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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Bad Bahtts In Horses.

From recent work by Mr. John Reese,
Of Long Island on Bad Tricks in Horses
sn3 How TO Cure Them, we extract some
suggestions that are likely to prove vaiva-
BILE to those who do not have the book
The following describes his success In
mastering horse that would not allow
any one to ride him:
At the first attempt to go upon his back
he made plunge that took HIM far out OF
the reach of the woud-be rider, or sent him
flying if he succeeded IN getting partly
upon the horse. After all had given up
and gone to their work went 10 the
stable, tilled my pockets with oats and be-
gan feeding the horse from my baud on
either side; then got box to stana upoR
mot too high at irst) still feeding from my
hand, reaching car efully over his n ok as
he began to look for the oats, then leaned
upon him, and finally sat upright or his
back, causing him to turn his head is be
could reach on either side for the oats
Then dntySng the halter so he cou d turn
round, ne WORKED his way oat of the stable,
and IN perhaps three quarters of an hour
he would % without the oats, when / put
on the saddle and bride. got on without
dlth uty, only taking care to move slowly
anu nor brighten him, rode three or four
miles, after winch he gave no more trouble
In riding.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
The Clover Leaf WeayeI.

The Ohio st4tion gives an illustration Of
the clover ieaf weavll, which Is said to be
new pest in Oaio. It has been at work
in the cloverfelds of New York for several
years, and has gradually been pushing its
way westward until it has been reported
several times from Lake and Porage
C unties.
AS described in a report by Prof Lint
ner. state entomologist of New York, the
beetle measures over fouI -.enths of an
inch in length and is Of an oval for u and
brown color. The eggs are deposited III
the latter part of summer by the beetles,
which may be seen in July and August.
Inc Larvae from them appear In Septem
b and, changing to pure in October,
emerge a. beetles in November. Some of
hem lay their eggs, from which the larvae
hatch and hibernate while quite small,
wi hin the old clover stems. OTHERS of the
beetles hibernate without oviposition and
lay eggs the following spring.
The young lars &c are seen as early as
A priI feeding upon the clover, but it is not
before the latter part OF May and jane
that they have attained sufficient size to
render them very injurious and their dep
relations noticeable A first they feed
among the young foldeG leaves OF attacn
to the under side Of leaf; later they
hasten to the edge, into which they eat If
regular patches.
t-om observation made at the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington upon
the insect IN confinement during au umn.
the entire time from the egg to the perfect
insect was about three and one-third
months.
As to remedies, the application of ordi-
nary insecticides IS Of no value, except
such as will poison the clover and render
it useless as hay, and it is thought likely
the pest will have to be fought IN the
~ umn, either by moving or burning, or
fall blowing, or both.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Harv sting Grain

Waen the heads bend over and the straw
takes on a yellow tnge it is time to harry
est. If any doubts exist examine the
kernel IL should BE- fully grown, plump
and yet oft enough 10 be easily broken
with the foRer nail II is BEST to bind as
fast al cut and put in stocks a. fast as
bound, or as soon a. possible. Both grain
ana straw ripen better standing erect in
the stock, with an upward ventilation
among them, tnan when lying down and
exposed to the sun. Large stocks are
preferable to very small ones, as less SUI
tace ii exposed 10 the weather.
Cotton eIotA il 30 q cap that farmers
ongnt TO have bay caps enough to cover
their p9v Whs il Obliged to leave it out over
nigst, and theae c1vcrs coulc then be used
to cove the tops of tne grain st oks.
American Cuhivator.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Nearly 1870, 900 iron workmen in Pitts
burg, Pa, are idle.
Capt, Samuel D. Harley, pioneer Of
Monticello, ILL.,, died.
Employees of the Helmbacher Forge
and Rolling Mill at St Louis walked
out
Prohibition was defeated in Atlanta
by 400 in poll of 1000.
Steamer City of Chicago has gone
ashore on the Irish coast.
Oscar Belknap of Fairfield, Iowa,
tried to cremate his wife by setting her
clothes on fire.
An entire train ON the Big Four was
thrown from the track at Martinville,
Ind. Fireman Harry Burns was in
jured.
Indications point to an early and
large movement of winter wheat, and
traders generally look for low prices
Ex-Secretary Whitney has positively
stated that he would not accept the
craftsmanship of the democratic
National committee.
The Epworth League convention
closed its work at Chicago, and finished
up its meeting at the Auditprium ia the
evening.
w. Davidge of Olmsted, H., was
killed by Fig Four train near Mound
City.
August Gehhe, an old resident Of
Monitowoc, Wis, committed suicide
by jumping into the river.
William James of Iron Mountain,
Mich, was drowned while trying to
rescue a horse that had ran into .
lake.
The postoffices at Rantoul, Ill;
Anita and Summer, Iowa; Ortonville,
Mimi. harrington and Stanton, Neb,,
and Ontanagon, Mich, were raised to
the Presidential class.
Hugh Watson, an influential citizen
Of Macomb, ILL.,, was accidentally
killed there. As testimonial of re-
gard all business houses in the place
were closed during the funeral.
The little daughter of ]. 81. Guthrie
of Brown county, Ind. mysteriously
disappeared. The only clew is the re-
poTt tHdI oduo VI By pSlcS Acd1
Buffalo, Ind, has a child with it Par
ties are pursuing the gypsies.
Samuel Large of Shipshewana, be-
coming desperate because of the elope-
ment of his wife, went to Middlebury,
bought new suit to be laid out in.
and then attempted to commit suicide
by taking strychnine. He was saved
By some of his suspicious friends who
followed him.
Maude Ward, 12-year-old colored
girl of Rockford, Ill, tried to light .
fire with kerosene and was burned 10
death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Object of Nannring.

