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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
KILLING "KING HARRY
Relics Found I'm st. Louis Recall Once
Famous Tragedy.

Il see they have found a blood-stained
dagger, a revolver, a CORY shirt and other
apparent indications Of terrible murder
among the ruins of the old Planter s, said
member of the old regime to a ST. Louis
Republican man, Il am not speaking with
certainty, but believe know the history
of the find. You know in the palmy days
of the Mississippi, gamblers were the lords
of creation They owned the river towns
from New Orleans to st. Louis, and used
to corgregate in the corridors of the old
Planters, the loudest laughing, lest
dressed men in st. Louis. There was one
king among them as usual, handsome,
whole souled and also refined and educated
fellow, who was known as King Harry.
He was as iovial, generous man as ever
breathed until he sat down to cards Then
he was merciless. BE would rob man of
thousands without qualm. One day a
young planter came to the old hostelry
from some Of the down-river towns on
wedding tour and incidentally to buy his
yearly shoes and clothing for his niggers.
Same old story, you know. Harry was
prince of good fellows and the young
southerner accepted his invit alton to join
his game. He lost money, jewels, every
thing-and then mortgaged his plantation.
When the last was almost gone he detect
ed his friend cheating. A terrific fight,
the details of which no one knows, ensued.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
RUSSIAN PRINCES.
The Woods Swarm with Them and They
Don't Count for Much

AS a rule the titie of prince in Russia,
writes the Marquis de Fontenoy, goes for
very little. 1t Is even of less account than
that of count or baron, for whereas the
number of members of these two latter
grades of nobility is restricted, only six
teen oountships having been conferred dur
ing the past three centuries, the rumber
Of princes is practically illimitable.
Al! the legitimate children Of prince are
entitled to assume their fathers rank,
even during his lifetime FIR quently
they have no money to support the same
and thus it happens that there are humid
reds, even thousands of Russian princes
and princesses in the lowest walks of life.
who would not be admitted into the society
of ST. Petersburg or other capitals in
Europe.
There is a princess Gali'zn who figures
In tights and spanglcs rs a bareback rider
in a forth class cir ;us. There is Prince
kra potkine who is earning his living as
cabman on he Newskl Po5hect There
is a Prince Soltkof who holds the position
OF porter in d public market at Moscow,
and there is d member of the pr,ncely house
OF Eristoff who has served terms Of penal
servitude In several convict prisons in
Europe.
1t will be seen from this that the title
of prince does not, as far as Russia is con-
cerned, carry with it any s0cia! rights or
privileges.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15

Commitment stiff9ns the joints of pro-
gress.
The u est e,oq tent thing on earth is a
godly life.
Gratitude ought to be expressed and will
find expression.
Praise ard doubt are never found'to.
gether IN any heart.
The reason some men remain honest is
because they are watched SO close.
When you have hard work to do, sing
while you are doing it and angels will join
in the chorus.
The right way to pray with power is
to find promise that covers your need,
take it to the Lord, and tell him that he
said So.
A true faith can no N )re be separated
from good works than the light OF ID candle
can from its heat, Or the heat from the
light-Elwards.
No man is corn into the world whose
work is not born with him; there is always
work, and tools to work withaI for those
who will; and blessed are the horny hands
of toll. r Lowell.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
RUBIES AND SAPPHIRES.
Montana Contains Large Fields of These
Precious Gems.

