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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
COULDN'T TALK ENGLISH.
Cash by Amy Other Name Failed to Touch
His Governor.

His Governor
The young man laid his cigarette down
on the hall table while he went in to inter-
view his father on the financial question,
says the Detroit Free Press. After few
preliminaries he said
.st amy the fo Tay ~ pop can have " few
Postage stamps2" inquired the father,
innocently.
mo, sir" was the impatient reply; 81
mean scads. "
'Scads, my son2" inquired the old gem
tleman, in mild astonishment.
Il mean the tin, of course
"And what is the tin, may | ask2''
"Oh, the ready don't you know
'No, don't know"
Don't you know, 'spondulix'
II can't say that do. Who is hep
Jaw, come eff, pop. What I IN out for
is the stuff "
What s,ufT?''
"Why, the soap, of course
''The soap? Are you in need OF bath ?"
and the father looked over his specs in
quiringly.
"No, no." impatiently. 81 mean the
sugar"
"Oh; sugar and soap? Going to make
plaster, are you?"
Plaster, nothing. ! want the 'chink'."
"Chink! What's chink, pray2"
"Why, it's dust Anybody knows
that. =
"Oh, yes, excuse me. Get the brush
over there"
''fisn't that kind want. It's rocks"
"Well, there's dust in rocks, isn't
ther9?"
Won't you never catc1 on?" exclaim-
ed The young man. 81 want the duff,
the 'wherewithal', don't you know; the
'rdino', the doodle, plain, ordinary,
everyday cash, pop, that's what | want"
ooh, exclaimed the father in greatly
relived tone, there's quarter" and
that's all the young man got.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
In huence of Business

Astronomers will tell you that it is very
difficult to establish an observatory IN d
great city, Why? Bee use the thunder OF
the vehicles upon the pavements is such
that there are oscillations going ON all the
time, slight trembles, so that you cannot
measure with absolute accuracy. There is
a great danger that when men are whirled
in business they cannot make clear and
critical observation Of important things
that concern their souls-The Worker.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Love Makes Us Better.

Love is never lost. He who loves truly
and purely is a gamer. through his love,
even though that love be unrequited; and
that unrequited love is really blessing to
the one toward whom it goes out unselfsh-
ly. Love is of God; and it betters him
who gives it and him on whom it is Law
ished. Love needs no bargain or return
to make il 4 X &c d BLESSING Selected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Cotton Seed Fed Animals.

The prejudice against beef fattened on
cotton seed meal is being gradually over
come. This will have the effect of making
the cotton states at least produce their
own supply, as there is an enormous guam
tity of this feed always cheap and advaila-
bic in the south. Probably cotton seed
fed animals will not come much into the
northern markets, unless it should be from
Texas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17

Q stars, can you beam the live-long night:
Q flowers, can You open In morning light:
q sails can you feck the river white?
sun, can you blaze in sky 50 bright!
birds, can you sing your midday token
When shs lies dead, and heart is broken
place of beauty. place of restl The good
And great had made his bed with thee. And was
Not that enough? To fill her hungry grave
Must cruel death strike her, the young, the brave
The fair Oh she was fair, and she WAS good
AS she was fair And she had hope and love.
o place of beauty, place of rest! cruel
Az beautiful thou art, / charge thee, keep
That which TO thee given that summer day.
That early summer day, whose sunshine struck
Ne blind. Keep as sweet aad sacred trust
That which to thee was given Until He come"
-Wcstfeld May o. 1892.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Look Out for Worms.

Examine your currants ard gooseberries
now, before the worms have a chance to
get the start and eat up all the foliage. If
you find trace OF them sprinkle with pow
dered hellebore, a tablespoonful to two
gallons of water. Repeat once or twice at
short intervals. and it will prove wholly
effective. The result certainly pays for
the trouble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Sonnet-To A. c L.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

Through suffering and sorrow thou hast passed
To show US what woman true may be;
They have not taken sympathy from thee,
Nor made thee any other than thou vast,
Save as some tree, which in a sudden blast,
Sheddeth those blossoms, that are weakly
grown,
Upon the air, but keepeth every one
Whose strength gives warrant of good faith at
last:
so thou has shed some blossoms of gayety,
But never one of steadfast carefuiness;
Nor hath thy knowledge of adversely
Robbed thee of any faith in happiness,
But rather cleared thine inner eyes to see
How many simple ways there are to bless.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Fried Potatoes.