The obj of mannring is not to en-
r.ca the soil, but 10 grow crops. The
farmer should have a well defined idea g
the crops he will be expecting to grow fer
fbls ear and the next, at Least, and tbs n
fertillze it aect .ingy. If anything is
if over for future or ps it may be con-
sltered il the ~ xt manurins Farms are
like ntng msn. What t,eg owe you Is
hard 10 collect after few yetrs. and pref
t. safetJ lost II i runs seven sears. Very
often The larger the crop taken eff the
lafd the better it Is. Nry te@ crops take
et.f ali that is rut In to III ike tbea. grow.
They My take something thai WAS not
put IN, tut usually the farmer puts in the
three principal pleneEts and frus 5 TO the
farm for the rest, and il is not cry to pro
portion so thai there viii te al! that is
ne I'D Of one viii vi getting III re team
cen be taken Of another enc. It the farmer
4 ows rich by large crops, the farm is very
Ii very APP to grow rich.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
SHE SOLD THE HOUSE.
Perhaps the Railway Company Didn''
Fool H4-s but 1t Looks that Way.

Perhaps the Railway Company Didn't
Fool Hsz, but 1t Loobs that Way.
Yes" said an engineer Of long expert
ence to q reporter for the New York
world, .'railroading is an exciting, ye-
an attractive life. 1t has its aches and
pains, but nevertheless the goodies and
sweets, too, if one may put it SO.
81 remember peculiar accident that
happened to me on one of my trips lot
long ago. To go back little, | will say
that one Of the many sharp curves on the
road is on a fifty foot hill that slopes
down to an old far house. This house
was occupied by an old woman known
as the Widow jones' She had been
asked many times to sci. out to the rail-
road, for fear that some accident would
happen her home. But the widow had
refused just as often, and things went on
thus.
"Well, you see, one night about 10
o'clock as We struck the curve at good
speed the engine broke from the the tram
left the track and went rolling down the
hill. The fireman jumped safely, but
was not quick enough, The next moment
found engine crashing though Widow
Jones house, with myself all mixed up
in the debris. picked myself up just II
time to see the widow crawl cot of her
bed and make bee line from tbs hous-
Next day knowingly smiled as read
Ii the paper the trasfer, Widow mes 10
the B RR
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Yale Wins the Great Race.

New LONDON, Conn, July 2-1'his
has been Yale week with Yale
finish Tuesday a base ball victory
over Harvard; yesterday morning
Yale's freshmen conquest of Harvard
'95 in the annual two-mile row on the
Thames, and to put gloss finish on
the whole seasons aggregation Of
Yale's athletic achievements, the rec
ord of the Yale Varsity eight in turn
ing the tables on the Harvard crew in
the afternoon, leaving them even
farther behind than Yale was left last
year, and that is saying great deal.
The official time for the four miles is
20:4s for Yale; for Harvard, 2i:42 1-2.
The winning crew passed the line six
teen lengths ahead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
FARM AND HOME.
THE OLD LOG FIRE.
LARRY cHITTENDEs.