Close to Helena, on lodges which mark
two former levels of the Missouri River,
are the world famous sapphire aud ruby
beds, 5000 acres Of which, with 1000
other acres under water, have recently
been acquired by an English company of
poblemen, bankers, ] ,wellers and others
fol 100000, the mere value of the gold
which it Is thought will be taken from the
dirt. That sapp. Tres and rubies were there
has been known for thirty years or more,
some miners having Kept the finer speci
mems, and others having thrown them out
weight as pebbles Of no value. The truth,
as get ii from experts, is that these stones
are true rubies and sapphires, and the only
opportuni y they afford for criticism lies
III the fact that they very nearly all Of
them are much lighter In color than the
Aslatlc gems of the same sort. In other
| words. pigeons blood rubies and sapphire
! blue sapphires art found there, but not
often. And yet these stones of the lighter
| shades are Of far greater brilliancy than
the Asiatic gems that fashion has approx
| ed: indeed, they are often like diamonds
T., and as their hardness is \. to that of the
! diamond. their lustre must prove enCur-
| ing. The gems are found On the bed
rock under eight or ten feet of soil. along
with crystals, nuggets of gold. gold dust
garnets, and pebbles. The land was
bought by two Michigan lunberman
brothers, whe now treasure a million ii
cash and a million IN shares of the new
English company-rewards for their fore
sight.
One of the English experts who exam
med the gem fields announced 1t to be hi
opinion that the diamond must sooner O,
later be found in Montana. All the con
litions warrant its existence there
What a state Montana is! Gold, silver
copper, lead, asbestos, tin, iron, oil, gas
rubbies, sapphires, and possibility Q
diamonds all locked up in he1 rids ant
pockets Julian Ralph, IN Harper
Magazine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Good Manners for Young People.

Be your natural self and take no thought
of the consequences. Other people don t
observe you half as much as you imagine.
In crowd, the truth is. you are likely to
be forgotten, to pass unnoticed. OF
course, If you are not rich enough to dress
as the society of the rich requires, keep
out Of that society. You can find your own
place, and YOU will enjoy 1t more; nay,
you will enj y II only, for in the other you
can have no pleasure at all.
Many young people are distressed be-
cause they fear they may not make an ex-
hlbitlon Of themselves in society which
presents their real value. They are
troubled lest they shall be misunderstood
put down lower than they belong, not
rated high enough. Hence they make an
effort to convince those whom they meet
that they are of some consequences. But
all that Is waste O. energy, of thought,
anxiety and ambition. 1t fails of its pur
pose, and is likely to produce the very eff
feet which it SEEKS to prevent 1t gene1-
ates self-consclousness, which breeds en-
barrassment in tuln, and consequent in
ability TO make the desired revelation and
Great the hoped for impression.
Learn to forget all about yourself, how
you appear, that other people may be
thinking Of you; and then they will see
YOU as you really are, and as you are a
rar more engaging and interesting indi-
vidual than you can be when thoughts Of
the show you are making Of yourself de-
stroy your natural manner and expression.
Civility never goes amiss. A young girl
who looks on old married men as not
worth the consideration of her gracious
courtesy, is likely to find out that she has
! made sad mistake. A young may who
has no attractions to bestow on women
who have passed.the age which he thinks
alone is attractive, may find that he has
lost valuable allies In his career.-Canada
Presbyterian.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
DiSestibiIits of Cattle Foods.

The Maine Experiment Station, W. H.
Jordan, Director, publishes the following
summary of their results in experiment.
ing On the dlgestlbllity Of cattle foods for
the year 1891:
l. The Hungarian grass, both when
fet green and after drying. proved to be
more dlgesuibie than the average of other
Rr7ssa:-notably more so than timothy.
2. The drying of the Hungarian grass
into hay did not diminish It's Gigastibility
This is in accordance with all former ex.
ne~;eDca.
3. The corn plant as cut for the soil is
orc 0t the most digestibie Of fodder plants
rating in these experiments as compared
with timothy as 100: 120. Sixty per cent.
Of the dry organic matter Of timothy was
digested, while with the various corn
fodders the average was Y per cent.
The experiments of this year disclose no
especial differences in the digestibility of
the Southern field and sweet corn fod
ders.
Tie digestion trial with roots shows
them to be tie most digestibIe of any of
the foods tested, the amount of waste
material being very small, averaging not
over 8 per cent. of the whole.
5. The gluten meal, which is a waste
product in the manufacture of glucose
from corn, was digested to the extent of
50 per c:nt Of its dry organic matter,
which does not differ at all from the f.
ures gwen in the German tables for t6e
entire grain The treatment which the
grain receives in converting the starch in
to glucose does not seem to affect the
diges bllity of the resuse.
6. The second trial of the digestibility
of American wheat bran gives averas e
figures almost similar to those OBJ ained in
tn f st trial. and shows this cattle food
to be but slightly It any more digestible
than God hay, ana much inferior in this
respect 10 grain such as maize, oats, bar
ley, etc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Many Fowls Together Improbable.

