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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
Knowing Hereafter

There are h ngs in eve y life which we
cannot understand now,-t1oubles disap.
pointments. sickness. poVery, death,-but
the time viii come when all will BE- plain
No one at he beginning knows the full
meaning OF mis- life. Robert Raikes had
no vision Of the millions studying in
Sunday-sch ,ols every Sunday; he only sa "
his present work and duty John Bun
yam, shut up in prison for the best twelve
years of his life, while longing to preach
grim's Progress" would enable him to
preach to millions instead of thousands.
and for centuries instead Of years. So we
in our feeble beginnings, our narrow cir
cumstances, our trials and disappoint-
men!s, may know that if we are faithful
we shall understand hereafter the mean
ing of all, and rejoice in the way God has
led us.-Poioubet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
IT'S OUT OFDATE.
Scientists No Longer Hold the Theory of
Spontaneous Combustion.

combustion.
The theory of spontaneous combustion
OF The human body in former times was
held by almost every expert. French
scientists, IN particular, supported it, and
several of them published pamphlets in
winch numerous cases of alleged sponta-
naous combustion of the human body
were described at length, but there ara
three very significant points to be noticed
IN connection with such reports. One is
the mvarlable admission that there was a
light hire IN the room where the catastro.
phe occurred; another, that the alleged
instances always happened in families
composed of ignorant persons, and another,
that In no case was there any actual wit
ness of the occurrence.
Something like rs per cent. of the hui
man body consists Of water, says Pearson s
Mont hly; this fact in itself is sufficient to
dlscredit any of the alleged instances of
spontaneous combustion. 1t is lust CON
celVable that persons who drink an enOr-
nous amount of spirituous liquors may
become SO saturated, as it were, with this
lntiammable material that their bodies
ourn much more easily than would those
OF people who do not over-indulye in this
way, Lat it is perfectly certain that the
ice would have to be applied from with
out, for no such thing as spontaneous
combustion could be possible il anv arti
Gle containing so great a preponderance
Of the liquid element as does The human
BODY
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
NEWS N BRIT 4

THE Ex- Brigadier General Thomas W.
Sweeney, retired, is dead.
The Indiana Republican state conven
ton is to meet at Fcrt Wayne June %
Coal is to be sent, IN semi liquid state,
in pipes from Ohio TO New York and then
solifed again.
A TEST case involving the title of many
settlers in the states to their lands, is be-
ing heard at Rapid City, S. j.
ELEVEN new cases Of small pox, mostly
In down town tenement districts, have
been discovered since Saturday in New
York.
DETECTIVES are trying TO solve the
mystery Of the disappearance Of Dr.. J. NJ.
Bradford, Kansas phs stefan. Foul play
is suspected.
IT is the intention of the Dominion gov,
eminent to increase the rate of interest on
post office savings bank deposits 70 PEI
cent. per annum.
The South Dakota supreme court has
declared the prohibition law constitution.
al, and prohihitionists are about to indict
all the saloon keepers IN Yankton.
JosEPHUs F. FISH, of Dixon, H., who
would nave been elected collector Tuesday
I died Monday night of cancer of the
stomach.
Gov. BOYD Of Nebraska Monday issued
proclamation calling on the people Of
the state TO aid the cyclone sufferers Of
Nebraska and vicinity.
A LIZARD was removed from the stom-
ach Of Pennsylvania man, having beer
there two years.
ANOTHER Canadian paper has come Out
for annexation with the Tinted States
and declares that the clifton Of the ex-
listing confederation is a necessity.
The betting privileges of the St, Louis
far grounds for the spring seas IN have
been sold to Frank Shaw, of st. Paul, fol
100000.
THE Newfoundland government thil
season will licens only vessels of thai
country and the United States, thus bar
ring out Canadian vessels.
GEN. w. S. SINGLETON died in BaIti
more Monday, aged eighty-two years. Ii
1865 President Lincoln instructed Gen
Singleton with a mission to Richmond
whittier he went four times and conferred
with JCtferson Davis and others.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

