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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
WALKING.
How y GU May Learn to Walk Easily and
With Noble Bearing

Americans are bad walkers, says a
writer in the New York World. 1t is rare
to ind an exception, even in our army.
Among the Europeans, and the aborigines
of our own continent, a noble mein is not
uncommon. | understand the causes of
TINS ugly defect among our people, and my
present purpose Is to call attention to it.
and to point out the remedy.
In English and French books on the mil
tary drill and physical training whole
chapters discuss the subject of walking.
Weare told that this or that part of the
foot must touch the ground frst-that the
angles must be SO and so, etc. | will not
say this advice is not all right, but | will
say that very few have been helped by
it.
Look at good walker. Shoulders.
head and hips drawn well back and the
chest thrown forward, What firm. Wig
orous tread! Such walk NAV be secured
by carrying a weights upon the head. An
iron crown has been devised for this pur-
pose. 1t consists of three crowns one
within the other, each weighing about
nine pounds. One or all three may be
worn at a time.
The water carriers of Southern Europe.
although belonging to the lowest class,
have noble bearing. Certain negroes in
the south who tote burdens upon the
head as a business, can readily be pointed
cut in crowd. The effort required to
keep the burden directly over the spine so
.velops the muscles of the back and neck
that in the absence of the burden, the
head is carried in noble, erect atti-
tude.
By carrying one of these crowns upon
the mead half an hour two or three times
q day while walking IL the garden or
through the hall of the house, one may
soon become a fine walker. One-tenth of
the time occupied in learning to play
few tunes on the piano, given to the exer-
else would insure any girl noble carriage.
The crown is not necessary. ANY weight
which does not press upon the very crown
Of the head, but about, will answer the
purpose equally well
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
FILTERED PHILOSOPHY.

The man who is always thinking of him
self seldom has any collaborateus.
What's the use of trying to convince the
young man in love that he will love again?
If all people knew what they were talk
ing about, there wouldn't be nearly so
much said as there is now.
1t is very hard to believe sometimes
that man can be doing a thing right
when he is notsdoing it our way.
1t is easy to tell when man is fatter
ing your neighbor, but it isn't so easy to
decide when he Is ttattering you.
The man who goes to the theatre once
year Is the man who complains most loud
ly about the Nuisance of the thelter bat.
We are all apt to complain about the
arrogance and oppression of wealth, but it
would be different, in most cases, if it
were our wealth.
Pride of ancestry never seems so foolish
to any one else as it does to people who
can hardly remember who their grand
fathers were.
1t is the fashion now for friends to send
cups TO young lady when it is announc
ed that she is engaged. 1t seems as if
spoons would be more appropriate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
FARM NOTES.

Ia breeding to improve The poultry it is
very necessary that the male used should
be as good as can be obtained.
Surplus corn or potatoes in the hill is
just as badas weeds and should be treated
as much.
If you have no other litter throw dry
earth on the floor of the pig-pen. The
pigs should always have dry clean place
at night.
Glover, remember, is the best balanced
food of any of the hays" Good corn
fodder and good clover hay, fed together,
are first class for the production of but
ter.
The best bred animals are the most
costly, but they bring the hest prices when
stock Is to be sold. Quality is factor
that cannot be overlooked.
Old strawberry beds should be plowed
as soon as the berries are picked off if
the bed does not longer yield well, and
crop of of late potatoes may be grown on
it, which will serve to kill out the weeds
and grass.
Hens like seclusion. They do better
when contented. 1t is best to darken the
place selected for nest. Even though
secluded dark nest gives her but little
chance to see about her, hence she will
remain more quiet
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
Corn Roots.

