal it could not
last six thousand years