Do not try to get rich by attempting to
raise 200 to 300 chickens IN one place, as
we hsye found from experience that they
will thin themselves out by disease. We
like sameness, or symmetry, as it is called
in poultry raising. The cost of rais N
standardized poultry Is nc more than the
common stock, except that it may be
more expensive to get start. Tie major
ity of fanciers raise several different
breeds, and are constantly improving their
stock. But perfection in poultry raising
has never been reached. We have a
poultry organization in the United States
known as the American Poultry associa-
ton, which has adopted uniform set Of
rules tc score poultry by, which is called
the Standard of Perfection" so that the
birds in any poultry show of any magni-
tude, are now scored by competent judge
who is usually appointed by each society.
Fanny Field.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Cheese Maxim e.

The following method given by Prot,
Stewart is used at many cheese factories.
Heat the milk to 8Jo F., thoroughly st.
ring all the time. Add enough rennet to
bring down the cu1d l. As minutes to ,e
hour When the curd has become so
solid that cube OF i1cn square will
retain its shape when lifted, it is cut 4
times, then gently moved to separate tie
whey, and the vat gradually hea.ed to
$50 or 96o This heat is continued an
hour and half When the heating is
completed the curd is stirrei Is minutes
to cause it 10 separate mo completely
from the whey. When tn separation is
effected and the curd has orcome solid,
it is torn into fragments of or 4 pounds
each and left to cool In order to harden
the particles of fat and prev, mt their loss.
The curd is then ground mo small pieces
in mill, and sailed at the rate of pound
to IL pounds per 100 pounds of curd,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
A MILE A MINUTE
On New Device for Rapid Travelling,
UniCYcle.

Unicycle.
Prof Charles Bartholomew of Jackson,
Mich, has evolved from his inventive
mind novel device for rapid travelling.
The queer contrivance he calls unic, Gle,
and All idea of what it Is may be gained
from the following description, given by
the Chicago Evening Post:
1t is compos ed of ono large wheel, eight
feet in diameter, which is supplied with
rubber tire; on each side is attack, i Il cir
cular rim, seven feet in diameter; from
the latter are spokes which are connected
with the large wheel; extending across
from the cutter rims are S v4n-foot wheels
are cross pieces, to winch the axle Is At
tached. The operator sits on a seat under
the axle and propes the m3chine by ped
ais similar to an ordinary safety bicycle,
and guides by means of handles ike those
of bicycle. THUS provided for the rider
can always maintain a perpendicular posi-
ton. and AS brakes are also provided, the
operator will be able to turn or stop at
will. The machine is light Of construc.
ton and easy of propulsion. The circum-
ference is twenty-four feet, and it is esti-
mated that speed of over mile minute
can be attained upon a level roadway,
and with a perfected machine Prot Bar
tholomew claims speed can be made with
nc parative safety Of seventy miles an
hour. He has already received an offer Of
800 per week to make Exhibitions upon
the race track of one of the Slargest exp ISL
tion grounds in the United States. He
intends patenting his inventin as soon as
he gets everything working to his salts
faction
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
ON OF THE MY S'TERIES.
Something About sound That Cannot BE
Understood.

I'm an old man be said slowly,
and we lived a long time longer than
most men who have lived as long as |
have, for theirs mighty little in this
world that | oughn't to know that don't
know; but there is one thing | don't know
and [ We been trying to learn it for so years,
more or less"
What's that?' Intercepted G lmaliel,
who was but a beginner.
well, my son, it's this: | don't know
and | don't believe ] ever shalt. why it is
that when man gets home at 3 clock in
the morning and finds lie hasn't his
nightkey in his pocket he can ring the
bell and thump the door and throw peb-
bleB up against the windows and disturb
the whole neighborhood, and keep on do
ing 1T toT three-qurters of an hour or more
before he wakes anybody In the house, bull
if he gets there at the same time and has
mis- nighke5 In his pocket, and slips it into
the lock as still as a mouse, and turns it
without a creak and shuts the door as soft
ly as the dew falls, and creeps up stairs in
his sock feet as steathily as a cat, and
gets into his room as noIsessIy as the stars
go to their rest, he not only wakes up his
wife, but next morning everybody in the
house is asking him what he means by
coming in at that hour of the plight, and if
he must come in then, why dosen't he
make less racket and not disturb the whole
country"
TIE old man in an excess of emotion
gasped onca or twice and began to mop
his brow.
"That's what l don't know. young
man." he went on, 'and I'd like to live
until you have lived as long as I have, to
see if you can find out, but l don't believe
you ever will"
'1'll try briefly remarked Gapaliel,
and those who know Gamaliel have SUBJ
lime confidence that he has made noble
beginning.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
A. Z. LOWELL.