morning, and eight men were in.
jured OF the injured, FIVE are though
fatally
GEORGE A. WEAvEk's hardware hous
In Newport. r. L., was completely destroy
ed by fire Monday morning.
CHARLES Mccoy lost his life in trying
to save the books of T. G. Patton & Co
from their mii at Catlettsburg, KY, whict
burnt d sunday morning,
TIE steamer City of Fitchburg, belong
ing to the Old Colony company, was heav-
lily damaged by fire Monday morning a
| New Bedford.
CONSIDERABLE loss Of life is occasionec
| by the foods near Columbus, Miss.
JOSHUA GRANT, Of Chicago. an inmat.
of the Soldiers Home at Quincy, wa,
killed by switch engine at 6 alesburg on
Sunday.
SUNDAY evening All instructor anC
eight boys connected with the Boston
| Farm school were capsized in a sail boa
and drowned. Only two boys escaped out
of the whole party or eleven.
SEVENTEEN passengers were injured at
| Odin, H., by the crashing of an Iilinoj
! Central train through d coach on the Ohio
| and MISSISSIPPI road.
The Laurel, Nd, roller -four mills have
been totally destroyed by fire. Loss
$40, COO; insurance, SIS 200.
MRS Ross, wife of Kansas farmer
was killed Friday by the accidental dis
charge Of a gun in the hands of her IL
year-Jld son.
A fRAIRIE fire swept over the townships
OF Norton county, Kansas. A hundred
families lost everything William Dunn
was burned to death.
EAST CLEAN, N. Y, was struck by {
cyclone Tuesday evening. A number o.
buildings were wrecked and two women
Mrs. Otto Schroeder and Mrs. Burnside
killed
A TEXAS boy found an old bomb tina
had been lying in the water since the war
and tried to open it with an AK. It ex
| pIoded he may live, but it is doubtful.
THOMAS ZACHARTAH, national League
ump,re in 1890, met a frigntful death a
Homestead, Pa, Wednesday evening. 4
car ran over his head, crushing it to /;
jelly.
THE sevep-story building Of the Ohio
Spiral Spring Buggy company in Cincin
natl, was totally destroyed by fire Wednes
day morning.
AT Nashville, Tenn, John Nash wa
instantly killed and several other mel
seriously injured Wednesday by the col
lapse Of an iron frame work of a new
building.
A RUNAWAY train ON the Reaing rail
road crashed into an engine Tuasda,
night; and cars we're sent hVinp IN ever
direction. Two hrakemen were killed
the other men saved their lives by jump
ing.
JaTTE OTTENs, Nick Lamayer ant
Lubbie. Grite, mill hands, were drowned il
trying to cross the Mississippi river a
Clinton, Iowa, on Monday.
WHILE attempting to light his pipe a
an electric light, as he was told to do il
a joke by fellow workman, a Hungarian
was instantly killed Monday night, a
John, town, Pa. A current of 1000 volt
passed through his body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
CONDENSED TELRGRAMs

Mrs. Maybrick is recovering from an
attack of influenza and is still very weak.
The total gross ciearances of the leading
cities OF the United States for the week
ending April Z, is 81. 241 $3.50, 2S7. and in
crease Of IFS per cent. over the same
week last year.
Preparations for the auction sale of a
portion OF the government reservation at
Hot Springs, Ark, April 10. are com
pleted, md already would-be purchasers
are fl 1cking in.
At Detroit a case of typhus or shin
fever was discovered. The victim is the
nine4 ear old son of Polish family.
&c. rye W. Long, ex- postmaster of the
United States navy, died from op;um
poisoning.
The condition of Sir Arthur Sullivan
shows much improvement.
The Mexican government officially de-
mics Euat 1t has authorized the establish
menr of the Juarez lottery or guaranteed
the payment of its prizes.
The fifth body was recovered from the
hull Of the Golden Rule. 1t was that Of q
negro deck hand, Con Edwards.
Rheinheld Pretzal, aged So. MARI Beptz.
aged 90, and Lewis Lewenstein aged s..
were drowned IN the New Haven, Conn.
harbar by boat capsizing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
HE WAS SURPRISED.
The Duke of Wellington's Assertion About
Waterloo.