Corn roots do not run deeply and cannot
be made to by any way of cuitivating. The
plant loves the warmth, and so the whole
tendency of cultivation is to keep as near
the surface as possible and destroy the
weed, the old fashioned practice of run
ing common pillow, turning a furrow
from the middle to the rows, was injurious
in two ways. 1t left the center of the
rows bare, where more of the feeding roots
are found, and piled earth against the
stalks, rotting the brace roots on which
they depend for support against winds
Even if only two or three inches of earth
are thrown against the stalks it is injur-
ious. 1t is more III proportion to the size
of the plant than the two or three feet of
earth piled around large fruit trees, which
almost invariably kills them. Besides,
the fruit tree roots are often found two or
three feet below the surface, showing that
it is not the depth of the earth that kills
the tree, but its inability to suddenly adapt
itself to the new conditions. It is certain
that corn, which makes its entire growth
including ripening, IN a hundred days Or
little more, cannot adapt Itself to new con-
diuOns so readily as can trees that have
remained in the same position several
years. Hence, in cultiyating corn, especial
ly after midsummer, scratch the surface
rather than dig deeply, and leave the sur
face as nearly level as possible.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

Some Modern Writers Masters of Pure,
Elegant English.
New YorB Sun.

By common consent Cardinal Newman
is the great master of a pure, idiomatic,
luminous elegant English style. Mr.. Ma
thew Arnold is also worthy to be classed
in the same category, Mr.. Thackeray
wrote a style of inimitable beauty, terse
lucid, witty. Nathaniel Hawthorne has
command of a wonderful vocabulary and
most suggestive and surprising style. He
was also of excellent taste and felicity
in the construction of his sentences. The
late DR.. Ripley so long the literary critic
of the Tribune, wrote in a full, round and
informing style. MIR. George Bancroft,
the historian of the United States, en-
pIoyed an animated, picturesque, original,
yet never redundant style. 4 beautiful
style, simple, classic, unaffected is that of
the great DR.. Charming, vino played so
important a part in this country fifty
years ago. HIS writing was replete with
high and unaffected moral sentiment,
the very reverse of the phariseeisn so often
displayed by some modern writers. The
noble style of John Fiske will repay study,
and it is seen in its best estate in the
Excursions of an Evolutionist" Andrew
Lang is master Of an enviable style, as
every one will declare who know his
Letters to the Dead" The story of
Henry James is subtle, natural, and en-.
gaging. Robert Louis Stevenson employs
a style that is sometimes uneven, but is
often great.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

why we have hung so desperately to audi
BILE words. If a man is TO be perfected
he Will no longer have anything to conceal,
and then he will set himself to find a way
to complete an adequate Self-revelation.
1t will probably be discovered that suca
revelation Is not nearly so abtruSe and
arduous problem as it might now ap-
pear.
Two methods at once suggest themselves
one physical, the other meta physical.
The former Is related to the sign langu-
age, coarse and primitive version of
which Is practlSed by Savages and unedu
Gated persons. But the true sign language
Is tar more subtle and comprehensive
thing than the most quick witted Indian
or Italian ever dreamed of. The signs
must be made not by gestures of arms.
hands, shoulderS-not in short, by
muscular movementS-out by the finest,
most delicate pulSations and coutractions
OF the nerves of the face. especially those
surrounding the ewes and mouth. Our
faces are now so stiff and rigid, thanks to
long training with view to making them
opaque masks instead of the transparent
indicators they were intended to be, that
we have almost entirely lost control OF
these exquisite nerves. But we may still
observe in infants and young children.
and mauy imagine what they might be-
come were they educated through several
generations.
By the face, eyes and mouth. and by al
most lnSenslble modi6c ,tionS Of the pose
OF the body, a language could be develop
ed, which, to the eyes educated to read it,
would be as swift anu comprehensive as
hight itself, and Of course entirely indie
pendent of the nationality of the con.
municautS. Nor would it fail 10 express
anything that required expression. for. as
the human mind becomes deeper and
lottler, 1t Will cease to occupy itself with
numberleSS unimportaut and hfeless
trlvIalltleS that now distract and confuse
1t, and all thought will be based upon
emotion, and will have respect to eudS Of
life and use.
The metaphysical method is, of course.
what we have begun TO cali telephy or
thought tranSference. The principle of
thought uansfereuce seems pretty well
established; and, if it really be a fact,
there are no apparent limits to its future
development. One person may, at will
and to ali intentS and purposes. become
another, so far as what the thinking and
feeling are concerned; and distance in
space need be no bar to intercommunica-
ton. But this language-if language it
can be called-SeemS almost too imme-
dlate and direct for general use: it is
agreeable to use a medium, however fine;
and | am disposed to think that the face
language, as above indicated, will be the
language of the future.
JULIAN HAwTHORNE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
NORWAY AND HAWAII.
The Signs of the Times Indicate That These
Two Countries are Approaching Repucli-
can Forms of Government.
Pittsburg Dispatch

Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the most significant signs of the
times is the quiekness with which the
minds Of the people dissatisfied with a
monarchy accept the possibility or re-
public Not so very long ago when hered-
ftary ruler proved unsatisfactory, the ex-
treme length to which his subjects went
was to dispose him and put another-gen-
eral Of the same family-in his place. The
idea that one of the people might
prove a better head had not found general
acceptance. Then change came. Grad
uiy the benefits of popular form OF gov
eminent, as exemplifed In this country,
became apparent, and now when change
is discussed the tendency is to break
away from royal traditions. The most re-
cent instances of this are given by wholly
Gissimilar countries-Norway and Hawaii
The people of the former have begun to
think their Importance Is dwarfed by con-
junction with Sweden, the king of which
also rules over Norway. Their desire for
distinct place among nations does not,
however, lead them to regard king of
their own as desirable, but 1t has led them
to discuss the practicibility OF founding a
republic; and while no definite action has
yet been taken, the idea that they can gov
ern themselves is becoming firmly liked IN
the brains of the Norwegians. The other
country, Hawaii, according to latest adj
vices, il in a state of ferment, and the peo-
pie are cIamoring for a republic. They
evidently had enough of royalty under the
good-natured but financially reckless Kala-
kaua, and believe they are able TO take
care of themselves. In both cases the
people are right. The Norwegians are
noted for good, sound, common-sense, in
dustry and thrift, and as separate and
republican nation their country would soon
rauk high The people of Hawaii can
also greatly improve the standing of their
country among the nations of the earth
by adopting popular form of government.
And both IN time, longer or shorter, ac-
cOrding to circumstances, will make the
change. The rulers by divine right have
had their day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

against the plant with hoe, it is further
drawn around each plant by the hand firm
enough TO keep the leaves In an upright
position and prevent them from spread
ing. This being done, more soil is drawn
against the row, either by the pIow or
hoe, as circumstances require. so as to
keep the plant in an upright position.
The blanchine process, however. must be
finished by the spade, which is done by
digging the soil from between the rows.
snd bankingi it clear up to the top on each
sidesof the row of celery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
4 Ilnnlnr- Elnn

In Ashbury Park the other day clap of
thunder startled the town by reason of its
almost unparalleled loudness. 1t did moi
rumble; it sounded like the discharge of
great cannon. One lady saw the source
Of all that noise, and this is how she de
scribes it. She was closing a window
when there fell through the air a red ball
not twice as big as an average sized Flori-
da orange. 1t was fiery red. 1t burst
when it was close to the ground, and there
flew into the surrounding air myriad
darts and shafts of many colored fame
precisely, she says, like what one sees
when irework bomb goes off. Then came
the bang.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
n. land that is to turn it over upon it.

don. "and that is to turn it over upon its
back"
But howl" replied Service. THE thing
weighs at least three hundred pounds, and
we shall never be able"
Quick, some spars, some sparsp' replied
Brian, and followed by Moko he rushed
back to the ''Sloughi'' at the top of hii
speed.
The turtle was now not more than thir.
ty yards from the sea, so Gordon hastily
pulled Costar and Dole off the animals
back, then Selling the rope they all pulled
as hard as they could without retardin2
its progress in the least. however. for il
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
FARM AND HOME.
THE CROPS WE'RE GOING To RAISE
MORTIMER C. BROWN

Full many golden harvest tine
This good old earth has seen,
slnce first our parents wandered forth
Ger natures fields TO CLEAN:
But all things take a roSier tint
Seen through the futures haze
And ne er have crops been gathered
Like the crops we're goingto raise.
We plew and sow, We reap and NOW,
AND hope ever for the best,
lhe fruit STA ks grow meath summers glow
And soft winds from the west;
ana II oy reason OF dTouth or blight
\ scanty yield repays.
Hope blltheiy bids us keep in sight
The crops we're going TO raise.
u he barley this years rather short
And the oats a triie thin,
But next We'll try better sort
And early get them in;
Wen lower The pillow another inch,
And we II put in longer days,
And We II rob hard times of their bitter pinch
With the crop we re going 10 raise. =
Oh, blessed thing is the voice of hope;
As she whispers in our ear,
Sweet promise OF a better time
That VIII come mayhap next year;
AND as we journey toward the light
OF the yellow sunset haze,
God keep forever from drought an blight
Inc crops were going TO raise.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