asuch beautiful, beautiful hands, you say;
Yes. they are matchless in every way;
But when gaze on the flashing things
With their wealth of glitterIng, dazzling rings,
I wonder that ever they seemed TO be
IL sthngg Of beauty and JOY TO me.
snch beautiful beautiful hands! ! know
Tbsy are dainty and sweet, and white az snow;
They glide 9 er the keys with marvellous skill,
Wakfnp rapturous strains that are spirits thrill !;
But I'd had a peep behind the scenes,
And know little of what it means.
II means a mother loving, but weak,
With wasted form and paiIid cheek;
With hands of plebeian frame and hue,
They would shock my lady, if brought in view.
They are cook and waiter and iaundresE, too,
And thanklessly toll the whole day through
The low, sweet voice, that your heart enthralls,
She often drops, when the curtain falls.
lyon DON believe If" One month ago
Id have said the same, but now 1 knowi
What we see and hear We must fain believe,
So I've said ''good-by'' to Miss Geneyieve.
But can't forget how near ! came,
Like the silly moth, 10 the deadly flame.
Her beautiful hands have lost their charm,
And hope, my friend, you are safe from harm !,
For hold far higher than form or face
The soul whore purity has its place!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
FARM NOTES.


No dairy was ever too clean.
Be sure the calves have shade and good
water.
Pick the geese regularly. The feathers
are tie principal source of profit.
1t has been demonstrated that the Gel
cry blight can be checked by spray
ing with the ammoniacal carbonate of
copper.
l. Russia, where binders are never used,
shying horse is almost unknown. Care,
Of course, should be used in taking them
IF uoles3 horses are ecu toned to them.
Alfalfa is said to have proved sur
prising success upon the sandy soil of
South Central Kansas wherever tried
Three crops the first year and good hog
pasture ali winter were not uncommon re-
suits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Vain Wishing.

great deal Of energy, moral and intel
lectual, Is wasted IN vain wishing. One
girl wishes she we're beautiful, and in
stead of going to work to make herself so
by right habits of exercise, eating, sleep
ing and thinking, expends her enthusiasm
in vain wishes that she were another
Helen. Another girl wishes she were &C.
comp!ished, and instead of setting to work
to improve herself In this direction ard
that, adding day by day to her capabil-
ties, she frltters herself away in idleness
and fruitless desire. Another girl may
wish herself graceful, agile, attractive,
and yet neglect all industries that would
make her SO. There are agreat manypeo-
Pile who can not be beautiful, let them do
what they will who cannot be accomplished
no matter how hard they try; who can not
be graceful, agile, attractive, who can not
reach or come anywhere within reaching
the goal of their ambition. We all have
our limitations. But there is no human
being who, within those limitations, can
not cause himself constantly to rise higher
and higher in the stage of Development
lie one isn't born poet, he may learn to
write good prose or at least write grain
NAUTICAL English; if one cannot design
great paintings, he may acquire more or
less facility in copying the designs of
othera; if one cannot write books he may
be thankful if he is able to read apprecia-
lively books written by others. As well
might the horse mourn because he is not
as useful as the COW, or the barn-yard
fowl because he is not an eagle, as any
man or woman mourn because he or she
isn't like somebody else. Such mourning
is utterly weak and vain. We must &C
cept ourselves with limitations as pleased
God to place around US, and make our
selves all we can. To whom little is given,
of him little be required; but he who has
only one talent is not excused from the
full exercises of that one talent. New
York Christian Advocate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15