Peel and cut the potatoes in slices a
quarter of an inch thick and an inch or
less long. Fry, not too many at once, in
wire basket dipped into kettle of boil
ing fat, giving plenty of time for the
frying. Drain well, and while hot
sprinkle salt over them and keep hot until
all are cooked. These require little
more time for the cooking than Saratoga
chips, but they are dryer and less apt to
be fatty.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
The Ophir Rosebush.

There was blooming in Pasadena, Cal .
recently, a gold Of Ophir rosebush, a
climbing variety, with 10000 roses and
buds on it. The owner of the tree who
certihes to the number, Is said to be a re.
turned missionary. and it should also be
noted that Pasadena is in a land famous
for its flowers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Cold Cavern.

The cold in cavern in France is 80 great,
NO matter how warm the external atmos-
pnere may be the visitor cannot proIong
his stay without inconvenience unless wrap
ed In winter clothing. There are not less
than score of these natural ice houses in
France, and probably half as many in
Itlay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Baked Heart.

Thoroughly wash the heart, and with a
sharp knife cut out the large veins and
stuff with moistened bread crumbs, sea-
soned with salt, pepper, a little finely
chopped onion and sweet herbs, and a
tablespoonful Of butter. Lay in baking
pan with some peeled potatoes, pour over
little water and bake in good oven u
to 2 hours, according to size of heart.
This may De baked in jar the same as
the beef referred to above; both of them
make cheap and very palatab!e dishes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
YES, WE HAVE FAULTS.
Wilkie Collins Points Out Some Of The,
and IL Very Much Panied.

Wilkie Collins Points Out Some of Them
and Is Very Much Panied.
Before | had been a week in this coun.
try, writes Wilkie Collins in the Cornhill
Magazine, noted three national peculiar.
tiles which had never been mentioned to me
by visitors.to the States. First:No Ameri
can huns or whistles tune either at home
or in the street. Second: Not one Ameri-
in 500 has dog. Third: Not one Ameri.
can carries walking stick. l, who hum
perpetually, who loves dogs, vino can not
live without walking stick, am greatly
distressed at finding my dear Americans
deficient In the three social virtues just
enumerated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
asLFgPY HOLLOW"
Tarryfown- on .tb e. udsoD, May IL, ISo"
SARAH DEwoLF GAMwELL,

o place of beauty, place of rest. Above
Thee high the mountains crest the river ifolls
Beside: The peace Of God broods over thee
Like benefiction falls HIS smile upon -
Thy face 'Tis like the gladDess OF the heaIt
When work is done. like rest that follows toll,
Like sleep ssHe giveth His beloved.
When earth and skies were drear, and autumn
winds
Moaped sbriIl, and dark the threatening river
rushed
Between the banks all strfpt and bare, in dull
November day, train of mourners sad
And slow brought one to thee and laid him down
OF length of days Honors he had, and friends
And that mysterious spell that men call fame
Was his. good, great man, Whose name will
live
No wonder, then, that men like pilgrims come
To thee. seeking his resting place, as to
shrine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Reliable Sponge Cake.

Beat three eggs three minutes, add ~
teacupfuls sugar and beat minutes; then
stir in teacupful -four with which is
sifted l teaspoonful cream of tarter. Beat
3 minutes before adding 4 teacupful cold
water in which is dissolved p teaspoonful
soda; lastly stir in l teacuptul -four and
mix thoroughly. Bake in moderate oven.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17

If there Is no music in your heart read
few of the songs of David.
"If We be willing and obedient We shall
eat the good of the land
Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality OF the heart Samuel Smiles.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17

The longest canal in the world is the one
which extends from the frontier of China
to st. Petersburg; it measures in all
4, 472 miles. There is another canal rum
ming from Astrachan to ST. Petersburg
witch is 4A miles long. Both of these
were begun by Peter the Great.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Soil and Plant Food.

