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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

The chief difficulty with cropping or
chards while the trees are small comes
from the instructive fear Of treading
out a hill of corn, potatoes or other hoed
crop Will. cultivating. Many Il man
will bark and ruin Il tree worth two to
five dollars. rather than destroy a hill
Of corn that at the best is worth only Il
few cents. Perhaps the man thinks
the tree is tougher than the hill of corn,
and that scraping its bark is no serious
injury. Notwithstanding nature heals
over the wound, it is at an expense that
tells seriously of the future vitality Of
the tree. One reason, perhaps, why
trees now are not long lived is because
of injury to them when young by care
less cultivation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
HARVEST SONG.

Laugh out, laugh out, We orchard lands
With all your ripened store;
Such bounteouS measure nature yields;
What could heart ask for more?
With earth's broad lap abrim with food,
The azure skies above,
The heavens whisper, Earth is good;''
Earth answers, Heaven is love"
The wind that wander from the west
Ger fields afar or near
Find plenty nowhere manifest
In richer store than here.
The golden rick, the bursting bin,
Of rich and ripen2d grain
Bespeak the wealth which all may win
In industry'S domain.
The corn-fields set in grand array
Of solid rank and row
Are streams of wealth which set this
way,
And soon shall overflow
Laugh out, laugh out, We ripened fields
With e'er increasing mirth:
The joy your bounteous measure yields
Shall bless the whole earth.
Dart Fairborne.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
ANOTHER MILITARY COMPAY.

An Artillery Organization is Perfected in
Bay View.
Milwaukee, Nov. 29.-At the meeting
in Bay View, last night, the new Ma
tional Guard Company, to be known as
Co. II, was duly organized, which IN
sures the organization of a regiment in
Milwaukee. A. e. Ransome was elected
captain of the new company; Martin
Anderson was chosen first lieutenant.
All are old National Guardmen. Ran
some and Kraemer were formerly MEM
bers of Co. E, Second Regiment, and
Anderson has been In the Badger
State Rifles for some years
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
Gleanings.

If you do good once, it will be easier
to do it the second time, and with every
repetition there will come a deeper en-
joyment.
The man who loves his neighbor as
himself can put up with a thousand and
one things that nobody else could stand.
One of the biggest fools in the world
is the man who thinks he can make
something by only putting seven quarts
in peck.
ChaGren: The world is but a yestibulc
Of an immortal life. Every action Of
our lives touches on some cord that will
yiberate in eternity.
Bishop Brooks: Life is service. Ser
vice is part Of life; it is the only real
human life, and from Christ's own eX-
istence we see the great example of it.
Watson Look upon the bright side of
your condition; then your discontents
will disperse. Pore not upon your losses
but recount your mercies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

was, An it always seemed unfair that
he didn't have Christian burial in the
old graveyard round the Dutch Re
formed church over in Herkimer vii
lage yonder But you sea in them
days is wasn't the custom for folks
that suicided themselves to be buried
in sacred ground, an that's why they
had his grave under that old sycamore.
It's dreary, lonesome place, ha'n't it?
Even with the sunshine pourin' down,
I think there'H always seem a shadder
on the Eertiefen Graben"'-A true ro-
nance from the Mohawk Valley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
Murder of Mrs. Daniel Stone, of
Fulton, Recalled by
an Arrest.
Her Nephew Taen into Custp!
for the Commission of
the Crime.
The Murder One Of the Most Sen
Sational i'll The History
of L ock Ounty.

! GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dee. 3.-Matthew
Il. Ashton OF the town of Fulton In
under arrest charged with the murder
OF his aunt, Mrs. Daniel Stone, of Full
ton. The arrest is the result OF an indict
mcnt returned by the grand jury Mrs.
! Stone was found dead i'll the ciStern ut
her home i'll the town of Fulton Oh Juno
5, 1892
The murder with which Ashton Is
charged WAS committed lust June. Mrs.
Stone, who was the wife OF Laniel
Stone, one of the richest farmers in
Rock county, disappeared ON the morn
ing of the 9th. Search WAS made and
her body was found i'll the cistern.
Death had not been caused by drown
ing rs 4 poStm0rtcm examination dem
onStrated. Her chest had been crushed
III and the injuries SO received wero
the cause of death. The body was then
crowded into Il hole II by 10 inches In
to ciStern, the opening into which was
covered by Il sink. The testimony
showed that Il person could not set into
the clStern unaided.
Some time before Daniel Stone, who
Is totally blind, had been assaulted and
beaten by some unknown person who
called him from the house ut night and
struck him three times with Il club. lie
hired Il detective from the Pinllertoa
agency to find out whom his asSailant
was. The detective was ut the house
when Mis-. Stone disappeared. Mr..
Stone had been sent to the home OF
relatives i'll Iowa, he fearing to stay
here lest he be killed. Hardly had tho
excitement that cnSued from the assault
Oh Mr.. Stone died out before Mrs. Stone
disappeared. a coroncr's jury found
that she had been killed. and the grand
jury, which has been i'll session for
two weeks, returned the Indictment
against Ashton. The accused is Il
nephew of Mr.. Stone. lie came from
Canada to Fulton, where he lived on the
farm With the Stone family but occ1-
pied Il separate house
His arrest has caused great excite
mcnt here, us the murder was one of
the most sensational in Rock county's
history
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
COst'of SVinteriuG stock.