Had a RrpnIar Picnic

Jim" said south end sid, wish
you'd been down to our house last
night"
''Wot yer bavet.
A regular picnic.
''Wot was it?"
Papa came home in the iollesit humor
Ma was just tickled to death that the old
man was so happy. He had three police
men with him
'Aw, git out, there's nothing funny in
all that"
But you hain't heard the funniest
part -
"Well?"
Ma didn't know till they were gone
that he was drunk, then she went for his
wind, he countered on her nose: she led for
his eye aud fell short; she got in right
hand swing on his jaw and he went down.
and finally pap was knocked out On, it
was Jolly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
The Thrifty Farmer.

The small farmer everywhere is gen.
EARLY doing better than the large farmer.
That this is true may easily be proven by
inquiry into the relative prosperity OF the
4O-acre farmer and the 100 acre farmer
IN your own neighborhood. Which is
hurdened with the laest debt in proportion
to the total value of his land? Which is
procuring, the best profit upon his capital
and the largest money yields per acre
and winch gets the most satisfaction out of
the business of agriculture? One trouble
is that we have been too grasping in re-
gard to land, and have acquired more than
we could handle to the best advantage.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

If any repairs or alterations are to be
made in the barn before hay ing there is no
time to lose. Many farmers would do
well with a silo, and 1t could be completed
IN rainy weather in haying, and later
if the framework was placed before hay
ing commences. James Cheesman saws he
would use iron rods for bracing the frame
if there was any likelihood OF having
heavy strain sidewise.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
IN A POCK Eft.
The story of Model and How She Came to
Pose.

at was in Paris. | had to raise some
cash. Knew another girl that was a model
and she told me all about 1t. | went with
her to an artisan American too-and
agreed to pose for him. When he first
asked me TOTO pose, objected. He tried
to argue. | said it was no good. Then |
got red. | knew | got red. | felt it.
Then | wanted to run away and then | re-
pented.
Eventually he got me to show him Just
a little bit of my nuck-not as much as a
society girl shows in evening dress, not
half as much. He admired it so much that
| began to stop feeling mortified. Posed
a little more for him, in fact; let not an
artist; but if ever you do become one and
you want to break in a new model you Just
begin with the neck.
Its the same with all of US girls. If
one will pose for neck and shoulders you
can easily make her pose for her bust; and
if you can only coax a girl into posing her
bust you can make her pose as Venus tax
ing sun bath, for the asking. Nothing
makes a new model so nervous as posing
her upper figure and no one knows the
reason. All that one has to do to pursuade
her to overcome that little nervousness and
the rest. Pouf, The rest is nothing
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
Sheep tor NJ luton.

The mutton breeds of sheep are rapidly
reaching high place in the estimation of
sheep raisers. A Colorado farmer states
that he can cut the wool off the backs of
his sheep, throw it away, and then make
his sheep pay better than cattle. One mis-
take made 10y the farmer is that of keep
ing sheep principally for wool. Mutton is
much more profitable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
CHAPTER VII.

THE BIRCH FoREST-FRoM THE SUMMIT OF
THE CLIFF THROUGH TIE FOREST a
DUKE CREEK-CoNPANY FOR THE NIGHT
THE DESERTED HUT-wATER-FAN'S DIS
COVERY.
Brian, Donovan, Wilcox, and Service
left the yacht about seven o'clock the next
morning. The sun, rising majesticslly in
a cloudless sky, announced one of those
beautiful days with which the month of
October sometimes delights the inh.bit-
ants of north temperate zones. 1t would
be neither hot nor cold, and if any obstacle
occurred to retard or check the progress OF
the young explorers, it would be due &c
the nature of the soil. Gordon had advised
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

In certain school, during tie parsiuc
lesson, the word ''walf'' occurred In a
sentence The youngest, who was up, a
bright-eyed little fellow, puzzled over the
word for few minutes. and then bright
idea struck him. Il can parse it; positive,
walf; comparative, wafer; superlative,
sealing way"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
THE KITCHEN.
JACKSON CAKE