Soil varies in plant food so greatly that
it is not unusual to find two adjoining
fields entirely unalike. One field may be
light and sandy and the other of a CLAW
texture and heavy. The frequency of the
application Of manures or fertilizers,
their quality and the character of the
crops grown on the soil make
almost impossible to deter
mine the relative proportions of
plant food contained in any plot by analy-
sis, as an analysis of selected portion of
the soil only gives knowledge of the kind
of soil used. that adjoining being entirely
different. To add to the difficulty, the
plant foods may be in a soluble condition
on one plot, while on other plots plant
foods may be abundant but not available.
1t ls an imperative necessity, therefore,
for the farmer to determine for himself
by observation and experiment what his
soil requires In the shape Of plant food .
Fertilizers may contain a xreater DOR
ton of plant food than is equivalent to
their cost, and yet the plant food may be
in such shape and condition as to be nae.
less to the farmer for immediate effect
on his crops. 1t is true that the insolu
BILE materials of the fertilizer NAV prove
beneficial to him in the future, after
chemical action in the soil has reduced
the substances to a state of solubilitv.
but farmers who can procure fertilizers
do SO with the view of occurring available
plant food for the crops which are to be
grown Immediately. Its when the fertil-
izers contain their nitrogen in the shape
of nitrates and sulphates, or their phos
pates as calculated bone, that the best
results are obtained. Peruvian puano
and the several salts of potash are always
in excellent form for plant food. Refuse
materials from manufactures, however,
though often rich in the required ele-
ments, are not always in an available
form.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17

Mix lightly, roll and bake in square tins
When done split the cakes and butter the
split sides. Have ready a generous supply
of berries well sugared, after splitting
them if large. Place them over the
buttered cakes; put one layer on the other;
SET in the oven three or four minutes min
utes to draw out the juice, and it is ready
to serve. Ordinary cream improves it,
But whipped cream is still better During
the strawberry season other cakes, especi-
ally rich ones, should be at discount
and shortcakes of some form be substi-
tuted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-06-17
Strawberry Shortcake.

There are very few persons who do not
enjoy strawberry shortcake, if well made
and the berries at least fairly good. Il is
good for breakfast, is one of the best of
desserts for dinner, and is equally relisha-
BILE for teatime. 1t is so easily and speedily
prepared that all can enjoy it wno can get
strawberries. Our method Is to make a
nice short tea biscuit, adding third of a
teacupfal sugar to each quart of -four used,
3 teaspoonsful salt, butter the sizs of an
egg.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
How Horse Flesh Tastes.

"You never ate horse flesh, / sup
poser" said Lieut.. Russell, Of the Sew
enth United States Cavalry, at the
Southern. 81 have seen the time
when l ate it with genuine relish,
and that, too, without any salt. 1t
was in 1877, during Gen. Miles's Nez
Perces campaign. We had followed
the renegades up the Missouri to its
confluence with the Yellowstone, and
the chase was so fast and exciting that
we didn't realize how low our larder
was getting until it was drained, and
we were getting too far away from the
base of supplies to replenish it. The
game had all been driven out of the
country ahead of us by the fleeing In
dians, and when we finally caught up
with the redskins and forced them to
fight we had almost nothing to eat for
several days. We captured about
seven hundred ponies from the Indians,
some of them so round and sleek and
fat as to appear to US the finest meat
in the world Our butchers killed the
youngest and fattest of the ponies that
night after the battle, and as soon as
they were skinned and dressed we had
feast that would have made Lucullus
turn green with envy. We lived on
this pony meat several days. 1t was
cooked without salt and roasted over a
spit, like barbecued beef. The meat
had peculiar sweet taste, not at all
palatable when l think of it now, and
it was so fibrous that we could pull it
apart in great strings. But it kept us
from starving, and l, therefore, can
heartily recommend pony meat to
people in dire straits" = 81. Louis
! Globe De11Ocr0t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
In Egypt.