The agricultural college, of Amcs,
Iowa, has been doing some close tiGur-
ing us to the cost of wintering breed
ing ewes on grain or hay alone. Prof
Wilson says:
1t cost about Il cent 4 day to winter
a breeding eve with no access to grass
or other outdoor feed, but with growing
ewes the cost is nearly balanced by the
growth. This growth is a factor gener-
ally overlooked by many who estimate
the cost of keeping breeders. When
full growth is reached fatten the eve,
if she is not registered"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
IsSDorfjur iFay,

Hay in bales is transported long dis
tances on cars in this country, and at
greater cost than it would require to
take it from any Atlantic port to Eu-
rope. AS many tons of hay can be thus
packed into the vessel as can be got of
oats, and nearly as many as can be put
in the same space with other grain. 1t
is quite likely that the experiment in
shipping baled hay that was made this
summer will prove successful and open
another PORTABLE export business for
the product of western farms.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
John l.. Mitchell Ill.

Milwaukee, Dec. 3.-Congressman
John L. Mitchell has been confined to tho
house by sickness for the past ten
days Shortly after election he con-
tracted a severe cold which gradually
grew worse until he was taken down.
His condition wae reported a trifie Inn
proved today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
MEN AND WOMEN.

The fact that Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Ward
OF New Haven, Conu., have recently
brated the 10Th anniversary Of their
wedding calls to mind that they have
had ten children, and that they now
count IL grandchildren and n great
grandchildren to cheer them in their
ripe old age.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
The Best Fruit.

Richer: The last, best frCit which
CONES to late perfection, even in the
kindIfest zone, Is tenderness toward the
hard, forbearance toward the unfor-
bearing, warmth Of heart toward the
cold, philanthropy toward the nissan
thropic.
The man who weeps that those he
angels would like to do.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
FIJI Al AS SAULT.

Timothy q. McGowan Knocked Down on
the street.
Last night while Timothy McGowan,
a well known shoemaker, was passing
along the street, some brute assailed
him and landed Il blow on his nose
which caused a pretty bad fracture.
Mr. MCGOWAN has no idea who his
asSailant was.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
PEOPLE WE KNOW.

George Washington was commander
in-chief Of the army at the age Of 43;
Cromwell entered on his remarkable
career at 40; Napoleon conquered Italy
before he was 80; Gladstone was men,
Der of parliament at %; Macauley began
his literary career at 20; Columbus
started on his voyage of discovery at
e; Frederick the Great began the thirty
years'war at the age of 80, and Black
stone finished his commentaries before
he was 35.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
Perseverance.

Cumberland Presbyterian: Presev-
erance and diligence are the secret of
success. The weakest have strength
enough to achieve great things if the
life-t time could be wisely and steadily
directed toward the accomplishment Of
one life time purpose.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

The officers were authorized to arrange
Tor armory quarters, and they viii prob
ably purchase the Bay View roller rink
1t has been offered at low figure, not
ovr $1,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Capt. llline, whose death has just been
reported from Russia, commanded the
terrible battery" which made such
havoc at Sebastopol, Tolstoi has immor
talized this battery in his work on the
operations in that siege
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Miss Mary Adler, doctor Of physics
at the Copenhagen university in Den
mark, is in this country. making a study
of our system Of public school educa-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

DR.. J. G. Hepburn and wife are in
San Francisco after 80 years mission
airy work III Japan. Mrs. Hepburn was
the first white woman to enter that
country.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Mrs. Mckee viii be presiding lady
OF the white house until the expiration
OF the presidents term.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
Mr.. Gladstone earns on an average
$4,000 a year by his pen alone.