Yer kin preech Nv the pleasures an joys nv the
rich,
Bout yer oprees end parties so gay;
var car, dwell amidst fashionable folks and al
sich,
But don't geer to live that er way.
CIV me ole ranch in the wild soiitendes,
Fer nv nature never kin tire;
Then Civ sum books and pipe Ter al
moods,
An cheer BY the roarin log fire.
Yer oprees IL dull tn the muzic heers,
When the flames IL a singin IN me,
An the big chimbley roars hits old chume in my
ears
Like some faraway song the sea.
All, then with gum Teller like Edgar A. Poe,
Or Shakespeare, who kinder gets nearer,
/ mosey way back tn the dim long ago.
En- dreem by the roarin log fire.
My ole Imagination iist gets me, for shore,
When I oafer round with ole Scott;
Them WaYeriy novels I've read or and Ger,
Hie poems I've never forgot
Yer kin liv in yer cities If yew are inclined,
But fashion do not deeIre:
Civ me my ole ranch contented mind,
An gum books by the roarin log fire.
Chicago Sun,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08

1t has inst been discovered at the Ash
land office that government lands have
been sold to innocent purchasers by par
ties unknown. The matter came to light
by means of letter from Chicago man
who sent an abstract to be compared with
the records. The abstract is endorsed by
George r. Baker, who purports to be an
Ashland county abstractor but who is not
known there The land in quesfion is
located on the Odanah Indian reservation.
Will Bellows, an eng naer on the Chi
cago u Alton road, whose home was at
Delavaa, was killed IN a wreck at Dwight,
Ill. He leaves d wife and children.
The pioneer Presbyterian church of
Marlnette has extended call to Rov NJ.
6. Hartwell. of Chicago, offsring him a
salary OF 81 800 and q parsonage.
There is considerable diphtheria at De-
pere. Henry Deppe has lost two children,
and his wife and son are down with the
disease.
At Kaukauna Peter Dugan's livery
stable was burned and four horses, val ned
at over $500, were cremated.
The Menominee Riv, Caledonian So
ciety will celebrate at Menominee,
Aug. 4.
The salary of the DePsre postmaster has
been increased to 81 500
A Mrs. Burke had 1926 stolen from her
by pickpockets in Oshkosh.
At Sheboygan Wednesday the wedding
of two well known young society people
took place, in the persons of Miss Clara
Tucker to William H. Weehter.
Gregory Milquita, Depere farmer, was
kicked to death by horse.
Supervisor Moore will sue Ashland
county for $40. 900 for an alleged false in
dictment.
William G. Lowery, of Joliet, and
Miss ''Dottie" Schoolcraft, of Chicago,
were to have been married at Cavalry
church in the latter city last
Sunday, but the prospective groom hied
himself to Milwaukee with Miss Clara E.
Squire, of Chicago, and were welded.
Dottie Schoolcraft is II years old and lives
with her step mother, a widow named
Mrs. Clark. She is very pretty girl.
She had her trousseau all prepared.
Lowery is q years old and was agent at
Joliet for the National Typewriter conn
pany.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Russian Exhibit of Sugar.

With a view to acquainting the Amer
leans with the Russian sugar industry,
the department of trade and manufac-
lures, through the intermediary of the
president Of the Kieff hourse commit
tee, has proposed to the sugar refners
of southwestern Russia to exhibit in the
Russian section of the worlds fair at
Chicago collective samples of the prod
ucts of this industry Independent of the
exhibits made by individual refners.
AT the same time it is suggested that a
brief review of the sugar industry in
southwestern Russia should be compiled
so as to give clear idea of the gradual
development of this industry and its
present condition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
PRIMITIVE HOMES.
Queer People and Customs In Our Ow1
Land.