JACKSON CAKE.
One eupful of butter. three eupfuls of
sugar, one cupful of sour milk, five cup
fuls OF flour, one teaspoonful Of soda dis
solved IN the milk, one egg, spices to suit
taste, and eurrantS.
VEAL OUTLETS.
Take two pounds of veal and divide it
into outlets of one size. d.; these into
beaten yclks of eggs, then cover them with
Dread crumbs mixed with cayenne. salt and
little nutmeg and the peel of half a
lemon chopped as fine as possible, fry them
delicate brown IL butter, serve with
green peas.
FIG PUDDING.
Soak two teacupfuls bread crumbs in a
pint OF milk In which is dissolved a pinch
OF soda. Add half teacupful chopped
suit, half teacupful sugar and three we'll
beaten eggs When well mixed stir in six
hgs cropped very fGe. To be eaten hot
with rich sauce, or with butter and sugar
stirred to cream.
WHITE SOUP.
Pare and boil in salted water three
large potatoes, then mash them, add to
them halt a pound of good butter, salt,
pepper and little sage; scald three pints
OF milk, and to this add little chopped
onion, put the mashed potatoes into d
tureen, and pour the hot milk un to them,
serve with oyster crackers.
CHOPPED CABBAGE
Soak in salted water to make crisn
chop fine, and season with salt and pep
per. For the salad, take the vok of two
eggs, one cup of vinegar, one teaspoon
mustard. two teaspoons each of butter
sugar, and cream; mix well and boil
pouring hot over the cabbage. Add the
cream to the dressing last, so it will not
crumble.
EGG SANDWICHES.
Chop the white of hard boiled eggs
very fine, wash the yolks and
mix them with melted but
ter, salt and pepper, then add all to the
chopped whites, and spread it on bread:
slice the bread as thin as possible. remove
all the crust, and arrange neatly on d
pla e, one overlapping the other a little.
CHOPPED LIVER.
Calls liver is always in demand for
breakfast. Into kettle put one quart of
water, small slice of bacon, chopped
onion, and teaspoonful of sweet marion
am. Lard the liver with bacon, season
with pepper and falt, tie with a string.
and simmer for two hours. Then pour off
the liquid and brown the liver in the fat
Return the liquid to the kettle. from
which remove all grease, thicken with
flour and serve.
PRUNE WIFI
Soak oae-half pound pru"es over night
In the morning stew until very soft.
Sweeten while stewing, then mash to a
paste, after removing the stones. Take
whites of six eggs, beat very light and
stiff, sweeten little, then beat thorough
ly the egg and prunes. Bake fifteen min
utes In SLOW oven until delicate brown.
Serve cold with whipped cream or thin
custard made with yolks of eggs.
CUsTARD PIE WITHOUT CRUST.
For a round tin or pie plate, use two
eggs beatea with two spoonfulls of milk, a
teaspoonful of 1orr or corn starch this
prevents the whites of the eggs from leav-
ing the yolks, while cooking), add half a
cupful of milk and large teaspoonful of
flour, pinch of salt, sugar and other sea-
sonlng to taste; beat together thoroughly,
add one half cupful of milk, and pour in
to an oiled plate When done you will
lind it nice crust.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

Dresses, Gents's Clothing, Feathers, Gloves,
etc, Dyed or Cleaned. Plush Garments
Steamed at Otto Pietch's Dye Works, 246
lar
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26
BOY THEY S-
Arrests for Many Petty BurSIaries at
Neenah

Neenah
NEENAH Wis, June 20.-1his CITY is
the abode of gang of boy thieves Nu-
merous petty burglaries have been discoV-
cred of late, and the officers we're put on
the watch, which resulted in the discovery
of their rendezvous, shed in
the western part of the city.
The place contained number of
stolen articles that we're seized and re-
turned to their owners. Four arrests
we're made a couple of days ago, and one
Of the boys named Schultz sent to the in
dustriaI school The Ieador, boy named
Huber, has not yet been captured. Three
more Of the gang were captured yesterday.
This it is thought will stop the burglaries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26

character of Syrup of Figs are purpo-cly
avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. /
acts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
lcansing the system effectually, but it i
not cure-all and makes no pre-
tensions that every bottle will not substan
tate.