DR.. Ella Y. Mark, young woman
practicing in Baltimore, has an income
of about $4,000 a year. She keeps
house, supports her mother and lays
by snug little sum every year. She
has been in practice eight years and is
d graduate Of the Boston medical
school
DR.. Nansen, whose plan for seeking
the north pole is to jab the drifting ice
in a stout vessel, and resign himself to
certain ocean currents, proposes to lay
in a four years supply Of provisions
when he finally embarks on this voyage.
He will also take along an immense
stock Of patience.
A prize of 5000 has been offered by
Baron Leon De Leneval, Of Nice, to be
awarded in Florence next September,
to the person who will invent a mi,
crophonic apparatus for improving the
hearing of deaf persons.
A1yinza Hayward, one Of the earliest
! Of the gold millionaires of California, is
very old and feeble now. He is worth
| probably S20.OOO.OOO or more, but has
| dropped completely out Of sight behind
the newer Journalists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Mr.. Mccormick, foreign commissioner
OF the worlds Columbian exposition in
London, has resigned bis post, owing
to the ill-lealth of his wife, with whom
he has been obliged to remain on the
continent during this fall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
Wood Ashes.

Where wood is used as fuel, con-
siderable quantity Of valuable fertilizer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

William Il. English Of Indianapolis, can
didale for vice-preSdcnt on the Han
cock ticket in 1880, is still dcscriboI rs a
business man i'll his prime, with iron
gray hair and flashing eyes " lIo
dcv0tcs himself TO the accumlil& ion II
wealth, although already the po&scssor
Of many millions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Mrs. Annie BcSant has arrived in New
York on the steamship City ofNew York.
She viii lecture on thcOsophy at New
York this month going then to Toledo,
Fort Wayne, Chicago, Minneapolis.
Omaha, California, Oregon, and Wash
ington.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

The Tam O'Shanter inn at Ayr, fa-
Burns is read, was sold ut auction ro-
Gently, after brisk bidding, for about
$4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Charles D. Young. Il 12-ycarold boy,
living in Denver, Col, has constructed
the smallest coai-burning locomotive in
the world. The machine weighs only
80 pounds and is feet long
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Gen. Butler must pay the C. T..
JcWett Publishing company $500 with
two years interest added for breach Of
his contract to let the company publish
his book. Judge Holmes so decides in
an opinion just filed in the office of the
clerk OF the Suffolk county. Mass, su-
preme judicial court.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

In certain second hand book store
there is displayed for sale copy OF
Longfellows poems on the fly leaf of
which is written: ''To my friend Fran
els Bret Harte, from Henry w. Long
fellow" The price of the book but for
the autograph inscription would be
$3.50. AS it is it is held at SIS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Charles Dickens old home IT 70 Wei
hngton street, Strand, in London, viii
soon be thing of the past, as it is to
be remodeled for business purposes. 1t
was there that the novelist lived while
he edited All the Var Round and
Household Words, and where he wrote
many of his novels
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

The Arch duke Francis Ferdinand of
Austria is about to start on years
tour around the world, which will in
clude Il visit to the Chicago exposition
providing the boarding rates at the
hotels are within his reach.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Mrs. Lease says; "Anythng is pos
sible with God and the farmers of Kan
sas." 1t is more than likely that the
farmers will he the only influence felt
III her efforts to demand the "open Sc
same" in her assault upon the entrance
to the United States senate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09
PERSONAL POINTS.

An invitation To be orator at the Fore
fathers day meeting Of the Massachu-
sets society at Chicago, December 81,
has been sent to Governor Russell
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-09

Lady Broollc's latest fad is Il Shak-
spcalian garden, i'll which there is TO
be plated every flower and shrub named
by the great dranatist in his works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
What Is Electricity?

If the question is now asked, "What
is electricity" we may reply advanta-
geously, in the words of Jokai: A thing of
which we know little more than moth
ing and little less than something. A
little more than nothing, for we know
that it is of the nature of light and heat,
extending itself like them in waves of
motion. A little less than something,
for of the essence of electricity itself,
whether static or dynamic, we are still
absolutely in the dark. There has been
no want of other theories, but the fun
damental tendency Of the age is to re-
duce all phenomena and forces to the
fewest possible primaries, and it is not
improbable that this will be facilitated
by the wave theory of the so called
ether.
The problem of gravitation, too, which
was so long regarded as a force acting
from distance, is now equally attrib-
uted to the agency of medium. In his
efforts to demonstrate the oneness of all
natural forces, the physicist is not likely
to be led astray, even although the cog
milton of force presents one of those
world problems, the solution of which
must forever escape us; aye, although,
as the final result of the most exact in
vestigation, it should forever be denied
to him even to assert decisively, 1T is
only force, and the ether is its me-
dunn of transmission. ."-Exchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
THE BIG LAGOON.
An Interesting Sormation ON the North
ern Coast Of California.