Queer People and Customs In Our Own
Land.
81 shall not soon forget a hunting ex-
cursion made through southern Indi-
ana" said Prof John Francis to re-
porter for the Chicago Evening News
''Of all the queer people and funny
sights | met the queerest there. We
were travelling by carriage over what
the citizens called the backbones of
White river. would call them immense
ridges, with scarcely room for wagon
road on top and occasionally house
on either side. No, not a house, but
shanty. We had been travelling over
these ridges or 'backbones' for several
hours and became very thirsty, but
could not see the sign of spring any
where We at last drove up in front of
one of these shanties | alighted from
the wagon, stepped to the door to
knock, but before did so | noticed the
contents of the room. A table with the
remains of a meal was standing in the
middle of the floor; baby shoes, buck
cts, spools, tin cans and various other
objects were scattered over the floor.
In fact, the room presented the appear
ance of a secondhand store after
a fire In answer to my knock some
one in the rear of the house called:
Come in came in or at least
tried to. When I reached the door
at the opposite side of the room
and looked out saw piled on a half
finished porch several straw beds and
upon the beds was piled the entire
family, taking an afternoon sun bath.
Immediately upon seeing me young
woman arose to her feet and said:
What do you want?' told her that /
would like to find some drinking water
for myself and friends. She did not say
word tut came toward me, brushed
by me through the door and with a re
markable agility lodged between that
heterogeneous mass on the floor to the
other side of the room where hung a
gourd dipper She handed it to me,
with the remark: 'Jist go down under
the hill and help yerself, but don't fur
git to bring back the gourd.' | did az
requested and found delicious water.
Upon going little farther on the road
we saw another shanty Presently, as
we came near it, we saw a small boy
come running around the corner of the
shanty, after him came another and
another until six had passed, when a
large woman put in an appearance with
a raised club in her hands 1t was a
thoroughly comical sight, but immedi-
ately on seeing us the woman dropped
the club, which fell on a pet pig stand
ing near and made it squeal for dear
life. One of the little girls grabbed the
pig in her arm and after strolzing it anc
kissing it placed it in a box which con
tanned straw as tenderly as though she
had been some fashionable miss hand
ling one hundred dollar pug"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Fireworks Explode.

CHICAGO, July IA tremendous ex-
plosion of fireworks stored in the
rooms of the American Toy Company,
at .. 80 a. IN. to-day destroyed several
thousand dollars worth of property and
people. The American Toy Company
occupies the entire third floor of 1853
and 1877 Fifth avenue, as store and
salesrooms for the sale of fireworks
toys, etc. 1t is estimated that $4,000
worth OF fireworks were stored there in
packages and boxes ready for the brisk
Fourth of July trade. The entire stock
was DESTROYED
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08

and importance of the home? Are not
many mothers ouch only In name?
Modern society encroachas seriously up
on the time Of mothers. Tue prescribed
etiquette Of fashionable life make lnordin-
at d. mapds upon them. Pnllanthropic
ami r ltpioas organizations among women
multiply. They call forsncreased atten-
tor. They bave officers and commit eas,
and gust be pu-hed with energy if trey
-psIl compete with obeIr w1de-aw
rivals. Calls to attend meetings ale al
most legion.
Many OF these must be attended to.
Blu no call should have favorable re-
spouse when it comes into conflict with
the more vital interests of the home. IN
our way Of thinking no mother has right
10 devote her time to outside enterprises,
no matter how important and urgent. if
ner devotion to them compels her to habit
ually neglect the precious children VINO
have been committed 20 her special care.
Home first. Other taings afterward. If
both responsibilities can be carried, it is
well. But if one is to be sighted. that
one should not be the home. Some young
peop'e have "gone wrong who were
brought up under the guidance ct real
uOlutIs, Dub lHe pIOpOll1ou IL AoI iuiRo
Ga the other b nd, who can count the
mu.ttudes who have gone out from h2u. es
that were not homes, aud from under the
influence of mothers who were such only IN
name to sink steadily into depths or dissi-
patton and crime? The children need
more mothering.
We are not a bit pessimistic, as you
know. Nevertheless, we thoroughly be
lieve that no feature Of our modern social
life is more dangerous than certain pre-
vaent notions respecting home and
motherhood 1t IS, perhaps, too much to
expect that women who are given up to
the frivolities of fashionable life will pause
to think seriously of there things. But
shall not Christian women Go 50? w
shalt never be able, until the light Of
eternity dawn5, to measure the marvel.
ously potent power Of Christian
mothers daily personal contact with her
Gull lren. And we shall not know till
then how many have passed out into the
blackness o. eternal night because that
sanctifyin influence was Withheld. w mt
ed-Mothers !-Selec6ed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
To freak Up Sitters.