Egypt my dreaml Low in the burning noon
Beside the River, while the lotos lolls,
And sheds her tOrpor on the flood that rolls
The mystery from the Mountains of the Moon,
lay me where at last choose toslie-
Where men first said, Build for eternityr'
Remains-remains What is it that shall last,
Since these are wasting that were set so
sure?
I'VE crumble, but thy fancies shall endurel'
They mock me from deep vistas of the past;
words vain as deeds! Fresh cohorts in the
Shall turn the stagirite as the Corsican"
Not less dream; dream of a higher light,
And larger framing of the picture here,
Wherein these waters to their fountains yeer
pastures strange, and valleys out of
sight
Dream of a purpose, and a something done,
A record kept a goal that shall be won.
There is q Flower that blooms from all Decay!
There is proverb from all lessons learned
OF selfsame currents evermore returned,
And morrows ever but as yesterday;
And years shall breathe an efi1uence of our
theme
Through all thy haunted dust, Egypt, my
dream!
BENJAMIN Paul Blood, in ScrIbner's
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
A Girls Room.

The girls of the household should
have cheerful rooms, where they may
receive their girl friends and feel a
pride in playing the hostess. Says q
writer in the N Y Tribune:
Such room need not be of a large
size, but it should be daintily and neat
lv furnished. There is no better way
in which you can educate girl to be
neat and orderly than to give her a
properly furnished room, and require
her to take proper care of it. In this
way she receives her first lesson is
thorough housekeeping, and acquires
habits of order and neatness.
The pleasure girl takes from such
a room as this, and the influence it ex-
erts toward making her a womanly
and domestic person, should in them
selves be strong enough arguments to
| induce a mother to sacrifice some OF
the snowy fittings of her parlor in or
der to provide comfortable rooms fol
her girls.
1t should above all things be thor
oughly neat, sunny and cheerful, and
should be the girls private room, and
all the belongings should be her per
sonal property. 1t should be hel
daily duty to keep it in thorough or
| der
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20


rejected the love she really desired.
She longed to tell him she was sorry,
but felt that to do SO would be to sur
render entirely, and that she found as
hard to do as ever. She hoped he
would seek her again, and so force
upon her the opportunity she was not
brave enough to seek. .---'
And then, alas! he came on the yery
afternoon on which she went for a
walk down the secluded path where he
had made his proposal, to live over
again the scene which was ever in her
thoughts.
Mr.. KansOme approached the house
with wavering courage, and on being
informed that she was not at home,
Immediately concluded that she re-
fused to see him; and he departed
from the town forthwith.
He returned to his work and found
some comfort in the old routine of his
profession; yet he was more restless
man than he had ever been in all his
busy life.
One afternoon, feeling the need of
cheerful companionship, he started
out, umbrella in hand, to call upon a
lively friend who had been a former
resident of the town where lived the
Deans. Perhaps he secretely hoped to
hear mention of his ungrateful lady
love. He reached the place, and learn
ing that his friend was at home turned
to place his umbrella in the rack,
when, behold! there rested another
exactly like his own. He felt sure
that Lucy was within, and stood mo-
ment debating on what was best to do.
Finally desire to see her again over
came all other feelings and he entered
the parlor. His hostess rose to greet
him and presented him to her friend,
Miss Dean.
Lucy received Mr.. Ransome with
composure. She may have recognized
the possibility of meeting him as a con-
tingency of her trip.
He made his call a short one, and as
Lucy returned home that evening he
did not see her again.
1t was not until two weeks afterward
that he discovered he was in posses
sion of Miss Deans umbrella instead of
his own.
He was vexed beyond measure. The
fact that he had committed such q
blunder betrayed the state of his mind
at their last meeting.
"She will think | made the exchange
because of some silly, sentimental
notion. I will return it to her and
throw mine away. I'll make it pure
ly business errand and let her under
stand that Pm not in for any nom
| sense" he fumed.
Accordingly he went down TO the
village one bright evening. He walked
from the station and wandered to the
spot where he had made his unlucky
proposal.
an just go and look at the place
where she flouted me. 1t may serve
to help me forget this worry over her
that I can't get rid Of" he muttered.
He reached the spot and there he
saw a little figure leaning against a
young tree and weeping forlornly. He
dropped the umbrella and sprang for
ward.
Lucy" he cried.
She turned toward him and held out
her hands; and then WaUerlg
Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20

A Philadelphia Chinaman glories in
a pigtail feet II inches in length.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
QUEER TABLE MANNERS.
In Argentina the Natives Have Notions
of Etiquet.