The Southerner was shot three times and
King Harry's hands ,me body was literally
cut to pieces. You remember Mark
Twain allules to this fight in 'Roughing
T. The Southerner's knife Harry's gun
and part of his clothes were packed IN a
box and stored in the basement where thew
kept unclaimed trunks, etc. MANY a
travelling man of the old days has seen
them there and | wonder if it isn't the
relics of that fight that they've unearthed
now "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
FARM AND HOME.
FARMER JACKS CITY WIFE.
SELECTED

Ten years today. Jack, have lived
This blessed country life;
Since first | left my city home
To be farmers wife.
| thought that | should miss it So
The tramp of busy feet,
The ceaSeless throb of rushing life,
The faces on the street.
| thought the cou try would be tame,
Its interests mean and small;
But then l could not say you no,
And SO left Il all.
/ thought of all loved and left
As L came down the aisle;
My thoughts went backward with a sigh
And forward with a smile.
And now-the sun sees every day
EarIh's misery and bliss,
And now here does sun shine upon
A happier lot than this.
Here are No walls to hem US in,
Ais open to the sky;
Here have learned to love the stars,
And watch the clouds go by.
watch the birds and squirrels, too,
And claim them for my own,
And trees and grass how could live
Wh-re all Is brick and stone?
love them till, those toil-worn streets,
Where many feet have trod;
The city brings Us close to man;
The country near to God.
To think [ ever should have paused
Uncertain twiXt the two.
| am so Thankful that chose
The country, Jack-and you.
This dear old farm l wouldn't give
One downy, Eeeping brood
Of ;y-o!d chicks for ali the wealth
OF cities If l could
love my homeIy household tasks,
| love the fields of grain.
love ! he flowers that lift their heads
To drink the summer rain.
l love the orchard crowned with fruit;
My garden fair to see,
[ love the horses and the COWS
/ know that they love me
And yet, perhaps, it's something else
That lends my life its charm;
You see | love the farmer, Jack,
And so | love the farm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Guinea Fowls.

We hear very little said about the
guinea fowl. Although the noise OF these
fowls is very annoying to mcs5 persons,
yet as TINS noise scales off hawks, they
should be kept by all who Ri many
chickens, and also for the reason that
they do not scratch the garden like cur
common chickens, but go for the bugs on
all garden vines without injurine the
most delicate plants 1t would be well to
keep few on every farm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Fattening Turkeys.

Turkeys cannot be proftably fattened in
confinement When they are coopel up
they almost invariably loose in weight.
The best way is to keep them growing
from the shell, and when cool weather
comes in the fall give them extra rations
of mush made of boiled potatoes and cook
cd cornmeal, with plenty of whole corn at
night. Plenty Of sour milk helps the fat
tening along wonderfully
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
A Lost Art.

Meditation is prayers handmade, to
wait on it before aud after the perform
ance. 1t is as the plow before the sower,
to prepare tie heart for the duty of
prayer, and the harrow to cover the seed
when tits soWn. AS the hopper feeds the
nill wi grist, so does meditation supply
the heart with mater tor prayer.-Gur
nall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Large Fields.

The possibilities of one acre are more
than many suppose. In an experiment
made by two Maine farmers one of them
produced over 101 bushels of wheat on
Two and a Aalf acres, and the other reports
o21a bushels on less than two acres. This
does not equal some of the crops grown on
small! experimental plots, but it is excel
lent for one or two acres.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Peas for Mich Cows.

AS some one remarks, peas are rapidly
Of Milk as thew are easiv grown and are
bran. Use the Canadian field pea. Sow
two and quarter bushels per acre.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Bees in the Orchard.

1t is said that large crop of apples may
be grown when hive of bees is stationed
in the orchard. TIE pollen is rubbed from
their bodies 81 ainst the pistils of thou ands
of flowers, which thus become fertilizad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15

when it is put into the hoops for pressing.
1t is left in the press 3 days, then taken to
the cheese room, kept at temperature of
$50, bandaged and turned daily. In three
or four months is ready for use.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
Striped Bugs.

One way to avoid striped bugs on Gu
cumbers IS so plant them late, about the
first Of July. Cucumber vines grow very
rapidly and will produce crop of pickles
after the season is well advanced. Give
them plenty of manure.