The generally received notion that the
Duke of Wellington was surprised re-
ceiyes full confirmation in many pages of
the recently published waterloo Let
ters,' and perhaps most markedly in a
letter from Sir William Napier, the his
torian. Napier gives the following &C
count from the Dukes own mouth:
''He found the Prince of Orange at the
Duchess of Richmond's ball on the eve
ming of the 18th. He was surprised to
see him, because he had placed him at
Binche, an important outpost, for the
purpose of observing and giving notice of
the movements of the enemy. He went
up to him and asked him if there was apy
news. No! nothing but that the French
have crossed the Sambre and had brush
with the Prussians. Have you heard of
tip This was news. So he told him
quietly that he mad better 90 back to his
post, aud then by degrees he got the
principal officers away from the bail and
sent them to their troops. This was done.
l think he said, about IL o'clock. He
then went to his quarters and found Muf-
fling there, coming from Butcher with the
news; he ought to have arrived long De-
fore, but, said the duke to me, Il cannot
tell the world that Butcher picked the fat
test man in his army to ride with an ex
press to me-. and that he took thirty hours
to 20 thirty miles "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
MONDAY, APRIL IL.
SOFT, PEARLY LIGHT.
1t VIII Pay You. to Watch the Heavens
After Twilight.

After Twilight.
Those who carefully observe the western
SKY after twilight during the month will
see soft, nebulOUs, column of pearly
light of a cOnical Or lenticular form ex-
tending upward from the western horizon
to point In the heavens not far from the
Pleiades, says the Boston Herald. This
delicate and shad0wy phenomenon is the
L )diacaI light. The same phenomenon is
visible in the eastern horizon before sun
rise in September. d" 1t is difficult to deter
mine its limits. The breadth of the base
varies between 8 and 80 degrees. The
apex OF the cone attains distance from
the sun varying from so to 70 degrees,
and sometimes more, and the edges are
ili-defned. The light in northern lati-
tudes is generally, though not always in
ferlor to the milky way, bat it IS seen to
greater advantage in the tropics. Hum
boldt records it as almost constantly visi-
BILE in these region" and luminous enough
to cause a sensible glow On the opposite
part OF the heavens. In a clear atmos-
phere it has been traced all the way across
the heavens, from east to west, forming a
complete ring.
The zodiacal light is probably due to a
iensshaptd appendage surrounding the
sun and extending a little beyond the
earth's orbit. Its cause is not cert ainly
known, but the theory generally accepted
at present attributes it to sunlight re-
hected from an immense cloud of me-
teorites filing up the space between the
earth and sun.
The phenomenon is of exquisite deli
cacy and beauty and observers who can
get away from the electric light, gas and
smoke of the city may hope, in purer
atmosphere, to beheld in perfection this
my. rlous appendage of the sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
FINES AND QUALITIES j..

A RAFT is reported to have gone to
pieces near Louisville, Ky, and sixteen
raftsmen drowned.
kRoN, KILLS & Cos furniture factory
and warehouse at Piqua, O., burned Tues
day, causing $500, 000loss.
The ST Paul White Lead and Oh COM
pauy's works were consumed by fire Wed
nesdav morning. Loss, s105, 600; insur-
ance, 1000.
AT long Island City. n. Y, locomo-
tive boiler was exploded In the the yard of
the Long Island railroad Wednesday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

A TORY is pushing its way through the
new papers which says that the widow of
he New Jersey man who in his will left
Henry George $4,000 to propagate his
peculiar doctrines, is in the poor house.
It is not strange, nor is it singular, that
Mr.. George got only $3.50 of that bequest
nor Tat the lawyers gathered in the re
mairder of 500, l20 less the expenses of
the suit It is public duty to call this
fact to public attention, as it may possibly
prevent testators in the future from leav-
ing behind them work for the courts and
riches for lawyers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
WILL OPEN FRIDAY.
Sisseton Boomers will be Admitted on
the 18th

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The president
today issued q proclamation opening to
settlement April Is. 1892, at II o'clock
noon, the surplus lands of the Sisseton
and Wahpeton reservation in the Dakotss,
ageregating STA, 257 acres.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 11.-Major
Bernard, g. S. A, stationed at Brown 8
valley. on the edge of the
soon-to-be opened Sisseton reser-
walton has made all arrangements
for opening at noon the 18th; troops will
be scattered along the entire boundary
reservation.
Arrangements will be made for extra
passenger trains from st. Paul, reaching
Browns Valley. Plans worked out the
last few months by boomers are now
coming to light and there will be some
startling developments and exciting times
when the grand show down comes next
Friday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