- @-~~~> ~o~--~0
ern Coast of California.
On the northern coast of California,
some thirty miles below the mouth of
the Klamath river, is one of the most
interesting natural formations to be
found in this country, known as the Big
lagoon. Here the coast, which runs
north and south up to this point, takes
sharp turn inland, bordered by very
high hills, running r. distance of
about three miles, then turning out
again makes sharp bay almost v
shaped, and for ages past sand bar has
been washing itself up across this bay
until the bar has raised up out of the
water some ten or twelve feet, having a
width of about 100 feet and a length of
four miles, reaching across the entire
bay.
This bar is in the shape of roof.
When there is storm the breakers will
roll up one side of it, break over, and
run down into the bay inside, and it is
novel sight to stand there and watch
the waters, mountain high on one side
and perfectly calm on the other, the
line between the two at intervals hidden
altogether.
This bar is sort of short cut and can
be traversed on horseback. In storm
the horseman will one minute be high
and dry on land, the next minute q
large wave will roll up and running
under the horses feet to the depth of
foot or more, the rider will be for an
instant four miles or so at sea on horse
back, with no land nearer than the high
bluffs of the mainland in sight.
Moss agates may be found in abun-
dance on the pebbly beach, and when the
sun shines they glitter with dazzling
brightness.
The wild duck that frequent this part
of the coast literally fill this inland bay,
and the passing hunter, should he take
a shot at them, will raise such cloud
and such quaczing that he will think
all the ducks of the earth have gathered
there. Occasionally some wild beast
like bear or a panther will be found
crossing this bar, and the Indians have
much sport when such thing happens,
the animal rarely escaping capture or
death.
Here the Digger Indians abound, iv-
ing on the shellfsh, which they catch
along the beach, seldom going over the
ridge of hills to capture a deer, which
are plentiful 1t would astonish Yale
or Harvard football man to come upon
this scene some bright morning at low
tide and see the squaws and children
playing lacrosse on the beach. They get
so excited with their sport that they
keep it up until the tide drives them
from the beach, often staying there un-
til they have to chase the ball down into
the surf.-Detroit Free Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
Verdi and His Admirer.

Verdi was travelling in the same rail-
way carriage with General Tournon,
commander of the Ravenna district.
They got into conversation, which soon
turned on the subject of music, and the
general, who did not know his compan-
ion, expressed most enthusiastic pref
erence for that of Italy. Il can hardly
go SO far with you," replied the other.
"For me, art has no frontiers, and
give German music the preference over
Italian"
"Indeed, SIR" said the general testify.
For my part would give all the Ger
man operas in the world for one act Of
'Rigoletto.'"
You really must excuse me from fol-
lowing you any further on this ground" :"
replied the composer, blushing little.
81 am Verdi. Monde Artistic.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
Psychic influence.

The other day woman was building
with great deliberation u dialect story.
Suddenly she felt her attention called to
the corner of the room. There she saw
a friend who lives in Washington seated
with bowed head, crying. The story
writer called out the visitors name, and
the vision fed. Immediately, ON her
manuscript paper. this woman wrote her
friend, detailing the circumstance.
The next day she received d letter
from her friend, saying: "a queer thing
has Just happened to me. was sitting
in my room crying when l distinctly
heard you call my name" The two let
ters had crossed each other in transit
New York Evening Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
IT DOES NOT GRIPPE.
HALLS CALIFORNIA FRUIT CAThARTl(

Acts on the stomach, liver, and bowels. 1t
is cheaper by half than any other medicine
on the market, in that it does it's work
more efeetually, not like other cathartics
leaving you sick and distressed for week
after, but, upon taking it, tones up the
system, and after its first action you expert.
ence change for the better.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Feb. 20, 1890.
HALL MFs. Co.: Gentlemen, - Of all
medicines of cathartic nature have ever
taken, HALLS California Fruit Cathartic is
the only one that is perfectly satisfactory
in every particular. Its great recommends
tion is, that it does not gripe, and it doe9
leave the bowels regular and active. !
heartily indorse your medicine.
Yours,
a. o. CoLToN,,
Attorney at law, 1926 Montgomery st.
For sale at
J.J BUEHLER & CO., PHARMACIES,
247B. First st., Los Angeles. Price, SOC. and 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
The Conductors Way.

Some years ago, when Sir Charles
Smith was travelling by special train in
Dakota, he told his private secretary to
instruct the conductor that he should
not say 'sMr. Smith but "Sir Charles"
in speaking to so great a man. Next
time the conductor came round he said,
"Well, sir-Charles-the next station is
Glyndon." And always thereafter he
continued to use the same form, "Wel,
sir. Charles. San Francisco Argonaut-