We commence, say, Saturday evening,
after gathering the eggs, and 60 through
every apartment, gather up all t4e hens
found on the nests. These are all put Ill a
large, airy building, or an empty corn
crib IS very god they are let there un-
I'll Wednesday, when they are removed to
their proper places again, and a fresh lot
PIT in II building or crib rn!il Saturday
during this time they are given nothing
to eat, hat plenty of fresh water. They
are tLtn hungry when they return to their
proper pieces, and do not think of going
On the nest again. and will soon resume
laying it properly treated, We have
hardly ever had to repeat this operation
with tie same hen, and have never seen
any i'll effects from this process, but the
short fasting seems to do them good, il
anything, as they are often laying within
a week or ten days.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08

4 stone often makes all the difference
between success or failure in the growth
Of plant placed beneath or near to it o.
an ordinary border. 1t is one of tue most
palpable facts in nature that "grass grows
higher around Stone as any one may
prove who cares to lay one for few days
On a close shaven lawn. Why? Simply
because a stone checks evaporation fro i
the surface It covers, and so plant grow
ING near 4 stone gets a better and more
constant supply of food and more genial
atmosphere around it. Another point is
that i stone absorbs sun heat during the
day and slowly yields it forth during the
night. and 50 a plant near stone is
warmer as well as better fed.-London
Glrden.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
PERlLS OF LION HUNTING.
A Man Who Has Tried Them All in So

A Man Who Has Tried Them All In So
mali Land.
Mr.. Inverarity, an Indian shil1ari,
who is a member of the Bombay bar,
lately contributed a paper on lion hunt
ing in Somali Land to the Bombay His
torical society. Like every other ami
NAL, the lion tries to avoid man until
wounded, and it is only in exceptional
cases of there being young ones to
guard, or from establishment at seeing
the hunters SO close to them, that they
charge when being tracked. Mr.. In
verarity was never charged by an I'M
wounded one. They charge with the
same coughing roar that tiger does,
and come at great speed close to the
ground, not bounding in the air as they
are represented in the pictures; their
ears are pressed close to the head, Civ
ing them the comical appearance of be-
ing without ears. He says: $50 large
an animal coming at full speed against
you of course knocks you off your legs.
The claws and teeth entering the flesh
do not hurt SO much as you would
think The only really painful part
of the business is the squeeze
given by the jaws on the bone. l felt
none of the dreamy stupor Livingstone
describes, but, on the contrary, felt as
usual. | adopted the course of lying
quite still, which, believe, is the best
thing one can do, as you are quite help
less with a heavy animal on you, and
they are inclined to make grabs at
everything that moves, and the fewer
bites you can get off with the better.
"All the wounds are centers of inham-
nation and blood poisoning, and the
more you get the less chance you have.
The power of the lions jaws may be in
ferred from the fact that the ioness
that seized me. although it had a broken
jaw. scored deep grooves in the barrels
of my rife with her teeth. Some claw
wounds were mere scratches, which /
attribute to the fact that they clutch at
the surface of your coat, thinking it is
all solid underneath, and SO reach the
flesh pretty late. In fact, my coat was
torn in some places without any CORES
ponding wound beneath | never felt
the slightest shock Tigers and pam
theirs, as a rule, Immediately leave any
one they seize in a charge, but this
Honess, having left me, went few
yards to roar at my men, returned, and
stood over me growing. and then bit my
arm. got no bite the first go off, as
she was occupied in biting the rifle"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-08
Magnetic People.

Magnetic qualities in person are quite
different from magnetic qualities in the
Iodestone A magnet attracts to Itself by
lis drawing power A magnetic person
attracts to himself by his power Of giving
out, rather than bis power of holding in.
His look and voice and hand-touch thrill
another by their imparting of himself, in
loving interest, to that other. In order
to be magnetically attractive, a person
must not endeavor to be attractive He
must pour oat of himself, instead of
pulling toward himself. Self-forget-
fulness and unselfsh interest in others
are essential to magnetic power in per
sonality. Only he who has no thought of
attractiveness can be maguetically attrac
tive And just here is where so many who
would like to be magnets fail of beng
magnetic.