Paynter. Pearson, Peel, ndI.ton, Price,
R lilly, Richardson, Robertson, Rockwell,
Rusk, Ssyers. Scott, Seerley, Shell!
Shivley, Simpson, Snow, Sherry,
| Stevens, Stewart, Qu), Stewart, (Texas)
Stone lKy.), Stout, Stump, Tarsney
Terry, Tillman, Tracr, Wheeler (Alal.
Wheeler, Mich, White, Wike, Williams
! IN. CT, Williams (Ill), Wilson (Mo.)
Wilson (W. Va Wise, Youman-l94
Nays -Babbitt, Barline, Belden, Belk-
nap, Bergen. Boutelle, Bowers, Brosius,
Buchanan, n. j., Clark, Wyo., Curtis,
Cutting, Dlngley, Flick. Funston, Grout,
! harmer, Haugen, Henderson, ILL.,, Her
mann, Hit, Hopkins, Ill, Huff, Hull
Johnson, Ind, johnson, n. D., Jolley,
Ketcham Lodge, Loud, Miller, Milliken,
| Odonnell, Oneill, Pa, Otis, Perkins, Pick
Ter, Post, Powers, Qaackenbush. Ray,
Reyburn, Rtfe, r 1binson, Scull, Shonk.
ninth. Stephenson, C.. W. Stone, W. A.
Stone, Storer, Sweet, J. D. Taylor, Town
send, Wadsworth, Walker, Weaver, Will
son, Wash, Wright-60.
FRIDAY, April s
SENATE.-The Grand Army appropria-
ton bill wss taken up. Mr.. Paddock op-
posed any appropriation by the general
government. Mr.. Frye favored the appro-
prlation. After further debate, the amend
ment, appropriating 100000 for the en-
tertalnment of the G. A. R in Wishing
ton next September, Was adopted.
HoUsE.-ln committee of the whole the
cotton tie bill. was taken up, and Mr.. Eng
| ish, of New jersey, smoke against the
measure, and was followed by Messrs.
Hemphlll and Simpson in favor of the
! bill, Mr.. Simpson annouE cling himself as
an unlimited free trader. Mr. Turner, Of
Georgia, IN charge of the bill, moved
to strike out the clause making free "hoop
or band iron or hoop or band steel Jared,
| splayed or punched" which was agreed
to, and the bill reported to the house.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
HOUsE.-Tne house passed resolution
allowing the State Of Wisconsin to place a
statute Of Pere Marquette in statuary hall.
| MI. Blanchard reported the river and har-
| Dor bill. The cotton-tie bill was again
brought up, Mr.. BalzelI Of Virginia, tax
ing the floor in opposition to the bill,
claiming that the bill could not be justified
on sound principles Of tariff legislation
| Mr.. Turner followed, and at the close of
his remarks the bill was passed by a vote
or 100 TO 40. Inc bill placing tin plate on
the free list was reported.
MONDAY, APRIL II.
SENATE.-Mr. Morgan offered resolu-
ton asking the president to communicate
to Congress any agreement by him on be-
half of the United States with Germany in
regard to reciprocity. The resolution also
included the republic of Hayti. The reso
luton went over. After a stormy debate
in executive session, the senate voted to
vacate the office of executive clerk, filed
by James R. Young, who, it was claimed,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

The bell tlat will ring the hours from
the steeple of the college church at Notre
Dame, nd, is said to BE- the largest On
tue continent. Eight rlen can easily stand
orect within it, and its tones can
be distinctly heard a distance of twelve
miles.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

A DISCOVERY of quarry of Caen stone
has been made rear Gainesville, Ga II
is a discovery worth untold millions, as
the quarry at Caen, France, was the only
one previously known, and it is much
covcit d 10y builders. In some respects it
rescr bos our pipestone, being soft when
frs taken out, ard capable of being work
ed on lathe like wood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
An Irresistible TEN ptation

$50 you're friends again?''
Yes
Dear me, it was only the other day.
| heard him say he would never speak to
you again as long as he lived"
Yes, | knew he said that, but when
met him and told him | had a bad cold.
ne at once stopped and gave me sure
cure for II, and the past was forgotten. -
New York Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

SPURGEoE's grave in Norwood cemetery
is marked by a simple marble slab bear
ing the inscription &c. H. Sturgeon. -
hrs Sturgeon has suggested that the word
''WaiIiDg" be added and the suggestion
is to be carried out.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
Not CannibaIs Nor Medical students.