Probably there is no people in the
world so uncivilized as not to have
among themselves a code of manners,
more or less strictly defined. Mr..
Bishop, while on his thousand-mile
walk across South America, was inn
pressed with this fact. He describes
rude meal which he shared with
company of cart-drivers- almost saw
age gauchos"-in whose company he
was then travelling.
ave camped near a swamp, and
supped upon sliced pumpkins, boiled
with bits of meat, and seasoned with
salt The meal was served in genuine
pampa fashion; one iron spoon and
two cows horns, split in halves, were
bers of which squatted upon their
launches, and freely helped them
selves from the kettle.
even in this most uncivilized form
of satisfying hunger there is peculiar
etiquet which the most lowly peon in
variably observes. Each member of
the company in turn dips his spoon, or
horn, into the center of the stew, and
| draws it in a direct line toward him,
never allowing it to deviate to the
right or left.
"By observing this rule, each per-
son eats without interfering with his
Reighbor. Being ignorant of the Gus
tom, dipped my horn into the mess
at random, and fished about for some
nice bits.
"My companions regarded this hor-
rid breach of politeness with scowls OF
impatience. They declared, with some
warmth, to the cook that gringos did
not know how to eat. and, as they
lived upon dogs in their own distant
country, they came to the great
Argentine Republic to get food and
grow fat on the gauchos.
Il apoiogized as well as l could, anC
endeavored thereafter to eat according
to gauche etiquet.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
Pay the Price of the
Royal for Royal only.

Royal Baking Powder is shown by actual
chemical tests absolutely pure and 27 per cent
greater in strength than any other brand.
Many grocery stores have recently been
stocked with second-class brands of baking
powder, which are urged upon consumers at the
price of the high-cost frst-class Royal. -.a
These powders cost from to- go cents
pound less than the Royal besides being of 81
per cent. less strength If they are forced upon
you, see that you are charged correspondingly
lower price for them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20

Minneapolis made 1871 947 barrels
of flour in 1891.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
Commercial,

Gilhooly went into Nose Schaum-
burg's store on the Bowery, where
upon Nose urged him to make some
purchases.
81 don't feel like buying anything. 1
feel more like hanging myself than do
ing anything else"
%Yon want to hang yourself up.
Mine Got, Wy don't you buy pair of
suspenders ven you wants to hang
yourself? For kuvater of a tollar l
cells you bair of dose susphenders vat
fits you choost like dot haber on de
vail" l."-TeraS SittjnqS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
Might Hold Together.

Mrs. Blinks-@I wish to get boys
suit, the strongest you have"
Dealer-"Here, madam, are some
goods which will stand anything ex-
cept tobogganing on a barbed-wire
fence"
Mrs. BGnks-"Um-a boy couldn't
go tobogganing ona barbed-wire fence,
could hep"
Dealer-"No, madam"
Mrs. Blinks-"Then perhaps they'll
do, Good Nea0S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
CaSabianca.

The boy was on deck at the office
door, and he was vigilant, says the De-
troit Free Press. "Where's the editor?"
asked big, ugly looking visitor. up
stairs" responded the boy. "Wel, |
want to see him." "What for?" Il
want to lick him for something he said
in his paper about me-" You can't see
him." and the boy braced himself.
"Why can't I?" "'Cause you, can't
that's why. If 1 let every duffer in
that wanted to lick the boss we never
would have time to get the paper out,
and the papers got to come out II we
have to hire man to come down and
stand guard with kittle of hot water.
See ?"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-20
WHY WE Do IT.

giving away beautiful Pastel Pictures for
FIRsTWe wish old customers apprecia
tion of their patronage.
SEcoND-We hope large number Of customers
with least long enough to rest the quality Of our goods
prices reliability and Of doing business
enterprise advertising, and that
ought all honorable to make his trade
arge and possible Please bear
advance the of goods account
We will be headquarters for good goods
prices by increasing trade be able to sell
margin offer better bargains than before
respectfully solicit your patronage and will take pleasure in
presenting with pictures which purchases will entite
you
Risdon & Taylor.