as this Mrs. Smith s shinbone2''
mo, it belongs to Mrs. Jones"
Have you got Mrs. Browns ri5s?"
"Naw! You mean Mrs. Whites"
That's SO! A piece of the neck was to
go with 'em, wasn't it2"
Yep"
"Where's Mrs, Green's liver?"
"Oh, that's gone long ago."
Ibid you send the brains with it?"
Nope"
"Why not2"
81 clean forgot"
"Well, jast attend to it. Where's Mrs.
GraY's brlsket2"
I'm this basket"
Etc, etc.
We're these two cannibals conversing2
By no means. 1t was merely fragment
of talk overheard this morning between
butcher and his assistant at the Washing
ton Central Market W Washington Star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

IHE KING ard queen Of Denmark will
celebrate their golden wedding April q.
This royal pair have not an extensive
kim dcm, but with one daughter, the en-
pre- Of Russia ard another the princess
of Wales and son the king Of Greece
the arnily has wider influence than any
in 4 nope.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

PROBABLY large proportion of the
deaths reported from asphy xiation by IL
Illuminating gas are due to the imprudence
of the unfortunate individuals in unin-
tentionally falling asleep without shutting
off the gas. No prudent person will go to
bed in close room with j gas jet burning
however desirable the Iight-unIess an
other remain awake to turn the tap in case
the light should go out, as sometimes hap
pens from a reduction of the flow of gas,
which is of frequent occurrence When
the regular flow is restored, were the vent
Enclosed, the room would soon be filed
with fatal quantity of the gas Should an
electric glow light go out, no harm would
result, and it would light again of itself
when The current was restored.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
A GIGANTIC BUZZ SAW.
1t Will Cut Steel ArmOr-Plates as if The
Were Pine Logs

Were Pine Logs.
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., who have the
government contract for a portion of the
armor plates for the new navy, are to add
to the finishing plant of the armor depart
ment at their Homestead mill a gigantic
steel saw, weighing 10 tons, that will
cut nickel steel armor plate as an ordin-
airy saw does plank.
The armor-plates range in weight from
eight to thirty-aight tons and are some
times twenty feet long and twenty inches
thick. The saw has blade seven feet
and half IN diameter, geared from above
and revolving horizontally. With it an
angular slab of cold nickel steel, weigh
ing perhaps a dom tons, is taken off
like the slab of a pine log.
The saw is the first of its kind used in
this country and cost about $35 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

A GERMAN physician, DR.. Krug, makes
nutritious cake for cattle out Of wood
fibre by chemically Transforming the celIu-
lose O. the wood into grape sugar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

SIGNoR oUCcI, who gave some exhibi
ton Of his stamina rs fasting in this coun-
try, has been attempting fast Of ffty-two
daye at the London Aquarium TO beat the
record of a Monsieur Jacques, but he col
lapscd on the fourty.fourth day to such an
extent that bis attending PHI sicians in
sisted upor his ending the experiment.
He finished the f.ty-two days starvation
eating nothing but oranges.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

An estimate Ct the annual value Of wax
and honey in the United States is the
amount of S10,000,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

There are about 500, 600, 600 people in
the world. with very nearly an equal
division CT sex.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

IWENTY-THREE thousand travellers re-
ceived hofpitalit! in The snow bound con
vent Of St. Bernard during the past year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
Personal NOTES.

1t was to General Ayers forethought
and generosity that General Sheridan was
indebted for being able to hold $4,000
policy of insurance upon his life, the full
amount of which has since been paid to
his widow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15
A COOL YOUNG MAN.
But Cooler Young woman-The Pretty
Girls Reward.

1t happened in Brixton train. A
pretty girl, faultlessiy attired, from tn
top Of her bonnet to the tips of her dainty
shoes, jumped on the car in great hurry
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

There is no folly equal to that of throw
ing away friendship, In a world where
friendship is so rare.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-15

Mr.. d ibier, the executioner, of France.
has expressed the official opinion that the
murderers whom he executes nowadays are
much more elevated class intellectually
than those on whom he practiced at the
beginning of his career.
P G. [, Beauregard is the only surviv-
ing full general of the confederate army,
though brigadier generals are plentiful
enough to form themselves into back
number convention.
Possibly one of the strongest reasons
why Secretary Tracy does not care to be.
come possible successor to Vice President
Morton is because he couldn t afford to 90
into position where the expen7 es would
absorb more than the salary. He is not
as rich as he might have been if he had
been content to be a New York police
official